

As a Mossad agent,
an international aid worker,
a Venetian countess dispossessed—
for 7 years Anaïs Spencer's first-class flights
& hotel suites have been paid for
by the hapless men upon
whom she subsists.

As a Mossad agent,
an international aid worker,
a Venetian countess dispossessed—
for 7 years Anaïs Spencer's
first-class flights
& hotel suites have been paid
for by the hapless men upon
whom she subsists.

But Exquisite Hours is the story
of a beautiful young woman
who is tired of wandering.
Confessions of love are becoming chronic.
Anaïs is too often having to resort
to her last line of defence—
the rufie.

But Exquisite Hours is the story
of a beautiful young woman
who is tired of wandering.
Confessions of love
are becoming chronic.
Anaïs is too often having
to resort to her last line
of defence—the rufie.

In a matter of days she flees from
Hong Kong to New York to Missouri to Bangladesh
to Bangkok—
at last to Venice,
where she meets her
false-speaking match.

In a matter of days she flees from
Hong Kong to New York to Missouri
to Bangladesh to Bangkok—
at last to Venice,
where she meets her
false-speaking match.

But will Anaïs' deceitful past
allow her a happy future..?

But will Anaïs' deceitful past
allow her a happy future..?

Released in 2016,
Exquisite Hours launched my career—
and is hailed by most who read it
as the funniest novel they've
ever come across.
(And before the pandemic it was
in pre-production as a movie.)

It's available on Amazon & Kindle,
or you can buy it directly from its author,
sent to anywhere in the world...

It's available on
Amazon & Kindle,
or you can buy it
directly from its author,
sent to anywhere
in the world...


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