Children in Read 2021
Read more ...In Memory of Lucinda Riley : A huge advocate of Children in Read
- The 7th Authors' & Illustrators' Auction in support of the 2021 BBC Children in Need Appeal. Charity Ref; 802052
- All auction queries e-mail: ChildreninRead@yahoo.com
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Lucinda Riley
Lucinda Riley
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Title: The Girl on the Cliff
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance -Mystery
Format: Paperback
Postage: Free Global
*Lucinda was a strong advocate of Children in Read and supported the Authors' & Illustrators' Auction for Children in Need each and every year. 'The Girl on the Cliff' was kindly donated by Lucinda's family in memory of her.*
The Book;
How did a secret from 1914 cause a century of heartache? . . .
After a devastating loss, Grania Ryan returns home to Ireland and the arms of her loving family.
There, she meets young Aurora while walking along the cliffs. Mysteriously drawn to her, Grania discovers that the histories of their families are strangely and deeply entwined.
From a bittersweet romance in wartime London, to a troubled relationship in contemporary New York, the two families, past and present, have been entangled for a century.
Can Aurora help Grania understand the past, and change her future?
Haunting, intriguing and deeply moving, The Girl on the Cliff tells of the triumph of hope over loss.
The Author:
Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with all cultures around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre, and there are plans to create a seven-season TV series.
Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella prize, The Lovely Books award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year award. In 2020 she received the Dutch Platinum award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year - an award last won by J K Rowling for Harry Potter.
In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised and wrote a series of books for children called 'The Guardian Angels' series.
Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and indeed this was where her last five books were written.
Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on June 11th 2021, surrounded by her family.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance -Mystery
Format: Paperback
Postage: Free Global
*Lucinda was a strong advocate of Children in Read and supported the Authors' & Illustrators' Auction for Children in Need each and every year. 'The Girl on the Cliff' was kindly donated by Lucinda's family in memory of her.*
The Book;
How did a secret from 1914 cause a century of heartache? . . .
After a devastating loss, Grania Ryan returns home to Ireland and the arms of her loving family.
There, she meets young Aurora while walking along the cliffs. Mysteriously drawn to her, Grania discovers that the histories of their families are strangely and deeply entwined.
From a bittersweet romance in wartime London, to a troubled relationship in contemporary New York, the two families, past and present, have been entangled for a century.
Can Aurora help Grania understand the past, and change her future?
Haunting, intriguing and deeply moving, The Girl on the Cliff tells of the triumph of hope over loss.
The Author:
Lucinda Riley was born in 1965 in Ireland, and after an early career as an actress in film, theatre and television, wrote her first book aged twenty-four. Her books have been translated into thirty-seven languages and continue to strike an emotional chord with all cultures around the world. The Seven Sisters series specifically has become a global phenomenon, creating its own genre, and there are plans to create a seven-season TV series.
Her books have been nominated for numerous awards, including the Italian Bancarella prize, The Lovely Books award in Germany, and the Romantic Novel of the Year award. In 2020 she received the Dutch Platinum award for sales over 300,000 copies for a single novel in one year - an award last won by J K Rowling for Harry Potter.
In collaboration with her son Harry Whittaker, she also devised and wrote a series of books for children called 'The Guardian Angels' series.
Though she brought up her four children mostly in Norfolk in England, in 2015 she fulfilled her dream of buying a remote farmhouse in West Cork, Ireland, which she always felt was her spiritual home, and indeed this was where her last five books were written.
Lucinda was diagnosed with cancer in 2017 and died on June 11th 2021, surrounded by her family.
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Lucinda's Family
Lucinda's Family
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Lot 2
£ 1,100
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Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman
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Title: Neverwhere
Genre: Fantasy - T.v. & Film
Format: Leather-bound (Limited Edition - Printed By Neil's Request)
Postage: Free Global.
Website: https://www.neilgaiman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neilhimself
The Book:
'I love doors. Anything that leads to possibilities' NEIL GAIMAN
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Under the streets of London lies a world most people could never dream of.
When Richard Mayhew stops to help a girl he finds bleeding in the street, his unremarkable life changes in an instant.
This act of kindness leads him to a place filled with murderers and angels, pale girls in black velvet, a Beast in a labyrinth and an Earl who holds Court in a tube train. It is strangely familiar yet utterly bizarre.
Here is London Below, the city of people who have fallen between the cracks. And for Richard Mayhew, it's just the beginning.
The Author:
Neil Gaiman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, and The Graveyard Book. Among his numerous literary awards are the Newbery and Carnegie medals, and the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. He is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College.
Genre: Fantasy - T.v. & Film
Format: Leather-bound (Limited Edition - Printed By Neil's Request)
Postage: Free Global.
Website: https://www.neilgaiman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neilhimself
The Book:
'I love doors. Anything that leads to possibilities' NEIL GAIMAN
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Under the streets of London lies a world most people could never dream of.
When Richard Mayhew stops to help a girl he finds bleeding in the street, his unremarkable life changes in an instant.
This act of kindness leads him to a place filled with murderers and angels, pale girls in black velvet, a Beast in a labyrinth and an Earl who holds Court in a tube train. It is strangely familiar yet utterly bizarre.
Here is London Below, the city of people who have fallen between the cracks. And for Richard Mayhew, it's just the beginning.
The Author:
Neil Gaiman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty books, including Norse Mythology, Neverwhere, and The Graveyard Book. Among his numerous literary awards are the Newbery and Carnegie medals, and the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, and Will Eisner awards. He is a Professor in the Arts at Bard College.
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Lot 3
£ 300
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Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell
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Title: Neverwhere
Genre: Fantasy - Sci-Fi - T.V. & Film - Y/A
Format: Paperback (Book signed by Chris Riddell)
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Chris will be adding an original ink drawing on a separate piece of paper placed inside his book*
Neverwhere Trailer:
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Website: https://chrisriddellblog.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisriddell50
The Book;
Under the streets of London there's a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks.
