BROKEN COUNTRY

"?*****AMAZON S BOOK OF THE YEAR???***** INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER REESE WITHERSPOON S BOOK CLUB PICK FEARNE COTTON S HAPPY PLACE BOOK CLUB PICK An unforgettable story of love, loss, and the choices that shape our lives . . . but it s also a masterfully crafted mystery that will keep you guessing until the very last page. Seriously, that ending?! I did not see it coming REESE WITHERSPOON This story of a love affair is so addictive it could be at home with the thrillers . . . A simmering book of secrets, scandal and devastating consequences The i I defy you not to be in tears by the end of this book HARRIET TYCE, author of Witch Trial Excellent . . . a vivid, forceful love story which plays out at the pace of a thriller Irish Times In this surprising romantic novel, there are decisions to be made that are heartbreaking and real, yet amid the gentle pastoral setting . . . it has all the pace of a literary thriller. A dazzling debut Woman and Home Beautiful . . . So moving on the subject of how a tiny decision can have cataclysmic consequences Good Housekeeping Everyone in the village said nothing good would come of Gabriel s return. And as Beth looks at the man she loves on trial for murder, she can t help thinking they were right. Beth was seventeen when she first met Gabriel. Over that heady, intense summer, he made her think and feel and see differently. She thought it was the start of her great love story. When Gabriel left to become the person his mother expected him to be, she was broken. It was Frank who picked up the pieces and together they built a home very different from the one she d imagined with Gabriel. Watching her husband and son, she remembered feeling so sure that, after everything, this was the life she was supposed to be leading. But when Gabriel comes back, all Beth s certainty about who she is and what she wants crumbles. Even after ten years, their connection is instant. She knows it s wrong a