Erupting Lies

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When her husband Louis Benoit, absent for a decade, re-enters Emelia's life, there are secrets each has to hide from the other. Both believe that their future together depends upon keeping hidden the lies of the past. Louis struggles with the spectre of the ex-prostitute Donna whom he has spent 10 years with as her de facto husband, while Emelia hides the truth about her illegitemate daughter Eva. These lies and the surviving of the eruption of Mount Tarawera have a major impact on the talented young Eva as she leaves her home in Christchurch to embark on a concert tour to England. They also dramatically affect the life of the young man she meets there and falls in love with. Eva left New Zealand with a personal commitment to discover what had happened to Louis, but the 'truth' that she learns is so painful that it is hard for her to comprehend. This historical novel contains a factual account of the eruption of Mount Tarawera and the destruction of the famed Pink and White Terraces. It is well-researched and set at the end of the Victorian era. Various devious plots and believable characters will keep readers intrigued right to the shocking end. Beverley Bassett Broad lives on Banks Peninsula where she and her husband have set up an avian quarantine and hatchery and have become pioneers in the ostrich industry.