Tracy Rees, author of The House at Silvermoor, was the first winner of the Richard and Judy Search for a Bestseller competition. She has also won the Love Stories Best Historical Read award and been shortlisted for the RNA Epic Romantic Novel of the Year. A Cambridge graduate, Tracy had a successful career in non-fiction publishing before retraining for a second career practising and teaching humanistic counselling. She has also been a waitress, bartender, shop assistant, estate agent, classroom assistant and workshop leader. Tracy divides her time between the Gower Peninsula of South Wales and London.
Tracy's writing is so fresh, original and authentic -- Bestselling author Rosanna Ley Tracy Rees writes from the heart -- Bestselling author Kathryn Hughes Tracy Rees is the most outstanding new voice in historical fiction -- Lucinda Riley, internationally bestselling author of The Seven Sisters series A tenderly evoked and compelling read -- Rachel Hore, bestselling author Rees has skilfully interwoven all the joy and pain that comes with families, friends and lovers into a multi-layered story that won't let you go. Bittersweet, compelling and utterly engrossing, I couldn't put it down -- Karen Swan, internationally bestselling author