The Hidden Wife by Joanna Rees is the second novel in A Stitch in Time – a sweeping historical trilogy.
Paris, 1928
Having fled London, Vita Casey has established a new life for herself as a dresser in the French capital. Living with Nancy, a dancer in a famous Parisian cabaret hall, they immerse themselves in a vibrant world of wild parties, drugs and jazz music.
But despite the hedonistic lifestyle they lead, Vita longs for a career and purpose in life. Dreaming of the career she left behind in London, Vita resolves to re-kindle her dreams of designing and making her own underwear for a Parisian lingerie house, while romance blossoms in the unlikeliest of places.
Meanwhile Nancy is spiralling out of control into a world of drug abuse, and then there are those back in England who wish to see her ruined and forced to pay for the past she ran away from . . .
Author Information
Joanna Rees, aka Josie Lloyd and Jo Rees, is a bestselling writer of numerous novels, including rom-coms, blockbusters and big-hearted adventures such as The Tides of Change and A Twist of Fate. With over twenty years’ writing experience, Joanna regularly teaches creative writing in schools and libraries and she also contributes regularly to online station Radio Gorgeous. Based in Brighton, Joanna is married to the author Emlyn Rees, with whom she has three daughters. They have co-written several novels, including the Sunday Times number one bestseller Come Together, which was translated into over twenty languages and made into a film. They have written several bestselling parodies of their favourite children’s books, including We’re Going on a Bar Hunt and The Teenager Who Came to Tea, as well as ’Twas the Fight Before Christmas and Shabby: The Jolly Good British Guide to Stress-free Living.