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The Land Of Summer
The Land Of Summer
Dec 19, 2025 4:41 PM

Author:Charlotte Bingham

The Land Of Summer

This captivating love story with a twist is perfect for escapist page-turner. A must read for fans of Louise Douglas, Dinah Jeffries and Kristin Hannah, this engrossing read makes it clear that secrets from the past never stay buried for long...

'An enchanting read...If you liked Pride & Prejudice or any of the romantic classics, you would like this.' -- Woman's Way

'I just loved it' -- ***** Reader review

'Exciting, romantic and intriguing' -- ***** Reader review

'Couldn't put it down once started' -- ***** Reader review

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A NEW LIFE OF HOPE AND PROMISE COULD BE ANYTHING BUT...

As the eldest of four daughters, American heiress Emmaline Nesbitt has always understood that she is obliged to wed. But no proposals have so far come her way, until at a ball in her family home she meets Julius, a handsome and charming Englishman who wastes no time in proposing to her. Shortly after, Emmaline sails to England for her wedding.

What awaits her on arrival is a long way from her expectations. She is brought to a strange house full of odd guests and eccentric servants - a far cry from the fine home she was promised - as well as a very different Julius.

As the days go by, her fiancé changes beyond recognition, so much so that Emmaline believes there is no future to their relationship.

But that is before Julius's past, and the history of his family and background make themselves plain to her.

Reviews

An enchanting read...If you liked Pride & Prejudice or any of the romantic classics, you would like this.

—— Woman's Way, Oct 08

Very witty... Both laddish and slyly intelligent, Hawes has his cake and eats it

—— Daily Telegraph

Terrific black satire

—— Toby Clements , Daily Telegraph

Hawes scatters pellets of satirical wit on the twitchy paranoia of the ageing liberal

—— Arena

Gripping and full of interest...it confirms Némirovsky's brilliance as a storyteller with a deep understanding of the hidden flaws and cruelties in the human heart

—— Sunday Telegraph

You'll find plenty to enjoy in Parks's arguments, always peppered with curt humour

—— Eastern Daily Press

Scary, funny and loaded with the kind of unforgettable characters that make all writers want to try harder

—— Eoin Colfer , The Week

Beautifully crafted...a compelling debut of youthful daring. His quietly poetic prose is charming, and there's real warmth and depth here in his explorations of friendship and guilt

—— Daily Mail

Part nostalgic reverie, part taut little thriller, it makes for a promising debut

—— Guardian

Wodehouse is so utterly, properly, simply funny

—— Adele Parks

I've recorded all the Jeeves books, and I can tell you this: it's like singing Mozart. The perfection of the phrasing is a physical pleasure. I doubt if any writer in the English language has more perfect music

—— Simon Callow

Wodehouse was quite simply the Bee's Knees. And then some

—— Joseph Connolly

I constantly find myself drooling with admiration at the sublime way Wodehouse plays with the English language

—— Simon Brett

Quite simply, the master of comic writing at work

—— Jane Moore

To pick up a Wodehouse novel is to find oneself in the presence of genius - no writer has ever given me so much pure enjoyment

—— John Julius Norwich

Compulsory reading for anyone who has a pig, an aunt - or a sense of humour!

—— Lindsey Davis

The Wodehouse wit should be registered at Police HQ as a chemical weapon

—— Kathy Lette

Witty and effortlessly fluid. His books are laugh-out-loud funny

—— Arabella Weir

The funniest writer ever to put words to paper

—— Hugh Laurie

The greatest comic writer ever

—— Douglas Adams

P.G. Wodehouse wrote the best English comic novels of the century

—— Sebastian Faulks

Sublime comic genius

—— Ben Elton

You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour

—— Stephen Fry

Sublime comic genius

—— Ben Elton

You don't analyse such sunlit perfection, you just bask in its warmth and splendour

—— Stephen Fry
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