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Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon
  • Author(s): Emily Grayson
  • Location(s): Europe, Lisbon
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1930s

Night Train to Lisbon is a sensuous tale of the pursuit of love and passion against all odds, set in the 1930s when the world was on the brink of war and suspicion of loyalty, motivation, and intent —...

PILGRIM: FINDING A NEW WAY ON THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO

PILGRIM: FINDING A NEW WAY ON THE CAMINO DE SANTIAGO
  • Author(s): Carolyn Gillespie
  • Location(s): France, Northern Spain, Portugal
  • Genre(s): Travelogue

When faced with an empty nest, Kari decides to spread her own wings. Giving up a job she loves, she sets off to walk across a whole country. A big one. A contemporary take on an ancient experience, Pilgrim...

Portuguese Paradise box set

Portuguese Paradise box set
  • Author(s): Chris Penhall
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

BOOK 1: THE HOUSE THAT ALICE BUILT When Alice Dorothy Matthews’s insufferable ex says he wants to sell the house she’s worked so hard to make a home, she does something spontaneous for the first time in many years....

Portuguese Pastoral

Portuguese Pastoral
  • Author(s): Janet Olearski
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): Humour, Fiction
  • Era(s): 2021

Central Portugal, in the year of Covid 2021. Fiona is penning a novel – or, at least, trying to – while she corresponds and converses at length on social media with her former work colleagues Claire and Sharon, both...

Ride The Wave

Ride The Wave
  • Author(s): Katherine Reilly
  • Location(s): Portugal, The Gold Coast
  • Genre(s): Erotica, Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In surfing, everyone’s chasing the perfect ride… Twelve years ago, Leo Silva was a world champion surfer-until reckless partying and tabloid scandals ended his career. After a mysteriously sudden and early retirement, Leo retreated to a sleepy seaside village...

Rising Tide

Rising Tide
  • Author(s): Susan Roebuck
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): Suspense, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Time, and most of Portugal, has almost forgotten Luminosa, a small fishing community on the Alentejo coast. A cluster of white and blue cottages huddle under the cliffs overshadowed by the great manor of Herdade Albatroz whose family has...

Shock Therapy

Shock Therapy
  • Author(s): Angus Blair
  • Location(s): London, Cornwall, Ireland, Lisbon
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Henry Bradbury’s life is in free fall. His marriage has failed, he’s about to lose his City job, and he now finds himself dangerously out of his depth as an unlikely agent of the British secret intelligence services. His...

Somewhere Else

Somewhere Else
  • Author(s): Alex J Milan
  • Location(s): Portugal, Spain
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Current

Haunted by a past tragedy, thirty-one-year-old Isabel leads a nomadic lifestyle, following her two golden rules: never stay anywhere for more than two years and never get too close to anyone. When she meets the charismatic Vanessa, she breaks...

Summer Loving

Summer Loving
  • Author(s): Nicola Yeager
  • Location(s): The Algarve
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Saskia Lucas is on yet another luxury holiday in an exotic location. This time it’s The Algarve, in the south of Portugal. She’s with Franklin, an older man who in past times might have been called her Sugar Daddy....

Sunshine and Second Chances

Sunshine and Second Chances
  • Author(s): Kim Nash
  • Location(s): Portugal
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Four life-long friends. One life-changing holiday. On the surface Liv has the perfect life. But honestly? She’s running on empty. Worn out after running around after her needy family, she knows that she needs to make some changes, but...

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