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Ruins

By: Amy Taylor
Narrated by: Ethan Reid, Sophie Cotton
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A sharp and enthralling new novel from the author of Search History about lies, privilege and a dangerous love triangle, set over the course of a summer in Athens.

At a crossroads in their lives, a couple arrives in Greece to house-sit for a friend. Emma is searching for a meaningful next step beyond work or motherhood, and Julian is struggling to come to terms with the failure of his academic career. Their visions for the future seem to be pulling them in different directions, and they hope that this summer away will help them to mend their frayed connection.

Emma and Julian's plans take an unexpected turn when they meet Lena, an enigmatic young Greek woman, who presents an opportunity for them to explore their relationship in uncharted and excitingly risky ways. However, as the heat in the city grows stifling, they find themselves far more entangled in Lena's life than they'd bargained for. Engaged in a struggle for control, the three of them are suddenly faced with consequences far greater—and far more explosive—than they could have predicted.

Voyeuristic and thrilling, Ruins delivers the drama of a modern Greek tragedy while exposing the tensions between privilege, power and desire.

©2025 Amy Taylor (P)2025 W. F. Howes ltd. and Allen & Unwin Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Women's Fiction Greece
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What starts with Emma and Julien whose relationship appears to have not gotten back on track after a miscarriage, ends with a death.
Emma and Julien are spending a period of time in Corfu & Athens while Julien, an Academic, writes a paper.
Meanwhile, Emma is beginning to question her life choices, including her relationship with Julien.
One night, they are dinning at a Taverna, when Julien is gently coerced into dancing with an older woman.

Innocent enough, but Emma, while watching begins to be mesmerised at the sight of the woman’s seductive dance with Julien.
She finds herself aroused.
That night Emma experiences some of the best sex’s in a long time.
Soon realising she wants Julien to do it again.

Soon, they met a young bar maid Lena on a night out, and the three of them form an odd arrangement. Where Julien and Lena have sex and allow Emma to watch.
Consenting adults and all…

Until!

It all goes terribly wrong.

First time read by this author.
The tension and suspense just builds, and builds.

Relationship in Trouble, Extortion, Betrayal

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Well written, pacy, with well developed , deep and recognizable characters, mixed into a great story.

Middle aged angst driven tragic thriller

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This was Enjoyable and interesting take on being human and unlike anything else out there. Recommended.

Very good

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Great narrator. Engaging storyline about a complicated summer love story gone very very wrong. Simply tragic.

A Modern Greek Tragedy

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