Sunny's life is carefree and happy until Gray's Bentley breaks down outside her parents' cottage in Rushington, after which nothing is the same. It appears that this rich, handsome older man has fallen in love with her Certainly her friend Arietta is sure that he has, but when Gray's friend Leandra asks Sunny to lunch to tell her as much, Sunny remains unconvinced. rietta cannot wait to leave Rushington to work in London for an elderly socialite. When tragedy strikes she is offered a job in a fashionable bookshop. Here she mets jazz-loving artis Sam, with whom she goes to live in Chelsea. Meanwhile Sunny has become engaged to Gray and is once again happy and carefree, until Arietta through the auspices of the cookshop, discovers the reality behind Gray's proposa. Unable to tell her friend the truth, Arietta canonly hope that Sunny will discover it for herself, and throw Gray over before it is too late.
Author Biography
Charlotte Bingham comes from a literary family - her father sold a story to H. G. Wells when he was only seventeen - and Charlotte wrote her autobiography, CORONET AMONG THE WEEDS, at the age of nineteen. Since then, she has written comedy and drama series, films and plays for both England and America with her husband, the actor and playwright Terence Brady. Her published novels include the highly acclaimed bestsellers SUMMERTIME, THE SEASON, THE BLUE NOTE, THE LOVE KNOT, THE KISSING GARDEN, LOVE SONG, TO HEAR A NIGHTINGALE, THE BUSINESS, IN SUNSHINE OR IN SHADOW, STARDUST, NANNY, CHANGE OF HEART, DEBUTANTES, THE NIGHTINGALE SINGS, GRAND AFFAIR, THE CHESTNUT TREE, THE WIND OFF THE SEA, THE MOON AT MIDNIGHT, DAUGHTERS OF EDEN, THE HOUSE OF FLOWERS, THE MAGIC HOUR, FRIDAY'S GIRL, IN DISTANT FIELDS and THE WHITE MARRIAGE.