Longwarden, the coveted English coun-

try estate depicted in Anne Weale s last

novel, At// My Worldly Goods, is once

again the center of a rich, contemporary

saga of love, desire, and jealousy.

Determined to restore his decaying

ancestral home to its former glory,

North, the Earl of Carlyon, hires an

unlikely group of characters whose

intrigues entangle them with the aristo-

cratic owners of the house.

The architect supervising the project,

James Muirhead, sometimes seems to

have more than one design in mind--or

so thinks Laura Denham, personal

secretary to Jane, the Earl s wealthy

American wife. But while Laura is

feeling the stirrings of love for the first

time ill her life, James call remember his

past love only with pangs of regret.