Happiness means something different to each of us, but from each it requires sacrifice. What would you give up to have all you wanted?
Kentridge Hall is the story of Isabelle Hampstead, a young woman who, after the death of her father, finds herself the recipient of an offer to assume a place within her wealthy landlord’s family. She’s skeptical of the motivation behind such an extraordinary invitation, but having nowhere else to go, she reluctantly accepts it. While she is being groomed according to the ideals of society and of the eldest son, heir to title and fortune, the younger brothers, suspicious of her motives, labour to dig up her past in order to expose her as a mercenary and an upstart. Their endeavors, however, bring them face to face with their own falsely held pride when they discover just how closely her mysterious past is connected with their own. David, the elder of the two, is forced to reconsider ideals he has been trained to uphold, and must ask himself some very hard questions about integrity, honour, and the right of every man--or woman--to choose the path of his own happiness.
Kentridge Hall is complete at 125K words.