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The Winter Guest
  • Published: 13 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9780857507495
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99

The Winter Guest

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Tr. Paperback
13 Oct 2026
EBook
8 Oct 2026
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The stand-out, sensational new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author about love, scandal and family secrets...

In a grand villa on the shores of Lake Geneva, Dulcie’s grandmother nears the end of her glamourous and eventful life. The days pass quietly to the reassuring tick of the Swiss clock – until a visitor comes to their door…

1961
In the streets of Paris, Lise Erlach is in love. Twenty-two years old, the beautiful young Ambassador’s wife enjoys the very best the city has to offer: glittering receptions, a magnificent residence and an address book filled with the numbers of the Parisian elite. She is wanted at every party…and by one man above all. Their affair dazzles them both but in a distant sea, a crisis is brewing that will change their paths forever.

Present day
As snow falls upon the Alps, Dulcie sits by her grandmother’s bed, undisturbed until the visitor arrives. He says he must tell her grandmother something urgently - something that will make Dulcie realise the beloved old woman before her is a complete stranger... With deep family secrets unlocked, can she get the answers she needs before time runs out?
  • Published: 13 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9780857507495
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $34.99
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About the author

Karen Swan

Karen is the Sunday Times and international best-selling author of twenty-nine books which have sold over 5 million copies around the world. A prolific author, she writes two novels a year and her books are known for their evocative locations. Karen sees travel as vital research, and likes to set deep, complicated love stories within twisting plots. A former fashion editor, she lives in Sussex, England with her family and three dogs.
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Praise for The Winter Guest

Praise for Karen Swan

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A wonderful, immersive page-turner threaded with secrets and sacrifice.

Amanda Geard, bestselling author of The Midnight House

A tale brimming with passion, betrayal and the complex desires of the heart

Evie Woods, the million-copy bestselling author of The Lost Bookshop

Complex, emotional and of course heart-wrenchingly romantic, it is the perfect escape. Swan is sublime!

Veronica Henry, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Beach Hut

Evocative, romantic and atmospheric

Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The View from Lake Como

A novel you’ll simultaneously want to savour and race through

Jill Mansell, bestselling author of An Almost Perfect Summer

A delicious, romantic tale

Rachel Hore, the million-copy bestselling author of One Moonlit Night

The queen of destination books

Woman & Home

Vividly drawn and beautifully atmospheric

Heat Magazine

The most exciting, enchanting and evocative story of forbidden love I've ever read

Cathy Bramley, bestselling author of Somewhere Only We Know

A story to lose yourself in, glittering with passion, beauty and heartbreak

Marissa Stapley, NYT-bestselling author of Lucky

Romantic, dramatic and impossible to put down

My Weekly

One of our most talented writers

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