Titles in This Set:
The Spanish Promise
The Greek Escape
The Paris Secret
The Rome Affair
The Last Summer
The Stolen Hours
The Lost Lover
Condition: BRAND NEW
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9789124025878
Overview:
This sevenbook collection from Karen Swan brings together a sweeping gallery of love, intrigue and escape across vibrant, immersive settings. Spanning Madrid and Andaluca, sunlit Greek islands, Parisian streets, Romes timeless avenues, and the wild, windswept shores of St Kilda, these novels trace bold heroines navigating secrets, second chances, and transformative journeys. Romantic, escapist, and richly plotted, the set offers a complete reading experience for fans of grand gestures, lush locales, and characterdriven storytelling. Whether youre curling up for a weekend binge or gifting a reader who craves immersive travelromance hybrids, this Paperback collection delivers a cohesive, sevenpart adventure that stays addictive from first page to last. The collection showcases Swans signature blend of glamour, emotional depth, and pageturning suspense, all wrapped in a single, readytoenjoy package.
What Makes This Collection Special:
What ties these seven novels together is Swans enduring gift for transporting readersinto sundrenched cities, intimate drawing rooms, and remote island landscapeswhile threading in secrets that ripple across generations. Youll meet strong, resourceful women who chart their own destinies against a backdrop of art world intrigue, aristocratic ambition, and the pull of first love. The St Kilda titles form a connected arc, offering a vivid, threaded reading journey: from a carefree summer romance to evacuations, legacies, and enduring bonds. Buying the complete set provides a bingeread experience with consistent voice, mood, and atmosphere, plus the convenience and collectability of a unified edition from a trusted author.
Books Included in This Collection:
The Spanish Promise
Charismatic settings meet a mystery of motive as Charlotte Fairfax is drawn to Spain to uncover why an older man would bequeath money to a stranger just weeks before her own wedding. The trip spirals from a carefully staged life toward unmasked desires, forcing choices between duty and dream as clues surface in Madrid and sundrenched Andalucia. A tale of ambition, romance, and hidden loyalties, it introduces Swans appetite for lush landscapes and gripping moral puzzles around love and trust.
The Greek Escape
On a lush Greek island, professional instincts collide with irresistible temptation. Flora, an artworld expert, is tasked with locating a secluded holiday home for a highflying client, a mission that pulls her toward a dramatic private world and the shadow of a past relationship. As secrets emerge and a complex attraction deepens, the trip becomes a test of balance between career and heart, set against sunlit seas and whitewashed shores.
The Paris Secret
A meticulous artworld professional, Flora returns, this time to trace the history of a stash of concealed paintings. In Paris and Antibes, family secrets surface as a glittering world of Vermeil palaces and priceless works collides with hidden histories. A dangerous truth lies beneath the brushstrokes, and a tense, atmospheredriven chase unfolds as loyalties are tested and revelations reshape relationships.
The Rome Affair
Two women, two timelines: in 1974 Elena Damianis glamorous Rome life collides with Francesca Hacketts modern London existence as they collaborate on Elenas memoirs. When a priceless diamond ring is linked to Elenas past, a startling secret begins to unravel, forcing each woman to confront what truth might cost. A sweeping tale of desire, identity, and the costs of living a life in the public eye.
The Last Summer
On the windswept isle of St Kilda in the 1930s, Effie Gillies meets Lord Sholto for a week of lifechanging connection. But a ferocious storm shatters that fragile horizon, forcing both to confront what love means when distance and time pull them apart. A tender, stormwavering romance that anchors the St Kilda arc with emotion, memory, and the endurance of first love.
The Stolen Hours
An island of secrets looms over the summer of 1929. Mhairi MacKinnoneldest child of a large familyseeks stability through marriage, even as the social atmosphere on the island grows increasingly intricate. This installment deepens the St Kilda tapestry with intimate choices, social constraints, and the hidden currents that shape a womans path toward independence and belonging.
The Lost Lover
Book Three in the St Kilda saga continues the epic tale of love tested by time and distance, weaving together the lives touched by evacuation, resilience, and enduring devotion. Across generations, luminous landscapes and the ache of parting blend with the promise of return, as old flames and new possibilities collide in a romance that hopes to outlast the storms of history.
Who This Set Is Perfect For:
Romance readers who crave lush settings and intricate secrets will find this sevenbook collection irresistible. It suits fans of escapist fiction, book clubs seeking bold love stories with smart heroines, and gift purchasers wanting a substantial, immersive read. Ideal for readers who enjoy multititle journeys, St Kildas historical undercurrents, and sweeping, characterdriven stories that reward long, uninterrupted reading sessions.
Key Benefits:
- Seven complete novels in one premium paperback collection
- Rich, locationdriven storytelling across Spain, Greece, Paris, Rome, and Scotland
- Strong, relatable heroines with modernstilltimeless dilemmas
- Gives readers a cohesive reading journey with recurring themes of love, loyalty, and resilience
- Perfect for gifting to fans of Karen Swan and heartfelt escapism
About the Author:
Karen Swan is a Sunday Times bestselling author renowned for her opulent, emotionally resonant storytelling and globespanning settings. Her novels frequently blend romance with intrigue and social nuance, drawing readers into vivid worlds where relationships are tested by secrets, ambition, and the passage of time. The Last Summer, The Stolen Hours, and The Lost Lover are part of Swans widely loved St Kilda sequence, which has attracted a devoted readership for its lyrical prose and sweeping historical romantic arcs.
Why Youll Love This Set:
If you adore immersive, travelrich romances with strong heroines and smart plots, this sevenbook collection offers a premium, bingefriendly experience. Owning the full set gives you continuity of mood and style, a deeper dive into Swans most beloved landscapes, and a readymade gift for readers who love curiosity, charm, and a happilyeverafter that lingers long after the final page.
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