The new book available from March 30, 2026

The Camellia House Saga -
The next generation

Long awaited by her readers around the world: Tabea Bach takes her global bestseller "The Camellia Island" into the next generation. Sylvia and Maël have made the camellia nursery in Brittany flourish. But now new challenges await, which only their daughter Lucy can solve. She has to go to Japan to save a traditional camellia oil factory from the grasp of greedy investors. Because Lucy's great love Finn, of all people, represents the interests of the investors in Japan, this mission threatens to fail. But Lucy is determined to save both the factory and her love. A highly emotional story full of longing, Tabea Bach's "Camellia House Saga" connects old and young, West and East in a captivating way.

Volume 1

The camellia house

Lucy returns to Camellia Island in Brittany after her studies, where she is supposed to join her mother Sylvia's cosmetics company. But it's not so easy to settle back into the place of her childhood. When a trip to Japan to a camellia oil factory comes up, Lucy is more than delighted, especially as she meets the attractive Finn on the way and spends a magical day in Tokyo with him. But is Finn really who she thinks he is? And can she fulfill her mission for her family's cosmetics company? After all, the company is on the brink of collapse following the death of its owner and Lucy's time in Japan turns out completely differently than planned ...

Volume 2 from March 30, 2026

Reunion at the Camellia House

Lucy Riwall has taken over the management of the camellia oil factory on the Japanese island of Soshima, which is on the verge of closure, and has thus taken on no easy task. She has to work hard to gain the trust of her employees. At the same time, she thinks longingly of Finn and wonders if they will ever get back together.

But at the big anniversary celebration in Lucy's Breton homeland, which she attends with her Japanese colleagues, there are surprising twists and unexpected encounters. And Lucy realizes that there is rarely a simple and straightforward path through life...

Second volume of the wonderful series of novels about a camellia oil factory.

Camellia japonica