Bay of Secrets Paperback – November 13, 2018

This was the first book I had read from this author, since then I have read three more. Based in Barcelona, the main character is a nun, follows her life working in a maternity clinic during the post war years. Highly recommended reading.

I liked this Historical Fiction. I did get a bit confused occasionally by the flashbacks. There was just enough sadness, guilt and anxiety without the book getting bogged down by it and obscuring the facts. The book tells what happened after the Spanish Civil War to people in Franco's political party and the opposition party. The story shows the things people did in order to survive even if they knew it was wrong. Opposition disappeared.

I love the way Rosanna Ley weaves her stories back and forth in time and location. She develops and ties the characters together in a unique and wonder way. I've read three of her stories and look for more!

A nice read.good balance between intrigue,romance & travel..always enjoy her books. Enjoyed the linking of the story. Easy to read.

I did not enjoy this book as much as "the Villa, however it is well written and has a good mix of adventure and romance. I battled to get into the first half of the book but when I got into the second half I couldn't put it down.

It was a great read. Pity it ended without her finding her birth mother I would have loved to have read how that went. But a great story and I loved it.

A very good story. Good research work and very interesting insight into post Civil War Spain. Very convincing tale and nicely told.

Bay of Secrets by author Rosanna Ley is a multi-generational story which uncovers family secrets and misunderstandings in layers through the years. The secrets of one generation to protect the innocence of the next generation can sometimes have very long reaching consequences.Ruby is awakened early one morning by the horrible news her parents have been killed in an accident. She manages to make it through the funeral with the help of her best friend Mel. Now two months later she is back in Dorset to begin the chore of cleaning out her parent's house and deciding what to do with her life. She does not feel her two-year relationship with James is going to work out. Maybe she should stay at the family home for a while to sort out her feelings. She is thirty-five and enjoys her work as a freelance journalist and playing her saxophone with a band of friends for clubs or events.Mel helps her organize the cleaning out of her parents' personal lives. In their bedroom, Ruby discovers a shoebox hidden away she had never seen before. SHe opens the box and finds old pictures of a lovely young couple on a Mediterranean beach. There is another picture of the same girl in her mid-twenties sitting in the driver's seat of a VW camper van. The third picture shows the girl with a group of hippies on a beach, she has a guitar and a baby. From the bottom of the box wrapped in tissue, there is a string of old love beads and a tiny crocheted bonnet. The last item in the box was a plectrum, just like the one she uses when she plays her guitar. Why was this stuff in the wardrobe of her parents' bedroom?Meanwhile, on one of the Canary Islands in Spain, Fuerteventura, Sister Julia is thinking about her long life and how she has lived through so many changes. She is thinking about the book, a secret book where she had made a record of names and dates. Only she knew the meaning of the information in the book because she is the one who had written each entry over the years. Every day she prayed for guidance, for atonement, and her latest prayer "May God forgive us'.Bay of Secrets is written beautifully from the different perspectives of the characters as they are involved in the unfettering of long-held secrets. The consequences of people with authority to take actions which can change young lives and the heartbreaking results.

I really enjoyed the book. A bit predictable but still ok.

What a great read. Couldnt put it down. Make's me want to visit the Bay.Love Rosanna Ley - Such a talented writer. Make's you feel like part of the story.

To loose both parents in an accident, Ruby Rae has to clear their home to put it up for sale. She finds a Spanish shoe box with a baby's hat, some love beads, a guitar spectrum and a photo of a thin blonde woman holding a baby in her mother's wardrobe. This fascinating book tells how Ruby sets out to find that woman and maybe the new man in her life. Highly recommended.

la storia di un amore e la perdita di persone care fa scoprire dei misteri sulla vita della protagonista. sono stati citati dei fatti realmente accaduti nella storia della spagna e questo aggiunge un po' di patos al racconto.molto delicato, con descrizione dei posti inglesi vicino al mare e della Spagna.ogni tanto mi piace leggere racconti senza violenza e questo mi e' piaciuto. consiglio a chi sa leggere l'inglese.

I started the book and it was a good story but unfortunately it became very predictable and unrealistic towards the end