Rosie Thomas writes large-scale romantic and historical fiction shaped by travel, family secrets and women rebuilding their lives in unfamiliar places. The Kashmir Shawl follows Mair Ellis as an inherited shawl leads her towards her grandmother's life in 1940s India and Kashmir, combining a present-day search with wartime history. Iris & Ruby moves between contemporary Cairo and memories of the Second World War, while The Potter's House centres on a woman who leaves Britain for a remote Greek island. Thomas's novels are immersive, emotionally direct and strongly place-based, with relationships unfolding against landscapes from the Himalayas to North Africa. Her work fits historical romance, family saga and destination-driven women's fiction, particularly for readers of Dinah Jefferies and Lucinda Riley. Read more Less