Hope and Jack Langley seem like a couple who have it all. Soon after they marry and move into an idyllic Gloucestershire village, Hope discovers she is pregnant. The glamorous Petersons, Henrik and Mandy, appear as new neighbours, and both couples become close. But appearances can be deceptive.
From the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis comes a wonderfully evocative novel, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher. READERS ARE LOVING AN ORDINARY WOMAN!
Fans of Rosamunde Pilcher and Barbara Taylor Bradford will cherish this saga of four women, friends since girlhood, who stay together through joys and tragedies, passions and jealousies. Rarely does a novel so poignantly evoke the emotional tangles of friendship and family and of the capricious consequences of fate.
Emmie Dart was nearly 40 years old when Walter asked her to marry him. He was younger than her and had a secret in his past that he asked Emmie to keep with him. Almost 50 years and three generations later, the secret is revealed—a secret that nearly breaks the family apart.
When news of the death of her ex-husband reaches Binnie, it seems that her tranquil life will come to an end. To her surprise, she discovers that he has left her a beautiful island off the coast of Cornwall. Now, leaving behind a mysterious stranger, Binnie has to embark upon a new life and come to terms with a dark past.
There were four of them: young women, dressed decorously in black, employed at an exclusive jewellery store in the 1960s. Close friendships were forged as Natasha, Prudence, Rachel and Maisie worked together under the benevolent rule of the two Markham brothers.Now, in 1980, Natasha, newly divorced and back from America with a fifteen-year-old daughter, decides there must be a reunion. Pru, always the mysterious one, deeply involved with her commune in Cornwall, unexpectedly offers Prospect House, a property she has inherited in the Malvern hills where they may all forgather. Rachel, married to her former boss, a Liberal MP, gladly leaves a tangled domestic situation to join the friends she hasn't seen for so long. And Maisie ... Maisie, perhaps the most vulnerable of the four, mother of five children, married to the unpredictable Edward, fails to arrive at Prospect House. The drama of her disappearance has a far-reaching effect on the lives and destinies of them all.Come Rain or Shine is a poignant and unforgettable story of the particularly close friendships that women enjoy - and of the complications that can arise when friends meet again after many years have passed.
A life-enhancing and emotionally powerful novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis, perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Fiona Valpy and Rosamunde Pilcher. READERS ARE LOVING CHOICES! "My first Susan Sallis read.....but not my last. I didn't want this book to end." - 5 STARS "A brilliant, very thought provoking and unforgettable book." - 5 STARS "From first page to last holds your attention. Would recommend this as a real life story read, with characters you can connect with." - 5 STARS "This book was instantly readable for me. I found it sad and yet uplifting..." - 5 STARS **************************** WHEN A LIFE IS DESTROYED BY TRAGEDY, CAN LOVE WIN THROUGH? On the very day Helen Wilson plans to choose her wedding dress, a devastating car accident takes the three people she loves most cruelly away from her and changes her life forever. Grieving and heartbroken, she moves to Flatners, a cottage overlooking the Bristol Channel, to start a new life and leave the pain of the past behind. Gradually settling into a new existence, she makes new friends and immerses herself in local life - and slowly becomes aware of the complex feelings she is developing for Harry Vallender, the previous owner of Flatners...
Three women came to the remote Cornish cottage that summer. Jenna, only 26 and grieving for the loss of the love of her life, her mother Caro, whose husband Steve had also died, and Laura, who had been married to Caro's beloved brother Geoff. The house where they were staying was called, appropriately, Widdowe's Cottage.
Viv s marriage to David was not a conventional one, but when he died in an accident for which she blamed herself it was as if her whole world had collapsed around her. She escaped by running, mainly around the nearby lake, which was once a popular pla
"There were four of the Thorpe family in the Anderson shelter the night of the raid on Coventry. Mum and Dad, Florrie and little May....ack was missing. He was one of those who had not come back from Dunkirk. And May had to promise to keep a terrible secret, a promise which affected the lives of all the survivors, until May herself was the only one left. eventy years later Daisy and Marcus, sixth formers in a Gloucestershire School, are given an A Level project on the bombing of Coventry in 1940.They go to talk to May, now living in sheltered accommodation nearby;a friendship is forged which bridges the gap between them.The two youngsters have their own problems, but as their lives unfold they become involved in the strange history of May's missing brother and of the promise, made all those years ago, which still has its repercussions today."
