“A real page turner”
“An emotional, beautifully written book.”
A Caribbean bride. A missing husband. A city rebuilding itself — and hiding the truth.
When Essie’s new husband, LeJeune, sails to England to prepare their future, she expects to follow him within months. But only one letter arrives. Then nothing.
Refusing to accept silence as an answer, Essie leaves Dominica and crosses the Atlantic alone. She arrives in post‑war London — a city still scarred by the Blitz, divided by prejudice, and unprepared for the wave of Caribbean arrivals stepping off the Empire Windrush.
In Stepney, she finds the people who knew LeJeune during the war: the loyal friend who served beside him, and the woman from his past who still carries her own secrets. Each reveals a different version of the man Essie married.
As she pieces together his life, Essie uncovers a trail of hidden truths that force her to question not only what happened to her husband — but who he truly was.
A powerful, dual‑timeline novel of identity, resilience, and the hidden stories that shape us.
For fans of Andrea Levy, Louise Hare, and Kristin Hannah.
Begin Essie’s journey today.
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I've loved to write and make up stories since I was a child. Characters and plots come to me regularly. Some stories don't make it past the imagining phase but every now and again an idea won't leave me alone, and the first draft of a new novel begins.I decided to take some creative writing courses as an adult which eventually led to a Creative Writing MA at Brunel University. Ever since then I have been honing my writing skills ghost writing, copy writing and creating blog content for companies.I was thrilled to have my debut novel, Holding Paradise, published by Indigo Dreams in 2014. The book and its characters sparked a series of short stories and a novella which, not published in their own right, led to the creation of the Island Secrets Series. I reinvented Holding Paradise and it became book 1 of the series, published in 2024. The year before that I published a stand alone book called Lovers.¿¿I'm currently working on a new book series and hope to publish the first of them in 2025.¿I moved from London to the English countryside with my musician husband where I teach vocals and lead a local choir. ¿I also write under the pseudonym, Rosa Temple, writing contemporary fiction and published by HQ Digital and Simon & Schuster UK.Connect with Fran on franclarkauthordotcodotuk for updates, news, giveaways and more!
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