- Location(s): Florence, Tuscany
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2, 1950s
1943: Tucked away in the idyllic hills south of Florence, the Rosatis, an Italian family of noble lineage, believe that the walls of their ancient villa will keep them safe from the war raging across Europe. Eighteen-year-old Cristina spends...
- Location(s): East Sussex, Beachy Head
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Sarah stands on the brink, arms open wide as if to let the wind carry her away. She s come to the high cliffs to be alone, to face the truth about her life, to work out what to...
- Location(s): Amsterdam
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Stories intersect as we follow Alan, the weekend guardian for his teenage monosyllabic son and Karen, has reluctantly come on a hen weekend for her daughter: Marion is having weekend with her husband who worries about their relationship. Set...
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
- Location(s): Beachy Head, Madrid
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
After the break-up of her marriage, Imogen escapes to her aunt’s converted lighthouse on Beachy Head. Writing for a tedious online magazine but hoping to start a novel, she wants to be alone until she finds an entrancing flamenco...
- Location(s): Algeria, Sahara
- Genre(s): Fiction, Paranormal
- Era(s): Mid 19th Century
Does forever lie in the lion’s embrace? Arrogant, selfish and dangerous, Lucas Saintclair is everything Harriet Montague dislikes in a man. He is also the best guide in the whole of the Barbary States and the only man who...
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul
- Location(s): Kabul
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
In a little coffee shop in one of the most dangerous places on earth, five very different women come together. SUNNY, the proud proprietor, who needs an ingenious plan – and fast – to keep her café and customers...
- Location(s): South Wales, London
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Bluebells bob in the salty sea wind and the cottage gate swings open to reveal the inky-blue cove. It’s exactly how Kitty always pictured it… except in her head, she wasn’t standing here alone. Kitty Roberts spends her days...
- Location(s): Scauri
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Later 20th Century
Shortlisted for the Premio Strega In Scauri, an end of the line seaside town forty miles or so from Rome, Vittoria dies unexpectedly in her bath. Whilst the townsfolk meet the event with sad but respectful southern Italian silence,...
- Location(s): The Mediterranean, Italy
- Genre(s): Fiction, Food and Drink, Romance
- Era(s): Contemporary looking back to WW2
The scent of freshly baked biscuits, lemon and aniseed reminds Elettra of her mother’s kitchen. But her mother is in a coma, and the family bakery is failing. Elettra is distraught; she has many unanswered questions about her mother’s...
- Location(s): Balkans, Ireland, London, The Hague (Den Haag)
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): 1990s and 2000s
When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small, west-coast Irish village, the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans. One woman in particular, Fidelma McBride, becomes enthralled in...
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