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July 27, 2018
Cornish Summer Memories from Angela Britnell
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer Angela Britnell tells us about her Cornish holiday…
If you ask my three grown up sons for one word they associate with holidays in Cornwall the chances are they’ll come up with Dairyland! Don’t get me wrong they loved visiting my parents and adored the beach but Dairyland holds a special place in their hearts. It’s a farm based activity centre halfway between their grandparents’ house and Newquay that was one of the first working farms to open to visitors. It’s expanded tremendously over the 30 years since we started to go and is still flourishing. With a mix of indoor and outdoor things to do you don’t need ‘beach weather’ to go there.
At our first visit in 1987 Stephen was about 20 months old and by the time his brothers David and Mark came along the annual visit to Dairyland became a tradition. We’ve spent hours in the milking parlour, the petting area (known by me as Pet-A-Rat because that was always David’s 1stchoice) and playing on the various attractions. We marked their ages by that particular years’ attraction of choice from tiny toddler sized diggers in a big sand pit up to a daring zip line. The last Dairyland photo from our family holidays is from 2001 when Mark was almost 11. After that they became too old and other things drew them more but take a guess where Mark took his then 20 month old son, Franklin, earlier this year – to Dairyland of course! The circle of Britnell family Cornish holiday life goes on.
Being the best man is a lot to live up to …
When troubled army veteran and musician Josh Robertson returns home to Nashville to be the best man at his younger brother Chad’s wedding he’s just sure that he’s going to mess it all up somehow.
But when it becomes clear that the wedding might not be going to plan, it’s up to Josh and fellow guest Louise Giles to make sure that Chad and his wife-to-be Maggie get their perfect day.
Can Josh be the best man his brother needs? And is there somebody else who is beginning to realise that Josh could be her ‘best man’ too?
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Liz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
Cornish Summer Memories from Jo Furniss
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer Jo Furniss tells us about her Cornish holiday…
On the plane from Singapore to London, I wrangled with the final chapters of my novel. On the train from London to Cornwall, I finally wrote those satisfying words: The End.
It was September 2014 and as I travelled halfway around the world to celebrate graduating from Falmouth University, I feared that this trip might prove to be The End of my adventures in fiction. I had a certificate and a first draft, but no promises.
I spent three days in Falmouth, mostly alone with my thoughts. The weather was fine and I walked from Gylly beach, around the headland past Pendennis Castle, and through the old streets of the town. And I made pilgrimages: to The Greenbank Hotel, where Kenneth Grahame wrote The Wind in the Willows(it’s special to me: a quote even appears in my novel); to the Beerwolf bookshop with its pub; and to the popular Wheelhouse seafood restaurant, where I managed to get a table for one by arriving as the doors opened and then, basically, begging to be let in.
Slowly, as I walked and ate and ate and walked, the sea air blew away my doubts. By the time I boarded a train to London and then a plane to Singapore, I had reached a decision; this trip to Falmouth would not be The End.
That first draft turned into a second draft and however many more drafts (I forget) until I got it published last year. And that first visit has turned into a return trip with the whole family. In August, we’ll coo over Gylly beach, walk the headland, and beg for lobster at the Wheelhouse. And who knows what inspiration will blow in on the Cornish breeze.
Jo Furniss is the best-selling author of ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN and the forthcoming domestic thriller, THE TRAILING SPOUSE, which is released on August 14 2018.
Do you really want to know the truth?
Amanda Bonham moved halfway around the world to be with the man she loves. Although expat life in Singapore can be difficult, Edward Bonham is a dream husband and a doting father to his teenage daughter, Josie.
But when their maid dies in an apparent suicide—and Amanda discovers the woman was pregnant and hiding a stash of drugs prescribed to Edward—she can’t help but wonder if her perfect husband has a fatal flaw. And if he can’t resist temptation under their own roof, what does he get up to when he travels?
Camille Kemble also has questions for Edward. Recently returned to Singapore, Camille is determined to resolve a family mystery. Amid a jumble of faded childhood memories, she keeps seeing Edward’s handsome face. And she wants to know why.
For one woman, the search for answers threatens everything she has. For another, it’s the key to all she lost. Both will follow his trail of secrets into the darkness to find the truth
ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN
An Amazon Charts bestseller.
When a family camping trip takes a dark turn, how far will one mother go to keep her family safe?
