An island of secrets. A runaway. And a promise...
A rebellious daughter
1925. Among the ancient honey-coloured walls of the tiny island of
Malta, strangers slip into the shadows and anyone can buy a new name.
Rosalie Delacroix flees Paris for a dancer's job in the bohemian clubs
deep in its winding streets.
A sister with a secret
1944. Running from the brutality of war in France, Florence Baudin
faces a new life. But her estranged mother makes a desperate request: to
find her vanished sister, who went missing years before.
A rift over generations
Betrayals and secrets, lies and silence hang between the sisters. A
faded last letter from Rosalie is Florence's only clue, the war an
immovable barrier - and time is running out...
Praise for The Hidden Palace
"Completely swept me away to another place and time. Dinah is the queen
of sumptuous settings, transporting the reader effortlessly from
chocolate-box Devonshire to the cabaret clubs of 1920s Paris and
war-torn Malta. A marvellous, multi-layered story, populated with
characters to really care for"--HAZEL GAYNOR
"Dinah Jefferies wields her storytelling magic on the island of Malta .
. . It's engrossing and sensual, full of the heat of the Mediterranean
sun"--GILL PAUL
"Powerful, passionate and profoundly moving . . . this compelling mix of
love and tragedy vibrates with warmth and pain, and captures the intense
dislocation of war"--KATE FURNIVALL
"Sweeping and sumptuous with a gorgeously described sense of place. A
marvellous adventure"--TRACY REES
Praise for Daughters of War
"A wonderfully evocative and sensual writer"--SANTA MONTEFIORE
"A warm and engrossing tale of passion and courage. I loved it"--RACHEL
HORE
"Love, grief, abandonment, betrayal and secrets ... I adored it"--LIZ
NUGENT
