Review: Beauty in Spring - Book #1 Beauty Series - Kati Wilde - April 2017 Cora Walker grew up on the grounds of Blackwood Manor along with Gideon Blake. The pair of them were the best of friends and one day it was said that the couple would marry despite her being the groundskeeper's daughter. That was until one day, they were out playing and heard a growl and then the next thing Cora knew she was being shipped away from Blackwood Manor with her father. She never heard a peep out of the Blake's until now. Ten years have passed, and Cora's father has also passed away when she gets a letter stating to come to Blackwood Manor as the Blake's have something for her father. Thinking it might be monetary, Cora goes and steps on the grounds for the first time in a decade. When she arrives, the necklace that Gideon gave her the night before they left starts to burn and tighten. Almost strangling her and as she gets closer inside, the collar begins to fo...