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After Aunt Lil's passing, sisters Cilla and Joanna face a surprising will: nearly the entire fortune is designated for Cilla, but with stipulations that she must travel to the Seychelles and that her assets be managed by two trustees—one of whom is the combative Theo Randall. The sisters must confront the terms of the inheritance and their own relationships to understand Aunt Lil's intentions.
First publish date: 1974
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Hilary Wilde
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