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I grew up in the country and I've always loved horses, so setting my new Killing Eve novel in the racing world was an easy choice. Few occasions can rival a summer race day at Ascot, Newmarket or Goodwood.  There's the glamour and excitement of the event, there are...

Dive into A Tale of Two Dukes, a steamy, forbidden, marriage-of-convenience, regency romance! ✨💕 As I get older, I get angrier (just you wait: you’ll see). One of the things that riles me - and I freely admit this is pretty niche - is the way the character of Mrs...

A forbidden love, a soldier bound for war, a duke’s defiant daughter, and the elopement that could change everything. Perfect for fans of Eloisa James, Mary Balogh and Bridgerton—Click to grab your copy now!✨  Dearest Readers,  In the Forbidden Love of a Soldier, you...

Murder in Venice, book number 13 in the Armstrong and Oscar Cozy mystery series, is set in Venice. Venice is a city that occupies a very special place in my heart, in spite of the fact that I lived in Italy for over eight years and never visited the city even once....

Don't forget to start reading Anita Davison's Murder at the Wedding, out now! Spanish Influenza - This was the year the Spanish Flu took hold in the country. Strangely the virus did not begin in Spain, however one of its earliest victims was King Alfonso XIII of...

The Inspiration Behind The Stalker I love tennis – the killer shots, stunning victories, crushing defeats. I try to get ahead on deadlines when Grand Slams are imminent so I can binge watch, and I’ve been to Wimbledon and the ATP finals several times. I’m completely...

For a long time now, I’ve wanted to write a story about my birthplace, but not having lived there for more than fifty years, I was almost afraid to tackle the subject and do it justice. When I did make a start, it was like walking down memory lane. Huddersfield is a...

The Victorians long had a fascination with death, science and religion so when, in 1848, two sisters from New York claimed they could communicate with the dead, it kicked off the spiritualist movement, a phenomenon that peaked in the 1880s, but still has followers...

It’s a funny old thing, having your heart broken. It can feel like the biggest disappointment in the world; the loss of a planned future. Or it can feel like a betrayal – how DARE the world treat me like this? How you feel can depend on the nature of the heartbreak,...