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Pen Y Fan

Last weekend, my daughter and I did something different. We headed for the Brecon Beacons National Park to walk to the peak of Pen Y Fan, which at 886m is the highest peak in South Wales and Southern England. We began the long climb up of our 8km walk and I couldn't resist stopping to take photographs - well that's my excuse! The stone path...

Pen Y Fan

Last weekend, my daughter and I did something different. We headed for the Brecon Beacons National Park to walk to the peak of Pen Y Fan, which at 886m is the highest peak in South Wales and Southern England. We began the long climb up of our 8km walk and I couldn't resist stopping to take photographs - well that's my excuse! The stone path...

Conference Time Again!

It's July, which means my annual visit to Romantic Novelists' Association's conference. This year it was home from home for me as it was held at Harper Adams University near Telford, which is an agricultural university. So what did I seek out other than fabulous writing friends and books. Cows of course! The conference was as usual a weekend full...

November 2017 - Cover Reveal

Seeing my new cover for the first time is always exciting and my next book, Valdez's Bartered Bride, to be released in November 2017 doesn't disappoint. It's just as I imagined when writing the book. And the all important back cover blurb ..Blackmailed into marriage... by Christmas!Genealogist Lydia Carter-Wilson is horrified by the debts her...

London Again!

At the beginning of last week I was heading to London again. This time to meet up with Nas Dean who does a wonderful job promoting mine and many other authors books. One of my last blog posts for her was on travelling to Pisa in Italy, which was one of the destinations on Nas's travels.Nas lives in Fiji and has been travelling around Europe and has...

At Mills and Boon

At the end of last week I was in London for the Romantic Novelists' Association's summer party and the announcement of the winner of the Joan Hessayon award, which this year was won by Kate Field with her debut novel The Magic of Ramblings.This time my trip to London held much more excitement than catching up with friends at the Summer Party as I...

Ask the Author

Do you have a burning question you'd like to ask me about writing or my books? Now is your chance! Join me on Friday 19th May at 2.30pm BST Rachael xx...

The Secret Billionaires

I'm really excited to see my next book, Di Marcello's Secret Son, out in store. It's the first book in the Secret Billionaires series which Dani Collins, Jennifer Hayward and I created. Antonio Di Marcello thrives on challenges and accepts the latest challenge laid down by his friend and along with Stavros Xenikis and Alejandro Salazar he prepares...

In Training

I have signed up for a challenge to raise money for British Heart Foundation. In October I will be trekking along parts of the The Great Wall of China. Image from FotoliaI now have a pair of walking boots and am breaking them in, but intend to spend time walking along the Ceredigion Coastal Path in an attempt to get fitter and prepare myself for...

Secret Valentine Giveaway

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and I have a Goodreads Giveaway of A Child Claimed by Gold together with a secret giveaway! To be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of A Child Claimed by Gold and a Secret Valentine, which is a copy of a romance I have read and enjoyed, click HERE and enter before 15th February 2017....