Devil in Velvet cover

Devil in Velvet

by Anne Mather

Harriet had bought a holiday home in the Dordogne in the hope of finding peace and quiet there, and when her young niece was orphaned it seemed to be the ideal place to take her for a holiday. But they arrived to find that the place was a shambles – and an even worse shock was in store for Harriet. For the first person she met there – and the local lord of the manor, no less – was André Laroche, a man whom she had never expected or wanted to see again. But there was no avoiding him – with the result that in no time he was creating the same havoc in her present life as he had in her past…

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Chappie’s discussion starters

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  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?