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Also by Melanie Dobson:

The Lost Story of Via Belle, April 2026
Hardcover / e-Book
The Winter Rose, January 2022
Trade Size / e-Book
The Curator's Daughter, March 2021
Hardcover / e-Book / audiobook
The Oregon Trail Romance Collection, November 2019
Paperback / e-Book
Memories of Glass, September 2019
Paperback / e-Book
Hidden Among the Stars, September 2018
Trade Size / e-Book
Catching the Wind, May 2017
Hardcover / e-Book
Shadows of Ladenbrooke Manor, June 2015
Paperback / e-Book

SHADOWS OF LADENBROOKE MANOR
By: Melanie Dobson

Howard Books
June 2015
On Sale: June 16, 2015
Featuring: Heather Toulson; Libby
340 pages
ISBN: 1476746141
EAN: 9781476746142
Kindle: B00LD1OU60
Paperback / e-Book
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Mystery | Women's Fiction

When Heather Toulson returns to her parents’ cottage in the English countryside, she uncovers long-hidden secrets about her family history and stumbles onto the truth about a sixty-year-old murder.

Libby, a free spirit who can’t be tamed by her parents, finds solace with her neighbor Oliver, the son of Lord Croft of Ladenbrooke Manor. Libby finds herself pregnant and alone when her father kicks her out and Oliver mysteriously drowns in a nearby river. Though theories spread across the English countryside, no one is ever held responsible for Oliver’s death.

Sixty years later, Heather Toulson, returning to her family’s cottage in the shadows of Ladenbrooke Manor, is filled with mixed emotions. She’s mourning her father’s passing but can’t let go of the anger and resentment over their strained relationship. Adding to her confusion, Heather has an uneasy reunion with her first love, all while sorting through her family’s belongings left behind in the cottage. What she uncovers will change everything she thought she knew about her family’s history.

Award-winning author Melanie Dobson seamlessly weaves the past and present together, fluidly unraveling the decades-old mystery and reveals how the characters are connected in shocking ways.

Set in a charming world of thatched cottages, lush gardens, and lovely summer evenings, this romantic and historical mystery brings to light the secrets and heartaches that have divided a family for generations.