Under a Pole Star

Penney works hard to fill her canvas with colour and conviction - Sunday Times

A terrific and beautifully written yarn that will make readers yearn to travel and fall in love in a cold climate - The Times

It is a tribute to Penney’s superlative descriptive skills that the book’s erotic charge is so startlingly effective, and that her icy landscapes cast such a lasting, almost hallucinatory spell. This combination is the true rocket fuel of Under a Pole Star, and what makes it resonate long after the Snow Queen has divulged her long-held secret - Guardian

Curl up with this stunningly evocative tale about an intrepid young female explorer. As immersive as it is mesmerising, this is a novel that you won’t ever forget - Heat

This … powerful drama is played out against a landscape that dominates [Penney’s] imagination - Daily Mail

A beautifully written tale, elegant and well-observed, full of powerful descriptions of a dazzling landscape - Sunday Express

This is an epic love story set against the forbidding beauty of snow meadows. A perfect winter read - Red Magazine

What has marked Penney out from the start is her ability to make her extensive historical research come alive - Sunday Herald