Richard Mayhew, a young businessman, is going to find out more than enough about this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him out of his workday existence and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and utterly bizarre. And a strange destiny awaits him down here, beneath his native city: Neverwhere.
The Author:
Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.
Genre: Fantasy - Sci-Fi - T.V. & Film - Y/A
Format: Paperback (Book signed by Chris Riddell)
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Chris will be adding an original ink drawing on a separate piece of paper placed inside his book*
Neverwhere Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfBaC-O0amY
Website: https://chrisriddellblog.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisriddell50
The Book;
Under the streets of London there's a place most people could never even dream of. A city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, knights in armour and pale girls in black velvet. This is the city of the people who have fallen between the cracks.
Richard Mayhew, a young businessman, is going to find out more than enough about this other London. A single act of kindness catapults him out of his workday existence and into a world that is at once eerily familiar and utterly bizarre. And a strange destiny awaits him down here, beneath his native city: Neverwhere.
The Author:
Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.
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Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell
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Lot 4
£ 82
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Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell
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Title: Alice in Wonderland
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Chris will be adding a unique ink drawings inside his book*
Drawing characters from Alice in Wonderland with Chris Riddell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxUPpYWuhEw
Drawing characters from Alice in Wonderland with Chris Riddell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxUPpYWuhEw
Website: https://chrisriddellblog.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisriddell50
The Book;
Alice lives an ordinary life, until the day she follows the White Rabbit down, down, down a rabbit hole. She suddenly finds herself in an enchanted world, surrounded by zany creatures like the Mad Hatter, the Duchess, and the Cheshire Cat. Alice is delighted to find that nothing in Wonderland is the least bit ordinary.
The Author:
Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Chris will be adding a unique ink drawings inside his book*
Drawing characters from Alice in Wonderland with Chris Riddell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxUPpYWuhEw
Drawing characters from Alice in Wonderland with Chris Riddell:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxUPpYWuhEw
Website: https://chrisriddellblog.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisriddell50
The Book;
Alice lives an ordinary life, until the day she follows the White Rabbit down, down, down a rabbit hole. She suddenly finds herself in an enchanted world, surrounded by zany creatures like the Mad Hatter, the Duchess, and the Cheshire Cat. Alice is delighted to find that nothing in Wonderland is the least bit ordinary.
The Author:
Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.
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Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell
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Lot 5
£ 64
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Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell
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Title: Alice Through the Looking Glass
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Chris will be adding a unique ink drawings inside his book*
Alice Through the Looking Glass with Chris Riddell and readings by Samuel West:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMQDtHYSASU
Website: https://chrisriddellblog.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisriddell50
The Book;
Lewis Carroll's much-anticipated sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland very quickly became as popular as the first Alice story.
Alice ventures into Looking-Glass Land -- a backwards world inspired by chess -- through a mirror and has a succession of adventures on her way to becoming a queen. Introducing characters such as the Red Queen, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Alice's second adventure is as delightful and memorable as her first.
Illustrated by award-winner Chris Riddell, this new edition is a companion to his critically acclaimed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
The Author:
Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Chris will be adding a unique ink drawings inside his book*
Alice Through the Looking Glass with Chris Riddell and readings by Samuel West:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMQDtHYSASU
Website: https://chrisriddellblog.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chrisriddell50
The Book;
Lewis Carroll's much-anticipated sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland very quickly became as popular as the first Alice story.
Alice ventures into Looking-Glass Land -- a backwards world inspired by chess -- through a mirror and has a succession of adventures on her way to becoming a queen. Introducing characters such as the Red Queen, Humpty Dumpty, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Alice's second adventure is as delightful and memorable as her first.
Illustrated by award-winner Chris Riddell, this new edition is a companion to his critically acclaimed Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
The Author:
Chris Riddell, the 2015-2017 UK Children's Laureate, is an accomplished artist and the political cartoonist for the Observer. He has enjoyed great acclaim for his books for children. His books have won a number of major prizes, including the 2001, 2004 and 2016 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals. Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse won the Costa Children's Book Award 2013. His work for Macmillan also includes the bestselling Ottoline books, The Emperor of Absurdia, and, with Paul Stewart, the Muddle Earth books, the Scavenger series and the Blobheads series. Chris has been honoured with an OBE in recognition of his illustration and charity work. He lives in Brighton with his family.
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Chris Riddle
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Lot 6
£ 40
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Peter May
Peter May
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Title: The Night Gate
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Peter Talks About His Book:
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Website: http://www.petermay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorpetermay
The Book;
In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree.
A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house.
The deaths occurred more than seventy years apart.
Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo Macleod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train - one historical, unfolding in the treacherous wartime years of Occupied France; the other contemporary, set in the autumn of 2020 as France re-enters Covid lockdown.
And Enzo's investigations reveal an unexpected link between the murders - the Mona Lisa.
Tasked by the exiled General Charles de Gaulle to keep the world's most famous painting out of Nazi hands after the fall of France in 1940, 28-year-old Georgette Pignal finds herself swept along by the tide of history. Following in the wake of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa as it is moved from château to château by the Louvre, she finds herself just one step ahead of two German art experts sent to steal it for rival patrons - Hitler and Göring.
What none of them know is that the Louvre itself has taken exceptional measures to keep the painting safe, unwittingly setting in train a fatal sequence of events extending over seven decades.
Events that have led to both killings.
The Night Gate spans three generations, taking us from war-torn London, the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Berlin and Vichy France, to the deadly enemy facing the world in 2020. In his latest novel, Peter May shows why he is one of the great contemporary writers of crime fiction.
The Author:
Peter May is the multi award-winning author of:
the internationally best-selling Lewis Trilogy set in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland;
the China Thrillers, featuring Beijing detective Li Yan and American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell;
the critically-acclaimed Enzo Files, featuring Scottish forensic scientist Enzo MacLeod, which is set in France;
and several standalone books, including the multi award-winning Entry Island (January 2014, Quercus UK), Runaway (Quercus 2015) Coffin Road (Quercus 2016) I'll Keep You Safe (riverrun 2018) and A Silent Death (riverrun 2020)
He has also had a successful career as a television writer, creator, and producer.
