Tajemství černé orchideje – Riley Lucinda (2021)

Julia returns to the place of her childhood after a tragic accident that claimed the lives of her husband and young son. The landscape around the Norfolk estate of Wharton Park becomes a refuge from the outside world, and memories of her beloved grandfather, an orchid grower in the estate's greenhouses, give her strength even in moments of deepest despair. Moreover, a new heir to the estate appears at Wharton Park, a kind and gentle man who hides similar scars on his soul as Julia. Their initially cautious affection soon deepens into stronger feelings, but Julia resists him, feeling that she has lost the right to happiness. ***** The estate owner, while renovating the old noble residence, stumbles upon a hidden diary belonging to Julia's grandfather. When Julia takes the notes to her grandmother Elsie, who moved away from Wharton Park shortly after her husband's death, Elsie decides, despite long-ago promises, that it is time to reveal the truth to her granddaughter. Before the astonished Julia, she gradually begins to unveil an ancient tragic love story that begins at Wharton Park just before the war and continues in exotic Thailand, the homeland of the orchids that Julia's grandfather lovingly cultivated throughout his life. A love that dramatically impacted the fates of several residents of the estate, but also the fate...