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December 21, 2021

WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATIONS #WINTERSOLSTICE #WINTER

Great post Alison. I love these markers throughout the year: Solstice, Beltane, Equinox and so on. The connection with the past is to be cherished and remembered. Lizzie xx

Alison Williams Writing

There’s something about a cold day in December, the sky growing dark, the fire lit, candles glowing, a glass of red wine and a good book. Christmas is approaching and it’s already the shortest day. I’ve always been fascinated at the old traditions and history of the seasons and festivals, p...

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Published on December 21, 2021 03:46

WINTER SOLSTICE CELEBRATIONS #WINTERSOLSTICE #WINTER

Great post Alison. I love these markers throughout the year: Solstice, Beltane, Equinox and so on. The connection with the past is to be cherished and remembered. Lizzie xx

Alison Williams Writing

There’s something about a cold day in December, the sky growing dark, the fire lit, candles glowing, a glass of red wine and a good book. Christmas is approaching and it’s already the shortest day. I’ve always been fascinated at the old traditions and history of the seasons and festivals, p...

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Published on December 21, 2021 03:46

December 15, 2021

Meet Lizzie Lamb, finalist of the RNA Indie Champion 2021

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Welcome, Lizzie!

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Having just listened to your interview on radio Leicester I wondered what it was that swayed you away from fantasy and faerie folk of your younger years to the romance genre?

Growing up in Scotland with the Ravenscraig Steel Works literally at the bottom of my garden I, along with my friends, created an alternative reality. In the nearby woods we went in search of faeries under toadstools, nyads at the bottom of wells and dryads in the trees...

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Published on December 15, 2021 02:57

November 28, 2021

The results are in . . .

Read what Lizzie got up to at the RNA Awards in October.

Lizzie Lamb - author

my glittery runner-up certificate

Although I wasn’t lucky enough to win my category at the Romantic Novelists’ Association Awards Ceremony I was proud to be nominated. And, in true Lizzie fashion, I made quite an event of it: travelling first class from Leicester to St Pancras with husband Dave, lunch in the Betjeman Arms, overnight stay at the Leonardo Hotel in view of the Tower of London. There was even time...

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Published on November 28, 2021 07:47

October 22, 2021

My best week ever . . .

Good morning. Read about my radio interview, my being shortlisted for an Industry Award – Indie Champion 2021 – by the RNA and a mention of my SWIP. Have a great weekend.

Lizzie Lamb - author

For those of you who read my previous blog post about being shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists” Association Indie Champion of the Year I have some follow-on news to share.

I learned via Melanie Griffiths (PA to the RNA Committee) that BBC Radio Leicester would like to interview me about my pa...

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Published on October 22, 2021 23:35

October 9, 2021

BREAKING NEWS – RNA INDIE HERO AWARD

So thrilled to share this news with my followers and friends —–

Lizzie Lamb - author

I’m super thrilled to announce that I’ve been short listed for the inaugural ‘INDIES HERO AWARD 2021′ by the Romantic Novelists’ Association.

I’ve been blogging for quite some time but some of my newer followers might not know the story behind my writing journey. So I thought it might be a good idea to bring you all up to date. If you’d like to learn more about the award, here’s a link to the a...

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Published on October 09, 2021 02:44

June 14, 2021

A Change of Heart by Adrienne Vaughan Escape to Ireland… and fall in love all over again! #BookReview

Always great to be reminded of a favourite novel. Thanks, Lizanne.

Lizanne lost in a good book

Escaping to a remote Irish isle, journalist Marianne Coltrane had not bargained for a tumultuous affair with movie star Ryan O’Gorman. When Ryan leaves to pursue his career, Marianne remains to care for those who need her most, but Ryan soon realises he cannot live without her and returns to woo her back .Tricky enough without his problematic ex-wife or the contract he cannot break, but w...

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Published on June 14, 2021 11:47

A Change of Heart by Adrienne Vaughan Escape to Ireland… and fall in love all over again! #BookReview

Always great to be reminded of a favourite novel. Thanks, Lizanne.

Lizanne lost in a good book

Escaping to a remote Irish isle, journalist Marianne Coltrane had not bargained for a tumultuous affair with movie star Ryan O’Gorman. When Ryan leaves to pursue his career, Marianne remains to care for those who need her most, but Ryan soon realises he cannot live without her and returns to woo her back .Tricky enough without his problematic ex-wife or the contract he cannot break, but w...

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Published on June 14, 2021 11:47

March 14, 2021

Harper’s Highland Fling by Lizzie Lamb Blog Tour – Review

Bookish Jottings

After a gruelling academic year, head teacher Harper MacDonald is looking forward to a summer holiday trekking in Nepal.

However, her plans are scuppered when wayward niece, Ariel, leaves a note announcing that she’s running away with a boy called Pen. The only clue to their whereabouts is a footnote: I’ll be in Scotland.

Cue a case of mistaken identity when Harper confronts the boy’s father – Rocco Penhaligon, and accuses him of cradle snatching her niece and...

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Published on March 14, 2021 11:04

February 10, 2021

Desert Island Books with… Lizzie Lamb

A Little Book Problem

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Today’s literary castaway, stranded on a deserted beach with only five books and one luxury item to keep her company, is author, Lizzie Lamb. Let’s see what she has chosen from all the books even written as the ones she would like to be stuck with indefinitely, shall we?

Book One – Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer

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Hero Wantage is desperate to change her fate.


When the dashing Lord Sherry proposes out of the blue, Hero is overjoyed – she’ll escape a life as a gove...


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Published on February 10, 2021 02:55