Black Cameo: Book 2 in the Glassmakers Saga

The Glassmakers Saga #2

by Donna Baker

The people of Stourbridge have long since grown accustomed to the ways of Christina Compson, the beautiful woman who has been so successful in her running of Henzels glassworks. But the mistakes of her past life come to overshadow the lives of Christina's family. The two eldest children, Emily and Paul, raised as brother and sister, have been drawn together by the stigma that illegitimacy could bring and, as adults, only Paul's love of glass can part them. Christina now recognizes in Paul's talent as an engraver the opportunity to fake Henzels to the forefront of the industry. But first he must visit his grandfathers glasshouse in France, to learn the latest techniques, despite fierce opposition from Emily, who knows that she faces the loss of the man she loves as more than a brother.

448 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 1988

About the author

aka Nicola West, Lilian Harry,

Donna Thomson was born in Gosport, near Portsmouth Harbour, England, UK. Growing up during the terrifying years of the Blitz in a two-up, two-down terraced house, the youngest of four, she aspired to be a writer from an early age.

As a young woman she worked in the Civil Service and moved to Devon to be near her sailor husband. They had a son and a daughter. When the marriage ended, she and her two children moved to the Midlands, where she happily married again to her second husband. After living in the Lake District for twelve years, she finally moved back to Devon, and now lives in a village on the edge of Dartmoor. She lost her son Philip in 2008, and has two grandchildren. A keen walker and animal-lover, she now has a dog and three ginger cats to keep her busy, along with a wide range of hobbies she enjoys.

She started signing her romance novels as Donna Baker and Nicola West, now she also writes as Lilian Harry (inspired by the first names of her grandparents). Among her works are historical novels, romances and even two books giving advice on how to write short stories and novels.

Reviews

[Baneen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book didn't had anything special. It was an okay sort of book. Interesting in the beginning, boring as it went on and finally, interesting again in the end. What Christiana did for Emily was wrong. She should have let Emily make her choice herself. She was old and experienced enough to know that. All in all, the book had nothing interesting in it except the typical love story.