Claudine's Daughter - Tapa blanda

Raised by nuns in an Italian orphanage and abandoned by her mother Claudine, beautiful young Lucy Di Castelloni is determined to find out the mystery of her English parentage.

Recently widowed, her nobleman husband’s cruel son has raped her and she has escaped to England in search of security and the family she is desperate to be part of.

On a bleak March day in 1850, she arrives in the Victorian seaside resort of Easthampton. Desperately restless, Lucy is unaware of the acute resemblance to her dead mother.

Whilst she is charming, her arrival generates suspicion from some due to her unconventional past.

Lucy cautiously conceals her true identity until she is certain of how to proceed.

In her quest to belong she becomes a threat to more than one family. The family of Daniel Warwyck, ex-champion prizefighter and now head of the powerful Warwyck family are most unsettled by her arrival as she provides a link to Richard Warwyck’s past mistress...

Politics begin to brew in the little town when plans to build a railway are hotly debated and dark secrets begin to surface whilst riots and tensions explode.

Meanwhile Lucy struggles to come to terms with the traumas of her past and is shattered when faced with abandonment once again.

Uncomfortable realisations have devastating consequences when accusations of adultery and incest are followed by blackmail as it appears one local man has been underestimated...

What is the secret of Lucy’s birth? Will she be able to find out the truth? And who will win her heart — handsome, fair Richard Warwyck who loves her passionately; dark, glowering railway company man Josh Barton whom she loathes; or Timothy Attwood, whose name is the strongest link from her past? Claudine’s Daughter is a captivating romantic sequel to Warwyck’s Wife.

"Filled with rich period detail, this historical romance will appeal to readers who enjoy learning about other cultures and times yet still crave happy endings." - Booklist on Garlands of Gold

"A truly interesting and wonderfully informative story" - Booklist on Brilliance

"As her heroine wends her way through perilous times, readers will be swept along in Laker’s latest compelling tale" - Booklist on To Dream of Snow

Rosalind Laker is a best-selling novelist that has been published all over the world, with her works translated into twenty languages. The author of over forty historical novels, her first work was published in 1970; Warwyck’s Wife is the first of her acclaimed Easthampton trilogy and is followed by Claudine’s Daughter and The Warwycks of Easthampton. She is also the author of Banners of Silk, Tree of Gold, The Silver Touch and To Dance With Kings . She lives with her Norwegian husband in Sussex.

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