Linda knows that life can change from one moment to the next when a tragic accident ended her husband's life. A dream motivated her to buy an apartment in Bramblefield House and her interest in the building brought Rose to England. Rose, an American national, is the great granddaughter of the woman who had inherited Bramblefield House. She has come to England to find out what happened to her great-great grandfather; Albert Bramblefield who disappeared in 1892. Early in 1900, an argument between a mother and daughter breaks up a family that had more than most people would wish for. A century later, two strangers meet and discover that they are related. When Rose and Linda find out that they are cousins, Linda can't forgive their great-grandmother. Linda grew up with the knowledge that her own grandmother was disowned by her wealthy family. Rose didn't know about the family dispute. After the long-nurtured resentment is discussed, Linda and Rose both agree that their great grandmother and grandmother were both wrong, and because in Rose's family no one had talked about it, the feud became a secret. The story deals with grief, the Catholic Religion, the meaning of dreams, and love.