Struggling with working-mother guilt, Marlene Greene hopes a camping trip in the forest will provide quality time with her three young children—until they see fires in the distance, columns of smoke distorting the sweeping view. Overnight, all communication with the outside world is lost.
Knowing something terrible has happened, Marlene suspects that the isolation of the remote campsite is all that’s protecting her family. But the arrival of a lost boy reveals they are not alone in the woods, and as the unfolding disaster ravages the land, more youngsters seek refuge under her wing. The lives of her own children aren’t the only ones at stake.
When their sanctuary is threatened, Marlene faces the mother of all dilemmas: Should she save her own kids or try to save them all?
A bit about Jo…
After spending a decade as a broadcast journalist for the BBC, Jo Furniss gave up the glamour of night shifts to become a freelance writer and serial expatriate. Originally from the United Kingdom, she spent seven years in Singapore and also lived in Switzerland and Cameroon.
As a journalist, Jo worked for numerous online outlets and magazines, including Monocle and the Economist. She has edited books for a Nobel laureate and the palace of the Sultan of Brunei. She has a Distinction in MA Professional Writing from Falmouth University.
Jo’s debut novel, All the Little Children, was an Amazon Charts bestseller.
Connect with her via Facebook (/JoFurnissAuthor) and Twitter (@Jo_Furniss) or through her website, www.jofurniss.com.
Liz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
Cornish Summer Memories from Jo Furness
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer Jo Furness tells us about her Cornish holiday…
On the plane from Singapore to London, I wrangled with the final chapters of my novel. On the train from London to Cornwall, I finally wrote those satisfying words: The End.
It was September 2014 and as I travelled halfway around the world to celebrate graduating from Falmouth University, I feared that this trip might prove to be The End of my adventures in fiction. I had a certificate and a first draft, but no promises.
I spent three days in Falmouth, mostly alone with my thoughts. The weather was fine and I walked from Gylly beach, around the headland past Pendennis Castle, and through the old streets of the town. And I made pilgrimages: to The Greenbank Hotel, where Kenneth Grahame wrote The Wind in the Willows(it’s special to me: a quote even appears in my novel); to the Beerwolf bookshop with its pub; and to the popular Wheelhouse seafood restaurant, where I managed to get a table for one by arriving as the doors opened and then, basically, begging to be let in.
Slowly, as I walked and ate and ate and walked, the sea air blew away my doubts. By the time I boarded a train to London and then a plane to Singapore, I had reached a decision; this trip to Falmouth would not be The End.
That first draft turned into a second draft and however many more drafts (I forget) until I got it published last year. And that first visit has turned into a return trip with the whole family. In August, we’ll coo over Gylly beach, walk the headland, and beg for lobster at the Wheelhouse. And who knows what inspiration will blow in on the Cornish breeze.
Jo Furniss is the best-selling author of ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN and the forthcoming domestic thriller, THE TRAILING SPOUSE, which is released on August 14 2018.
Do you really want to know the truth?
Amanda Bonham moved halfway around the world to be with the man she loves. Although expat life in Singapore can be difficult, Edward Bonham is a dream husband and a doting father to his teenage daughter, Josie.
But when their maid dies in an apparent suicide—and Amanda discovers the woman was pregnant and hiding a stash of drugs prescribed to Edward—she can’t help but wonder if her perfect husband has a fatal flaw. And if he can’t resist temptation under their own roof, what does he get up to when he travels?
Camille Kemble also has questions for Edward. Recently returned to Singapore, Camille is determined to resolve a family mystery. Amid a jumble of faded childhood memories, she keeps seeing Edward’s handsome face. And she wants to know why.
For one woman, the search for answers threatens everything she has. For another, it’s the key to all she lost. Both will follow his trail of secrets into the darkness to find the truth
ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN
An Amazon Charts bestseller.
When a family camping trip takes a dark turn, how far will one mother go to keep her family safe?
Struggling with working-mother guilt, Marlene Greene hopes a camping trip in the forest will provide quality time with her three young children—until they see fires in the distance, columns of smoke distorting the sweeping view. Overnight, all communication with the outside world is lost.
Knowing something terrible has happened, Marlene suspects that the isolation of the remote campsite is all that’s protecting her family. But the arrival of a lost boy reveals they are not alone in the woods, and as the unfolding disaster ravages the land, more youngsters seek refuge under her wing. The lives of her own children aren’t the only ones at stake.
