Three girls in search of a missing piece of their lives; three girls who will change their worlds to find it . . .

'A sexy, sophisticated page-turner' EVE

'A blockbuster with brains ... the ultimate guilty pleasure' BELLA

'Sheer indulgence' DAILY EXPRESS

Laure, seventeen, beautiful and already abandoned twice in her young life. Once by the glamorous mother she can barely remember, a woman who brought shame on the St Lazare family name and fled to America; and then again by a handsome soldier who left her pregnant and alone, facing the wrath of her grandmother.

Amelie, caught in a world where she's neither servant nor mistress, trapped between the St Lazare family she's always worked for and the simmering hostility of a country on the verge of meltdown. With a past she knows nothing about and no family of her own, she yearns to find a place that can be home.

Melanie, the rock star's daughter who has everything money can buy except the love she craves. A daddy's girl caught in a whirl of damaging relationships, testing those closest to her. In one man she sees the chance to change her life for ever, but at what price?

In a story that begins in the relentless heat of a Haitian summer and sweeps through the luxury of America's elite to the colourful chaos of East End London, BITTER CHOCOLATE is a glorious tale of the quest for love, marriage and finding a place to belong.

Three girls in search of a missing piece of their lives; three girls who will change their worlds to find it ...

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
A sexy, sophisticated page-turner * EVE *
A blockbuster with brains ... the ultimate guilty pleasure * BELLA *
So engrossing, you'll want to read through your lunchbreak * NEW WOMAN *
Sheer indulgence * DAILY EXPRESS *
Lokko captures the bustle of east end London and luxury lifestyle in America while following three separate girls on the look out for love, marriage and a sense of belonging to someone, somewhere * THE BIG ISSUE *
A bittersweet story of love, pain and three feisty women * WOMAN *
Sumptuous * HOT STARS *
A glorious search for love, marriage and a sense of belonging * EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS *
sumptuous * HOT STARS *
A glorious search for love, marriage and a sense of belonging * EDINBURGH EVENING NEWS *



Book Information
ISBN 9780752879284
Author Lesley Lokko
Format Paperback
Page Count 592
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Weight(grams) 404g
Dimensions(mm) 128mm * 197mm * 37mm