<DIV><DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>Rose Cottage, a tiny thatched dwelling in an idyllic English country setting, would appear the picture of tranquility to any passerby. But when Kate Herrick returns to her childhood home to retrieve some family papers in the summer of 1947, she uncovers a web of intrigue as tangled as the rambling roses in its garden. The papers are missing. The village is alive with gossip. Did her elderly neighbors, suspected of being witches, really see nighttime prowlers and ghosts in the cottage garden?</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>            Kate's search for the truth brings her together with many childhood friends and neighbors, some suspicious of her return, but most eager to help. It also leads her down a trail of family bitterness, jealousy, and revenge--and into an exploration of her own past. She ends up discovering a long-hidden secret that will change her life dramatically--along with romance in a place she least expects.</P><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>            First published in 1997 and a major bestseller, <I>Rose Cottage</I> is, to date, the last and most mature novel from one of Britain's greatest writers.</P></DIV></DIV>