Ah Boon is born into a fishing village amid the heat and beauty of twentieth-century coastal Singapore in the waning years of British rule. He is a gentle boy who is not much interested in fishing, preferring to spend his days playing with the neighbor girl, Siok Mei. But when he discovers he has the unique ability to locate bountiful, movable islands that no one else can find, he feels a new s
An unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception
At once an immersive story and a brilliant literary puzzle, TRUST engages the reader in a quest for the truth while confronting the deceptions that often live at the heart of personal relationships, the reality-warping force of capital, and the ease with which power can manipulate facts.
Jamie Westenberg and Bea Wilmot have nothing in common except a meet-disaster and the mutual understanding that they couldn't be more wrong for each other.
But when the people closest to them play Cupid and trick them into going on a date, Jamie and Bea realise they have something else in common after all - an undeniable need for revenge.
In March 2020 Lucy's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea. Rich with empathy and a searing
Can they stop hating each other long enough to fall in love?
A commitment-phobe and a hopeless romantic clash over and over again-until heartbreak and unexpected chemistry bring them together in this clever enemies-to-friends-to-lovers debut romance.
"Fresh, witty, and utterly romantic."-Ali Hazelwood, New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis