It is described as "A love story that will stay with you forever."
It tells the story of the life of Milana, a young Chilean girl who is the resident of a mean shantytown.
But Milana is no ordinary shantytown dweller. Although she is struggling with the impact of the abuse from her vile stepfather, she is a girl of indomitable willpower and strength of character and wants to make something of her life.
Although she could give herself to the local drug dealers who taunt her as they lust after her body, she decides to keep away from them and instead she reads books that she finds in charity bags. She reads these books and uses them to fuel her powerful imagination.
Her precarious life was ripped to shreds by a terrible tragedy, but a stranger by the name of Santiago comes into her life when he discovers her working on the banks of the river.
He makes her a stunning offer. A perfect way of escaping from her life.
But is the aristocratic and handsome Santiago all he appears to be? Or do some dark secrets lurk in his past?
He is an artist teetering on the edge of great fame and fortune and together their secret love spurs them on to travel across continents all over the world, challenging the status quo and the time-honoured conventions of the world.
But will the past catch up with them. destroying the cosy world they have carved out for themselves against all the odds?
Or will they be able to continue as the loving couple that they are?
It is published by Matador at £7.99 and is available via the Amazon-powered That's Books Bookshop, to the right of the site.
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