From award-winning author, Liz Harris, comes a captivating story of love and betrayal set in Cochin, South India, in the days of the British Raj.

British Cochin, 1934

Returning to her home among the palm trees that line the coast of Cochin, South India, after six years at school in England, Clara Saunders is thrilled to learn that the future mapped out for her by her trader father is the one she would have chosen herself.

It’s a future that will unite her with her childhood sweetheart, George Goddard, the son of a neighbouring trader. It will also cement her friendship with George’s vivacious sister, Lizzie, and bring even closer together the two successful trading companies.

Trader Lewis Mackenzie, an employee of Clara’s father, is both ruthless and ambitious. Keen on seeing an expansion of Saunders & Co, and frustrated by the complacency shown by Henry Saunders, he determines to take matters into his own hands.

One simple misunderstanding gives rise to further misunderstandings, and in the face of potential disaster, the happiness of several people hangs in the balance.

Cochin Fall, an unforgettably powerful story of love and betrayal, is perfect for readers of Santa Montefiore, Ann Bennet, Dinah Jefferies, Kristin Hannah, Fiona Valpy and Rosie Thomas.

What readers are saying about Darjeeling Inheritance by Liz Harris, the first standalone novel in The Colonials.

Liz Harris has successfully transported me to 1930s India in her five-star novel set on a tea plantation in Darjeeling! I’ve read books set in colonial India before, but Harris has a superb gift in making life during the British Raj come to life…This is a fabulous novel that needs to top your list. (Goodreads review)

Darjeeling Inheritance is an entertaining, well-written historical romance, well-rooted in its geographic setting… Recommended for readers who want a well-constructed story set outside Europe or North America. Helen Hollick (Amazon Vine Voice)

An enjoyable read, full of romance, and with enough treachery and intrigue to keep interest throughout. (Historical Novel Society Review)

The dialogue captures the essence of the characters and the vivid description of the landscape foreshadows dangers lurking in the lush landscape. The depth of the story rises above most romances because it pulls no punches. Linnia Tanner (Goodreads review)

It is essentially a love story, but with secrets and betrayals, set in the Darjeeling area of India. The time period of the 1930s is vividly recreated by the author, along with rich descriptions of the tea estates for which the area is famous. T.F. White (Amazon review)

I absolutely loved it and whole heartedly recommend it. Sara (Amazon review)

From award-winning author of Darjeeling Inheritance, Liz Harris, comes a gripping standalone novel set during the time of the French Colonial rule of Vietnam, the third in the series The Colonials.

The French Territory of Hanoi, 1932

Soon after Lucette and Philippe Delon’s arrival in Vietnam, Lucette is shaken when she has a minor car accident. The other driver, Gaston Laroche, gives her assistance, and this brings him into her life and Philippe’s, and also into the lives of their neighbours, Marc and Simonne Bouvier.

The two couples rapidly become friends, with ties made stronger by the fact that Philippe is aide to Marc, a senior official in the French colonial administration. They all welcome Gaston, a charismatic and charming man, into their group.

Unknown to Philippe, Marc is hiding a dangerous secret. Unknown to Marc, Gaston is aware of that. And he’s determined to expose the truth.

But even the best laid plans can go astray, and where there are women involved, they’re even more likely to do so.

Hanoi Spring is perfect for readers of Dinah Jefferies, Fiona Valpy and Kristin Hannah.

What readers are saying about Darjeeling Inheritance by Liz Harris, the first standalone novel in The Colonials.

