FROM THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE OLIVE TREE & THE SHADOW SISTERA heart-rending page turner which sweeps from war-torn Europe to Thailand & back again As a child Julia Forrester would linger in the hothouse of Wharton Park estate where exotic flowers tended by her grandfather blossomed & faded with the seasons Now recovering from a family tragedy she once more seeks comfort at Wharton Park newly inherited by Kit Crawford a charismatic man with a sad story of his own But when a years-old diary is found during renovation work the pair turn to Julia's grandmother to hear the truth about the love affair that turned Wharton Park's fortunes sour & so Julia is plunged back in time to the world of Olivia & Harry Crawford a young couple torn apart by the Second World War
- & whose fragile marriage is destined to affect the happiness of generations to come including Julia's own Outside the UK this book is published under the title The Orchid House' Atmospheric heart-rending & multi-layered' Grazia