Helen Walsh’s THE LEMON GROVE is a tense, sensuous story of a marriage ripped apart by desire and obsession, set in the Mallorcan summer holiday resort of Deia. Perfect for readers who loved APPLE TREE YARD, it is soon to be a major film.
Each summer, Jenn and her husband Greg return to Deia, on Mallorca’s dramatic west coast. This year the arrival of Emma, Jenn’s stepdaughter, and her new boyfriend Nathan threatens to upset their equilibrium. Beautiful and reckless, Nathan stirs something unexpected in Jenn. As she is increasingly seduced by Nathan’s youth and the promise of passion, the line between desire and obsession begins to blur. What follows is a highly-charged liaison that puts lives and relationships in jeopardy. For Jenn, after this summer, nothing can ever be the same.
Each summer, Jenn and her husband Greg return to Deia, on Mallorca’s dramatic west coast. This year the arrival of Emma, Jenn’s stepdaughter, and her new boyfriend Nathan threatens to upset their equilibrium. Beautiful and reckless, Nathan stirs something unexpected in Jenn. As she is increasingly seduced by Nathan’s youth and the promise of passion, the line between desire and obsession begins to blur. What follows is a highly-charged liaison that puts lives and relationships in jeopardy. For Jenn, after this summer, nothing can ever be the same.
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Reviews
A gripping, sexy summer read
A slinky, sultry, seductress of a novel...tense, poignant and honest
'This year's Beautiful Ruins'
A steamy study of transgressive passion
Should be at the top of your summer reading list
Sensuous and sexy, with a nail-biting sense of trepidation... Unputdownable
Extraordinarily, electrifyingly good
A richly sensual story of forbidden lust... taut and lyrical; steamy, tender and full of insight
Walsh may have pulled off her riskiest project yet. Good for her
Sultry, sexy, intense
This year's summer must read