book cover of Cut Him Out in Little Stars
 

Cut Him Out in Little Stars

(2026)
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A stunning historical YA romance from bestselling author
Lucy Strange, for fans of Laura Wood or Alwyn Hamilton.



'An utterly luminous book, which stayed with me long after
the final pages'
NATASHA FARRANT


'An achingly beautiful coming of age story, with a stunning
romance I feared might break my heart at any page'
ALWYN
HAMILTON



Wartime Kent. Devastated, Juliet returns to her mother’s
ancestral home in Dungeness to stay with her sister and recover
from the loss of her fiancé, Xander, a dashing Spitfire pilot.




However, while sheltering with a group of young airmen during
an air raid, she uncovers a truth about Xander that challenges everything
she believed she knew about him.



To restore her faith in herself and love, she must solve the tragic
murder of local girl Minnie Munday, with the spirit of Samphire
House and an unlikely hero …







    • Gorgeously romantic clean teen fiction from bestselling
      author Lucy Strange, author of
      Sisters of the Lost Marsh,
      The Ghost of Gosswater and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted
      Our Castle by the Sea




      • An unforgettable, sweeping WW2 romance with a thrilling
        murder mystery thread



        • Showcases Lucy's trademark themes, now for an older teenage
          readership: atmosphere, female identity and the gothic







          Genre: Young Adult Fiction



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