A delightful evocation of rural France Writer Martin Woodbridge and his wife Merle are captivated by the Dordogne village of Bernay in 1966, even though the friendly hotel manager's relationship with his wife seems to show some disturbing undercurrents. When Martin returns to Bernay, it will be under tragically different circumstances. But with the village still casting its spell, he may find it hard ever to leave . . .
Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Frances Paige has lived near the Lake District, in the North West England for many years. She paints and writes, and has completed over fourty novels. She is also known under the pseudonyms Jane Wallace and Jay Allerton. In 1975, her novel "Vote for a Silk Gown" won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She went on to write many more novels as well as a Scottish saga which, it has been said, redefined the sub-genre and made her a model for budding authors everywhere.