It is May 1977, a quiet house in the English Cotswolds. Emily,an emotionally fragile,gentle, nature-loving girl, is approaching her eighteenth birthday. Her father, Martin, has become worried about her since the death of her mother, as she has begun to walk in her sleep and says she sees her mother’s ghost. When Martin gets the chance to join his friend Barnaby on an archaeological dig on Crete, he welcomes Emily’s suggestion that she and her older brother David join him out there. Staying with their father’s Greek friends, Emily and David are introduced to the thoughtful young son of the family, Petros, who is prepared to go along with David’s constant quest for fun and girls but who falls in love with the shy, distant Emily. When the siblings notice a mysterious island in the bay, now deserted and a source of superstitious fear among the local villagers, David is eager to explore it, despite Petros’ warnings, but Emily feels afraid and troubled. Eventually the island draws them in, and soon Manolis, a local fisherman who is obsessed with the island for his own reasons, leads them all into a terrifying adventure. The story winds its way through Cretan labyrinths to a strange and surprising conclusion. 
Suitable for age 16+ Some mild sexual scenes and one violent scene

The Glass Madonna is created by Loretta Proctor, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author



The Glass Madonna

A woman walked into the shop and greeted Manolis at this moment and he turned and whispered, 'Don't go Emilia, please, just wait a bit.'


He turned to the woman who looked at Emily with a suspicious and questioning eye as if convinced that the pair of them were up to no good. Emily felt herself blush and was annoyed. What would people think of her, sitting here in the back of Manolis shop talking to him so earnestly? Had the woman overheard anything that had been said? It was unlikely as they had spoken English. But all the same Emily didn't like it, didn't want to be associated with this weird man and his urgency and anxiety. 


Chapter 28: A great disapointment