Beloved left me outside the bank in Christchurch High Street on Market Day so I browsed through the bookstall and this was one of the books I bought!

From back cover:
How far would you go to protect the ones you love?
Paradise, the house at the head of a sheltered Cornish valley, is where Honor Trevannion lives, surrounded by her family. Frail and elderly, she is inexplicably anxious and distressed by the arrival of a young American bearing an old black and white photograph of a double wedding and looking for a long lost relative. Her family try to protect Honor, unaware of the secrets which she keeps from those closest to her, and which are found in a cache of letters hidden for fifty years.
Too late to hear the story from Honor herself, the family are faced with revelations which could destroy the tranquillity of life in their beloved valley. Will they be torn apart or can they unite in admiration for one woman's courage in standing by the life-changing decision she made so many years ago?

I'm always sorry when I come to the end of a Marcia Willett book and this one was no exception. I think I read it many years ago but it was still captivating. I loved all the characters and the story was absolutely fascinating. Very moving, especially as the heroine of the story passes away early on in the novel.

As with most of her novels, all comes right in the end - I wish life was always like that. *sigh*

Taking this to my writing class tomorrow - I'm sure someone will snap it up.