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Sarande Dreams and Desires

Maeve Campbell

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English
B.P. Stone
09 September 2025
Sarande Dreams and Desires follows the journey of Jack Reeves, a 55-year-old retired NYPD detective haunted by the memories of 9/11 and the Orlando Pulse Nightclub shooting. Jack lives a lonely life in Manhattan with his estranged daughter, Sarah. His wife leaves him, after they moved to Florida. due to his divorce, Jack resumes his law enforcement career, in Orlando, but the trauma of his past continues to haunt him.

In a desperate attempt to find peace, Jack decides to leave New York and move to Sarandë, Albania. There, he meets Fiona Doyle, a British café owner who has her own painful past. Fiona lost her husband in the 7/7 bombings in London and has been raising her son, now in a UK university, Jamie, alone. Despite their initial reservations, Jack and Fiona form a deep connection and begin to heal together.

As Jack settles into his new life in Sarandë, he becomes a part of the community, helping Fiona expand her café and making new friends. However, the ghosts of his past continue to linger, and Jack must confront his trauma head-on. With Fiona's support, Jack learns to forgive himself and find peace.

The story explores themes of grief, healing, and the power of human connection. It is a poignant and hopeful tale of two people finding love and redemption in the most unexpected place.
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Imprint:   B.P. Stone
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 140mm,  Spine: 10mm
Weight:   200g
ISBN:   9798231694297
Pages:   166
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Maeve Campbell is an American author born to Irish immigrants and raised in the Bronx during the gritty, electric pulse of the 1980s. Her childhood was steeped in storytelling, from the lyrical tales her parents brought from County Clare to the streetwise narratives unfolding on every corner of her neighborhood. That blend of heritage and hustle shaped Maeve into a woman who sees the poetry in chaos and the romance in resilience. After a marriage unraveled under the weight of betrayal, Maeve turned inward, channeling her energy into her career as a personal assistant to a high-powered CBS executive. Behind the scenes of network television, she mastered the art of discretion, diplomacy, and knowing exactly when to speak and when to listen, skills that would later serve her well as a writer. A proud graduate of Fordham University, Maeve now lives on Roosevelt Island in a sunlit apartment overlooking Manhattan, where she shares her space with two cats, a dog named Finnegan, and the occasional friend who knows not to overstay. Her social life is vibrant, peppered with wine-soaked dinners, rooftop conversations, and the kind of friendships that survive both silence and scandal. Maeve began writing in the wake of 9/11, when grief cracked something open inside her. What started as a private act of healing became a public voice for love, loss, and longing. Her romance novels are unapologetically raw, exploring the messy, magnetic pull between people who are broken but brave enough to try again. Whether she's writing about forbidden desire, second chances, or the quiet ache of solitude, Maeve's stories pulse with emotional truth and a distinctly New York rhythm. She writes not just to entertain, but to remind readers that vulnerability is a strength - and that love, in all its forms, is worth the risk.

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