Protecting the Truth

Nicola is drawn into a world of fashion, intrigue and ex-pat life when she meets Julian Smith Owen. Unbeknown to her, compromising secrets are hidden thousands of miles away in Africa and a troop of mischief-making spirits, living in an ancient baobab tree, are hunting them down. Returning from Africa, Nicola runs away to university but a betrayal of a secret and a devastating revelation of the truth brings her crashing back to her circle of friends. Hurting, she moves to Oxford, alone. A new romance and a chance of happiness is put in jeopardy by the unleashing of one last secret, her own, by someone she thought she could trust.