Infidelity and long-kept secrets threaten to destroy a family in Pamela Evans’ gripping London saga.
It’s 1920, and ex-land girl Clara Tripp is back home in West London with her family. Despite her engagement to local boy Arnold, Clara is feeling trapped in her dead-end job and longs to return to the countryside. An unexpected meeting with old flame Charlie Fenner leads to a temporary job at his family’s orchard in Kent. Clara is finally content, but the longer she spends with the Fenners, the more she begins to suspect that all is not what it seems. What is the dark secret that hangs over them all? As Clara’s feelings for Charlie grow, she realises she has an enemy on the farm who wants her gone at any cost…
It’s 1920, and ex-land girl Clara Tripp is back home in West London with her family. Despite her engagement to local boy Arnold, Clara is feeling trapped in her dead-end job and longs to return to the countryside. An unexpected meeting with old flame Charlie Fenner leads to a temporary job at his family’s orchard in Kent. Clara is finally content, but the longer she spends with the Fenners, the more she begins to suspect that all is not what it seems. What is the dark secret that hangs over them all? As Clara’s feelings for Charlie grow, she realises she has an enemy on the farm who wants her gone at any cost…
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Reviews
Praise for Pamela Evans's previous sagas: 'A good traditional romance, and its author has a feeling for the atmosphere of postwar London
Very readable
The leading characters are finely drawn...crisp prose...a superb and heartwarming read
A compelling book
Well peopled with warm personalities
There's a special kind of warmth that shines through the characters in Evans' novels... An uplifting love story with all the right ingredients
This book touched me very, very much. It's lovely