Lovers of Dinah Jefferies will eat this book up
Atmospheric descriptions of India combined with a brooding romance and a treacherous best friend
First book in a trilogy and so delighted to find that out and just didn’t want it to end

This book dazzles with the exotic location and excellent writing! If you are an MM Kaye junkie like me, you won't want to miss this book!

My thanks to NetGalley and to Haywood Press for this advance copy.

The setting for this novel was what really attracted me. Having toured India many years ago and also having the good fortune to stay on a tea estate in Ceylon, allowed me to indulge in reminiscing my time in these wonderful countries. Liz Harris has written a lovely novel, with some stunning characters, and refreshing descriptions of the Darjeeling climate and fauna. Her research has paid dividends as she has ably related the processes involved for the production of tea. A relaxing read, well written with a sufficient amount of intrigue, albeit a predictable ending. The only minor criticism is that the novel is slightly long-winded.

Liz Harris writes in a similar style to Dinah Jefferies, another author I admire.

Wonderfully evocative about women and their situations at the end of the British Raj. One finds that she is the owner of a tea plantation following an inheritance. The other marries into the life of living and working on one. Two women on very different paths at a very difficult time in history. A difficult time for women everywhere, but for white, unmarried women in India at the time of the British Raj, particularly so.

Immersive and detailed and a novel I really enjoyed.

I fully enjoyed Charlotte's Story.
Returning home from Boarding School to be met with tragedy.
She had to grow up from that moment.

Her journey takes her on one of love, self discovery, determination.

Her chaperone and friend Ada has her own dark story, who marries Harry a plantation owner.

The key men are Mr McAllister and his 2 sons. One of whom also has to grow up fast to meet his father's expectations.

Dan is running Charlottes farm, he is a great chap and is friendly with all of the people you meet in the book, including and expecially the servants.

Charlotte and her mother have a rather strained relationship, she is desperate to leave the past behind her.

An easy flowing book, thanks for the trip to India. Look forward to the next in the series.

A beautiful story studded with details and descriptions that really make you feel you are experiencing 1930s India and the tea gardens. It was obviously well researched.
The characters are well drawn and although the outcome is a bit predictable, albeit satisfactory if you like the characters, that doesn't distracte from the reading pleasure.

Charlotte Lawrence has at last returned to her family’s tea plantation in Sundar after an extended stay in England for schooling. Instead of the warm homecoming she’s expecting, she discovers her father dies just days earlier. The plantation, and all its responsibilities are now hers. Even though there is an unspoken expectation that Charlotte marry a neighboring planter, she asks her plantation manager to show her how to run the plantation herself. In a dual storyline, Charlotte’s chaperone, Ada has married the owner of another tea plantation. This book is a sweeping saga set during India in the final days of the British Raj. Totally immersive