The violent world of smuggling is seen through the eyes of Julia, a spirited young woman who leaves the court of George III for a new life with her great-uncle in the country town of Winchelsea. How many people are hiding secrets? Can she risk losing...
The Spanish Woman is based on a true 17th century story of a young Spanish noblewoman, Luisa de Coyes Francheros, who was captured by Turkish pirates. She is ruined, and if she returned home would be forced to live in a convent for the rest of her li...
Set in the Regency period just after the Napoleonic wars, 'Shadows of Doubt,' is the eagerly awaited sequel to 'Shadows in the Night,' which follows the fortunes of Julia Farraday. A spirited young woman of independent means following the death of he...
When Laura Ansell arrives in Peking in 1899 as a young bride tension is already building at the British Legation with rumours of unrest among the local Chinese population. As the months pass and summer temperatures rise, the Boxer rebels lay siege to...
Leaving St Petersburg in 1879 to travel across Russia to her sister’s estate, Elena needs a respectable travelling companion. A single chance encounter at the train station gives her an appropriate female companion, but also a potential lover, ...