THE SULTAN’S WOMAN

About the Book

In Victorian England, on the last day of his long life, Richard Sutcliffe tells of his passionate affair with "The Sultan's Woman". When he traveled to a provincial village as a young painter on his first commission, he is fascinated by a beautiful woman who gallops a giant black horse in and out of the sea. Why do villagers call her "The Sultan's Woman" as if it were a curse? Curiosity, pity become a secret love affair that results in murder and obsession. "We had no peace. Only the brutal desire for more and more and more. And again, more…”

About the Author

Melody M. Suppes is a screenwriter, script doctor, and novelist who lives in Southern California. After attending the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City, she began her writing career as an advertising copywriter for various ad agencies. Film and television screenwriting followed her move to the Los Angeles area. THE SULTAN'S WOMAN is adapted from her original screenplay, and is Melody's first romance novel. Her debut as a novelist was the detective mystery, WOMAN, DIVIDED, starring LAPD Homicide Detective Herman ("Hermie") Grabfelder. Grabfelder will appear in the sequel, BANANA BUBBLEGUM.