Set in the Lake District, the story revolves around Joanna Roswell, who arrives from a famous London auction house to examine the contents of Thirlbeck, the remote and ancient seat of the Earls of Askew. There are other secrets in the great house and Joanna finds herself drawn into them.
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In November 1930 two strangers meet in St James's Park. Geraldine Penrose is the wife of an aristocratic British diplomat. American Ginny Clayton belongs to a family whose name commands influence. From this chance meeting grows a friendship that will link the two families.
Tells the story of Kirsty Howard, who leaves China when her parents die and seeks out her grandfather in Scotland. It is a strange world she finds at Cluain - an arrogant and lonely old man running one of the finest whisky distilleries in the world with two women running the house.
Clonmara the wild, beautiful, Irish estate in County Wicklow is a fitting home for the Blodmore family. Charlotte, the last of the family line, marries a grandee of Spain and becomes mistress of a great Spanish sherry dynasty but the man who took her inheritance has also taken her love.
There was little hope of happiness, or even survival, for the tiny, frail slum girl who fell under the carriage wheels. But Black Jack Pollick . risen to a landowner, takes her home and raises her as one of his own family, giving her the opportunity of a glittering future.
Born illegitimately, Jane Howard inherits nothing but the fiery hair and indomitable spirit of her mother's family, the Blakes. When Anne Blake dies, it is Jane who disposes of the debt-ridden London household. Then Charles Blake returns, fleeing the French Revolution, to claim his inheritance.
When Maura D'arcy travels back to Cloncath to reclaim the Culloden Cup, which was stolen from her mother, she finds she is drawn both towards the glassworks, and her cousin who owns it. Connor Sheridan however, is desperate to keep the glassworks open, and sees Maura only as a dangerous rival.
The charmed circle is a small group who, between them, appear to have everything - talent, fame, beauty, money and power. But a murder trial which headlines the newspapers all over the world brings the group together for protection.
A saga for today, set amid the sophisticated parties, political scandals and financial upheavals of Britain and Australia. Kelly expected only a life of poverty and shame. However with her extraordinary capacity to love and survive, she became the heart of the grandest family in Britain.
Lively and attractive, Ginny Tilsit has been raised on an island paradise in the Caribbean. She knew nothing of her family's bitter inheritance half a world away but Isobel Tilsit's legacy brought Ginny to Dorset, to the Tilsit pottery, where she finds herself both unexpected and unwelcome.
Wrongfully convicted and transported to Australia, Sara Dane's future seems bleak. This harsh new world, however, brings her the love of three very different men - Richard Barwell, her first and abiding love; Andrew Maclay, farmer, gambler and smuggler, and Louis Bouget, a wealthy emigre.
Taken from a life of desperate poverty, Anna stood on the threshold of a world that promised her everything - love, wealth and security. Then she lost it all. Nicole is her daughter, with the London that shunned her mother at her feet. Both are drawn to Lynmara house.
Burnham Falls was a small town, until the giant corporation arrived to disrupt the community and change the lives of three women: Laura, the actress wife of the company president, Harriet, whose family once owned the town, and Jennie, who was too attractive to avoid the scandal that followed.
Sarah Devlin was devoted to her famous father Lawrence. He was a legend in his own time, but what was the secret of his disappearance? Josh Cranfield was an intelligence agent, with an unprofessional interest in Sarah. His unavoidable job is to discover her secrets, perhaps to destroy her.
Desperate for work, Fiona McIntyre goes to the West Indies as governess of her young cousin. However the passions of the white masters and their restless slaves, on the brink of emancipation, are at boiling point. As hurricane winds and forbidden drums sweep the island, all secrets are laid bare.
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