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The peacock summer: a novel

✍ Scribed by Hannah Richell


Publisher
HarperCollins;Harper Paperbacks
Year
2019
Tongue
English
Weight
224 KB
Category
Fiction
ISBN
0062899341

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✦ Synopsis


Two women who long for more, and a house that holds the key to their freedom...

From internationally bestselling author Hannah Richell comes this compelling story of hidden secrets, forbidden love, and a mysterious old house.

**"A juicy mix of secrets and betrayals make The Peacock Summer by Hannah Richell a perfect holiday read." -- Good Housekeeping (UK)
**Two summers, decades apart...

Two women whose lives are forever entwined...

And a house that holds the dark secrets that could free them both.

1955: At twenty-six-years old, Lillian Oberon is young, beautiful, and married to the wealthy and handsome Charles Oberon. She is also the mistress of Cloudesley, a lavish estate. But not long after her nuptials, she begins to feel her marriage is a sham. Like the exquisite objets d'art, curiosities, and treasures her husband collects, she is just another possession captured within the walls of the grand...


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