The last couple of months of 2022 were hectic with book events around the publication of Hope Dares to Blossom. I started to write the third book in the trilogy, but discovered a whole new lot of research is required. It begins in 1830, four years after Hope finishes. People’s lives have moved on, marriages have taken place and children have been born. Most significantly, Singapore is now part of the Straits Settlements and administration comes from Penang. This is the world to which Edmund, Chin Ming and their children return, but so does someone else – someone seeking revenge.
