ELIZABETH MCGREGOR

One small, faded, leather-bound journal.One photograph in a newspaper. These two seemingly small items are set to change lives forever.Just when career success seems set fair for Zephs writer husband Nick, she discovers that he has been having an affair. Wounded and angry, she turns to her mother for support, only to discover that the past has also come back to haunt Cora, a person who always seemed utterly flawless.For now comes evidence of Coras own long-ago relationship with a famous man, a man who so adored Zephs mother that he never forgot her.Zeph is forced to see her own childhood, and the bond with her beloved father, in an entirely new light. Was she really loved, as her mother and father tried to deal with their problems? Was their happiness a sham, as hers and Nicks threatens to be? And how much can you trust the person who tells you that they love you?As Zeph struggles to piece together her shattered images of husband and parent, she suddenly realises the connection between herself and the writer of the journal which has appeared in the morning mail, posted from Italy; a last gift from a dying man, an anonymous and passionate stranger.....Set in both England and the alluringly beautiful island of Sicily, A YEAR IN THE LIGHT explores the complexities and subtleties of marriage, of lasting love and human frailty.

When art dealer Catherine Sergeant meets John Brigham, her view of the world has been shattered. Left by her husband Robert without explanation, she expects little from life. Apparently reclusive, John lives alone in a beautiful Arts and Crafts house on the edge of Dorset woodland, and has contacted Catherines firm so that he may sell unwanted items. But when the two discover a mutual love of the haunting Victorian faerie artist Richard Dadd, their friendship rapidly deepens. As Catherine and John begin an affair that is to change their lives, John reveals an astonishing secret that links him to Dadd. Deeply sensual, THE GIRL IN THE GREEN GLASS MIRROR is a journey not only through love and obsession, but also through the world of Richard Dadd, whose tortured life was more extraordinary that any fairy tale.

Hailed for her remarkably accomplished and poignant work (Washington Post), acclaimed author Elizabeth McGregor returns with a haunting love story about two lost souls brought together by chanceand bonded forever by a mystery that transcends madness, tragedy, and time itself.... Catherine Sergeant is adept at going through the motions. After losing her parents at an early age, she buried her grief in the study of antiquities. Now, deserted by her husband without warning or explanation, she reports to work at Pearsons auction house, exchanging pleasantries with colleagues, never revealing her pain. Cocooned in loneliness, she couldnt be more surprised to find herself opening up to a total strangera new client, no less. In widowed architect John Brigham, Catherine finds a kindred spirit. The two share a fascination with Richard Dadd, an early Victorian painter who lived most of his life incarcerated in an insane asylum. There he produced his most stunning worksworks that have deeply moved Catherine and now draw her inexorably to John. Soon the two are falling in love. The reawakening of passion in a woman like Catherine is more than John ever hoped for. But when she discovers his possession of an unknown Dadd, it is just the first in a series of revelations that leave her wondering if she knows this man who has shown her lifes true beauty. For John, it may be a last chance to free himself from the priceless secrets he has been harboring too long. Secrets about a soul laid bare on canvas, and a legacy that could shatter all he holds dear in the space of a heartbeat A compelling blend of human drama, art, and history, this intriguing tale casts a spell that lingers far beyond the final pageand celebrates the strength we all must find within our hearts.

Jo Harper desconoce que enamorarse del heterodoxo arqueólogo Doug Marshall supone también adentrarse en la obsesión de Doug: la desaparición de la expedición Franklin. Sir John Franklin y su tripulación embarcaron en el año 1845 rumbo al Ártico y nunca más se supo de ellos. Doug ha dedicado su carrera a investigar el paredero de las embarcaciones y el motivo de la desaparición, sacrificando incluso su primer matrimonio y la relación con su hijo John. Pero mientra él y Jo planean un futuro en común, un devastador accidente truncará sus vidas. John, atormentado por el accidente de su padre, decide adentrarse en los páramos helados del Ártico en busca de respuestas que aporten luz al destino de la expedición Franklin y a sus propio pasado. Jo, desesperada por encontrar a John, aprenderá que su destino esta íntimamente ligado a la expedición Franklin.

Sometimes the only way forward is to go back.Ten years have passed since David Mortimer last saw Anna Russell. Their love affair abruptly ended when Anna disappeared. Drifting through life ever since, David has never married, and is devoted only to his scientific work and to the book he has always meant to write, the story of the extraordinary plant explorer in China, Ernest Wilson.But Davids isolation is about to change. He receives news that Anna has been seriously injured in an accident. More devastating still is the revelation that he has a daughter, Rachel, whom he has never seen. Both mother and daughter now urgently need his help - and more than one danger is threatening them.This is a story of two journeys, separated by time and place, but with the same goal. To find a way through the mountains, and to bring back something of infinite beauty that might otherwise have been lost forever.

Jo Harper, a successful young journalist, has only her adored two-year-old son, Sam, to remind her of her late partner. When Sam falls ill, there is only one slim hope - that his stepbrother John may hold the key to his survival. But John has disappeared. Seeking absolution for his part in the accidental death of his marine archeologist father and tortured by their failed relationship, John has set out alone against impossible odds to fulfil his fathers dream - to uncover the last traces of the Franklin expedition, which vanished in the Arctic in 1847 while searching for the North West Passage.As uncanny parallels begin to unfold between the last days of the Franklin crew and the crisis facing Sam, Jo is plunged into a desparate race against time to save both the life of her son and the soul of her stepson.Beautifully written and deeply moving, THE ICE CHILD is storytelling at its very best.