A young woman attempts to reclaim her heritage and is drawn into mystery, danger and romance in this captivating gothic saga.
Can Ella learn the truth about the fate of her mother and brother?
One dark and stormy night, a terrified young mother seeks refuge at the home of her former nanny. Louise Polmar begs her former nanny to care for her baby then she flees. Louise never returns and until she is eighteen her child, Ella grows up unaware that she is one of the Polmars of Porthminster Hall.
Ella tries to uncover the truth about the fate of her mother, but there are dark secrets at Porthminster Hall and as Ella delves into the mysteries of the past, she finds herself in mortal danger. The same mortal danger her mother fled from more than twenty years ago . . .
An excellent choice for fans of Linda Finlay and Gloria Cook.
Praise for Porthminster Hall
“A classic historical romance embellished with a dash of mystery and a soupcon of suspense, Tanner's latest will delight genre fans.” —BooklistJanet Tanner is the well-loved author of multi-generational sagas and historical Gothic novels.
Drawing on her own background, Janet’s Hillsbridge Sagas are set in a small, working-class mining community in Somerset. Always a prolific writer, Janet had hundreds of short stories and serials published in various magazines worldwide before writing her first novel. She has been translated into many languages, including Russian, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian and Hebrew. Janet also writes as Amelia Carr and Jennie Felton.