The House at Mermaids Cove, Lindsay Jayne Ashford
The House at Mermaids Cove, Lindsay Jayne Ashford
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The House at Mermaid's Cove

Author: Lindsay Jayne Ashford

Narrator: Alana Kerr Collins

Unabridged: 10 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/11/2020

Synopsis

As World War II rages, love, mystery, and secrets collide on the English coast in a riveting novel by the bestselling author of The Snow Gypsy.In April 1943 a young woman washes ashore on a deserted beach in Cornwall, England. With shorn hair and a number stitched on her tattered chemise, Alice is the survivor of a ship torpedoed by a German U-boat. She’s found by the mysterious Viscount Jack Trewella, who suspects that she’s a prisoner of war or a spy. But the secret Alice asks Jack to keep is one he could never have guessed, and it creates an intimate bond he never expected.With her true identity hidden beneath the waves, Alice grasps the chance to reinvent herself. But as she begins to fall for Jack, she discovers he has secrets too—ones echoing the legend of a mermaid said to lure men into the dark depths of the sea.For two strangers in the shadow of war, lost love, and haunting memories, is it time to let go of the past? Or to finally face it—whatever the risks?

About Lindsay Jayne Ashford

Raised in Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom, Lindsay Jayne Ashford was the first woman to graduate from Queens’ College, Cambridge, in its 550-year history. She earned a degree in criminology and was a reporter for the BBC before becoming a freelance journalist, writing for a number of national magazines and newspapers.Lindsay began her career as a novelist with a contemporary crime series featuring forensic psychologist Megan Rhys, followed by the historical mystery The Mysterious Death of Miss Jane Austen. Her four most recent books, The Snow Gypsy, Whisper of the Moon Moth, The Color of Secrets, and The Woman on the Orient Express, blend fiction with real events of the early twentieth century. She has four children and divides her time between a seaside home on the west coast of Wales and a farmhouse in Spain’s Sierra de Los Filabres. Lindsay enjoys kayaking, bodyboarding, and walking her dogs, Milly and Pablo. Visit the author at www.lindsayashford.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren on July 27, 2021

Alice McBride’s traveling from Africa and is returning home to Ireland and when her ship takes a direct hit from a German torpedo. She’s washed ashore on a deserted beach called Mermaid’s Cove in isolated Cornwall and found by Viscount Jack Trewella. He takes her to his boathouse, she’s freezing col......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on August 16, 2020

5⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This book was such a delight. I had no idea It was about a shipwrecked girl during WWII. The romance had the mysterious feel of “Rebecca” for me, in the sense that I couldn’t figure out Jack’s feelings. He was mysterious and Alice misread all her surroundings, in part to her past. I ident......more

Goodreads review by Amy on February 13, 2023

Before even describing what I actually thought about this book, I have to tell you what its not. This novel is deceiving in its opening premise. It is not what you would think from its description or first chapters. I have to tell you up front, that it leads you to believe one thing, and one spends......more

Goodreads review by Lucinda on March 20, 2020

This was a surprising book. First time I read this author and I was captivated from the beginning. It's set in WWII, just before D-Day, in Cornwall and France. Alice washes ashore after the ship she was traveling in is sunk. Jack's dog finds her on the beach and he takes her to the boathouse until s......more

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