One of Scotland's most prolific television dramatists, he garnered more than 1000 credits in 15 years as scriptwriter and script editor on prime-time British television drama. He is the creator of three major television drama series and presided over two of the highest-rated serials in his homeland before quitting television to concentrate on his first love, writing novels.
Born and raised in Scotland he lives in France.
After being turned down by all the major UK publishers, the first of the The Lewis Trilogy - The Blackhouse - was published in France as L'Ile des Chasseurs d'Oiseaux where it was hailed as "a masterpiece" by the French national newspaper L'Humanité. His novels have a large following in France. The trilogy has won several French literature awards, including one of the world's largest adjudicated readers awards, the Prix Cezam.
The Blackhouse was published in English by the award-winning Quercus (a relatively young publishing house which did not exist when the book was first presented to British publishers). It went on to become an international best seller, and was shortlisted for both Barry Award and Macavity Award when it was published in the USA.
The Blackhouse won the US Barry Award for Best Mystery Novel at Bouchercon in Albany NY, in 2013,
Entry Island won the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2014 and the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Club Best Read of the Year 2014.
In 2021 Peter won the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library. This award recognises the popularity of an author’s body of work with readers and users of libraries. The judges committee is made up of librarians from across the country.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Peter Talks About His Book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qSV1f56I1s
Website: http://www.petermay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorpetermay
The Book;
In a sleepy French village, the body of a man shot through the head is disinterred by the roots of a fallen tree.
A week later a famous art critic is viciously murdered in a nearby house.
The deaths occurred more than seventy years apart.
Asked by a colleague to inspect the site of the former, forensics expert Enzo Macleod quickly finds himself embroiled in the investigation of the latter. Two extraordinary narratives are set in train - one historical, unfolding in the treacherous wartime years of Occupied France; the other contemporary, set in the autumn of 2020 as France re-enters Covid lockdown.
And Enzo's investigations reveal an unexpected link between the murders - the Mona Lisa.
Tasked by the exiled General Charles de Gaulle to keep the world's most famous painting out of Nazi hands after the fall of France in 1940, 28-year-old Georgette Pignal finds herself swept along by the tide of history. Following in the wake of Da Vinci's Mona Lisa as it is moved from château to château by the Louvre, she finds herself just one step ahead of two German art experts sent to steal it for rival patrons - Hitler and Göring.
What none of them know is that the Louvre itself has taken exceptional measures to keep the painting safe, unwittingly setting in train a fatal sequence of events extending over seven decades.
Events that have led to both killings.
The Night Gate spans three generations, taking us from war-torn London, the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, Berlin and Vichy France, to the deadly enemy facing the world in 2020. In his latest novel, Peter May shows why he is one of the great contemporary writers of crime fiction.
The Author:
Peter May is the multi award-winning author of:
the internationally best-selling Lewis Trilogy set in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland;
the China Thrillers, featuring Beijing detective Li Yan and American forensic pathologist Margaret Campbell;
the critically-acclaimed Enzo Files, featuring Scottish forensic scientist Enzo MacLeod, which is set in France;
and several standalone books, including the multi award-winning Entry Island (January 2014, Quercus UK), Runaway (Quercus 2015) Coffin Road (Quercus 2016) I'll Keep You Safe (riverrun 2018) and A Silent Death (riverrun 2020)
He has also had a successful career as a television writer, creator, and producer.
One of Scotland's most prolific television dramatists, he garnered more than 1000 credits in 15 years as scriptwriter and script editor on prime-time British television drama. He is the creator of three major television drama series and presided over two of the highest-rated serials in his homeland before quitting television to concentrate on his first love, writing novels.
Born and raised in Scotland he lives in France.
After being turned down by all the major UK publishers, the first of the The Lewis Trilogy - The Blackhouse - was published in France as L'Ile des Chasseurs d'Oiseaux where it was hailed as "a masterpiece" by the French national newspaper L'Humanité. His novels have a large following in France. The trilogy has won several French literature awards, including one of the world's largest adjudicated readers awards, the Prix Cezam.
The Blackhouse was published in English by the award-winning Quercus (a relatively young publishing house which did not exist when the book was first presented to British publishers). It went on to become an international best seller, and was shortlisted for both Barry Award and Macavity Award when it was published in the USA.
The Blackhouse won the US Barry Award for Best Mystery Novel at Bouchercon in Albany NY, in 2013,
Entry Island won the Deanston Scottish Crime Book of the Year 2014 and the ITV Specsavers Crime Thriller Club Best Read of the Year 2014.
In 2021 Peter won the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library. This award recognises the popularity of an author’s body of work with readers and users of libraries. The judges committee is made up of librarians from across the country.
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Lot 7
£ 226
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Trisha Ashley
Trisha Ashley
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Title: One More Christmas at the Castle
Genre: Christmas - Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
* This lot is for a signed copy of Trisha Ashley's brand new hardback, One More Christmas at the Castle, along with a matching signed bookmark and Christmas card, together with a unique embroidered book bag made by Robin Ashley *
Website: https://www.trishaworld.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/trishaashley
Website: https://www.kisbetbespoke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kerravondarrow
The Book;
This Christmas will be the most special of them all...
Elderly widow Sabine knows this will be her last Christmas in her beloved home, Mitras Castle. Determined to make it just like the ones she remembers from her childhood, she employs Dido Jones of Heavenly Houseparties to help with the big day.
Dido is enchanted by the castle as soon as she steps through the imposing front door. And as Christmas day approaches, her feeling of connection to the old house runs deeper than she first thought. But when the snow begins to fall and Sabine's family arrive at the house - including Dido's teenage crush Xan - tensions rise around the castle's future and long-buried mysteries begin to unravel...
As past secrets come to light, can this still be a magical Christmas to remember?
The Author:
Trisha Ashley has written nineteen romantic comedies and her latest novel, The Garden of Forgotten Wishes, which is published by Transworld, is a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Her novels have twice been shortlisted for the Melissa Nathan award for Romantic Comedy and Every Woman for Herself was nominated by magazine readers as one of the top three romantic novels of the last fifty years.
