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The war has ended, and Rita Fairweather is waiting for George Bolton, her childhood sweetheart, to return home to Devon. She wants their future to be a continuing reassurance of their past. But George comes back as a man changed by the horrors he has experienced. Unable to settle back into a small-town life, George decides to travel to Argentina. And Rita promises to wait. But George faces irresistible temptation and an agonising choice. As the years pass, Rita keeps her word, but how long should she wait for the love of the life?

Binoculars at the ready, Flappy Scott-Booth is set to investigate. Newcomers have moved in, a young couple from London, delightful no doubt but they do need to know their place. Who better to teach them the ways of this close-knit community than Flappy herself? But Flappy has other distractions. An ardent admirer, a New Year’s Ball to organize and manifold appearances to be kept up. How much time and effort it all takes!

Martha Wallace came to Dublin from her home in America to find her birth mother. But instead she has lost her heart to the impossibly charming JP Deverill. Bridie Doyle, now mistress of Castle Deverill, is determined to make the castle she used to work in her home. But her flamboyant husband, Cesare, has other ideas. Kitty Deverill has come to terms with her life with her husband, Robert. But then Jack O'Leary, the love of her life, returns to Ballinakelly....

Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the magnificent Tuscan villa near her village. When the owner’s son invites her inside, Floriana knows that her destiny is there, with him. But as they grow up, things begin to change. Miles away on the Devon coastline, Marina’s hotel has fallen on hard times. The arrival of Rafael Santoro, artist-in-residence, seems to bring peace in Marina’s family. But Rafa is not who he seems....

When her husband dies in a tragic accident, Antoinette's world falls apart. He was her rock and the man she thought she knew better than she knew herself. But as she arrives at the church for George's funeral, she sees an unfamiliar woman. Phaedra loved George too, and could not bear to stay away from his funeral. As she sits before his wife, she knows that what she is about to reveal will change their lives forever….

Federica is moved from Chile to Cornwall when her parents separate, and all she has left of the relationship she cherished with her father is a wooden box, which has a secret beauty hidden within. Swiftly embraced into the eccentric Appleby family, it isn’t long before Federica falls for her friend’s older brother, Sam, who barely notices the little girl until it is too late. Years later, from the sanctuary of a seemingly perfect marriage, Federica embarks on a painful journey of self-discovery. Will she finally learn the true lesson of the butterfly box?

De vrouwen van kasteel Deverill proberen zich staande te houden in de roerige jaren voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Kitty wordt verscheurd door haar liefde voor Ierland en de wens haar leven met Jack te delen. Celia is vastbesloten kasteel Deverill in zijn oude glorie te herstellen en stort zich vol overgave op de renovatie, zich niet bewust van de rampspoed die onafwendbaar op haar af komt. Bridie probeert wanhopig over het verlies van haar zoon heen te komen, die ze bij zijn geboorte moest afstaan, en verzint de wildste plannen om hem terug te krijgen.

Best-selling children's book writer Angelica is amused and flattered at the attention of Jack, the owner of a vineyard in South Africa, whom she meets at a dinner party. With his easy charm and reputation as a ladies' man, Jack makes her feel good about herself - surely it can't do any harm to indulge in a mild email flirtation?

Een Italiaanse kookcursus in een Toscaans palazzo heeft verstrekkende gevolgen Als de achtenzestigjarige weduwe Gracie een advertentie voor een kookcursus in een Toscaans castello ziet, boekt ze de reis zonder aarzelen. Iedereen in het gehucht in Devon waar ze woont is stomverbaasd: Gracie is al veertig jaar haar dorp amper uit geweest. Vooral haar dochter Carina kan haar oren nauwelijks geloven. Om een oogje in het zeil te houden besluit ze mee te gaan, en ze neemt haar eigen zeventienjarige dochter ook mee.

In the green hills of West Cork, Ireland, Castle Deverill has burned to the ground. But young Celia Deverill is determined to see her ruined ancestral home restored to its former glory - to the years when Celia ran through its vast halls with her cousin Kitty and their childhood friend Bridie Doyle.

She hardly knew her Italian mother, and her English father acts as if Valentina never existed. She despises country life almost as much as she despises her stepmother and stepsisters. On board the houseboat named after her dead mother, Alba's life is little more than a selfish search for fun and pleasure. But the discovery of her mother's portrait sends the girl back to Italy to find her family - and the truth about Valentina. 

