![]() In fact, Christy is now celibate although he is not a virgin, having lost his virginity before he entered the ministry. Christy does not act on his attraction to Anne because he is a deeply committed religious man who does not believe in adultery. Christy and Anne are immediately attracted to one another. Unfortunately, they are stuck together.Īfter they move to the manor house, Geoffrey finds himself living near his old boyhood chum, Christy Morell. ![]() She is not able to divorce him, plus they have few financial resources despite his inheritance of a title. Geoffrey and Anne have a terrible marriage. Geoffrey is a soldier – a very jaded and dissolute character and he is syphilitic, in the tertiary stages of the disease. Geoffrey grew up in Wyckerley and has just come into his inheritance as Viscount D’Aubrey. To Love and To Cherish begins when Anne Verlaine moves to Wyckerley with her husband, Geoffrey. Wyckerley’s physical terrain is similar to Cornwall – mining and agricultural country, and one of the charms of the trilogy is how Ms Gaffney has made this village and its inhabitants come alive. The books are set during the Victorian era in the English village of Wyckerley. ![]() To Love and To Cherish is the first volume of Patricia Gaffney’s justly renowned Wyckerley trilogy. ![]()
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