Windfall

by PennyVincenzi (Author)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1997

  $3.22

  Cassia Fallon has been married to her doctor husband for seven years when her godmother leaves her half a million pounds; at that time 1935, it's a vast fortune.Suddenly, for the first time in her life, she's able to do exactly what she wants; she starts to question her marriage, her past, present and future. And then more sinister questions arise about the origins of the legacy, but by now the legacy, part benign influence, part brutal force, is an all powerful entity all of its own - and one that Cassia cannot resist.

• Used

  Paperback
  2000

  $3.22

  Cassia Fallon has been married to her doctor husband for seven years when her godmother leaves her a vast fortune beyond her wildest dreams. She's determined to be sensible, to stay happy and in control - but suddenly, for the first time in her life, she is able to do exactly as she likes. She starts to question her marriage, her past, present and future. The money gives her confidence, and her husband Edward can only look on resentfully as she resumes her medical career, sheds some of her domestic burdens, reforms old relationships. And then more sinister questions arise. A chance convesation sheds doubt on the source of her legacy. Where did it really come from, how, and why? But by now the legacy, part benign influence, part brutal force, is an absolutely powerful entity all of its own - one that Cassia cannot resist.

• New

  Paperback
  2006

  $12.41

  Cassia Fallon has been married to her doctor husband for seven years when her godmother leaves her a fortune. She is determined to be sensible, to stay in control. Suddenly, for the first time in her life, she is able to do exactly as she likes. She starts to question her marriage, her past, her present and future. The money gives her confidence, and her husband Edward can only look on resentfully as she resumes her medical career, sheds some of her domestic burdens, and re-forms old relationships - one of them of a most dangerous kind. But where did her legacy really come from and why? Too soon the windfall has become a corrupting force. One that Cassia cannot resist...