She is from St Helens in West Lancashire, and believes that her typically dark Lancashire sense of humour in adversity, crossed with a good dose of Celtic creativity from her Welsh grandmother, has made her what she is today...whatever that is. Several of her novels are set in rural West Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Wales. They frequently explore aspects of the three F's that are a constant in her own life: Food, Flowers and Friendship and include delicious recipes at the back.
Nowadays she lives in North Wales and is the founder member of NW Novelistas Ink, a group of twelve novelists, several of whom are bestselling, who meet regularly in North Wales; she is also one of the trio of authors called The 500 Club, along with Leah Fleming and Elizabeth Gill.
She is a long term member of the Society of Authors.
Genre: Christmas - Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
* This lot is for a signed copy of Trisha Ashley's brand new hardback, One More Christmas at the Castle, along with a matching signed bookmark and Christmas card, together with a unique embroidered book bag made by Robin Ashley *
Website: https://www.trishaworld.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/trishaashley
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The Book;
This Christmas will be the most special of them all...
Elderly widow Sabine knows this will be her last Christmas in her beloved home, Mitras Castle. Determined to make it just like the ones she remembers from her childhood, she employs Dido Jones of Heavenly Houseparties to help with the big day.
Dido is enchanted by the castle as soon as she steps through the imposing front door. And as Christmas day approaches, her feeling of connection to the old house runs deeper than she first thought. But when the snow begins to fall and Sabine's family arrive at the house - including Dido's teenage crush Xan - tensions rise around the castle's future and long-buried mysteries begin to unravel...
As past secrets come to light, can this still be a magical Christmas to remember?
The Author:
Trisha Ashley has written nineteen romantic comedies and her latest novel, The Garden of Forgotten Wishes, which is published by Transworld, is a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller. Her novels have twice been shortlisted for the Melissa Nathan award for Romantic Comedy and Every Woman for Herself was nominated by magazine readers as one of the top three romantic novels of the last fifty years.
She is from St Helens in West Lancashire, and believes that her typically dark Lancashire sense of humour in adversity, crossed with a good dose of Celtic creativity from her Welsh grandmother, has made her what she is today...whatever that is. Several of her novels are set in rural West Lancashire, West Yorkshire and Wales. They frequently explore aspects of the three F's that are a constant in her own life: Food, Flowers and Friendship and include delicious recipes at the back.
Nowadays she lives in North Wales and is the founder member of NW Novelistas Ink, a group of twelve novelists, several of whom are bestselling, who meet regularly in North Wales; she is also one of the trio of authors called The 500 Club, along with Leah Fleming and Elizabeth Gill.
She is a long term member of the Society of Authors.
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Milly Johnson
Milly Johnson
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Title: The Woman in the Middle
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://millyjohnson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/millyjohnson
The Book;
Shay Bastable is the woman in the middle. She is part of the sandwich generation – caring for her parents and her children, supporting her husband Bruce, holding them all together and caring for them as best she can.
Then the arrival of a large orange skip on her mother’s estate sets in motion a cataclysmic series of events which leads to the collapse of Shay’s world. She is forced to put herself first for a change.
But in order to move forward with her present, Shay needs to make sense of her past. And so she returns to the little village she grew up in, to uncover the truth about what happened to her when she was younger. And in doing so, she discovers that sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to find the only way is up.
The Author:
Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is the author of 18 published novels, 4 short story ebooks, a book of poetry and a Quick Reads Novella ('The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe') and was an erstwhile leading copywriter for the greetings card industry. She is also a poem and joke-writer, a newspaper columnist and a seasoned after dinner speaker.
She won the RoNA for Best Romantic Comedy Novel of 2014 and 2016, the Yorkshire Society award for Arts and Culture 2015 and the Romantic Novelist Association Outstanding Achievement award in 2020.
She writes about love, life, friendships and the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience and celebrate her beloved Yorkshire.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://millyjohnson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/millyjohnson
The Book;
Shay Bastable is the woman in the middle. She is part of the sandwich generation – caring for her parents and her children, supporting her husband Bruce, holding them all together and caring for them as best she can.
Then the arrival of a large orange skip on her mother’s estate sets in motion a cataclysmic series of events which leads to the collapse of Shay’s world. She is forced to put herself first for a change.
But in order to move forward with her present, Shay needs to make sense of her past. And so she returns to the little village she grew up in, to uncover the truth about what happened to her when she was younger. And in doing so, she discovers that sometimes you have to hit rock bottom to find the only way is up.
The Author:
Milly Johnson was born, raised and still lives in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. She is the author of 18 published novels, 4 short story ebooks, a book of poetry and a Quick Reads Novella ('The Little Dreams of Lara Cliffe') and was an erstwhile leading copywriter for the greetings card industry. She is also a poem and joke-writer, a newspaper columnist and a seasoned after dinner speaker.
She won the RoNA for Best Romantic Comedy Novel of 2014 and 2016, the Yorkshire Society award for Arts and Culture 2015 and the Romantic Novelist Association Outstanding Achievement award in 2020.
She writes about love, life, friendships and the importance of community spirit. Her books champion women, their strength and resilience and celebrate her beloved Yorkshire.
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Carol Drinkwater
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Title: An Act of Love
Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal
Website: http://www.caroldrinkwater.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Carol4OliveFarm
The Book;
France, 1943.
Forced to flee war ravaged Poland, Sara and her parents are offered refuge in a beautiful but dilapidated house in the French Alps. It seems the perfect hideaway, despite haunting traces of the previous occupants who left in haste.
But shadows soon fall over Sara's blissful summer, and her blossoming romance with local villager Alain. As the Nazis close in, the family is forced to make a harrowing choice that could drive them apart forever, while Sara's own bid for freedom risks several lives . . .
Will her family make it through the summer together?
And can she hold onto the love she has found with Alain?
