BOOK DETAILS
Island of a Thousand Springs by Sarah Lark
Published by Bastei Entertainment on October 3, 2014
ISBN: 9783838753218
Pages: 511
London, 1732: Nora Reed, the daughter of a merchant, falls hopelessly in love with her father's clerk, Simon. Despite their differing social class, the star-crossed lovers dream of a future on a tropical island - until tragedy strikes, and Nora must face a life without her soulmate. Hopeless, Nora enters a marriage of convenience with Elias Fortnam, a widower and sugar planter in Jamaica. Even without Simon, she is determined to somehow fulfill their tropical fantasy. But life in the Caribbean doesn't turn out as Nora had dreamt.
Nora is deeply shocked by the way plantation owners treat the slaves and decides to shake things up on her own sugar cane plantation - for the better. Surprisingly, her adult stepson Doug supports her in this endeavor when he arrives from Europe. However, his return also puts things into a state of turmoil - especially Nora's feelings.
Just as Nora seems to be settling into her role as lady of the house, one harrowing event rips everything from her but her life...
A gripping tale of love and hate, trust and betrayal, and a thrilling destiny set against the pristine beaches and swaying palmtrees of the tropics.
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HISTORICAL
FICTION WRITER SARAH LARK RELEASES NEW BOOK TO U.S. READERS FOLLOWING HER
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERS
A story
of love, betrayal and redemption, Island of a Thousand Springs available Oct. 3
International
bestselling author Sarah Lark, famed for her captivating historical sagas,
releases a new book to U.S. readers October 3. Published by Bastei
Entertainment, Island of a Thousand
Springs showcases the joy of love and the despair of having that love
ripped away, set against the pristine beaches and swaying palm trees of the
tropics.
Lark’s Island of a
Thousand Springs follows the story of Nora Reed, the daughter of a merchant
in 1730s London, who falls hopelessly in love with her father’s clerk, Simon.
Despite their differing social classes, the star-crossed lovers dream of a
future for themselves on a tropical island – until tragedy strikes and Nora
must face a life without her soul mate.
Hopeless,
Nora enters a marriage of convenience with a widower and sugar planter in
Jamaica. But life in the Caribbean doesn't turn out as Nora had dreamt. She is
shocked by the way plantation owners treat the slaves and decides to shake
things up on her own sugar cane plantation for the better. Just as Nora seems
to be settling into her role as lady of the house, one harrowing event rips
everything from her but her life.
Lark’s
series of “landscape novels” made her a bestselling author with sales of 2.7
million in Germany, her native country, as well as Spain and the U.S. Her past
works include the popular In the Land of
the Long White Cloud Saga novels.
The Historical Novel Society writes,
“Sarah Lark reminded me what it was like to get lost, really lost, in a good
book.”
Born
in Germany’s Ruhr region, Lark studied psychology and wrote her doctorate on
daydreams. She has worked as a primary school teacher and as a tour guide, and
has written several award-winning books about horses for adults and children.
Lark currently lives with four dogs and a cat on her farm in Almería, Spain,
where she cares for retired horses, plays guitar and sings in her spare time.
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