Henry Christie is enjoying a quiet retirement, until a devastating moorland fire erupts nearby. After making a grisly discovery at an outlying farm, Henry agrees to help the police with their investigation. He is soon confronting an explosive mix of organized crime and drug turf wars which leads him back to his old hunting ground in Blackpool.
In eighteenth-century Sussex, a young girl seeks revenge for the death of her father - an intoxicating historical novel from the acclaimed author of In Love and War
When her beloved Great Aunt Alice dies of a sudden heart attack, Helen Burnside is surprised to find that she has inherited Alice's Yorkshire cottage. As Helen moves in and starts to piece together the truth about her enigmatic aunty's life, she begins a journey that leads to heartbreak and finally happiness in this absorbing family saga.
As daughter of a hangman, Maura Taggart is an outcast - no reputable man would ever want her as his wife! But when Maura finds a wounded stranger close to the orphanage she runs, something inside of her awakens. And when his presence brings danger to their door, can Maura trust this handsome stranger both with their safety and with her heart?
November, 1853. Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins are summoned to examine a body found in an attic studio, surrounded by a lacerated painting titled A Winter of Despair. Wilkie recognizes the victim as a friend of his brother Charley. What secrets lie among the close-knit group of Pre-Raphaelite painters who were the victim's friends?