It’s a great pleasure today to be joining the blog tour for The Girls from Alexandria by Carol Cooper: published for kindle by Agora Books tomorrow (1st April), the paperback will follow on 29th April. My thanks to Peyton Stableford at Agora Books – always so lovely to deal with – for the invitation and… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to join the publication day push for the latest book from Liz Davies, The Ticklemore Tattler: independently published, it’s now available for kindle (free through Kindle Unlimited) and in paperback. My thanks to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation and support, and to the author for my advance… Read More »

Not part of a blog tour today, just a book I read because I really wanted to! I’m delighted today to share my review of the second book from Annette Hannah, The Cosy Little Cupcake Van, published for kindle by Orion Dash on 22nd March. The copy I read was my own – preordered from Amazon… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to feature The Garden of Little Rose, the second in the Welcome to Thorndale series, by Suzanne Snow: published as an ebook on all major platforms by Canelo on 15th February, it’s now also available in paperback, published on 25th March. I’m really not sure how I missed the first… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure – and indeed, an honour – to be joining the blog tour today and sharing my review of Unsettled Ground by Claire Fuller. Long-listed for the 2021 Women’s Prize for Literature, it was published by Fig Tree Books (a Penguin imprint) on 25th March, and is now available in hardcover, as… Read More »

It’s a real pleasure today to be part of the blog tour for Old Cases, New Colours (A Dudley Green Investigation) by Madalyn Morgan: it was published for kindle on 25th March and is available via Amazon in the UK  (currently just 99p – and free via Kindle Unlimited) and the US, and I’m sure it won’t… Read More »

I’m really delighted today to be helping launch the blog tour for Summer Kisses at Mermaids Point by Sarah Bennett, and sharing my publication day review: published by Boldwood Books, it’s now available as an ebook (free via Kindle Unlimited), in paperback, and as an audiobook. Thank you, as always, to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for… Read More »

I do hope you’re enjoying this feature as much as I am! Another award winner today, and I’m delighted to share my lovely conversation with Shirley Mann: her book, Bobby’s War, was the winner of the Romantic Saga Award at the RNA’s 2021 Romantic Novel Awards. Published as an ebook (available for kindle and via Kobo) and audiobook in… Read More »

Ready to meet another award winner? I’m delighted today to share my conversation with Kate Hardy: her book, A Will, a Wish and a Wedding, was the winner of the Libertà Books Shorter Romantic Novel Award at the RNA’s Romantic Novel Awards for 2021. Published in August 2020 by Harlequin Mills and Boon, it’s available both for kindle… Read More »

It’s an absolute pleasure today to share the first of my conversations with three of the winners of the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Romantic Novel Awards for 2021 – and today it’s the turn of Catherine Tinley, whose book Rags-to-Riches Wife won The Goldsboro Books Historical Romantic Novel Award. Published by Harlequin Mills and Boon, it… Read More »

You might just have noticed that it’s been a little bit busy around here recently, but I’ve been particularly remiss in not posting to congratulate and celebrate the winners of the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s Romantic Novel Awards which took place on 8th March – with a special hug for all those who didn’t take away… Read More »

My Twitter break the other day turned out to be a little longer than I’d intended. I’ve already mentioned, in my earlier post today, how I came across Simon Van der Velde and his forthcoming book Backstories – and then I saw the loveliest tweet from Zuzanne Belec… Still smiling, I couldn’t think why Zuzanne’s… Read More »

It’s not very often that I feature a book because of a Twitter conversation, but I’m delighted to do so today. I was taking a break the other day, and noticed a tweet in my timeline, from Simon Van der Velde, that really made me smile… Although he’s absolutely right – I’m sorry, but I… Read More »

It’s an absolute pleasure today to welcome Rachel Brimble as my guest – the second standalone book in her Ladies of Carson Street series, Trouble For The Leading Lady, was published by Aria on 4th March, and is now available for kindle (free with Kindle Unlimited) and in paperback via Amazon in the UK and… Read More »

It’s such a pleasure today to join the blog tour and share my review of Home On Folly Farm by the wonderful Jane Lovering: published as an ebook (free via Kindle Unlimited), in paperback and as an audiobook by Boldwood Books on 16th March. My thanks, as always, to Rachel at Rachel’s Random Resources for the invitation… Read More »