Sea of Lost Love (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781416543732)

From the author of The Gypsy Madonna and The Last Voyage of the Valentina, a breathless novel that sweeps its heroine from the Cornish coast to the rugged beauty of Puglia Italy, where she discovers a shocking truth about her family and the way to save her ancestral home.Celestria Montague always spends her summers at Pendrift Hall, the rambling, shabby mansion adorned with wisteria and clematis that has been home to the Montague family for generations. It is 1958, and the family is celebrating her father's fiftieth birthday at a lavish ball. The celebratory night ends in death and tragedy, however, and young Celestria learns that the family may lose Pendrift Hall. Her grandfather urges Celestria to play detective, to solve the mysteries surrounding the night's events, and to save the ancient mansion if at all possible. Her quest takes her to Italy's rugged and beautiful Puglia, and into the dark, cool cloisters of the Convento di Santa Maria del Mare. Here Celestria meets an enigmatic stranger and confronts unwelcome truths about her family--and herself. Sea of Lost Love is Santa Montefiore at her very best--sensitive, sensual, and complex.

Author: Santa Montefiore
ISBN-10: 1416543732
ISBN-13: 9781416543732
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2008
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 7.98h x 8.29w x 1.01d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 01/07/2008 pg. 33
Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2008 pg. 213
Booklist 03/01/2008 pg. 49
Library Journal 04/15/2008 pg. 74