Forbidden Places : A Novel

Forbidden Places is Penny Vincenzi's eighth riveting family drama about love and marriage, families and secrets, wartime and what it does to every accepted social value.Forbidden Places is Penny Vincenzi1s 8th riveting family drama and is about love and marriage, families and secrets, and about wartime and what it does to every accepted social value. "Vincenzi does an admirable job of evoking the bustle and fears of wartime England . . . plenty of juicy plot twists and turns to keep readers hooked." — Booklist In the English countryside during World War II, Grace settles into a new life with her wealthy husband, but struggles to get along with her sister-in-law, Florence. When she discovers a scandalous secret, her dislike of Florence seems justified. Yet there are things she doesn't fully understand. And she is puzzled—and frustrated—to learn that Florence's friend, the stylish, sexy Clarissa, has a past with her husband that is shrouded in mystery, in this "engrossing family drama" from the beloved bestselling author ( Glamour ). "With her well-drawn characters and engaging style, Vincenzi keeps things humming." — People "Vincenzi writes . . . fast-paced novels with plots and subplots so deftly manipulated that it's impossible to start reading one and still lead a productive life." — The Washington Post Forbidden Places is about love and marriage, families and secrets, and about wartime and what it does to every accepted social value. It is a story of three woman and one family. One is married and widowed within five years. She is free to start again. Or is she? The second has a perfect husband she thinks she loves. He becomes a grotesque parody of what he once was. Is that love real? The third becomes trapped in a nightmare marriage. Can the war free her? Wartime is never easy, and Grace Bennett and her two friends are doing the best they can. Forbidden Places reveals the stories of one young woman who is widowed after only five years of marriage, a wife who rethinks her feelings after witnessing disturbing changes in her husband, and a woman who wonders if the war will free her from a brutal marriage