THE ALLURE OF FOREIGN SHORES by Nicola Marsh

I'm an avid reader. I devour books; have ever since I was a kid.
I read widely, across genres and could happily spend a day/week/month curled up with my nose in a book. For me, part of the appeal of reading is getting engrossed in another world, being so absorbed in the characters' lives that I'm almost there alongside them, laughing and crying and feeling their pain.
It's sheer pleasure to be swept up in the fantasy as I turn the pages, eager to reach the end yet reluctant to do so because I...