Santa Montefiore

Ireland, 1939: Much has changed for the Deverill family, and a new generation is waiting in the wings. In Dublin, Martha Wallace has returned home from America, desperate to track down her birth mother. But instead she has lost her heart to the impossibly charming JP, scion of the Deverill family... Bridie Doyle has come a long way from her humble roots. Now Countess di Marcantonio and mistress of Castle Deverill, she is determined to make the splendid...

Celeste is mourning the tragic death of her young son, Jack, from leukaemia. So when she learns that her nephew is coming to stay, she doesn't think she can bear to have another child in the house. But when Bruno arrives, she makes him feel welcome and loved, even though her heart is breaking. She finds sanctuary in the little summerhouse at the end of her garden, where the quilt she was making her son lies unfinished, her love and grief stitched...

Ellen Trawton is running away from it all. She is due to get married to a man she doesn't love, her job is dragging her down and her interfering mother is getting on her nerves. So she escapes to the one place she knows her mother won't follow her, to her aunt's house. Once there, she uncovers a dark secret and a future she never knew she had.

Something is amiss in the village of Badley Compton. Binoculars at the ready, Flappy Scott-Booth is set to investigate. Newcomers have moved in, a young couple from London, delightful no doubt but they do need to know their place. Who better to teach them the ways of this close-knit community than Flappy herself? But Flappy has other distractions. An ardent admirer, a New Year's Ball to organize and manifold appearances to be kept up. How much time...

Would you risk everything for love? Bestselling children's book writer Angelica is flattered at the attention of Jack, the owner of a vineyard in South Africa, whom she meets at a party. With his easy charm, Jack makes her feel good about herself - surely it can't do any harm to indulge in a mild email flirtation?

Antoinette's world has fallen apart: her husband, the man she has loved for as long as she can remember, has died tragically in an accident. He was her rock, the man she turned to for love and support, the man she knew better than she knew herself. Or at least so she thought.

Celestria always spends her summer holiday at Pendrift Hall, the Cornish mansion that has been home to the Montague family for generations. In the summer of 1958, the highlight is a lavish ball. But what is supposed to be a night of celebration ends in catastrophe. Celestria's grandfather encourages her to play detective.

'The Forget-Me-Not Sonata' is a sweeping story following the life of Audrey Garnet who grows up in the small Anglo-Argentine community where the gossiping ladies of the Hurlingham Club divulge and discuss the latest scandals over scones and tea.

Spoilt, resourceful and proud, Sofia is loved by all around her. All, that is, except her Irish mother Anna. When Sofia embarks on a passionate love affair, Anna is horrified and sends Sofia away to Europe, exiling her from her family and her lover.