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Mandarin Road by Ann Bennett
Genre: Historical fiction/historical romance.
Tour Dates: 8th July 2026
Publication Date: 16th June 2026
Estimated Page Count: 322
Standalone Novel
Formats available: Epub and limited UK paperbacks
Author Content Warnings: There is a rape scene and a love scene (not explicit) and several upsetting scenes of battle during the Vietnam war.
Types of post available: Reviews, limited extracts and guest posts
Pre-order Link: https://mybook.to/mandarinroad
A gripping, emotional saga of family secrets and the power of love, set during the Vietnam War...
North Carolina, 2015: Nicole has always idolised her successful father, Ed. But on his deathbed, he reveals a devastating secret he’d guarded for a lifetime. He served in the Vietnam War, fell in love, and fathered a child there. A child he never had the courage to acknowledge.
Huế, South Vietnam, 1968: While her village is rocked by the explosions of the Tet offensive, seventeen-year-old Mai finds a wounded American hiding in her family’s chicken shed. Mai faces an agonising choice. Will she report the soldier to the Viet Cong, who have a stranglehold on the village, or will she risk her life and that of her family to help him?
In 2015, Nicole embarks on a journey into the unknown, travelling to Vietnam on a quest to uncover her father’s long-buried truths. Helped by Greig, an ageing Vietnam vet and his journalist son, Long, she delves into the shocking world her father wanted to forget, plumbing depths of resilience and courage she never knew she possessed.
Will Nicole find her long-lost sister, or will the Vietnam War guard its shameful secrets for ever?
If you are a fan of page-turning, emotional historical fiction like The Women, The Home Front and The Mountains Sing, you will love Mandarin Road.
Mandarin Road is a dual-timeline, standalone book by bestselling historical fiction author, Ann Bennett. Discover this moving, compelling read today.
About Ann Bennett
Ann Bennett writes historical fiction mainly set during the Second World War. Her first book, Bamboo Heart: A Daughter's Quest, was inspired by researching her father's experience as a prisoner of war on the Thai-Burma Railway and by her own journey to uncover his story. It won the Asian Books Blog prize for fiction published in Asia in 2015 and was shortlisted for the best fiction title in the Singapore Book Awards 2016.
That initial inspiration led her to write more books about WWII in Southeast Asia - Bamboo Island: The Planter's Wife, A Daughter's Promise, Bamboo Road: The Homecoming, The Tea Planter's Club, The Amulet and The Lotus House, make up the Echoes of Empire Collection. These were followed by two books set in Nepal, The Fortune Teller of Kathmandu and The Bookseller of Kathmandu (published September 2025) make up the Tales of Kathmandu. A further book in this series is planned for early 2027.
Ann is also the author of The Oriental Lake Collection - The Lake Pavilion and The Lake Palace, both set in British India during the 1930s and WWII, and The Lake Pagoda and The Lake Villa, set in French Indochina.
The Runaway Sisters, USA Today bestselling The Orphan House, The Child Without a Home and The Forgotten Children are set in Europe during the same era. Those books are published by Bookouture along with The Orphan List and The Stolen Sisters, a two-book series focusing on the Lebensborn programme in Nazi Germany. Her latest book, Once We Were Sisters, a standalone story set in France during WW2 was published by Bookouture in January 2026.
Ann is married with three grown up sons and a granddaughter and lives in Surrey, UK. For more details, please visit her website www.annbennettauthor.com
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