Lynne Barrett-Lee

When love at first sight is the last thing you're after, is a fairytale ending an impossible dream? This work is a novel about taking the first steps towards trusting again.

'It was then that it struck me, with terrifying clarity. I was going to die.' So begins Sally Matthews' date with destiny. She doesn't believe in destiny, of course - she's way too busy looking after her husband, arranging her step-daughter's wedding, and humouring her mum-on-a-mission. In short, Sally hasn't time for a near-death experience.

In 1954, in a remote mountain village in South America, a little girl was abducted. She was four