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Een hartveroverend verhaal in de traditie van Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy en Marcia Willett. In het voorjaar van 1928 liggen de drie vriendinnen Robin, Maia en Helen genesteld in kussens op de veranda van het winternhuis te dromen van de toekomst. Van het leven na de middelbare school, van studeren of werken, trouwen en kinderen krijgen. Ze beloven vriendinnen te blijven en de belangrijke mijlpalen in het leven van een vrouw samen te vieren. Ze weten op dat moment zeker dat hun vriendschap tegen alles bestand zal zijn en hun hele leven zal duren. Maar opgroeien betekent ook uit elkaar groeien en in de woelige jaren tussen de twee wereldoorlogen slaan ze alledrie een andere weg in. Ondanks al het verdriet en de vreugde die het leven voor hen in petto heeft verliezen ze elkaar niet uit het oog en ook na vele jaren blijft hun vriendschap intact.

Een jonge weduwe verlaat India om in Engeland een nieuw leven op te bouwen terwijl haar babyzoon bij haar schoonouders achterblijft.

Drie vrouwen die het niet altijd gemakkelijk hebben in het leven, gaan elke zomer naar het ouderlijk huis van een van hen aan de kust van Suffolk. Ondanks alle tegenslag lukt het ze om sterk te blijven, en geeft de vriendschap hun de kracht om de problemen het hoofd te bieden.

An enthralling tale of the enduring power of friendship, SUMMER AT SEASTONE is the latest mesmerising tale of drama and intrigue from Judith Lennox, the author of HIDDEN LIVES and THE SECRETS BETWEEN US. Not to be missed by readers of Rachel Hore and Kate Morton.

For fans of Downton Abbey and MY LAST DUCHESS... 'Times change, and sometimes for the better...' As the twentieth century draws to a close, Esme Reddaway knows that she must uncover the truth. A truth that began during the First World War when Devlin Reddaway fell passionately in love with Esme's elder sister, Camilla, and promised to rebuild his ancestral home, Rosindell, for her. But the war changes everything and Devlin returns to England to find that Camilla is engaged to someone else. Angry and vengeful, he marries Esme, who has been secretly in love with him for years. Esme tries to win Devlin's heart by reviving the annual summer dance. But as the years pass she fears that Rosindell has a malign influence on those who live there, and the revelation of a shocking secret on the night of the dance at Rosindell tears her life apart. Decades later, it is she who must lay the ghosts of Rosindell to rest. Spanning the last century, Esme's story of sibling rivalry, heartbreak, betrayal and forgiveness is sure to appeal to fans of Kate Morton, Rachel Hore and Downton Abbey.

A breathtaking and tumultuous love story of the secrets,hidden passions and loyalties that bind us together. THE SECRETS BETWEEN US is the latest mesmerising tale of drama and intrigue from Judith Lennox, the author of HIDDEN LIVES and THE JEWELLER'S WIFE. Not to be missed by readers of Rachel Hore and Kate Morton. 'I have fallen completely in love with Judith Lennox's writing - she's a fantastic storyteller!' Jill Mansell It is Christmas 1937 when sisters Rowan and Thea travel from London to Scotland to visit their dying father. Having lost their mother in a tragic sailing accident when they were young, the two women are accustomed to grief. But they have no idea that their father's death will expose a terrible deception... For back in London is his wife Sophie and their two sons. Neither family knows of the other's existence, and when news reaches Sophie of Hugh's death her whole world is turned upside down. Meanwhile,Rowan's marriage is crumbling,and Thea reluctantly finds herself acting as a go-between for her sister and her lover. But,with the onslaught of World War II,the lives of all three women will change for ever. And they must confront the secrets between them before they can seize their chance of happiness...

Rebecca, still bruised from an unhappy love affair, is fascinated to be asked to write the life story of Dame Tilda Franklin. As she is drawn into a family history of loves and tragedies, the events of the past send ghostly echoes to the present, and parallels with her own experience emerge.

Judith Lennox creates compelling family dramas that will attract readers of Kate Morton and Elizabeth Winthrop.

It is 1946 and the old families of the Temperleys and the Chancellors have been neighbours on the South Coast of England for many years. Now the younger generation has been touched by the second world war. Reserved, principled and cool-headed Marius Temperley has left the army and is struggling to fit into civilian life. His twenty-one year old sister, Julia, is quick-tempered, proud and passionate and, since her father`s recent death, has been running the family business, fiercely independent in her ambitions. Handsome, but emotionally distant Jack Chancellor has been demobbed and has another problem to face. Both he and his younger, more naive and impetuous brother Will, are in love with Julia. Jack doesn`t want to lose her, but his sweet, slightly gawky cousin, Topaz, lets slip that their imperious Aunt Carrie has a plan for him: if he leaves Julia, he will inherit Sixfields, the beautiful family farm...As the years go by, the family secrets come out, and it seems that the ties that bind can change relationships for ever...

On the eve of World War I, Alix's two-year-old cousin Charlie disappears while in her care and is never seen again. Years later, Alix is haunted by the loss of her baby cousin. As the world descends into the horrors of war once more, the question will Charlie Lanchbury ever be found?