Your character Lucía Albaycín is based on the famed flamenco dancer Carmen Amaya. What made you decide to fictionalise the character, rather than write about Carmen herself? The sisters’ journey through the wilds of West Virginia, disaster-prone from the start, takes a turn when they meet two train-hoppers with dangerous secrets, and Jazz learns that Olivia holds a dark secret of her own in the form of their mother's final unread letter. Mistrust, resentments and new attachments threaten to tear the two apart, until a final bizarre misadventure forces them to decide what’s really important. Before turning to novels, Therese was a researcher and writer for Prevention magazine, and then a freelance writer. She’s had hundreds of articles on nutrition and fitness published in consumer magazines and online. This book exceeded all my expectations by far. With the 4th book, the pattern of lost love became a bit predictable, and I was wondering if Riley would break it. And, the answer is a definite yes. I found this book very exotic, and different than others.

As a pair of stone pillars flashed past in the beam of the headlights, I wished I’d arrived earlier in the day so I could orient myself. Okay, that all sounds interesting,” I agreed. “Although I should warn you, fish aren’t a speciality of mine.” I remembered I’d been telling him that my dream was to one day go to Africa, to work with the incredible creatures in their natural habitat, rather than behind bars. The Moon Sister’ is a sensational Seven Sisters sizzler as Riley unleashes the full force of her imaginative powers on Tiggy’s unforgettable family story, a breathtaking adventure brimming with cruelty, tragedy, passion, obsession and, most of all, the music, rhythm and spirit of Spain’s gitano community.She nodded and left the room. I sat down on the edge of what felt like a very comfortable mattress and mused that I couldn’t quite work Beryl out. And this lodge . . . the luxury surrounding me was the last thing I’d expected to find. Eventually, I raised myself from the bed and went to open the door to the bathroom. Inside I found a double marble-topped sink, a freestanding bath, and a shower cubicle with one of those huge circular showerheads that I just couldn’t wait to stand under, after months of bathing in Margaret’s chipped enamel tub.

But when fate takes a hand, Tiggy must decide whether to stay with her new-found family or return to Kinnaird, and Charlie . . . We lapsed into silence again as Cal turned a sharp left by a tiny run-down chapel with a weathered For Sale sign nailed lopsidedly to one of its walls. The road had narrowed and we were now driving through open countryside, with drystone walls on either side keeping the sheep and cattle safely corralled behind them. Aren’t you sad about leaving?” I asked her yet again. “If it was me, I’d be crying my eyes out day and night.”

If it’s any comfort, I think that reaction is perfectly normal,” Charlie responded. “A lot of the bereaved relatives I speak to say they feel the presence of their loved ones around them after they’ve died.” The historic look at the Gitano/Payo relationship was very original. I haven't read this in many historical novels. The take on the situation of Spain during Second World War was also a very good addition to the story.