The Sackville Hotel Trilogy Series

She dared to seek independence and travel the world. But she wasn’t prepared to pay the price… Sussex, England, 1913. Nineteen-year-old Anna Neale longs for an independent life full of adventure. Refusing her father’s wishes to marry his chosen suitor, she convinces him to allow her to take a receptionist position at a prestigious seaside hotel. But her beautiful plan soon turns ugly when the inn’s lascivious manager assaults her. While struggling to recover from the brutal attack, she’s charmed into a heartbreaking love triangle with a kind-hearted chef and a handsome rake. Eventually choosing a husband and migrating to Canada, Anna leaves her career behind hoping for the excitement she’s always craved. But when the hated domestic life thwarts her every move and her heart secretly yearns for another she falls into despair. Frustration and unfulfilled hopes lead her to uproot her family and return to England Will Anna survive more hardship to finally find the life of her dreams?

Anna’s Legacy Book II of The Sackville Hotel Trilogy continues Anna and Bill’s unwavering love story as they begin their married life as owners of The New Sackville Hotel and build a legacy for Anna’s daughter and granddaughter. Secrets and hidden agendas lurk below the surface of Anna and Bill’s success as hoteliers in post WWII Britain. Bill’s culinary talent feeds society’s elite while Anna nourishes their appetite for pampered luxury. A gender bias bank manager, a royal wedding and a communist gang almost bankrupt them. Daughter Isabelle joins Anna with innovative programs for the hotel guests. Isabelle's hidden flirtatious agenda complicates a fragile mother and daughter relationship and hovers on the edge of destroying her marriage. An experienced and skilled maître d’ who charms the guests but challenges, even frightens Anna, has the darkest secret of all; a secret that is murderous, seeped with hatred and revenge that rips open Anna’s heart, possibly destroying everything she holds dear. 

It is 1960. Her mother dead and her father missing, she is indebted and fiercely loyal to her grandmother and intensely passionate about art, her talent is second to none. She faces tremendous inner turmoil and conflict. Ignoring her true love, heir to an earldom, she flaunts the advances of a British Secret Service, rogue spy.  Can Sarah make the right choices, both in love and life? Critical choices that will affect not only her life but the lives of those she holds dear.