Blogs in October 2020

The Aphrodite and Adonis Touch 2nd October 2020

Three novellas in one volume! The mischievous goddess of love, Aphrodite, and her lover, Adonis, play a game with tourists to their Mediterranean island of Cyprus each spring and summer. Choosing a couple who might benefit from their special...

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Aphrodite’s War 21st July 2020

The island is divided in two, but one man’s love will never be compromised . . . Cyprus, 1955 – a war is raging and four Greek brothers are growing up to the familiar sounds of exploding bombs and...

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Living in the Real Cyprus 21st July 2020

Cyprus ticks all the boxes. Sun. Sea. Cheap food and drink. Friendly, smiling people. How would you like to live there? Is this island heaven too good to be true? Surely there can be no darker side? Is there...

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Land of the Golden Apple 21st July 2020

Life had lost its sweetness. Socrates felt as if he had eaten an accursed apple and was, like Adam, suddenly prone to emotions he had never before experienced – fear, loneliness and shame. For Socrates, growing up in a...

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Sweet and Bitter Island 21st July 2020

On a sweltering day in July, 1878 the men of the 42nd Royal Highlanders – the Black Watch – waded ashore at Larnaca Bay to begin the British occupation of Cyprus. Today, Britons on sunbeds colonize the same stretch...

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