Bücher von Rosalie James

A heart-warming story of hope, love and family. From the healing sands of Captiva Island, to the white cliffs of coastal England and a beautiful château in France, Windsong celebrates the many facets of love and the pain we endure to uphold our truth.When Lydia finds the courage to start a new life, she grapples with the legacy of a disinterested family, her own inadequacies and disappointments in love. 'Can't make him love me' and 'can't have the man you love',are typical refrains from her diary. She wouldn't say she was desperate for love, no, but looking for love? Probably.A fragile stranger, himself recovering from a mysterious trauma, becomes the first of Lydia's new friends. When she joins a sewing group and meets the gorgeous Jonathan, events take a turn that none of them could have anticipated.Juniper struggles to understand why her daughter has cut her off, and she is lonely. When Christine de Courcy arrives on her doorstep, searching for her missing son, they bond over shared heartache and Juniper resolves to help her. When Christine's son is eventually found, he is harbouring a secret that threatens everything he holds dear.Just as Lydia feels she can sink no lower, she inherits a beach house on Captiva Island, and her life turns a corner. The turquoise seas of Windsong are the backdrop for new perspectives, joyful reconciliations and the reunion of friends.Windsong explores the rich tapestry of life, and the belief that ultimately, love and the acceptance of who we are, is at the heart of everything.

From artist studios in Montmartre, to the Cote d'Azur and couture houses of Paris and London in the fifties, Parisian Legacy is a sweeping family saga of love, betrayal and redemption.Privilege, tragedy and family secrets shape the lives of Alice and Juniper, two young women brought together on the cusp of adulthood. When Alice's parents are tragically killed, she moves to Paris to live with her mother's society sister. Despite the opulence of her new life, she prefers the bohemian friends of her late parents and parties in Montmartre. It is here she meets her passionate first love, the enigmatic artist Xavier.A chance meeting at the Dior salon in Paris, brings the pampered Juniper into Alice's life, setting in motion the slow unravelling of their lives.Years later, Juniper's son mysteriously inherits Alice's diaries, her Normandy home and forgotten artworks by the posthumously famous Xavier. When he finally uncovers the truth, it threatens everything he holds dear. A furore ensues when the art world hears of the 'lost' paintings, and a major Paris exhibition is the backdrop for life changing revelations, affirmations and new beginnings.