Feast

<p><b>'A lush and sensory novel . . .This is a story that lingers' </b>- Emma Pei Yin, author of <i>When Sleeping Women Wake</i><br><br><b><i>'Feast</i> held me in its thrall from the first page and never let go . . . an immersive, enthralling, extraordinary piece of historical fiction' </b>- Rachel Blackmore, author of <i>Costanza</i><br><br>--<br><br>In the soot-streaked alleys of 19th-century London, Minha is a girl unlike any other - born with an extraordinary gift: an overwhelming, all-consuming sense of taste. Desperate to escape a life of poverty, she crosses the sea to France, chasing the shimmer of a better future.<br><br>At Chateau de Bellefalaise, a grand estate with fairytale turrets perched above a sleepy village, Minha's talent is discovered when she detects poison in a dish about to be served to the chateau's master, Duc Nicolas. For the first time in her life, her strange ability becomes her salvation - and her curse. Appointed the Duc's personal poison-taster, she is confined to her tasting room and forced to live in the chateau's shadows. With each dish, she enters a world of glittering porcelain and gilded secrets, where danger simmers beneath every course...<br><br>But when she loses her miraculous gift and suspicion coils through the corridors, Minha must confront a terrifying truth: without her gift, who is she - and what remains of the life she's fought so hard to build?<br><br><b><i>Feast</i> is a sumptuous historical novel brimming with intrigue and sensory wonder - a dark fairytale for readers who love Jessie Burton, Elizabeth Macneal and Bridget Collins.</b><br><br>--<br><br><b>'A beautiful book, vivid and delicious and alive . . . I loved it'</b> - Alex Hay, author of <i>The Housekeepers</i><br><br><b>'Feast is a tasty read, a fantastic novel filled with glorious detail and deliciously vivid story-telling . . . I highly recommend it' </b>- Salena Godden, author of <i>Mrs Death Misses Death</i><br><br><b>'A novel to savour, bursting with rich delights'</b> - Laura Wilkinson, author of <i>Redemption Song</i><br><br><b>'Sensuous and richly imagined'</b> - Beth Miller, author of <i>The Missing Letters of Mrs Bright</i><br><br><b>'Where <i>Perfume </i>traced the pursuit of power, <i>Feast </i>examines a life of resistance'</b> - Mark A Radcliffe, author of <i>Three Gifts</i><br><br><b>'Kurtz is the real deal - an absolute original' </b>- Mick Jackson, author of <i>The Underground Man</i></p>