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Finding Grace by Loretta Rothschild

Finding Grace

A Novel

by Loretta Rothschild

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  • Jul 2025, 336 pages
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She thought it was fate. I knew it wasn't....

Honor seems to have everything: she adores her bright and beautiful daughter, Chloe, and her charming, handsome husband, Tom, even if he works one hundred hours a week. Yet Honor's longing for another baby threatens to eclipse all of it―until a shocking event changes their lives forever.

Years later, Tom makes a decision that ripples through their families' lives in ways he could never have foreseen. As the consequences of that fateful choice unfold, two women's paths become irrevocably intertwined. But when old love clashes with new, who will be left standing? And what happens when your secrets come back to haunt you?

Blending a page-turning moral dilemma with satisfying emotional poignancy, Finding Grace is a sweeping love story that explores the price of a new beginning, how the ghosts of our past shape our future, and whether redemption can be found in the wreckage of what we've lost.

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"This poignant novel combines a tale of love, loss, and fate with a thread of increasing tension as the story builds to its inevitable outcome. Hand this one to fans of Jodi Picoult and Anna Quindlen." ―Booklist

"Emotionally charged...the novel's examination of love and family will leave readers with plenty to chew on." ―Publishers Weekly

"Finding Grace feels like a movie, with characters and scenes that explode off the page and a propulsive plot that had me in a chokehold. I raced through this emotional story of love, grief, second chances, and moral ambiguity, laughing and weeping along the way." ―Carola Lovering, bestselling author of Tell Me Lies

"Loretta Rothschild's debut novel, seemingly effortlessly written, is the darkest beach read imaginable, with a protagonist that no reader could predict." ―Plum Sykes, bestselling author of Wives Like Us

 "What an incredible debut! Finding Grace is a rare joy. Gripping and compelling, with characters you love and care about. Clever, smart and compassionate. A veritable power house of a novel!" ―Imogen Edwards-Jones, Sunday Times bestselling author

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Loretta was born in East London, England. She is a novelist, with a keen interest in telling tangled, modern love stories. Loretta is particularly passionate about writing compelling and propulsive novels with strong female voices at their core. She lives with her husband and young son. Finding Grace is her first novel.

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