When a bestselling author needs a writers retreat to find inspiration for her next book she gets more than she bargained for…

Meet Kat, a bestselling Australian author crumbling under the pressure of writing her second novel who has fled to a writers’ retreat in the South of France. What Kat hopes will be two blissfully uninterrupted weeks to focus on her writing in anonymity and soak up the Provencal atmosphere quickly turns into something more sinister, when Helen abruptly announces she’s working on a new project that sounds uncannily similar to Kat’s own work.

That’s when Kat stumbles upon a discovery about Helen’s bestseller. While Kat scours the crumbling mansion for proof, she discovers that this isn’t the first time a retreat attendee has accused Helen of plagiarism. But that writer disappeared without trace.

Will Kat’s desire to uncover the truth about Helen and reclaim her own story be any match for Helen’s desire to hold onto her career, her reputation and her writing

Victoria Brownlee is an international food writer and editor, currently based in Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. She started writing about food over a decade ago, first as a blogger and then as the Food & Drink Editor at Time Out Shanghai. Her novels include Fromage à Trois, Brioche in the Oven and Eat Your Heart Out.