{"product_id":"carnival-coast-florentine-spring-the-heron-quest-kingfisher-morning-by-charlotte-lamb","title":"Carnival Coast\/Florentine Spring\/The Heron Quest\/Kingfisher Morning by Charlotte Lamb","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarnival Coast\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her brother and sister–in–law, were killed, leaving a baby son and daughter, Claire felt it her duty to go over to France to visit the children. She foresaw that she would meet with some hostility from the children's French relatives. But what Claire had not foreseen was the overbearing attitude of her small nephew's godfather, the enigmatic Louis de Carceron. In France, he told her, the godparent has almost the rights of a parent – but that didn't give him any rights over her! Nevertheless, Louis took it upon himself to veto her friendships, first with Tony Kirk, then with Leon Fraurbois. What had her private affairs to do with this bossy Frenchman?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlorentine Spring\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Nicola had married Paolo Farenze, for nothing but love, his rich, aristocratic Florentine family, convinced she was a gold–digger, had refused to have anything to do with her. Now that Paolo was dead, leaving her with a baby son to bring up, she wanted to have nothing to do with them. But Paolo's forceful cousin Domenico had other ideas, and he persuaded Nicola, albeit reluctantly, to come back to Italy with him in order that the child should meet his father's family at last. The warmth of her welcome, and the admission on both sides that they had both been at fault, led to a happier understanding – and to Nicola's falling in love with Dominico. But wasn't he already destined for the far more suitable Bianca?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Heron Quest\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI'll do the work, he'll get the credit. Kit firmly believed that was what would happen when she had to team up with the great Adam Rothbury in making a TV documentary. Adam was brilliant, handsome, sarcastic – and Kit had never liked him. Adam acknowledged Kit's competence, but believed she owed her position to being the TV company owner's niece. In tracing the life of a deceased Polish wartime flyer and poet, Adam and Kit discovered each other – the true selves behind their working facades. And they discovered love!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKingfisher Morning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was a far cry from researching Thomas Hardy – which was what Emma had gone to Dorset to do – to looking after three young Hart children while their mother was in hospital. Nevertheless, Emma found it all much more fun than she'd expected – apart from the disapproving presence of the children's uncle Ross. He had been described to her as 'a male chauvinist of the worst sort' – and Emma had no reason to quarrel with that description! But, apart from that, what was the mystery surrounding this seemingly happy little family, and what was their connection with the shadowy figure of Leon Daumaury?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43554399748170,"sku":"6593b","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/6593b.jpg?v=1777524496","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/carnival-coast-florentine-spring-the-heron-quest-kingfisher-morning-by-charlotte-lamb","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}