Ellen Tyson is living the perfect village life in Goswell. But when her stepdaughter moves in, her fragile idyll is fractured.

At seventeen, Annabelle is surly, withdrawn, and adamant that she isn't, and never will be, part of her father's second family. As Ellen battles with Annabelle, new tensions arise with her husband Alex, shattering the happiness she'd once so carelessly enjoyed. Then Ellen finds a death certificate from the 1870s hidden under the floorboards, and its few stark lines awaken a curiosity in her. Ellen tries to involve Annabelle in her search for answers. But as they dig deeper into the circumstances of Sarah Mills' untimely death, truths both poignant and shocking come to light - about the present as well as the past.

Interlacing the lives of Ellen Tyson and Sarah Mills, The Second Bride is a captivating and moving story about what it means to be a family, and the lengths we will go to for the people we love.

A tense and beautifully woven story about the complexity of family relationships and the hope of redemption.

About the Author
Katherine Swartz is the bestselling author of many novels of both historical and contemporary fiction. She also writes under a pseudonym of Kate Hewitt. For Lion Fiction, she is the author of The Widow's Secret, The Second Bride, The Lost Garden, and The Vicar's Wife. Her novels have been called 'unputdownable' and 'the most emotional book I have ever read' by readers. Katharine was born in Pennsylvania, went to college in Vermont, and has spent summers in the Canadian wilderness. After several years as a diehard New Yorker, she now lives in the lovely Cotswolds in England with her husband, five young children, and an overly affectionate Golden Retriever. https://www.kate-hewitt.com/ Twitter: @KateHewitt1 Kate Hewitt is the bestselling author of many novels of both historical and contemporary fiction. She particularly enjoys writing contemporary issue-driven women's fiction, and her novels have been called 'unputdownable' and 'the most emotional book I have ever read' by readers. She is the author of The Girls From Berlin, Into The Darkest Day, and Not My Daughter. Kate Hewitt also writes under the name Katharine Swartz. The Lion Fiction author of The Widow's Secret, The Second Bride, The Lost Garden, and The Vicar's Wife. https://www.kate-hewitt.com/ Twitter: @KateHewitt1

Reviews
"With stunning prose and deep emotion, Katharine Swartz weaves a powerful story of love and redemption, perfect for the world right now." -- Maisey Yates, New York Times bestselling author of Hold Me, Cowboy
"A Victorian death certificate found under the floorboards - who wouldn't be longing to find out who it was and how it came to be there? But Ellen has problems of her own when her stroppy stepdaughter comes to stay. Intriguing parallels between Sarah's life in the 1870s and Ellen's in the present day kept me turning the pages until the early hours!" -- Kathleen McGurl, author of The Daughters of Red Hill Hall



Book Information
ISBN 9781782642121
Author Katharine Swartz
Format Paperback
Page Count 352
Imprint Lion Fiction
Publisher SPCK Publishing