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After moving from Northern England for her university studies, Sienna Archer is now making a name for herself in Londons business district, seemingly far away from where she started. Her personal life, however, is a different matter; apparently, being an independent woman with a career is still far from ideal when it comes to dating, and to add insult to injury, she is haunted by a betrayal in the past she cannot seem to shake, and that only reinforces her professional aspirations. A chance meeting with professional footballer Nicolo Di Luca on a business trip to Ancona drastically changes everything, and back in London, Sienna finds her rational, single-minded reality upended. Striving to follow her best friends advice to move on as she battles with her past and what she truly wants out of her career, she gradually begins to question the choices she has made, and wonder whether a part of her heart never really left Italy. As the football season nears its culmination and unexpected challenges present themselves closer to home, Sienna must face her own demons and decide what truly matters. But is a spark enough to bridge not only geographical distance but also two completely different lives? Tango in Italian is a story of love, science and football, and about how following your heart can lead you to the most unexpected places.

What happens when, in the blink of an eye, the life you know no longer exists? Vesna is thirteen and visiting her aunt and uncle in the mountains when her reality is abruptly turned on its end by the attack of enemy aircraft. All but cut off from the outside world, the secluded village begins to feel more like a prison than a refuge. Desperate to return home, she embarks on a perilous journey, accompanied only by her own fierce determination and the boy she befriends along the way, who somehow has the ability to look beyond the desolation and find magic even in a broken world. But can she find the way home, and will there even be a home at the end of the road? Set against the backdrop of the Croatian War of Independence, this is the story of two young people coming of age in a fractured land. In a place where violence is abundant, nothing is certain, and children are forced to grow up too fast, the line between reality and imagination begins to blur. And when the smoke clears, the question remains what is real, and what is merely a fantasy? How do you build a new life, when you are no longer sure who you really are?

After moving from Northern England for her university studies, Sienna Archer is now making a name for herself in London’s business district, seemingly far away from where she started. Her personal life, however, is a different matter; apparently, being an independent woman with a career is still far from ideal when it comes to dating, and to add insult to injury, she is haunted by a betrayal in the past she cannot seem to shake, and that only reinforces her professional aspirations.A chance meeting with professional footballer Nicolo Di Luca on a business trip to Ancona drastically changes everything, and back in London, Sienna finds her rational, single-minded reality upended. Striving to follow her best friend’s advice to move on as she battles with her past and what she truly wants out of her career, she gradually begins to question the choices she has made, and wonder whether a part of her heart never really left Italy.As the football season nears its culmination and unexpected challenges present themselves closer to home, Sienna must face her own demons and decide what truly matters. But is a spark enough to bridge not only geographical distance but also two completely different lives?Tango in Italian is a story of love, science and football, and about how following your heart can lead you to the most unexpected places.

What happens when, in the blink of an eye, the life you know no longer exists?Vesna is thirteen and visiting her aunt and uncle in the mountains when her reality is abruptly turned on its end by the attack of enemy aircraft. All but cut off from the outside world, the secluded village begins to feel more like a prison than a refuge. Desperate to return home, she embarks on a perilous journey, accompanied only by her own fierce determination and the boy she befriends along the way, who somehow has the ability to look beyond the desolation and find magic even in a broken world.But can she find the way home, and will there even be a home at the end of the road?Set against the backdrop of the Croatian War of Independence, this is the story of two young people coming of age in a fractured land. In a place where violence is abundant, nothing is certain, and children are forced to grow up too fast, the line between reality and imagination begins to blur.And when the smoke clears, the question remains – what is real, and what is merely a fantasy? How do you build a new life, when you are no longer sure who you really are?

Ali Hewitt is perfectly happy with her life in London, including her job in wine import and seeing Mike, her friend Siennas brother, for the past few months. Then, on New Years Eve, she unexpectedly encounters a strange shipment of rare wine, which unleashes a flood of unwelcome memories, and turns everything on its heel. Her search for answers takes her on a road trip simultaneously across northern Spain and back in time, to where everything started ten years earlier, and the people she left behind. As she immerses herself in the intricacies of Spanish winemaking and the countrys intoxicating culture once more, echoes of her former life make themselves known at every turn, and Ali is forced to confront feelings she has long suppressed, as well as the consequences of her past actions. Gradually, she begins to realise that in order to find her way back to herself, she must first come to terms with her own decisions, and how they changed everything. But is it even possible to mend what was broken, after all this time? Terroir in Spanish is the standalone sequel to Tango in Italian, and a love letter to the authentic, lesser-known Spain. It is a tale of passion, memories, broken dreams and buried secrets, but also about never allowing yourself to forget who you truly are. More than that, it is a story about wine, and thereby about people, because the two will always be intricately connected, the way even the subtlest flavour can evoke the most intense emotions.