Soft Dnf

2017: 19 year old Tallulah is going out on a date, leaving her baby with her mother, Kim. Kim watches her daughter leave and, as late evening turns into night, which turns into early morning, she waits for her return. And waits. The next morning, Kim phones Tallulah's friends who tell her that Tallulah was last seen heading to a party at a house in the nearby woods called Dark Place. She never returns. 2019: Sophie is walking in the woods near the boarding school where her boyfriend has just started work as a head-teacher when she sees a note fixed to a tree. 'DIG HERE' . . . A cold case, an abandoned mansion, family trauma and dark secrets lie at the heart of Lisa Jewell's remarkable new novel.

I’ve never had a problem convincing a man to take me home for a night of fun. Until I meet Alexander Krum. He leaves me wanting more at the end of every encounter. Despite our insane attraction to one another, we couldn’t be more opposite. He wants to take me on a date. I want to head straight to his bedroom. He believes in romance. I know men in romance books don’t really exist. He always wants to help. I can take care of myself. But then he comes to me with a proposition: A marriage arrangement to save his family's villa. His substantial offer has me overlooking our differences and saying “I do.” There is only one problem...he's been hiding a secret from the media for the last four years. Pretending to be a wife is one thing, but this? I'm the last person he should want in this role. Yet I can't bring myself to walk away. The incentive is too great, and when it's over, I will have my dream. And it will be over. I'm not destined for happily ever after’s—no matter how real this charade is starting to feel.

Ryder would do anything, if it meant Evie could have everything. What happens when anything becomes that which puts her in danger? Both orphaned and without a home, Evie and Ryder meet as young children the day they find themselves sharing a foster home. Their bond becomes one born from survival, only to be torn apart as it transforms into something tender. Adopted into a well-off family, Evie’s had to fight tooth and claw to succeed in a world which is convinced she doesn’t the cut-throat upper class. Ever since Ryder was forced to watch Evie walk away, he has been preparing for the unlikely day that their paths cross again, even if it required staining his soul. If Evie lets Ryder back into her life after living worlds apart, she stands to lose everything she’s built. And potentially her life. Last Home for Evelyn is a dual point-of-view romance novel with an alternating timeline that will have your heart squeezing and stomach twisting. With its own happily ever after, it can be read as a standalone novel or as Book Three in The Last Series, following Last Stand for Genevieve.