Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. The story takes place in banda, an island in the dutch east indies. When she arrived racked by rheumatic fever, he ordered her killed. Buy silver nutmeg by lofts, norah from amazons fiction books store.
The eldest son of sir godfrey and lady sybilla tallboys is tied to the plough and scratching a living on knights acre. Norah lofts, known for her bestselling romantic suspense novels, has an obsession about houses and a love of ghost stories. There was a complilation library on our book shelf and i read elephants can remember by agatha christie and then charlotte by norah lofts. A beautiful, orphaned englishwoman is groomed to become a bride for a dutch indies plantation owners son. She wrote over 50 books and specialized in historical fiction, although she also wrote nonfiction and short stories. Although not one of her best, its still good reading. Norah lofts books biography and list of works author of the.
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