I absolutely love Abigail Wilson’s books and this one is no exception!

We briefly meet Charity Halliwell and Piers Cavanaugh then the story jumps ahead 5 years to when Charity returns the Loxby Manor, home of the Cavanaughs. Seline Cavanaugh disappears the night a Charity arrives and given the mystery surrounding the family and Loxby Manor, Charity knows things aren’t adding up.

The story really gets going when Piers returns home and he and Charity start investigating what happened to Seline and start to reconnect regarding their relationship. This was an engrossing story, with a secret society, whose members include members of both Piers and Charity’s families, with ties to the French being connected to what happened to Seline.

I couldn’t put this book down and I’d happily revisit these characters if this turns into a series.

Thank you to Netgalley for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

I thoroughly enjoyed this suspenseful regency romance! I loved all the depth, the love story and the mystery. I definitely would recommend this to those who like suspense in the regency times with emotional love story 💗

THE VANISHING AT LOXBY MANOR by ABIGAIL WILSON is a well written and exciting historical novel with romance, mystery, intrigue, suspense and more, that is set in East Whitloe in Kent in the early 1800's.
When Charity Halliwell returns to Loxby Manor after five years in Ceylon she finds an awful darkness about the place, which is made worse by the disappearance of her best friend Seline Cavanagh.
Piers Cavanagh has come back home after being banished to a place outside of Liverpool due to his perceived cowardice in not arriving to take part in a duel against Lord Kendal. He has decided he can never marry as he could never expect a wife to share his shame.
Whilst Piers' shame is public, Charity's is private. Because of what happened to her in Ceylon she feels she can never marry.
The two work together to try and find out what has happened to Selene and soon realize that things are not as they seem.
Add to this a mysterious secret society to which Piers' brother Avery and his three good friends belong, the gloom of Kinwich Abbey with its statue of a faceless monk, an hysterical and sad Mrs Cavanagh who is nonetheless determined to keep scandal about the family at bay, a blind and practically bedridden Mr Cavanagh and a stable hand who is on the make, all whilst social norms are being followed, and you have a really good story! There is also a strong Christian message of hope and of letting go of the past running through the book.
This is a really exciting read and one I can recommend to anyone who enjoys this genre.
I was given a free copy of the book by NetGalley from Thomas Nelson. The opinions in this review are completely my own.