Rebecca Anderson – författare

Kan dina vänner vara ditt livs största kärlekar? 13 februari 2013. Alicia, Marnie och Hannah är 18 år, singlar och bästa vänner. För att fira sin vänskap bestämmer de sig för att anordna ett Galentine’s Day-firande i form av en gemensam övernattning. Världen väntar på dem – snart ska de börja på universitetet och gå skilda vägar, men de lovar varandra att fira sin vänskap varje år. 13 februari 2026. Tretton år senare är det bara två vänner kvar vid den årliga övernattningen. Trions vänskap har prövats hårt av festande, äktenskap, sammanbrott, graviditeter och allt däremellan. Har de firat sin sista Galentine’s Day tillsammans? Och vad betyder det för deras vänskap? Galentine’s Day är ett kärleksbrev till kvinnlig vänskap – en hyllning till kaos, äkta relationer och att bli vuxna tillsammans – en berättelse som får dig att både skratta, gråta och längta efter dina bästa vänner. För dig som gillar Allt jag vet om kärlek, En dag och Bröllopsgästerna. Rebecca Anderson bor i Hertfordshire, England med sin partner och sina kära marsvin. Hon har en tvilling, en examen i grafisk design och arbetar som kurator – med alldeles för många fritidsintressen för att räkna upp. I sitt skrivande utforskar hon sex, relationer, vänskap och psykisk ohälsa, ämnen som hon tar sig an med ärlighet och humor.

London, 1850.

Isabelle Rackham knows she will not marry for love. Though arranged marriages have fallen out of fashion, hers has been settled for some time to combine the upper-middle-class wealth of her father’s coal mines with Alexander Osgood’s prospering Northern country textile mills. Though not a man prone to romantic gestures, Alexander is well known as an eligible bachelor. His good looks have turned more than one head, so Isabelle is content to think of herself as Alexander’s wife.

However, her marriage is not what she expected. Northern England is nothing like her home farther west in the lake country. Cold, dreary, and dark, the soot from the textile mills creates a gray hue that seems to cling to everything in the city of Manchester. Alexander is distant and aloof, preferring to spend his time at the mill rather than with her at home. Their few conversations are brief, polite, and lacking any emotion, leaving Isabelle lonely and desperately homesick.

Sensing his wife’s unhappiness, Alexander suggests a trip to his country estate. Isabelle hopes this will be an opportunity to get to know her new husband without the distractions of his business. But the change of scenery doesn’t bring them any closer. While riding together on horses, Alexander is thrown from his and becomes paralyzed. Tragedy or destiny? The help and care that Alexander now needs is Isabelle’s opportunity to forge a connection and create a deep and romantic love where nothing else could.

Kan dina vänner vara ditt livs största kärlekar?

13 februari 2013. Alicia, Marnie och Hannah är 18 år, singlar och bästa vänner. För att fira sin vänskap bestämmer de sig för att anordna ett Galentine’s Day-firande i form av en gemensam övernattning. Världen väntar på dem – snart ska de börja på universitetet och gå skilda vägar, men de lovar varandra att fira sin vänskap varje år.

13 februari 2026. Tretton år senare är det bara två vänner kvar vid den årliga övernattningen. Trions vänskap har prövats hårt av festande, äktenskap, sammanbrott, graviditeter och allt däremellan.

Har de firat sin sista Galentine’s Day tillsammans? Och vad betyder det för deras vänskap?

Galentine’s Day är ett kärleksbrev till kvinnlig vänskap – en hyllning till kaos, äkta relationer och att bli vuxna tillsammans – en berättelse som får dig att både skratta, gråta och längta efter dina bästa vänner.

För dig som gillar Allt jag vet om kärlek, En dag och Bröllopsgästerna.

Rebecca Anderson bor i Hertfordshire, England med sin partner och sina kära marsvin. Hon har en tvilling, en examen i grafisk design och arbetar som kurator – med alldeles för många fritidsintressen för att räkna upp. I sitt skrivande utforskar hon sex, relationer, vänskap och psykisk ohälsa, ämnen som hon tar sig an med ärlighet och humor.

