IT'S THE WEEK OF MY BIG LAUNCH!!!

Gearing up for my launch on Jun 20th - just a fortnight away. Starts at 6pmTickets are £9 but include a talk, goody bag stuffed full of treat, buffet and the GRAND CHARITY RAFFLE for Yorkshire Cat Rescue  and The Well.Prizes are amazing!  If you don't leave the evening with a smile on your face... I will eat my hat and everyone elses!
How to get tickets... Call in, or ring the venue Mapplewell Village Hall  (Darton Lane S75 6AL) on01226 381 006 or email:  mappvillagehall@yahoo.co.uk  

AUNT BESSIE
Money off your Yorkshires?  Don't mind if I do... in yer goody bags!
BAHLSEN BISCUITS If you haven’t tried their Messina biscuits – you haven’t lived.  Better than Jaffa Cakes?  Blasphemy to say it – but they are.Competitions on their site and coming soon... the Bahlsen book club! 
BARNSLEY FC Tickets for a match anyone… go support us and get us back up to the Premier!  It'll be like watching Brazil all over again
BEATSON HOUSE The wonderful, lovely, restaurant in Cawthorne. Anyone for a 3 course Sunday lunch for 2… with wine????
BIDBI
If you like the goody bags then you have Bagitdon’tbinit to thank – sturdy little shoppers aren’t they?
SAMANTHA BRICK Gorgeous Sam is always cropping up on This Morning and in the newspaper. She’s sent a signed book about her life in France where she lives with ze sexy French hus-bond!
CLASIBAGS
A classy bag from Clasibags 
Thanks to Claire for this hand-crafted bag which I'm a bit in love with and the cat nips toys for two lucky furries xxx



CAKES BY CHRISTINA (You can find her on facebook)Who is going to walk off with her freshly baked giant cupcake


CALLULA GLASS One of my favourite finds – what Joanne can’t do with glass isn’t worth talking about.  Lovely unusual prizes for weddings, Mums and Dads day, Christmas - budgets to suit all pockets
JULIE COHEN Julie’s book is getting rave reviews and is a Richard and Judy pick.
COMPUTER PROBLEMS OF BARNSLEY 07779 158726Rob once saved my life – or rather the life of a book that I hadn’t saved and lost the lot… he found it.  I’ve never been to anyone since for them to mend my computerThey’ve given a memory stick – handy little blighter, some internet securityAND a free computer service (which usually costs a bomb!)


FLOWER CORNER01226 779090 Summer Lane’s charming flower shop – handy for the hospital…hint!
REBECCA CHANCE Someone is going to win a threesome with her… or rather a threesome of her books.  Naughty, raucous, thrilling – makes Fifty Shades look like an Enid Blyton!

LUCY DIAMOND  Lucy has sent signed books – her gorge new Italian one, some children's books and an audio book so you can let her lovely words drift into your brain...
LUCY DILLON Lucy as sent her beautiful book Lost Dogs and Lonely Hearts which won her the Romantic Novel of the Year award!
RUSSELL EATON  (01226) 244809You might go in this hair salon with her hair ‘a mess’ (geddit – Eton?) but you’ll come out feeling like a goddess.  Cut, blow, neck massage with my favourite ever stylist Jesse!
SHELLEY HUNTERShelley is a master craftswoman baker.  She even turns up in my books.  She should have her own bakery.  And look at this lovely tea-themed hamper she has donated! 


HOLIDAY INN Great people run this, lovely food, lovely wines, a smashing meeting place.  And someone will win a slap-up Sunday Lunch here!
HOT HOUSE Oh I LOVE their stuff – gorgeous smellies from this fab Yorkshire firm who also produce the Joey Essex hair range AND the best self-tanning product on the market – St Moritz.  It’s cheaper than the others and wipes the floor with them at trade competitions.
VICTORIA HOWARD My very good friend and writer of ‘romance suspense’… if you want romance and danger – she’s your woman!


CHRIS ROSE LINACRE
A hand-stitched bracelet of turquoise and fresh-water pearls.  Clever lady!

LINDT We have to have chocolate so hope you like the bon bon in your goody bag. You’re lucky there is any of these left to give out!
MAGNIFICENT ME Lovely Maggie has been helping people for many years drop the pounds, give up smoking, upping their confidence, curing their fears with hypnotherapy and helping them find their inner mojo – she’s donated a voucher for a treatment with a town beauty salon 

MAJOR RAYS (My lovely cousin’s shop in Athersley, New Lodge)Our lovely Deb runs a tanning salon with loads of gorgeous cosmetics and clothes and accessories sharing her shop.  She’s sent me a stack of meow-tiful cat scarves. Mwah!
NEWBURGH GALLERY
The wonderful shop at the bottom of Dodworth Road on the left... and they've donated a Heyland and Whittle toiletries hamper which is divine!


P & O FERRIES The best battery charging breaks ever!  A 2 night sleep-on-the-ship trip with an inbetween full day in Bruges or Amsterdam is an absolute treat. AND SOMEONE IS GOING TO WIN ONE 

CRAIG ROBERTSON (one of my favourite crime writers, who writes chilling books but is a very jolly bloke in real life… apart from the fact he’s spent time on death row in the USA!) AND he’s an expert in black pudding!

ROB ROYD FARM SHOP (sellers of all stuff farmy, gorgeous breakfasts, lunches, Saturday night dining… and the BEST carrot cake I have EVER tasted)
SCARVES AND SCENTS Sent in this beautiful green scarf!
SCIOLTI CHOCS Oh my friend Fiona freshly makes the most divine and unusual chocolate gifts – they are a total treat. She sent me a box to trial – oh they were too few.  The most fabulous flavours – go on, take a peek!  
SLURP WINE If anyone hasn’t heard of their ICE WINE by now – you can’t have read any of my books! The BEST fizz on the planet.  Wonderful booze by mail site.  I use it too much! STANIFORTHS BAKERY...There will be cake! Big huge cakey cake from them!!
STEEL CITY The lovely mug suppliers – brilliant service.  Promotional goods, lovely people to deal with – and in S Yorks!  Got me out of a right hole when I needed them!
STRESSFREEPRINT And they are stress free to deal with too!  Bookmarks, posters, flyers… I won’t go anywhere else now I’ve found them.
CL TAYLOR My author friend Cally has sent 2 of her latest books signed and I’ve read ACCIDENT – and it’s GRIPPING AND GREAT!
TAYLORS OF HARROGATEWe can’t have a teashop launch without a present from Yorkshire Tea!
TETLEY We have freebie tea from lovely Tetley!
THE VERY SMART COOKIE COMPANY Bee has sent us some bee-ootiful cat cards and a fab tea-time baking book!
WALKERS SHORTBREAD How can I not have a launch without my beloved Walkers onboard?  They’ve supported me from day one – which is great, because I LOVE their shortbread.  And they’re Scots!
WEIRD AND WONDERFUL CARDS Makers of lovely greetings cards… in this case cupcakes designed especially for the launch

MAGGIE WILSON  Is an author who writes great suspense and two lucky beggars will walk off with her signed Inside Out and the wonderful Fallen Angel!

WHITE HEART Penistone www.thewhiteheart.co.uk …Have donated vintage afternoon tea for 4 with a glass of fizz… BIG treat – cakes, tea in china, full afternoon tea shebang all served on bonny china.Lovely comfy stylish place for lunch/dinner/a drink/a do.  HUUUUGE car park
There will be a lunch here on Sat 4th October at 2.30pm – tickets on sale shortly, to include a talk by me and a gorgeous lunch.  Details on my website shortly!

TEAPOT EARRINGS! ...and more!!!