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Inheritance Books – Gary Twynam

This week’s Inheritance Books are from Gary Twynam, another man who writes romance! (That’s two in the space of a few weeks. There must be something in the ether. If I’d known I’d have had a week of just male romance writers!) Anyway, enough from me. Let’s meet Gary.

Hi Gary, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please, tell us a bit about yourself.

I recently had a debut novel published by Carina at the grand old age of 51, an age when you think about legacy more than is perhaps healthy. So, I was ke...

Doctor January – the cover is here!

It’s here! The cover for Doctor January is finally here!

And, in case you want to know what the spine looks like (which, of course you NEED to know if you’re going to look for it in a bookshop, or your local library)… it looks like this:

Isn’t it lovely?

Oodles of thanks to the fabulous Bernie and the crew at Choc Lit.

Excited? Who me? Whatever gave you that idea?

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Inheritance Books – Tilly Tennant

This week’s Inheritance Books comes from Tilly Tennant.

Hi Tilly, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please tell us a bit about yourself.

I was born in Bournemouth, Dorset, but have now settled in Staffordshire where my dad comes from (he met my mum, who hails from Bournemouth, boogieing in a nightclub whilst on shore leave in Portsmouth). I’m mother to two beautiful daughters. I am older than I would like to admit, even to myself. I’ve always read from an early age but, strangely, nobody else in my...

Inheritance Books – Jim Cangany

This week’s Inheritance Books are from my fellow Uncial Press writer Jim Cangany. Jim is one of those rare beasties – a man who writes romance. So, without further ago, here’s Jim:

Hi Jim, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please tell us a bit about yourself.

I hail from Indianapolis, Indiana USA, home of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500. I have seven older siblings, which was awful when I was little, but is wonderful now since I’m the only one who hasn’t reached 50. Believe m...

Review of Truly, Madly, Deeply by the Romantic Novelist Association

The first review on Truly, Madly, Deeply that I’ve seen. Yay!

Finding Inspiration and Truly, Madly, Deeply romantic stories

The Truth About the Other Guy is my contribution to the new short story anthology from the Romantic Novelists Association – Truly, Madly, Deeply. To celebrate launch day, we’re having a party on Facebook, you’re more than welcome to join! A few contributors are blogging about the inspiration behind their stories.

The hero, Vik is a secondary character in my novel Doctor January. He’s sweet, shy and is the type of guy who would find a practical joke funny, up to a point. When I needed a hero fo...

Author Interview with Rhoda Baxter

Rhoda Baxter:

Here’s me talking about ice cream again…

Originally posted on Me, My Books and I:

Today I’m delighted to welcome Rhoda Baxter to Me, My Books and I:

Rhoda Baxter always wanted to be a writer, but her parents told her she needed to get a ‘real’ job and write in her spare time. So she became a scientist and now works in technology transfer. She now writes contemporary romantic comedies in whatever spare time she can find around her day job and her family. Which means her parents were...

Inheritance Books – February Grace

This week, the intriguingly named February Grace shares her Inheritance Books.

Hi February, welcome to Inheritance Books. Please, tell us a bit about yourself.

Greetings, everyone! My name is February Grace, and I have been told I’m a bit of an eccentric. I don’t see how that could possibly be, really, given I only own the one cat and even if it’s true that I do have more than one pair of Converse high tops, most of them are, in fact, the same shade of pink.

I’m also a dreamer, thinker (too much...

Doctor January- a book trailer in Lego

I’m having an exciting day. Not because it’s valentine’s day. We don’t really ‘do’ valentine’s day in our house. The first (and last) valentine’s day meal DH and I went to was a disaster, now recounted with much hilarity. It was so awful, we decided never to bother again. Every 13th of February, he does a little panicky check “we’re still not doing valentine’s day, right?” and that’s about it. Just as well, really, because I’d forget. I have a terrible memory for dates.

So, if it’s not that, w...