Willow Wisp

Time jumps ahead two decades in the final book of this fanciful trilogy. Lavinia Rose, daughter of Henley Hornbrook III and his gypsy wife, Rosetta, has just finished her education abroad. After being away for four years, she returns to her home in the forest hamlet where she finds that her childhood friend, Oliver, is not only all grown-up but is strikingly handsome. What she forgets is that she too has blossomed. During her season back home a terrifying accident rouses intimate emotions and temptation, lust, and disloyalty taunt the young woman through the many male suitors who come to call. When rumour circulates about whether the dark haired beauty’s innocence has remained intact, more than just the family demand answers. Full of youthful innocence tinged with sensual exploration, Willow Wisp touches on the angst of sexual awakening during turn of the century England, and moves forward with more than a glimpse into future generations and the legacies left behind by the prominent Hornbrook family. If you’ve read the first book, A Cloud of Hawthorne, followed by Where Daffodils Grow Wild, you’ll want to follow these familiar characters as adventures continue in their unconventional lifestyle deep within the wooded Shire.