It’s a pleasure to be welcoming Eva Glyn to Novel Kicks and the blog tour for her latest book,  The Santorini Writing Retreat.

Secrets make the best stories…

Three women, one writing retreat, endless possibilities…

Bestselling author Jessica Rose needs to escape from a terrible secret that’s robbed her of her creativity. Could leading a retreat on a gorgeous Greek island be just what she needs?

Coming home to Santorini was never in Zina’s plans, but now she’s determined to make her new business a success.

And then there’s Karmela, who just wants to write her book and make her mother proud.

In the heat of their Greek island paradise, these new friends find the courage to shape their own stories, and write endings they can all be proud of…

Eva has shared an extract with us today. We hope you enjoy it. 

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There are three viewpoint characters in The Santorini Writing Retreat; Jo, the author with a terrible secret who leads it, Zina who owns the Retreat House and is desperate for her new business to succeed, and Karmela who just wants to write her book. Here we meet Karmela for the first time, as she arrives in Santorini by ferry.

Karmela jumped as something cold and wet nudged her leg. Looking down, she met the amber eyes of an almost silver greyhound, which was gazing up at her with an adoring expression. Without thinking, she reached to stroke its head.

“Hej ti,” she murmured softly.

A male voice came from above, slightly overloud and English. “I am so sorry.” He spoke slowly and left a gap between each word.

“It is OK,” she told him. “I speak your language.”

“Then I’m sorry again.”

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