A free-spirited artist teams up with a no-nonsense detective to capture a thief who has stolen a priceless Michelangelo painting.

Manchester, England, 1857.

Rosanna Hawkins is one of Manchester’s finest artists, even though no one knows her name. She reproduces “parlor versions” of classic masterpieces with near-perfect precision, which her employer then sells to the emerging upper-middle class families of Manchester.

When the largest art exhibition ever to be held in Manchester opens, Rosanna attends, excited by the chance to sketch such famous works. When she meets the handsome Detective Martin Harrison, who is head of security for the exhibition, she is immediately intrigued by his charm, confidence, and canvas-worthy good looks. The two spend many a flirtatious afternoon exploring the exhibition hall, discussing art and sharing their secret hopes. Rosanna dreams of painting something original and meaningful, and Martin hopes to one day shed the shadow of his father’s notorious past.

The couple’s blossoming summer romance takes a strange turn when Rosanna recognizes her own works on display in the exhibition hall. Someone is stealing paintings and replacing them with her parlor version reproductions. When the evidence casts suspicion on her, Rosanna must convince Detective Harrison of her innocence and proposes a plan to capture the real art thief.

It is a daring race to catch the criminal before he disappears with the most priceless piece in the collection—Michelangelo’s Manchester Madonna. If Rosanna and Detective Harrison fail, not only will the painting be lost forever but so will their chance to rekindle their romance and paint their own happily ever after.

A ghostly estate. A handsome caretaker hiding a secret. And the intrepid Hyacinth Bell who is set on solving the mystery of both.

1887, the Cornwall coast

For years, rumors have flown through the village of Suttonsbury about Ashthorne Hall—that its occupants hoard pirate treasure, that a ghost walks its halls—but botanist Hyacinth Bell only cares about the estate’s extensive, one-of-a-kind orchid collection. As an independent woman, she is eager to focus on her career, even if it means waiting to pursue a romantic relationship. After all, love—like an orchid—must be nurtured and tended before it can bloom.

What she doesn’t expect is to be swept away by Lucas Harding, the manor’s caretaker, upon their first meeting. He is handsome and charming, and the connection between the two is nearly instantaneous. Hyacinth is certain this autumn will be the season that everything good in her life takes root.

But then strange things start happening in the seemingly empty halls of the estate: unexplainable noises, items appearing then disappearing from her room, threatening messages, and glimpses of a woman in white who vanishes into the dark. Lucas dismisses Hyacinth’s worries, insisting that there is no ghost at Ashthorne Hall, but she suspects he is withholding information and decides to investigate the mystery herself.

Armed with little more than her instincts and her courage, Hyacinth must venture deep into the shadows of Ashthorne Hall to uncover the truth Lucas is keeping secret before she herself falls victim to the dangers hidden in the estate.

A ghostly estate. A handsome caretaker hiding a secret. And the intrepid Hyacinth Bell who is set on solving the mystery of both.

1887, the Cornwall coast

For years, rumors have flown through the village of Suttonsbury about Ashthorne Hall—that its occupants hoard pirate treasure, that a ghost walks its halls—but botanist Hyacinth Bell only cares about the estate’s extensive, one-of-a-kind orchid collection. As an independent woman, she is eager to focus on her career, even if it means waiting to pursue a romantic relationship. After all, love—like an orchid—must be nurtured and tended before it can bloom.

What she doesn’t expect is to be swept away by Lucas Harding, the manor’s caretaker, upon their first meeting. He is handsome and charming, and the connection between the two is nearly instantaneous. Hyacinth is certain this autumn will be the season that everything good in her life takes root.

But then strange things start happening in the seemingly empty halls of the estate: unexplainable noises, items appearing then disappearing from her room, threatening messages, and glimpses of a woman in white who vanishes into the dark. Lucas dismisses Hyacinth’s worries, insisting that there is no ghost at Ashthorne Hall, but she suspects he is withholding information and decides to investigate the mystery herself.

Armed with little more than her instincts and her courage, Hyacinth must venture deep into the shadows of Ashthorne Hall to uncover the truth Lucas is keeping secret before she herself falls victim to the dangers hidden in the estate.