Drinkwater, Carol – The Bell Bookshop

One Summer in Provence

Emma — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

‘SUPERB – I LOVED IT!’ MIRIAM MARGOLYES’SHINES WITH ALL THE COLOURS AND TEXTURES OF PROVENCE’ KATE MOSSE’SIMPLY DELICIOUS’ JOANNE HARRISA season of secrets…Celia Grey appears to have the perfect life: married to Dominic, the man of her dreams, and living on a glorious, thriving vineyard in the south of France. To celebrate their good fortune, she decides to throw a huge party. When she is contacted by a stranger who claims to be her long-lost son, David, the newborn she gave up at twenty and has never spoken of since, Celia impulsively invites him for the weekend of celebrations – without mentioning it to her husband.Despite his surprise, Dominic graciously welcomes David and his unexpected companion – but secretly he harbours doubts. Is David really Celia’s son? And who is the mysterious young woman travelling with him? Only Celia can decide how far she will go to hold everything together, to keep her perfect life from unravelling…One Summer in Provence is a story of betrayal and belonging, and of discovering love in unexpected places.Praise for Carol Drinkwater:’Like taking an amazing holiday in book form’ Jenny Colgan’You can almost smell the sun-baked countryside’ Bella

House On The Edge Of The Cliff

Emma — Thu, 16 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

From the bestselling author behind Channel 5’s Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence comes an epic story of enduring love and betrayal, from Paris in the 1960s, to the present day

‘One to get lost in’ Woman & Home – Best Books of Summer
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No one else knows what happened that summer. Or so she believes . . .

Grace first came to France a lifetime ago. Young and full of dreams of adventure, she met two very different men.

She fell under the spell of one. The other fell under hers.

Until one summer night shattered everything . . .

Now, Grace is living an idyllic life with her husband, sheltered from the world in a magnificent Provençal villa, perched atop a windswept cliff.

Every day she looks out over the sea – the only witness to that fateful night years ago.

Until a stranger arrives at the house. A stranger who knows everything, and won’t leave until he gets what he wants.

The past and present spectacularly collide in this gripping story of love and betrayal echoing across the decades.
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‘I was hooked from a start threaded with mystery and menace, and it kept me gripped’ Dinah Jefferies, author of The Missing Sister

‘A beautifully woven and compelling tale of passion, love and intrigue’ Rowan Coleman, author of The Summer of Impossible Things

‘Carol Drinkwater’s writing is like taking an amazing holiday in book form’ Jenny Colgan, author of The Bookshop on the Shore

‘Given extra resonance by the beautifully drawn French landscape. Emotional and tenderly written’ Elizabeth Buchan, author of The New Mrs Clifton

Lost Girl

Emma — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 00:00:00 +0000

‘A story to savour, complete with wonderful settings stretching from Paris to the glorious countryside of southern France’ Dinah Jefferies

A LOVEREADING BOOK OF THE YEAR from the bestselling author behind Channel 5’s Carol Drinkwater’s Secret Provence

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Since her teenage daughter went missing four years ago, Kurtiz Ross has blamed and isolated herself. Until, out of the blue, Lizzie is sighted in Paris.

But within hours of her arrival, Kurtiz sees the City of Light plunged into terror.

Amid the fear and chaos, a hand reaches out. A sympathetic stranger offers to help a terrified mother find her daughter.

The other woman’s kindness – and her stories of her own love and loss in post-war Provence – shine unexpected light into the shadows.

The night may hold the answers to a mystery – but dare Kurtiz believe it could also bring a miracle?
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‘A gripping tale’ Sunday Post

‘Mesmerising, haunting and extraordinarily relevant’ Lovereading

‘An unforgettable journey of family, romance, regret and renewal’ The Gloss

‘The perfect holiday read that manages to keep you guessing the whole way through’ Living France