The Missing Mother of Rose Cottage

She thought she knew her family. One photograph proves she has been living a lie.Joanne has always believed her mother died giving birth to her. It's a painful truth, but one she's accepted. Then, whilst sorting through old baby clothes, she finds a photograph tucked away in a box-her birth mother, smiling and very much alive, cradling a newborn in her arms.As Joanne starts searching, the answers she gets only lead to more questions. Her journey takes her to Rose Cottage, where her mother once lived, and into a past filled with long-hidden secrets. Can she find out what really happened? What could be so terrible that her father has kept it from her for her whole life-and is she ready for the truth?Revised edition: Previously released as The Secret of the Brighton House, this edition of The Missing Mother of Rose Cottage includes editorial revisions.+ 2026 by Cathy Hayward, all rights reserved.