The First Dance: A spellbinding tale of mysteries and secrets and a love that will last forever

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1924

In the aftermath of World War One, eleven-year-old Alexa has everything she ever needed. Growing up in the beautiful Cornwall countryside with a loving mother and father, she doesn't realise that life could be any different.

But when her mother dies, everything is thrown into turmoil, and she's sent away to boarding school.

1931

Now finished at school and desperate for adventure, Alexa flees Cornwall and takes a job as companion to a wealthy woman.

Together they travel to Venice, and here Alexa finds her life full of excitement, passion and romance - although possibly more than she bargained for.

And when life doesn't go to plan she realises that maybe the thing she's been looking for has been waiting at home all along...

Reviews

Overall, I was completely taken away by this book. It's beautiful * Mystic Reads Book Blog *
Give this a go if you enjoy historical fiction, the landscape as a character and lovers finding their way back to each other time and time again despite mistakes on both sides. A realistic, heart-rending look at the ties of love, familial and other, and how they bind us and free us simultaneously * Chrikaru Blog *
I particularly appreciated the descriptions of Cornwall and Venice and the author captured them in a satisfyingly evocative way * Nudge Books *

Author Bio

Catherine Law was born in Harrow, Middlesex in 1965 and has been a journalist for twenty-two years, having trained first as a secretary at the BBC and then attending the London College of Printing. She now works on a glossy interiors magazine and lives in Buckinghamshire.