Marianne Bly

When newly redundant teacher’s assistant Marianne Bly agrees to decorate the Armstrong family’s Norfolk holiday home, it was meant to be the first in a long line of summer job to help ease the way into an unfamiliar working landscape. But during a beach walk with young Zak Armstrong, they meet wildlife ranger Joel Midwinter, guarding a distressed seal pup, and the fateful encounter sets off a train of events that none could have predicted.\nFor Marianne, resilient and quietly capable: the hardest lesson will prove the most transforming
For the stylish, successful Armstrongs: compelled to make choices that will shake the entire family
For Joel Midwinter, passionate and confident: the ranger’s dream life is in danger of fragmenting