From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes an epic tale of love, passion and heartbreak. Love is as uncertain and as untameable as war. In the summer of 1940, most eyes are focussed on the skies above the South of England. The battle for Britain has just begun. But young Evie Lucas has eyes for no-one but a dashing young pilot called Tony. Evie has a glittering career as an artist ahead of her but seems to be wasting her time sketching endless portraits of Tony. She wants his parents to have something to remember him by in case it all goes wrong in the war. Seventy years later, and recently widowed art historian Lucy is trying to put the pieces of her life back together.

And in order to do that, Lucy needs to uncover the mystery surrounding a painting in her home. But as she accidentally ends up stirring up a hornet's nest of history which has been deliberately obliterated, Lucy finds herself in danger from people past and present who have no intention of letting an untold truth ever surface. Gold title * LADY OF HAY has sold over two million copies worldwide. Recent repackaging has seen significant uplift in sales * Barbara has a huge audience for her dual time period novels, combining Dark Age Britain with a strong modern story. * Barbara regularly features in the bestseller charts, most recently with The Warrior's Princess hardback, a Top Twenty hit for six consecutive weeks * Nobody, but nobody, writes timeslip novels as well as Barbara Erskine. * Barbara Erskine is the original and best writer in this genre, that has since been made even more popular by writers such as Kate Mosse. * Barbara is a regular Sunday Times bestseller in both hardback and paperback with tremendous sales, with 'Daughters of Fire' going straight into the Top Twenty upon publication.