From the New York Times bestselling author of Whiter Than Snow and Prayers for Sale comes a novel about the secrets and passions of three generations of women who have all lived in the same Victorian home called the Brides House. Its 1880, and for unassuming seventeen-year-old Nealie Bent, the Brides House is a fairy tale come to life. It seems as if it is being built precisely for her and Will Spaulding, the man she is convinced she will marry. But life doesnt go according to plan, and Nealie finds herself in the Brides House pregnant---and married to another.For Pearl, growing up in the Brides House is akin to being raised in a mausoleum. Her father has fashioned the house into a shrine to the woman he loved, resisting all forms of change. When the enterprising young Frank Curry comes along and asks for Pearls hand in marriage, her father sabotages the union.
