...or a new genre! With a new book - in a new genre - I have written a blog on the Liberta Books blog on a subject very close to every author's heart. Here's a quote from the latest issue of The Bookseller, which sets out the problem -- “One of my first bosses in …
What a week! My goodness it has been the most exciting week. Having changed direction, writing crime rather than romance, I didn't know what to expect, but it has been incredible. Number 1 in Noir Crime in the US! It started with the gorgeous video from Joffe, my publisher. That moment when the rose crumples... goosebumps! …
It's finally here! It has been a long journey since I made the decision to write the crime novel, my book of the heart, that had been in my head for many years. I had to look back at my files to find out exactly when I started and was quite shocked to discover that …
It's getting exciting! The pre-order links are live on Amazon, the book is up on Netgalley and the reviews are starting to come in on Goodreads! If you're a reviewer, get in touch and I'll sort out an ARC for you. Reviews Everyone knows that it's a mistake to read your reviews, but I stumbled …
The Maybridge Mysteries I've had to hang onto this news for months while my new publisher, Joffe Books, put together a title and cover for the first of my Maybridge Mysteries. It's set in the ancient fictional Cotswold town of Maybridge, which many of my regular readers will know, and features garden designer and very …
Well, obviously they do all the things that other people do. They cook, they clean, they go shopping and they watch television. Tangled plots are frequently unravelled over an ironing board. The contents of the cleaning cupboard can provide ideas for murder. And television documentaries are an endless source of ideas. My next book, published …
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New release alert! Well, new/not new. His Desert Rose, my very first "sheikh" book, was published by Mills and Boon a few years ago but the rights have now reverted to me. I've given it a lick and polish and this great new cover, and it's available for a short while at the the launch …
This garden of weeds took home gold! The plot - named Weed Thriller - was handed the award at the RHS Tatton Flower Show in Cheshire.Horticulturist Sandra Nock told the BBC that they thought they might be given Nil Point by the RHS but, on the contrary, they were receptive and complimentary. She added that “Without …
There hasn't been much good news in the last couple of years, but one of the few positives to come out of lockdown has been an increase in reading. According to the Guardian, book sales are the highest they've been for ten years. And Forbes magazine which quick to predict that sales of romance novels, …
Publication day, part 1 This is probably going to be the longest publication day in history. Redeemed by Her Midsummer Kiss was supposed to be a February release. Unfortunately, something went wrong -- I've no idea what -- and the January titles were delayed so the February titles have been released in January. It should …
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