New Releases by Charlotte Bingham

Perfect for fans of Louise Douglas, Dinah Jeffries and Kristin Hannah, Friday''s Girl is a gripping and emotional story of love, art, envy and betrayal from the million copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham. WHAT READERS ARE SAYING! "Outstanding" -- ***** Reader review "Another excellent read by Charlotte Bingham" -- ***** Reader review "These are characters you will really care about" -- ***** Reader review "Very enjoyable and hard to put down" -- ***** Reader review "Incredibly well written and engrossing" -- ***** Reader review ******************************************************************************************************* FALLING IN LOVE IS NEVER EASY... When the famous portrait artist Napier Todd stumbles across Edith Hanson scrubbing floors, he is immediately struck by her beauty. Within a few weeks Napier and Edith are married and she moves into his large country house - much to the envy of the other maids. However the marriage is troubled and Edith falls seriously ill. Napier takes her to the idyllic Cornish fishing village of Newbourne to convalesce where Edith meets Celandine. Celandine Benyon is a struggling artist who moved to Paris to seek inspiration and fell in love with another painter, Sheridan Montague Robertson. Because Celandine understands Napier''s artistic temperament, she tries to help Edith with her troubled marriage. However, although her advice succeeds beyond Edith''s wildest dreams, it also causes tragic repercussions. And with the dangerously attractive Alfred Talisman waiting in the wings, will Edith ever find happiness?

Fans of Louise Douglas, Dinah Jefferies and Kristin Hannah will love this uplifting and moving wartime saga by the million copy and Sunday Times bestselling author Charlotte Bingham. "''The author perfectly evokes the atmosphere of a bygone era" -- WOMAN''S OWN "As comforting and nourishing as a hot milky drink on a stormy night" -- DAILY EXPRESS "A rip-roaring combination of high romance and breathless excitement" - MAIL ON SUNDAY "These are characters you will really care about" -- ***** Reader review "Very enjoyable and hard to put down" -- ***** Reader review "Incredibly well written and engrossing" -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************* EVERYONE IS DOING THEIR BIT FOR THE WAR EFFORT. BUT WHAT SIDE ARE THEY ON? 1941: England is at its lowest ebb: under-nourished, under-informed and terrified of imminent invasion. Even at Eden Park, the beautiful country estate where Poppy, Lily, Kate, Marjorie and her adopted brother Billy are working in espionage, confidence is at an all-time low, and that is before the authorities discover there is a double agent operating from its MI5 unit. As agents are gradually wiped out by the informant at Eden Park, Poppy leaves to train as a pilot. But as she closes the wooden shutters at the House of Flowers, the old folly where she and her husband Scott began their married life, she realises that they were made over a century before to keep out another invader... England survived then - will it survive again? Have you read Daughters of Eden, the first in the series?

Twistleton is a village untouched by time, taking its rhythms from the countryside around. Daisy, Jean, Freddie and their friends Aurelia and Laura are devoted to the place, so that when war breaks out Twistleton becomes the embodiment of everything for which they are fighting. For the previous generation the new conflict causes private despair, increased when Twistleton is requisitioned by the Army. Turfed out of their houses, the villagers take refuge at the Hall. It is here that evacuees from the East End, butler and countryman weld together to fight common enemies, whether drunken troops in the village, the bombs from the air, or rationing and the bitter weather. They all know only victory will do. With death haunting their every moment, love is their one all-too-fleeting consolation - and also their final triumph.

As the eldest of four daughters, American heiress Emmaline Nesbitt has always understood that she is obliged to wed. But no proposals have so far come her way, until at a ball in her family home she meets Julius, a handsome and charming Englishman who wastes no time in proposing to her. Shortly after, Emmaline sails to England for her wedding. What awaits her on arrival is a long way from her expectations. She is brought to a strange house full of odd guests and eccentric servants - a far cry from the fine home Julius had promised - as well as a very different Julius. As the days go by, her fiancé changes beyond recognition, so much so that Emmaline believes there is no future to their relationship. But that is before Julius''s past, and the history of his family and background make themselves plain to her.

Brought up in smalltown America by a grandmother who despises her, Cassie McGann''s childhood is one of misery and rejection. Fleeing to New York she falls in love with handsome Irish racehorse trainer Tyrone Rosse, and when he marries her and takes her back to his mansion in Ireland, it looks as if she has found happiness at last.

It is 1939, and the residents of the idyllic fishing village of Bexham are preparing for war. Judy Melton, Meggie Gore-Stewart, Mathilda Eastcott and Rusty Todd are all determined to play an active role while the men are away fighting.

A force de ténacité, l'indomptable Cassie est devenue la première femme entraîneur d'Angleterre : Rossignol, son magnifique cheval, est au sommet de sa forme et l'avenir s'annonce enfin avec sérénité. Hélas, c'est sans compter avec la terrible Leonora, l'éternelle ennemie, femme mauvaise et envieuse qui ne supporte pas le succès de son ancienne camarade de pension. Pour briser son bonheur, Leonora est prête à tous les coups bas. Et Rossignol est une proie facile. Devant le déferlement de ses malfaisances, Cassie n'en reste pas moins un modèle de dignité et de courage. Mais seule, sans le soutien de son défunt mari qu'elle ne parvient pas à oublier, réussira-t-elle à sauver ses enfants et ses employés de la ruine et de la déchéance ? Car vient un moment où aucune arme n'est efficace contre la malveillance foncière. Cependant, Cassie est, à sa manière, une force de la nature...

Ce livre refermé, vous n'oublierez jamais Cassie ! Cassie, l'enfant indomptable, la petite fille illégitime, élevée par sa mère qui, pour des raisons de respectabilité, se fait passer pour sa grand-mère, Cassie semant sur son passage l'amour ou la haine au gré de sa fantaisie, Cassie épousant sur un coup de tête le beau Tyrone et scellant son destin en Irlande, dans un haras, au cœur d'une propriété de rêve. Bientôt survient l'adversité sous ses multiples visages les dettes d'un époux dépensier qu'on découvre tout à coup, la stérilité qui brise à jamais tout espoir, la mort enfin qui frappe aveuglément au détour d'un sentier. En décidant de prendre seule la tête du haras, Cassie sait qu'elle va affronter les plus cruelles malveillances. Mais renoncer n'est pas dans sa nature, même si son ennemie de toujours, l'implacable Leonora qu'elle a connue autrefois sur les bancs de l'école et qui la hait depuis le premier jour, veut à tout prix la briser. Tumultueux, plein de rebondissements et d'aventures, Ecoute le rossignol est une magnifique fresque à la gloire d'une femme intrépide et passionnée.

First published M. Joseph, 1983. A search for romance amongst the cocktail parties, formal balls and luncheons of a debutante's 'coming out'

A story set in Boston, the Irish countryside and war-torn London, which tells of the friendship between two very different girls who love the same man. Ellie is American to the core, well-behaved and beautiful, and Artemis, crippled by a riding accident, is spirited and very English.

The Business is showbusiness: magical, glamorous, but ultimately ruthless and cruel. Meredith Browne cam up the hard way, starting at the bottom as a child actress. Max Kassov, on the other hand, has always had everything. A mutual attraction between the pair deepens into a passionate love affair.