Soraya Lane is living the dream. More specifically, she is living her dream. As an only child growing up in Christchurch, she loved animals – she talked her parents into buying a horse and aspired to be a vet. She loved reading, most memorably Bantam Books’ Saddle Club series, and writing her own stories.
Now, she lives with her husband, Hamish, and two young sons on a 4.8ha farm on the edge of Christchurch with two cats, two dogs, four horses, two rescue sheep and a back catalogue of 26 historical and contemporary women’s fiction titles which have topped Amazon charts and Kindle bestseller lists.
Late last year, Hachette, through its digital stablemate Bookouture, brokered a “high-six-figure” deal in Germany for her new Lost Daughter series and signed off sales in 14 other
