【同名影集《娃娃屋》The Miniaturist原作續集】
首部曲《娃娃屋》中,描述17世紀因父母婚約安排嫁入富商之家的妮拉,丈夫約翰尼斯卻對他冷漠異常,妮拉的小姑瑪琳掌控家中大小事,僕人的態度也對她十分疏離,妮拉唯一的慰藉是丈夫送她的一棟精巧細緻的娃娃屋,妮拉依喜好向工匠訂購娃娃屋中的家具人物,但有天她發現,開始有奇怪的人物與家具送到,沒有屬名,而這些精巧的飾物卻將揭開妮拉心中的謎團。
第二集描述已扭轉命運的妮拉,儼然已成為布蘭特家的大家長,但瑪琳小姑突然過世,讓她不得不擔憂姪女提雅的未來婚事,此時,她們收到上流階級趨之若鶩的一場舞會邀請,妮拉欣喜之餘,卻不禁想起那個曾暗示她未來的「微物工匠」是否又將再次現身...
A woman must make her own fate . . .
1705, Amsterdam. Thea Brandt is about to turn eighteen, and at the theatre in the heart of the city she has met the love of her life. At home, the Brandt family faces ruin, and Thea’s aunt Nella is convinced the only solution is to find Thea a wealthy husband. As Thea and Nella clash over the demands of duty and the heart, past secrets begin to overwhelm their present. Will each woman be able to rescue her destiny from the whims of fortune?
Returning to the resplendent world of Jessie Burton's million-copy bestseller The Miniaturist, The House of Fortune is a story of love, fate, and two women determined to make their own way.