Pleasure is as fragile as glass... Spain, March 1939 - the Spanish Civil War is coming to an end. Five young Republicans in the small town of Cuenca know they are on the losing side of the war. History only recognises the winners, and the group know they could die, all destined to become faceless statistics. They concoct a plan to go to Valencia in search of safety, but not all of these young men and women are going to survive? Seventy years later, bicycle mechanic Luna Montgomery, the granddaughter of a New Zealand nurse who served during the Spanish Civil War, has made Spain her home. A...

Eighteen months have passed since Canna Medici's second near-death experience. Her new life has taken shape in the Corsican seaside town of Bonifacio, married to her soul-mate, Spanish baritone Claudio Ramos Ibanez. With a successful boatyard to run, Canna doesn't realise that her meddlesome friend, Abigail Trouble, is keen to move on from the death of her husband with a certain opera star... One piece of the couple's perfect life is missing. Claudio's young son, Casamiro, still lives in London with his mother, Veena. As Canna and Claudio's belated wedding ceremony looms, Claudio learns that...

Available as a set for the first time, the 'Secrets of Spain' Trilogy brings BLOOD IN THE VALENCIAN SOIL, VENGEANCE IN THE VALENCIAN WATER and DEATH IN THE VALENCIAN DUST together in a collector's edition. The best-selling series tells the story of two families, separated by the Spanish Civil War, and reunited in the 21st century as Spain's haunted past helps to free the lost souls of the present. Each book flows between two different timelines, to tell stories of life in 20th century Spain, and how past mistakes still impact life today. BLOOD IN THE VALENCIAN SOIL Spain, March 1939 - the...