Angela Petch Books in Order

After her mother's death, Anna Swilland travels to Tuscany to investigate inherited documents. Her search uncovers the story of Ines Santini and an escaped British prisoner of war in occupied Italy, raising questions about her own past.

New arrivals Mavis and Dot strike up an awkward friendship in the seaside town of Worthington-on-Sea. Visits to tea rooms and encounters with local personalities bring out their differences as they begin learning about each other.

Anna inherits her mother's wartime papers and travels to a Tuscan village to understand them. Memories of resistance, an injured British soldier, and an elderly man's reluctance to speak point toward a concealed family betrayal.

Elderly Giselda finds runaway Davide asleep near her Tuscan home and offers to help him explore his family history. Discovering his great-grandfather's own flight from home raises difficult questions about what the boy should be told.

Grieving her fiancé, Alba returns to Tuscany and discovers hidden silver near an abandoned house. An elderly man's memories of Lucia, an enemy soldier, and wartime resistance guide her search for the treasures' rightful owner.

In postwar Tuscany, Fosca and her son find shelter with a former British soldier. A brooch belonging to her missing friend revives suspicions of betrayal, prompting a search that threatens the fragile safety they have found.

A wartime postcard sends antique dealer Susannah to Italy in search of her grandmother's hidden past. At a coastal hotel, she and a helpful waiter uncover traces of a lost airman and a secret love.

Jewish medical student Devora and her family are interned as war overtakes Italy. A friend's escape plan offers hope, but separation leaves her relying on her medical skills and courage as she becomes involved with the resistance.

After her aunt dies, Paige finds an unfinished confession and a coded wartime letter from Sicily. Her search for answers uncovers the story of an English codebreaker and a threatened young man, challenging everything she knows about her family.

Tina restores her late mother's secret garden despite her father's opposition. As war reaches Italy and his Nazi sympathies emerge, she turns the hidden space into a refuge for resistance fighters, risking her home and the man she loves.