1916
At the onset of war, Nurse Pru le Cuirot left her home in Jersey to care for injured soldiers at Ashbury Manor, Dorset. She wanted to do her bit but she never expected to meet American pilot, Jack Garland, so unlike any man she has ever met.
When Jack is sent on a dangerous mission and vanishes, Pru is forced to make an agonising decision... one that will haunt them both forever.
1940
Another lifetime, but another war and Pruโs daughter Emma comes to Ashbury Manor. As Jersey falls to the Germans, Emma is fearful for her mother back home. And when she meets the mysterious beekeeper who lives in the grounds of the manor she finds herself caught up in a web of lies. As past and present collide, will the secrets of her motherโs life finally be resolved?
Readers LOVE The Beekeeperโs War:
โItโs almost impossible to convey how much I enjoyed this book...beautifully writtenโ Bev
โI am writing this review in hopes that others will find the story as touching and wonderful as I did...I still can't stop thinking about everything that happenedโ Trudy
โIncredible. One of the best World War I novels I've read... a wonderful novel worth your timeโ Debbie
โI read this book in one day as I was enthralled with it...an endearing story of life back in the war yearsโ Sue
โRealistic characters...the tears were streaming down my face by the endโ Patricia
โA favorite author because her characters and settings seem very real and personal... She has the rare quality of giving a depth of details that makes her readers feel at home with the places and peopleโ Jane W
โGreat for a weekend read...Its appeal lies in the storytelling itself: the horrors of the war, dangerous circumstances and sacrifices, weak and strong people who either caved in and betrayed others or rose to all challenges feel authentic and realโ Sally
โGently paced with vivid characterisation and a balance of heartbreak and heartwarmingโ Jane
USA Today bestseller Deborah Carr lives on the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands with her husband and three rescue dogs. She became interested in books set in WW1 when researching her great-grandfather's time as a cavalryman in the 17th 21st Lancers.
She is one third of the Blonde Plotters writing group and was Deputy Editor on the online review site, Novelicious.com for seven years.