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Gracie Burton is a grandmother living quietly in Devon. She has rarely left the village over the past 40 years. Her daughter, Carina, is immensely high-powered, with her own fast-paced business in London. She has very little time for her 17-year-old daughter, Anastasia, away at boarding school, and even less time for her ageing mother. In many ways, the three of them barely know each other.

West Cork, Ireland, 1900. The year marks the start of a new century and the birth of three very different women: Kitty Deverill, the flame-haired Anglo-Irish daughter of the castle; Bridie Doyle, the daughter of the Irish cook; and Celia Deverill, Kitty's flamboyant English cousin. Together they grow up in the dreamy grounds of the family's grand estate, Castle Deverill. Yet their peaceful way of life will soon be threatened by Ireland's struggle for independence.

Arethusa Clayton has always been formidable, used to getting her own way. On her death, she leaves unexpected instructions. Instead of being buried in America, on the wealthy East Coast where she and her late husband raised their two children, Arethusa has decreed that her ashes be scattered in a remote corner of Ireland, on the hills overlooking the sea. All Arethusa ever told Faye was that she grew up in a poor farming family and left Ireland, alone, to start a new life in America, as did so many in those times of hardship and famine.

Federica is moved from Chile to Cornwall when her parents separate, and all she has left of the relationship she cherished with her father is a wooden box, which has a secret beauty hidden within. Swiftly embraced into the eccentric Appleby family, it isn’t long before Federica falls for her friend’s older brother, Sam, who barely notices the little girl until it is too late. Years later, from the sanctuary of a seemingly perfect marriage, Federica embarks on a painful journey of self-discovery. Will she finally learn the true lesson of the butterfly box?

Cornwall, 1944. When Rupert Dash is declared missing, presumed dead during the Battle of Arnhem, his wife, Florence, is devastated. She can’t accept that he has gone from her life forever, and so when she finds a poem called ‘Wait for Me’ hidden in an old book, she believes it’s a sign from her husband. A promise that he will return to her. London, 1988. Since childhood Max has suffered from a recurring nightmare. Surrounded by the horrific chaos of war, he has an urgent mission he knows he must complete.

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Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the magnificent Tuscan villa near her village. When the owner’s son invites her inside, Floriana knows that her destiny is there, with him. But as they grow up, things begin to change. Miles away on the Devon coastline, Marina’s hotel has fallen on hard times. The arrival of Rafael Santoro, artist-in-residence, seems to bring peace in Marina’s family. But Rafa is not who he seems....

She hardly knew her Italian mother, and her English father acts as if Valentina never existed. She despises country life almost as much as she despises her stepmother and stepsisters. On board the houseboat named after her dead mother, Alba's life is little more than a selfish search for fun and pleasure. But the discovery of her mother's portrait sends the girl back to Italy to find her family - and the truth about Valentina.

Marigold has spent her life taking care of those around her, juggling family life with the running of the local shop, and being an all-round leader in her quiet yet welcoming community. When she finds herself forgetting things, everyone quickly puts it down to her age. But something about Marigold isn’t quite right, and it’s becoming harder for people to ignore. As Marigold’s condition worsens, for the first time in their lives her family must find ways to care for the woman who has always cared for them.

De nieuwe bewoners van het statige St. Sidwell Manor in Cornwall roepen de hulp in van Pixie Tate om een merkwaardig mysterie te ontrafelen. Pixie begrijpt al snel dat daar iets bijzonders verborgen moet zijn. Meer dan honderd jaar geleden verdween in het holst van de nacht een kind uit zijn bed en werd nooit meer teruggezien. Pixie moet achter de waarheid zien te komen: wat gebeurde er in die laatste maanverlichte uren? Terwijl het verhaal tussen heden en verleden beweegt worden geheimen onthuld, liefdesaffaires aan het licht gebracht en komt Pixie voor een hartverscheurende keuze te staan.

Sofia Solanas grows up on a beautiful ranch in the middle of the Argentine pampa. In a world of old-fashioned values, she carves out a place as a rebellious and passionate young woman. But eventually, her stubborn nature leads her to trouble. When Sofia’s mother Anna discovers that Sofia has embarked on a forbidden love affair, she must act in order to save the family from shame. She sends Sofia to Europe - away from her friends and family and the man Sofia loves.

