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After Midnight

After Midnight

a moving and heart-warming novel of passion, loss, tragedy and new beginnings from bestselling author Susan Sallis

Summary

Fans of Maeve Binchy, Rosamunde Pilcher and Fiona Valpy will not be disappointed by this warm and compelling story where secrets from the past threaten the happiness of a small West Country community by multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis. Perfect to settle down with!

READERS ARE LOVING AFTER MIDNIGHT!
"Wonderful"
"Susan Sallis has such an insight into characters"
"Susan Sallis ... never disappoints."
"Always love Susan Sallis - brilliant writing."

*****

WILL A SECRET FROM THE PAST THREATEN HER HAPPINESS?

Nell knows that she shares a very special past with her cousins, Edmund and Perry. In their young days in Gloucestershire they used to play, quarrel... and perhaps fall in love a little.

When a strange young man arrives in their midst, Nell discovers with a shock that he, too, shares some of their past - and that it is connected with the mysterious, magical old railway coach in the forest where Nell's parents first fell in love.

But the forest still holds its secrets, and the uncertainties which Nell and her cousins come to experience can only be satisfied when the mystery is revealed...

Will the revelation hold heartache and pain, or hope for a wonderful and fulfilled future?


After Midnight continues the story which began in The Pumpkin Coach.

Reviews

  • 'Sallis brings out the innate warmth and sometimes unpredictability of the human psyche. This compelling tale will not disappoint'
    Lancashire Evening Post

About the author

Susan Sallis

Susan Sallis was the author of over twenty bestselling novels, many of them set in the West Country. She was born in Gloucestershire and lived in Somerset with her family. She died in 2020.
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