Welcome to the era of Art Deco, Jazz bands and flapper dresses! Mary Lay brings you a little piece of the 1920s, with her gentle prose and thoroughly engaging characters in paperback and ebook novels, novellas and short story collections. Join Caroline and her friends old and new as she navigates the Brave New World of inter-war England.
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The first in a new series, set in a fictional county on the south coast between Dorset and Devon.
Welcome to Wynn Vale.
The Green Cygnet
Argus Sansom is dead.
His son, Magnes, is missing presumed dead in the Great War killing fields of France. His youngest daughter Nell dreams of leaving the Vale and getting on in life. Molly, at twenty-five and the middle child, is determined to run The Green Cygnet Inn despite plenty of opposition.
Over the course of a year, follow Molly and Nell as they navigate the demands of running a country inn, in a community touched by loss and distrustful of outsiders. Will the pear harvest of 1919 give the sisters the income they need, or will the stranger in town lure away what little custom they have?
About Mary
Born in 1970 in the English county of Berkshire, Mary now finds herself in the Cotswolds via Devon and Cornwall. She enjoys gardening, art and listening to classical music.
Mary’s favourite colour is green and her favourite city is Copenhagan.
Please note: NO artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in Mary Lay’s work.