For Alice Pettiford, living near Gloucester in the late 1940s, leaving school for a job as a railway secretary makes perfect sense. Most of her family have worked for the railway over the years, and her best friend Hester's father would be in the same office. What Alice does not expect is that she would fall in love with Joe Adair, a colleague, almost as soon as she meets him. But Joe has to go overseas on National Service, and in the meanwhile Hester's brother, the enigmatic Valentine, finds that his fondness for Alice is deepening into something much stronger. When he and Alice discover an old railway coach, long abandoned, hidden in a clearing in the Forest of Dean, Alice realises that it has been a very special, magical place. What she doesn't know is that the coach has played a secret part in the history of Joe's family, and that Joe's mother named it 'the pumpkin coach'. Now her own destiny will also be shaped by this enchanted refuge.The Pumpkin Coach, the new novel by bestselling author Susan Sallis, is full of the passion and drama that have won her a huge and devoted readership.
By the Sunday Times bestselling author and multi-million copy seller Susan Sallis, this is a beautiful and moving novel perfect for fans of Maeve Binchy, Lucinda Riley and Rosamunde Pilcher. READERS ARE LOVING SEA OF DREAMS! "A wonderful story. Highly recommend." - 5 STARS "A story that kept me wanting to turn the pages...I was hooked..." - 5 STARS "The story has great pace and I couldn't put it down." - 5 STARS ********************** AS ONE MILLENNIUM ENDS, CAN THEY LOOK FORWARD TO A NEW AND BETTER WORLD? Somerset, Christmas 1999. Holly and Mark Jepson find themselves looking after an assortment of guests at Mark's uncle's holiday chalets. Each guest is fascinating in their own way - from the eccentric artist and his pretty daughter to the young married couple expecting their first baby and the wife escaping from a violent past. Each will have a part to play in the events - unexpected and shattering - which take place before the new millennium dawns...
Nell knows she shares a special past with her cousins, Edmund and Perry, from their young days in Gloucestershire. When a strange young man arrives, Nell discovers with a shock that he too shares some of their mysterious past. Their uncertainties can only be satisfied when the mystery is revealed.Passion, loss, tragedy and new beginnings — a moving and heartwarming new novel from the well-loved and bestselling author of The Pumpkin Coach .
The quarrel began in 1850 on a West Indian sugar plantation, and the grudges still separated Bristol's two most important families - until the 1927 Michaelmas ball, when handsome rake Jack Martinez danced with spoilt, precocious Maude Rudolph. By the author of "Daughters of the Moon".
Die Schwestern April, May und March Rising verfolgen unterschiedliche Lebenswege: March wird betrogen, May ist schwanger von einem desinteressierten Musiker und April kämpft mit den Traumata ihres Mannes aus dem Krieg. Werden sie ihren Traum von Liebe und Glück verwirklichen können?
Jess Tavener lebt glücklich in Somerset, bis der Tod ihres Vaters und das Finden unbekannter Portraits aus seinem Nachlass ihre Welt erschüttern. Eine Zeichnung zeigt ihren Vater, eine andere eine unbekannte Person, und der Künstler ist ihr Mann Matt. Jess entdeckt dunkle Geheimnisse ihrer Familie und begibt sich auf eine Reise in die Vergangenheit.
Die Rising Schwestern sind älter geworden. Alle drei - March, May und April - sind scheinbar glücklich verheiratet, und ihre Kinder haben die Familie vergrößert. Aber die Probleme ihrer Jugend haben sich fortgepflanzt. March liebt zwar ihren intelligenten Ehemann, kann ihm aber nicht ganz vertrauen, da er sie einmal betrogen hat. May macht sich Sorgen um ihren Sohn, der ständig neue Freundinnen hat. Und April könnte eigentlich glücklich sein - sie liebt ihren Mann und ihre beiden Töchter. Doch nur sie weiß, dass die kleine Davina nicht von ihrem Mann stammt ...
