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The Beekeeper’s Daughter

The Beekeeper’s Daughter

Author(s): Santa Montefiore

Location(s): Dorset, Massachusetts

Genre(s): Fiction, Romance

Era(s): 1930s and 1970s

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Dorset, 1932: Grace Hamblin is growing up on a beautiful rural estate. The only child of the beekeeper, she knows her place and her future – until her father dies unexpectedly and leaves her bereft and alone. Alone, that is, except for the man she loves, whom she knows she can never have.

Massachusetts, 1973: Grace’s beautiful, impetuous daughter Trixie Valentine is in love. Jasper is wild and romantic, a singer in a band on the brink of stardom. Then tragedy strikes and he must return to his home in England, promising to come back to Trixie one day, if only she will wait for him…

Weighed down by memories, unaware of the secrets that bind them, both mother and daughter are searching for lost love. To find what they are longing for they must confront the past, and unravel the lies told long ago…

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Somewhere along the line I read that Santa Montefiore is the Queen of idyllic settings. VERY true. A good read.

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