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Heroic Cats and the inspiration for A Date to Die For by E.V. Hunter
Heroic Cats and the inspiration for A Date to Die For by E.V. Hunter Those of you who have read books written by me as Evie Hunter or Wendy Soliman will be well aware of my love for animals. I don’t think any of the 100 or more books I’ve written have failed to have...
Love and Thrillers by L. H. Stacey, author of The Serial Killer’s Girl
Over the past ten years, I’ve written eight books. Each of them has been a cross between a thriller, suspense and romance. Back in 2015, at a time when I’d already been writing for two years, I met my very first editor. I had a one to one with her at the RNA...
Motherhood in The Cuckoo Sister by Alison Stockham
On Motherhood Being a parent is hard. I think everyone knows that but nothing really prepares you for how hard and how much you are likely to find yourself second guessing every decision you make. Humans are designed to be raised in a village, with many pairs of...
Visualising the Regency ✨ A blog post by Jane Dunn, author of The Marriage Season!
I first came across this romantic portrait on the internet and knew he had to be part of my imaginative life. In my novel, The Marriage Season, my first in a series for Boldwood Books, this handsome blade is the embodiment of my young hero, Freddie Lynwood, whom we...
The Inspiration behind Murder at the Mill by Debbie Young
At the start of this story, Sophie is feeling a little restless after spending nearly a year in her new village home, so winning a writing retreat couldn’t have come at a better time for her. She is also wondering about the future of her relationship with Hector, who...
The Inspiration behind Springtime for Murder by Debbie Young
I love writing books with a strong sense of the season, and my favourite season is the spring, so I really enjoyed writing this one! The story takes place in the early part of the spring, when the Cotswold countryside is filled with a succession of cheery flowers,...
My Moment of Television Fame by Jessica Redland
My latest release, Healing Hearts at Bumblebee Barn, features farmer Barney Kinsella who’s struggling to find someone special with whom to share life on the farm. When his sister Fizz – fed up with him repeatedly choosing women completely unsuited to life on a farm –...
Music as therapy and the inspiration behind A Love To Last a Lifetime by Clare Swatman
People always ask me where I get my ideas from, and the truth is it’s usually something quite random. In this case, the seed for A Love To Last a Lifetime was planted when I read a story about dementia patients who were being treated with music therapy. I found it...
The Dangers of Idealising Romantic Tropes by T. J. Emerson
In The Ideal Man, the lives of three women are changed forever when Sandy Gilligan, the man who connects them all is released from prison. The three women are Sandy’s daughter, Colette, his girlfriend, Lynne, and his former victim, Jane. When I first started writing...
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