Madge ist vier Jahre alt, als sie zum ersten mal in Cornwall, im Südwesten von England, das Meer erblickt und sich direkt in diesen faszinierenden Ort verliebt. Hier wird sich Madge und ihre Mutter von einer herzzerreißenden Familientragödie erholen - hier wird sie zu einer Heirat gezwungen - und hier begegnet ihr eine wilde und leidenschaftliche Liebe ...
Der letzte Teil der herzerwärmenden Geschichte um die drei Rising Schwestern ...§§Die Schatten der Vergangenheit lasten noch immer auf den drei Schwestern, die oberflächlich so heiter und vereint wirken. Davina, die schüchterne Tochter von April, versteht die Welt nicht mehr, als ihr Verlobter Albert sie ohne ein Wort des Abschieds verlässt. Albert ist Davinas Cousin, der Sohn von March Rising, die auch den Kontakt zu ihrem Sohn verliert, als der Geheimnisse aus der Vergangenheit erfährt. Victor, Mays künstlerisch begabter Sohn zieht in den Krieg, und auch Albert sucht beim Millitär seinen Kummer zu vergessen. Werden alle den Krieg heil überstehen und trotz der Verwicklungen ihr Glück finden?
Die verwitwete Martha Moreton ist Lucy, ihrem einzigen Kind, eine liebevolle Mutter. Als Lucy und Len an einem goldenen Julitag Hochzeit feiern, hat Martha allen Grund, optimistisch in die Zukunft zu blicken. Len würde ihre Tochter glücklich machen, die beiden würden in ihrer Nähe wohnen, und sie freute sich schon auf Enkelkinder. Unerwartet muß Len aus beruflichen Gründen mit seiner Frau nach Übersee reisen, wo Dominik, ihr erstes Kind, zur Welt kommt. Die Geburt Dominiks ist mit großen Leid verbunden, und bei der Heimkehr nach England sorgt Lucys beste Freundin, die flatterhafte Jennifer, für einen seltsamen Trost...
Die Geschichte der Zwillingsschwestern Meg und Miranda auf der Suche nach ihrem Glück England, Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts: In Plymouth werden Zwillinge geboren: zwei kleine Mädchen, die von ihren Eltern eigentlich nicht gewollt sind. Doch Meg und Miranda sind so unzertrennlich, dass sie niemanden zu brauchen scheinen: die lebhafte, strahlende Miranda, die sich niemals anpassen will, und die stille, zurückhaltende Meg, die jedes ihrer Schwester drohende Unheil vorausahnt. Als Meg sich verliebt, treiben die Ereignisse einen Keil zwischen die beiden. Ihre Lebenswege trennen sich zunächst, doch ganz zerreißen die Bande nicht und helfen ihnen, das Glück zu finden, als sie schon nicht mehr daran glauben ...
Eine junge Frau begegnet der Liebe ihres Lebens und muss einiges überstehen bis sie sich dazu bekennen kann.
Die Familien Pettiford und Ryecroft sind seit Generationen verbunden. Als Alice Pettiford im Büro arbeitet, beeinflusst sie ihren Cousin Valentine negativ, was die Beziehungen belastet. Alice verliert Hester aus den Augen und verliebt sich in ihren Kollegen Joe Adair, doch ihre Romanze endet abrupt durch Joes Militärzeit. Valentine hat ebenfalls Gefühle für Alice.
Jenseits des Meeres die Sehnsucht - bk159; Weltbild Verlag; Susan Sallis; Paperback; 2002
Vier Engelse vrouwen, die vroeger samen in een juwelierszaak hebben gewerkt, komen na twintig jaar bij elkaar in een landhuis dat een van hen heeft geërfd.
