SMOULDERING FIRES

AVALON

Merewyn has grown up in savage 10th Century Cornwall; a lonely girl, sustained by stubborn courage and pride in her descent from the great King Arthur. Rumon, a young French prince, has always dreamed of finding the idyllic island of hearsay and legend, Avalon. He gladly leaves his home in Provence but his hopes are dashed when his ship is wrecked off the Cornish coast. Rumon and Merewyn meet and from that hour their lives are intertwined. They make their way to the court of King Edgar and his beautiful young queen. At first they are dazzled but there is evil lurking in the corridors of power . . .

DRAGONWYCK

It is May of 1844. 18-year-old Miranda Wells receives a letter from Nicholas Van Ryn, a distant cousin, inviting her for a visit. Happily accepting the invitation, she travels to Dragonwyck, his manor of Gothic magnificence and eerie manifestations. What evil could possibly befall Miranda in a rich gentleman's house on the Hudson River?

GREEN DARKNESS

It is 1552, when Celia da Bohun meets Stephen Marsdon, a Catholic priest engaged to be her teacher. As she grows older a passionate love develops between them, which is not even extinguished by her death. 400 years later when the marriage of Richard Marsdon and his American wife runs into problems, it seems as if history may repeat itself.

THE HEARTH AND EAGLE

This is the story of Hesper Honeywood, a passionate young woman whose long and dramatic life, full of triumph and tragedy started when her family travelled from England to Marblehead, Massachusetts with the Winthrop ships in the 17th century to the early 20th century and their inn, The Hearth and Eagle.