April 1955, and spring is in the air in Burracombe... Hilary Napier has had enough of secrets. Her engagement party is a chance for her and David to finally celebrate their good news. But with obstacles springing up on all sides, there may be more than the dress and venue to arrange before she can consider walking down the aisle....

The latest book in the Burracombe series, Celebrations in Burracombe draws together many threads of life in the little Devonshire village where triumph and tragedy have always rubbed shoulders. It\"s the late 1950s, and change is in the air. For the Napier family, up at the big house, the old ways are shifting....

When Stella Simmons comes to the Devonshire village of Burracombe to start her teaching career, she is alone in the world. Orphaned as child and brought up in a children\"s home, she was separated from her sister Muriel and has never been able to trace her....