title: The First Dance
author: Law, Catherine
description: Perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore
  To find what she has lost
  she must go back to the beginning . . .
  1924
  The First World War is over and eleven-year-old Alexa is growing up on the idyllic Cornish coast with her best friend Harvey. But she soon discovers there are secrets at the heart of her family that have been hidden for years. And when her mother dies suddenly, she finds her whole life thrown into turmoil.
  1931
  Still reeling from the past and desperate for adventure, Alexa flees Cornwall for London, before travelling to the intoxicating city of Venice. But her new glamorous life is not what she hoped for and, with dark shadows closing in on her, Alexa will question everything she thought she wanted . . .
  'A touching tale of star crossed lovers' New Magazine on
  Map of Stars