CRUEL INHERITANCE

In CRUEL INHERITANCE, the sixth novel of the Modern Classics Series, Jane Austen admirer, Margaret Bowker tells an intriguing tale of an unfair codicil. Two cousins, Silvia Gough and Vivienne Malmais, have the tantilising prospect of a large inheritance from their maiden aunt, subject to the condition they marry in order of age. Silvia, the elder, has until she is thirty to decide whether to marry or follow her inclination of entering a convent; and lovely, naive Vivienne must wait patiently or lose the money. The gentleman in her life will have her without the twenty-five thousand, but one is rich and one poor. Vivienne must grow into a women to decide her future; meanwhile her cousin George and her best friend, Ursula Mason, rekindle a romance blighted five years before by a misunderstanding. Three other novels in the series are available in paperback through Amazon and all good bookshops. http://margaret bowker.yolasite.com