As a foundling who rose from poverty and now runs her own successful dressmaking business in the heart of society London, Miss Charlotte is a remarkable woman, admired by many. She has no need, nor desire, to marry. The people she values most are her friend Anna, her recently found sister Louisa and her nephew Peter. She feels herself fortunate and should be content with what she has. But something is missing.

England 1938: Lily Verner ist jung, lebenslustig und will etwas von der Welt sehen, doch der heraufziehende Zweite Weltkrieg macht ihre Reisepläne zunichte. Stattdessen arbeitet sie in der väterlichen Seidenweberei. Dort verliebt Lily sich in den deutschen Flüchtling Stephan - eine unmögliche Liebe in Kriegszeiten. Stephan wird des Landes verwiesen, und Lily bleibt nur die drückende Verantwortung für die Produktion der kriegswichtigen Fallschirmseide, die seit dem Tod des Vaters allein auf ihren Schultern lastet.

London 1911: In einem Waisenhaus erregt die junge Maria Romano die Aufmerksamkeit einer adeligen Dame. Die Lady ist beeindruckt von Marias feinen Nadelarbeiten und stellt sie als Näherin für ihren Haushalt ein. Knapp hundert Jahre später entdeckt Caroline im Haus ihrer Mutter einen alten handgefertigten Quilt. Die Decke ist mit eigentümlichen Versen bestickt und aus seltenen Seidenstoffen gefertigt. Wie ist das wertvolle Stück in die Hand ihrer Familie gelangt? Und welche Bewandtnis hat es mit den Stickereien.

To the outside world, Electra D’Aplièse seems to be the woman with everything: as one of the world’s top models, she is beautiful, rich and famous. Yet beneath the veneer, Electra’s already tenuous control over her state of mind has been rocked by the death of her father, Pa Salt, the elusive billionaire who adopted his six daughters from across the globe. Struggling to cope, she turns to alcohol and drugs. As those around her fear for her health, Electra receives a letter from a complete stranger who claims to be her grandmother.

England 1760. Das Leben der jungen Anna Butterfield ändert sich grundlegend, als sie vom idyllischen Suffolk zur Familie ihres Onkels nach London zieht. Kurz nach ihrer Ankunft begegnet sie dem französischen Seidenweber Henri und wird hineingezogen in die faszinierende Welt des Seidenhandels. Henri arbeitet an seinem Meisterstück, während Anna sich danach sehnt, Künstlerin zu werden, anstatt einen reichen Anwalt zu heiraten wie von ihrer Familie gewünscht. Henri erkennt, dass Annas Blütenzeichnungen ihnen beiden die Chance auf Unabhängigkeit schenken könnten.

1936: The dark clouds of war are gathering across Europe, and the brightest minds in Britain have been brought together in a grand manor on the Suffolk coast. These select few have been tasked by Churchill to develop, in utmost secrecy, an invention that will help win the war and alter the course of history. In this tense atmosphere, an unlikely friendship develops between Vic, a brilliant but shy physicist, and Kathleen, a cheerful local girl helping her mother in the kitchens. Following the news that her brother intends to join the RAF, Kath yearns to do her bit for the war effort.

Posy Montague is approaching her 70th birthday. Still living in her beautiful family home, Admiral House, set in the glorious Suffolk countryside where she spent her own idyllic childhood catching butterflies with her beloved father, and raised her own children, Posy knows she must make an agonising decision. The house is crumbling around her, and Posy knows the time has come to sell it. Then a face appears from the past - Freddie, her first love, who abandoned her and left her heartbroken 50 years ago. 

As the glamour of the Bright Young Things crashes into the world of the Mitford sisters, their maid, Louisa Cannon, finds herself at the scene of a gripping murder mystery. Meet the 'Bright Young Things', the rabble-rousing hedonists of the 1920s whose treasure hunts were a media obsession. One such game takes place at the 18th birthday party of Pamela Mitford but ends in tragedy as cruel, charismatic Adrian Curtis is pushed to his death from the church neighbouring the Mitford home. The police quickly identify the killer as a maid, Dulcie.

Lose yourself in the gripping first novel in a new series of Golden Age murder mysteries set amid the lives of the glamorous Mitford sisters. It's 1919, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London, and most of all her oppressive and dangerous uncle. Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside.

In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor in rural Oxfordshire. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe’s life is in ruins. Over 150 years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items.