When their sanctuary is threatened, Marlene faces the mother of all dilemmas: Should she save her own kids or try to save them all?
A bit about Jo…
After spending a decade as a broadcast journalist for the BBC, Jo Furniss gave up the glamour of night shifts to become a freelance writer and serial expatriate. Originally from the United Kingdom, she spent seven years in Singapore and also lived in Switzerland and Cameroon.
As a journalist, Jo worked for numerous online outlets and magazines, including Monocle and the Economist. She has edited books for a Nobel laureate and the palace of the Sultan of Brunei. She has a Distinction in MA Professional Writing from Falmouth University.
Jo’s debut novel, All the Little Children, was an Amazon Charts bestseller.
Connect with her via Facebook (/JoFurnissAuthor) and Twitter (@Jo_Furniss) or through her website, www.jofurniss.com.
Liz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
July 26, 2018
Cornish Summer Memories from John Jackson
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer John Jackson tells us about her Cornish holiday…
Outside and ice cream parlour of Fore St 1953
Cornwall is firmly linked in my childhood memories as THE place we went to on holiday. My Grandmother and Great-Grandmother bought a tiny fisherman’s cottage in St. Ives for £200 in 1948 after my Grandfather had died.
on the beach St Ives 1955
Every summer we would drive down from south Manchester, long, long before motorways existed. We would start at 5 in the morning and stop for a picnic breakfast on the A36 outside Gloucester, then to bath and the south west, arriving as dusk fell. At that age the journey was part of the holiday, although we always stopped at the same places through the day. I’ll gloss over the time my parents left me in my portable high chair, hanging from a farm gate. (they realised I wasn’t in the car after about 100 yards).
The A30 going into Cornwall was no better then then now! The road was slower, but the traffic was a lot lighter. There were some famous bottlenecks along the way; some of them are still there, re-designated as “road improvements”.
Holidays there were one long beach day after another. Porthminster, Porthmeor, Westcott’s Quay, the Harbour.
A family of four can’t fit in a tiny cottage, so half the family would decamp to stay with my uncle and aunt at their farm in Leedstown. A real old-style small Cornish mixed farm where my Aunt and uncle ran a herd of Channel Island cows, kept pigs and raised chickens. I still remember the year my uncle got a tractor! It was Dobbin the horse before that.
Just after the War, there were still fields being cut by scythe by a gang of miners when they came off shift. The farm had no electricity then, so taking a candle to bed was a real adventure.
My Uncle, Ralph Harvey James, came from a long line of Cornishmen, and his grandfather was the last Purser of the Botallack mine on Cape Cornwall.
Of course, when you are aged six, summers lasted forever, and the sun always shone. I have no memory at all of it raining! It seems we only remember the good times at that age.
A couple of years ago, we started holidaying in Cornwall again. While the family members are long gone, the magic still remains.
Perhaps with all that history, it was inevitable I would fall into writing historical romance. There is a book coming eventually featuring the Harvey James family!
John’s first historical novel, Heart of Stone, was published in October 2017 by Crooked Cat Press. Set in Ireland, and about more of John’s ancestors, it continues to garner 5* reviews.
http://viewbook.at/Heartofgoldlink
Liz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
July 24, 2018
Cornish Summer Memories from Joanna Hickson
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer Joanna Hickson tells us about her Cornish holiday…
One Cornish Summer – with Backpack!
My childhood summers were spent on the surf-beaten beaches of Australia so this Cornish Summer is my daughter’s childhood memory and, through her, mine. At three years old, with her little backpack and our small terrier, she explored the secret paths, wide pebble-strewn beaches, flower-scattered fields and dramatic coastline with its romantic river estuaries and rocky coves.
Obviously we, her parents, went with her and fell in love with Cornwall through her eyes. The treasures she popped into that backpack included the usual shells and sea-glass but also a sliver of green serpentine from Kynance Cove, a grey stone shaped like a seal and a rag doll from St Mawes with sheep’s wool hair.
I think she may also have included the ‘plait’ from a Cornish pasty but I probably disposed of it later when it went mouldy. Of course she grew out of it and no longer has the backpack and but I think I can safely say that it fulfilled its purpose. We have all been again and again to repack our Cornish memories, most recently in spring to see the ancient bluebell woods at Calamansac on the glorious Helford River.
