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**Ella King's new novel Dear Darling is coming April 2026. Available to pre-order now** EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS …‘A beautiful, bewitching, unsettling and unputdownable dream of a book … I genuinely loved this, it will stay with me for a long time’ LISA JEWELL‘A blistering thriller’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Impossible to put down’ CHRIS WHITAKER____________________________________________________________Seventeen-year-old Lily has a loving, normal family. So why does it suddenly feel like secrets are stirring? Like Mama is about to crack?As a storm of memories builds over one stifling summer, Lily must recast everything. What if her house isn’t a home – but a prison? What if her mother isn’t a protector – but a monster . . .Bold, beautifully told, and bound to keep you turning this pages, this is an unforgettable story about a family gone bad . . ._________________________________________________________________ Readers love getting a taste of BAD FRUIT: ‘Best book I have read in a long long time. Intelligently written, really well paced. I devoured this’ Reader review ★★★★★‘A powerful, hard-hitting and exquisitely written novel’ CLARE MACKINTOSH‘Paring-knife sharp . . . Mama is a terrifying, masterful creation’ ABIGAIL DEAN‘I devoured this, was completely gripped. Beautiful, astounding for a debut novel’ Reader review ★★★★★‘This is a cracker’ HARRIET TYCE‘Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once’ OBSERVER‘A riveting novel exploring how family ties can both make us and break us’ RED‘Beautifully captures your imagination from start to finish’ Reader review ★★★★★‘Beautiful, disturbing, impossible to put down. Bad Fruit heralds a seriously impressive new talent in Ella King’ CHRIS WHITAKER‘Masterful in its evocation of the complexity of mother-daughter relationships . . . a writer to watch’ HARPER’S BAZAAR

EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS . . .‘A beautiful, bewitching, unsettling and unputdownable dream of a book . . . .I genuinely loved this, it will stay with me for a long time’ LISA JEWELL‘A blistering thriller’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Impossible to put down’ CHRIS WHITAKER____________________________________________________________Seventeen-year-old Lily has a loving, normal family. So why does it suddenly feel like secrets are stirring? Like Mama is about to crack?As a storm of memories builds over one stifling summer, Lily must recast everything. What if her house isn’t a home – but a prison? What if her mother isn’t a protector – but a monster . . .Bold, beautifully told, and bound to keep you turning this pages, this is an unforgettable story about a family gone bad . . ._________________________________________________________________Readers love getting a taste of BAD FRUIT:‘Best book I have read in a long long time. Intelligently written, really well paced. I devoured this’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A powerful, hard-hitting and exquisitely written novel’ CLARE MACKINTOSH‘Paring-knife sharp . . . Mama is a terrifying, masterful creation’ ABIGAIL DEAN‘I devoured this, was completely gripped. Beautiful, astounding for a debut novel’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘This is a cracker’ HARRIET TYCE‘Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once’ OBSERVER‘A riveting novel exploring how family ties can both make us and break us’ RED‘Beautifully captures your imagination from start to finish’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Beautiful, disturbing, impossible to put down. Bad Fruit heralds a seriously impressive new talent in Ella King’ CHRIS WHITAKER‘Masterful in its evocation of the complexity of mother-daughter relationships . . . a writer to watch’ HARPER’S BAZAAR

**Ella King's new novel Dear Darling is coming April 2026. Available to pre-order now** EVERY FAMILY HAS ITS SECRETS …‘A beautiful, bewitching, unsettling and unputdownable dream of a book … I genuinely loved this, it will stay with me for a long time’ LISA JEWELL‘A blistering thriller’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Impossible to put down’ CHRIS WHITAKER____________________________________________________________Seventeen-year-old Lily has a loving, normal family. So why does it suddenly feel like secrets are stirring? Like Mama is about to crack?As a storm of memories builds over one stifling summer, Lily must recast everything. What if her house isn’t a home – but a prison? What if her mother isn’t a protector – but a monster … Bold, beautifully told, and bound to keep you turning this pages, this is an unforgettable story about a family gone bad … _________________________________________________________________ Readers love getting a taste of BAD FRUIT: ‘Best book I have read in a long long time. Intelligently written, really well paced. I devoured this’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘A powerful, hard-hitting and exquisitely written novel’ CLARE MACKINTOSH‘Paring-knife sharp … Mama is a terrifying, masterful creation’ ABIGAIL DEAN‘I devoured this, was completely gripped. Beautiful, astounding for a debut novel’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘This is a cracker’ HARRIET TYCE‘Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once’ OBSERVER‘A riveting novel exploring how family ties can both make us and break us’ RED‘Beautifully captures your imagination from start to finish’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐‘Beautiful, disturbing, impossible to put down. Bad Fruit heralds a seriously impressive new talent in Ella King’ CHRIS WHITAKER‘Masterful in its evocation of the complexity of mother-daughter relationships … a writer to watch’ HARPER’S BAZAAR

