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Tragedy seems to follow Jeanne Le Page around ...Can she really go through it again and survive?
She is lucky to be alive ... at sixteen Jeanne was almost killed in a boating accident which brought heart-breaking family tragedy. Now, fifteen years later, Jeanne returns reluctantly to the island of Guernsey following the death of her beloved grandmother. Struggling for breath as the ferry nears the island; she is overwhelmed by a dark foreboding as...
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THE FAMILY DIVIDED
One family, divided by death - and money
Andy Batiste seeks to unravel his family history. Why did his pregnant grandmother flee to France? What really happened to her husband during the Occupation? Who accused Edmund, the elder son and heir, of being an informer? Was he really a traitor - and who murdered him? With Edmund's brother Harold now head of the family, enjoying the wealth which should have been Andy's father's, the family...
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Betrayal, injustice and revenge echo down the years...1940. Olive marries farmer Bill Falla. The Germans occupy Guernsey. All too soon Olive realises she has made a mistake. Her life changes when she meets Wolfgang, a German officer-however there's a price to pay...2010. Natalie Ogier returns to Guernsey to escape an abusive relationship - only to be plagued by odd happenings in her beautiful cottage on the site of a derelict and secluded farm. Disturbing...
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One family, divided by death - and money
Andy Batiste, at loggerheads with his degenerate cousin, seeks to discover the truth of his family history. Why was his pregnant grandmother forced to flee to France? What really happened to her husband during the German Occupation, sixty years ago? Who accused Edmund, the elder son and Batiste heir, of being an informer? Was he really a traitor - and who murdered him?
With Edmund's brother Harold now head...
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Two violent deaths. Separated by time, but with a fatal connection...A man loses his father. A young woman loses her mother. Both in tragic circumstances that lead, when they meet, to surprising revelations from the past. Louisa needs to find the father she has never known, to warn him of possible danger - for them both. Her search takes her from England to Guernsey. Malcolm's journey is more complicated: conceived in Guernsey, his bereaved mother...
6) The Betrayal
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Treachery and theft lead to death - and love 1940.
Teresa Bichard and her baby are sent by her beloved husband, Leo, to England as the Germans draw closer to Guernsey. Days later they invade...1942. Leo, of Jewish descent, is betrayed to the Germans and is sent to a concentration camp, never to return. 1945. Teresa returns to find Leo did not survive and the family's valuable art collection, including a Renoir, is missing. Heartbroken, she returns...