Sometimes you can't escape your past...Secrets and glamour from the bestselling author of A PRIVATE AFFAIR and SOUL SISTERS

'A glam-packed, thrilling read' GRAZIA

'An epic, handbag-stretching tome packed with love, secrets, lies and glamour' HEAT

Known as 'The Ice Queen', Anneliese Zander de St Phalle is one of the world's most celebrated fashion designers. With an empire that stretches across continents, she's a truly global brand, in every sense. Yet despite her success, she's a mystery; a reclusive disciplined perfectionist who rarely grants interviews. She's successful and she's talented, and that's all anyone needs to know.

Anneliese never talks about her past - not even to her only daughter, Callan. She's worked hard to leave it all behind her and it's a time and place to which Anneliese will never return. Or so she thinks.

At an exclusive New Year's Eve party at her glamorous island hideaway, a woman appears whom Anneliese has done her best to forget. On the cusp of her retirement, at the height of Anneliese' fame, the stranger brings a story that demands to be told. To Anneliese's horror, the past cannot be left behind; it is here, part and parcel of the present, despite everything she's done to forget it...

Sometimes you can't escape your past...Secrets and glamour from the bestselling author of A PRIVATE AFFAIR.

About the Author

Lesley Naa Norle Lokko OBE is a Ghanaian-Scottish architect, academic, and novelist. From 2019 to 2020 she was a professor and served as Dean of Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, in addition to holding teaching positions and different careers in Johannesburg, London, Accra and Edinburgh. Lesley Lokko has written several bestselling novels, including BITTER CHOCOLATE and LITTLE WHITE LIES.

Find out more at www.lesleylokko.com

Reviews
An epic, handbag-stretching tome packed with love, secrets, lies and glamour * HEAT *
A glam-packed, thrilling read * GRAZIA *
An epic, handbag-stretching tome packed with love, secrets, lies and glamour * HEAT *
A glam-packed, thrilling read * GRAZIA (Australia) *
Boasting a vast cast of characters, and tracing the heroine's emotional arc from a vividly realised childhood in Africa to her jetsetting adult lifestyle, Lokko's high-octane family drama has more depth than many a similar blockbuster * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *



Book Information
ISBN 9781409102472
Author Lesley Lokko
Format Paperback
Page Count 544
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 360g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 128mm * 38mm