Thank you to my US readers!
I owe my US readers a huge thank you because The Rose Girls has entered Amazon’s Top 100. This is a first for me and I was incredibly excited to see it doing well in the genre charts too. Here … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Journal
The Book Lovers – available for pre-order
It’s almost here … the first book in my brand series! The Book Lovers is available to pre-order in ebook from Amazon now and the paperback will be available on 27th August. I’m so excited about this new series and … Continue reading →
They grow up so fast!
Our Hattie has been growing apace. When she first arrived at Mulberry Cottage, she almost disappeared as she trotted down the garden path for all the flowers seemed to dwarf her. And she looked like a little toy when sitting … Continue reading →
The roses of Mulberry Cottage
When we moved into Mulberry Cottage three years ago, we inherited a beautiful cottage garden full of fruit trees, flowering shrubs, honeysuckle and some beautiful perennials, but there were only a handful of rose bushes and I soon got to … Continue reading →
Hattie comes home
Since we lost our dear old spaniel Molly back in October, we knew we couldn’t live life for long without another dog and, early in March, a dear little Springer spaniel came into the world. We met her when she … Continue reading →
The Rose Girls – out now in paperback and audio
I’m thrilled to announce that The Rose Girls is out now in paperback and audio today, joining the ebook which had a special early promotion as part of ‘Kindle First’, and a HUGE thank you to everyone who bought it … Continue reading →
Finding Fairacre
Earlier this month, my husband and I spent a day in the beautiful countryside of West Berkshire, meeting up with Jill Saint – the daughter of Dora Saint who wrote as ‘Miss Read’. It’s no secret that I’m a huge … Continue reading →
Missing Mariette
Mariette came to Mulberry Cottage in April 2012. Rehomed with the help of the British Hen Welfare Trust, she arrived with her two sisters Primrose and Little Flo, all named after characters from my favourite novel – H E Bates’s … Continue reading →
The Rose Girls reaches number two!
Thank you to my lovely readers who were quick to buy The Rose Girls when it was released as a ‘Kindle First’ title on 1st May. It’s been in Amazon’s Top 100 for 10 days now and spent a week … Continue reading →
The Rose Girls – out now as a Kindle First title!
I’m really excited to be part of a very special promotion this month – my new novel, The Rose Girls, is part of Amazon’s Kindle First offer where you can buy it for just 99p as an ebook a whole … Continue reading →
Escape to Mulberry Cottage – out now in audio
I’m delighted to announce the release of the audio book version of Escape to Mulberry Cottage – the first in my Mulberry Cottage series. Read by the wonderful Jan Cramer, it tells of our move from the London suburbs to … Continue reading →
London Book Fair 2015
This week, the London Book Fair opened at Olympia and I was there on the first day. For the past few years, the fair has been held at Earl’s Court, but the very first book fair I ever attended – … Continue reading →