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Rocco is known as a sable roan cocker spaniel and lives with Pat. He is a sweet sensitive soul without a bad bone in his body and is now 9 years old. In the novels, he is owned by Susan Flynn. Libby is a typical cocker spaniel, loves bounding around fields and into...

Content may contain spoilers for My Sister's Baby by Louise Guy. Out now! 🧡 Toni and Joel experienced a life-changing event when baby Ruby unexpectedly came into their lives. However, the impact wasn’t what Toni had envisioned. Along with Ruby’s arrival came a topic...

A blog post by Peter Gibbons, author of The Saxon Warrior series! The Saxon Warrior Series deals with the events up to and following the historic Battle of Maldon. Sword Vengeance is the fourth book in the series and takes place in the aftermath of that historic...

My first big series was Mulberry Lane.  I had intended a trilogy, which is what I did with a lot of my books when I was writing historical romances.  Normally, they took the form of three books, three different lead characters with links to others or to a place like a...

Today sees the release of The Girl She Left Behind, which is a story I’ve been wanting to tell for many years. If you’ve read my previous books, you’ll know they are mostly community-based, feel-good series, but some deeper themes always creep in! If you’ve read The...

I’m delighted that one of my lovely friends, Katie Chapman, is joining me on the release day of The Girl She Left Behind, to tell us in her own words all about life as a social worker. It’s a role that’s featured in the novel, and if you’ve read my post about working...

Debbie Howells' newest book The Last Days of You and Me is out now! Get your copy here.🧡 While I was writing The Last Days Of You And Me, the theme of our lives having seasons seemed to write itself into the pages. And in the most obvious way, the changing seasons are...

I was thinking about romcoms recently and some of my absolute faves are those based on the ‘enemies to lovers’ trope. The hetero version: Boy meets girl. She thinks he’s impossible. He thinks she’s stuck up. Hilarity and, eventually, love ensue. For this trope to...