And there will undoubtedly be more visits, especially when we need to practice our reversing in Cornwall’s narrow lanes!
Joanna’s latest book…The Tudor Crown
When Edward of York takes back the English crown, the Wars of the Roses scatter the Lancastrian nobility and young Henry Tudor, with a strong claim to the throne, is forced into exile.
Recently widowed and vulnerable, his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort, forges an uncomfortable alliance with Edward’s queen, Elizabeth Woodville. Swearing an oath of allegiance to York, Margaret agrees to marry the king’s shrewdest courtier, Lord Stanley. But can she tread the precarious line between duty to her husband, loyalty to her son, and her obligation to God and the king?
When tragedy befalls Edward’s reign, Richard of York’s ruthless actions fire the ambition of mother and son. As their destinies converge each of them will be exposed to betrayal and treachery and in their gruelling bid for the Tudor crown, both must be prepared to pay the ultimate price…
Liz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
Cornish Summer Memories from Liz Eeles
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer Liz Eeles tells us about her Cornish holiday…
Don’t be fooled by the sunny vibe from this photo of me on a Cornish beach, circa 1970. It might look warm and summery, but chances are there was a biting wind coming off the sea and a bank of clouds about to dump a rain shower on my head.
Cornwall is magnificent. It has awe-inspiring cliffs and beautiful coves, delicious ice-cream, and fishing villages with narrow streets leading to picturesque harbours… and it also has lots of weather. Gales, pouring rain, thick sea fog, and mizzle (a drenching blend of Cornish mist and drizzle) – we encountered them all during our summer stays with Cornish friends. But I didn’t give a monkey’s.
Rain or shine, Cornwall seemed steeped in magic and romance to a child growing up on a Gloucester council estate. Fabulous-sounding place names – Quethiock, Mousehole and Boswednack, anyone? – sparked my imagination, along with the ghostly shells of old tin mines clinging to the cliffs as waves thundered beneath. And Robin Ellis galloping across the cliffs in the original TV version of Poldarksealed the deal.
So when it rained, I dug happily in the sand at Pendeen in my plastic mac. When the sun came out – and it did, sometimes – I knew I was in the most beautiful place on earth. And, many years later, when I was writing romantic comedy and needed a location for my first three published novels, I chose my beloved Cornwall.
My books tell the story of lost and lonely Londoner Annie Trebarwith who discovers family roots and friendship in the fictional Cornish village of Salt Bay. She also finds the man of her dreams and a sense of belonging – the same feeling of belonging I had whenever my dad’s battered Morris Traveller crossed the county line into Cornwall, my travel-sick brother threw up in the back seat, and our holiday properly began.
I was nervous writing about Cornwall and wanted to do it justice. So I’ve been delighted by the reviews, and particularly by messages from Cornish readers thanking me for portraying their county as it really is, and from readers who’ve never been but are now planning a visit. I’m so happy to pass on the Kernow love.
My latest book, Annie’s Summer By The Sea, is published by Bookouture and out now.
When Annie Trebarwith unexpectedly inherits Tregavara House, her much-loved family home atop the cliffs of Salt Bay, she begins to wonder: with all the good friends and warm memories she’s made in the village, could it be her forever home?
Luckily her gorgeous Poldark-lookalike boyfriend, Josh Pasco, has exactly the same idea. High on the Cornish cliffs he gets down on one knee, and Annie has everything she’s ever dreamed of.
But when a summer storm causes catastrophic damage to the beautiful but ageing house, Annie and Josh are faced with tumbling tiles and a massive repair bill – and a roof that’s leaked straight onto her wedding gown…
Can the Salt Bay community save Annie’s house and her wedding – and give Annie the happy-ever-after she’s always wanted?
Links
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Liz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
July 23, 2018
Cornish Summer Memories from Mandy James
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer Mandy James tells us about her Cornish holiday…
My first memory of Cornwall was when I first came here on holiday. I was four years old, about forty years ago (okay and the rest) and we stayed in Looe. I have vivid memories of running down a very steep hill from our little chalet on the cliff to the beach every day with my older brother. When it was time for breakfast, Mum would hang a red towel out of the window and we would go back up. I also remember walking along a quayside, not sure which one, now, and seeing rows of sharks hanging on hooks. There was a big chalked sign saying words to the effect of ‘Do Not Touch The Sharks – Skin is Abrasive’, so guess what I did? Yup…I had a plaster on my finger for a while.
