Victoria Cornwall's writing is deeply rooted in her Cornish heritage, drawing inspiration from a family history in the region stretching back to the 18th century. After a fulfilling twenty-five-year career as a nurse, she turned to her passion for writing, focusing on historical fiction. Her novels are characterized by a strong narrative background and a profound exploration of the undeniable emotions, even pain, that accompany love. Cornwall is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
Forced from her comfortable life into domestic service, Janey Carhart is determined to make something of life. She eventually finds work as a lady's maid at Bosvenna Manor on the edge of Bodmin Moor. Caught between the two worlds of upstairs and downstairs, and accepted by neither, as she cares for her mistress.
Hide from the thief-taker, for if he finds you, he will take you away ... Eighteenth-century Cornwall is crippled by debt and poverty, and the gibbet casts a shadow of fear over the land. Yet, when night falls, free traders swarm onto the beaches and smuggling prospers.
There is a rat in the house! Determined to bring their nemesis Gruber Handclap to justice, the Majors embark on a global adventure that features kidnapping in The Congo, manslaughter on the Orient Express and romance at the Stasi's Christmas party. And what's more, they embark on the greatest adventure of all: Fatherhood.
Can you trust a man with no name?Cornwall, 1861Beth Jago appears to have the idyllic life, she has a trade to earn a living and a cottage of her own in Cornwall's beautiful River Valley. Yet appearances can be deceptive ...
Po rodinné tragédii najde Janey práci jako společnice lady Brockenshawové na panství v Cornwallu. Osamělá dívka přiláká pozornost dvou mužů – Jamese Brockenshawa, dědice panství, a zádumčivého farmáře Daniela Kellowa, jehož přitažlivosti Janey nedokáže odolat. Bude schopna si sama vybrat a u některého z nich nalézt upřímnou lásku a úctu, nebo se podvolí osudu?
Grace je nejstarší dcera váženého majitele mlékárny a žije poklidný a pohodlný život v malebném Cornwallu. Jednoho dne se zde objeví pohledný Talek a s ním přicházejí i pochybnosti o Graceině identitě. Nezbývá než je rozptýlit. Jak se ale ukazuje, kamkoliv se Grace vydá, její tajemství ji bude následovat…