Zomer 1958. Een rijke, aristocratische familie geniet in Cornwall van een idyllische vakantie. Hun geluk wordt echter verstoord door een bizar sterfgeval. De tragische gebeurtenis breekt het hart van de jonge Celestria Montague – en maakt bovendien een abrupt einde aan haar dromen. Aangemoedigd door haar grootvader, een flamboyante Amerikaanse misdaadbaron, gaat Celestria op onderzoek uit. En te midden van de sinaasappelboomgaarden, langs de ruige kust van Zuid-Italië, belandt ze in een verwarrend doolhof vol misleidingen.

Een echte Montefiore: een meeslepend verhaal over familie, liefde en levensbepalende keuzes. Marigold woont met haar man Dennis en hun jongvolwassen dochter Suze in een klein dorpje op het Engelse platteland, waar iedereen elkaar kent. Wanneer ook haar negentigjarige moeder bij hen intrekt, omdat ze te oud wordt om alleen te wonen, en hun andere dochter Daisy met een gebroken hart terugkeert uit Milaan, waar ze zes jaar heeft gewoond, lijkt de drukte Marigold een beetje boven het hoofd te groeien. Of is haar toenemende verstrooidheid aan iets anders te wijten?

Flappy Scott-Booth is the self-appointed queen bee of Badley Compton, a picturesque Devon village. While her husband Kenneth spends his days on the golf course, she is busy overseeing her beautiful house and gardens and organising unforgettable events, surrounded by friends who hang on to her every word. Her life is a reflection of herself—impossibly perfect. Until the day that Hedda Harvey-Smith and her husband Charles move into the village. Into an even grander home than hers. Taking the front seat on the social scene, quite literally.

Marigold has spent her life taking care of those around her, juggling family life with the running of the local shop, and being an all-round leader in her quiet yet welcoming community. When she finds herself forgetting things, everyone quickly puts it down to her age. But something about Marigold isn’t quite right, and it’s becoming harder for people to ignore. As Marigold’s condition worsens, for the first time in their lives her family must find ways to care for the woman who has always cared for them. 

Een prachtig verhaal over de vele vormen van liefde – maar vooral over die ene, ware, eeuwigdurende. In het Noord-Italië van de jaren dertig groeit Evelina op als knappe jongste dochter van de familie Pierangelini. Ze is verliefd op Ezra Zanotti, de muzikaal getalenteerde zoon van een Joodse stoffenhandelaar. Tussen de twee ontluikt een geheime romance, maar als in 1939 Mussolini een verbond sluit met Hitler komt hun toekomst op losse schroeven te staan. Als overtuigd patriot denkt Ezra's vader dat de nazi's hem en zijn familie met rust zullen laten maar ze worden allemaal gevangengenomen.

Celeste is mourning the tragic death of her young son, Jack, who died from leukaemia. So when she learns that her nephew is coming to stay, she doesn't think she can bear to have another child in the house. But when Bruno arrives, she has no choice but to make him feel welcome and loved, even though her heart is breaking. And when he starts to show some insight into what Jack was like, Celeste dares to dream there might be something more than meets the eye....

Celeste is mourning the tragic death of her young son, Jack, who died from leukaemia. So when she learns that her nephew is coming to stay, she doesn't think she can bear to have another child in the house. But when Bruno arrives, she has no choice but to make him feel welcome and loved, even though her heart is breaking. And when he starts to show some insight into what Jack was like, Celeste dares to dream there might be something more than meets the eye....

England, 1932: Grace Hamblin, the beekeeper's daughter, knows her place and her future, until her father dies. She’s alone, except for one man who she just can't shake from her thoughts…. Massachusetts, 1973: Grace's daughter Trixie Valentine is in love. But when he has to go home to England, he promises to come back, if she will wait for him. Both mother and daughter are searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them.

Ondanks alles wat ze in het verleden hebben gedeeld, botsen de drie vrouwen van Deverill telkens weer als het gaat over de toekomst van hun geliefde kasteel. Intussen wordt Kitty's leven op zijn kop gezet als haar vroegere geliefde terugkeert uit Amerika met zijn vrouw en kinderen, en ze ontdekken dat hun levens wel veranderd zijn maar hun gevoelens niet. Hebben ze de kracht om elkaar te weerstaan, of zetten ze alles op het spel voor een paar gestolen momenten samen?