For Iris Irene Colver Farrell,
the grandmother I never had the privilege of knowing.
In researching your family history, I discovered my great-great-grandparents, Charles Henry Colver and Mary Hannah Burnan, were servants at Stainsby Hall in Derbyshire, England. The mystery of their romance and subsequent marriage became the inspiration for this book, and I am most grateful for the journey it took me on!