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Lake Union Publishing
August 2025
On Sale: August 5, 2025
399 pages
ISBN: 1662527195
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The road was entering a wild and mountainous area, the hillsides covered in bushy scrub. It cut through a steep sided valley, wound its way up to a crest then down again. Ellie found herself gripping the wheel as she stared ahead. The valleys themselves were already bathed in gloom and the sun only highlighted the hilltops above them. It grew gradually darker.
“I hope it’s not too far now,” Ellie said. “We haven’t passed a village in ages and we’ll need petrol soon.”
“I thought of mentioning that before we left Marseilles,” Dora said, a note of smugness in her voice. Ellie swallowed back her annoyance.
As they climbed to the top of another ridge she stared in alarm. “Is that smoke? Do you smell burning?”
A white mist was rising from the bonnet of the Bentley.
“I do see smoke, or is it steam?” Dora peered out of the windshield.
“Is the engine on fire?” Mavis sat up in alarm, clutching Dora’s seat. “Shouldn’t we get out before it blows up”
“I think it’s steam,” Ellie said. “It must be the radiator. I should have checked before we left. Oh damn and blast. How far to the nearest village, do you think, Dora?”
Dora peered down at the map. It was now quite dark and hard to see.
“I don’t see anything on this road for a while. There are villages along the coast. Maybe we should head for one of them. Let’s take the next turn off.”
They proceeded slowly, the Bentley still showing its displeasure with hissing steam escaping. At the foot of the slope a tiny road went off to their right. A small hand-painted sign read Saint Benet.
“It might just be a church or a monastery,” Dora said. “I don’t see it on the map.”
“At least there would be someone who can help us.” Ellie turned the car onto the road, little more than a track. It took them down a steep sided valley. Olive trees grew beside the road. A strong herby smell wafted into the car. Vineyards climbed in terraces up the hillsides.
“At least there is cultivation,” Dora said. “We’re not in the middle of nowhere.”
“I don’t see any houses.” Ellie peered hopefully through the windscreen.
The road wound on, seemingly forever., the tall hillsides blotting out the last of the setting sun. Ellie found she was holding her breath, waiting for the inevitable moment when the Bentley ground to a halt and they were stuck in the middle of nowhere.
Then at the moment the valley was about to be plunged into darkness it widened out. There were small farms with stone farm houses in the middle of cultivated fields, their shutters already closed for the night. Buildings appeared on either side of the road—a church with a square tower, a row of tall houses. The street ended in a small harbor lined with pastel-colored buildings. On either side of the village steep cliffs rose, the sandstone glowing blood red in the last of the setting sun. Brightly painted fishing boats bobbed at the quay and beyond stretched the Mediterranean, as wine-dark as Homer had described it. Lights already shone in some of the buildings and sparkled on the dark water. From somewhere came the sounds of an accordion playing, a baby crying, voices, laughter.
“Oh my.” Ellie slowed the car, her mouth open, staring in wonder. She had never seen anywhere more perfect. The thought came to her that she didn’t want to leave. As if confirming this, the Bentley gave a hiss and died.
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