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The Christmas Party

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:09:11 +0200

Midnight in the Snow

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:55:47 +0300

Midnight in the Snow is the story of a forbidden attraction in the dramatic surroundings of the snow-covered Austrian Alps, by the internationally bestselling author Karen Swan.
It's the red carpet life for film-maker Clover Phillips. Her documentary on surfer Cory Allbright is winning awards around the globe for shining a spotlight on life after his tragic accident. Now she can pick and choose her next subject.
Then a storm blows in and everything changes. Cory is dead and his widow needs answers. Clover makes a promise to find out the truth about what happened the day his life fell apart, turning her attention to the man responsible for his accident, disgraced surfing champion Kit Foley. Rejected by the sport he loves, he's starting over as a snowboarder in the Austrian Alps and he wants nothing to do with the film - but his new sponsor has other ideas; soon Clover and her team are shadowing him both on the slopes and in the chalet.
It's dislike at first sight...

The Christmas Postcards

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 13:06:57 +0200

Set in a snow-covered Cotswolds village, The Christmas Postcards is the unmissable, spellbinding new book from the Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan.
'The queen of destination fiction' – Woman & Home
The right words can change everything . . .
It had been a make-or-break holiday for their marriage, but Natasha and Rob's rekindled romance is short-lived when their daughter's beloved soft toy disappears on the journey home. As Natasha comforts her distraught child, she turns to social media for help. Miraculously, the toy is found, but it has become the lucky mascot of a man named Duffy, who is thousands of miles away trekking in Nepal.
When Duffy promises to keep Natasha updated with pictures, a correspondence begins that soon becomes more meaningful. Sometimes, Natasha feels this stranger half way across the world understands her more than the man lying next to her.
But as the weeks pass and Duffy heads deeper into the...

The Stolen Hours

Sat, 12 Aug 2023 17:55:35 +0300

The Secret Path

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 18:06:09 +0300

* Karen Swan's 20th novel *
In Costa Rica, amid startling white beaches and hot, dense rainforests, the luxurious world of the super-rich butts up against something darker, something sinister. . .
Tara Tremain has worked hard to leave the controlling grasp of her extremely affluent family far behind. With her own career in medicine, she doesn't need the Tremains' expectations weighing her down any more. But pulled back into the family's orbit one last time for an unmissable party in the jungles of Costa Rica, she finds herself flung into action: a local boy is desperately ill and she must trek for days into the jungle to save his life.
What Tara could never have predicted is that the one person who can help her in this impossible journey is Alex Carter, the man who destroyed her life ten years ago . . .

The Hidden Beach

Sun, 17 May 2020 13:02:22 +0300

From internationally bestselling author Karen Swan comes The Hidden Beach, an addictive story of heartbreak, loyalty and hope, set in the historic city of Stockholm and along the beautiful archipelagos of the Swedish coast.

In the oldest part of Stockholm, Bell Everhurst is working as a nanny for an affluent family. Hanna and Max Von Greyerz are parents to 7 year-old Linus, and 5-year old twins Ellinor and Tilde, and Bell has been with the family for over two years.

One early Spring morning, as she's rushing out to take the children to school, she answers the phone – and everything changes. A woman from a clinic she's never heard of asks her to pass on the message that Hanna's husband is awake.

Bell is confused. She clearly just saw Max walking out of the house a few minutes earlier, but the woman mentioned Hanna by name...

When she gets hold of her employer, the truth is revealed: Hanna's first husband fell into a coma seven years earlier,...

Together by Christmas

Wed, 01 Jan 2020 10:05:32 +0200

The Last Summer

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 17:55:45 +0300

All I Want for Christmas

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 20:30:27 +0200

Three Summers

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 21:31:48 +0300

Every summer tells a story...

If you love Lucinda Riley and Santa Montefiore, don't miss this unputdownable and beautifully escapist new summer romance

1950's Italy

1957: The summer of innocence

Amongst the lemon trees, Rafaella Parisi impatiently waits for the summer visitors to arrive in her small fishing village on the coast of Puglia. She may be dating Fon Giannelli, but there is one person she longs to see: Cosimo – son of the wealthy Franchetti family.

1958: The summer everything changes

After a devastating accident at the lavish Franchetti villa, Rafa makes a vow that changes the course of all their futures . . .

1961: The summer they meet again

When Rafa and Cosi’s worlds collide, Rafa faces an agonizing choice. Is she willing to risk the life she has for the future she once dreamed of?

The Spanish Promise

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:24:16 +0200

Charlotte, a wealth counsellor who knows from personal experience the complications that a sudden inheritance can bring, helps her clients navigate the emotional side effects of sudden wealth syndrome. When she is asked by Mateo Mendoza, heir to a huge Spanish estate, to fly to Madrid to help resolve an issue in his father's will, she's confident it will be straightforward. The timing isn't great as Charlotte's due to get married the following week, but once her client signs on the dotted line, Charlotte can return to her life in London and her wedding, and live happily ever after. Marrying Stephen might not fill her with excitement, but she doesn't want to live in the fast lane anymore - safe and predictable is good.But Carlos Mendoza's final bequest opens up a generation of secrets, and Charlotte finds herself compelled to unravel the mystery. As Charlotte digs deeper, she uncovers the story of a family divided by Spain's Civil War, and of a love affair across the...

The Lost Lover

Wed, 10 Jul 2024 09:25:23 +0300

'A gripping new series . . . beautifully told by one of our most prolific and talented writers' - Santa Montefiore on The Last Summer
Young Flora MacQueen has always dreamed of more than life on the small Scottish island of St Kilda. And when she catches the eye of visiting adventurer and wealthy businessman James Callaghan her future seems brighter.
Only, as the islanders prepare to leave their homes for the final time, Flora finds her dreams shattered. With her beauty her only currency she must step forward in ways that would have been unthinkable back home in order to support her family. Soon Flora is the toast of glamorous Paris. Fame and fortune are hers for the taking but she knows only too well by now that rich men make empty promises.
But then a secret comes to light that will change everything . . .
The Lost Lover is Book Three in Karen Swan's bestselling Wild Isle Series.

Christmas at Tiffany's

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 08:51:05 +0200

The Perfect Present

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:51:11 +0200

A glamorous and festive read from Karen Swan, Sunday Times bestselling author of Christmas at Tiffany's."[A] charming, well-crafted tale of love, loss and reinvention" Marie Claire

Haunted by a past she can't escape, Laura Cunningham desires nothing more than to keep her world small and precise - her quiet relationship and growing jewellery business are all she needs to get by. Until the December day when Rob Blake walks into her studio and commissions a necklace that will tell his enigmatic wife Cat's life in charms. As Laura interviews Cat's family, friends and former lovers, she steps out of her world and into theirs - a charmed world where weekends are spent in Verbier and the air is lavender-scented, where friends are wild, extravagant and jealous, and a big love has to compete with grand passions. Hearts are opened, secrets revealed and as the necklace begins to fill up, Cat's intoxicating life envelops...