Woman in Black

From the New York Times–bestselling author of The Diary, a housekeeper''s daughter and a daughter of privilege find their fortunes reversed.The caretaker''s cottage is the only home fifteen-year-old Abigail Armstrong has ever known. She and her mother, Rosalie, work for the well-to-do Meriwhethers. Lila Meriwhether is Abigail''s best friend, and Abigail has fallen in love with Lila''s twin brother, Vaughn. But one day the unthinkable happens: The employers who''d always treated them like family accuse Rosalie of stealing a diamond necklace and banish her and Abigail. A quarter of a century will pass before Abigail sees Lila or Vaughn again.Twenty-five years later, Lila is leading a charmed life as the Park Avenue wife of a powerful businessman. But a scandal leaves her and her son nearly bankrupt. Abigail, the owner of a celebrated homemaking empire, is meanwhile coping with the fallout from a fire in her Mexico factory. In a capricious twist of fate, Lila is forced to take a job as Abigail''s housekeeper. But it is Vaughn, now a documentary filmmaker, who will shake up Abigail''s world and force her to confront the girl she used to be.Praise for Eileen Goudge"Goudge writes like a house on fire." —Nora Roberts, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Inheritance"[Goudge is] a gifted writer." —Chicago Tribune