Julia Drosten - Mogador oroszlánja

A smart woman's fight for her love and her family.

In 1830s London, marriage was Sibylla's way to freedom and travel - until her husband's crimes threatened her family's safety.

Independent-minded Sibylla Spencer feels trapped in 19th-century London, where her strong will and progressive views made her unfit for the institution of marriage. Despite being twenty-three years old, he is still treated like a child in his home and feels suffocated by his father's control.

When Benjamin Hopkins, an ambitious employee of her father's trading company, takes an interest in her, she realizes that marriage is her only chance of escape. When Benjamin's rising career suddenly finds them both in exotic Morocco, Sibylla luxuriates in her newfound freedom as a global citizen, making her first deals and making friends among the locals... and falling in love at first sight with a charismatic and handsome French man.

But Benjamin's lust for money and power leads him into dark dealings and further estrangement from Sybilla and their two sons. When he is arrested on terrible charges, Sibylla must make a decision about her family's fate alone: ​​whether to leave her husband alone or support him in his fight for his life.

An excellent historical romance novel
in the world of A Thousand Nights.
The story of two strong women spanning generations.

Go deep! Relax! Be present!

Recommended for ages 16 and up!