{"product_id":"pre-order-gentle-things-hardback","title":"PRE-ORDER Gentle Things (Hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAVAILABLE FROM:\u003cspan\u003e 2\u003c\/span\u003e3 JULY 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThe plague has passed, the fire has cooled, and Lucy North is in desperate need of a husband...\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eMere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e comes a thrilling new tale of medicine, marriage and madness set in seventeenth-century London.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLondon, 1668. \u003c\/span\u003eThough the streets hum with promise following the restoration of the crown, Lucy North is trapped. Her father’s recent death has left her mother saddled with debts she cannot pay. Lucy must marry the first man willing to take her without a dowry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when she meets Thomas Ashwell, a young and charming apothecary, Lucy quickly identifies an attractive route out. She falls in love easily, and when Thomas proposes she believes her future is finally secured.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Lucy falls and injures her head during their wedding party, things start to warp. Confined to her bedroom her dreams refuse to leave her at daybreak, and the voice in her head no longer sounds like her own. As Thomas plies her with tinctures and cures, a creeping fear takes root: Has this marriage saved her? Or will it bring about her end?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Danielle Giles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62590171971914,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1037\/5256\/5066\/files\/81ezLDdII3L._SL1500.jpg?v=1782986172","url":"https:\/\/mavisbookshop.com\/products\/pre-order-gentle-things-hardback","provider":"Mavis","version":"1.0","type":"link"}