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Before I Knew You

UK Publisher: Michael Joseph (Penguin)

One summer would change their lives forever

Would you swap houses with a family of strangers? The price you pay might be greater than you think . . .

Sophie and Andrew need a little time away from their daily grind – if not their marriage – so when a friend puts them in touch with William and Beth, newly-weds looking to swap houses for the summer, it seems a solution of sorts.

Fate sends Sophie and Andrew to a stylish home in New York State, while William and Beth take over their lived-in family house in South London, ideal for spending time with William’s sons.

The weeks away work their magic for Sophie, who gradually finds a sense of happiness … but Beth has no such luck and, no longer the centre of William’s world, is increasingly miserable. And so the two marriages – one crushed by the weight of years and one shiny and new – begin to reverse.

But who could have foreseen the dramatic consequences of their lives, and hearts, intertwining? This innocent holiday might just prove lethal …