Moon Sister

Tiggy D'Aplièse works at a deer sanctuary in the Scottish Highlands and loves the wild country around her. When the sanctuary is forced to close, she takes a post as wildlife consultant on the large estate of Charlie Kinnaird, a reclusive and troubled man.

On the estate she meets Chilly, an elderly Romani man who left Spain seventy years earlier. He tells her she has a sixth sense inherited from her ancestors. Years ago a prophecy named him as the person who would guide her back home. The move brings her closer to secrets buried deep in her past.

The novel runs on two strands. The second begins in 1912 in a poor Romani community outside the walls of Granada, where Lucía Amaya-Albaycin is born. At ten, her ambitious father takes her to dance in the flamenco bars of Barcelona. She grows into the finest flamenco dancer of her generation.

Then civil war breaks out in Spain, and Lucía and her troupe have to flee for their lives. As they search for somewhere safe, her old dream of reaching New York comes within reach. Getting there means choosing between her career and the man she adores.