As Olivia is drawn into events a century ago, she becomes aware of the past and the present intertwining, blurring her understanding of what is real and what is imagined. One hundred years later… When Olivia Kavanagh finds an old manuscript and a photograph in her late grandfather’s bookshop she becomes fascinated by the story of the two young girls who mystified the world. The New York Times bestselling author turns the clock back to a time when two young girls convinced the world that fairies. But when the great novelist, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, endorses the photographs’ authenticity, the girls become a sensation their discovery offering something to believe in amid a world ravaged by war.

The New York Times bestselling author turns the clock back to a time when two young girls convinced the world that fairies really did exist…ġ917: When two young cousins, Frances Griffiths and Elsie Wright from Cottingley, England, announce they have photographed fairies at the bottom of the garden, their parents are astonished. Hazel Gaynor brings the mystery of the Cottingley Fairies thrillingly to lifeA mystery, a love story, and an enchanting and surprising journey of self-discovery, The Cottingley Secret unwraps the true story behind one of the great hoaxes of the 19th century while still allowing the possibility of the magical.

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