The muse

 The novel is a captivating story that weaves together two timelines: 1967 London and 1936 Spain on the brink of civil war. In 1967, a Caribbean émigré named Odelle Bastien works at an art institute where she discovers a mysterious painting linked to a bohemian woman in 1930s Spain. Odelle finds herself drawn into a complex web of secrets and deceptions surrounding the wealthy Anglo-Austrian Schloss family and an aspiring painter named Isaac Robles. The novel explores themes of aspiration, identity, love, obsession, and the nature of female creativity.