Claudia and Esmeralda’s stories are seventy years apart but the two are intertwined.
This is the second book in The Lost Daughters series but can be read as a stand alone novel.
Hope’s House in London was a safe place for unwed mothers before the adoptions of their babies. Hope asked each mother for two items to place into a box for her to guard until the child came searching for answers. But, now her estate is settled, each owner of the boxes is summoned and the mysteries unraveled to discover the true identities and circumstances of their birth.
Claudia responds to the legal letter addressed to her late grandmother and receives a family crest along with a business card. The clues are from the old Diaz Family dynasty – wealth and power in Cuba before the Castro revolution. Claudia travels to Havana to unravel buried secrets. After meeting Mateo, she begins to unearth the dark mystery of a missing sister.
Havana, Cuba in the 1950s, Esmeralda Diaz is learning the intricacies of the family’s sugar business – lucrative deals and management needs diplomacy as trade is negotiated. Along with her sisters, they lead a vibrant, indulged life full of colourful parties and fabulous frocks. But, will Esmeralda’s youthful age and the high expectations of her powerful father lead her down a dark pathway?
Modern day Cuba has the battle scars of lost years under the control of a powerful regime – people that stayed, those that could not leave and families that have held fast to their roots, food, stories, culture …and secrets.
Delve into layers of mystery, betrayal, love and loss in The Cuban Daughter. Perfect for fans of Nicky Pellegrino and Lucinda Riley.
The current order for The Lost Daughters are:
The Italian Daughter
The Cuban Daughter
The Royal Daughter – due early 2024
Hachette
ISBN 9781408729625