Discover Maggie's Story Today
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€7.99 for paperback
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Price goes up to €10 from 25th September
London, 1961.
Nineteen-year-old Maggie Turner arrives with nothing but determination and a quiet vow never to belong to anyone again. Back in Yorkshire, she was little more than a servant in her own home. In London, she plans to build a life of her own, no matter how humble.
But the city is not as free as it seems.
Through her friend Laura, Maggie steps into a world where appearances are carefully maintained, and dangerous truths are hidden in plain sight. In a time when homosexuality is still a crime, discretion is survival.
Then Maggie meets Alfred Ashford - respectable, yet untouchable.
Beneath his careful composure, she glimpses something no one else is meant to see. What begins as quiet understanding, soon deepens into something neither of them can deny - and neither can risk.
Because Alfred already belongs to a life he cannot escape, and Maggie is the one person who could destroy it.
When her future shifts in ways she never expected, Maggie is forced to face the truth: loving him could cost her everything she has fought to build, but walking away might cost her even more.
about the author
Denise Cassar is a Malta-born author whose passion for travelling the world and words have mingled together to create her books.
Her first novel, Hearts on the Road, took readers through Italy, Spain, Nepal and India.
Where will her upcoming character-driven mystery, Willow, take us this time?
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Frequently Asked Questions
The ebook will drop in your Kindle on launch day - 19th September 2026.
International orders for paperback, will be available as of 19th September 2026, unless pre-ordered.
If you pre-ordered a paperback, you will receive it by mail.
Denise will personally hand-mail the paperback to you in the week of the 19th September 2026.
In Malta, yes, I will personally bulk-ship the books and hand mail the paperback to you in the week of the 23rd July 2025.
Internationally, Amazon will only make the paperback available on launch day. Feel free to enter your email address here so that I can ping you when it's available!
€8 if you pre-order.
€10 from 20th September 2026
18th September 2026
