Angel tree

A compelling story of love and loss, of family secrets and a forgotten past. It's been thirty years since Greta Simpson left the beautiful Marchmont Hall, hidden among the hills of rural Monmouthshire. A terrible accident wiped more than two decades of her life from her memory, so when she returns to the mansion where her old friend David Marchmont invited her for Christmas, she has no recollection of anything she once experienced there. Walking through the snowy forest, he comes across a gravestone with a barely legible inscription, from which he learns that a little boy is lying in the grave. At that moment, a whirlwind of memories spins in Greta's mind. He sets out on an adventurous journey into his own past, which leads her to the secrets of her not-quite-angel daughter Chesky's life, living in the glamour of Hollywood movie studios, granddaughter Ava and friend David Marchmont, who's been by her side devotedly ever since, when she ran away from her abusive stepfather as a young girl. Then she became one of the famous Windmill dancers and a handsome American officer took a glimpse of her. They said about the title "Riley has written another sophisticated and engaging family saga that represents the historical and cultural attitudes of the time and place in which her characters live. The story is elegantly crafted and rich in history. will delight fans of romance as well as lovers of historical fiction. " - Library Journal