Ella Hayes put her career change down to a “mid-life moment”. After decades of hauling cameras about filming everything from moths mating to athletes competing in the 1993 Barcelona Paralympics, in 2017 she started a master’s degree in Writing Practice and Study at Dundee University. It was a wise decision as, in that same year…
Read MoreAll articles filed in Mills and Boon
Australian Romance Readers Association awards nominations….
…and yes, I’m on the list! I’m completely over the moon to announce that Christmas Reunion in Paris is in the Members Choice category of Favourite Christmas or Holiday Romances. This was the first book in a mini series based around the Harrington Park Hotel, and I’m doubly delighted, that James’ sister, Sally Harrington –…
Read MoreWelcome this month’s castaway, romance author Andrea Bolter…
…to my desert island. In a homage to the British radio programme, Desert Island Discs, which has been running for 70 years with guests as different as politicians, scientists, astronauts, actors, writers and musicians, and First Lady, Michelle Obama, – named by broadcasting experts as the “greatest radio programme of all time” – she’ll be…
Read MoreWaiting for the reviews. The nail biting nervousness of a blog tour…
…the romance {oh, the romance!)… I absolutely have to share this review of Christmas Reunion in Paris from “Being Anne” This is my first ever blog tour and I’m happy to sat that I’ve had some wonderful reviews – they are all in my twitter feed – but I was nervous about this one. Anne…
Read MoreA weekend in Paris? It would be rude not to…
Read all about it! I’m blogging over at the Mills and Boon website this week about my weekend in Paris. Here’s a link = A weekend in Paris!
Read MoreChristmas Reunion in Paris – a second chance love story
And you can download it today in Australia! It would be so much easier if English language editions of a book came out on the same day everywhere. But no. If you are in the UK or North America, you could have read this two weeks ago, but it’s finally available in the southern hemisphere…
Read MoreWhat Music was I Listening to When I Wrote Christmas Reunion in Paris? Here’s my playlist
Two new Manga titles for July!
Manga Magic I am so excited! I absolutely love the Japanese manga editions of my books – they have a special place on my bookshelf – but it’s always a joy to see them translated into English by Harlequin Comics. The first is The Bachelor’s Baby. This is the story of Amaryllis (Amy) Jones and…
Read MoreAbsent Without Leave…
January I’ve been absent from my blog this spring. There are several reasons for this, none to do with Covid19. At least I don’t think so. January was lost mostly to coughing. It was that dry, exhausting cough that was going around just before and after Christmas and it got me. I spent an entire…
Read MoreWe have a jubilee!
Sixty years ago, a group of romantic novelists got together and set up an organisation to raise the status of their art. Since then, the Romantic Novelists’ Association has worked tirelessly to support not just established authors, but new writers, with their amazing New Writers’ Scheme which, over the years, has helped a huge number…
Read More