Leon had said he would be in on the six o'clock boat; it was now half-past nine and Savvas had been keeping the dinner hot for well over an hour. Broodingly, she turned into the room behind her, a deep sigh escaping her as she sank into the cushions on the couch. She was destined to be unlucky in...
They ate mullet roasted with thyme and garnished with crispy fried potatoes and salad, and washed it all down with local red wine. Bouzouki music drifted out from the room behind, and two men, linked by a handkerchief, whirled and leaped and swooped through the hasapiko, a very old Greek dance or...
Leta, walking with Gail along the path bordering the shrubbery, gave a loud laugh, then complained pettishly when the jackos failed to join in. ‘Why don’t they laugh?’ ‘They will, when they’re ready.’ Gail, enchanted by the marbled effect of light and shade brought about b...
But although she loved him, her fear of him was greater than her love ... For Gill Stars Over Sarawak Anne Hampson CHAPTER ONE ROANNA BARRETT sat chatting to her fri...
One of the ‘Siren Isles’ of the Saronic Gulf, it appeared from out of the sea like a mermaid floating on the calm waves, and despite her situation she found herself showing interest in the place where she was to live. Leon had told her a little of the island’s history, so she knew it had once bee...
The various organisations she contacted were of little or no help; the advertisement she inserted in the newspaper did not bring the results which she had optimistically expected. She scanned the local papers and the nationals, and now, with only two days of her holiday left, she opened the Times...
‘Can I have an hour or so off to meet her and see her settled in?’ she added swiftly on seeing Phil’s mouth compress. ‘And can I have the car, please?’ They were on the sun-terrace and the miracle of dawn had only just unfolded, its golden lustre showering the sea and highlighting the sparkling c...