'A beautifully written and intriguing story that stayed with me long after I had turned the last page' Santa Montefiore.'I wanted to live in this story. Jane Johnson writes with such grace and ease' Carol Drinkwater.One house, two women, a lifetime of secrets...Following the death of her mother, Becky begins the sad task of sorting through her empty flat. Starting with the letters piling up on the doormat, she finds a...

Marocco, 1677. Dietro le magnifiche mura e gli archi imponenti del palazzo di Meknes, vive il sultano Moulay Ismail con il suo harem, in cui innumerevoli schiavi custodiscono le sue mille concubine. A sovrintendere a quell’universo femminile è la moglie Zidana, una donna astuta e crudele, ossessionata dal timore che i figli di altre concubine possano scavalcare i suoi rampolli nella successione al trono. Ed è proprio in questo spazio fuori dal mondo e dal tempo, eppure così saturo di odio ...

'Full of secrets, Cornwall, and wonderful detail.' Katie Fforde'G****loriously rich and layered.' Liz Fenwick'Characters to fall in love with.' Jackie MorrisTime has forgotten this remote corner of West Cornwall, and left its many secrets undisturbed. Until now...Ezra Curnow has lived in the little cottage on the Trengrose estate all his life....

An enthralling story of secrets and discovering love where you least expect it, in The Tenth Gift the art of embroidery uncannily links two fascinating women of different eras and their equally passionate love storiesIn an expensive London restaurant, Julia Lovat receives a gift that changes her life. At first glance it is a book of exquisite seventeenth-century embroidery patterns belonging to a woman named Catherine Ann Tregenna. Yet in its margins are t...

Isabelle ha la vita che ha sempre desiderato e per cui ha lottato. Un ottimo lavoro nel centro di Londra, un guardaroba pieno di abiti eleganti e tutto regolato da un ordine maniacale. Ma Isabelle non è sempre stata così. Un tempo era una bambina chiassosa e ribelle; nel tempo, però, ogni spinta vitale si è infranta contro il muro di dolore per la separazione dei genitori, due archeologi molto più interessati alle antichità che alla figlia, e per l’abbandono del padre, partito quando lei a...

'Epic and tender, as thrilling as it is moving, Pillars of Light deftly spins a story of the crusader world that is rich, deep, complex and quite unlike anything I've read before. I couldn't put it down.' Dan Jones'A masterpiece of historical fiction.' Anne FortierPillars of Light is a powerful and moving novel about the triumph of the human spirit against all the odds. It will delight fans of Philippa Gregory, Ken...

One house, two women, a lifetime of secrets...Following the death of her mother, Becky begins the sad task of sorting through her empty flat. Starting with the letters piling up on the doormat, she finds an envelope post-marked from Cornwall. In it is a letter that will change her life forever. A desperate plea from her mother's elderly cousin, Olivia, to help save her beloved home.Becky arrives at Chynalls to find the beautiful old house crumbling into the ground, and Oliv...

In a Cornish valley steeped in legend lies an abandoned house where Edens may be lost, found and remade...The house at White Cove comes with a reputation. Once the venue for glittering parties, it has lain neglected since the war, which is why Mila and her mother Magda acquire it so cheaply in the summer of 1954. While Magda plans to restore the house to its former glory, Mila just wants a happy home for her little girl, Janey.Locals say this valley is home to a white hare;...

Kate Fordham fled to Spain to start a new life. Amid the sunlit streets of Granada and the earthly paradise of the Alhambra's gardens, towers and courtyards, she's left her past far behind. But fate is about to bring her face-to-face with her greatest fear.Five centuries ago, a message was hidden in the Alhambra's walls. There it has lain, undisturbed by the tides of history – the fall of Granada, the expulsion of ...

'An unashamedly escapist page-turner' Daily MailIn an exclusive London restaurant, Julia Lovat is given a gift that will change her life. The antique book of Jacobean embroidery delights her, but when she looks more closely, she discovers within its faded pages the extraordinary diary of a young Cornish girl, calling to her from across the centuries.On a Sunday morning in July 1625, Barbary pirates sail into a quiet Cornish bay and storm the church. Their loot: sixt...

A sweeping historical adventure, set in 17th-century Morocco, from the bestselling author of Court of Lions.Morocco, 1677The tyrannical King Ismail resides over the palace of Meknes. Through the sweltering heat of the palace streets, Nus Nus, slave to the king, is sent to the apothecary. There he discovers the bloody corpse of the herb man, and becomes entangled in a plot to frame him for the murder.Meanwhile, young...

My dear Isabelle, in the attic you will find a box with your name on it.Isabelle's archaeologist father dies leaving a puzzle: a mysterious African amulet. But what is it? And why did he want her to have it? On impulse she takes a plane to Morocco to find out. But has Isabelle's curiosity got the better of her?Almost killed in an accident which damages the amulet (revealing more of its secrets), she realises she must be careful. But when her rescue...