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Dreams of the Alhambra
A missing friend. A fractured memory. A past that refuses to let go.
Mackenzie Douglas wakes in an Istanbul hospital with no memory of the night her friend Copper disappears. Months later, desperate to outrun the trauma, she escapes to Granada, Spain, to work on her master’s thesis at the legendary Alhambra Palace.
But the palace hides its own dark secrets. A seemingly harmless tisane meant to help her sleep pulls Mackenzie into vivid, immersive dreams—visions of Zahra, a spirited Moorish princess, navigating forbidden love, betrayal, and political upheaval in 15th-century Granada. A story that intertwines with Mackenzie’s in ways she cannot explain.
As danger and intrigue close in on Zahra, fragments of Mackenzie’s lost night in Istanbul resurface, revealing that danger has followed her to Spain.
Caught between two timelines, two destinies, and two lives that may span centuries, Mackenzie realizes that to survive, she must face the darkest truth of all:
Some histories return not to haunt us … but to claim us.
Daughter of Zanzibar
When Emily Grey returns to England after serving as a nurse in the Crimean War, she expects to build a future alongside her father, a country physician. Instead, she learns of his untimely death—and discovers he carried a secret to his grave.
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Left behind are an ivory box filled with exotic infant garments, a gold pendant engraved in Arabic, and a letter hinting at a love her father once shared on the distant island of Zanzibar. With no ties left in England, Emily sets sail for East Africa, determined to uncover the truth about the mother she has never known.
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In Zanzibar, Emily is drawn into a world of royal intrigue, colonial politics, and hidden loyalties. As her medical skills make her indispensable to both locals and Europeans, Emily becomes increasingly entangled in a world where the ruling Sultan hides a devastating secret. When she comes into possession of a mysterious memoir, the story behind her mother’s disappearance begins to unravel—one of scandal and betrayal that powerful forces would rather see forgotten.
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As past and present collide, Emily must decide how far she is willing to go to reclaim her heritage—and whether she can build a future in the very place that tore her family apart.
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A sweeping historical saga of secrets, courage, and identity set against the lush, perilous world of nineteenth-century Zanzibar.