The Driver's Seat

"Margo's Got Money Troubles gets a thrilling gothic twist in this delightful, darkly funny debut novel set in a castle in the Scottish Highlands. When Emma Propeller's unreliable and narcissistic husband, James, fails to return home to her and their new baby from a business trip, she fears the worst. But it turns out a scrape with the law has sent him straight to rehab-where, he bravely informs her, he's fallen deeply in love with a fellow patient. Rather than wait for him to come crawling back, she seizes the opportunity to escape. Emma bolts with her baby on a midnight train to a castle in the Scottish Highlands, as far away from James as possible. A job as a live-in driver for a mysterious marchioness promises safety and the chance to reinvent herself. At first, Emma celebrates her newfound independence; she's landed herself a cozy cottage, a job paid in cash, and proximity to a glamorous employer. However, the castle is no sanctuary, and working for the aristocrat quickly becomes even more chaotic than the life she has just fled.