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Late on a frozen February evening, a young woman is running through the streets of London. Having fled from her abusive boyfriend and with nowhere to go, Jess stumbles onto a forgotten lane where a small, clearly unlived in old house offers her best chance of shelter for the night. The next morning, a mysterious letter arrives and when she can't help but open it, she finds herself drawn inexorably into the story of two lovers from another time.

Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side of scandal, all while running from the life her parents would choose for her. Lawrence Weston is a penniless painter who stumbles into Selina's orbit one night and can never let her go even while knowing someone of her stature could never end up with someone of his. Except Selina falls hard for Lawrence, envisioning a life of true happiness. But when tragedy strikes, Selina finds herself choosing what's safe over what's right.

Standing in the remote windswept moors of Northern England, Coldwell Hall is the perfect place to hide. For the past five years, Kate Furniss has maintained her professional mask so carefully that she almost believes she is the character she has created: Coldwell’s respectable housekeeper. It is the summer of 1911 that brings new faces above and below the stairs of Coldwell Hall—including the handsome and mysterious new footman, Jem Arden. Just as the house’s shuttered rooms open, so does Kate’s guarded heart to a love affair that is as intense as it is forbidden.

1925. Selina Lennox è una ragazza di buona famiglia che trascorre la sua giovinezza incantata tra feste, balli e divertimento. Preferisce non preoccuparsi troppo della vita che i suoi genitori hanno pianificato per lei, ed è decisa a rendere memorabile ogni occasione di libertà. Lawrence Weston è un artista squattrinato che in una magica notte d'estate resta stregato dall'esuberante bellezza di Selina. Nonostante sappiano entrambi che uno come lui non potrà mai ottenere la mano di una ragazza come lei, l'amore che li travolge è potente e inaspettato.

1943, London: In der Ruine einer zerbombten Kirche trifft der amerikanische Pilot Dan Rosinski die junge Engländerin Stella Thorne. Es ist der Beginn einer unaufhaltbaren, aber unmöglichen Liebe, denn Stella ist verheiratet, und Dans Chancen, den Krieg zu überleben, sind mehr als gering. In einer Zeit, in der alles ungewiss ist, schreiben sie sich Briefe, um an dem festzuhalten, woran sie glauben: ihre Liebe. Viele Jahrzehnte später rettet sich eine junge Frau in ein leerstehendes Haus in einem Londoner Vorort. Da erreicht sie ein Brief, der sie in die Geschichte einer Liebe hineinzieht, die ein halbes Jahrhundert überlebt hat.