The Clouds Beneath The Sun

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Kenya, 1961. As a small plane carrying Nathalie Lyle lands at a remote airstrip in the Serengeti, Nathalie knows she s run just about as far as she can from home. Trained as an archaeologist, she has fought hard to be included in a team excavating ruins in Kenya, her first opportunity to escape England and the painful memories of her past.

But before she can find her bearings, the dig is surrounded by controversy - and murder. In a country on the brink of crisis, nowhere and no one is safe. As a growing attraction to Jack Deacon, famed explorer, becomes a passionate, reckless affair, Nathalie is faced with a decision that will shape her life for ever...

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Set against the panorama of the First World War, The Kissing Gates is a poignant love story, a finely woven tapestry of choice, consequence and redemption. Mackenzie Ford explores the ambiguities of the human heart with an unwavering hand, and in so doing creates a haunting and moving tale that will resonate with the reader long after he or she has finished the last page. - Pam Jenoff, bestselling author of Kommandant s Girl

This book is a joy to read. Wonderful period detail, and the atmosphere so convincing it had me looking out the window for Zeppelins. The First World War - with its no-man s land and valiant nurses - is disturbingly contrasted to the peaceful idyll of rural England. Even the touching love story, with a secret ticking away like a time-bomb at its heart, has us on a knife-edge of uncertainty. And Ford provides fascinating details of the thrills of the wartime intelligence world. I was swept up in this intimate and captivating story of conflicting loyalties. It s the kind of read that lingers in the mind - Kate Furnivall, author of The Russian Concubine

Against the background of the First World War this debut tells the tale of love against all hope, with a healthy dose of revenge - Irish Tatler

Author Bio

Mackenzie Ford is a pseudonym for a writer who lives in London.