A Wedding In Provence

A Wedding In Provence

Happy New Year!   I love even years. Maybe that’s because I was born in one but 2026 is all even numbers so I think it’s going to be the best one yet   Celebrating the release of a new book is a great way to start. A Wedding in Provence is coming out on the...
Finding your author voice by Della Galton

Finding your author voice by Della Galton

Ice and a Slice was the novel where I found my author voice. I’d never really known what that meant until I wrote this book. This was partly because for so many years I wrote short stories for magazines which meant I was writing to a house style. I’d learned to adapt...
The Widows’ Book Club: Wine Pairings

The Widows’ Book Club: Wine Pairings

When Janet fibs to her highbrow friend, Christobel, that she belongs to a book group, Viv, Libby and Zelda are keen to form one.  Why not, when they all love reading? Libby is particularly enthusiastic.  It will be great to discuss books over a glass of wine or two,...
Alardyce House as a Character… 🏠📚

Alardyce House as a Character… 🏠📚

The Stone Tape Theory suggests that traumatic events can be imprinted into the very bricks of a building and replayed when the conditions are just right. Alardyce House has stood witness to the worst transgressions of the Alardyce family. Can a home that has contained...
How Skye Became the Main Character

How Skye Became the Main Character

When I first started writing The Girl with Nowhere to Go, Skye was a minor character, a sixteen-year-old girl on the edges of Bec and Anna’s lives. Bec and Anna, both carrying grief from their pasts, were the focus, while Skye was simply someone they tried to help....
Introducing… The One Night Stand!

Introducing… The One Night Stand!

Dear Reader, Now that Christmas is over, I’m hoping you’re ready to read something that’s just a little different. As an author, I’m always asked about my stories and especially about where they’re set and this story, The One Night Stand like all of my other books, is...