Spinster of the Parish

Catharine Kincaid, the beautiful librarian of Blossom Hill, dies after 80 years of dedication to her community, and is buried in the village cemetery. Beloved by generations of villagers, her life is marked by tragedy. Waving her fiancé off on the train to London in 1919, she was never to see him again. He disappeared along the journey, last seen driving off in a gig with a young woman dressed in black lace.
Catharine never married, though there were many rumours, and she was said to have worn her ruby engagement ring until the day she died. Despite her heartbreak, she founded her very own Romance Room in the library, and spent countless hours in her favourite leather chair, reading the most passionate novels ever written.
And just who was the mysterious stranger who appeared at her funeral, not saying a word, but standing by her grave until night fell?