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New Beginnings At Pencarrow Bay

The Guest

An emotional and uplifting story about new beginnings set on the Cornish coast

The Escape

The gripping and suspenseful story of love, heartbreak and one devastating confession

The Hidden Truth

Escape to Lake Como with this year’s most intoxicating and emotionally gripping read

The Affair

The emotionally gripping family drama that will keep you hooked until the last page

The Lie

The Anniversary

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A smart, sometimes harrowing story, with true to life characters whose dilemmas will tear at your heartstrings

Fans rate this deeply emotional read her best novel yet

Divided by tragedy, Stella and Jack are drawn together once more in this riveting relationships novel

I really resented having to put The Anniversary down - terrific, beautifully written, searingly honest

Charles Dance, actor, screenwriter and director

One of the best family and friendship sagas. [An] emotional read . . . Stella and Jack's marriage is over. Will feelings resurface when their daughter needs them?

A journey through the stages of life and love that will make you laugh out loud

Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes

A warm and well-written case for love affairs in later life

Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart string-puller

I was ripping through this book . . . addictive

Boyd gets under the skin of her characters to show that falling in love isn't limited to the young

A smart emotional drama, you will race through this

Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships

Boyd is the mistress of the multi-layered story

Stella's marriage ended decades ago, after a tragedy that not only shattered her life with her husband but shaped her whole relationship with her daughter, too. 
Now, despite the tensions that linger between Stella and Eve, Stella is called upon to look after her daughter in her time of need. She just hadn't bargained on being brought back into her handsome, stubborn ex-husband's life too, or that she would find common ground with Jack in their shared adoration for their little grandson. 
Just as the pain of the past once tore them apart, now the joys of grandparenthood are bringing Stella and Jack back together. But each of them has a new partner and new lives. 
Should they fight temptation? Should the past remain the past? 
Or are some loves simply meant to be?

From the bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park comes an emotional and beautifully written story of love, loss, and finding love again. 
 
'One of the best family and friendship sagas - an emotional read' Prima 
 
What if the one you tried to forget is the one you can't live without? 
 
Stella once thought that if she never saw Jack again, it would be too soon. 
 
But life has other plans for her and her stubborn, handsome ex-husband. 
 
Looking after their daughter in a time of need, Stella finds herself unwillingly reunited with the man she shared the best years of her life with - followed by the worst. 
 
Where tragedy once tore them apart, now Stella and Jack are being drawn back together. But each of them has a new partner and a new life. 
 
Should they fight temptation? 
 
Should the past remain the past? 
 
Or are some loves simply meant to be? 
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'Riveting' Woman &amp; Home 
 
'Terrific, beautifully written, searingly honest' Charles Dance 
 
'Fans rate this deeply emotional read her best novel yet' Sunday Post 
 
'True to life characters whose dilemmas will tear at your heartstrings' Sunday Mirror

Hilary Boyd was a nurse, marriage counsellor and ran a small cancer charity before becoming an author. She has written eight books, including Thursdays in the Park, her debut novel which sold over half a million copies and was an international bestseller. The film rights for Thursdays In The Park have been acquired by Charles Dance, who will be directing and starring.

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A smart, sometimes harrowing story, with true to life characters whose dilemmas will tear at your heartstrings

Fans rate this deeply emotional read her best novel yet

Divided by tragedy, Stella and Jack are drawn together once more in this riveting relationships novel

I really resented having to put The Anniversary down - terrific, beautifully written, searingly honest

One of the best family and friendship sagas. [An] emotional read . . . Stella and Jack's marriage is over. Will feelings resurface when their daughter needs them?

A journey through the stages of life and love that will make you laugh out loud

Praise for Hilary Boyd

Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes

A warm and well-written case for love affairs in later life

Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart string-puller

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