Mere - Danielle Giles

Mere by Danielle Giles / 384-page paperback published in 2026 by Pan (UK) / ISBN 9781035051243 *** Norfolk, AD 990. Deep in the Fens, an order of holy sisters lives in quiet isolation, cut off from the outside world by a treacherous marsh known as the mere. Convent healer Hilda and her fellow nuns follow God’s path under the steely guidance of their abbess. But when a young servant boy goes missing in the marsh, rumour and division spread like wildfire through the community and the abbess's grip falters. Where is the boy? Who took him? Why can he not be found? Then, newly arrived Sister Wulfrun has a vision: a curse is upon them and change must be brought. As the convent is swept up in a fight for its very survival, Hilda finds herself caught in her own battle between her conscience and her growing feelings for the enigmatic Wulfrun . . . 'Beautifully written, you will be drawn into the claustrophobic world of the mere, where sinners fear the retribution of both God and the devil’– Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens ‘Haunting and beautiful . . . Even in Mere's brutality, there is a rare tenderness to be found’– Lucy Rose, bestselling author of The Lamb