Three women are anticipating the royal Garden Party with varying degrees of pleasure and apprehension. The Garden Party turns out to hold some nasty shocks for the guests. And when an unscrupulous man crosses swords with the three women, he vows he will get his revenge, whatever it takes.
When beautiful debutante Cathryn Brocklehurst meets dashing aristocrat Nicolas Abingdon it is love at first sight, even though he is twenty years older than her. Despite parental disapproval they marry, but when the body of a young child is found on the Abingdon estate, long-buried grudges and simmering family feuds come to the surface, threatening all that Cathryn holds most dear.
The sequel to the High Society saga, The Granville Sisters - When World War II is declared, rich banker Henry Granville moves his family away from London. Even so, life for them remains turbulent. Desperate to forget her past, Juliet becomes a Red Cross nurse. Night after night she has to deal with the casualties of the Blitz . . . The challenges they all face have a profound affect on the family, and the changes war has brought about are far worse than they could have feared.
1913: The aristocratic Fairbairns gather for Christmas, but as the New Year approaches the family's happy reunion is about to be shattered by affairs, war and tragedy. Who will get their happy ending?
Schamlos - bk2028; Bastei Lübbe Verlag; Una-Mary Parker; pocket_book; 1991
