White Mist

In effort to escape from a newly-revealed and terrible truth, Eleanor Wycliffe flees her former life as an heiress and gently-bred society miss in London. She happens upon an advert inquiring after a governess, and decides to seek the anonymity of a remote Scottish island, whose laird is reputed to be plagued by a curse. What Eleanor finds is Gabriel MacFeagh, a man tormented by his past, known to all as the Devil of Dunevin Castle. On the isle of Trelay, Gabriel lives as a curious recluse with his young daughter, who hasn't spoken a word since the loss of her mother in mysterious circumstances. With secrets of her own to conceal, Eleanor soon realizes there is more, much more to the man than the dark rumors have hinted at....