An unforgettable novel for those who loved My Dark Vanessa, Half His Age or Gone Girl ‘A seriously impressive new talent’ CHRIS WHITAKER'A deeply moving character study of a woman in flux’ LISA TADDEO'Timely, devastating' LISA JEWELL'Brave, bold, nuanced and subtle, as well as properly suspenseful and immersive' LEE CHILD*** Dear Darling, So begins the letter from Daniel Prior.The man Lauren had sex with when she was fourteen years old.The man she fell in love with, long before conversations about power and consent and #MeToo.The man she locked away in the deepest part of her memory.Eighteen years later, the world is changed, and Lauren, a wife and mother, is changed too.But now, fresh out of prison, Daniel wants to meet.And Lauren must finally confront the electricity and devastation of the man who's loved and harmed her more deeply than anyone in her life… From bold new voice Ella King, Dear Darling cuts to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age. 'Comparisons to My Dark Vanessa are inevitable but I like this one better' ERIN KELLY'Raw, unflinching, and beautifully written, Dear Darling is an unforgettable novel. Absolutely incredible' ANDREA MARA‘A blistering thriller’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once' OBSERVER

An unforgettable novel for those who loved My Dark Vanessa, Half His Age or Gone Girl ‘A seriously impressive new talent’ CHRIS WHITAKER'A deeply moving character study of a woman in flux’ LISA TADDEO'Timely, devastating' LISA JEWELL'Brave, bold, nuanced and subtle, as well as properly suspenseful and immersive' LEE CHILD*** Dear Darling, So begins the letter from Daniel Prior.The man Lauren had sex with when she was fourteen years old.The man she fell in love with, long before conversations about power and consent and #MeToo.The man she locked away in the deepest part of her memory.Eighteen years later, the world is changed, and Lauren, a wife and mother, is changed too.But now, fresh out of prison, Daniel wants to meet.And Lauren must finally confront the electricity and devastation of the man who's loved and harmed her more deeply than anyone in her life… From bold new voice Ella King, Dear Darling cuts to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age. 'Comparisons to My Dark Vanessa are inevitable but I like this one better' ERIN KELLY'Raw, unflinching, and beautifully written, Dear Darling is an unforgettable novel. Absolutely incredible' ANDREA MARA‘A blistering thriller’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once' OBSERVER

An unforgettable novel for those who loved My Dark Vanessa, Half His Age or Gone Girl ‘A seriously impressive new talent’ CHRIS WHITAKER'A deeply moving character study of a woman in flux’ LISA TADDEO'Timely, devastating' LISA JEWELL'Brave, bold, nuanced and subtle, as well as properly suspenseful and immersive' LEE CHILD*** Dear Darling, So begins the letter from Daniel Prior.The man Lauren had sex with when she was fourteen years old.The man she fell in love with, long before conversations about power and consent and #MeToo.The man she locked away in the deepest part of her memory.Eighteen years later, the world is changed, and Lauren, a wife and mother, is changed too.But now, fresh out of prison, Daniel wants to meet.And Lauren must finally confront the electricity and devastation of the man who's loved and harmed her more deeply than anyone in her life… From bold new voice Ella King, Dear Darling cuts to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age. 'Comparisons to My Dark Vanessa are inevitable but I like this one better' ERIN KELLY'Raw, unflinching, and beautifully written, Dear Darling is an unforgettable novel. Absolutely incredible' ANDREA MARA‘A blistering thriller’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once' OBSERVER

An unforgettable novel for those who loved My Dark Vanessa, Half His Age or Gone Girl ‘A seriously impressive new talent’ CHRIS WHITAKER'A deeply moving character study of a woman in flux’ LISA TADDEO'Timely, devastating' LISA JEWELL'Brave, bold, nuanced and subtle, as well as properly suspenseful and immersive' LEE CHILD*** Dear Darling, So begins the letter from Daniel Prior.The man Lauren had sex with when she was fourteen years old.The man she fell in love with, long before conversations about power and consent and #MeToo.The man she locked away in the deepest part of her memory.Eighteen years later, the world is changed, and Lauren, a wife and mother, is changed too.But now, fresh out of prison, Daniel wants to meet.And Lauren must finally confront the electricity and devastation of the man who's loved and harmed her more deeply than anyone in her life… From bold new voice Ella King, Dear Darling cuts to the heart of some of the most complex issues of our age. 'Comparisons to My Dark Vanessa are inevitable but I like this one better' ERIN KELLY'Raw, unflinching, and beautifully written, Dear Darling is an unforgettable novel. Absolutely incredible' ANDREA MARA‘A blistering thriller’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Disturbing, poignant and memorable all at once' OBSERVER