Alice - Brear, Annemarie

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Résumé :
The Marsh Saga Series Alice (Book 4) London 1929. Lady Alice Mayton-Walsh has always been a free independent spirit, a woman ahead of her time. She has always been a risk taker, grabbing life with both hands and living it to the full after the premature death of her new husband in the Great War. With wealth and position, having travelled the world, Alice boldly defies convention and created, Sheer, her women's magazine to rival Vogue, However, after years of hard work and success, she finds that her life isn't as complete as she expected it to be. Something is missing. Vince, her brother's best friend, a man she has known since childhood, reveals plans to marry an heiress to save his family's fortunes. The news shocks Alice. He is throwing away his life marrying a woman he doesn't love, and what's more, Alice realises she wants more than just friendship with him. Yet, before she has a chance to follow her heart, Vince becomes a changed man. After losing everything, he turns his back on the glitzy and extravagant life and moves to the East End of London. Confused, Alice tries to understand this very different Vince, but it's not until she is confronted by three poor orphans and Vince's determination to help them that she recognises what has been missing in her life might be right under her nose. But a tragic accident threatens the happy future Alice has dreamed about. Has she lost her second chance to find love?...

Biographie:
Author of over thirty novels, AnneMarie Brear has crafts sweeping historical fiction with atmosphere, emotion, and drama aplenty that will surely satisfy any fan of the genre. AnneMarie was born in a small town in N.S.W. Australia, to English parents from Yorkshire, and is the youngest of five children. A long and winding road to publication led to her first novel being published in 2006. She has now published over thirty historical family saga novels, becoming an Amazon best seller and with her novel, The Slum Angel, winning a gold medal at the USA Reader's Favourite International Awards. Two of her books have been nominated for the Romance Writer's Australia Ruby Award and the USA In'dtale Magazine Rone award and recently she has been nominated as a finalist for the UK RNA RONA Awards....

Sommaire:
Award winning & Amazon UK Bestseller AnneMarie Brear has been a life-long reader and started writing in 1997 when her children were small. She has a love of history, of grand old English houses and a fascination of what might have happened beyond their walls. Her interests include reading, travelling, watching movies, spending time with family and eating chocolate - not always in that order! She is the author of historical family saga novels....