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August 1914, Clifton Park. Mrs Eloise Brannan refuses to believe there will be a war. For she knows what troubles and hardship it will bring upon her now grown-up children: headstrong Roderick and sweet Elizabeth, and their ever-patient cousin Dorothea. But war does indeed come, and Roderick is determined to fight. He secures a commission in France, leaving behind his pregnant wife, whose unhappiness at Clifton Park is no secret . . . Elizabeth remains at home with her mother, their once bustling house now almost empty. Even Dorothea has left for London to serve King and Country as a frontline nurse. A little over a year later. Looking through the windows at the beautiful September gardens, Eloise spots the Post Master's boy coming up the path. He's holding a telegram. What Eloise cannot know is that the contents of this message will irrevocably change her family's life for ever. But whatever happens, she knows the Brannans must stick together to survive.
About the author
Dominic Luke was born in London and studied history at the University of Birmingham. A lifelong writer, he finally saw his name in print with the publication of Aunt Letitia in 2012, a novel set in the Second World War. Aunt Letitia featured in Amazon Kindle's Top 100 and was followed by the contemporary novel Snake In The Grass. A revised edition of Aunt Letitia has since been published by Joffe Books in 2022 as The Secrets We Keep. Dominic lives in Northamptonshire, which forms the setting for his series of interlinked historical novels about the Brannan family - Autumn Softly Fell, Nothing Undone Remained, Dreams That Veil and The Lives We Left Behind - now available from Joffe Books.
