I’m excited to tell you all that my latest novel, The Greek Proposal, is now out on pre-order on all Amazon stores and published on September 22. This is a story I loved writing and researching and I hope readers will love it too.

Set in the wild and lovely southern Peloponnese, this is a romantic story mingled with mystery and family secrets, gorgeous characters, plus a lovable sausage dog, Lou, small on stature, big on character!

Here’s a little summary of the story:

Isla Drummond isn’t looking for love on her Greek sabbatical. She hopes the sunny lifestyle will revive her health and happiness after a road accident and a car crash of a relationship. Her clifftop villa and lifestyle are near-perfect and her sexy and enigmatic landlord Pericles (Perry) is hardly a drawback either. But undercurrents are there all the same. When Isla discovers Perry’s dark family back story, concerning a malevolent grandfather, her curiosity is naturally aroused.

When a stranger arrives in the village with an astonishing, heroic World War 2 twist to Perry’s family tale, Isla feels compelled to help him unpick the truth of these opposing narratives. Her efforts draw her closer to Perry but also ignite her affection for a gorgeous new admirer. The three are pulled into a thrilling web of old wartime secrets that will test everyone’s resolve. By the time the family mystery is solved, with a heartwarming conclusion, one man will be the standout winner of Isla’s heart.

An early ARC reader said of the book: “I loved this novel – the atmosphere, the characters and even Lou the sausage dog, and the flashes of humour. It has a powerful storyline that keeps you reading on, and a feel-good ending I won’t forget in a hurry.”

The novel is set mostly in a small cliffside settlement just north of Koroni in the Messinian peninsula, opposite the Mani peninsula. It was inspired by the four-year work/adventure sabbatical spent in southern Greece from 2010 with my husband Jim and our crazy Jack Russell terrier, Wallace (see pic below): three years in the Mani, and more than a year in Koroni.

The village in the book, Ayia Pelagia, is inspired by a real settlement there, although I have changed the name. The description I gave is accurate with olive groves, a small church, and the Cliff House that is pivotal to the story is also there, though it looks slightly different. The Koroni area is a wonderful part of the southern mainland: remote, authentic, like parts of old Greece, so there was plenty there to jag my imagination. I hope you will enjoy The Greek Proposal and feel the heat and drama rising off the page.

I’ve included a few pictures of some of the locations mentioned in the story to  give you a flavour of what it’s like there. I will include more in forthcoming blogs.

The Greek Proposal Kindle ebook is currently on pre-order for £1.99 (UK) or equivalent price for all Amazon stores and will be available to buy on September, 22, along with the paperback version. If you enjoyed it, please think of putting a review on Amazon and Goodreads. It will be much appreciated.

Amazon link: https://mybook.to/nzKsPM

For more information about Marjory’s Greek memoirs and two novels set in Greece, please click on the Greek Books tab on her website https://www.bigfatgreekodyssey.com

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