Iona Grey

Award-winning author Iona Grey's next unforgettable historical about true love found and lost and the secrets we keep from one another Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side of scandal, all while running from the life her parents would choose for her. Lawrence Weston is a penniless painter who stumbles into Selina's orbit one night and can never let her go even while knowing someone of her stature could never end up with someone of his. Except Selina falls hard for Lawrence, envisioning a life of true happiness. But when tragedy strikes, Selina finds herself choosing what's safe over what's right. Spanning two decades and a seismic shift in British history as World War II approaches, Iona Grey's The Glittering Hour is an epic novel of passion, heartache and loss. "An absorbing tale of love, loss, and the ties that bind... A sweeping historical saga that captures the desires and dilemmas of the heart." — Booklist

A Novel

The Glittering Hour

Seeking shelter in a small, vacant old house after escaping her abusive boyfriend, Jess, opening a mysterious old letter, finds herself drawn into the story of two lovers from another time that inspires her to find out what happened to them, which unexpectedly leads to her own redemption.

Letters to the Lost

The Housekeeper's Secret

*** The epic and long-awaited new romance from the author of Letters to the Lost, winner of the RNA Award *** 'An epic story of joyous hedonism and desperate heartache. Just beautiful' Catherine Isaac 'Stunning' Veronica Henry 'Gorgeously written ... I loved it' Jill Mansell 'An enchanting, evocative read' The Sun 1925. The war is over and a new generation is coming of age, keen to put the trauma of the previous one behind them. Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing whose life is dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure; to parties and drinking and staying just the right side of scandal. Lawrence Weston is a struggling artist, desperate to escape the poverty of his upbringing and make something of himself. When their worlds collide one summer night, neither can resist the thrill of the forbidden, the lure of a love affair that they know cannot possibly last. But there is a dark side to pleasure and a price to be paid for breaking the rules. By the end of that summer everything has changed. ​ A decade later, nine year old Alice is staying at Blackwood Hall with her distant grandparents, piecing together clues from her mother's letters to discover the secrets of the past, the truth about the present, and hope for the future. 'Vivid and heartbreakng' Prima 'Prepare to be swept away on an all-encompassing journey of love, loss and discovery' Woman & Home 'I absolutely adored this sweeping novel' Good Housekeeping 'This has beautiful writing, compelling characters and an ending that made me cry' Red 'Emotionally fraught, evocative and redemptive, The Glittering Hour has been well worth the wait. What a superb novel - Iona Grey really is back with aplomb' Fiona Mitchell 'Poignant, beautiful and sad. A must read!' Katrina Oliver 'Deeply captivating, engaging and so irresistible. I could not put it down!' Petra Quelch

The Treasure Hunters

"This BEAUTIFULLY-WRITTEN HISTORICAL is a SUMPTUOUS, PAGE-TURNING DELIGHT filled with an enticing mix of FORBIDDEN ROMANCE and buried secrets.” —Ellen Marie Wiseman, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Willowbrook Duty, desire, and deception reside under one roof. Standing in the remote windswept moors of Northern England, Coldwell Hall is the perfect place to hide. For the past five years, Kate Furniss has maintained her professional mask so carefully that she almost believes she is the character she has created: Coldwell’s respectable housekeeper. It is the summer of 1911 that brings new faces above and below the stairs of Coldwell Hall—including the handsome and mysterious new footman, Jem Arden. Just as the house’s shuttered rooms open, so does Kate’s guarded heart to a love affair that is as intense as it is forbidden. But Kate can feel her control slipping as Jem harbors secrets of his own. Told in alternating timelines from the last sun-drenched summer of the Edwardian Age to the mud-filled trenches of WWI, The Housekeeper's Secret opens its door to a world of romance, the truths we hold onto, and the past we must let go. "RICH IN ATMOSPHERE AND BRIMMING WITH INTRIGUE, THE HOUSEKEEPER'S SECRET IS NOT TO BE MISSED!" –Amanda Skenandore, award-winning author of The Nurse's Secret "BRILLIANTLY RESEARCHED...I rooted for Kate, fell completely in love with Jem, and will hold their unforgettable story close for a very long time to come." –Jenny Ashcroft, author of Island in the East and The Officer and the Spy

V nálety zničeném Londýně se setkávají dva mladí lidé: nešťastně vdaná Stella a pilot amerického letectva Dan. Těch pár dnů roku 1943, kdy spolu byli šťastní, však uteče příliš rychle. Dan odchází bojovat, ale slibuje, že se pro Stellu vrátí. O sedmdesát let později vhazuje Dan do schránky poslední dopis. Jeden z mnoha, které Stelle poslal, a na které mu nikdy neodpověděla. Otevírá ho však Jess, mladá dívka, která v opuštěném domě hledá úkryt...

