

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. One that will send her halfway across the world to Kew Gardens and then onto Cornwall in search of the truth. 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. Present day: Anna is focused on growing her new gardening business and renovating her late grandmother's house. 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.

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. 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.An abandoned woman.1951. 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. Mary-Louise Stephenson dreams of becoming a silk designer, a path that has remained largely forbidden to women.Īn abandoned woman.1951. 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. A buried secret.Present day: Anna is focused on growing her new gardening business and renovating her late grandmother's house.
