A Meeting in Seville - Softcover

I really enjoyed this book. A superb achievement. I loved the way it played disconcertingly with time and mixed humour with poignant emotion in a pacey and suspenseful story which was at times surprisingly eerie. And it offered genuine insights into the complexity of relationships, marriage, and the even more difficult journey of self-awareness. --David Lister, The Independent

A time-travelling love story that challenges us all to recapture the best of our younger selves. Writing with warmth and wit Paul A Mendelson never makes it easy for his characters but always intriguing for the reader. --David Ian Neville, Producer BBC Radio Drama

A heart-warming romantic comedy that is not only a trip down memory lane but also a poignant reminder of what can happen when life gets in the way. Fresh, imaginative and touchingly real. This story radiates love. --Emma Clipp, Journalist (Daily Mail, Metro)

A Meeting in Seville follows a couple whose marriage is on the rocks. They return to Seville on Semana Santa (Easter) for a `second honeymoon', a gift from their daughter, only to encounter their own younger selves, on their first honeymoon exactly 30 years earlier. William Sutherland (53), is stressed, work-obsessed and alienated from his vibrant Spanish wife Luisa (52), whom he suspects of an affair with old friend and current business partner Sandy. He could do without a 30th anniversary gift from their concerned daughter. When they encounter their happily-honeymooning selves, (Will 23 and Lu 22) they think they've gone mad. Somehow two worlds have collided in this unchanging city - yet the only element of the other era is that the two couples can see each other. William and Luisa recognise `themselves' but the youngsters think they're simply a nice if fractious couple here in Seville in 1988. William is drawn to the appealing young woman his wife once was. Whilst Luisa looks in sadness at the couple these sweet lovers have become. But Sandy, William's best-man was also in Seville that long-ago week. Was this when the fatal `attraction' took hold? When William accidentally discovers that he has the ability to tamper with history, he contrives to ease the young Sandy out of Luisa's life but soon finds his efforts turning into something more potent...