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Children of the Mists

Children of the Mists
  • Author(s): Lexa Dudley
  • Location(s): Sardinia
  • Genre(s): Historical, Romance
  • Era(s): 1800

This is a story of enduring love. Set in the 1800s, life on Sardinia had barely changed since the time of the Caesars. Two families, the Sannas and the Canus, are united by friendship and honour; love and laughter;...

Love in Another Time

Love in Another Time
  • Author(s): Lexa Dudley
  • Location(s): Sardinia
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): 1960 to present day

England, 1947. Ellie Montford is sent to boarding school by her cold and distant parents, joining her best friend’s family on their farm for the holidays. She forges a bond with her friend’s brother, Simon, who promises to marry...

Blindsided

Blindsided
  • Author(s): Julian Edge
  • Location(s): Sardinia
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Present day

Sardinia: Beautiful landscapes, fascinating history and a unique blend of cultures. For Ralph and Clare, a working holiday also offers an opportunity to get their marriage back on track. Then a chance meeting with Tex and Cass provides new...

The Whispering Wind

The Whispering Wind
  • Author(s): Lexa Dudley
  • Location(s): Italy, Sardinia
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

The Whispering Wind is a moving story of two lovers, set on the beautiful island of Sardinia, where Elise goes on holiday to escape a loveless and violent marriage. Whilst there, she meets and falls in love with Beppe,...

Bloodlines

Bloodlines
  • Author(s): Marcello Fois
  • Location(s): Nuoro
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): First half 20th Century

When Giuseppe Mundula first sees Michele Angelo Chironi across the corridor of a Sardinian orphanage, the reserved blacksmith realises he has found the son and heir he never knew he needed. And when, a few years later, Michele himself...

Emerald Coast

Emerald Coast
  • Author(s): Anita Hughes
  • Location(s): Porto Cervo
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Set on the glamorous Italian island, Anita Hughes’s Emerald Coast is a touching and humorous story about marriage and the difficulty of finding love and happiness at the same time. Lily Bristol arrives at a luxurious resort in Sardinia...

The Last Concerto

The Last Concerto
  • Author(s): Sara Alexander
  • Location(s): Rome, Ozieri, Sardinia, Sicily
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1968

Famed for its natural beauty and rich history, Sardinia in 1968 is notorious, too, for the bandits who kidnap wealthy landowners for ransom. Eleven-year-old Alba Fresu’s brother, and her father, Bruno, are abducted by criminals who mistake Bruno for...

The Time In Between

The Time In Between
  • Author(s): Marcello Fois, Silvester Mazzarella (translator)
  • Location(s): Nuoro, Sardinia
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1943 - 1978

Vincenzo Chironi sets foot for the first time on the island of Sardinia – ‘a raft in the middle of the Mediterranean’ – in 1943, a year of famine and malaria. All he has with him is an old...

The Little Theatre By The Sea

The Little Theatre By The Sea
  • Author(s): Rosanna Ley
  • Location(s): Sardinia, Dorset
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Faye has just completed her degree in interior design when she finds herself jobless and boyfriend-less. While debating what to do next she receives a surprise phone call from her old college friend Charlotte who now lives in Sardinia...

Accabadora

Accabadora
  • Author(s): Michela Murgia
  • Location(s): Sardinia
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1950s

When Maria, the fourth child of a widow, is adopted by the old and childless Bonaria Urrai, her life is instantly transformed – she finally has the love and affection she craves. But her new ‘soul mother’ is keeping...

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