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The Parrot Cage

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 19:45:21 +0200

This is the story of the Alderbrook sisters; of their volatile relationships with their parents, their friends and each other; of the dangers and deprivations of wartime London; of their roles in a secret intelligence department – and of Peter Suvarov, the dashing, mysterious Russian who recruited them.

Their involvement with him threatened the marriage of one, the reputation of another, and the life of the third.

They all loved him, but only one could marry him . . .

'There were three of you, weren't there? Three sisters, all ravishing, they say, and all very brilliant, working for him until the end of the war. All the people I have talked to said he was the most remarkable man.'

'He was. We loved him, all of us.'

The Parrot Cage is the first novel in the Threaded Dances series. Continue reading the story of the Alderbrook sisters in Never Such Innocence.

The Tightrope Walkers

Sun, 09 Jan 2022 00:50:17 +0200

It is 1968 and Flixe Suvarov, recently widowed and frighteningly short of money, is struggling to come to terms with her new life. Running a small party-planning business as she nurses a potential political career, she does everything she can to keep her family together.

Andrew, her elder son, has fallen in love with her goddaughter, the beautiful, capricious Amanda Wallington. But Amanda is involved with people whose backgrounds are intimately – and unhappily – linked with those of her mother, Julia, and Flixe. They have no idea just how intimate Amanda has become with her new friends – and Amanda cannot even guess how their pas could damage her future.

It is only as Flixe emerges from her shell of unhappiness and finds her own life miraculously transformed that she begins to understand what threatens them all . . .

The final volume in The Threaded Dances series. Read more Daphne Wright in The Longest Winter.

Dreams of Another Day

Sat, 09 Jan 1993 00:50:14 +0200

It is ten years after the end of the Second World War, and Mary Alderbrook – known to family and friends as Ming – feels life is passing her by. Though her sisters are all happily married and settled, Ming shies away from commitment and the attentions of Mark Sudley make her feel uneasy. Is it friendship she wants from him – or something deeper?

When her friend Connie Wroughton offers Ming the chance to write for her new magazine, she gladly accepts, discovering a true flair for writing. But before she knows it, trouble is stalking her again – anonymous, threatening letters arrive – and Ming knows she must finally face up to tests that will change her life.

This is the third in the compelling The Threaded Dances series following the Alderbrook sisters through love and marriage, tragedy and hope. Continue reading the sisters' story in The Tightrope Walkers.

Never Such Innocence

Wed, 09 Jan 1991 00:50:15 +0300

The Mall, VE night 1945: the sky is glittering with fireworks and searchlights as jubilant Londoners celebrate the end the Second World War. Yet for some the waiting is not over.

Julia Gillingham's husband, Anthony, has been missing since 1943. A doctor with the army in North Africa, he was captured, taken to prison camp, escaped – and disappeared. Julia has steadfastly refused to believe him dead, and her strength is rewarded when she finally learns that he has survived and is working with refugees in Italy. She leaves her promising career at the London Bar to help prepare the prosecution case in the war-crimes trial against Marshal Kesselring in Venice, so that she can join Anthony there and – she believes – rediscover happiness with him.

The war has not damaged Venice itself – unlike the rest of the shattered Continent – but as she learns her way about its ravishing, sinister streets, Julia finds that all her old...

The Longest Winter

Sat, 23 Sep 1989 21:05:33 +0400

Evelyn Markham, devastated by reports that her fiancé is 'missing in action' in the trenches of France, leaves for Russia and the breathtaking opulence of her cousins' mansion in Petrograd.

But it is 1916 and Russia is on the brink of a revolution that will change the course of its history. As chaos overwhelms the city, Evelyn and the Suvarovs are forced to leave for the frozen twilight of the north. There, amidst the bitter turmoil of civil war, Evelyn is plunged into a life without privilege and luxury, a life of hardship and danger. A life that unexpectedly leads her heart in a direction that she had thought barred to her for ever ...

The Distant Kingdom

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:48:50 +0200