Rodmoor: A Romance

A quiet South London park becomes the backdrop for a delicate confession, as a young woman listens to a lover’s anguished recounting of his American exile and the fragile mental collapse that followed. Their conversation, set against the soft hum of rain‑wet tulips and the distant sound of a mower, reveals a bond forged from shared vulnerability, yet tinged with an unspoken doubt that lingers beneath the surface.

The narrative then widens to Nance Herrick’s tangled world of duty and desire. Caught between the stern loyalty she swore to her late mother, the unsettling presence of the eccentric Rachel Doorm, and the growing melancholy of her half‑sister Linda, Nance must navigate a web of obligations that pull her toward the ancestral home in the village of Rodmoor. As old promises clash with fresh emotions, the first weeks promise both the tenderness of new love and the uneasy shadows of past betrayals.