The Author:
Carol Drinkwater (born 22 April 1948) is an Anglo-Irish actress, author and filmmaker. She is best known for her award-winning portrayal of Helen Herriot (née Alderson) in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books All Creatures Great and Small, which led to her receiving the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985.She was a member of the National Theatre Company under the leadership of Laurence Olivier and has acted in numerous television series and films including the highly successful Chocky, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Another Bouquet and Golden Pennies. Drinkwater won a Critics' Circle Best Screen Actress award for her role, Anne, in the feature film Father (1990) in which she starred opposite Max von Sydow. Amongst many other film and television series, she has appeared in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971), Queen Kong (1976), The Shout (1978), Father (1990), and the film adaptation of Beryl Bainbridge's novel An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), directed by Mike Newell and starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman.She has written a number of children's books, including her first, The Haunted School, which was produced as a television mini-series and film. Bought by Disney, it won the Chicago International Film Festival Gold Award for Children's Films. Her books for adults include commercial fiction and a series of best-selling memoirs about her experiences on her olive farm in Provence. In 2013 Drinkwater worked on a series of five documentary films inspired by her two Mediterranean travel books, The Olive Route and The Olive Tree. The films were completed in February 2013 and have since been broadcast on international networks worldwide. In 2015 Penguin Books UK announced a deal signed with Drinkwater to write epic novels. The first, The Forgotten Summer was published in March 2016. The fourth on this contract is due out in April 2021. She is married to French TV producer Michel Noll.
Genre: Historical Fiction / Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal
Website: http://www.caroldrinkwater.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Carol4OliveFarm
The Book;
France, 1943.
Forced to flee war ravaged Poland, Sara and her parents are offered refuge in a beautiful but dilapidated house in the French Alps. It seems the perfect hideaway, despite haunting traces of the previous occupants who left in haste.
But shadows soon fall over Sara's blissful summer, and her blossoming romance with local villager Alain. As the Nazis close in, the family is forced to make a harrowing choice that could drive them apart forever, while Sara's own bid for freedom risks several lives . . .
Will her family make it through the summer together?
And can she hold onto the love she has found with Alain?
The Author:
Carol Drinkwater (born 22 April 1948) is an Anglo-Irish actress, author and filmmaker. She is best known for her award-winning portrayal of Helen Herriot (née Alderson) in the television adaptation of the James Herriot books All Creatures Great and Small, which led to her receiving the Variety Club Television Personality of the Year award in 1985.She was a member of the National Theatre Company under the leadership of Laurence Olivier and has acted in numerous television series and films including the highly successful Chocky, Bouquet of Barbed Wire, Another Bouquet and Golden Pennies. Drinkwater won a Critics' Circle Best Screen Actress award for her role, Anne, in the feature film Father (1990) in which she starred opposite Max von Sydow. Amongst many other film and television series, she has appeared in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (1971), Queen Kong (1976), The Shout (1978), Father (1990), and the film adaptation of Beryl Bainbridge's novel An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), directed by Mike Newell and starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman.She has written a number of children's books, including her first, The Haunted School, which was produced as a television mini-series and film. Bought by Disney, it won the Chicago International Film Festival Gold Award for Children's Films. Her books for adults include commercial fiction and a series of best-selling memoirs about her experiences on her olive farm in Provence. In 2013 Drinkwater worked on a series of five documentary films inspired by her two Mediterranean travel books, The Olive Route and The Olive Tree. The films were completed in February 2013 and have since been broadcast on international networks worldwide. In 2015 Penguin Books UK announced a deal signed with Drinkwater to write epic novels. The first, The Forgotten Summer was published in March 2016. The fourth on this contract is due out in April 2021. She is married to French TV producer Michel Noll.
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Alex Horne
Alex Horne
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Title: Bring Me The Head of the Taskmaster
Genre: Humour - T.V. & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Bring Me The Head of The Taskmaster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A4DwqqlmtI
Website: http://alexhorne.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexHorne
The Book;
Fastest wins. Your adventure starts now ...
This is a race.
It is not a race against the clock, because that would be a far easier race. Clocks can be fast, but clocks never win races. It's nearly always humans, sometimes horses, and occasionally dogs.
This is a race against your fellow Taskmaster players.
You are competing against everyone else who is reading this book. All you've got to do is find The Taskmaster's Head first. This is a race with many twists and turns, that requires very little running, much sideways thinking and quite a lot of patience.
Thankfully, there will be a shedload of tasks along the way to distract you. There are tasks to do on your own, tasks to do with your family and friends, and tasks for bigger groups too. Some of these distractions may slow you down, but some may help you get where you need to go. As always, enjoy them, do your best, make good choices.
So get going. Take on the tasks. All the information you need is in the book...
Alex Horne, Taskmaster's Assistant
The Author:
Award-winning comedian Alex Horne is the creator and co-host of the BAFTA-winning hit TV show Taskmaster (Dave/Channel 4). The show won Best Comedy Entertainment Programme at the 2020 BAFTAs, has been Emmy-nominated and has also won the Royal Television Society and Broadcast Awards for Best Entertainment Programme. The success of the show has led to Alex publishing The Taskmaster Book, and the release of The Taskmaster Board Game. UK lockdown saw Alex devise the hugely successful interactive Home Tasking on the Taskmaster YouTube channel, setting Taskmaster-style tasks online and inviting households across the world to take part on Twitter with the hashtag #HomeTasking.
Alex is the creator and frontman of The Horne Section, a six-piece band of multitalented musicians who put a stupidly unique twist to musical comedy. Alex Horne Presents: The Horne Section played to sold-out audiences for five consecutive years at the Edinburgh Fringe, and continued for three series as a BBC Radio 4 show. This led to The Horne Section Podcast, which reached number one in the iTunes charts on the first day of its release and regularly releases new episodes. The band has made several appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4) and is the only band ever to host Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2). They are the house band on The Last Leg (Channel 4) and Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer (BBC One), which Alex also co-hosts. They starred in their own one-off special, The Horne Section Television Programme (Dave), in 2018.
As a solo act, Alex has been nominated for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award and the Perrier Newcomer Award. He has released two books based on his critically-acclaimed Edinburgh shows, Birdwatchingwatching and Wordwatching.
