Both of Anna Johnson's parents have committed suicide over the past eighteen months so when the anniversary of her mother's death looms on the horizon, Anna is understandably emotional. However, Anna is shocked when she receives a card through the door hinting it may not have been suicide after all. Struggling to cope, Anna starts to imagine she feels her mother's presence in the house and thinks she is going crazy but then the threats start. Distressed, Anna takes the card to the police but ... Read the Post
The Secrets Between Us by Laura Madeleine
In 1943, eighteen-year-old Ceci Corvin is working in her father's bakery during the Italian occupation of her hometown in south France when she learns a group of Jewish refugees will be billeted there. The Corvins decide to rent the flat above the bakery to a Jewish couple, Daniel and Myriam Reiss, who have suffered appalling during the war. Unexpectedly, Ceci's friendship for the fragile Myriam turns into romance but she is all too aware of the dangers of forbidden love in a small town. As ... Read the Post
The Dressmaker’s Secret by Charlotte Betts
When Emilia and her mother, Sarah, settle in the small town of Pesaro, Emilia is hoping they will finally find a permanent home where they can make a success of their small dressmaking business. After spending most of her childhood moving throughout Europe, Emilia has grown tired of their nomadic lifestyle but her mother feels they are being followed. When Sarah is brutally attacked in their home, she makes a tearful confession to her daughter that she is not her real mother and Emilia's ... Read the Post
The Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies
After her husband dies in a car accident, Louisa begins to realise she never really knew the man she married when she uncovers the extent of the debts he has been accumulating. Believing Elliot had shares in a nearby cinnamon plantation, Louisa is shocked when she discovers he was actually visiting his eight-year-old son, Conor. The truth hits Louisa hard as her longing for a child has ended in bitter disappointment after a series of miscarriages and a traumatic stillbirth. Feeling betrayed, ... Read the Post
Florence Grace by Tracy Rees
After the death of her beloved nan, fifteen-year-old Florrie is forced to leave Cornwall for London where her deceased mother's family, the Graces, are prominent members of society. Having been poor all her life, Florrie is ill-equipped for her new role, however she is subjected to an intense course of refinement designed to turn her into a lady. As Florence Grace, Florrie has to leave behind everything she has ever known, however not everyone in the Grace household wants her there and they ... Read the Post