Kathleen McGurl lives near the sea in Bournemouth, UK, with her husband. She has two sons who are now grown-up and have left home. She began her writing career creating short stories, and sold dozens to women’s magazines in the UK and Australia. Then she got side-tracked onto family history research – which led eventually to writing novels with genealogy themes. She has always been fascinated by the past, and the ways in which the past can influence the present, and enjoys exploring these links in her novels.
After a thirty-one-year career in the IT industry she is now a full-time author, and very much enjoying the change of lifestyle. When not writing she likes to go out running. She also adores mountains and is never happier than when striding across the Lake District fells, following a route from a Wainwright guidebook.
You can find out more at her website: http://kathleenmcgurl.com/, or follow her on Twitter: @KathMcGurl.
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The Secret of the Château
The Stationmaster’s Daughter
The Forgotten Secret
The Drowned Village
The Girl from Ballymor
The Daughters of Red Hill Hall
The Pearl Locket
The Emerald Comb
The Forgotten Gift
KATHLEEN MCGURL
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2020
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E-book Edition © November 2020 ISBN: 9780008380496
Version: 2020-08-28
Table of Contents
About the Author
Praise for Kathleen McGurl
Also by Kathleen McGurl
Prologue: George Britten, 1874
Chapter 1: Cassie, present day
Chapter 2: George, 1861
Chapter 3: Cassie
Chapter 4: George
Chapter 5: Cassie
Chapter 6: George
Chapter 7: Cassie
Chapter 8: George
Chapter 9: Cassie
Chapter 10: George
Chapter 11: Cassie
Chapter 12: George
Chapter 13: Cassie
Chapter 14: George
Chapter 15: Cassie
Chapter 16: George
Chapter 17: Cassie
Chapter 18: George
Chapter 19: Cassie
Chapter 20: George
Chapter 21: Cassie
Chapter 22: George
Chapter 23: Cassie
Chapter 24: George
Chapter 25: Cassie
Chapter 26: George
Chapter 27: Cassie
Chapter 28: George
Chapter 29: Cassie
Chapter 30: George, 1871
Chapter 31: Cassie
About the Publisher
For my son Fionn, who always smiles