‘A Splendid Ruin’
By Megan Chance
This mesmerizing tale is full of dark family secrets as a young woman rises and takes revenge. Out of the smoldering ruins of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake, May Kimble embarks on a harrowing road to reclaim what is hers. With the help of an intrepid and charismatic journalist, vengeance is within May’s reach. But will she take it? Lake Union Publishing
‘Alchemy and Rose’
By Sarah Maine
This beautiful and sweeping historical novel takes the reader from the west coast of New Zealand, to Scotland and Melbourne in the 1870s. Drawn together by harsh circumstances, Will and Rose stay together by choice until they are cruelly separated by a misunderstanding. As Will chases Rose across oceans and continents, he must come to terms with the possibility that he might never see her again. Hodder & Stoughton
‘Before She Disappeared’
By Lisa Gardner
In this propulsive thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgotten, Frankie Elkin must overcome her regrets and vices is to locate Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her high school months earlier. She soon learns she’s asking questions someone doesn’t want answered. Dutton
