
Paradise
The heartwrenching new novel about love, lies and friendship from million-copy bestselling author Julie Cohen
Julie Cohen(Author)
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Published on 20. November 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-4091-9020-2 (ISBN)
Description
Katie never stops moving - constantly changing her address, her boyfriends, her life. But every June, for a month, she goes back to Maine. To the old lake house her family calls Paradise.
But one day Katie wakes up in a hospital bed in Maine, with no memory of the last eighteen months. From her current boyfriend to the global pandemic, Katie is lost. And everything at Paradise has changed, too... including her best friend in the world, Nic.
Nic puts down deep roots. She still lives in the house where she grew up. She's the memory keeper of her family. And she's been in love with her best friend Katie for almost her entire life. Now Katie's claiming not to remember the night that destroyed their friendship forever. Is her amnesia real? Or does she just want to forget?
And how can either of them move on, if only one of them remembers the truth?
Readers are loving Paradise
'I was so drawn in to this story that time stood still for me while I was reading' ?????
'I devoured Paradise in one sitting!' ?????
'A deeply emotional and compelling exploration of friendship, memory, and healing' ?????
'My perfect rainy day read. If you look at that cover and it stirs something in your chest. read this. You'll love it' ?????
But one day Katie wakes up in a hospital bed in Maine, with no memory of the last eighteen months. From her current boyfriend to the global pandemic, Katie is lost. And everything at Paradise has changed, too... including her best friend in the world, Nic.
Nic puts down deep roots. She still lives in the house where she grew up. She's the memory keeper of her family. And she's been in love with her best friend Katie for almost her entire life. Now Katie's claiming not to remember the night that destroyed their friendship forever. Is her amnesia real? Or does she just want to forget?
And how can either of them move on, if only one of them remembers the truth?
Readers are loving Paradise
'I was so drawn in to this story that time stood still for me while I was reading' ?????
'I devoured Paradise in one sitting!' ?????
'A deeply emotional and compelling exploration of friendship, memory, and healing' ?????
'My perfect rainy day read. If you look at that cover and it stirs something in your chest. read this. You'll love it' ?????
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Orion Publishing Co
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
268 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4091-9020-2 (9781409190202)
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Julie Cohen
Paradise
The heartwrenching new novel about love, lies and friendship from million-copy bestselling author Julie Cohen
E-Book
11/2025
Orion
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Julie Cohen grew up in the western mountains of Maine and studied English at Brown University and Cambridge University before pursuing a research degree in nineteenth century fairies. After a career as a secondary school English teacher, she became a novelist. Her award-winning novels have sold over a million copies worldwide. Dear Thing and Together were both selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club. Julie is a teacher of creative writing, a Vice President of the Romantic Novelists' Association, a founder of the RNA Rainbow Chapter for LGBTQ+ authors, and a Patron of literacy charity ABC To Read. She lives in the south of England with her son and a terrier of dubious origin.
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