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19th Century Britain: the abolitionists have won. Slavery is outlawed. A valiant victory - but it's all too easy to forget that in the rest of the world the inhuman practice is still a part of everyday life. A thought that the usually clear-thinking Mattie Henderson chooses to suppress when she finds herself unexpectedly married and on her way to South Carolina with her new husband.
Mattie realises too late that she is heading towards a country where...
2) Siena Summer
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An enthralling novel of war, rivalry and intrigue in 1920s Tuscany.
A decade after her sister Isobel eloped with a wounded soldier to Italy, Poppy Brookes receives a troubling letter, summoning her to the neglected country estate they now share in beautiful Siena.
Poppy soon finds a disturbing undercurrent in the marriage. The relationship between the sisters is also strained, as Poppy had nursed Kit back to health, and has never quite forgiven...
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An intensely gripping story of two extraordinary families from bestseller Teresa Crane
1929: Siobhan Clough and her three children are enjoying a holiday on the English coast. With them is Mary McCarthy and her volatile son, Liam. All is well until the arrival of Siobhan's husband George. A man of strong views and even stronger temper, he browbeats his gentle wife, belittles his daughter Christine and treats Liam like a servant…
A year later,...
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"A wonderfully rich web of intrigue and romance, love and betrayal" set in 1920s Tuscany-from the author of Freedom's Banner (Barbara Erskine).
When Carrie Stowe unexpectedly inherits her eccentric grandmother's Italian villa, she sets her heart on escaping the suffocating and toxic reality of life with her repressive husband, Arthur.
But after arriving late at night during a violent storm, she discovers that she is not alone. Waiting for her...
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