A Village Affair – Joanna Trollope

The Grey House was the answer to everything in Alice’s life – her perfect life.  The beautiful eighteenth century house with its orchard and paddock, the village of friendly eccentrics and the vicar, a wonderful man – seemed to be the ultimate achievement of her outwardly happy marriage – a loyal if dull husband, three children, two cars, and now, the house.  So why did she feel something crucial was missing?