After being driven from home by their brutal father, the Willitt
sisters, Mattie, Nell and Renie, find themselves facing greater
heartache in the wider world. Nell has left home to be with her
lover, Cliff, fearing what reprisals might come from marrying
against her father's wishes.
After parting ways with Mattie the couple take youngest sister
Renie and head for Lancashire. However, Nell's happiness is
short-lived; her marriage suffering as Cliff resents his job and the
fact that though Nell has given him a daughter, she seems unable to
conceive another child. When Renie leaves for London, Nell feels
desperately alone. Then tragedy strikes, and Nell, mad with grief,
runs away in the hope of being reunited with her two sisters. While
wandering the English countryside, a gypsy palm-reader tells Nell
she will still find her destiny, under three big trees on a hill'.
Her luck seems to change when she meets Gil, a farmer and a
gentleman who she can't help but feel drawn to. Could the trees on
his land be a sign, or is Nell too damaged by her past to let
herself love again?
In this emotional sequel to Cherry Tree Lane, Anna Jacobs
delivers a stunning romance novel that is both tragic and uplifting.
Anna Jacobs is the author of fifty novels and is addicted to
storytelling. She grew up in Lancashire, emigrated to Australia in the
1970s and writes stories set in both countries. She loves to return to
England regularly to visit her family and soak up the history. She has
two grown-up daughters and a grandson, and lives with her husband in a
spacious waterfront home. Often as she writes, dolphins frolic outside
the window of her study. Inside, the house is crammed with thousands
of books.
www. annajacobs. com
