Gather the Bones, Alison Stuart
Gather the Bones, Alison Stuart
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Gather the Bones
A romantic historical mystery

Author: Alison Stuart

Narrator: Earworm Narration

Unabridged: 9 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/30/2018


Synopsis

The Great War still casts a dark shadow over a grieving widow and a wounded soldier, thrown together in the search for answers to a mysterious disappearance. In 1917 Helen’s husband, Charlie Morrow, vanished without a trace in the battle of Passchendaele and now his widow, Australian, Helen Morrow, has brought her daughter to England to meet her husband’s family and discover the truth about Charlie’s death.The only person who can tell her what happened is Charlie’s cousin, the reclusive Paul Morrow but, haunted by his own ghosts and badly wounded in the same action, he cannot recall the events the events of that fateful night.The discovery of a coded diary, leads Helen and Paul on a quest to solve the mysterious disappearance of a young woman, two hundred years earlier. Did she abscond with her lover or did she die on the night she vanished?In their search to resolve the mystery of Suzanna’s disappearance, Paul’s memory of that night in 1917 begins to return bringing with it all the horror of the trenches that he has tried to put behind him.As their search to find answers to the two deaths becomes entwined, Paul and Helen come up against forces from the past and present determined to keep them apart.Will they find the strength to face their adversaries and find peace and happiness together? 

About Alison Stuart

Australian author Alison Stuart began her writing journey halfway up a tree in the school playground with a notebook and a dream. Her father's passion for history and her husband's love of adventure and the Australian bush led to a desire to tell stories of Australia's past. She has travelled extensively and lived in Africa and Singapore. Before turning to writing full time, she enjoyed a long and varied career as a lawyer, both in private practice and in a range of different organisations, including the military and the emergency services. Alison lives in a historic town in Victoria.You can connect with Alison on:Website FacebookInstagramTwitter


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lynxie on December 12, 2012

Gather the Bones popped up on my radar through a group challenge on Goodreads. I didn't know anything about it, but the synopsis enthralled me and I felt like a bit of a change of pace, having not read many historical fantasy/romance books. It also simultaneously surprised and delighted me to find o......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on December 19, 2022

An engrossing historical mystery-romance set in a spooky English manor house in the years after the horrors of the First World War. Lovers of "Downton Abbey" will lap this up!......more

Goodreads review by Roz ~ My Written Romance on April 22, 2015

As always, Alison Stuart has crafted a lushly romantic, beautifully detailed tale in 'Gather the Bones'. I was engaged in the tale from the moment I picked it up. I love historical romance, and particularly those set in times not often seen in romance fiction. The slow-burning attraction between Hel......more

Goodreads review by kathie on June 16, 2019

I've read and enjoyed other books by Alison Stuart so I thought I would try this one, even though it has a bit of paranormal mixed into the historical romance. The paranormal did not bother me at all but there were a couple of things that prevented it from being a five star for me (would be spoileri......more

Goodreads review by Nas on October 06, 2012

GATHER THE BONES by author Alison Stuart and is a October 2012 release by Lyrical Press. Widow Helen Morrow arrives in England at her mother in laws invitation, so that her daughter could meet her grandmother. At the family home, Holdston, though she is welcomed, Helen feels disquiet. She wanted some......more