Lizzie was the twin who always got everything right, while Frances never quite measured up. Now, Frances will shock her family by taking a married Spanish Catholic with no intention of leaving his wife, and Lizzie will be left to cope with her own surpris
Alice Jordan looks forward to moving into The Grey House, an 18th-century residence in a village full of friendly eccentrics. But the change of scenery leads to even greater changes, as she forms a sudden, fierce friendship with an independent young woman
Whittingbourne is one of those charming English towns where families live happily ever after. Gina and Fergus, Hillary and Laurence have grown up, married, and raised their children in the warmth of amiable friendship. But one day it all unravels as Fergu
The Logans were an enchanting and admirable couple. Archie had snatched Liza from her own engagement party to someone else, wooed her, swept her off to his father in Scotland, and finally married her. Now bedded firmly into country life-three children, Ar
In the rustic town of Aldminster, a crisis looms. Funds are short and the cathedral is in need of major repair. Some hope to finance the work by abolishing the costly boy's choir-while others are aghast at the idea. Drawn into the fray is Sally Ashworth,
Anna Bouverie is the rector's wife. She irons his surplices (badly), delivers the parish newsletter, and scrimps to get by on a pittance, all the while keeping up appearances. She rarely complains and rarely rebels. But now-as she watches her children do
Lifelong friends, now in their sixties, James Mallow, a teacher, and Hugh Hunter, a television personality, are both enjoying happy relationships with women twenty-five years their junior. James's partner of eight years, Kate Bain, appears devoted, though
When Gillon comes back to her native Charleston, she has a young Englishman in tow. He has accompanied her on a lark, planning to take pictures. But he soon falls in love with the sights of South Carolina, with Gillon's family-and perhaps, with Gillon her
More than twenty years ago, a young American named Carolyn came to the Meredith family farm, marrying Robin Meredith and settling—never quite comfortably—into rural English life. Now Caro has died, leaving behind a husband who has long slept in a sepa
