The new book, available starting September 28, 2026
The Camellia House Saga -
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 ...
No. 14 on the Spiegel bestseller list
Volume 2
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.
Winter Special starting September 28, 2026
Winter in the Camellia House
Winter has arrived on Soshima Island. Lucy is happy. They have just begun harvesting camellia blossoms to extract the red dye for Sylvia’s cosmetics company. Over Christmas, she will fly to Brittany, where Lily’s wedding is to take place. Lucy is looking forward to it just as much as she is to returning to Japan with Finn afterward. They plan to celebrate the Japanese New Year on Soshima together with Lucy’s colleagues. Everything is already planned and well prepared, but then life gets in the way, requiring some improvisation to turn things around for the better…
The 130-page special edition of the best-selling series about a camellia oil factory on a Japanese island.
