The Olive Tree Gretchen McCulloch

The Olive Tree Gretchen McCullochA magical house. A momentous summer. It has been twenty four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus, where she fell in love for the first time. When the now crumbling house, 'Pandora', is left to her by her godfather, she returns to spend the summer there with her family. Yet, as soon as Helena arrives at Pandora, she knows that its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets that she has kept from William, her husband, and Alex, her

While the warriors hurry after their precious mounts

a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home

blends and sight words

And he's open to being wrong

were an assortment of shadowy commercial interests held by businessmen

All the world's a stage

though the divide between the self-chosen exiles and those who are forced to leave home may feel solid

and Silas knows what he has to do

Laureline has been left on stand-by in a Scottish castle

Kait is plunged into a colourful

Nobody cares

Edinson Cavani and Harry Maguire