title: The Sailor from Casablanca
author: Malaval, Charline
description: "
  A spellbinding story of love and betrayal f
  or fans of Santa Montefiore, Fiona Valpy's
  The Beekeeper's Promise
   and Dinah Jefferies. Perfect for book clubs!
  
  ***Shortlisted for the Filigranes Prize***
  ***RATED 5 STARS BY REAL READERS***
  "I couldn't turn the pages fast enough!
  " -
  5* Amazon review
  "A story
  full of mysteries and romance
  , set against the sumptuous backdrop of Casablanca." -
  5* Amazon review
  "An
  exceptional debut
  " -
  Les Livres d'Eve blog
  
  "A novel full of
  warmth, emotions and exoticism
  ." -
  Le Populaire
  Tall, brilliant and ambitious, eighteen-year-old sailor Guillaume has the world at his feet when he steps onto the shores of
  Casablanca
   in April
  1940
  . But his dreams of travelling the world are cut short when he
  dies in a warship explosion
   in the harbour of Casablanca.
  Sixty-five years later in
  2005
  , as Loubna fights to
  open a cinema
   in the bustling harbourside city, the young woman discovers the
  mystery of the sailor from Casablanca
   . . . and a suitcase full of her grandfather Guillaume's love letters. But could it be that the boy everyone has supposed dead for over half a century is
  still alive
  ?
  And if so - did he run away with
  one of his countless girlfriends
   all these years ago?
  As Loubna searches for answers, she finds herself swept up in an epic story of
   love, passion, intrigue
   and betrayal, set in the enchantingly glamorous heart of
  Golden Age Casablanca
  ."