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Each summer, Jenn and her husband Greg return to Deia, on Mallorca’s dramatic west coast. This year the arrival of Emma, Jenn’s stepdaughter, and her new boyfriend Nathan threatens to upset their equilibrium. Beautiful and reckless, Nathan stirs something unexpected in Jenn. As she is increasingly seduced by Nathan’s youth and the promise of passion, the line between desire and obsession begins to blur. What follows is a highly-charged liaison that puts lives and relationships in jeopardy. For Jenn, after this summer, nothing can ever be the same.

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Sensuous and sexy, with a nail-biting sense of trepidation... Unputdownable
Marie Claire
Sultry and shocking
Woman & Home
Sultry, sexy, intense
Cosmopolitan
Extraordinarily, electrifyingly good
Lisa Jewell
This year's summer must read
LOOK MAGAZINE
A slinky, sultry, seductress of a novel...tense, poignant and honest
Lori Lansens, author of <i>The Girls</i>
A steamy study of transgressive passion
Sunday Express
This honest, engaging and readable novel deftly explores aspects of ageing, authenticity and identity
The Sunday Times
'This year's Beautiful Ruins'
Glamour
Should be at the top of your summer reading list
Stylist
A gripping, sexy summer read
Jenny Colgan