title: The Zanzibar Affair
author: Ford, Samantha
description: A High Society Love Story
  An enduring, high society love story spanning decades and three continents.
  Set against a spectacular backdrop of Safari Africa, New York and France
  , the love stories from Africa are the very essence of this remarkable debut novel. Love, betrayal, passion and death are woven into this romantic novel with exquisite skill. A book to read and to relish. Samantha Ford is destined to become a
  contemporary romance
   bestseller with her stories from Africa on this form.
  Love and Betrayal
  A letter found in an old chest on the island of Zanzibar reveals the secret of Kate Hope’s glamorous but anguished past, and the reason for her sudden and unexplained disappearance. Ten years previously Kate’s lover and business partner, Adam Hamilton, tormented by a terrifying secret he is willing to risk everything for, brutally ends his relationship with Kate leaving her devastated and feeling totally betrayed by her former lover .
   A woman is found murdered in a remote part of Kenya, bringing Tom Fletcher back to East Africa to unravel the web of mystery and intrigue surrounding Kate, the woman he loves but hasn't seen for eighteen years. In Zanzibar, Tom meets Kate’s daughter Molly. With her help he pieces together the last years of her mother’s life and his extraordinary connection to it. He begins to realize that all this time they may have been star crossed lovers that were destined to spend their lives apart despite his undying love for her. He would never have betrayed her, he simply loved her too much, but their relationship had never been allowed to develop. There was always something that prevented them being together.
  Stories from Africa
  When you read this book you will understand that Samantha is a very accomplished writer who describes human feelings only the way a woman can. Love and passion leap from the pages as does a clear indication that she has lived in and experienced love in the country she adores. Africa is of course that country and she has demonstrated that she can describe it in original and evocative terms. She has been on many an African safari and observed first hand the high society lifestyles that she draws upon to write her stories from Africa. Fiction they may be, but they give you an insight into the lives of the rich and powerful, both at work and at play.
  Star Crossed Lovers
  This is a book to get lost in, an absorbing story of suspense and intrigue, star crossed lovers, complex characters and one which it is hard to believe is a début novel. But don't worry Samantha has already penned the second book in her series of
  high society love stories
   and has made a start on her third. So if you love this book you will not have too long to wait for another story out of Africa.