Danielle Giles

From the author of Mere, Danielle Giles, comes the thrilling tale of deceit and danger in Gentle Things. London, 1668. Though the streets hum with promise following the restoration of the Crown, Lucy North is trapped. Her father's recent death has left her mother saddled with debts she cannot pay. Lucy must marry the first man willing to take her...

Norfolk, 990 AD. Deep in the Fens, isolated by a vast and treacherous mere, an order of holy sisters make their home. Under the steely guidance of Abbess Sigeburg they follow God's path, looking to their infirmarian, Hilda, to provide what comfort and cures she can. But when the mere takes a young servant boy, Sigeburg's grip falters, and Hilda...

A Sunday Times Book of the Year (December 2025) A Press Association Book of the Year (December 2025) ‘Beautifully written, you will be drawn into the claustrophobic world of the mere, where sinners fear the retribution of both God and the devil’ - Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens ‘Haunting and beautiful . . . Even in...