'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...

'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....

A captivating historical novel set in post-war Casablanca about a young man marked by djinns who must decide where his loyalties lie as the fight for Moroccan independence erupts.Hamou Badi is born in a village in the Anti-Atlas Mountains with the markings of the zouhry on his hands. In Morocco, the zouhry is a figure of legend, a child of both humans and djinns, capable of finding treasure, lost objects, and even water in the worst of droughts. But when young Hamo...

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 ...

'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...

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...

'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...

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 ...

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...

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;...

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...

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...