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The Beginning of Always

By Samantha Sotto Yambao
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Brief Description
Elise Grier found everything she was looking for when she moved to Paris. But after she nearly drowns in the Seine on New Year's Eve, something changes. She begins to remember a past that isn't hers. Haunted by visions of a 19th century woman who shares... Read More
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Elise Grier found everything she was looking for when she moved to Paris. But after she nearly drowns in the Seine on New Year's Eve, something changes.

She begins to remember a past that isn't hers.

Haunted by visions of a 19th century woman who shares her face, Elise is drawn into a mystery that stretches across centuries - and into the path of a man she feels she has known forever.

As Elise traces the threads that bind her to the past, she discovers that her second chance at life comes at a cruel cost, a price that someone else must pay.

And this time, choosing life might mean losing love all over again.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804999820

Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 15.0mm

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 200g

Pages: 320

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About the Author

Samantha Sotto Yambao is a professional daydreamer, aspiring time traveller, and speculative fiction writer based in Manila. She is the author of Before Ever After, Love and Gravity, A Dream of Trees, and The Beginning of Always. Her latest novels, Water Moon and The Elsewhere Express, were both instant Sunday Times bestsellers.

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