The Sugar Palace
The gripping historical romantic adventure from the bestselling author of The Pearl Thief
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4.2 • 168 Ratings
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
One woman’s ambition
Sydney, 1925: When Grace Fairweather meets the irresistible Londoner Alfie Sweeting, dreams of selling her homemade confectionery are spun into reality.
A criminal past
When the truth about Alfie’s roguish past is revealed, Grace and Alfie’s fairytale sweetshop – and their lives – comes under threat.
An impossible decision
Up against razorgangs, brothel madams and cocaine dealers, Grace will be forced to make the most difficult decision of all. Who can she trust to save the Sugar Palace?
'A gripping read for fans of Kate Furnivall and Natasha Lester, with skilful storytelling and compelling characters that leap from the page.' Books+Publishing
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Infused with high drama and charming historical details, The Sugar Palace follows an ambitious young woman with an impressively brave disposition and a flair for business. Grace Fairweather’s life is safe and predictable. She works at her family’s grocery shop and is soon to be engaged to a respectable, conservative police officer. She’s deliberating whether she can stomach giving up on her dream of owning her own confectionery shop to marry Senior Sergeant Jenkins when charismatic Alfie Sweeting walks into her life and everything is turned upside down. He encourages her plans to open a sugar palace, and is clearly smitten from their first interaction. His fast-talking manner and street smarts might help Grace achieve her goal—but can Alfie ever truly shake his crooked past? This inventive love story intertwines two different worlds: that of the underground criminal network of 1920s Sydney and the upstanding food purveyors of the time. It’s a surprising pairing, but one that works thanks to McIntosh’s wonderfully creative plotlines.
