Ruins in Silk - A dual prequel to Sophies War Novels & The Blue Pendant

Italy, 1906. Sophie Romano's excitement at the prospect of moving to Britain with her parents, belies the many tragedies that are about to change her young life.
The family's silk business, a silk farm in Italy and a mill in Britain thrive as British society scrambles to wear Romano Silk. A bright, intelligent women, the son he never had, her father encourages Sophie to learn the business, unusual for Edwardian time. That is until jealous and devious competitors strive to bring down the Romano empire, inciting rebellion on the factory floor, total destruction and death, even murder.

Sophie, only sixteen and in love with the one person she thought she could trust is abandoned.
Teetering on the verge of one more enormous loss. How will young Sophie survive?

About the author

Susan A. Jennings was born in Britain of a Canadian mother and British father. Both her Canadian and British heritages are often featured in her stories. She lives and writes in Ottawa Canada and is the author of The Sackville Hotel Trilogy, historical fiction and The Lavender Cottage Series, contemporary romance, a memoir Save Some for Me and many short stories. Susan is also a regular contributor to the Black Lake Chronicles anthology.

Product details

• Authors: Susan A Jennings, Susan a Jennings
• Publisher: Harper Collins
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.2022
• EAN: 9781989553275
• ISBN: 978-1-989553-27-5
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 195 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Fairytales, sagas, legends; Sagas, Historical romance, FICTION / Romance / Historical / General, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Sagas, Historical fiction, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)