Margot Hart travels to Ireland to write a biography of the famous Deverill family. She knows she must speak to the current Lord Deverill—JP—if she is to uncover the secrets of the past. A notorious recluse, JP won’t be an easy man to crack. But Margot is determined—and she is not a woman who is easily put off.

Een prachtig verhaal over de vele vormen van liefde – maar vooral over die ene, ware, eeuwigdurende. In het Noord-Italië van de jaren dertig groeit Evelina op als knappe jongste dochter van de familie Pierangelini. Ze is verliefd op Ezra Zanotti, de muzikaal getalenteerde zoon van een Joodse stoffenhandelaar. Tussen de twee ontluikt een geheime romance, maar als in 1939 Mussolini een verbond sluit met Hitler komt hun toekomst op losse schroeven te staan. Als overtuigd patriot denkt Ezra's vader dat de nazi's hem en zijn familie met rust zullen laten maar ze worden allemaal gevangengenomen.

Married couple, Miranda and David, move out of London into a beautiful country house with an idyllic garden. But reality turns out to be very different from their bucolic dream. Soon the latent unhappiness in the family begins to come to the surface, isolating each family member in a bubble of resentment and loneliness. Then a mysterious Frenchman arrives on their doorstep. With the wisdom of nature, he slowly begins to heal the past and the present.

A stunning story of loss, love and the summer that changed everything from the number one best-selling author of Songs of Love and War. 1958. Celestria, the charismatic daughter of an aristocratic family, lives in Pendrift Hall, a pale stone mansion with gardens that tumble down to the Cornish sea. It is summer, and the weeks ahead hold the promise of self-discovery and the thrilling possibility of illicit love affairs.

Audrey Garnet lives a sheltered life in the exclusive Argentinian community of Hurlingham. That is, until Cecil and Louis Forrester arrive, travelling from England to make their fortunes. Admired by all for her beauty and grace, Audrey quickly catches the eyes of both brothers, but it is talented-but-troubled outsider Louis with his musical flair whom she is drawn to most. Cecil, however, is a better match – a decorated war hero who has charmed the entire community, including Audrey’s parents, forcing Audrey to keep her true feelings a secret.

Als jongste dochter van een afstandelijke moeder en een vader die zijn kasteel ontvlucht en troost zoekt bij de jacht en zijn maîtresse, trekt Kitty Deverill naar haar grootmoeder, bij wie ze de liefde vindt waaraan het thuis ontbreekt. Het is ook haar grootmoeder die Kitty verhalen vertelt over vorige generaties Deverills, over de geschiedenis van het roemruchte kasteel en over het leven op het ruige, maar lieflijke Ierse platteland.

De vrouwen van kasteel Deverill proberen zich staande te houden in de roerige jaren voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Kitty wordt verscheurd door haar liefde voor Ierland en de wens haar leven met Jack te delen. Celia is vastbesloten kasteel Deverill in zijn oude glorie te herstellen en stort zich vol overgave op de renovatie, zich niet bewust van de rampspoed die onafwendbaar op haar af komt. Bridie probeert wanhopig over het verlies van haar zoon heen te komen, die ze bij zijn geboorte moest afstaan, en verzint de wildste plannen om hem terug te krijgen.

Tegen de wensen van zijn halfzus Kitty Deverill in, verkoopt JP Deverill het familiekasteel aan een grote hotelketen. Ook nodigt hij de jonge Margot Hart uit om op het landgoed te komen logeren. Margot werkt aan een boek over de geschiedenis van de familie Deverill en JP ziet dat boek als de ideale manier om zijn rekeningen met verscheidene familieleden te vereffenen. JP's zoon Colm kan zich allerminst vinden in de plannen van zijn vader. Hij heeft na de scheiding van zijn ouders alle contact met zijn vader verbroken, maar nu JP van plan is de vuile was over de familie buiten te hangen, voelt Colm zich geroepen om in actie te komen.

It is 1925, and the war is long over. But much has been lost, and life will never be quite the same. Castle Deverill, cherished ancestral home to the Deverill family in the west of Ireland, has burned to the ground. Young and flighty Celia Deverill is determined to restore the sad ruins to its former glory. But dark shadows are gathering once more as the financial markets start to shake, and everything that felt so certain is thrown once again into doubt....