From award-winning author of
The Dark Horizon
, Liz Harris, comes the second in a sweeping saga set between the wars, which tells the story of the Linfords, a family simmering with secrets, lies and betrayal.
London, 1923
Alice Linford stands on the pavement and stares up at the large Victorian house set back from the road—the house that is to be her new home.
But it isn't her house. It belongs to someone else—to a Mrs Violet Osborne. A woman who was no more than a name at the end of an advertisement for a companion that had caught her eye three weeks earlier.
More precisely, it wasn't Mrs Osborne's name that had caught her eye—it was seeing that Mrs Osborne lived in Belsize Park, a short distance only from Kentish Town. Kentish Town, the place where Alice had lived when she'd been Mrs Thomas Linford.
Thomas Linford—the man she still loves, but through her own stupidity, has lost. The man for whom she's left the small Lancashire town in which she was born to come down to London again. The man she's determined to fight for.
The Flame Within is perfect for readers of The Thorn Birds and the Cazalet Chronicles, and the novels of Fiona Valpy and Santa Montefiore.
What readers are saying about
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B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.
(Book Readers Appreciation Group)
Spanning the post-WWI period through the Great Depression in England and America, Harris delivers an addictive saga reminiscent of early Barbara Taylor Bradford.
(Historical Novel Society Review)
I absolutely LOVED this novel and I am looking forward to reading the second part of the trilogy.
Heidi Gallacher (Goodreads)
Motivation, a characteristic of excellent storytelling, comes over as a particular strength in this novel.
Carol McGrath (Amazon)
This page-turning family drama has been carefully researched and brought to life by the details that capture the atmosphere and time period.
Charlotte Betts (Amazon)
is an excellent novel which grips the reader from beginning to end.
(Amazon Customer)