Vanishing Point

InthetraditionofPhilippaGregory'ssmart,transportingfictioncomesthistaleofdarksuspense,love,andbetrayal,featuringtwostar-crossedsisters,onelostandtheothersearching.Brightandinquisitive,HannahPowerswasraisedbyafatherwhotreatedherasifshewerehisson.Whileherbeautifulandrecklesssister,May,pushesthelimitsofproprietyintheirsmallEnglishtown,Hannahharborsherownsecret:theirfatherhasgivenheraneducationforbiddentowomen.ButHannah'ssecretservesherwellwhenshejourneystocolonialMarylandtoreunitewithMay,whohasbeenmarriedofftoadistantcousinafterhersexualmisadventuresruinedhermarriageprospectsinEngland.AsHannahsearchesforMay,whohasdisappeared,shefindsherselffallinginlovewithherbrother-in-law.Aloneinawild,uncultivatedlandwheretheoldrulesnolongerapply,HannahisfreedfromtheconstraintsofthesocietythatjudgedbothherandMayasdangerous--toosmart,toofearless,andtoohungryforlife.ButHannahisalsoplaguedbydoubt,asherquestforanswerstoMay'sfategrowsevermoredisturbingandtangled.