Allen & Unwin Villa of Secrets book Fiction English Paperback 480 pages

A thrilling, dramatic and completely engaging tale of love, hope, intrigue and revenge on the island of Rhodes, as two sisters unlock the secrets of their heroic grandmother and the tragic events during the Nazi occupation.

Rebecca Neumanner has spent years trying to conceive a child. Her fragile marriage is on the brink of collapse, and her desire to become a mother is becoming an obsession. Then she receives news from her estranged family in Rhodes, and Rebecca's world is turned upside down.Drawn to the beautiful island of her birth, she finds herself looking at the elderly lady in front of her and realising how little she knows of the grandmother she's eluded for over a decade. A freedom fighter in the Second World War, her Bubba harbours secrets that she has intended to take to the grave. But those secrets affect everyone, and perhaps they are not hers to keep. With Rebecca's arrival, the time has come to tell the truth...

Patricia was born in Liverpool and now lives in the village of Paradissi in Rhodes, where the book is set. She was first inspired to write when she unearthed a machine gun in her garden - one used in the events that unfolded during World War II on the island.