Liz Harris has successfully transported me to 1930s India in her five-star novel set on a tea plantation in Darjeeling! I’ve read books set in colonial India before, but Harris has a superb gift in making life during the British Raj come to life…This is a fabulous novel that needs to top your list. (Goodreads review)

Darjeeling Inheritance is an entertaining, well-written historical romance, well-rooted in its geographic setting… Recommended for readers who want a well-constructed story set outside Europe or North America. Helen Hollick (Amazon Vine Voice)

An enjoyable read, full of romance, and with enough treachery and intrigue to keep interest throughout. (Historical Novel Society Review)

The dialogue captures the essence of the characters and the vivid description of the landscape foreshadows dangers lurking in the lush landscape. The depth of the story rises above most romances because it pulls no punches. Linnia Tanner (Goodreads review)

It is essentially a love story, but with secrets and betrayals, set in the Darjeeling area of India. The time period of the 1930s is vividly recreated by the author, along with rich descriptions of the tea estates for which the area is famous.T.F. White (Amazon review)

I absolutely loved it and whole heartedly recommend it. Sara (Amazon review)

From award-winning author of The Linford Series, Liz Harris, comes an intriguing tale of love and malice, set in the shadow of the Himalayas.

Darjeeling, 1930

After eleven years in school in England, Charlotte Lawrence returns to Sundar, the tea plantation owned by her family, and finds an empty house. She learns that her beloved father died a couple of days earlier and that he left her his estate. She learns also that it was his wish that she marry Andrew McAllister, the good-looking younger son from a neighbouring plantation.

Unwilling to commit to a wedding for which she doesn't feel ready, Charlotte pleads with Dan Fitzgerald, the assistant manager of Sundar, to teach her how to run the plantation while she gets to know Andrew. Although reluctant as he knew that a woman would never be accepted as manager by the local merchants and workers, Dan agrees.

Charlotte's chaperone on the journey from England, Ada Eastman, who during the long voyage, has become a friend, has journeyed to Darjeeling to marry Harry Banning, the owner of a neighbouring tea garden.

When Ada marries Harry, she's determined to be a loyal and faithful wife. And to be a good friend to Charlotte. And nothing, but nothing, was going to stand in the way of that.

Darjeeling Inheritance is perfect for readers of the novels of Dinah Jefferies, Fiona Valpy and Kristin Hannah.

What readers are saying about The Linford Series

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. Book Readers Appreciation Group.

Spanning the post-WWI period through the Great Depression in England and America, Harris delivers an addictive saga reminiscent of early Barbara Taylor Bradford. Historical Novel Society Review.

I absolutely LOVED this novel and I am looking forward to reading the second part of the trilogy. Heidi Gallacher (Goodreads)

Motivation, a characteristic of excellent storytelling, comes over as a particular strength in this novel. Carol McGrath (Amazon)

This page-turning family drama has been carefully researched and brought to life by the details that capture the atmosphere and time period. Charlotte Betts (Amazon)

The Linford Series is an excellent saga which grips the reader from beginning to end. Amazon Customer.

The instant that Lily Brown and Robert Linford set eyes on each other, they fall in love. The instant that Robert’s father, Joseph, chairman of the family’s successful building company, sets eyes on Lily, he feels a deep distrust of her.

Convinced that his new daughter-in-law is a gold-digger, and that Robert’s feelings are a youthful infatuation he’d come to regret, Joseph resolves to do whatever it takes to rid his family of Lily. And he doesn’t care what that is.

As the young couple are torn apart, the Linford family is told a lie that will have devastating consequences for years to come.

The Dark Horizon is perfect for readers of The Thorn Birds and the Cazalet Chronicles, and the novels of Fiona Valpy and Santa Montefiore.

What readers are saying about The Dark Horizon, The Linford Series Book 1

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree. (Book Readers Appreciation Group).

Spanning the post-WWI period through the Great Depression in England and America, Harris delivers an addictive saga reminiscent of early Barbara Taylor Bradford. Historical Novel Society Review.

I absolutely LOVED this novel and I am looking forward to reading the second part of the trilogy. Heidi Gallacher (Goodreads)

Motivation, a characteristic of excellent storytelling, comes over as a particular strength in this novel. Carol McGrath (Amazon)

This page-turning family drama has been carefully researched and brought to life by the details that capture the atmosphere and time period. Charlotte Betts (Amazon)

The Dark Horizon is an excellent novel which grips the reader from beginning to end. (Amazon Customer).

From award-winning author of The Dark Horizon, Liz Harris, comes the second in a sweeping saga set between the wars, which tells the story of the Linfords, a family simmering with secrets, lies and betrayal.

