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Arethusa Clayton n’a jamais été du genre à se plier aux règles. Même après sa mort, elle continue de surprendre : au lieu d’être enterrée sur la côte Est des États-Unis, là où elle et son mari ont élevé leurs deux enfants, elle exige que ses cendres soient dispersées sur une colline irlandaise, face à la mer.

Over two hundred years ago, in the dark of night, a child vanished from his bed never to be seen again - and Pixie must discover the truth of those final moonlit hours. As the story undulates between the past and the present, secrets are revealed, love affairs exposed and, ultimately, Pixie will be forced to make a devastating choice that will change everything.

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.

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of An Italian Girl in Brooklyn comes a captivating new novel of enduring love and devastating secrets, based on a true story. 'Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore' JOJO MOYES Rupert promised he was going to come back. All Florence had to do was...

Something is amiss in the village of Badley Compton… 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...

Sometimes your biggest mistake can also be a blessing . . . Madison has always known she had a different father to her siblings. But it wasn’t until she turned eighteen that she learned his name. And now she wants to meet the man who shares her fair hair and blue eyes. Robert is a very lucky...

Dark secrets and hidden sorrows abound in Santa Montefiore’s spellbinding novel set in war-torn Italy and the streets of New York. 'Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore' JOJO MOYES ‘A wonderful story, beautifully told. I absolutely tore through it!’ KAREN SWAN New York, 1979. It...

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.

Tegen de wensen van zijn halfzus Kitty Deverill in, verkoopt JP Deverill het familiekasteel aan een grote hotelketen. Ook nodigt hij de jonge Margot Hart uit om op het landgoed te komen logeren. Margot werkt aan een boek over de geschiedenis van de familie Deverill en JP ziet dat boek als de ideale manier om zijn rekeningen met verscheidene familieleden te vereffenen. JP's zoon Colm kan zich allerminst vinden in de plannen van zijn vader. Hij heeft na de scheiding van zijn ouders alle contact met zijn vader verbroken, maar nu JP van plan is de vuile was over de familie buiten te hangen, voelt Colm zich geroepen om in actie te komen.

Gracie Burton is a grandmother living quietly in Devon. She has rarely left the village over the past 40 years. Her daughter, Carina, is immensely high-powered, with her own fast-paced business in London. She has very little time for her 17-year-old daughter, Anastasia, away at boarding school, and even less time for her ageing mother. In many ways, the three of them barely know each other. 

Arethusa Clayton has always been formidable, used to getting her own way. On her death, she leaves unexpected instructions. Instead of being buried in America, on the wealthy East Coast where she and her late husband raised their two children, Arethusa has decreed that her ashes be scattered in a remote corner of Ireland, on the hills overlooking the sea. All Arethusa ever told Faye was that she grew up in a poor farming family and left Ireland, alone, to start a new life in America, as did so many in those times of hardship and famine. 

Shylo has always been the weakest and quietest of all of his family; his siblings spend their days making fun of him for not being like the rest of them. But when Shylo stumbles across a band of ratzis and overhears their evil plan to take a photo of the Queen in her nightie, it's up to this unlikely hero to inform the Royal Rabbits of London about the diabolical plot! But can a rabbit as timid as Shylo convince them that Queen is in danger?

Gianluca's life is empty. His City job, his seven-figure income, his glossy girlfriends - all have long ceased to satisfy him. His marriage is over, and he barely knows his young daughters. In search of serenity and a deeper purpose, he flees to Italy. But life on the sun-drenched Amalfi coast is not as peaceful as Luca anticipates.

Ireland. The early twentieth century. Two girls on the cusp of womanhood. A nation on the brink of war. Hear their story — and see why JOJO Moyes says that "Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore." Born on the ninth day of the ninth month in the year 1900, Kitty Deverill grows up in...

Ireland. 1925. The war is over. But life will never be the same... "Everything Santa Montefiore writes, she writes from the heart,” says JOJO MOYES. See why in this unforgettable story of love, loss, and life, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY and KATE MORTON. In the green hills of West Cork...

International bestselling author Santa Montefiore continues the story of the Deverill family in the third book in her beautiful and moving Deverill Chronicles trilogy—perfect for fans of Kate Morton and Beatriz Williams. “Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore. Everything she writes...

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?

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?

Pure escapism on every page, The Distant Shores tells the story of a family torn apart, and the woman who will bring them back together. Margot Hart travels to Ireland to write a biography of the famous Deverill family. She knows she must speak to the current Lord Deverill – JP – if she is...

From the beloved bestselling author Santa Montefiore comes a new novel filled with humour and heart. For fans of The Temptation of Gracie, Flappy now takes centre stage, more charismatic and competitive than ever. ‘Fresh, fun and fabulous! Flappy certainly kept me entertained!’ Heidi Swain...