The Sleeping Beauties by Lucy Ashe

The Sleeping Beauties by Lucy AsheAn unputdownable tale of obsession, jealousy and heartache against the backdrop of WW2May 1945 and at long last, Rosamund Caradon is feeling optimistic. As she returns the last few evacuees to London from her Devonshire manor, she vows to protect dance obsessed daughter Jasmine from further peril. But a chance meeting with a Sadlers Wells ballet dancer changes everything. When the beautiful, elusive Briar Woods bursts into Rosamunds train carriage,

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