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Better Than Revenge
  • Published: 2 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241695470
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $49.99
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Better Than Revenge

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7 July 2026
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2 July 2026
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2 July 2026
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2 Aug 2026
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THELMA AND LOUISE meets SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO in this noughties set novel about Hollywood, ambition and a life-long, tabloid frenzied feud.

Nadine Heywood is determined to be the best actress in the world.

Getting into London’s top drama school is just the first step. But there, Nadine comes head-to-head with Harper Moore. Beautiful, brilliant, effortlessly charming, she is everything Nadine isn’t. And immediately Nadine sees her as more than just her competition.

As their worlds collide against the glitz of Hollywood, they can no longer keep their rivalry private. Splashed over the tabloids, Harper and Nadine are the public’s favourite celebrity feud.

But as the stakes get higher, they start to realise there is more to their passionate hate than meets the eye…
  • Published: 2 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241695470
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $49.99
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About the author

Bea Fitzgerald

Bea Fitzgerald is a Sunday Times bestselling author and content creator who has swiftly become one of the UK's biggest YA stars. Her debut Girl, Goddess, Queen was the bestselling YA hardback debut of 2023 and her follow-ups The End Crowns All and A Beautiful Evil were both instant bestsellers. In 2024, Girl, Goddess, Queen won the Romantic Novelists’ Association Fantasy Romance of the Year. Her work has also been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the YA Book Prize and The Books Are My Bag award. Bea's work has been translated widely across the globe, and when she's not writing, she's entertaining her followers on TikTok and Instagram with her mythology-themed comedy account @chaosonolympus.

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Then Things Went Dark
The End Crowns All
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Praise for Better Than Revenge

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Fast-paced and addicting, I was gripped from the first page until the jaw-dropping conclusion

Lucinda Berry, bestselling author of If You Tell a Lie

Sharp, gripping, fun, and utterly brilliant.

Beth Reekles, author of The Kissing Booth

Shocking, addictive and utterly exquisite!

L.C. North, author of Clickbait

Deliciously dark and moreish ... I could not put it down

Lizzie Huxley Jones, author of Make You Mine This Christmas

A delectable novel of inescapable obsession that hooks you right under your skin. Brilliantly funny and desperately hot. Delicious, nasty stuff.

Lizzie Huxley-Jones
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