Celebrating the female experience and the interconnectedness of womanhood, author Helen Tsifourdaris Taptelis examines social versus sociological roles of women, the culture of unrequited love, and the soul's unceasing need for companionship in her debut novel, Mosaic Eyes. Motivated by the visit of her great niece, one woman begins to retell the stories of her past-a past riddled with loss, loneliness, and misfortune. A proud woman who fell from grace during the civil war in Crete in the 1940s, she was caught between her love for a betrothed man and her soul's fiery need to live life on her own terms. Loosely biographical, this story is filled with danger, intrigue and sanctioned murder-amidst a personal quest to make peace.