Island in the East

Island in the East

Published

November 2017

Publishers

UK
Sphere
France
Editions Bragelonne
Germany
Goldmann
Norway
Vigmostad & Bjorke
Romania
Litera
Singapore, 1897

Harriet and Mae Grafton, twenty-year-old identical twins born from a scandalous affair, grew up in India slighted by gossip and ostracised from polite society. They had each other and that was enough. But when their wealthy benefactor sends them to Singapore, they meet the mysterious Alex Blake and their relationship fractures with devastating consequences.

 

1941

Ivy Harcourt is posted to wartime Singapore amid the looming threat of Japanese invasion. Ivy knows the island will be a far cry from war-torn London, but she is totally unprepared for what awaits her: strangers from her grandmother Mae's past, an unstoppable love affair, and a shattering secret that’s been waiting to be uncovered…