Lucinda Riley (born c.1966 Lucinda Edmonds, in Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is an Irish author of popular historical fiction and a former actress. She spent the first few years of her life in the village of Drumbeg near Belfast before moving to England. At age 14 she moved to London to a specialist drama and ballet school. At 16 she got her first major television role in the BBC adaptation of The Story of the Treasure Seekers, followed shortly afterwards by a memorable guest role in Auf Wiedersehen Pet. She remained a working actress for the next seven years, also marrying, but her career was interrupted by a long bout of mononucleosis at age 23. This caused her to turn to writing, and her first novel Lovers and Players was published in 1992.In 2016 producer Raffaella De Laurentiis purchased the television rights to her five-novel series Seven Sisters.
Endnu en stor, skøn fortælling fra forfatteren til Orkideens hemmelighed og Midnatsrosen om tab og kærlighed og om at turde se fortiden i øjnene.
Over tredive år er gået, siden Greta sidst har set sit tidligere hjem, det smukke gamle gods Marchmont Hall, som ligger idyllisk i Wales' bjerge. Men Greta lider af hukommelsestab som følge af en tragisk ulykke, så da hun vender tilbage til godset for at holde jul hos sin gamle ven David Marchmont, kan hun intet huske om sit liv på stedet.
Under en tur i godsets park falder Greta over en gravsten mellem træerne. Hun bøjer sig ned for at feje sneen af stenen og opdager, at den tilhører en lille dreng, der tilsyneladende er hendes søn - en søn, hun ingen erindring har om.
Greta er dybt chokeret, men går nu i gang med brik for brik at afdække sin egen fortid, som viser sig at gemme på så forfærdelig en hemmelighed, at det måske er bedst at blive ved med at glemme.
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