London, 1923

Alice Linford stands on the pavement and stares up at the large Victorian house set back from the road—the house that is to be her new home.

But it isn’t her house. It belongs to someone else—to a Mrs Violet Osborne. A woman who was no more than a name at the end of an advertisement for a companion that had caught her eye three weeks earlier.

More precisely, it wasn’t Mrs Osborne’s name that had caught her eye—it was seeing that Mrs Osborne lived in Belsize Park, a short distance only from Kentish Town. Kentish Town, the place where Alice had lived when she’d been Mrs Thomas Linford.

Thomas Linford—the man she still loves, but through her own stupidity, has lost. The man for whom she’s left the small Lancashire town in which she was born to come down to London again. The man she’s determined to fight for.

The Flame Within is perfect for readers of The Thorn Birds and the Cazalet Chronicles, and the novels of Fiona Valpy and Santa Montefiore.

‘A wonderful story of an illicit affair in Ladakh (a territory west of Tibet) in the 1950s. There is some terrific cultural detail in a splendid read.’ The Bookseller

When Patricia accompanies her father, Major George Carstairs, on a trip to Ladakh, north of the Himalayas, in the early 1960s, she sees it as a chance to finally win his love. What she could never have foreseen is meeting Kalden - a local man destined by circumstances beyond his control to be a monk, but fated to be the love of her life.

Despite her father's fury, Patricia and Kalden are determined to stay together, but can their forbidden love survive?

A wonderful story about a passion that crosses cultures, a love that endures for a lifetime, and the hope that can only come from revisiting the past.

‘A splendid love story, so beautifully told.’ Colin Dexter, O.B.E., author of the Inspector Morse novels.

When Dorothy Linford marries former German internee, Franz Hartmann, at the end of WWI, she’s cast out by her father, Joseph, patriarch of the successful Linford family.

Dorothy and Franz go to live in a village in south-west Germany, where they have a daughter and son. Throughout the early years of the marriage, which are happy ones, Dorothy is secretly in contact with her sister, Nellie, in England.

Back in England, Louisa Linford, Dorothy’s cousin, is growing into an insolent teenager, forever at odds with her parents, Charles and Sarah, and with her wider family, until she faces a dramatic moment of truth.

Life in Germany in the early 1930s darkens, and to Dorothy’s concern, what had initially seemed harmless, gradually assumes a threatening undertone.

Brought together by love, but endangered by acts beyond their control, Dorothy and Franz struggle to get through the changing times without being torn apart.

The Lengthening Shadow, an unforgettably powerful story of love, loss, and the hope that lives on beneath the shadow of war, is perfect for readers of Santa Montefiore, Kristin Hannah and Fiona Valpy.

What readers are saying about The Dark Horizon

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree.

Book Readers Appreciation Group.Spanning the post-WWI period through the Great Depression in England and America, Harris delivers an addictive saga reminiscent of early Barbara Taylor Bradford.

Historical Novel Society Review

I absolutely LOVED this novel and I am looking forward to reading the second part of the trilogy.Heidi Gallacher (Goodreads)

Motivation, a characteristic of excellent storytelling, comes over as a particular strength in this novel.Carol McGrath (Amazon)

This page-turning family drama has been carefully researched and brought to life by the details that capture the atmosphere and time period.Charlotte Betts (Amazon)

The Dark Horizon is an excellent novel which grips the reader from beginning to end. Amazon Customer.

Three gripping novels from award-winning author, Liz Harris.

A sweeping saga set between the wars, each novel tells the story of one of the Linfords, a family simmering with secrets, schemes and lies.

THE DARK HORIZON – ROBERT & LILY'S STORY

Oxfordshire, 1919. The instant that Lily Brown and Robert Linford set eyes on each other, they fall in love. The instant that Robert’s father, Joseph, chairman of the family’s successful building company, sets eyes on Lily, he feels a deep distrust of her. Convinced that his new daughter-in-law is a gold-digger, and that Robert’s feelings are a youthful infatuation he’d come to regret, Joseph resolves to rid his family of Lily, and he doesn’t care how he does it. As Robert and Lily are torn apart, the Linford family is told a lie that will have devastating consequences for years to come.

