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Peel Me a Lotus

Peel Me a Lotus
  • Author(s): Charmian Clift
  • Location(s): Hydra
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs, Travelogue
  • Era(s): Early 1950s

In 1951 the Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston left grey, post-war London for Greece. Settling first on the tiny island of Kalymnos, then Hydra, their plan was to live simply and focus on their writing, away from...

Pleasure Island

Pleasure Island
  • Author(s): Anna Lou Weatherley
  • Location(s): Aegean Sea, Greece, Türkiye (Turkey)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Secrets. Scandal. Betrayal. In Paradise, pleasure comes at a dangerously high price… Three couples each receive an exclusive invitation to the fantasy holiday destination of a lifetime… The host: Martin McKenzie, global billionaire and media mogul. Charismatic, powerful and...

Prey on Patmos

Prey on Patmos
  • Author(s): Jeffrey Siger
  • Location(s): Patmos
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): Modern

This book is the same as ‘An Aegean Odyssey’. Set on Patmose, this book is about police procedural, social problems, all set against the background of an ancient culture.

Rhodes to Romance

Rhodes to Romance
  • Author(s): Anna Pagram
  • Location(s): Rhodes
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Modern

Another compelling contemporary romance from Anna Pagram, RHODES TO ROMANCE follows the trials and tribulations of Amber Dudley as she struggles to come to terms with her sheltered upbringing and her fear of commitment. Dissatisfied with her life in...

Running Haunted

Running Haunted
  • Author(s): Effrosyni Moschoudi
  • Location(s): Nafplio
  • Genre(s): Comedy, Paranormal, Romance
  • Era(s): contemporary

Kelly ran a marathon… and wound up running a house. With a ghost in it. Kelly Mellios is a stunning, athletic woman, who has learned–the hard way–to value herself. Having just finished her first marathon in the alluring Greek...

Santorini Sunsets

Santorini Sunsets
  • Author(s): Anita Hughes
  • Location(s): Santorini
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Brigit Palmer is thrilled to be on the Greek Island of Santorini. She’s here for her wedding to Hollywood heart-throb Blake Crawford, one of America’s most eligible bachelors. Brigit’s parents have rented a villa, and soon guests will arrive...

Since I don’t have you

Since I don’t have you
  • Author(s): Louise Candlish
  • Location(s): Santorini
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

They were friends who shared everything – until tragedy singled one out. At the birth of their daughters, best friends Rachel, Mariel and Jenny make a promise: to love and care for each other’s girls exactly as they would...

Songs of Blue and Gold

Songs of Blue and Gold
  • Author(s): Deborah Lawrenson
  • Location(s): Corfu, The South of France (Le Midi)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern looking back

In the horseshoe bay of Kalami in Corfu, a tumultuous love affair begins between a renowned novelist and a woman escaping scandal. Years later, her daughter Melissa, running from her own past, returns to the island … Melissa’s life...

Stealing Athena

Stealing Athena
  • Author(s): Karen Essex
  • Location(s): Athens, London
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 5th Century BC, Mid 17th Century

A novel of two smart women with the sculptures of the Parthenon as the central theme. Mary Elgin, who is the wife of Lord Elgin who brought the marbles (which now reside in the British Museum): Aspasia,who was the...

Summer at the Santorini Bookshop

Summer at the Santorini Bookshop
  • Author(s): Rebecca Raisin
  • Location(s): Santorini
  • Genre(s): RomCom
  • Era(s): Contemporary

A Greek island holiday. A fake-dating pact. A chance at true love? After losing her job as a book scout, hopeless romantic Evie needs a fresh start. So when she hears that her eccentric grandmother has just taken on...

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