Gathering Storm

A gripping story of family secrets, all-consuming love, and the chaos of war, set in Cornwall during World War II. When Lucy travels to her father's childhood home, Carlyon Manor, she discovers a powerful tale of courage and betrayal, spanning from Cornwall to London and Occupied France. Secrets from the past are unraveling in the present, testing friendship and love, and leaving lasting consequences. Rachel Hore's novel is praised for its intriguing narrative and emotional depth.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 03 September 2020
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd

From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a gripping story of family secrets, all-consuming love, and the chaos of war.

When Lucy's troubled father, Tom, passes away, she travels to Cornwall to visit his childhood home—the once-beautiful Carlyon Manor. Before he died, Tom had been researching an uncle she never knew he had. Determined to find out why, Lucy tracks down Beatrice Ashton, a local woman who seems to know more than she lets on, and has an extraordinary story to tell.

1935. Growing up in Cornwall, Beatrice plays with the children of Carlyon Manor—especially pretty, blonde Angelina Wincanton. Then, one summer at the age of fifteen, she falls in love with a young visitor to the town: Rafe, whom she rescues from a storm-tossed sea.

On the surface, her life seems idyllic. But the dark clouds of war are gathering, and nobody, not even the Wincantons, will be left untouched.

A Gathering Storm is a powerful tale of courage and betrayal, spanning from Cornwall to London and Occupied France, in which friendship and love are tested, and the consequences span generations.

Secrets from the past, unraveling in the present… Rachel Hore delivers intriguing, involving, and emotive narrative reading group fiction like few other writers can.

Praise for Rachel Hore's novels:

Compelling, engrossing, and moving. SANTA MONTEFIORE

Simply stunning. DINAH JEFFERIES

A story that stirs the deepest emotions. WOMAN & HOME

'An emotive and thought-provoking read. ROSANNA LEY

'Hore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity. Her women are brave and good, and you desperately want them to win.

DAILY MAIL

'An elegiac tale of wartime love and secrets.

TELEGRAPH

'A tender.

Weight: 336g
Dimension: 130 x 197 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781471195693
Edition number: Reissue