I absolutley loved this book! Every time I had to put this book down and do adult things I couldn't wait to get back and see what was going to happen next. Jo Manders is a strong woman who has had to deal with alot.. her husband has been missing for years and in order to survive she takes a job as a companion to her husbands aunt. Dottie and Jo travel the Continent together until one day Jo is told that they are traveling back to England to Dotties home Witch Elm (I love that name) Her son Martin is coming home and Dottie is going to marry him off.. Almost immediatly strange things start to happen to Jo.. She starts to see and hear things.. things that no one else notices. Now I had suspicions about certian things that were going to happen, and I was right.. However this didn't make me love this book any less. Jo is a great character that notices the smallest things and has a real knack for knowing when people are lying.. I loved everything and Simone St. James has definitely become an auto buy author for me.. I have now read three books by Simone St. James and I can't wait to read the rest..

This book was WAY more interesting than the synopsis lead me to believe. It was a great mystery while also being a good historical fiction. I recommend this for any October reading!