Publisher: HQ
Release date: 15 January 2026
Back cover blurb: Can they find each other in every lifetime after…? Claudia is searching for her past. Suffocating in the glamour of Hollywood, A-list star Claudia Baxter is desperate for an escape. But when she arrives at the Yorkshire estate of Doverley for her next project – an epic romance set in the throes of war – Claudia is astonished to find herself slipping into the story, into the life of her heroine, into time… iris can’t unsee her future. Radio operative Iris Winterton sits in the grounds of Doverley on a moonless night, watching planes depart for Europe. Her stare is fixed on one plane in particular – inside is the man she has loved since childhood. But Iris already knows that this time he’s not going to come back, and she will be the reason why. Together, can they complete their story? Pulled together by the past and the future, Claudia and Iris begin to unravel the threads of their connection. But in doing so, will they discover a secret bigger than they could ever imagine…?
Iris Winterton and Claudia Baxter have nothing in common on paper. For a start they lived in different decades, and did entirely different roles.
Iris a WAAF during the second World War.
Claudia a Hollywood A Lister.
But, they grew up not far from each other, near to the RAF base at Doverley.
Iris' job throughout the war is to guide RAF bombers back to safety. Her childhood sweetheart Robbie, one of the pilots who must go across to Europe on the nightly raids.
One night, she is certain that Robbie won't come back. But she couldn't tell you why.
Claudia, is about to embark on an epic wartime romance, set in the grounds of Doverley, which has been returned to its wartime appearance for the movie.
She knows very little about the woman she is about to play, Iris Winterton, but when she is shown to her old room, she experiences that strangest of sensations. It almost feels as though she herself has been transported right back to the war years.
But she knows that this is impossible, and she is terrified to tell anyone, as she has had a lot of personal trauma recently and knows that they will question her ability to be working, and her mental state.
But Claudia knows what she experienced, what she doesn't know is why, and just how intertwined her and Iris' lives actually are, and have been throughout history.
What a beautiful, beautiful novel this is.
Highly recommended.
Every Lifetime After is available to pre-order now via Amazon online and all good book shops.
Thank You to the publishers who approved my request via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.