Dopisy, které nikdo nečetl

An accomplished novel from a talented writer, Letters to the Lost is a stunning, emotional love story. Iona Grey's prose is warm, evocative, and immediately engaging; her characters become so real you can't bear to let them go. I promised to love you forever, in a time when I didn't know if I'd live to see the start of another week. Now it looks like forever is finally running out. I never stopped loving you. I tried, for the sake of my own sanity, but I never even got close, and I never stopped hoping either. Late on a frozen February evening, a young woman is running through the streets of London. Having fled from her abusive boyfriend and with nowhere to go, Jess stumbles onto a forgotten lane where a small, clearly unlived in old house offers her best chance of shelter for the night. The next morning, a mysterious letter arrives and when she can't help but open it, she finds herself drawn inexorably into the story of two lovers from another time. In London 1942, Stella meets Dan, a US airman, quite by accident, but there is no denying the impossible, unstoppable attraction that draws them together. Dan is a B-17 pilot flying his bomber into Europe from a British airbase; his odds of survival are one in five. In the midst of such uncertainty, the one thing they hold onto is the letters they write to each other. Fate is unkind and they are separated by decades and continents. In the present, Jess becomes determined to find out what happened to them. Her hope—inspired by a love so powerful it spans a lifetime—will lead her to find a startling redemption in her own life in this powerfully moving novel.

Desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial hasta nuestros días, Cartas a un amor perdido es una novela sobre cómo el amor puede resistir al tiempo y a la muerte. Él prometió amarla para siempre. Pero para siempre está llegando a su fin. 1943, entre las ruinas de un Londres bombardeado, el piloto americano Dan Rosinski encuentra a Stella Thorne. Es el comienzo de un romance imposible pero imparable. Stella está casada y las probabilidades de que Dan salga vivo de todas sus misiones son de una entre cinco. Su correspondencia les ayuda a aferrarse a lo único en lo que pueden confiar: su amor. Setenta años después, Dan hace un último intento de encontrar a la mujer a la que nunca ha olvidado y envía una carta al hogar en el que compartieron una fugaz felicidad. Quien la recibe es Jess, una joven que llegó a Londres con sueños de triunfo y, abrumada por los problemas, ha encontrado en la casa abandonada un refugio en el que recuperarse. Las palabras de Dan la arrastran a un secreto que ha durado más de medio siglo y a la búsqueda de la misteriosa Stella. ¿Será el descubrimiento de un antiguo amor perdido el inicio de uno nuevo? Reseñas: «Una preciosa historia que se mete bajo la piel.» The Sun «Un debut cautivador, emotivo y romántico.» The Library Journal «Una historia maravillosa.» Rosamunde Pilcher, autora de Los buscadores de conchas «Una hermosa y tierna novela escrita por una autora con un talento natural para contar historias. ¡Un debut maravilloso!» Lucinda Riley, autora de Las siete hermanas «Esta conmovedora novela me enganchó de principio a fin.» Woman & Home «Una emotiva historia de amor.» Sunday Mirror «Tierna, emocionante y verdaderamente absorbente.» Good Housekeeping «Una cautivador relato sobre el amor y sobre el amor perdido.» Booklist «Una de esas novelas que enamoran desde la primera página. Una perfecta mezcla de historia y amor.» Revista Krítica

Cartas a un amor perdido

Er versprach, sie ewig zu lieben. Doch selbst die Ewigkeit kennt manchmal ein Ende ... 1943, London: In der Ruine einer zerbombten Kirche trifft der amerikanische Pilot Dan Rosinski die junge Engländerin Stella Thorne. Es ist der Beginn einer unaufhaltbaren, aber unmöglichen Liebe, denn Stella ist verheiratet, und Dans Chancen, den Krieg zu überleben, sind mehr als gering. In einer Zeit, in der alles ungewiss ist, schreiben sie sich Briefe, um an dem festzuhalten, woran sie glauben: ihre Liebe. Viele Jahrzehnte später rettet sich eine junge Frau in ein leerstehendes Haus in einem Londoner Vorort. Da erreicht sie ein Brief, der sie in die Geschichte einer Liebe hineinzieht, die ein halbes Jahrhundert überlebt hat ...

Roman

Als unsere Herzen fliegen lernten

Voor alle fans van Jojo Moyes De laatste liefdesbrief. Een heerlijke roman waarin twee verhaallijnen verweven worden: in WO2 wordt een jonge, getrouwde Engelse vrouw onmogelijk verliefd op een Amerikaanse soldaat. Na de oorlog komt hij terug voor haar, belooft hij – maar in de oorlog worden zoveel beloftes gedaan... In het heden vindt een jonge Engelse vrouw een schuilplaats in een verlaten huis, maar vindt dan de briefwisseling uit de oorlogstijd tussen de twee hoofdpersonen uit de andere verhaallijn – en gaat op onderzoek uit naar hoe hun verhaal afgelopen is.

Een verloren liefde

Selina Lennoxová patrí k zlatej mládeži. Jej život je reťaz nekonečných večierkov plných alkoholu a škandálov, ktorý má jediný cieľ: oslobodiť sa od prísnych pravidiel a nudného života, ktorý jej naplánovali rodičia.Lawrence Weston je chudobný maliar a fotograf, ktorý jednej noci nečakane vstúpi do Selininho života. Hoci si uvedomuje, že dievča s jej postavením nikdy nemôže byť jeho, nedokáže sa do nej nezamilovať. Láska, ktorú objavia, je skutočná, dokáže však čeliť tragédii, ktorá všetko zmení?

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