A spellbinding story of love and betrayal for fans of Santa Montefiore, Fiona Valpy's The Beekeeper's Promise and Dinah Jefferies. Perfect for book clubs
***Shortlisted for the Filigranes Prize***
***RATED 5 STARS BY REAL READERS***
"I couldn't turn the pages fast enough " -
5* Amazon review "A story
full of mysteries and romance, set against the sumptuous backdrop of Casablanca." -
5* Amazon review "An
exceptional debut" -
Les Livres d'Eve blog "A novel full of
warmth, emotions and exoticism." -
Le Populaire Tall, brilliant and ambitious, eighteen-year-old sailor Guillaume has the world at his feet when he steps onto the shores of
Casablanca in April
1940. But his dreams of travelling the world are cut short when he
dies in a warship explosion in the harbour of Casablanca.
Sixty-five years later in
2005, as Loubna fights to
open a cinema in the bustling harbourside city, the young woman discovers the
mystery of the sailor from Casablanca . . . and a suitcase full of her grandfather Guillaume's love letters. But could it be that the boy everyone has supposed dead for over half a century is
still alive?
And if so - did he run away with
one of his countless girlfriends all these years ago?
As Loubna searches for answers, she finds herself swept up in an epic story of
love, passion, intrigue and betrayal, set in the enchantingly glamorous heart of
Golden Age Casablanca.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Published: 01/26/2021
ISBN: 9781529351651
Pages: 240
