As emily makes the acquaintance of Chinon and its people, she begins to uncover dark secrets beneath the charm. I've loved every one of susanna's books! she has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters—sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"— DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of OutlanderAn Ancient Castle, a Tragic Love, and a Web of Secrets Begins to Unravel.
. Emily braden has stopped believing in fairy tales and happy endings. Legend has it that during a thirteenth-century siege of the castle that looms over the city, child bride of King John, Queen Isabelle, hid a "treasure of great price. And in the last days of the german occupation during World War II, another Isabelle living in Chinon, a girl whose love for an enemy soldier went tragically awry.
As the dangers of the past become disastrously real, Emily is drawn ever more deeply into a labyrinth of mystery as twisted as the streets and tunnels of the ancient town itself.
Season of Storms
Now, two generations later, also named celia sands—at the whim of her actress mother, Alessandro D'Ascanio plans to stage his grandfather's masterpiece and has offered the lead to a promising young English actress, or so she has always thought. Though she knows she should let go of the past, in her dreams, in the dark, it comes back.
. On the eve of opening night, Celia vanished, and the play was never performed. When celia arrives at d'ascanio's magnificent, isolated Italian villa, she is drawn to the mystery of her namesake's disappearance—and to the compelling, enigmatic Alessandro. But the closer celia gets to learning the first Celia's fate, the more she is drawn into a web of murder, passion, and the obsession of genius.
Don't miss the next enchanting novel from susanna kearsley, Bellewether, coming August 2018!Other bestselling books by Susanna Kearsley: The Winter Sea A Desperate Fortune The Firebird.
Mariana
Julia finds herself transported into 17th-century England, and into the world of Mariana. Each time julia travels back, she becomes more enthralled with the past. She must lay the past to rest or risk losing the chance for happiness in her own time. I've loved every one of susanna's books! she has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters—sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"— DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of OutlanderWhen Julia Beckett moves into a beautiful old farmhouse, she soon discovers she's not alone there.
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Named of the Dragon
Instead, she meets an emotionally fragile young widow who's convinced that Lyn's recurring dreams have drawn her to Castle Farm for an important purpose—and she's running out of time. With the help of a reclusive, lyn begins to untangle the mystery and is pulled into a world of Celtic legends, dangerous prophecies, brooding playwright, and a child destined for greatness.
Other bestselling books by Susanna Kearsley: The Winter Sea A Desperate Fortune The Firebird.
A Desperate Fortune
For nearly three hundred years, the cryptic journal of Mary Dundas has kept its secrets. Though divided by centuries, these two women are united in a quest to discover the limits of trust and the unlikely coincidences of fate. Other bestselling books by susanna Kearsley: The Winter Sea The Rose Garden The Firebird.
When fate opens the door, mary dares to set her foot on a path far more surprising and dangerous than she ever could have dreamed. As mary's gripping tale of rebellion and betrayal is revealed to her, about loyalty, Sara faces events in her own life that require letting go of everything she thought she knew—about herself, and especially about love.
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The Shadowy Horses
I've loved every one of susanna's books! she has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters—sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"— DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of OutlanderThe invincible ninth Roman Legion marches from York to fight the Northern tribes, and then vanishes from the pages of history.
Here on the windswept shores, Verity may find the answer to one of the great unsolved mysteries of our time. Her eccentric boss has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it—not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has "seen" a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long—dead comrades.
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The Rose Garden
After the death of her sister, eva ward leaves Hollywood behind to return to the only place she feels she truly belongs, the old house on the coast of Cornwall, England. Inside the old house, Eva must confront her own ghosts, as well as those of long ago. And as she begins to question her place in the present, she realizes she must decide where she really belongs: in the life she knows or the past she feels so drawn towards.
Other bestselling books by susanna Kearsley: The Winter Sea A Desperate Fortune The Firebird. She's seeking comfort in memories of childhood summers, but what she finds is mysterious voices and hidden pathways that sweep her not only into the past, but also into the arms of a man who is not of her time.
But eva soon discovers that the man, very real and is thrown into a world of intrigue, Daniel Butler, treason, is very, and love.
Every Secret Thing
Stalked by an unknown and sinister enemy, she must use her tough journalistic instinct to find the answers from the past – before she has to say goodbye to her future. But the truth survives us all’Kate Murray is deeply troubled. Finding out the truth is not so simple, however, as only a few people are still alive who know the story…and Kate soon realises that her questions are putting their lives in danger.
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The Firebird
A new york times bestseller!"i've loved every one of susanna's books! she has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters—sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"— DIANA GABALDON, #1 New York Times bestselling author of OutlanderTwo Women. There's no proof.
But nicola's held the object.
Bellewether
Praise for a desperate fortune:"susanna kearsley just keeps getting better and better!" —Lauren Willig, New York Times bestselling author"Susanna Kearsley deftly conjures both historical intrigue and a contemporary heroine as unique as she is memorable. Deanna raybourn, new york times bestselling author"Enchanting! Beguiling! Gorgeously romantic! A truly brilliant book.
Kate forsyth, award-winning authorPraise for The Firebird:"A lovely and memorable novel. Booklist, starred review "A glittering, bewitching tale. Kirkus"the present and past come together as Kearsley masterfully merges paranormal elements with a wonderful dual story and a fascinating historical setting. Rt book reviews, top picK 4½ Stars.
As he begins to pitch in with the never-ending household tasks and farm chores, Jean-Philippe de Sabran finds himself drawn to the daughter of the house. A usa today bestseller!"i've loved every one of susanna's books! she has bedrock research and a butterfly's delicate touch with characters—sure recipe for historical fiction that sucks you in and won't let go!"— DIANA GABALDON, when I first saw it, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Outlander"The house, by the end of it, seemed intent on guarding what it knew; but we all learned, that secrets aren't such easy things to keep.
The Winter Sea
But as carrie's mind slips back in time, she learns of the ultimate betrayal that happened all those years ago, making her the only living person who knows the truth—and that knowledge comes very close to destroying her. Other bestselling books by susanna kearsley: the rose gardena desperate FortuneThe Firebird Praise for RITA Nominee, feel the castle walls, The Winter Sea:"Lifts readers straight into another time and place to smell the sea, see history and sense every emotion.
A modern american woman travels to scotland to write a novel about the Jacobite Rebellion— only to discover that the vivid scenes and the romantic hero she's imagining actually exist. Now, american writer carrie mcClelland hopes to base her next bestselling novel on that story of her ancestors in the dim, dark past.
Settling herself in the shadow of Slains Castle, she starts to write. These are marks of a fantastic storyteller.