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From the author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series, Lucinda Riley's Hothouse Flower is a moving story of love, heartbreak and, above all, hope.

Read by Stephanie Racine (Daisy Darker)

Georgian mansion Wharton Park was a place of childhood solace for Julia Forrester, spending summers in the Norfolk countryside with her beloved grandfather. So after tragedy strikes, she finds herself seeking comfort at Wharton and the allure of its hothouse, once home to exotic flowers from all corners of the globe but now lying abandoned. There she meets the new owner, the charming and magnetic Kit Crawford, whose own past is shrouded in sadness and mystery.

When Kit finds an old diary, light is finally shed on Wharton Park's past – revealing a century of secrets and heartache, through war-torn Europe and taking them to the vibrant streets of Thailand. Drawn together on this quest, Julia and Kit can but hope to unearth the truth behind the fortunes and failures of the Crawford family . . .

'Thoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving, emotional heart' – Dinah Jefferies, author of The Tea Planter's Wife

This title has been published outside the UK under the title The Orchid House.

 Fiction Fiction de genre Fiction femmes Historique Romance Suspense Sincère

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Romantic, revealing and rich in heart-rending emotion and atmospheric detail . . . could well be the pick of Richard and Judy's spring bunch
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I loved this story. You couldn’t miss anything with the twists and turns. Just what I needed during rehab from surgery.

So intriguing

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Because I was obsessed with Lucinda Riley’s The Hidden Girl, I was so excited for this one. The prologue was intriguing, but then unfortunately the story disappointed. It was a gamble sticking with storylines for long stretches before switching up who we’re following. It backfired in this case because I got so invested in Olivia’s story, that by the time we got to Harry, I saw him as a very selfish man who continuously lied and used people. And then his story becoming the dominant narrative, influencing everything from then on out, was so frustrating. Perhaps if I had read the story as opposed to listened in audiobook format I could have enjoyed it more. I say that because although the voice actor’s voice is lovely, her read was so emphatic that I felt she was always telling me how to feel, and she expressed so much empathy towards Harry that it drove me further away. Could’ve been direction she was given, but I did also hear a lot of weakness portrayed in the female characters, which was kind of annoying. **SPOILERS AHEAD** I couldn’t wrap my head around some of Lucinda’s choices for this story. Harry fetishized Lydia, which felt kinda ick. And then the cousins relationship—not a single character felt it was inappropriate? Odd. And using Xavier as a scapegoat to justify the new relationship further by slowly piling on reasons to dislike him felt like it didn’t need to play out that way.

This one was a miss, but Lucinda Riley does have hits

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