THE FLAME WITHIN – THOMAS & ALICE'S STORY

London, 1923. Alice Linford stares up at the large Victorian house set back from the road—the house that’s to be her new home. But it isn’t her house. It belongs to a Mrs Violet Osborne, who, three weeks earlier, was no more than a name at the end of an advertisement for a companion that had caught her eye. Mrs Osborne lived in Belsize Park, not far from Kentish Town, the place where Alice had lived with her husband, Thomas. Thomas Linford—the man Alice still loves, but through her own stupidity, lost. The man for whom she’s left the small mill town in Lancashire where she was born for the second time, and returned to London to fight for.

THE LENGTHENING SHADOW – FRANZ & DOROTHY'S STORY

When Dorothy Linford marries former German internee, Franz Hartmann, at the end of WWI, she’s cast out by her father, Joseph, and she and Franz go to live in a village in south-west Germany, where they have a daughter and son. Unknown to her father, Dorothy is in contact with her sister, Nellie, in England, and her cousin, Louisa, a truculent adolescent whose actions finally force her to face a dramatic moment of truth. Life in Germany in the early 1930s darkens, and as things that had seemed harmless gradually assume a threatening undertone, Dorothy and Franz struggle to protect themselves and their children in the increasingly dangerous times.

“Each volume in the Linford series focuses on different characters. They can all be read independently, and readers of The Lengthening Shadow, familiar with the saga, will appreciate how Harris has avoided spoilers for The Dark Horizon (book one) and The Flame Within (book two) – this is very skillfully done!” (Historical Novel Society Review)

Confident that the woman with whom Robert, her husband of nine years, has run off, wouldn’t be one of the three girls who’d been her closest friends since they’d started sharing a place in Camden Town eleven years earlier, Caroline walks up to the door of the house where, she’s discovered, Robert is living with the unknown woman, and rings the bell.

Reeling from shock when she hears the voice of the woman inside the house, her mind sweeps back to Camden Town eleven years ago, and the reader follows the story of trainee barrister Emily, would-be actress Terri Lee, PA Louise, and of Caroline herself.

The final chapter returns to the present, and the reader learns which of the three girls has stolen Caroline’s husband.

The Best Friend is perfect for readers of Penny Vincenzi, Danielle Steele, Jilly Cooper, Diane Chamberlain and Barbara Taylor Bradford.

What readers are saying about The Dark Horizon

B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree (Book Readers Appreciation Group).

Spanning the post-WWI period through the Great Depression in England and America, Harris delivers an addictive saga reminiscent of early Barbara Taylor Bradford. Historical Novel Society Review.

I absolutely LOVED this novel and I am looking forward to reading the second part of the trilogy. Heidi Gallacher (Goodreads)

Motivation, a characteristic of excellent storytelling, comes over as a particular strength in this novel. Carol McGrath (Amazon)

This page-turning family drama has been carefully researched and brought to life by the details that capture the atmosphere and time period. Charlotte Betts (Amazon)

The Dark Horizon is an excellent novel which grips the reader from beginning to end. (Amazon Customer).

How much would you give up to follow your dreams?

Birmingham, 1967

When trainee doctor Peter meets beautiful student nurse Claire, an instant connection hits them both like a physical force. But beneath his obvious love for Claire and his vocation for medicine, Peter has a fierce longing for adventure, born out of his lonely childhood in Ladakh. It's a longing he can barely admit to himself.

In a devious attempt to come between the pair, Peter’s friend Alex lends him an article about the Flying Doctors of Australia.

From this simple action come stark, thrilling and heart-breaking consequences for all three of them.

In a Far Place, an unforgettably powerful story of love, is perfect for readers of Santa Montefiore, Ann Bennet, Dinah Jefferies, Kristin Hannah, Fiona Valpy and Rosie Thomas.

What readers are saying about The Road Back by Liz Harris, the first standalone novel in Distant Places.

