A writer from the Isle of Wight has had her international romance novel published at the age of 93.
Carisbrooke resident June Elford has been writing travel articles since the late 1980s, but has never published a work of fiction until now.
Tomorrow May Never Come' is a love story weaving together the lives of three characters in Scotland, Australia, Hong Kong and Korea in the 1950s.
Simon is posted to Korea, leaving Lisa to face life alone as a service wife.
But when her car breaks down and a stranger named James stops to help her, her life takes a different turn.
The story follows a trail of heartbreak as Lisa risks everything in her search for happiness.
The book encompasses the war in Korea, the 'Ten Pound Poms', and emigrating to Australia to find that life there doesn't fulfil the promise of sunshine and oranges.
Against a background of brash colour in Australia and cool green in Scotland, the reader will wonder if they, especially Lisa, will ever find happiness.
June wrote Isle of Wight - Gem of the Solent with illustrator Steve Gascoigne in 2014. She said:
"After Gem of the Solent was published I wrote articles for The Lady, Yachting World, Best of Britain, Beautiful Britain, Countryman, Yours, Choice, and Waterways World.
"Tomorrow May Never Come is my first venture into fiction — perhaps I am a late bloomer at ninety-three!"
Tomorrow May Never Come is available as an ebook from various sellers.
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