The Story Spinner

The instant Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller.

A Welsh princess. A Roman general. Their love story lost to time…

The land of the Silures, 382 AD

A marriage of power.

It’s 382 AD and Elen, a princess of the Welsh hills, is promised to a ruthless Roman general.

Despite warnings that her marriage is destined for heartache, Elen is determined to honour her vows, if only to protect her people…

A secret lost to time.

From her cottage window, author Cadi can see the lush green meadow where Elen once walked a thousand years ago.

But someone is desperate to destroy this ancient land and keep the past buried.

Can Cadi tell Elen’s story before it disappears forever?

PRAISE for The Story Spinner!

‘A delicious feast of love, drama, suspense, mystery, history, and a ghostly magic… Simply unputdownable!’ Santa Montefiore

‘Intriguing, dramatic, beautifully researched, with characters that bring past and present alive’ Rachel Hore

‘On my best books of the year list.’ Elizabeth Chadwick

‘Beautifully written and vividly evoking the magic of lost worlds, this novel is so breath-taking in its scope that it left me longing for more.’ Alison Weir

Readers LOVE The Story Spinner!

‘I loved this book! What a great story! Both gripping and thrilling I could not put this book down! Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘The characters make the story. It sucked me in and kept me reading. I'm sorry to have finished it’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I thought about this book even when I wasn't reading it which, to me, is the sign of a good book.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