The Secrets of Provence

Publishing 26 March, 2026

This book continues the story of Jacques and Mathilde, whom we first met in The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris, but it can be read as a stand-alone title.

Provence, 1940. Thrown out of occupied Paris by the Nazis, brave, beautiful Mathilde finds refuge with her cousin in Provence, where she’s soon drawn into the Resistance movement. Secrecy and subterfuge are her constant companions in her life on the run, where passions run high and betrayal is a constant threat.

But Mathilde’s greatest pain and greatest joy are wrapped up in the most heartbreaking secret of all: one she must hide even from her beloved husband, and keep for the rest of her days.

Paris, present day. Juliette’s life should be perfect, with her bookshop established and her long-term relationship feeling settled, but something just isn’t clicking. Her thoughts turn to tracing her roots. Why did her French grandmother spend most of the war in Provence, after being expelled from Paris?

Daisy writes: As I was writing The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris, focusing on Jacques' story, I kept asking myself, 'What is Mathilde up to?' The Secrets of Provence is my answer to that question, and it was such a treat to find out!