The author creates suspense by connecting the setting with the plot when he describes?
a. a party being given in a humble cottage.
b. a storm bringing rain during a party.
c. three strangers appearing at a county cottage in one night.
d. the opposing goals of a seemingly simple couple at a festive event.

Suspense is actually a part of any written literary wherein this makes the readers become uncertain of what is going to happen next. Based on this definition, if the author links the setting with the plot  and this creates suspense, what he is describing is "the opposing goals of a seemingly simple couple at a festive event." The answer would be option d.