Blogs in January 1970

The Promise 1st January 1970

1900. Young pianist Catherine Wainwright flees the fashionable town of Dayton, Ohio in the wake of a terrible scandal. Heartbroken and facing destitution, she finds herself striking up correspondence with a childhood admirer, the recently widowed Oscar Williams. In...

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Blood Orchids 1st January 1970

Hawaii is palm trees, black sand and blue water-but for policewoman Lei Texeira, there’s a dark side to paradise. Lei has overcome a scarred past to make a life for herself as a cop in the sleepy Big Island...

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Shanghai Girls 1st January 1970

Shanghai, 1937. Pearl and May are two sisters from a bourgeois family. Though their personalities are very different – Pearl is a Dragon sign, strong and stubborn, while May is a true Sheep, adorable and placid – they are...

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The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop and Cafe 1st January 1970

Set in fictional Beacon, Maine: Manhattan lawyer Ellen Branford is going to fulfill her grandmother’s dying wish – to find the hometown boy she once loved and give him her last letter. Beacon, Maine, home to blueberry fields and...

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The Summer of Secrets 1st January 1970

One heady summer. Three big secrets. 1989: Newlyweds Danny and Harriet arrive at their honeymoon paradise in the Caribbean. Days later Harriet returns home. Danny is left distraught but finds comfort in the arms of two women. Nine months...

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