From a mansion on Buffalo's Delaware Avenue to the shores of idyllic Chautauqua, the secrets of a beautiful Victorian maid are best left hidden. After the death of both parents and the sale of the farm, eighteen-year-old Rebecca Galloway is hired as a parlor maid in the Eaton's Buffalo mansion in 1885. Her life becomes a nightmare with a secret so awful that she prays no one will find out.

A laundress? How could she be a laundress? She had never done laundry in her life. Yet after a family tragedy in 1908, kindergarten teacher Julia Bradshaw takes a humble summer job as a laundress for wealthy bachelor David Easterly. She has always been obsessed with seeing inside his beautiful mansion in Rochester, New York. But will her obsession become her undoing? David Easterly's life is orderly, just the way he likes it, until he meets a beautiful woman at his Christmas Eve party. Will her secrets become his undoing too?

Could he sacrifice the love of his life for an obligation? When his missing sister returns home with seven-year-old daughter, Ruthie, John Sheridan, bank vice president in Rochester, New York, must keep the secret from his dearest friend, or reputations will be shattered. Claire Larson has always dreamed of being a pastor's wife, but one week before graduation from Houghton Seminary in 1911, her plan unravels. Struggling for direction, she takes a summer job tutoring Ruthie at Sunnyside Hill. Now she must keep the secret too. This is a stand-alone third book in the Tour of Mansions series, imaginary stories taking place in real mansions open to the public. This setting is Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, New York