Charlotte Torrington and her children, the romantically handsome and callow Clovis; nine-year old Imogen, and middle-child Emerald, are disconsolate at the thought of losing Sterne, their beloved family home. Originally purchased by Horace Torrington, Charlotte’s first husband and the father of the children, Sterne has become too expensive for the financially strapped family to maintain. Since Horace’s death, and Charlotte’s remarriage to Edward Swift, Sterne has remained an important link to the past, a symbol of the family’s position that is intertwined with their sense of identity. As Edward sets off for Manchester in hopes of obtaining a loan, the rest of the family begins preparing a dinner party for Emerald’s twentieth birthday.  An evening unlike any other awaits them. Little can the Torringtons imagine that more than just a few intimate friends are about to arrive at Sterne.  Told in sensuous prose and infused with an air of mystery and increasing suspense, The Uninvited Guests enchants the reader from its opening page. Sadie Jones has written a literary gem, evocative of a romantic time and place, filled with humor, wit, and all-too-human characters.