Rosanna Ley

Spain 1939. Julia enters a convent to stay safe during the war. Whilst volunteering in a maternity clinic, the worrying adoption practices force Sister Julia to decide to help those placed in her care. England, 2011. Six months after her parents' death, 34-year-old journalist Ruby Rae unearths a devastating secret her parents have kept from her all her life.

Faye has just completed her degree when she finds herself jobless and boyfriend-less. So when she receives a phone call from her old friend Charlotte who now lives in Sardinia, suggesting that she house-sits for a month, Faye jumps at the chance. But little does she know what she's letting herself in for…

Eva Gatsby has often wondered about what happened to her grandfather Lawrence in Burma, during the Second World War. When Eva's job requires a trip to Mandalay, Lawrence finally breaks his silence and asks her to return a mysterious artefact - a chinthe - to its rightful owner. But when Eva arrives, her mission proves dangerously complicated..

After the death of her mother, Nell travels from rural Cornwall to the chaos of Marrakech. It's there she meets Amy - a young photographer trying to unravel the story behind her family's involvement in the Vietnam War. The two women develop a close friendship and discover a surprising connection between their own pasts.

When Tess Angel receives a solicitor's letter inviting her to claim her inheritance - the Villa Sirena, perched on a clifftop in Sicily - she is stunned. Her mother, Flavia, who left Sicily during World War II and cut all contact with her family, realises that secrets she’s kept hidden are about to be revealed and decides to try to explain her past.