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Ebk Launch: THE FOREVER HOUSE and its first #Review

 Hang out the flags! Yes, Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee is upon us, but so is the release of The Forever House, on Amazon Kindle at least. Subscribers to Kindle Unlimited can download it free. What's not to like?Global Amazon link: https://mybook.to/ForeverHouse Moreover, it has its first review, and a 5* at that!"Linda Acaster writes with great elegance and tension. In this story of

Book Launch: THE FOREVER HOUSE #psychologicalthriller

The Forever House is now available for pre-order via Amazon – global link: https://mybook.to/ForeverHouseMany thanks for all the good wishes received after last month's heads-up. It's good to know so many are interested in my up-and-coming novel, which will be – traa-laa! – launching to a less than unsuspecting world on Monday 30 May. Originally, it was scheduled for the first week in June, but

Announcing the Cover Reveal for a new #PsychologicalThriller - THE FOREVER HOUSE

And about time, I hear you shout. Well, here it is: the cover reveal for The Forever House. How far is too far to right a wrong? While family members think Carrie should sell the too-big house she and her late husband began to renovate, Carrie is determined to carry through their shared project to prove she can manage alone. And she can, until a discovery beneath old wallpaper chills her to the

Writing News: yes, there is some, finally.

Image by Olga Volkovitskaia via PixabayI’m a right one for crossing genres in my writing; I never learn. The mystery cum psychological cum women's fiction novel I have been working on, seemingly for an aeon, finally passed its finishing post last week. Or it would have if I’d managed to hit all the steps for a satisfying ending. Unfortunately, the initial read raised questions, and critique

Welcome to 2022 and MORE Reading with Kindle Unlimited!

Image by Ri Ya via PixabayAnd here we are, already sighting the end of January in a brand new year. How did that happen?  Well, there have been issues: health (meh…), slothfulness (definitely). I’ve written a couple of articles for the Medium digital platform since the New Year, but the current Mystery novel, so close to its ending, is still tapping its foot in frustration. Then I was

All Things Father Christmas - including Santa and NORAD

Image from PixabayHere I am, back again with my traditional Christmas post, because, as with all good Traditions, it has the right amount of fact while not taking itself too seriously. And after yet another year of Covid do we need a bit of not taking oneself too seriously!  Let it raise a smile as snippets are retold over a glass of something warming and yet another mince pie.Wishing all

Medieval Romance #Free Amazon Ebook

Hostage of the Heart - a medieval romantic suspense set on the English-Welsh borders - is enjoying a five-day free promotion on Amazon. Download it now, while it's available:Global Amazon link: https://viewBook.at/HostageOfHeartBook Description:England, September 1066: the northern militia has been raised to support the new English king, leaving the Welsh marches dangerously unprotected. Rhodri

Torc of Moonlight Boxed Set Discounted to 99p / 99c

 Or #RomanticFantasy - whichever is your preferred sub-genre label.The boxed set Torc of Moonlight Trilogy is currently discounted to 99p / 99c for just over 900 gripping pages. Set in real places readers can visit, even on StreetView, this alternative reality story is for those who like their Fantasy set in the Here & Now with a hard-core side-helping of History.White Ladies are renown for

August has been... about gardening

 Part of our garden; my veg plot in the left background.It wasn’t supposed to be about gardening. It was supposed to be about lazing on a sunlounger with my Kindle in one hand and a cool glass of fizz in the other. Or, if pushed, a notebook and pen for when the muse decided to strike a glancing blow with her serrated wand. Instead, it has been mostly cutting back spent blooms and staking

July has been... about reading books

 Part of the Watts Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice at Postman's Park, London (click image to enlarge)I entered the month reading Matthew Harffy’s Wolf of Wessex. Set in 838AD, it tells of widower Dunstan, an ageing ex hearth companion of note, living a lone existence in a forest while attempting to put the deeds and misdeeds of his youth in order before he is reunited with his wife. Coming