Victoria Holt’s THE SILK VENDETTA – A Brilliant Story of the Tangled Web of a Family Devoted to Silk

Set in Victorian England and France, this is the story of Lenore Cleremont, a French girl raised by her grand mere in England where she serves “The Silk House” as a gifted silk designer and dressmaker. Lenore is educated with the family’s children but knows she is not one of them. The family has two daughters and two sons. One of the sons, Philip, is kind; the other, Charles, is not. One of the daughters becomes Lenore’s dear friend; the other her jealous adversary.

When she is 15, Lenore’s grand mere tells her she is illegitimate and that her mother, a beauty who fell in love with the master’s son, died in childbirth. As Lenore comes into womanhood, she loses at love twice as she is caught up in a tangled quest for vengeance. And then an arrogant French count reveals a secret from her past.

I have to say I do love Victoria Holt’s stories and this is no exception. You will be drawn in to Lenore’s life, wanting her to find happiness, but despairing when she does not. Murder, treachery and betrayal populate this book but, in the end, all the threads come together. Lenore finds a man she can truly love and the mystery is finally solved.

If you love Victoria Holt, this is one not to be missed! It's a keeper!