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Between The Snow And The Stars

Series Overview

Elaine Huang is perfectly happy. She lives in Los Angeles, CA, working as an illustrator for projects of her choice. She regularly meets up with her bestie, Martha, usually at Musashi’s, their preferred venue. On one such visit, she answers a call from a persistent unknown number. The phone call changes her life, taking her halfway around the world to Sovereign Island where it brings her back into contact with some family secrets she has done her best to forget.

Can Elaine figure out why those secrets have come back to haunt her, while having to adapt to an unfamiliar environment on a ski resort in a foreign country?

Set across six short stories, click the links below to find out if Elaine can ever return to the simple life she had in LA while trying everything in her power to stop the past from catching up with her. Especially when it wasn’t her secret to begin with.

Between The Snow And The Stars is set between Los Angeles and the fictional Sovereign Island, blending contemporary fiction with gripping family drama, a slice of romance, and all the best of friendships based on Elaine Huang living her best life somewhere between the snow and the stars.


Series Playlist

The songs that offer a useful musical accompaniment to the series.


Book One

(release date: 20th April 2024)

Elaine is on a regular visit to Musashi’s with her bestie, Martha, where she takes a call from an unknown number that has been calling her persistently over recent days. It turns out to be a call that changes her life, sending her halfway around the world to Sovereign Island.


Book Two

(release date: 27th April 2024)

Elaine familiarises herself with her new surroundings, making the effort to get to know as many of the people as possible. Can she convince them that she’s right to be there?


Book Three

(release date: 4th May 2024)

Elaine now has her feet under the table at The Snowery, but at every turn someone or something seems determined to defy her efforts to be a success. Guest expectations, contracts with contractors, and, to top it all off, her parents, all try to throw a spanner in the works. Does she have what it takes to keep everyone happy? Can a skiing lesson with Quinton prove to be the turning point? And why is she having dreams she hasn’t dreamt for two decades?


Book Four

(release date: 11th May 2024)

Elaine tries to make sense of the dream which threatens to interfere with all the good work she has done at The Snowery while the vultures continue to circle. A visit to The Fountain Courtyard provides an unlikely source of relief to the goings-on at the resort, where staff are now leaving. However, where there’s Quinton, there’s always hope. That is until she receives a handwritten note which means the family secret isn’t as secure as she first thought. Can Elaine stop something that happened over twenty years ago from destroying The Snowery?


Book Five

(release date: 18th May 2024)

Elaine tries to come to terms with the fact she’s having dreams of events she knows have happened, which are threatening the future of the resort. She has to delve into the past to see if there are any answers there. Meanwhile, in the present, her sister’s husband refuses to accept the truth, potentially jeopardising everything Jocelyne has built as well as the upcoming festival. Elaine turns to an unlikely source of advice and assistance: her parents.


Book Six

(release date: 25th May 2024)

In the gripping conclusion to Between The Snow And The Stars, Elaine needs to decide whether to stay on Sovereign Island or return to the States. Can she ensure the future of the resort as well as the future of her relationship with the man she has fallen in love with?


Box Set of Books One – Six

(release date: 31st July 2024)

All six e-books available as a single download.