Griffin and Sabine
"Griffin Moss is an artist living in London who makes postcards for a living. He is unhappy and lonely, though he is unaware of these feelings. His life is changed forever when he receives a cryptic postcard from Sabine Strohem, a woman he has never met. Like Griffin, she is an artist (she illustrates postage stamps) and comes from a fictional group of small islands in the South Pacific known as the Sicmon Islands"
I discovered these books about 10 yrs ago, roughly, after a friend recommended them. I borrowed them, read them a few times and found that I was hooked. I never did get around to buying them though. Recently I was trying to acquire a set. After a little research I found out that author Nick Bantock has published a more than one trilogy in the series. The artwork is amazing in the books, and the narrative is very inventive and quite romantic. Alright, the unique thing about the story is that it's told through a series of removable letters and postcards between the two main characters. Each postcard represents artwork from the two main characters.
Check these books out if you've never heard about them. Worth the time spent. Enjoy. Kisses. m.