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Stoneybridge is full of holiday-makers in summer, but in winter it's cold and wild. Stone House, the big house on the cliff, was once falling into disrepair, but is now a beautiful hotel specialising in winter holidays. Its warm kitchens, open log-fires and elegant bedrooms provide a welcome few can resist. Henry and Nicola are burdened with a terrible secret, while cheerful nurse Winnie finds herself on the holiday from hell. John has arrived on an impulse after he missed a flight at Shannon; eccentric Freda claims to be a psychic and a part-time hairdresser. Then there's Nora, a silent watchful older woman who seems ready to disapprove at any moment.
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This was my first Maeve Binchy novel, and I was kinda disappointed. I loved the characters, but I didn't get enough. Each chapter was from a different character's POV and just as I was getting attached ... BAM! New chapter. I kept hoping that it would come back and tie them all together somehow. Maybe there was some bigger unifying idea that I just missed.