Marcia Willett

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  • Bibliography:
    40 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    May 2002
  • Latest Book:
    October 2022
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Related Books

1 - First Friends (Aug-2006)
2 - A Friend of the Family (Oct-2006)

Book List in Order: 40 titles

  • A Week in Winter

    Any reader who has ever fallen in love with a house will understand the attraction of Moorgate, a light-and-fresh-air-filled old farmhouse on the edge of the moor in Cornwall. The enchanting house now belongs to seventy-something Maudie Todhunter, th...

  • A Summer in the Country

    Brigid Foster is the owner of Foxhole, a thatched farmhouse nestled on the slopes above the beautiful Devon moors. Although she loves solitude, Brigid nonetheless looks forward to leasing out Foxhole's two cottages for the summer months. This year, ...

  • The Children's Hour

    In their comfortable old family home overlooking the sea, two sisters, Nest and Mina, live in solitude with memories of a once-idyllic childhood, and of the enchanted "children's hour" when their mother would regale them with tales of fantasy and del...

  • The Birdcage

    It was Felix Hamilton who named it the Birdcage--the tall house in Bristol where Miss Pidgeon lives with her tenants, the beautiful and talented actress Angel Blake and Angel's daughter, Lizzie. Lizzie longed for a father, but Felix knew that ultimat...

  • The Golden Cup

    'Riveting, moving and utterly feel-good' Daily Mail ___________________Paradise has been home to generations of Trevannions: Paradise, the house at the head of a sheltered Cornish valley where Mrs Trevannion lives, surrounded by her family. Frail and...

  • First Friends

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    Cass and Kate meet at school--and are firm friends for the rest of their lives. Both marry naval officers, but Cass's infidelity has far-reaching consequences for her children--and Kate's. Many of the characters in First Friends (published in the UK ...

  • A Friend of the Family

    Related Books - 2

    Picking up the story of Kate Webster and Cass Wivenhoe that began with First Friends, A Friend of the Family tells the tale of one of their friends, Felicity, a married woman who has been dallying with George, another mutual acquaintance. When Felici...

  • Echoes of the Dance

    In the mellow stone house of his childhood, Roly Carradine has found refuge in the stream running past the garden where a heron makes his nest. A broken marriage and a terrible burden of guilt made Roly remove himself from his busy London life; here ...

  • Memories of the Storm

    It has been a house of secrets for over sixty years - Bridge House on the edge of Exmoor, beautiful and remote, a wild place where the sound of the rushing stream is ever present.Clio is staying there with her godmother, Hester, reliving happy childh...



  • The Courtyard

    In this latest early novel from the beloved Marcia Willett, Henry Morley can only wonder at the good fortune that has given him a vivacious wife and a beloved family home called Nethercombe. When he remodels a cluster of cottages known as the Courtya...

  • The Way We Were

    Marcia Willett captured the hearts of Rosamunde Pilcher and Maeve Binchy fans across the nation with her previous heartwarming stories of family devotion and abiding compassion. Now, in her newest novel, The Way We Were, Willett introduces a deeply m...

  • Second Time Around

    In this latest early novel from bestselling author Marcia Willett, Mathilda Rainbird bequeaths her home to three unknown relatives: twenty-two-year-old Tessa, who misses her dead parents and brother but has learned to live alone; Will, a widower, who...

  • The Prodigal Wife

    In Marcia Willett's latest novel, Jolyon, who had been abandoned by his mother, Maria, is living at the Keep with his father and his stepmother Fliss. Now that Jolyon is a successful television presenter of gardening programs, the recently widowed Ma...

  • The Summer House

    For years, Marcia Willett has touched readers with her poignant novels about the intricacies of friendship and family. Now, in The Summer House, she explores the secrets that families keep, and the decisions, made in an instant, that can change our l...

  • Christmas in Cornwall

    "We’re all pilgrims,’ he said thoughtfully. "One way or another, aren’t we? Always searching for something." Twelfth night - time to put away the Christmas angel. A new year dawns, and everything seems to be falling into place for Dossie. H...

  • The Sea Garden

    Three generations, one heartbreaking secret and the past about to be uncovered Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess own family...

  • Amy Wingate's Journal

    When Amy consults her doctor about her increasing mood swings, she is advised to keep a diary as an outlet for her bursts of irritation. And her life obligingly becomes eventful enough to provide interesting reading. But it is the tantalizing allusio...

  • The Christmas Angel

    As Christmas approaches, Clem and his five-year-old son, Jakey, move to be closer to Clem's mother, Dossie, in Cornwall. Clem realizes that he has to be strong to keep his family together. Forming a slightly unconventional family setup with Dossie, J...

