'I have loved Kate Morton's spellbinding novels since I was a teenager' – Emilia Hart, bestselling author of Weyward

Rediscover this breathtaking intergenerational mystery from the multimillion-copy bestseller, Kate Morton.

Three women. Three generations. One spellbinding mystery . . .

Once upon a time, a little girl was found abandoned after a gruelling sea voyage from England to Australia. She carried nothing with her but a small suitcase of clothes, an exquisite volume of fairy tales and the memory of a mysterious woman called the Authoress, who promised to look after her but then vanished.

Years later, Nell returns to England to uncover the truth about her identity. Her quest leads her to the strange and beautiful Blackhurst Manor on the Cornish coast, but its long-forgotten gardens hide secrets of their own.

Now, upon Nell’s death, her granddaughter, Cassandra, comes into a surprise inheritance: an old book of dark fairy tales and a ramshackle cottage in Cornwall. It is here that she must finally solve the puzzle that has haunted her family for a century, embarking on a journey that blends past and present, myth and mystery, fact and fable . . .

Readers LOVE Kate Morton . . .

'Magical . . . I literally couldn’t put it down'

'A spellbinding story interwoven with fairy tales . . . An utter delight!'

'I was hooked from the first page'

'Nostalgic, old-fashioned storytelling sprinkled with a little magic'

'Captivating, atmospheric and suspenseful'