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I'm delighted to be able to share this guest post from Hannah all about
Loving your fate...
‘Thus does Fate cast her
thunderbolts into our lives, letting them fall with a feather-like touch,
dulling our senses to the storm they would cause should we realise their
devastating powers.’
This line is from the beginning
of my novel The Echoes of Love, and it conveys a common thread in my
writing: the foreshadowing of future events, of the characters’ destiny.
In my first novel, Burning
Embers, an old African lady embodies this spirit, giving superstitious warnings
to the heroine Coral based on native voodoo practices. In The Echoes of
Love, the heroine Venetia meets a wise Chineseman, Ping Lü, who tells her
fortune. He says, ‘If he is the one for you, if your souls have recognised
and chosen each other, then there is no limit to the works of Fate to bring you
together.’ Venetia is a sceptic, but Paolo, the man with whom she is
falling in love, is not. He tells her of maktoub, which means ‘written’,
an old Arab belief that from the day you are born, the name of your sweetheart
is invisibly engraved on your forehead. ‘Maybe that explains the flicker
of recognition I felt the day we met,’ he says.
In my most recent books, the
AndalucÃan Nights trilogy, it is the old, cunning gypsy Paquita who tells
fortunes, in the following manner:
‘Two paths … I see two paths,’
she went on in her deep, threatening voice. ‘The first is difficult and
tortuous, strewn with thorns and tears, but at the end of it you will find the
paradise which all young women dream of. … The second is straight and easy,
strewn with rose petals and pearls. A cruel deception … a castle built of sand.
… Careful, my beauty,’ she rasped as she drew closer to Alexandra, waving a
withered finger at her, ‘do not delude yourself, do not be deceived, the devil
is cunning!’
Turning to Salvador, her face
clouded. ‘As for you, my fine Señor with the sad face, wearing the tragic mask
of death,’ she hissed, clutching at his arm and digging her claws tightly into
him, ‘go, go in peace, and may God help you. Alas, each one of us has a
destiny to follow, and Paquita can do nothing for you today: the die has been
cast already!’
Like Venetia, the heroines
of Indiscretion (Alexandra), Masquerade (Luz) and Legacy (Luna) are
not easily persuaded that ‘the die has been cast’. They are strong, intelligent
woman who want to feel in control of their lives and futures. And yet, as the
stories unfold, each comes to see the wisdom in surrendering just a little
control to something greater than themselves.
There is something quite
beautiful in that surrender, I think; something honest – and that is why each
of my books incorporates just a touch of destiny. As Nietzsche said, ‘Amor
Fati – “Love Your Fate”, which is in fact your life.’
The award-winning epic AndalucÃan
Nights Trilogy sweeps the reader from the wild landscapes of Spain in the
1950s, through a history of dangerous liaisons and revenge dramas, to a modern
world of undercover missions and buried secrets. Romantic, exotic and deeply
compelling, and featuring a memorable cast of characters, including a
passionate young gypsy, a troubled young writer and an estranged family, The
AndalucÃan Nights Trilogy is a romantic treat waiting to be discovered.
About the Author
Hannah Fielding is an incurable
romantic. The seeds for her writing career were sown in early childhood, spent
in Egypt, when she came to an agreement with her governess Zula: for each fairy
story Zula told, Hannah would invent and relate one of her own. Years later –
following a degree in French literature, several years of travelling in Europe,
falling in love with an Englishman, the arrival of two beautiful children and a
career in property development – Hannah decided after so many years of yearning
to write that the time was now. Today, she lives the dream: writing full time
at her homes in Kent, England, and the South of France, where she dreams up
romances overlooking breath-taking views of the Mediterranean.
Hannah is a multi-award-winning
novelist, and to date she has published five novels: Burning Embers, ‘romance
like Hollywood used to make’, set in Kenya; The Echoes of Love, ‘an epic love
story that is beautifully told’, set in Italy; and the Andalusian Nights
Trilogy – Indiscretion, Masquerade and Legacy – her fieriest novels yet, set in
sunny, sultry Spain.
You can find Hannah online at :
Website: www.hannahfielding.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fieldinghannah
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hannah-Fielding-Author-Page-340558735991910/
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/fieldinghannah
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hannah-Fielding-Author-Page-340558735991910/
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Warmest thanks to Hannah for being my guest author today and for the invitation to be part of the FANtastic Fiesta
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Warmest thanks to Hannah for being my guest author today and for the invitation to be part of the FANtastic Fiesta
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