AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOW 'Noisy, sexy, profusely inventive, Ross's storytelling crashes over the reader like an invigorating ocean wave.' DAILY MAIL'Sensitive and skilful . . .deeply emotive.' PRIDE MAGAZINEDiscover this powerful, provocative novel about three young women whose lives are upended by a sexual assault case. 1996, London. Nicola, tall and gorgeous, has re-birthed herself.She has landed a breakthrough role and her star is rising - she can feel herself blossoming, can see it in the melting eyes of the men, and the jealous eyes of the women. If Nicola is a flower, Alexandra is a closed bud. Crushed by heartache from a recent breakup, she just wants to succeed as a journalist.Jeanette has just landed from Manchester. She refuses to let her mother's warnings about London or her Doc Martens weigh her down: she's ready for uni - for life - to start. This is the story of three women - and the mysterious Mavis - as they reach for dreams the whole world seems to want to destroy.But when sexual assault ruptures their world view, they soon discover that those who wear the cloak of friendship - family, community, lovers, peers - often cause the greatest pain. Readers love All the Blood is Red:'A stunning book . .. it's about victory, even when it doesn't look the way we thought it would. Ross has a powerful writer's voice.''I was hooked from start to finish .. . marvelling at how she wrote these four distinct women who were joined by threads of vulnerability and strength.'