⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Love Tested in the Midst of Despair: A Big House Saga" After the birth of her twins in 1844, Margarita Beconsford, wife of the Honourable Victor Beconsford, believed that life could not be better. Yet, within a year, the ravages of a devastating potato blight moves through Ireland, destroying the lives of the vulnerable. Margarita's young aunt Alice has happily begun her new life in West Cork, but her shock at people's living conditions makes her take action. Living on her husband's family farm, she hopes that she can make a difference to people's lives. However, as the famine continues to rage, both family and friends struggle to keep hope alive. In her more affluent surroundings in the 'Big House', can Margarita's marriage survive the strain caused by her husband's morbid fear for the safety of his children in these desperate times? She has to make decisions for her future and that of her children, while wondering if she will ever again encounter a time when she will experience joy in her life and a song in her heart.
"It had me hooked from the start. . . It's a cracking read" - Patricia Gibney 'Fans of Jo Spain and Sam Blake will love this.' Danger, secrets and new beginnings lurk in the hills of rural Ireland.Retired Detective Thomas Tegan has returned home. He has embraced his childhood nickname, Trout, is enjoying getting to know his sister's best friend Lauren and is toying with the idea of setting up a wine-importing business.But ...It isn't easy to switch off finely honed investigative skills nor, as he soon discovers, does he want to. When a hike in the local hills with Lauren leads them to the body of a young man, whom he knew from his days on the force, he resolves to make sure the perpetrators are brought to justice.Except ...As a retired detective, Tegan has no authority to investigate. He enlists Lauren's help and together they set up TLCI, a Private Investigation Agency.However ...Thomas Tegan has an agenda of his own that he can't share with Lauren. And his presence in her life endangers her. Not to mention that his secret has the potential to destroy the relationship evolving from their friendship ...
Georgina Corrigan is dead! It must be true. It has been printed in the newspapers.How does one prove one is not dead? Georgina is forced to seek assistance from her well-connected friends to establish that she is indeed alive and well and living in Percy Place.The accident that caused the death of her unlamented husband Captain Charles Whitmore has had other ripple effects. The death of the Earl of Castlewellan in the same accident is also changing lives and a young woman is being forced to flee all that she knows.With the death of her husband, Georgina is once more a wealthy woman. She no longer needs to open her house to strangers for money. But the BOBs, an organisation that helps women escape difficult life situations, are relying on her to continue to do just that. How can she refuse?Fortunately, her devoted friend Richard Wilson, Billy Flint and his crew, and the staunch women of her household are on hand to support her through all that life throws at her.PRAISE FOR GEMMA JACKSON'S IMPOSSIBLE DREAM'More spellbinding storytelling as Gemma works her magic. Original, full of surprises, it grips from start to finish. And its new cast of characters will fascinate every bit as much as those in her previous bestselling series' RTÉ Guide
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