Fiona Mountain Books

The work of an acclaimed author known for her historical narratives and rich character development explores themes of identity, legacy, and the complexities of familial ties. Through intricate storytelling, it delves into the emotional and psychological struggles of its characters, offering a captivating glimpse into their lives and the impact of their bloodlines. Readers can expect a blend of history and personal journey that prompts reflection on the connections that shape us.

Born into a world seething with treachery and suspicion, Eleanor Goodricke grows up on the Somerset Levels just after the English Civil Wars, heiress to her late mother's estates and daughter of a Puritan soldier who fears for his brilliant daughter with her dangerous passion for natural history - and for butterflies in particular. Her reckless courage will take her to places where no woman of her day ever dared to go. Her fearless ambition will give her a place in history for all time. But it is her passionate heart which will lead her into a consuming love - and mortal peril.

Natasha Blake is a detective with a difference. She's an ancestor detective, an ambitious young genealogist with a passion for history, whose choice of career is partly driven by the mystery of her own roots. Natasha's investigations are a matter of life and death, involving secrets, scandals and supernatural happenings, forgotten tragedies and buried crimes. The trails she must follow lead her from her Cotswold home to ancient houses, deserted chapels, overgrown graveyards and into cyberspace. Her clients could be anyone for whom the past affects the present ¿ the haunted, the hopeful, or the just plain curious. The disappearance of a young girl, Bethany, appears to be linked in some way to Lizzie Siddall, the haunting, ethereal Pre-Raphaelite model and artist, wife of painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Lizzie's tragic life was cut short by an overdose of laudanum. Was it accident or suicide? Why is Bethany so obsessed with her, and at the same time so determined to put herself beyond the reach of her lover, Adam?

Die Vergangenheit ist voller Geheimnisse. Manche davon sind tödlich. Einen Stammbaum erstellen: Eigentlich ein ganz normaler Auftrag für die Familienforscherin Natasha Blake. Doch dann wird ihr Auftraggeber Charles Seagrove ermordet. Gerade als Natasha auf die Geschichte zweier ‚Landgirls’ stößt, die im Krieg auf Seagroves’Landgut gearbeitet haben. Beide waren schwanger, beide sind damals spurlos verschwunden … „Eine unvergessliche neue Stimme“. (Daily Mail)