Since then, I have always longed to be close to the ocean and find it so inspirational, calming, and peaceful. Over the years I returned to Cornwall on numerous occasions. There’s just something about the county which makes you breathe a sigh of relief as soon as you cross the border. I have always felt so at home here and adore the beautiful countryside, the costal walks and the Atlantic north coast in particular. It is rugged, wild and breathtakingly stunning.
I remember I used to say that I’d love to live in Cornwall, and people would nod and say things like, ‘Ah yes, that would be nice. Or yeah, we can all dream, eh?’ But people didn’t really think I meant it, neither did I come to think of it…but I’ve been here five-years! And of course I didn’t come alone. There’s my husband Brian and I, daughter Tanya, her husband Manus and their two children, Ronan and Esmé. They live five-minutes away, so we’re very lucky.
And apart from feeling a great affinity with the ocean and Cornwall, I feel much more inspired to write looking out over the fields here instead of at a cul-de-sac! Since we moved I’ve had five novels set in Cornwall published.
I do realise that I am so lucky to be living in this great area, but my experience of writing and get published has taught me some valuable lessons. If you believe in yourself and really want something – be prepared to work very hard for it, be determined to succeed and never give up. The holiday in Looe sparked a love of Cornwall that has lasted a lifetime. Moving here was a long time coming, but so worth the effort! Never forget your dreams, folks.
DI Bryony Marshall has been on the tail of Kenny Ransom for two years. He’s involved in prostitution and trafficking, but there’s never been any real proof. To complicate matters further, Bryony’s best friend from childhood is his daughter Imogen.
Bryony worries about admitting the fact that she is trying to put Imogen’s dad away, but unexpectedly, Imogen turns on her father and helps the police. Kenny finds out and swears he’ll get his revenge.
Sick of being in the police force, Bryony visits her mother in Cornwall and considers starting a new life.
While in Cornwall, Bryony saves the life of a man caught up in a rip current in the sea.
But who is this stranger? And is Kenny really bent on revenge?
Liz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
July 22, 2018
Memories of One Cornish Summer from Lynne Francis
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer Lynne Francis tells us about her Cornish holiday…
One Cornish Summer
I took magical Cornish summer holidays with my three children over several years, staying in a cliff-top property beyond Mevagissey and sharing the house with another family. In amongst so many memories of beautiful beaches, narrow lanes, the Lost Gardens of Heligan, cream teas, fish and chips, crab fishing in Mevagissey harbour and mackerel fishing off the coast, this is a stand-out incident from twenty-five years ago.
Caerhays Beach
The tide was high, all the families crowded together on a narrow strip of sand. To make the journey to the beach shop and back, you had to pick your way around windbreaks and sandcastles, smiling apologies when you trod on a towel, or tripped over a sandal.
When Jack came screaming from the sea, you didn’t know what had happened at first. You thought he’d cut his foot, or maybe stepped on a jellyfish. It was impossible to fight your way through his fat tears to get at the truth. A neighbouring family filled you in.
‘It’ll be a stonefish, love.’
A stonefish? You had no idea what they meant, but there was no time to find out. You followed their advice, scooped him up and ran for the shop. No time for niceties about sandcastles and towels this time.
‘Put your foot right in. It’s going to be really hot. Be brave.’ The lady in the shop had boiled the kettle, filled a washing-up bowl. You watched, appalled but trying not to let it show, as your youngest son plunged his foot into water ‘as hot as you can bear, and then a bit more.’ His lip trembled and tears welled again. He sucked hard on the profferred ice lolly.
‘There, you’ve been very brave,’ she said briskly. ‘The heat releases the spines, and the poison, you see,’ she added, turning to you. ‘The stonefish injects them right into your foot if you stand on one. It happens a lot around here, just when the tide turns.’
In the car home you were still doubtful. ‘Should we drive to the hospital in Truro? Get you checked out?’
You were relieved at the emphatic ‘No.’ It was a long way to go, you were tired, everyone needed to eat and – more important – there was a game of hide-and-seek to be played before dark.