  • Facing the Music

    Fiona is thrilled to receive a letter from her long-time friend Vanessa, asking if her son, Alex, can visit Fiona's husband James, the boy’s godfather. However, Fiona is nervous about Alex’s trip to England as James' attitude toward his godson ha...



  • The Quick and the Dead

    Clarissa really falls in love with the house―a beautiful Tudor manor in the Welsh Marches―and marrying Thomas is simply the best way to get it. But life there isn’t quite the idyll she expects. Thomas is so busy with the farm that he doesnâ€...

  • Sisters Under the Skin

    Stepsisters Olivia and Emily are at daggers drawn until the arrival of their half-sister, Rosie, when they are briefly united in their efforts against her. Rosie can look after herself, though, and cunningly throws secret spanners in the works for he...

  • Postcards from the Past

    Beloved novelist Marcia Willett continues to captivate readers with her inspiring novels about family, friendship, and love. In Postcards from the Past Siblings Billa and Ed share their beautiful, grand old childhood home in rural Cornwall. With f...

  • Indian Summer

    Some memories are best forgotten... For retired actor Mungo, his quiet, home village in Devon provides a perfect setting. Close by are his brother and his wife, and the rural location makes his home the ideal getaway for his dear friends in Londo...

  • Seven Days in Summer

    "For readers who like romantic and family-relationship tales on the frothy side, Willett’s latest is quite a dish."--BooklistSeven Days in Summer is a sparkling novel about the love that brings family and friends to the same beach house year after ...

  • Homecomings

    At the end of the row of fishermen’s cottages by the harbour’s edge, stands an old granite house. First it belonged to Ned’s parents; then Ned dropped anchor here after a life at sea and called it home. His nephew Hugo moved in too, swappin...

  • Summer on the River

    Evie loved the house. The bright, sunny rooms looking across the river. The terraced gardens with fruit trees growing against the high stone walls. The scent of lavender at the end of a hot day. It was a family house. As summer beckons, Evieâ...

  • The Songbird

    From the beloved author of A Week in Winter and The Sea Garden, the latest heartwarming novel about family, yearning, and whether love can bloom where old secrets are buried. When Tim confides in Mattie that he needs a sabbatical from work and a f...

  • The Garden House

    Marcia Willett's The Garden House is a charming and heartwarming novel about family, yearning, and long-buried secrets …Fresh out of university and right on the precipice of adulthood, El is trying her best to figure out what it is she really wants...

  • Reflections

    'Riveting, moving and utterly feel-good' Daily MailCara, Cosmo and Sam learn that for everything lost, there is something to be gained . . .After her husband dies, Cara no longer wishes to live in their London home. On impulse, she sells it and goes ...



  • Starry, Starry Night

    'We'll always be together, won't we?'Childhood friends and cousins Leo and Alice had imagined their whole lives playing out on their beloved Devon beach. But one night when they are teens, sitting on the sand beneath the stars, Alice tells Leo a secr...

  • Christmas at the Keep

    A moving and uplifting festive short story from Marcia Willett, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Fern Britton.Nestled in the Devon countryside, the Keep has always been a refuge for the Chadwick family: forever warm and welcoming through the chal...

  • The Dipper

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    In the depths of Dartmoor, Quentin and Clemmie Halliwell know that the onset of old age threatens their life together at The Grange. Phyllida Makepeace feels secure in her marriage to Alistair, but when a deep sorrow strikes them, she discovers that ...

  • Forgotten Laughter

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  • Hattie's Mill

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    Hattie Weatherall's heart leapt when she first saw Abbot's Mill, and with her dog and an assortment of wild fowl for company she sets about renovating the mill. Sarah Farley feels a pang of envy for Hattie's freedom. For over twenty years, Sarah has ...

  • Holding On

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    Over the years, the magnificent Keep in Devon has provided a bolt hole for the Chadwick family. Now the five young cousins who grew up there have left home and their grandmother Freddie wonders anxiously whether she will live to see the arrival of th...

  • Looking Forward

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  • Starting Over

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    When recently-widowed Annie's god-daughter Pippa is abandoned by her husband, she insists that she comes to live with her. Frances and Stephen Ankerton are desperately worried about their son, Hugh, who wrongly blames himself for a fatal accident tha...

  • Thea's Parrot

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  • Those Who Serve

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    It had all seemed so exciting and romantic! Not even out of their teens, Kate and Cass, friends since boarding school, both marrying dashing naval officers within weeks of each other. But after all the glamour of naval balls and white weddings, passi...



  • Winning Through

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Marcia Willett has published 40 books.

Marcia Willett does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Christmas at the Keep, was published in October 2022.

The first book by Marcia Willett, A Week in Winter, was published in May 2002.

Yes. Marcia Willett has 1 series.
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