Jasmine Nights

Exotic, decadent, dangerous and terrific storytelling – Fanny Blake, WOMAN & HOMEA tenderly told and wonderfully evocative story * DAILY EXPRESS *A captivating love story set in an extraordinary world * WESTERN MAIL *Steamy, sweeping … Saba is a modern woman struggling with old-fashioned ideas and Dom is a surprisingly complex hero. Seen through their eyes, the wartime Middle East is a heady, intoxicating place and readers will be swept away by the lush prose * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *For romance and intrigue, with the conflict providing the perfect excuse to set a story in exotic locals like Cairo, Gregson delivers in spades …. believable and completely engrossing * BOOKLIST (US) *Romance may be the theme, but Gregson shines in her descriptions of the life of the rich, poor and combatant in Cairo and Alexandria, the sights of Gize and the Bosphorus, and the chaotic World War II milieu where women no longer tolerated ‘boys making all the rules’. Saba and Dom love, face perils, triumph and intermittently reunite. Spare of any serious, distracting anachronisms, the story flows at a stately pace to a conclusion both satisfying and open-ended. Fans will want a sequel. Historical fiction as personal journeys through love and loss and war’s havoc * KIRKUS REVIEWS *Julia Gregson’s Jasmine Nights has all the makings of the perfect beach read: adventure, danger, international locale, historical sweep, steamy romance … utterly delicious * CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER (US) *I love war novels set in the Middle Eastern theatre of war and this one does not disappoint, with its terrific descriptions of the seedy glamour of Cairo and Alexandria, not to mention Istanbul * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *Gregson, the author of East of the Sun, brings a wealth of detail to this unconventional love story, ranging from World Warr II history to rich cultural lore to the pop-music standards of the era. With numerous and well-drawn characters, evocative prose and a commanding story, the former journalist and foreign correspondent again proves that she is also a master of historical fiction. And smoke might not be the only thing that gets in your eyes in this moving novel * RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH (US) *Exotic, decadent, dangerous and terrific storytelling – Fanny Blake * WOMAN & HOME *A tenderly told and wonderfully evocative story.. * DAILY EXPRESS *Jasmine Nights is a tale of decadence, destruction, and a captivating love story. * PA (syndicated review) *In 1942, Saba Tarcan, a half English, half Turkish singer breaks away from the influence of her domineering father to entertain troops in Europe. Drafted into ENSA, she sings in a hospital in East Grinstead where a young, injured airman, Dom Benson, hears her voice and vows never to forget her. * GOOD BOOK GUIDE *Steamy, sweeping … Saba is a modern woman struggling with old-fashioned ideas and Dom is a surprisingly complex hero. Seen through their eyes, the wartime Middle East is a heady, intoxicating place and readers will be swept away by the lush prose. * US PUBLISHERS WEEKLY *A captivating love story set in an extraordinary world * WESTERN MAIL *Romance may be the theme, but Gregson shines in her descriptions of the life of the rich, poor and combatant in Cairo and Alexandria, the sights of Giza and the Bosphorus, and the chaotic World War II milieu where women no longer tolerated “boys making all the rules.” Saba and Dom love, face perils, triumph and intermittently reunite. Spare of any serious, distracting anachronisms, the story flows at a stately pace to a conclusion both satisfying and open-ended. Fans will want a sequel. Historical fiction as personal journeys through love and loss and war’s havoc. * KIRKUS *

Julia Gregson is the prize-winning, bestselling author of EAST OF THE SUN, chosen for the Richard & Judy TV Book Club and a Sunday Times bestseller. It won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award and the Prince Maurice Prize and has since been translated into more than 20 languages. Previously a journalist for, among others, The Times and Rolling Stone in the USA, she is married and lives in Wales.

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