Mark Butterworth

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After working for ten years as airline cabin crew, Antonia is ready for a change. She seeks a new beginning on the beautiful island of Antigua. There she meets Peter, a British expat, and romance blossoms between them. They spend time enjoying the beautiful beaches, restaurants and moonlit evenings.

One day, on Ffryes beach after a storm, they discover a strange metal box that contains ownership papers for land, once a sugar plantation.

Antonia immerses herself in a project to discover ownership of the land, and she meets Ettie, a quirky islander who claims to know its history. Antonia soon finds she is fighting an unscrupulous American property investor who is determined to grab the land for a hotel development.  

Meanwhile, Peter’s job in Antigua is not secure. He may have to leave the island to work elsewhere, leaving Antonia behind. Antonia is devastated that he is putting work ahead of her and their relationship.

How will Antonia prove the true owner of the land? And what is her future with Peter? Will love win the day?

PUBLICATION DATE 28 FEBRUARY 2024.

In the perilous atmosphere of the Cold War, Adam Devon, a civilian pilot, becomes unwittingly embroiled in an MI6 covert operation to extract a Russian missile scientist from Berlin. But there are traitors in the British Establishment passing information to the Russians and as the assignment starts to go wrong Devon becomes trapped in East Germany.

Hannah, Devon’s fiancée and one-time agent for the Israeli Secret Service, leads the mission to rescue him and the rest of the team. However, her best chance of success lies in the hands of the unscrupulous Henry Fitzjohn, a British MP and old RAF rival of Devon’s, who had once sought a relationship with her.

In a race to unmask the traitor and rescue Devon, loyalties are tested and unexpected alliances form. In a world where secrets are currency and danger is ever-present, will love and resilience prevail against all odds?

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The role of the armed forces is becoming increasingly uncertain in the post-war world of 1949, and Flight Lieutenant Adam Devon is considering his future as a Spitfire pilot.

Daring and resourceful, his love of flying keeps him in the skies and from travelling home; when the opportunity for promotion presents itself in a shrinking airforce, Devon is pit against the wily Flight Lieutenant Fitzjohn, a man of unscrupulous practices and morals…

His mission in Hong Kong is a dangerous one, and when he meets a beautiful British girl, Hannah, he can feel himself falling for her… Devon and Hannah spend time touring the sights in Hong Kong and love ties them together. But what is the strange secret she carries that stands in the way of their relationship?

Devon’s principles and loyalty are put to the test, in a tale of love, war and intrigue.

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