Genre: Humour - T.V. & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Bring Me The Head of The Taskmaster:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A4DwqqlmtI
Website: http://alexhorne.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexHorne
The Book;
Fastest wins. Your adventure starts now ...
This is a race.
It is not a race against the clock, because that would be a far easier race. Clocks can be fast, but clocks never win races. It's nearly always humans, sometimes horses, and occasionally dogs.
This is a race against your fellow Taskmaster players.
You are competing against everyone else who is reading this book. All you've got to do is find The Taskmaster's Head first. This is a race with many twists and turns, that requires very little running, much sideways thinking and quite a lot of patience.
Thankfully, there will be a shedload of tasks along the way to distract you. There are tasks to do on your own, tasks to do with your family and friends, and tasks for bigger groups too. Some of these distractions may slow you down, but some may help you get where you need to go. As always, enjoy them, do your best, make good choices.
So get going. Take on the tasks. All the information you need is in the book...
Alex Horne, Taskmaster's Assistant
The Author:
Award-winning comedian Alex Horne is the creator and co-host of the BAFTA-winning hit TV show Taskmaster (Dave/Channel 4). The show won Best Comedy Entertainment Programme at the 2020 BAFTAs, has been Emmy-nominated and has also won the Royal Television Society and Broadcast Awards for Best Entertainment Programme. The success of the show has led to Alex publishing The Taskmaster Book, and the release of The Taskmaster Board Game. UK lockdown saw Alex devise the hugely successful interactive Home Tasking on the Taskmaster YouTube channel, setting Taskmaster-style tasks online and inviting households across the world to take part on Twitter with the hashtag #HomeTasking.
Alex is the creator and frontman of The Horne Section, a six-piece band of multitalented musicians who put a stupidly unique twist to musical comedy. Alex Horne Presents: The Horne Section played to sold-out audiences for five consecutive years at the Edinburgh Fringe, and continued for three series as a BBC Radio 4 show. This led to The Horne Section Podcast, which reached number one in the iTunes charts on the first day of its release and regularly releases new episodes. The band has made several appearances on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4) and is the only band ever to host Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC2). They are the house band on The Last Leg (Channel 4) and Peter Crouch: Save Our Summer (BBC One), which Alex also co-hosts. They starred in their own one-off special, The Horne Section Television Programme (Dave), in 2018.
As a solo act, Alex has been nominated for the Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award and the Perrier Newcomer Award. He has released two books based on his critically-acclaimed Edinburgh shows, Birdwatchingwatching and Wordwatching.
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Serena Patel
Serena Patel
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First Three Books in the Anisha Accidental Detective Series
Title 1: Anisha, Accidental Detective
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: School's Cancelled!
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Granny Trouble!
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Serena reads from Anisha, Accidental Detective
Website: https://serenakpatel.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SerenaKPatel
Book 1: Anisha, Accidental Detective
Anisha is all set to be a (reluctant) bridesmaid at Aunty Bindi's wedding...until a secret ransom note arrives. Bindi's groom has been kidnapped and will only be released IF THE WEDDING IS CALLED OFF! With best friend Milo, mischievous Granny Jas, a runaway lobster, a kitten-loving giant, and some super skills of logic and observation, it's up to Anisha Mistry to find her uncle, before the big family wedding of the year becomes a big disaster.
Book 2: School's Cancelled!
Anisha can't wait to show off her volcano project at the science fair...and maybe win the prize trip to the national space centre. But when the volcano explodes and floods the school, Anisha is disqualified. It's so unfair, because it wasn't her fault! Can Anisha, her best friend Milo, a pet rat, and a high-school vlogger catch the culprit?
Book 3: Granny Trouble!
Milo and I have been looking forward to this half-term for what feels like FOREVER - we're finally going to the National Space Centre, to meet a real-life space engineer! My whole family wanted to tag along and visit a festival first, where this super-famous, mega-expensive diamond is on display. But guess what? The diamond has been STOLEN! And the police think MY GRANNY did it so she's in serious TROUBLE. Someone needs to prove Granny Jas is innocent, so it looks like Milo and I might need to go UNDERCOVER. It's lucky I'm Anisha, Accidental Detective!
The Author:
Serena Patel is the author of the Anisha, Accidental Detective series which won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award for Fiction. She lives in the West Midlands with her family and believes all children deserve to feel seen in the stories they read and that books are an important tool for empathy. When she's not writing Serena enjoys watching movies, reading and eating cake. Chocolate cake preferred.
Title 1: Anisha, Accidental Detective
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: School's Cancelled!
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Granny Trouble!
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://serenakpatel.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SerenaKPatel
Book 1: Anisha, Accidental Detective
Anisha is all set to be a (reluctant) bridesmaid at Aunty Bindi's wedding...until a secret ransom note arrives. Bindi's groom has been kidnapped and will only be released IF THE WEDDING IS CALLED OFF! With best friend Milo, mischievous Granny Jas, a runaway lobster, a kitten-loving giant, and some super skills of logic and observation, it's up to Anisha Mistry to find her uncle, before the big family wedding of the year becomes a big disaster.
Book 2: School's Cancelled!
Anisha can't wait to show off her volcano project at the science fair...and maybe win the prize trip to the national space centre. But when the volcano explodes and floods the school, Anisha is disqualified. It's so unfair, because it wasn't her fault! Can Anisha, her best friend Milo, a pet rat, and a high-school vlogger catch the culprit?
Book 3: Granny Trouble!
Milo and I have been looking forward to this half-term for what feels like FOREVER - we're finally going to the National Space Centre, to meet a real-life space engineer! My whole family wanted to tag along and visit a festival first, where this super-famous, mega-expensive diamond is on display. But guess what? The diamond has been STOLEN! And the police think MY GRANNY did it so she's in serious TROUBLE. Someone needs to prove Granny Jas is innocent, so it looks like Milo and I might need to go UNDERCOVER. It's lucky I'm Anisha, Accidental Detective!
