The Reviews 

In Her Defence is a novel about abuse of power, memories (and misremembering), and a person's power over another person. The plot revolves around a libel court case regarding a therapist, a famous ceramicist and her daughter, among other players. Our protagonist, Augusta, has connections with each of the involved parties and may be able to bring truth to the case if she so chooses. It did take a me a little while to get stuck into this book but come the half way point I was h

As someone who claims not to like romance novels, I requested this ARC more for the name and the cover. I flew through this book in one day and loved every second. Whilst the romance is, of course, important to the plot, I think it was more about the atmosphere and the different backgrounds of the characters. The language is super lyrical and hyper-focused on beautiful setting elements such as the food on the plates and the smells in the kitchen (yes, food is always my priori