The Island Seduced Her...

So, when I was at Petra Tou Romiou a week or so ago, (better known as Aphrodite's Rock) in Cyprus, I was photographing the sunset when I noticed this girl, simply standing, half submerged in the sea. She looked how I'd imagined the Goddess of Love looked, all those thousands of years ago.

This is the beach Aphrodite was born on.  It just seemed so perfect.  I took this shot and now I'm back home in the UK wondering...

I love the myth of Aphrodite.  She rose, a beautiful fully-formed woman from the sea.  Her birth and life dominates Cyprus.  Her influence is forever there, beckoning lovers to her beach, her birthplace.  She has come to symbolise Love, with her Roman equivalent, Venus, shining down from the sky, looking down on us all.

Emily, my protagonist, begins to feel that Aphrodite's influence is affecting her life.  She arrives on Cyprus, a normal everyday woman and over the course of a few months, she changes dramatically and her life will never be the same again.

Will she find happiness or will her transformation bring her sorrow?

You need to read the book to find out what happens.  All I will say is

...the Island Seduced her.

See you next time.