Blogs in April 2021

The Love Island Bookshop 10th April 2021

A dream job, two handsome men, one destructive act. Will Freya’s opportunity of a lifetime end in tears? When Freya leaves her publishing job in London to be a barefoot bookseller in the Maldives, it’s the push she needs...

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Waiting for Gordo 28th February 2020

Miranda arrives in an ocean paradise with husband Jim and most of the usual group for their annual dive holiday. Their daughter is grown up and living on the other side of the world. She and Jim have no...

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A Maldives Adventure 28th February 2020

After a roller coaster year, Sandy and Anne decide that they need a holiday. Nothing quite goes to plan however, and things start to go wrong even before they have boarded their flight. Nevertheless they do eventually arrive safely...

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Maldives Musings 28th February 2020

This is the frank and often funny account of a very brave woman. After many years of marriage and raising a family, Liz Banks found herself alone. Her response? To take a voluntary posting in a different country and...

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The Maldives Avenger 28th February 2020

Set in today’s celebrity vacation islands of the Maldives, this is a story few visitors know: how a young Maldivian became a favourite of the Portuguese conqueror of the northern atolls and then led a seaborne guerrilla campaign to...

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