Against the majestic, visual backdrop of the French and Italian Riviera, three generations of strong passionate women fight for the survival and the future legacy of their families.
1944:Menton France:
Allessia's family are brutally murdered in reprisal by the Germans across the border in Italy in their small medieval village. Allessia's nephew Mario is one of the few survivors; he and his mother Carla come to live with Allessia and her young daughter Sylvie in Menton. The Germans occupation on the South of France brings horrific consequences for Allessia's family.
1955:
Seventeen year old Rebecca Samuels arrives from London to work in Nice in the South of France. Naive and vulnerable, she falls for forbidden love which alters the course of her life forever.
2009:
Sarah Anderson, in her fifties and recently widowed finally decides to track down her birth family. After leaving London her quest takes her to the Riviera where she finds love and uncovers the impossible story of her birth.
Based on true events and woven with fiction Merryn Corcoran tells an intimate and compelling story, which finally exposes a cruel and sad secret that has been carefully guarded for over fifty years.
Genre: Historical Romance
1944:Menton France:
Allessia's family are brutally murdered in reprisal by the Germans across the border in Italy in their small medieval village. Allessia's nephew Mario is one of the few survivors; he and his mother Carla come to live with Allessia and her young daughter Sylvie in Menton. The Germans occupation on the South of France brings horrific consequences for Allessia's family.
1955:
Seventeen year old Rebecca Samuels arrives from London to work in Nice in the South of France. Naive and vulnerable, she falls for forbidden love which alters the course of her life forever.
2009:
Sarah Anderson, in her fifties and recently widowed finally decides to track down her birth family. After leaving London her quest takes her to the Riviera where she finds love and uncovers the impossible story of her birth.
Based on true events and woven with fiction Merryn Corcoran tells an intimate and compelling story, which finally exposes a cruel and sad secret that has been carefully guarded for over fifty years.
Genre: Historical Romance
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