The Unwilding by Marina Kemp
writer Zoe arrives at the Sicilian holiday home of famed novelist Don Travers – but, as the week unfolds, finds that it isn’t Don but rather his four enigmatic children and unknowable wife who capture her attention. Years later, Don’s youngest, Nemony, strikes up a chance friendship with Zoe, and the pair relive that last, fateful summer…
Moving from sun-drenched Sicily, to present-day London, to the old mining towns of Appalachia, The Unwilding is an immersive, atmospheric page-turner – the perfect book to pop in your carry-on and read by the beach this summer!
Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood
Ali Hazelwood is at it again with her captivating and un-put-down-able “STEMinist” romances.
If you are craving a little sun this Summer, then this book delivers in troves, with a true holiday romance, made all the more complicated by the fact that Connor just happens to be Maya’s brother’s best friend… And quite a few years older than her…
When Maya travels to Italy for her beloved brother’s wedding, she can’t help herself but run into the exact person she doesn’t want to see: her crush’s perfect new girlfriend, and headfirst into all the cliches along with it. Can she keep the peace, or is a problematic summer romance exactly what she needs?
Sinners by Elizabeth Fremantle
From the author of the dazzling Disobedient comes a new story of a woman scorned by history. Beatrice Cenci is born into a noble family, but in Sixteenth-century Rome that brings the danger of violence from rival families. When Bea’s brother is murdered on the steps of her family home, her paranoid, domineering father decides to move the family out of the city to a clifftop fort. But for Bea, not all threats lie outside the castle’s walls…
This is a tense and electrifying read – atmosphere drips off the page, from the sun-beaten palazzos to the stale castle chambers. Another unputdownable read from an emerging master of historical fiction.
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