Helen lives in Scotland. Her mother is Greek and her father Scottish. Although her mother is estranged from her parents, she sends Helen to visit her grandparents for the first time in 1968. Helen discovers Greece mostly through enjoyable days, but she soon realises that there is an undercurrent of something she is uncomfortable with.... Continue Reading →
The story starts during the political coup in Iran in 1953. Roya is an idealistic teenager who spends a lot of time at the stationery shop of Mr Fakhri, a magical place full of books, pens bottles of ink and little trinkets. There, Roya meets Bahman and falls for this young man involved in politics,... Continue Reading →
Night Train to Marrakech is the third and last part of the Daughters of War trilogy. Vicky, the daughter of Elise and Victor travels to Morocco in the hope to meet her grandmother Clemence and learn more about her past. She studied to be a fashion designer and she hopes to meet Yves Saint Laurent,... Continue Reading →
Like many readers, when I finished The Last Summer, the first novel of the Wild Isles series, I was left with so many questions. It was a painful cliffhanger because I had to wait for the next book… And then it came, The Stolen Hours, and it was worth the wait. The book takes us... Continue Reading →
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