Sara Alexi Books in Order

Widowed shopkeeper Marina has kept a secret about a long-ago summer on a nearby island. When her daughter plans to move there, Marina returns to confront the past before it can damage the people she loves.

In West Yorkshire, Cyril shelters unwanted animals and discarded possessions while a neighbor seeks his eviction. Next door, Saabira hopes for a fresh start with her family, and her attempts at friendship challenge the barriers between them.

An elderly man's orderly solitude is interrupted when he reluctantly looks after his nephew. Recounting his youth forces Mitsos to reconsider a lifelong friendship and the events of one troubling day, while a letter offers a chance to make amends.

After moving to a neglected farmhouse in Greece, Englishwoman Juliet reluctantly hires Aaman, an undocumented Pakistani laborer. Their uneasy working arrangement develops into a connection that forces both to confront experiences they have kept hidden.

In his forties, Theo leaves his controlling father and the prospect of running the village café for a new life in 1970s Athens. City survival tests his honesty, forcing him to reconsider the home and values he left behind.

Disillusioned London lawyer Michelle welcomes an assignment in Athens as a chance to escape her routine. A weekend trip to a Greek island takes an unexpected turn when a chance meeting and a tragic accident disrupt her carefully ordered life.

Seventeen-year-old Abby leaves for Greece after arguing with her father, then becomes stranded in the wrong village with little money. Her encounter with Stella inflames longstanding local tensions and draws her into secrets that threaten her escape.

Sarah travels to a Greek village for her youngest son’s wedding while questioning her strained marriage and identity beyond motherhood. Reuniting with an old friend and repeatedly encountering a local shepherd bring unsettling new dimensions to her visit.

Raised in isolation on an island goat farm, Yanni must travel to the mainland after the family's donkey dies. The necessary journey forces him to confront his fears and raises hopes of finding his lost childhood sweetheart.

Irini and a man are unwillingly brought together on the Aegean Sea, where circumstances soon threaten her safety. As she struggles to protect herself, an earlier trauma resurfaces, forcing her to confront wounds that have never healed.

After winning a major European song competition with music he considers shallow, Sakis discovers the uneasy rewards of celebrity. A stay in a Greek village gives the aspiring musician space to question whether fame can provide the happiness he wants.

Invited to her granddaughter's birthday in England, Toula faces her husband's refusal to travel and his assumption that she will stay too. After years of suppressing her wishes, she considers acting independently and accepting the consequences.

Scandal sends ambitious priest Savvas from America to a remote Greek village he resents. Local secrets and politics soon interfere with his efforts to secure comfort and status, while two women draw him into increasingly troubling complications.

Loukas hates his work, and Ellie feels trapped in an unsatisfying marriage. Both are young yet believe life is passing them by, struggling to imagine how they might escape the circumstances that leave them feeling hopeless.

Village kiosk owner Vasso knows everyone else's stories but rarely shares her own. Her friendship with Juliet raises questions about a long-ago summer on Orino Island, why she left the village, and what eventually brought her back.

A struggling farmer's wife discovers a neglected pamphlet promising a route to wealth. With two sons needing education and little money at home, she decides to steal it, beginning a search for a different future for her family.

Village postman Cosmo secretly loves Maria, yet must read aloud the love letters she receives from someone else. An unexpected event makes him a local hero, offering a chance to overcome the shyness that has kept his own feelings unspoken.

Miltos has spent his life traveling without finding the fulfillment he wants. Arriving in a small Greek village, he considers whether returning to his beginnings and building a settled life might offer something his wandering has not.

Short stories revisit familiar village residents, including an orange grower inventing an excuse for his failed crop. Alongside the fiction, a handbook supplies character guides, Greek phrases, maps, photographs, author reflections, and discussion questions for the series.

With her children grown and her marriage transformed, Rallou wonders what became of her ambitions. When a natural upheaval leaves her husband missing, new information challenges her understanding of the past and the limits she has placed on her future.

Juliet joins fellow villagers on Orino for a British-style Christmas, but her son Terrance’s mischief and Miltos’s uncertain romantic interest complicate the holiday. A ride into the hills brings further trouble as the weather turns.

Nefeli inherits a cottage on Orino Island and begins uncovering the history her parents concealed. Her growing connection with neighbor Adonis faces opposition from his mother, whose determination to separate them hints at deeper family secrets.

Takis and Spiros try to recover promised treasure from their inherited yacht after it sinks. With their insurance hopes ruined and Captain George's gold still unclaimed, the unlikely partners face another round of increasingly impractical schemes.

Sara Alexi pairs a story about Pippo Alampo with approachable Greek recipes drawn from everyday village cooking. The collection emphasizes fresh ingredients, adaptable vegetarian and vegan dishes, and traditional sweets that require a little more preparation.

Odd-job workers Takis and Spiros inherit a shabby yacht and assume their fortunes have changed. Maintenance costs soon threaten that dream, and a plan involving insurance becomes complicated by rumors of gold hidden aboard.

Takis and Spiros finally receive money from their unexpected inheritance, but mounting bills threaten their satisfaction. As Takis’s behavior causes fresh trouble, Spiros begins questioning their friendship and considering what he wants from his own life.

An aging housekeeper recalls the love and abandonment that shaped her years on Orino Island. As she confronts news about the man she once loved, she hopes to stop her friend Juliet from repeating her mistakes.

Dawn’s difficult job and shabby flat contrast sharply with her sister’s successful life in Australia. When their demanding mother suffers a fall, Dawn becomes her caregiver, and longstanding favoritism feeds a growing resentment that threatens to overwhelm her.

Art student Neil wakes on a homemade raft carrying his girlfriend’s piano, a stranger and a small dog. Drifting from Yorkshire toward London, he tries to understand the previous night and find the courage to win Kim back.