Four people. Four messy lives. One night that changes everything … Emily is obsessed with ending her father’s new relationship – but is blind to the fact that her own is far from perfect. Dominic has spent so long making other people happy that he’s hardly noticed he’s not happy himself. Helen has loved the same man, unrequitedly,… Read More »
He’s killed your child and kidnapped your wife. What would YOU do?Detective Inspector Matthew Adams and Patrick Sullivan, drug dealer, pimp, murderer: two men on opposite sides of the law. A history that goes way back. A bully even in his youth, Sullivan had made it his mission in life to make the goody-two-shoes copper’s… Read More »
Melissa Dance was eight years old when her mother died. They never got to say goodbye. Seventeen years later, Melissa is handed a journal. As she smooths open the pages and begins to read her mother’s words, she is instantly transported back to her childhood. But returning to her past is painful and memories of… Read More »
It’s a real pleasure today to welcome author Emma Davies as a guest on Being Anne (I think Emma will be rather pleased with that – being called “author Emma Davies”…). I finally read her debut novel, Letting In Light, this week – as it celebrated its first book birthday – and absolutely loved it.… Read More »
We can’t change the past, but the past can change us… Grappling her own demons and the after-effects of a disaster, Fern battles to keep hold of her sanity as she’s snatched back in time and lives the life of Cecilia, a young woman at the court of Queen Caterina Cornaro, near Venice, in the… Read More »
Would-be gardener Daisy can’t believe her luck when her parents announce they’re off on a midlife crisis gap year, leaving her in charge of their gorgeous garden. After a turbulent few months, a spot of quiet in the countryside is just what she needs. A shoulder to cry on wouldn’t go amiss either – so… Read More »
Sun, sea and a sexy stranger – a whole lot of fun just got a whole lot more complicated… Capable, confident and career-driven, Ellen had her dream job and a marriage proposal from boyfriend Ross. Life was good, her future set. Until it wasn’t and everything fell apart… Whisked off to the beautiful island of Corfu to… Read More »
Can four wounded souls find love? Iraq war veteran Dan Mitchell once disobeyed an order – and it nearly destroyed him. Now a national park ranger in the Australian outback, he’s faced with another order he is unwilling to obey … Photographer Rachel Quinn seeks out beauty in unlikely places. Her work comforted Dan in… Read More »
Do not miss me, because I will always be with you…I am the air, the moon, the stars. For we are all made of stars, my beloved. Wherever you look, I will be there. Stella Carey exists in a world of night. Married to a war veteran who has returned from Afghanistan brutally injured, she leaves… Read More »
In April I reviewed the wonderful I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh – you’ll find my review here. I absolutely loved it, and I was so delighted to see it’s now been chosen by the Richard and Judy Book Club as one of their Summer Reads.This morning I received a beautifully wrapped copy of… Read More »
Tina Craig longs to escape her violent husband. She works all the hours God sends to save up enough money to leave him, also volunteering in a charity shop to avoid her unhappy home. Whilst going through the pockets of a second-hand suit, she comes across an old letter, the envelope firmly sealed and unfranked.… Read More »
“Maybe he wasn’t here because of the lights – maybe they were here because of him …” It’s been over eighteen months since Molly Gilchrist has had a man (as her best friend, Caro, is so fond of reminding her) so when she as good as stumbles upon one on the moors one bitterly cold… Read More »
Italy, 1932 — Mussolini’s Italy is growing from strength to strength, but at what cost?One bright autumn morning, architect Isabella Berotti sits at a cafe in the vibrant centre of Bellina, when a woman she’s never met asks her to watch her ten-year-old daughter, just for a moment. Reluctantly, Isabella agrees — and then watches… Read More »
At the famous Patisserie Clermont in Paris, 1909, a chance encounter with the owner’s daughter has given one young man a glimpse into a life he never knew existed: of sweet cream and melted chocolate, golden caramel and powdered sugar, of pastry light as air. But it is not just the art of confectionery that holds… Read More »
They told her she killed her son. She served her time. But what if they lied?I have no memory of what happened but I was told I killed my son. And you believe what your loved ones, your doctor and the police tell you, don’t you? My name is Emma Cartwright. Three years ago I was… Read More »