Lynne Francis is the author of the Mill Valley Girls series of novels, telling the stories of several generations of a Yorkshire mill village family, spanning the 1800s to the present day and published by Avon Books UK.
Alice’s Secret, available in paperback and ebook, uncovers the mystery surrounding Alice, a mill worker at the end of the 19thcentury, who stands accused of destroying the mill where she worked. A time-slip narrative, it also follows the contemporary story of her descendant Alys, who starts a new life in Yorkshire and becomes intrigued by her relative’s history. As she attempts to unravel her family secrets, she finds herself – and love – along the way.
What reviewers said:
‘One of those books you don’t want to end’, ‘a book I couldn’t put down’, ‘reminded me of a young Barbara Taylor Bradford’
Facebook: @lynnefrancisauthor
Twitter: @lynne_francis1
Blog: @kentishramblerblog.wordpress.com
Instagram:lynnefrancisauthorLiz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
July 21, 2018
Cornish Summer Memories from Fiona Harper
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer Fiona Harper tells us about her Cornish holiday…
Fiona Harper
Family holidays for most of my teenage years involved getting up early and driving down from London to Devon, where my Dad has a boat, and then sailing along the Devon and Cornwall coast, stopping wherever we fancied for the night and staying as long as we wanted to before moving on. We never made it round the Lizard (it was always a bit rough!) but visited most of the coastal towns along the way.
It wasn’t always as sunny as it was in this picture – in fact, sometimes the weather was downright disgusting and six of us were crammed into a tiny cabin below (not fun with four squabbling teenage girls!) – but when the sun shone it was glorious. Favourite memories are curling up in the cockpit with a good book and swimming off the back of the boat while the boat was under sail off the coast. My dad would throw a large knotted rope over the edge and we’d all jump in and hold on, letting the boat pull us along. Oh, and I also cherish the memory of throwing my sister overboard in Falmouth bay because she was being annoying! (Sorry, sis!)
Heather Lucas can’t remember her childhood.
She doesn’t want to, not when her mother’s extreme hoarding destroyed her family and ruined her life.
For a hoarder, every object is intimately connected to a memory, so when Heather uncovers a secret about her own past that could reveal why her mother never let anything go, she knows there’s only one place she’ll find answers – behind the locked door of her spare room, where the remains of her mother’s hoard lies hidden.
As Heather uncovers both objects and memories, will the truth set her free? Or will she discover she’s more like her mother than she ever thought possible?
A powerful, uplifting story about love, loss and the things we leave behind.
AMAZON KOBO WATERSTONES iBOOKS
Liz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
July 19, 2018
Cornish Summer Memories from Kathryn Freeman
To celebrate the paperback publication of One Cornish Summer Kathryn Freeman tells us about her Cornish holiday…
I’m cheating, because my Cornish Summer memory actually came from Easter this year. But take a look at the photo, at the glorious blue sky, at me, with my shoes and socks off, walking along the beach at Newquay in early April. It could so easily have been summer (minus the boots, coat and hot drink J ).
O Crumbs
Sometimes life just takes the biscuit …
Abby Spencer knows she can come across as an airhead – she talks too much and is a bit of a klutz – but there’s more to her than that. Though she sacrificed her career to help raise her sisters, a job interview at biscuit company Crumbs could finally be her chance to shine. That’s until she hurries in late wearing a shirt covered in rusk crumbs, courtesy of her baby nephew, and trips over her handbag.
Managing director Douglas Faulkner isn’t sure what to make of Abby Spencer with her Bambi eyes, tousled hair and ability to say more in the half-hour interview than he manages in a day. All he knows is she’s a breath of fresh air and could bring a new lease of life to the stale corporate world of Crumbs. To his life too, if he’d let her.
But Doug’s harbouring a secret. He’s not the man she thinks he is.
Oh Crumbs: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crumbs-Choc-Lit-Kathryn-Freeman-ebook/dp/B07BYDG51M
Liz here…I’d also love to see and hear about your Cornish Summer memories. If you use the hashtag #OneCornishSummer and tag me on Facebook, Twitter (@liz_fenwick) or Instagram (@liz_fenwick) you’ll be in with a chance to win a copy and a bottle of Curio Rock Samphire Gin. (by joining the giveaway you confirm you are over 18). Winner will selected on 12/8/2018.
One Cornish Summer and gin…
