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’A tiding of magpies should never be taken lightly...’

Australian textile conservator, Theodora Harris, is grieving her grandmother’s death when offered an internship to restore a medieval quilt depicting a legend steeped in Celtic folklore. While Tristan, the hero, is lauded in the design, his true love, Isolde’s story is missing. Theodora’s past is incomplete too.

Gifted healer Amelia Treloar sails from the wild Cornish coast to join her husband in the Australian mining town of Walhalla. She should have foreseen the signs when Jago Carrick arrived at her door. A call from the past, like the path forewritten, can never be ignored. Scorned by those ignorant of her skills, devastating consequences await-knowing is not enough.

Florence Trevelyan is exiled from Queen Victoria’s court for following her heart. Idyllic Taormina, in the shadow of Mount Etna, is a haven for those who don’t fit society’s constraints. Florence finds solace in her beautiful garden and embraces a new life, but she’ll never abandon her search to reclaim the one she left behind.

As memories of a family tragedy rise to the surface, Theodora’s attraction to an enigmatic man, become harder to deny. The threads of long, lost love refuse to let her go. She must face the truth-and her powerful connection to Tristan-before she can move forward with her life.

Each woman pays the price for love-and for her differences. Is the missing scene from the Florentine quilt the key to unlocking more than one woman’s forgotten story?