Whispers at Painswick CourtWhispers at Painswick Court follows Anne Loveday, a surgeon's daughter, who is determined to live a single, useful life. To escape her matchmaking stepmother, she accepts an invitation from an old friend to return to Painswick, the place she and her sister spent many happy summers until that last, fateful year. Soon after arriving, Anne is asked to serve as sick room nurse to Lady Celia, who forbade her nephew to marry Anne's sister years before.