Penguin Presents the audiobook release from the Sapphire Widow by Dinah Jefferies read by Gabrielle Glaister.

Ceylon, 1935. Louisa Reeve, the little girl of a successful British gem trader, and her spouse Elliot, a wonderful, thrill-seeking businessman, seem like the couple who have everything. Except what they long for more than anything: a kid.

While Louisa challenges with miscarriages, Elliot is increasingly absent, spending a lot of his time at a nearby cinnamon plantation, overlooking the Indian ocean. After his sudden death, Louisa is definitely left alone to resolve the secret he left out. Revisiting the plantation at Cinnamon Hillsides, she discovers herself unexpectedly attracted towards the dog owner Leo, a durable outdoors man using a chequered past. The plantation casts a spell, but all is not as it appears. So when Elliot’s shocking betrayal is revealed, Louisa has just Leo to turn to…