The internationally bestselling author of The French
Gardener presents a complex and irresistibly compelling
novel that confirms the remarkable power of love to heal and
transform.
Ten-year-old Floriana is captivated by the beauty of the
magnificent Tuscan villa that overlooks the sea just outside
her small village. She likes to spy from the crumbling wall
into the gardens and imagine that one day she'll escape her
meager existence and live there surrounded by its
otherworldly splendor. Then one day Dante, the son of the
villa's powerful industrialist owner, invites her inside and
shows her the enchanting Mermaid Garden. From that moment,
Floriana knows that the only destiny for her is there, in
that garden, with Dante. But as they grow up and fall in
love, their romance causes a crisis, jeopardizing the very
thing they hold most dear.
Decades later and hundreds of miles away, a beautiful old
country house hotel on England's Devon coast has fallen on
hard times after the financial crash of 2008. Its owner,
Marina, advertises for an artist to stay the summer and
teach the guests how to paint. The man she hires is
charismatic and wise and soon begins to pacify the discord
in her family and transform the fortunes of the hotel.
However, he has his own agenda. Is it to destroy, to seduce,
or to heal? Whatever his intentions, he is certain to change
Marina's life forever.
Spanning four decades and sweeping from the Italian
countryside to the English coast, this new story by Santa
Montefiore is a moving and mysterious tale of love,
forgiveness, and the past revealed.
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