November Harper Highlights

Lost Without You RACHAE L JOHNS

On a special night that is supposed to be a celebration of new beginnings, Paige MacRitchie’s joy quickly falls away when her mother collapses during the speeches at her book launch. In the aftermath, and terrified of losing her, Paige decides she wants to make the ultimate tribute to her parents’ perfect marriage: she will wear her mother’s wedding dress for her own big day.

There’s just one problem – her mum, Rebecca, no longer has the dress.

As Paige tries to track down the elusive gown, she discovers that Rebecca has a long- hidden secret that, if revealed, could blow her whole family apart. Paige’s new friend Josie is at a crossroads too. She met her husband, Nik, when she was singing in an ’80s-themed bar, but now she’s lonely, yearning for a family and wondering if Nik understands her at all. And then there’s nurse Clara. When she married Rob Jones, an up-and-coming rock star, she thought she was in it forever. But now Clara needs to make a new life for herself and Rob can’t seem to understand that it’s over. When the fates of these four women intertwine in an unexpected and powerful way, none of their lives will ever be the same again. A fresh and poignant novel of family, journeys, past decisions … and dresses … from the ABIA-winning bestselling author Rachael Johns. FOUR WOMEN, ONE DRESS, AND THE SECRET THAT BINDS THEM ALL ...

Fiction | November 2018

Rachael Johns , an English teacher by trade and a mum 24/7, is the bestselling ABIA-winning author of The Patterson Girls and a number of other romance and women’s fiction books including The Art of Keeping Secrets and The Greatest Gift . She is currently Australia’s leading writer of contemporary relationship stories around women’s issues, a genre she has coined ‘life-lit’. Rachael lives in the Perth hills with her hyperactive husband, three mostly-gorgeous heroes-in-training and a very badly behaved dog. She rarely sleeps and never irons. Rachael’s books have sold over 200,000 copies in Australia.

9781489261465 | e 9781489261571 | Released: 22/10/18 TPB | 496pp | AU $32.99 NZ $32.99 Publicity contact: NPalka@eharlequin.com.au

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