I’m SO happy to reveal the beautiful Portuguese-inspired cover for my next novel, The Lost Story of Sofia Castello, which is out next month and available to pre-order on Amazon now and here. Here’s a little synopsis to hopefully tantalise your reading-buds (think tastebuds but for books)…

‘What you will come to realise,’ Sofia Castello says with a knowing smile, ‘is that my supposed death is not in fact the most shocking thing about my tale. Far from it.’

Celebrity ghost-writer Lily Christie is at rock bottom when she’s offered the job of a lifetime – writing the memoir of world-renowned singer Sofia Castello. Sofia shot to fame in World War Two, producing a series of heartfelt, ever-green hits that she performed around Europe, until her tragic and untimely death in 1941.

So Lily is shocked to hear that Sofia is actually in her eighties, living in secret, in a blue-tiled cottage on the Portuguese coast.

Lily listens in fascination as the sparky older woman spins an unbelievable tale of fear-filled days spent caring for a young German refugee, and nights performing to crowds of Gestapo agents: until she risked it all, using her fame to help the Allies. Then a tragic betrayal changed the course of her life forever…

But as Lily starts to open up to Sofia about her own private heartache, she realises that Sofia is hiding things from her. And when Sofia refuses to say why she really hired Lily, her fears start to grow. Sofia’s remote beach home, accessed only by a bumpy dirt track, is miles away from anyone. She is clearly still hiding from someone, but who? And could Lily now be in danger too?

What is the final secret haunting Sofia? And can Lily uncover the devastating truth, before her time with Sofia runs out?

If this sounds like your kind of read you can pre-order a copy for just £1.99 on Amazon now and here. And HUGE thanks (or obrigada, as they say in Portugal) if you do!