THE DIARIST
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Slowly emerging from her grief after the unexpected death of her husband, Kate sells the family home and buys a cottage in the country in search of a quiet and simple life. All that changes when she finds a diary written nearly seventy years earlier. Soon seduced by its contents she embarks on a trip to Florence, Italy where she follows in the footsteps of the writer who went there in search of her brother declared 'missing in action' in 1943.
In Florence Kate meets the enigmatic Simonetta who supports and encourages her in her quest as she delves deeper into the world of the diarist and is taken on a journey far beyond her envisioned future.
A MATTER OF TIME
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When successful art journalist, Lucia Walker accepts an assignment to interview reclusive art collector, Giacomo Martinelli, in Florence, the home of her maternal family, she is haunted by a recurring dream and other disturbing experiences that disrupt her ordered life, and cause her to doubt her own sanity.
Supported by her family she meets Tom, her aunt's landscape gardener and Simonetta, an enigmatic academic and psychic and is forced to confront the possibility of a previous life at the time of the Cathar communities in Florence. As other feelings rise to the surface and her relationship with Tom deepens, she is stretched beyond her usual boundaries opening her to new ideas and love.
Available here in paperback and Kindle
Read the first chapter here
Read 5 star reviews for 'A Matter of Time' here
When successful art journalist, Lucia Walker accepts an assignment to interview reclusive art collector, Giacomo Martinelli, in Florence, the home of her maternal family, she is haunted by a recurring dream and other disturbing experiences that disrupt her ordered life, and cause her to doubt her own sanity.
Supported by her family she meets Tom, her aunt's landscape gardener and Simonetta, an enigmatic academic and psychic and is forced to confront the possibility of a previous life at the time of the Cathar communities in Florence. As other feelings rise to the surface and her relationship with Tom deepens, she is stretched beyond her usual boundaries opening her to new ideas and love.