A wonderful story of an illicit affair in Ladakh (a territory west of Tibet) in the 1950s. There is some terrific cultural detail in a splendid read. The Bookseller

A splendid love story, so beautifully told. Colin Dexter, O.B.E., author of the Inspector Morse novels.

One of the best books I’ve read for a long time’ is how my mother described The Road Back. The Tree House (Amazon review)

You must be very proud of the beautiful story you have written! A truly masterful novel. Kindle Barb (Amazon US review)

It's exciting and tremendously moving, draws you into the narrative and setting, and left me thoroughly satisfied by the story and with a tear in my eye…An excellent read. Welsh Annie (Amazon review)

It is a page turner that contains lovely writing and suspense. Carol McGrath (Amazon review)

A wonderfully feel-good romantic novel from award-winning author Liz Harris, which will transport you to Hollywood.

Who wouldn’t jump at the chance of a temporary job working for Matt Hunter, one of Hollywood’s most successful actors, and living in Californian luxury while she did so?

Certainly not Leigh Carter from London! 

Down to her last dime and soon to go home, Leigh had been dreading returning stony broke, having frittered her money away on having a fun time. This much-needed job would give her the chance to hold her head up high when back in England.

And who, in a nervous effort to please the people she’d be working with, would be above misreading the signs, and by doing so, completely unaware, making a dangerous enemy?

Unfortunately, not Leigh Carter. 

Watching from the wings as Leigh draws closer to Matt, is the man whom Leigh has deeply offended, the man who's determined to pay her back, and is just waiting for the chance to do so.

Suitable for fans of Katie Fforde, Carole Matthews and Cecilia Ahern.

What readers are saying about The Best Friend, by Liz Harris

I was hooked from a third of the way through and simply couldn't make up my mind which of Caroline's friends had 'stolen' her husband despite the author leaving it very open that it could have been any of them. This is a great summer read that will keep your nose in its pages. Starburst (Amazon reviewer)

A really fabulous story I couldn't put down. Poppy Parsons (Amazon reviewer)

Thoroughly enjoyable and intriguing! CharlyB (Amazon reviewer)

Motivation is psychologically very well plotted. I particularly enjoyed the engaging characterisation. Carol McGrath (Amazon reviewer)

Von der preisgekrönten Autorin von The Linford Series, Liz Harris, kommt ein fesselnder Roman, der Liebe und Missgunst im Schatten des Himalaya zum Thema hat.

Darjeeling, 1930

Als Charlotte Lawrence nach elf Jahren an einer Schule in England nach Sundar zurückkehrt, einer Teeplantage im Besitz ihrer Familie, findet sie ein leeres Haus vor. Sie erfährt nun, dass ihr geliebter Vater einige Tage zuvor gestorben ist und dass er ihr das Anwesen vermacht hat. Allerdings mit der Bedingung, dass sie Andrew McAllister, den attraktiven jüngeren Sohn von einer benachbarten Plantage heiratet.

Da Charlotte aber nicht heiraten will, bevor sie dazu bereit ist, bittet sie Dan Fitzgerald, den Wirtschafter von Sundar, sie in die Verwaltung der Plantage einzuführen, während sie Andrew näher kennenlernt. Dan ist nicht erpicht, denn er weiß, dass eine Frau von den lokalen Händlern nie als Leiterin einer Plantage akzeptiert werden wird, stimmt aber schließlich zu.

Charlottes Begleiterin auf der Reise von England ist Ada Eastman. Beide haben auf der langen Fahrt Freundschaft geschlossen. Ada ist unterwegs nach Darjeeling um Harry Banning, den Besitzer eines benachbarten Teegartens, zu heiraten.

Ada ist bei ihrer Hochzeit mit Harry entschlossen, eine ergebene und treue Ehefrau zu sein. Und für Charlotte eine gute Freundin. Und nichts, aber auch gar nichts, soll ihr dabei im Weg stehen.

Eine Erbschaft in Darjeeling ist eine perfekte Lektüre für die Leser*innen der Romane von Dinah Jefferies, Clare Flynn und Kristin Hannah.