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Kate Bradley isn’t a fan of weddings. Hers blew off a clifftop in Devon in a freak tornado before they’d even sat down for lunch, which will probably do it. These days it’s all second marriages, complicated family dynamics and the ever-present risk of bumping into...

People assume romance authors listen to swoony ballads and tear-jerking love songs. I, however, prefer the soundtrack of a man who once believed in love, and now believes in caffeine and keeping his heart locked away in a drawer.  Here’s what I write to now:...

One morning in January 2025, an email pinged into my inbox from a second-hand furniture mailing list I had never heard of, let alone subscribed to. Normally, I’d delete it, but the title – Antique Writing Bureau – Must Go Today, called out to me. Within an hour, the...

When you have spent your entire adult life accidentally brushing someone’s hand and immediately witnessing the tragic, messy and sometimes peculiar ways their love will end…well… you develop a taste for heroines who suffer beautifully.  Here are my must-reads –...

Hello, lovely readers! I’m excited to introduce you to my latest book, The Lost Orphans of Lyon. As often happens, the idea for this book came when I was down the rabbit hole of research for another book. As I’m always on the lookout for the lesser-known stories of...

Dear Reader,  Meet Grace McLeod and Angus MacKenzie.  ‘There’s no point in waiting,’ Grace sullenly told her father. ‘I haven’t really got a choice, have I? I’ll have to marry the man, no matter how ghastly he is.’ Thus, Grace McLeod reluctantly agreed to marry Angus...

Victory in Europe Victory in Europe (VE) Day, 8 May 1945, was a day of great celebration, marking the end of six long, lean, brutal, heartbreaking years of war.  True to form, East Enders showed the rest of the country how it was done - they did not wait for the...

I used to live in Italy. I worked in Florence and, from time to time, I had to visit Rome on business. Normally this would just be a one day visit or at most an overnight. As a result I didn't get to see much of the city. It's only since leaving Italy and returning to...

Dear lovers of beautiful Poole,  So many readers loved learning about the Poole Lifeboat in The Last Boat Home, so I’ve written you another story set around the heartbeat of Poole, the lifeboat station and crew, and all the industry of Poole Harbour: The Lifeboat...