A Falling Star (Wintercombe Series Book 3)

A Falling Star (Wintercombe Series Book 3)

<b>‘Full of rich historical detail…a delightful read’ — Sarah Woodhouse<br /><br />Sir Alexander St Barbe is the black sheep of the St Barbe family…</b><br /><br />The only son of the late Nathaniel St Barbe, he has spent the last several years in exile in Holland, living a dissolute and debauched life far from his well-respected family in England.<br /><br />Now, however, he has returned to Somerset to claim Wintercombe as his inheritance — but his arrival is greeted with trepidation and foreboding.<br /><br />Bitter quarrels break out on his first night home and soon, the old fires of family passions and religious contention are raging.<br /><br />Even Alex’s aunt Silence Hellier, herself once mistress of Wintercombe, cannot smooth over the ensuing rifts.<br /><br />Although Silence sees trouble in the instant spark that ignites between Alex and his younger, fiery half-French cousin Louise, there is little she can do to dampen the flames that draw them closer together.<br /><br />Louise, who has escaped scandal in France to come to England in search of a husband, knows she should stay away from her attractive, fascinating cousin.<br /><br />But she finds herself unable to resist his allure.<br /><br />But the turmoil at Wintercombe is only a drop in the troubled seas in which England finds herself.<br /><br />The Duke of Monmouth’s uprising brings disaster and tragedy to Somerset — and to the St Barbe family.<br /><br />To everyone’s surprise, the greatest danger to Wintercombe, lies deep in the heart of a man whose jealousy and resentment drive him to betrayal of the worst possible kind…<br /><br /><h2>Praise for Pamela Belle</h2><br /><br />‘A lovely book, coloured and close-woven and pulsing with life’ — <b>Rosemary Sutcliff</b><br /><br /><b>Pamela Belle</b> was born and bred in Suffolk, the daughter of a local prep school headmaster. She went to the University of Sussex, and went on to become a primary school teacher.