The lives of three friends are ripped apart by World War Two in this riveting novel from Sunday Times Number One bestseller Penny Vincenzi.

Penny Vincenzi's Sunday Times No 1 bestseller, FORBIDDEN PLACES is an unmissable novel about love and marriage, families and secrets, and about wartime and what it does to every accepted social value.

'Deliciously readable' Mail on Sunday.

It is the story of three women and one family. One is married and widowed within five years. She is free to start again. Or is she? The second has a perfect husband she thinks she loves. He becomes a grotesque parody of what he once was. Is that love real? The third becomes trapped in a nightmare marriage. Can the war free her?

"'Another absorbing page-turner, packed with believable characters'" - Good Housekeeping

"'A wonderful saga of passion, relationships and families'" - Prima

"'Mesmerising from start to finish'" - Evening Standard