Shortlisted for the Epic Novel award in the Romantic NovelistsAssociation Books Awards 2014.

A lifelong passion. An endless search.

Spanning four generations, The Midnight Rose sweeps from theglittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majesticstately homes of England, following the extraordinary life of a girl,Anahita Chavan, from 1911 to the present day . . .

In the heyday of the British Raj, eleven-year-old Anahita, from anoble but impoverished family, forms a lifelong friendship with theheadstrong Princess Indira, the privileged daughter of rich Indianroyalty. Becoming the princess's official companion, Anahitaaccompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of theGreat War. There, she meets the young Donald Astbury - reluctant heirto the magnificent, remote Astbury Estate - and his schemingmother.

Eighty years later, Rebecca Bradley, a young American film star, hasthe world at her feet. But when her turbulent relationship with herequally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn, she's relieved that her latest role, playing a 1920s debutante, will take her away fromthe glare of publicity to the wilds of Dartmoor in England. Shortlyafter filming begins at the now-crumbling Astbury Hall, Ari Malik,Anahita's great-grandson, arrives unexpectedly, on a quest for hisfamily's past. What he and Rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the Astbury dynasty . . .