Oliver Dench

1927: Bella Ainsworth is still devoting her considerable energies to the Hotel Portofino, which has overcome its early troubles and is starting to prosper. But Bella will be forced to confront the reality of her relationship with her no-good husband Cecil--to decide whether to accept him back into her life in the face of her growing friendship with a handsome local architect, Marco Bonacini.

Katherine “Kit” Bridges moves to England when her father begins teaching at Covington Academy, a prestigious boarding school for riders.