Present Day Thea Rust arrives at an exclusive boarding school in the British countryside to look after the first intake of girls in its history. A length of fabric she weaves with a pattern of deadly flowers will have shocking consequences for all who dwell at the Silk House. Mary-Louise Stephenson dreams of becoming a silk designer, a path that has remained largely forbidden to women. Very soon, she finds herself thrust into a dangerous world, where her talent for herbs and healing starts to attract unwanted attention. Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work at the home of an English silk merchant. 1700s Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work at the home of an English silk merchant. An enchanting mystery kept hidden for hundreds of years. Running a mobile canteen, navigating treacherous roads and dodging hostile gunfire, they soon become embroiled in life-threatening battles of their own - battles that will haunt the women for the rest of their lives.*Kayte Nunn's brand new achingly romantic novel, THE LAST REUNION is available to pre-order now!!*'Exquisitely written, this vivid story may just bewitch you' Woman'Utterly spellbinding' Natasha Lester'Exquisitely written, this vivid story may just bewitch you' Woman's WeeklyAn enchanting mystery kept hidden for hundreds of years. When free-spirited marine scientist Rachel Parker is forced to take shelter on an isolated island off the Cornish Coast during a research posting, she discovers a collection of hidden love letters.īea, Plum, Bubbles, Joy and Lucy are five young women looking for adventure, fighting a forgotten war in the jungle attached to the Fourteenth Army. Run by a pioneering psychiatrist, the hospital is at first Esther's prison - but can captivity lead to freedom? A forbidden love.2018. Esther Durrant, a young mother, is committed to an asylum by her husband. Mary-Louise Stephenson dreams of becoming a silk designer, a path that has remained largely forbidden to women.Īn abandoned woman.1951. Weaving seamlessly between past and present, and featuring the powerful narrative voices of three very different women, Nunn delivers an atmospheric stunner. One that will send her halfway across the world to Kew Gardens and then onto Cornwall in search of the truth.ġ700s Rowan Caswell leaves her village to work at the home of an English silk merchant. But when she discovers a box hidden in a wall cavity, containing water colours of exotic plants, an old diary and a handful of seeds, she finds herself thrust into a centuries-old mystery. Kayte Nunn is a former book and magazine editor, and the author of five previous novels, including the international bestselling The Botanists Daughter.

A buried secret.Present day: Anna is focused on growing her new gardening business and renovating her late grandmother's house.

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