A mysterious and suspenseful novel from the bestselling author of The Snow Angel and A Winter Memory.

Olivia and Dan Felbeck's dreams of a family are finally fulfilled on the birth of their twins. The longed-for babies mark a new and happy stage in their lives. Soon after, Dan's oldest friend, Francesca, offers them the chance to live at Renniston Hall, an Elizabethan house she is renovating. They can stay rent-free in a small part of the unmodernised house, which was once a girls' boarding school. The couple accept, and just as they are enjoying the family life that they have craved for so long, Francesca arrives at the Hall and doesn't seem to want to leave. What exactly happened between Dan and Francesca years ago at Cambridge? As Olivia wonders how well she knows her husband, she starts to suspect that her perfect life could be built on a lie. Meanwhile, Renniston Hall holds dark mysteries of its own, and slowly the old house starts to surrender its long-held secrets . . . Praise for Lulu Taylor 'Utterly compelling. A really excellent winter's story' Lucy Diamond

The Winter Children is a haunting mystery from Lulu Taylor, author of The Snow Angel.

Behind a selfless act of kindness lies dark intentions . . .

After years of IVF, Olivia and Dan are blissfully happy at the arrival of their long dreamed-of twins. At the same time, they make the move to Renniston Hall, a huge, Elizabethan house that belongs to absent friends. Living rent-free in a small part of the unmodernised house, once a boarding school, they can begin to enjoy the family life they've always wanted.

But there is a secret at the heart of their family, one that Olivia does not yet know. And the house, too, holds darkness deep within it . . .