Could stepping into the past make your future perfect? Sarah’s been dumped. Unceremoniously. Painfully. A romantic at heart and a historian by profession, Sarah has always wondered about her grandfather’s wartime romance in Italy. Who was that brave woman who cared for him during the war? Clearly this is the time to heal her wounds…
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Winner, winner…
WINNER Hi everyone and thank you for helping me celebrate my win by taking part in the draw for a copy of A Secret, a Safari, a Second Chance Names have been put into the hat and five winners have been drawn. They are: Susan Allan Clare.W Tina.R Kathy Newcomber Danielle McDonald Please email…
Read MoreHanging out on a desert island with Rachael Stewart
I’m absolutely delighted to welcome Rachael Stewart to my desert island this month. Writing, she tells me, has been something of an addiction since she could put pen to paper and she has the stacks of hand-scrawled stories to prove it! Being a realist, however, she never thought she’d actually get published and so pursued…
Read MoreCelebrating a Win with a Giveaway!
Winner! I’m total thrillled to announce that Eve Bliss and Kit Merchant, the hero and heroine of A Secret, a Safari, a Second Chance, my contribution to the mini series “Destination Brides” have won the “Couples” category in the Still Moments Magazine: 2020 Reader’s Choice Awards This story about a second chance love is very special…
Read MoreOn a desert island with author, Michelle Douglas
It all started with a koala… Making up stories of her own has always been one of Michelle’s passions. She received her first rejection letter at the age of ten for Keri the Koala Baby, and has been writing ever since. A love of literature led her to major in English at the University of…
Read MoreBook descriptors – what do they actually mean?
Confused? No, this isn’t an advert for a comparison website! Are you as confused as I am by the words that publishing professionals use to describe the books they’re looking for? Joanna Maitland has taken to the Liberta Books blog this week in an attempt to figure out exactly what they mean – and she…
Read MoreCan you tell a book by its cover?
The Classic I have been writing for Mills and Boon for thirty years. My first book was accepted in 1991 and published in December 1992. It had the classic retro cover that I still love. Sadly, I only had two books with this cover design (although more of that later) when M&B went for a…
Read MoreBack to the desert island with Jill Barry…
This month I have so much pleasure in welcoming a dear friend, Jill Barry, to my blog to talk about the books she’d take with her to a desert island. Jill and I met many years ago as founder members of the Carmarthenshire chapter (now the Cariad Chapter) of the Romantic Novelists’ Association. Having discovered…
Read MoreBACK TO THE BEACH…
It’s spring here in Sussex and, like Mole in Wind in the Willows, I am putting my head above ground and sniffing the warm, fresh air. Unlike him, I won’t be messing about in boats – I have history in that department – but my hive at Liberta are taking this moment, when we’re all being given…
Read MoreWhat books will Ella Hayes take to her desert island?
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…
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