From the international bestselling author of Mariana
In the early 1900s, in the elegant, isolated villa Il Piacere, the
playwright Galeazzo D'Ascanio lived for Celia Sands. She was his
muse and his mistress and the inspiration for his most stunning and
original play. But the night before she was to take the stage in the
leading role, Celia disappeared.
Now, decades later, in a theatre on the grounds of Il Piacere,
Alessandro D'Ascanio is preparing to stage the first performance of
his grandfather's masterpiece. A promising young actress Â- who
shares Celia Sands' name, but not her blood Â- has agreed to star.
She is instantly drawn to the mysteries surrounding the play Â- and
to her compelling, compassionate employer.
And even though she knows she should let the past go, in the dark
Â- in her dreams Â- it comes backÂ
Susanna Kearsley was a museum curator before she took the plunge
and became a full-time author. The past and its bearing on the present
is a familiar theme in her books. She won the prestigious Catherine
Cookson Fiction Award for her novel Mariana, and was
shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award for Sophia's Secret.
www. susannakearsley. com
