The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Iris and Ruby.

Constance

A collection of three stunning ebooks from the author of the runaway bestseller, THE KASHMIR SHAWL.

 MOON ISLAND: On a small stretch of wild coast, five old clapboard houses gaze out to sea. Fourteen-year-old May, arriving for the summer, feels isolated and resentful. Leonie, next door, shares May's isolation for she is unhappy in her marriage. She confides in Elizabeth, an aging widow who keeps the beach's secrets. Meanwhile, May has discovered the diary of a dead girl. As she immerses herself in the past, she begins to feel she is destined to follow in the dead girl's footsteps.

 SUNRISE: It was a love forbidden but never forgotten. When Harry returned to Wales, Angharad found paradise - despite her father's violent warnings. For she and Harry were in love, untouchable until a shocking revelation drives Angharad to flee, pregnant and penniless, to London. There, she resolves to put the past behind her, joy and heartache alike. But neither time nor success can banish her memories.

 FOLLIES: They were three modern women, who came to Oxford University full of hopes and dreams and would leave forever changed. Helen: shy, quiet and hopelessly in love. Chloe: glamorous and confident, abandoning a high-powered career, obsessively drawn to her philandering English professor. Pansy: stunning heiress and aspiring actress, driven to prove she is more than an irresistible magnet to the men around her. Together for one unforgettable year, they would share a lifetime of emotions and a very special friendship.

Rosie Thomas 3-Book Collection - Moon Island, Sunrise, Follies

From the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl. Available on ebook for the first time.

 For Bell Farrer, rising wine journalist, it was the break of her career. To interview both reclusive Baron Charles de Gillesmont of Chateau Reynard in Bordeaux and business genius Valentine Gordon of California's Dry Stone Wineries; compare Old World and New, passion and profit, centuries of tradition and the very latest technology.

 But suddenly Bell's career is the last thing on her mind. Because Charles and Valentine are not just opposites but enemies, locked in lethal rivalry by their only common bond, the women they choose to love. Once, Charles's wife now Bell.

 How can Bell, loving one, still feel the draw of the other? Yet only by throwing herself into both worlds in turn can she finally recognize her own.

Celebration

La City ! De sa petite boutique d'un quartier populaire, Harriet Peacock aurait tout donné pour appartenir à cette prestigieuse société de financiers de haut vol, d'hommes et de femmes d'affaires… La chance, un jour, prend les traits d'un vieil homme. En lui livrant les secrets d'un jeu qu'il a autrefois inventé, il lui ouvre les voies de la fortune, Jeune femme anonyme, Harriet est soudain consacrée meilleure femme d'affaires de l'année. Elle est tour à tour courtisée par un richissime banquier puis par un célébrissime acteur. Hollywood, palaces, champagne, vie de rêve et de luxe… Mais aussi l'envers du décor, luttes d'influence, jalousies mesquines et calomnie… Dans ce monde sans pitié, l'amour se compte-t-il seulement au nombre des diamants ?

La belle conquérante

Un soir de tempête, dans un aéroport canadien, Sam est fasciné par une inconnue. Elle marche dans le vent, les jambes nues, insensible à la neige qui fouette les visages. De tels coups de foudre peuvent mener très loin... Sam suivra Finch jusqu'au sommet de l'Everest. Par amour pour cette femme passionnée d'alpinisme, il découvre un univers où le froid et le vent sont mortels ; où la neige cache des gouffres sans fond. Mais comment Finch pourrait-elle aimer Sam, quand, face à lui, se dresse l'impressionnant Al Hood, le chef de l'expédition ? Un aventurier taciturne, mystérieux, fascinant. La lutte s'annonce inégale. Déchirés par leurs sentiments, les " fous de l'Everest " vont pourtant devoir rester solidaires pour revenir vivants de ce périple vertigineux...

White - Occasion

For fans of The Tea-Planter's Wife and Victoria Hislop comes a gripping story of doomed love and secrets in 1940s Kashmir.

 Within one exotic land lie the secrets of a lifetime.

 In 1938, young bride Nerys Watkins accompanies her missionary husband on a posting to India. Up in Srinagar, the British live on beautiful wooden houseboats and dance and gossip as if there is no war. But when the men are sent away to fight Nerys is caught up in a dangerous friendship.

 Years later, when Mair Ellis clears out her father's house, she finds an antique shawl with a lock of child's hair wrapped up in its folds. Tracing her grandparents' roots back to Kashmir, Mair uncovers a story of great love and great sacrifice.

The Kashmir Shawl

From the bestselling author of The Kashmir Shawl. Available on ebook for the first time.

 It was a love forbidden but never forgotten

 When Harry Cotton returned to Wales, Angharad Owain found paradise - despite her father's violent warnings against the Cottons of Llyn Fair. For she and Harry were in love, untouchable.

 Until a shocking revelation drives Angharad to flee, pregnant and penniless, to London. There, struggling to make a new life for herself and her child, she resolves to put the past behind her, joy and heartache alike.

 But neither time nor success can banish her memories. In the end, Angharad must confront the sinister shadows that lie between her and Harry - the man she will always love, but may never have .

Sunrise

A stunning novel from the SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author of THE KASHMIR SHAWL

 London 1919Born into a down-at-heel family, Nancy Wix is more than her past dictates - more ambitious than the daughter of a faded showman, more original than a woman who will be confined by polite conventions. The end of the Great War has left a stricken London on the brink of an uncertain future, and with their hard-won freedoms now in doubt Nancy and her fellow suffragettes must strive all over again for the right to control their own destinies.

 At a time when shattered families are struggling to let go of their dead, Nancy discovers she has a gift that offers hope to the loved ones of the lost generation, and a chance encounter reveals a way in which she might use it for her own ends.

 As Nancy struggles to break free from the rigid bonds of society and find her place in the world, the only thing that could hold her back is her love for an unattainable man.

Daughter of the House

Un soir de tempête, dans un aéroport canadien, Sam est fasciné par une inconnue.
Elle marche dans le vent, les jambes nues, insensible à la neige qui fouette les visages. De tels coups de foudre peuvent mener très loin, et Sam ira plus loin encore qu'il ne pouvait l'imaginer : il suivra Finch jusqu'au sommet de l'Everest... Par amour pour cette femme passionnée d'alpinisme, il découvre un univers où le froid et le vent sont mortels ; où la neige cache des gouffres sans fond ; où le manque d'oxygène trouble la respiration et la faculté de penser ; où la moindre goutte d'eau dans une botte peut conduire à l'amputation.
Mais comment Finch pourrait-elle aimer Sam quand, face à lui, se trouve un homme tel qu'Al Hood, le chef de l'expédition ? Un aventurier taciturne, mystérieux, hanté par un drame passé. La lutte est inégale, pourtant Sam ne renonce pas. Déchirés par leurs sentiments, les " fous de l'Everest " doivent rester solidaires dans l'épreuve et triompher ensemble de la montagne. Ils ne reviendront pas tous les trois...

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