The Rose That Refused to Fade
Grace is seventeen and longing for connection as she begins college and steps beyond the boundaries of home.
When she meets Altun, a charismatic Turkish boy with secrets of his own, Grace is drawn into an intense first love that awakens desire, exposes vulnerability and challenges her sense of self. What begins as connection soon becomes a journey of love, heartbreak and emotional awakening.
Set against the backdrop of Turkish and Cypriot traditions, The Rose That Refused to Fade explores the tension between family duty and personal desire, and the quiet courage it takes to choose one’s own path.
A coming-of-age novella about first love, cultural identity and the courage it takes to bloom in unfamiliar soil.
Available in Kindle, paperback and hardback.
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What Remains Unsaid
When Leyla returns to Bodrum for her grandmother’s funeral, family and neighbours draw her back into the traditions of local life, where sympathy is sincere, curiosity persistent, and no detail remains private for long.
Hidden inside her grandmother’s cedar trunk, Leyla finds a bundle of letters. These letters cast an unexpected light on her grandmother’s past, her family’s silences and Leyla’s own life.
Set between Istanbul in the 1970s and present-day Bodrum, What Remains Unsaid explores the choices women make, and what they choose to leave unsaid.
Forthcoming late August 2026.
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Free sketches from the world of What Remains Unsaid
Short sketches featuring the families, neighbours and social complications around Torba are available in Notes & Sketches.
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