China 1926.

Widow, Joan Carter travels to China with the intention of researching her next book documenting the life and death of the Dowager Empress.

What she doesn’t expect is to fall in love again.

Geoffrey Marne is everything she doesn’t want in a man. But the attraction is unavoidable.

However, fate cruelly separates them when they have finally succumbed to their feelings for each other.

In the midst of war, they are torn apart by opposing factions.

Can Joan escape when the Chinese kidnap her?

Or survive the torture inflicted by the Japanese?

And if so… will she ever be reunited with Geoffrey?

Follow Joan’s struggles as she battles for survival in a country divided, where violence is rampant and enemies are in every direction.

“Red Dawn” is a heart-wrenching romance which will possess you from the first page and written by a master of the genre.

Praise for Christopher Nicole:

‘His backgrounds are vivid and the characters authentic … a robust tale, vigorously told…’ Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph.

‘Well-researched…Evocative descriptions of scenery and edifices, and exact period dialogue’ Historical Novels Society

Christopher Nicole (born 1930) was brought up in British Guyana and the West Indies. His output of books, under his own name and several pennames, has been prolific. Much of his work is historical, and many are set in the Caribbean.