The Author:
Serena Patel is the author of the Anisha, Accidental Detective series which won the Sainsbury's Children's Book Award for Fiction. She lives in the West Midlands with her family and believes all children deserve to feel seen in the stories they read and that books are an important tool for empathy. When she's not writing Serena enjoys watching movies, reading and eating cake. Chocolate cake preferred.
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Karl Newson
Karl Newson
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Title: I Really Really Need A Wee
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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Karl Book Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VkZgRAh7Gc
Website: http://karlnewson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Karlwheel
The Book;
Bush Baby is in a fix. She didn’t need a wee before she left home – now she needs one right away! Uh-oh! But what will she do if there’s just nowhere to go? A pant-wettingly funny tale of determination and self-awareness – packed with toilet humour!
A funny tale of determination – packed with toilet humour! Perfect for teaching children the importance of that last-chance bathroom trip!
The Author:
Karl Newson has enjoyed playing with words and making up stories since he was small. He lives in London with his partner in crime, and the fox and owl who live at the end of the garden. When he isn’t working, Karl likes watching films with his children, listening to music and walking in the woods.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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Karl Book Reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VkZgRAh7Gc
Website: http://karlnewson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Karlwheel
The Book;
Bush Baby is in a fix. She didn’t need a wee before she left home – now she needs one right away! Uh-oh! But what will she do if there’s just nowhere to go? A pant-wettingly funny tale of determination and self-awareness – packed with toilet humour!
A funny tale of determination – packed with toilet humour! Perfect for teaching children the importance of that last-chance bathroom trip!
The Author:
Karl Newson has enjoyed playing with words and making up stories since he was small. He lives in London with his partner in crime, and the fox and owl who live at the end of the garden. When he isn’t working, Karl likes watching films with his children, listening to music and walking in the woods.
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£ 30
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Steve Lenton
Steve Lenton
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Title: Genie and Teeny: Make a Wish
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
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Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjitH55iZRk
Draw Grant the Genie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0kZUuI2Ti4
Website: https://www.stevenlenton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevenLenton
The Book;
Meet Grant the genie, and his best friend – the puppy Teeny…
The first in a series of magical adventures from the renowned illustrator, Steven Lenton, winner of Waterstones Picture Book of the Month and the Times Children’s Book of the Week.
When Grant the Genie is cast out of Genie World, he lands on Earth with a big, fat bump! Without a lamp to call home, he has to settle for an old cracked teapot instead.
Grant is very lonely until he meets the puppy, Teeny. Then Genie and Teeny are kidnapped by the evil purple-loving Lavinia Lavender, and find themselves on-course for a rollercoaster of an adventure – when all they really want is a place to call home…
The Author and Illustrator:
Steven Lenton is a multi-award winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studios in Brighton and London with his dog, Big Eared Bob. He has illustrated many children's books including 'Head Kid' and 'The Taylor Turbochaser' by David Baddiel, 'The Hundred And One Dalmatians' adapted by Peter Bently, the 'Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam' series by Tracey Corderoy and the Sainsbury's Prize winning 'The Nothing To See Here Hotel' series written by Steven Butler. He has illustrated two World Book Day titles and regularly appears at literary festivals and live events across the UK. Steven has his own 'Draw-along' YouTube Channel, showing how to draw a range of his characters. Steven has also written his own picture book 'Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights' and his new illustrated fiction series 'Genie and Teeny'.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
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Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjitH55iZRk
Draw Grant the Genie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0kZUuI2Ti4
Website: https://www.stevenlenton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevenLenton
The Book;
Meet Grant the genie, and his best friend – the puppy Teeny…
The first in a series of magical adventures from the renowned illustrator, Steven Lenton, winner of Waterstones Picture Book of the Month and the Times Children’s Book of the Week.
When Grant the Genie is cast out of Genie World, he lands on Earth with a big, fat bump! Without a lamp to call home, he has to settle for an old cracked teapot instead.
Grant is very lonely until he meets the puppy, Teeny. Then Genie and Teeny are kidnapped by the evil purple-loving Lavinia Lavender, and find themselves on-course for a rollercoaster of an adventure – when all they really want is a place to call home…
The Author and Illustrator:
Steven Lenton is a multi-award winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studios in Brighton and London with his dog, Big Eared Bob. He has illustrated many children's books including 'Head Kid' and 'The Taylor Turbochaser' by David Baddiel, 'The Hundred And One Dalmatians' adapted by Peter Bently, the 'Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam' series by Tracey Corderoy and the Sainsbury's Prize winning 'The Nothing To See Here Hotel' series written by Steven Butler. He has illustrated two World Book Day titles and regularly appears at literary festivals and live events across the UK. Steven has his own 'Draw-along' YouTube Channel, showing how to draw a range of his characters. Steven has also written his own picture book 'Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights' and his new illustrated fiction series 'Genie and Teeny'.
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Title: How To Grow A Unicorn
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.stevenlenton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevenLenton
The Book;
A rollicking, rhyming read-aloud treat from wordsmith extraordinaire, debut author Rachel Morrisroe, and the ridiculously talented, bestselling Steven Lenton
Welcome to Mr Pottifer's Parlour of Plants: a magical shop with the most surprising plants you'll ever see!
Sarah thinks she's discovered the perfect gift for her garden-loving grandma, but before you can say GARDEN FULL OF UNICORNS, things grow wildly out-of-hand!
Live your own hilarious unicorn fantasy in this rip-roaring, rhyming delight from a terrifically talented new picture book author, with illustrations from the brilliant, bestselling illustrator Steven Lenton - illustrator of Shifty McGifty and The Hundred and One Dalmations picture book.
The Illustrator:
Steven Lenton is a multi-award winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studios in Brighton and London with his dog, Big Eared Bob. He has illustrated many children's books including 'Head Kid' and 'The Taylor Turbochaser' by David Baddiel, 'The Hundred And One Dalmatians' adapted by Peter Bently, the 'Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam' series by Tracey Corderoy and the Sainsbury's Prize winning 'The Nothing To See Here Hotel' series written by Steven Butler. He has illustrated two World Book Day titles and regularly appears at literary festivals and live events across the UK. Steven has his own 'Draw-along' YouTube Channel, showing how to draw a range of his characters. Steven has also written his own picture book 'Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights' and his new illustrated fiction series 'Genie and Teeny'.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.stevenlenton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevenLenton
The Book;
A rollicking, rhyming read-aloud treat from wordsmith extraordinaire, debut author Rachel Morrisroe, and the ridiculously talented, bestselling Steven Lenton
Welcome to Mr Pottifer's Parlour of Plants: a magical shop with the most surprising plants you'll ever see!
