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Holding Paradise by Fran Clark, Book 1
A Prayer For Junie by Fran Clark, Book 2
When Skies Are Grey by Fran Clark, Book 4
Holding Paradise by Fran Clark, Book 1
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Holding Paradise
“A storm of love, courage, and betrayal that spans three generations and could destroy all in its way or clear the path to peace. A glorious, joyful, heartbreaking read.” Angela Cairns, Touch
From the Caribbean to the streets of London, Holding Paradise paints a passionate portrait of family secrets, forbidden love and women pushed to the edge.
Angelica’s seemingly perfect life is torn apart when a family secret is uncovered.
The mistakes she has made leave her desperate and lost. She boards a plane to seek the advice of the person whose stories have guided her through life. Her mother, Josephine. Without her help, Angelica could lose her husband and her daughter.
Josephine has one last story to tell – the story that could change both their lives.
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The ideal read for fans of Andrea Levy's Small Island.
“A wonderfully written, identifiable and engrossing story.” Eva Verde, Lives Like Mine
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"Clark's impeccable writing and ability to create vivid settings make the story come alive." Stella Oni, Deadly Sacrifice
A Prayer For Junie
Newly married Junie has found love but she has no idea who her husband really is. When her life is in danger, there is only one way this relationship can end.
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Philomena has known Junie’s abusive husband, Gregory, since they were children and has grown to fear him. Set apart from the rest of the village community on a secluded plain, the women develop a strong bond. While Philomena plots to run away with her, Junie hopes the child she is carrying will change her husband’s violent behaviour.
When Philomena’s friendship is put to the test, she soon discovers how far she will go to protect her friend. Now a death on the plain and Junie’s disappearance has the whole village talking.
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Can Philomena live with what she has done and will she ever let go of Junie’s memory?
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In this powerful novel of lies, love and compassion a mystery unravels.
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"A Prayer for Junie is a compelling and atmospheric story about friendship, love and the lengths people will go to in order to save those they care about." Caroline Bishop, The Lost Chapter
The Long Way Home
An unexpected meeting sets Rose on a path to love and future happiness. When family secrets and even the forces of nature stack against her, the way to a happy-ever-after slips away.
On the West Indian island of Dominica in 1889, Rose was abandoned by her father Antoine on the day she was born, after her mother Nanette died in childbirth. Rose’s mixed heritage makes her an outcast to both of her parent’s families and she grows up with an adoptive family without a true sense of her identity.
When Rose turns sixteen, she meets the poor but charismatic sailor Raphael and a romantic connection blooms, only to be put on hold because of a tremendous hurricane.
Employed by wealthy widow, Elise La Fleur, Rose develops a close friendship with her. But when Elise accuses Rose of stealing her beloved locket, Rose’s world is thrown into disarray.
Can the locket be the key that unlocks her past and the secrets of her birth?
Read this captivating historical fiction of race, forbidden love and identity.
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"This book is a softly treading romance in the backdrop of the complicated history of the First World War and recruitment from West Indian regiments." Amita Murray, The Marleigh Sisters Series
When Skies Are Grey
The secrets of Rayna Laurence’s past threaten to unravel the life she’s created for herself in West London in 1957.
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A young West Indian girl with a talent for singing, Rayna takes a job as a barmaid in a local pub, and it’s there that she meets the charismatic leader of a West Indian jazz band, Eddie Keane. But when her affections become the subject of a tug-of-war between Terry Collins, the pub owner, and Eddie, Rayna chooses Terry, but the love triangle is far from over.
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As her fame and fortune as a performer grow, Rayna finds her past catching up with her.
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Will the secrets of her former life in the West Indies destroy the life she’s built for herself?
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Read this emotional story of love, music, and hidden truths in post Windrush London.
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"A deeply touching story." Steffanie Edward, This Other Island