The Rosamunde Pilcher Collection

by Rosamunde Pilcher

In the "Day of the Strom", Rebecca Bayliss is shattered to learn of a family she never knew existed. Determined to find them, Rebecca journeys to Boscarva, a beautiful mansion in Cornwall, to meet a family torn by passion and greed. From her grandfather Grenville Bayliss, who is hiding an explosive secret, to a handsome cousin, whose kisses are dangerously seductive ...to sensual craftsman Joss Gardner, whose past hints of intrigue, Rebecca becomes entangled in a family mystery ...and unravelling it holds the key to her future and her heart. In "Another View", Emma Litton can't get on with her life until she finds out just what place she has in her father's heart. She'd been at school in Europe since she was fourteen, then found a job in Paris, always wondering what her famous artist father was doing in Japan or America or at their cottage in Cornwall. Even after she meets Robert Morrow, the handsome gallery owner, and rediscovers her step-brother, Christo, she still feels compelled to probe into the truth about her past. But Emma might learn too late that it is the truth about herself she has to find and that letting go is the first step to keeping love. In "Sleeping Tiger", Selina Bruce has impulsively left behind her lawyer fiance in London and flown alone to a tiny island off the Spanish coast. She is searching for the father she has never known, but what she finds is an unexpected truth about herself and the man she plans to marry. For exotic San Antonio offers Selina more than the penetrating brilliance of the noonday sun. It offers the mysterious George Dyer, who holds the key not only to her past ...but to her heart.

Genres: Fiction

560 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1991

About the author

Rosamunde Scott was born on 22 September 1924 in Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK, daughter of Helen and Charles Scott, a British commander. Just before her birth her father was posted in Burma, her mother remained in England. She attended St. Clare's Polwithen and Howell's School Llandaff before going on to Miss Kerr-Sanders' Secretarial College. She began writing when she was seven and published her first short story when she was 18. From 1943 through 1946, Pilcher served with the Women's Naval Service. On 7 December 1946, she married Graham Hope Pilcher, a war hero and jute industry executive who died in March 2009. They moved to Dundee, Scotland, where she remained until her death in 2019. They had two daughters and two sons, and fourteen grandchildren. Her son, Robin Pilcher, is also a novelist.

In 1949, her first book, a romance novel, was published by Mills & Boon, under the pseudonym Jane Fraser. She published a further ten novels under that name. In 1955, she also began writing under her married name Rosamunde Pilcher, by 1965 she her own name to all of her novels. In 1996, her novel Coming Home won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by Romantic Novelists' Association. She retired from writing in 2000 following publication of Winter Solstice. Two years later, she was named an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

Reviews

[Wynne · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's dated and so am I. If I had read it in the 70's I would have enjoyed it more. But girls without fathers should not marry men who are 15 years their senior. Girls grow up and become adults and middle aged men don't change. No one in these romances knows this sad fact. It worked for a rainy afternoon.

[Franziska Self Fisken]

Vivid depictions of London, Porthkerris, Cornwall and other parts of the UK and a small Greek island.
Varied characters sympathetically drawn. Some satisfying hot water bottle romances.

[Margaret · Rating 5 out of 5]

It is an enjoyable read that beautifully captures the essence of human emotions and relationships. One of the standout quotes from The Day of the Storm is: "Only the boring are bored."

[Sue · Rating 4 out of 5]

Three books included in this collection: The Day of the Storm, Another View, and Sleeping Tiger. The first two feature artists in Cornwall, the other takes a slightly more exotic trip to San Antonio.

Enjoyable light reading - all novels are short, light romances, with very well-drawn and sympathetic characters. The main protagonists are all young women who have 'issues' with one or both of their parents.

Highly recommended.

I first read this towards the end of 1996; I had almost totally forgotten the contents of all three books by the time I re-read it in 2008, and the same applied when I re-read again in 2019. Looking forward to re-reading once more in another ten or eleven years...

Four and a half stars would be fairer.

[Suzanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

As before, I love her storytelling! All 3 stories were wonderful, but the first was my favorite. 'Storm': Rebecca finds Joss, Eliot & Molly & the Commander @ High Cross & finds her long-lost family. It takes awhile to resolve, but with R.P.'s usual charming style---it does.
"View": Emma & Christopher & another heart-warming tale of finding family & what really matters.
"Tiger": Selina must find the man she believes to be her father, so she travels -solo for the first time- to a Spanish Island. A series of small disasters occurs until she ends up falling in love with him. He's not her father, of course, but a distant cousin. All so good!

[Nazita Ibrahim · Rating 3 out of 5]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
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[M · Rating 3 out of 5]

Light, enjoyable but fairly samey.