The publisher's summary: Can one house hold a lifetime of secrets? Corfu, 1930The moment Thirza Caruthers sets foot on Corfu, memories flood back: the scent of jasmine, the green shutters of her family’s home — and her brother Billy’s tragic disappearance years before.Returning to the Greek house, high above clear blue waters, Thirza tries to... Continue Reading →
Night Train to Marrakech is the third and last part of the Daughters of War trilogy. Vicky, the daughter of Elise and Victor travels to Morocco in the hope to meet her grandmother Clemence and learn more about her past. She studied to be a fashion designer and she hopes to meet Yves Saint Laurent,... Continue Reading →
After Daughters of War, I was eager to discover its sequel, the Hidden Palace, and this new historical fiction by Dinah Jefferies is a great read.Florence has left France through the Pyrenees with the help of Jack and is now in the UK. She is reunited with her mother Claudette after all these years and... Continue Reading →
Three sisters - Hélène, Elise and Florence - live in a beautiful little house away from Sainte Cécile, a village in Dordogne, not too far from Sarlat. They moved when their father passed away and have remained there because of the Second World War. We are now in 1944 and the three sisters are longing... Continue Reading →
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