Bear No Malice
When Tom Cross is beaten and left for dead, siblings Miranda and Simon rescue the clergyman and nurse him back to health, and the secrets of their lives become intertwined. Beaten and left for dead in the English countryside, clergyman and reformer Tom Cross is nursed back to health by Miranda and Simon Thorne. The reclusive siblings seem to have as many secrets as he does. Forced to slow down and confront his unexamined life, Tom becomes a welcome distraction for Miranda, a skilled artist. Returning to London, Tom's life begins to unravel as he faces the consequences of his affair with a married woman, and his abusive childhood. As his reputation is destroyed he realizes that Miranda is the only person he trusts with the truth. -- adapted from jacket
