In an English seaside town, lovers and children, men and women weave in and out of each other's lives and stories.
A mother is tormented by her daughter's tattoo; another only pretends to love her baby. A wife stalks her husband an...
Do you cover up or reveal it all; seek revenge or just reassurance; let the truth be naked as the day or cloaked in a night-time story? The men and women of Polly Samson's debut fiction all have stories to tell, pasts to forget, futures to forge. Ma...
Quite unlike her fair stepsisters, Lizzie is dark and secretive: 'Just like your father' says her mother. But what was her father like? Photos of him are hidden away; snatches of overheard conversation between her mother and her stepfather deepen the...
"He followed her eyes skyward to a bird that was falling, turning and turning, like a heart that had leapt free. It fell, and as it did it became a falcon. He was transfixed." Julian's fall begins the moment he sets eyes on Julia. Julia is mar...
“Sublime and immersive . . . If you wish you could disappear to a Greek island right now, I highly recommend.” -- Jojo Moyes, #1 bestselling author of Me Before You“This gorgeous, glimmering summer read is itself perfect summer: irresistible a...