Kate Lord Brown, from Droxford, will launch her latest book, The Golden Hour, at Madeleine’s Kitchen in Petersfield on Thursday, August 28 at 6.30pm.
She started writing her first novel in the café of One Tree Books in the town.
Seven books later, she is set to launch her new novel with the bookshop which was recently hit by a fire in a nearby building.
The Golden Hour (Image: Supplied) Ms Lord Brown said: “I’m really delighted to be coming back to Hampshire, which still feels like home.
“Petersfield is lucky to have some wonderful independent stores and I’m thrilled to launch the new paperback with two of the best.”
The Golden Hour is an epic dual timeline story that takes readers from Cairo in 1939 on the eve of war, to 1970s Beirut on the brink of another conflict.
It intertwines the lives of glory-seeking desert archaeologists, priceless treasures, and the decadent cabarets of World War Two Cairo with the restless expat lives in bohemian Beirut.
The novel follows archaeologist Lucie Fitzgerald, who learns a family secret from her dying mother, Polly, which leads her to discover the truth about her family, her mother’s childhood best friend and their shared search for Nefertiti’s tomb.