Books

BEST-SELLERS​​

Daughters of Spain

This series of short, frank interviews gives a dramatic picture of what it was like to be a woman living in Spain under Franco’s regime.  In “Daughters of Spain” women of various ages and from all strata of society relate their experiences and in the process illustrate how the lives

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The Only Blue Door

Best seller.Based on real events.A gripping read.A story of courage and endurance. Imagine you are a twelve-year-old girl; you have a happy life and a family that loves you, then bit by bit your life disintegrates and you find yourself alone, thousands of miles from home. It is September 1940,

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Spanish Lavender

SPANISH LAVENDER is a love story set in the Spanish Civil War.    A riveting read of passion and love that spans three generations. Elizabeth is visiting her parents in Málaga when the Spanish Civil War breaks out. All foreigners are told they must evacuate – the Nationalist soldiers are

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Historical fiction​

THE WINDS OF CHANGE

The Winds of Change is a love story set in Spain just before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, involving three families from very different backgrounds. The country is in political turmoil, with strikes and demonstrations. Unemployment is high

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The Prisoner

The Prisoner is a fast moving story of adventure, murder and romance set in the exotic and vibrant 11th century city of Málaga. Book 3 in The City of Dreams trilogy picks up from the story of the Moorish prince

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The Pirate

Set in 11th century Málaga, ‘The Pirate’ is the second book in The City of Dreams trilogy. This fast moving and exciting historical novel takes the reader into the medieval world of the merchants and seafarers who sail along the

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The Apothecary

In the first novel in a new historical series set in Moorish Spain, Joan Fallon sets the action in the busy medieval port of Málaga. In Book One of the The City of Dreams trilogy, we meet once more the

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The Ring of Flames

It is 1008 AD, in Córdoba, the capital of the caliphate of Al-Andalus.  When our story opens, al-Mansur has been dead for six years and al-Hisham II, the caliph and rightful ruler of Al-Andalus, continues to live an isolated life

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The Eye of the Falcon

The Eye of the Falcon is the second novel in a series about Muslim Spain, set in the Andalusian city of Cordoba.  By the end of the 10th century Al-Andalus was a rich and peaceful country, but when the Omayyad

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The Shining City

This is the story of a city, a city that is now in ruins: Madinat al Zahra. The year is 947 AD, a time when southern Spain is under the rule of the Moors.   The ruler, Caliph al Rahman

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The Only Blue Door

Best seller.Based on real events.A gripping read.A story of courage and endurance. Imagine you are a twelve-year-old girl; you have a happy life and a family that loves you, then bit by bit your life disintegrates and you find yourself

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Spanish Lavender

SPANISH LAVENDER is a love story set in the Spanish Civil War.    A riveting read of passion and love that spans three generations. Elizabeth is visiting her parents in Málaga when the Spanish Civil War breaks out. All foreigners

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The house on the beach

Set in Spain, in the years after the Civil War, when the country is ruled by the military dictator Francisco Franco, this social drama tells the story of two women, friends since childhood. This is the story of Rocio and

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WOMEN’S CONTEMPORARY FICTION​

Palette of Secrets

The past has come back to haunt Nancy and if her secret is revealed it will destroy her reputation. Palette of Secrets is a mystery story about a famous artist, Nancy Miller. Nancy has been persuaded by her agent to publish her memoirs but needs a ghost writer to help her

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Love is All

When Mark tells his wife that he has been having an affair with her oldest and dearest friend, he sets off a chain of events that reverberates throughout his whole family and changes the lives of those he loves forever. Love Is All tells the story of a family still

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The Thread that Bind Us

Have you ever had a secret that you cannot tell anyone – even your closest friend? Susan’s childhood was full of secrets—‘Don’t tell anyone,’ was her mother’s favourite phrase. So when she discovers that her father had an illegitimate child called Michael, she instinctively knows she can’t tell anyone. But

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Santiago tales

Beth is a woman whose life is falling apart; there are problems with her marriage, her career is in the doldrums and her health is not good.  When she discovers her husband has been leading a double life she realises she has to get away from the cosy village life

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Loving Harry

In this absorbing family drama we follow the extraordinary reversal of fortunes of two very different women who are connected by their love for the same deeply flawed man. Fashion designer Carla Kane has been too busy climbing the career ladder to sustain a long-term relationship – until she meets

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NON-FICTION​

Daughters of Spain

This series of short, frank interviews gives a dramatic picture of what it was like to be a woman living in Spain under Franco’s regime.  In “Daughters of Spain” women of various ages and from all strata of society relate

CRIME SERIES

Strawberry Moon

On Midsummer’s Eve the bodies of two young gypsies are found in a solitary spot near a beach in Málaga. It looks like the couple committed suicide—a lovers’ pact to end it all—and the police are quick to close the case. But Jacaranda Dunne, a private investigator who used to

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Dark Heart

‘Dark Heart’ is the second book in the Jacaranda Dunne mysteries. When the body of a well known film star is murdered during the Málaga Film Festival, the Guardia Civil once more turn to JD and her team for help. The crime is far from straightforward. The killer has left

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Sophie is Still Missing

‘Sophie is Still Missing’ is book one in this new series of detective novels by Joan Fallon. Dark, thought provoking, yet light hearted in places, this intricate mystery delves into the shadowy world of the Costa del Sol, people trafficking and modern slavery.One summer two teenage girls go missing from

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