The House in the Tuscan Hills

Sitting on the terrace at her charming house in the Tuscan hills, Jen pictures the beautiful opal ring that brought her here, remembering the woman who left it to her. Will this inheritance finally unravel the secrets her family has been holding so close?

Italy, 1944. Despite the war raging across Europe, Liliana is overjoyed to be engaged to her childhood love Salvatore – happy enough to ignore the superstition that her opal ring is supposedly bad luck. But then Salvatore is injured fighting for the Italian resistance. Liliana clasps his bandaged face in her hands and looks deep into his eyes – and feels her heart fracture when he doesn’t recognise her. Distraught, she blames the ring. And unable to bear him moving on without her, she decides to flee to England – hiding a secret she vows to protect until her dying day…

England, present day. Heartbroken after her fiancé left her for her best friend, Jen is desperate for home comfort and normality. But when a handsome Italian stranger called Matteo tells her that her grandmother Liliana’s sister has left Jen an opal ring and a house in the Tuscan hills, she can’t resist the chance to see where Liliana grew up – and perhaps find out why her secretive grandmother turned so pale at the sight of the glittering ring. Matteo’s warm brown eyes sparkle invitingly, and as they arrive at the charmingly rustic house with its pink walls and green shutters, Jen feels a rush of hope. She dreams of the life she could build here – and the answers the little opal ring might give her…