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Astley’s Amphitheatre: The Circus Comes to Regency England In my latest book The Accidental Debutante the heroine, Eliza Gray, is the star acrobatic rider in Prebbles Flying Circus which is enjoying a residency during the social Season of 1817 at the famous Astley’s...

How My Adoption Influenced The Daughter She Gave Away I have always known I was adopted. My parents wisely framed it as having chosen me, and I elected to accept that as the truth. But no story is ever that simple, is it? Behind my parents’ decision to adopt was a...

‘Tonight, of all nights, the veil between this world and the next is very fragile’. I have lived on the Isle of Wight for over 30 years but never had the nerve to go on the Halloween ghost walk at the castle. Finally, in the name of research for A Halloween Murder, I...

A destination wedding seemed like the perfect backdrop for a getaway romance with the opportunity for friends and family to come together to celebrate the nuptials in Sardinia, the beautiful setting of The Island of Hopes and Dreams. Weddings abroad have been...

The End. Or is it? 😉 I know some writers who take delight in typing ‘The End’ as they reach the last page of a manuscript but it’s not something I’ve ever done myself. I’m not sure why. It could be something to do with the note of finality in the words. Perhaps I...

All Change at Harbour House is out now! Get your copy here. I found doing the research for Dunkirk eye-opening, awe-inspiring and humbling. Obviously, most people know about the amazing rescue of over three hundred and fifty-seven thousand troops from the beaches of...

Why Fakenham Races? My lifelong interest with horse racing began with the raw spectacle of the Grand National. As a child, the sheer drama – the towering fences, the mass of runners, the bravery of horse and rider – was utterly captivating. This early exposure...

My life in plants: small triumphs. Many disasters…    Writing The Woman Who Got her Spark Back got me thinking about plants. My main character, Celia, has the greenest fingers in her Glasgow neighbourhood – and that’s why she runs a houseplant hospital from her...