On 1 December 2026, the US edition of The Perfumer’s Secret will be published by HarperCollins US - and I still find it amazing to write those words! I vividly remember receiving a text from my agent, Rebecca Ritchie, asking me to call her because she had some exciting news. My phone was almost out of battery, so I had to wait until I got home and could charge it before I called. The news was that The Perfumer’s Secret had been acquired by Sara Nelson at HarperCollins US.

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Little did I think when I found a tattered old recipe book and began writing The Paris Affair that I would one day have a 2-book deal. Amazingly, against all the odds, that's what has happened. Last week it was announced in The Bookseller that The Paris Affair and one other book, as yet unwritten, had been acquired by Penguin Michael Joseph. You can read the full article here. Miraculously, I now have an incredible editor to work with, Hannah Smith, who is backed up by an ama