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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

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

The Hidden Truth

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Smart, with true-to-life characters whose dilemmas will tear at your heartstrings

Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships

Boyd is the mistress of the multi-layered story

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

Over the course of one summer Sarah Tempest meets and falls in love with the charming Bernard. The years of heartache and loneliness are finally behind her. 
 
She quickly moves into his beautiful home on the wind battered cliffs of Hastings. But, after a while, she begins to wonder if Bernard is all he seems. 
 
He's barely in touch with his children and with stifling reminders of his wife everywhere Sara looks, the walls begin to close in. 
 
Then comes Bernard's confession and Sara's newfound happiness starts to crumble around her . . .

He was meant to be the perfect man, until she discovered the hidden truth . . . The gripping story of love, heartbreak and one devastating confession that changes everything 
 
 FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THURSDAYS IN THE PARK AND THE AFFAIR 
 
'A story that twists and turns. I couldn't put it down' 5***** READER REVIEW 
'An engrossing story. Exciting and full of heart. Her characters are brilliantly envisaged' 5***** READER REVIEW 
'Keeps you turning the pages' 5***** READER REVIEW 
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 Sara Tempest never expected to meet a man like Bernard. 
 
Charming and captivating, over the course of one hot summer he and Sara fall desperately in love. 
 
Without a second's thought, Sara moves into his beautiful home on the wind-battered cliffs of Hastings, ready for her new life to begin. 
 
 But soon she begins to wonder if Bernard is all he seems . . . 
 
 He's barely in touch with his children. Stifling reminders of his late wife appear everywhere Sara looks. 
 
 And then comes Bernard's confession. 
 
 All too quickly, Sara's newfound happiness starts to crumble around her . . . 
 ________ 
 
 Praise for Hilary Boyd 
 
 'Hilary Boyd nails family dynamics and misplaced loyalties with pin-sharp precision in an impressively well-written tale' Daily Express 
 
 'I was ripping through this book . . . addictive' Evening Standard 
 
 'Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life' Daily Mail

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.

The Hidden Truth

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

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Smart, with true-to-life characters whose dilemmas will tear at your heartstrings

Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships

Boyd is the mistress of the multi-layered story

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