Tale tāl, n. An act of telling: a narrative, story: a false story: a mere story: (in pl.) things told idly or to get others into trouble: reckoning (arch, ). (Chambers English Dictionary)
This is Book 4 in the Grandmothers' Footsteps series. It's 1912 and Imogen Hayes, who was adopted at birth, has only recently been reunited with Harriet, her natural mother. Now happily married, Imogen has to contend not...