Nicola Maude had everything: she was intelligent, charming, good looking and had the prospect of an inheritance, in addition to becoming engaged to notably handsome Hugh Jarvis - the man of her dreams. But then tragedy struck and following a road accident Hugh dies and Nicola is crippled. Nicola’s mother, Alice, however knows the truth, but cannot prove it – there is a relentless ‘Nemesis’ who caused the accident. Herself widowed, Alice settles down with Nicola in a small cottage where the pair are dependent upon her elder sister, who married into wealth. Eventually, Nicola becomes engaged again to a long-standing admirer, however, and Alice now fears that the cycle is about to start all over again … What of the ‘Nemesis’ now? And why?
Wow! So I am the first person to write a review for this book😯!!
To be honest it's one of the most rarest books that I had the luck to read. My friend lend it to me. It was a part of her dad's treasured collection. I tried to buy a copy of this online and but I couldn't find one.
I would have given 5 star rating to this book, but the writing was not upto my liking. But the story, it was amazing and original. Hence the 4 stars.
So let me write a brief introduction in the hopes that this book will find new readers.
Nicola Maude has everything. She was young and beautiful and intelligent. She had a charming and handsome fiance. She had great friends. Was she granted too much happiness? Some force out there thinks so and is ready to set the scales straight.
This is the story of two sisters Alice and Viola to whom fate has been unfair. Alice's life was ripped apart by some jealous, reckless force and she is left to depend on her rich, successful and beautiful sister Vi. Now the same force is after Alice's only good luck, her daughter Nicola.
Trust me, this is not a supernatural story. It's a story with a great message. I would reccomend it to readers who like psychological thrillers or mysteries. Though the pace of the book doesnt resemble a thriller, it's still a good read and the story is too good to be true.
I would also like to add a trivia here. Domini Taylor is the pseudonym of author Roger Longrigg. He has written many novels under different names. This is the only work of his which I had read.