The Left Lady

"The Left Lady" is a romantic novel set in a small American town. East Penniwell has only recently lost one of its more illustrious residents, Eli Weston. The townspeople question who gets Eli's fortune, wondering if it all goes to Emmietta, his younger daughter who had nursed him in his final days. Her sister May seems determined to also stake her claim despite her estrangement from their late father, setting off a collision between the two sisters. Meanwhile, Tom Hastings makes a sudden return to town. The man who had asked for Emmie's hand in marriage eighteen years before, and had been denied because of Emmie's father's disapproval…