The Sapphire Widow - Dinah Jefferies torrent

Category: Adults, Historical Fiction, Suspense
Language: English
Keywords: Betrayal Ceylon Scandal

Written by Dinah Jefferies
Read by Gabrielle Glaister
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date: August 14, 2018
Duration: 12:31:51

Ceylon, 1935.

Louisa Reeve, the daughter of a successful British gem trader, and her husband Elliot, a charming, thrill-seeking businessman, seems like the couple that has it all. Except what they long for more than anything: a child.

While Louisa struggles with miscarriages, Elliot is increasingly absent, struggled with gambling and drinking. His idea to purchase the old Print House and turn it into a jewelry and spice emporium seems the perfect project to reunite them. He also is spending much of his time at a nearby cinnamon plantation, overlooking the Indian Ocean.

Elliot’s death exposes the secrets he kept from Louisa, whose grief is soon replaced by humiliation and anger when she discovers Elliot’s infidelity, illegitimate son, and huge gambling debts and shocking betrayal.

Revisiting the plantation at Cinnamon Hills, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn towards the owner, Leo, a rugged outdoorsman with a checkered past. The plantation casts a spell, but all is not as it seems. . Leo, she finds is cousin of her husband’s mistress. VERDICT Jefferies once again weaves an intriguing tale of mystery and romance set in an exotic location that will please fans of her first book.-