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The Secret Year of Zara Holt: A richly imagined story of fashion, scandal, betrayal and undying love

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464 pages, Paperback

Expected publication June 16, 2026

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Kimberley Freeman

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Pen name of Kim Wilkins.


Kimberley was born in London and her family moved back to Australia when she was three years old. She grew up in Queensland where she currently lives.

Kimberley has written for as long as she can remember and she is proud to write in many genres. She is an award-winning writer in children’s, historical and speculative fiction under her birth name Kim Wilkins. She adopted the pen name Kimberley Freeman for her commercial women’s fiction novels Duet and Gold Dust to honour her maternal grandmother and to try and capture the spirit of the page-turning novels she has always loved to read. Kim has an Honours degree, a Masters degree and a PhD from The University of Queensland where she is also a lecturer. She lives in Brisbane with her young family.

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December 1, 2025
Written after the author read a biography on Zara Holt, so, based on true facts but is a novel. Loved the story. Zara was an amazing woman and bought to life brilliantly.
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