'Entertaining and a page-turner' Romantic Novelists AssocationLove, art and intrigue in the Far East
Art historian Claire suddenly decides to leave England to take a job in Maising, a tropical island state in the South-China Sea, where she finds her new exotic surroundings both fascinating and challenging. Her personal life is equally confusing – ex-pat banker Howard loves her, but she falls for elusive Drew, an Australian aid adviser.
Two friends she meets have different problems. Young American mother Deborah, unhappily married to a lecherous husband, has a poignant affair with a teenage boy. Lucy, an unsophisticated bride, is trying to adjust to her intimidating role at the British Embassy. The girls’ lives become intertwined and Claire, employed to catalogue a collection of Buddhist art, accidentally finds herself in danger when she becomes involved with the darker side of the paradise islands.
This is a novel about love and adjustment, independence and interdependence; about ordinary women who have – or achieve – a certain courage in a different world.
2 comments:
Your book reviews look excellent. i shall be ordering a copy as it looks right up my street. Well done on the publication, you must be thrilled achieving the dream. Thanks for returning my visit - it is always appreciated when someone takes the time to comment. I laughed out loud at the fact you used subtext on Rab C Nesbit! My latest post is certainly is not to everyone's taste but tickles the funny bone of any Scot who reads it. Good luck with the sales of your book.
Thanks so much, MOB.
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