Daisy Wood Books

From an exciting new voice in WWII historical fiction comes a tale of love, loss and a betrayal that echoes through generations...

The world is at war. And time is running out...

Another unforgettable story, tying together past and present, from the bestselling author of The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris and The Royal Librarian Berlin, 1933. The night skies are burning bright with huge bonfires of banned books. The Nazi party is swelling in number, Berlin is no longer a safe place for young Freya. She can only watch on, horrified, as her beloved city falls to fascism - and the usually law-abiding Freya is forced to make a choice: continue being a bystander, or sacrifice herself to save the lives of others... New York, present day. Maddie commutes home to her family to reset. Struggling to fully turn off from her work, she's is shocked to come across a pre-war German diary amongst her Grandpa's things. And when she starts to dig into the diary, Maddie's shocked by what she finds. And so begins a journey that will take Maddie beyond America as she searches for the truth about Freya, and how she changed people's lives across the globe... Readers can't put down Daisy Wood's books! 'Amazing! Delightful! Perfection!' NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I couldn't put it down... utterly enthralling from start to finish!' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'This is the best historical fiction I've read,' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I cannot stop talking about how much I love this book,' NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A genuine pleasure,' NetGalley reviwer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

The year is 1786 and in the quiet countryside of Mere in Wiltshire sits ‘The Willows’. It has been the family’s home for three generations and Elizabeth Hamilton, the present owner; and her son, Stewart, lived alone until a cousin, Alexander, came when Stewart was 12.For the last 21 years, the house has held a secret from the past which has been kept safely hidden even from Stewart.Stewart Hamilton is impetuous by nature, saying of himself ‘I have a hasty tongue’, this being his downfall many times.Only after Stewart marries are their lives turned into chaos, as it initiates a succession of vengeance against him and his family that lasts for over three years.During that time, many secrets will be unveiled, some good, some life threatening, some life changing, but it is how they reveal themselves that transforms the lives of many people irrevocably…

A royal palace. A closed book. A betrayal that will echo through generations…