The compelling new bestseller from the nation’s favourite storyteller.The compelling new bestseller from the nation’s favourite storyteller.Florence Stanville is a woman with a past. When she moves to Guisethorpe on the east coast of England, the townsfolk are intrigued by the glamorous and mysterious stranger, with her flame-red hair and abrupt manners.Florence doesn’t care about the gossips – she’s drawn to the peaceful seaside town by the pull of her childhood, when she lived for a brief but happy time with her beloved late mother. The riddle of those days remains and now Florence can only snatch at half-remembered memories and shadowy figures in her dreams.As Florence is reluctantly drawn into the lives of her new neighbours, the layers of her own life are revealed, though it’s clear not everyone wishes her well. Far from finding peace, Florence has found instead turmoil and secrets. Can she put the pieces of her past together, or will it remain a closed book forever…?Praise for Blood Brothers:'Thanks to her near faultless writing, sympathies will lurch from one character to another, and as events reach their dramatic conclusion readers will find it impossible to tear themselves away.' News of the World'Another hit for Josephine Cox' Sunday ExpressPraise for Josephine Cox’s previous novels:‘Cox's talent as storyteller never lets you escape the spell' Daily Mail'Another masterpiece' Best‘Another beautifully spun family epic' Scottish Daily Echo'A born storyteller' Bedfordshire Times‘A surefire winner' Woman's WeeklyThe Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellerJosephine Cox was born in Blackburn, one of ten children. At the age of sixteen, Josephine met and married her husband Ken, and had two sons. When the boys started school, she decided to go to college and eventually gained a place at Cambridge University. She was unable to take this up as it would have meant living away from home, but she went into teaching – and started to write her first full-length novel. She won the ‘Superwoman of Great Britain’ Award, for which her family had secretly entered her, at the same time as her novel was accepted for publication.The Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller• Jo now has a co-writer Gilly Middleton delivering compelling family dramas with powerful storylines.•Josephine Cox is heritage brand on our list with a string of number one bestsellers in hardback and paperback.• Stunning package to reflect the drama, emotion, strong female characters and compelling storytelling that Josephine Cox fans love.•Reaching out to new readers and taking heartland readers on through Chatterbox which has over 25,000 subscribers.Competition: The Woman in the Wood;Dead to Me;A Village Scandal;Time to Say Goodbye;A Daughter’s Ruin. Lesley Pearse, Martina Cole;Rosie Goodwin;Susan Lewis;Dilly Court;Kitty Neale;Danielle Steel
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