Sarah thinks she's discovered the perfect gift for her garden-loving grandma, but before you can say GARDEN FULL OF UNICORNS, things grow wildly out-of-hand!
Live your own hilarious unicorn fantasy in this rip-roaring, rhyming delight from a terrifically talented new picture book author, with illustrations from the brilliant, bestselling illustrator Steven Lenton - illustrator of Shifty McGifty and The Hundred and One Dalmations picture book.
The Illustrator:
Steven Lenton is a multi-award winning illustrator, originally from Cheshire, now working from his studios in Brighton and London with his dog, Big Eared Bob. He has illustrated many children's books including 'Head Kid' and 'The Taylor Turbochaser' by David Baddiel, 'The Hundred And One Dalmatians' adapted by Peter Bently, the 'Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam' series by Tracey Corderoy and the Sainsbury's Prize winning 'The Nothing To See Here Hotel' series written by Steven Butler. He has illustrated two World Book Day titles and regularly appears at literary festivals and live events across the UK. Steven has his own 'Draw-along' YouTube Channel, showing how to draw a range of his characters. Steven has also written his own picture book 'Princess Daisy and the Dragon and the Nincompoop Knights' and his new illustrated fiction series 'Genie and Teeny'.
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Sue Tingey
Sue Tingey
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Title: Marked
Genre: Paranormal / Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.smhardy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueTingey
The Book;
With no family and very few friends, Lucky’s psychic ability has always made her an outcast. The only person she can rely on is Kayla, the ghost girl who has been with her since she was born.
But Kayla is not all that she appears.
And when Lucky is visited by a demonic assassin with a message for her friend, she finds herself dragged into the Underlands – and the political fight for the daemon king’s throne.
Lucky, trapped in the daemon world, is determined to find her way home… until she finds herself caught between the charms of the Guardian Jamie, the charismatic Daemon of Death Jinx – and the lure of finding out who she really is.
The Author:
Sue Tingey is the author of the fantasy romance series The Soulseer Chronicles and lives with her husband in Torquay
She spent twenty-eight years working for a major bank and, after taking voluntary redundancy in 2001, spent another fourteen or so years working as a practice manager for an arboricultural consultancy. She has now given up the day job to allegedly spend more time with her husband; he however has noticed that an awful lot more writing appears to be going on.
Sue admits that storytelling is her obsession and was thrilled when she was offered a three book deal by Jo Fletcher Books in 2014.
Sue also writes Supernatural Crime under the name S. M. Hardy to find out more go to http://www.smhardy.co.uk
Genre: Paranormal / Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.smhardy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueTingey
The Book;
With no family and very few friends, Lucky’s psychic ability has always made her an outcast. The only person she can rely on is Kayla, the ghost girl who has been with her since she was born.
But Kayla is not all that she appears.
And when Lucky is visited by a demonic assassin with a message for her friend, she finds herself dragged into the Underlands – and the political fight for the daemon king’s throne.
Lucky, trapped in the daemon world, is determined to find her way home… until she finds herself caught between the charms of the Guardian Jamie, the charismatic Daemon of Death Jinx – and the lure of finding out who she really is.
The Author:
Sue Tingey is the author of the fantasy romance series The Soulseer Chronicles and lives with her husband in Torquay
She spent twenty-eight years working for a major bank and, after taking voluntary redundancy in 2001, spent another fourteen or so years working as a practice manager for an arboricultural consultancy. She has now given up the day job to allegedly spend more time with her husband; he however has noticed that an awful lot more writing appears to be going on.
Sue admits that storytelling is her obsession and was thrilled when she was offered a three book deal by Jo Fletcher Books in 2014.
Sue also writes Supernatural Crime under the name S. M. Hardy to find out more go to http://www.smhardy.co.uk
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SM Hardy
SM Hardy
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Book: The Evil Within
Genre: Horror - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication is Available
Postage: Free UK only
Website: http://www.smhardy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueTingey
The Book:
On the brink of a breakdown, two years after the death of his fiance, Jim Hawkes quits his high-powered job in the City to rent a cottage in the Devonshire countryside seeking some well-needed rest. But Slyford St James is far from the peaceful haven Jim was hoping for. Almost immediately he is plagued by strange occurrences: a combination lock that won't open, loud noises in the attic, the figure of a little girl always just out of sight. His new village friends, Jed and Emma, are convinced Jim has found his way to the village for a reason, to solve the mystery surrounding the suspicious death of a child. But as Jim is haunted by the ghosts of his past and endangered by a real-world threat in the present, it soon becomes apparent that true evil never dies.
The Author:
S.M. Hardy is the dark alter ego of fantasy writer Sue Tingey. Sue grew up in South East London and worked in banking for more years than she cares to remember before turning her attention to arboricultural management. She has now given up the day job to allegedly spend more time with her husband; he however has noticed that an awful lot more writing appears to be going on. She currently lives in Torquay, South Devon.
To find out more about Sue’s fantasy novels go to To find out more about Sue’s fantasy novels go to http://www.suetingey.co.uk
Genre: Horror - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication is Available
Postage: Free UK only
Website: http://www.smhardy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueTingey
The Book:
On the brink of a breakdown, two years after the death of his fiance, Jim Hawkes quits his high-powered job in the City to rent a cottage in the Devonshire countryside seeking some well-needed rest. But Slyford St James is far from the peaceful haven Jim was hoping for. Almost immediately he is plagued by strange occurrences: a combination lock that won't open, loud noises in the attic, the figure of a little girl always just out of sight. His new village friends, Jed and Emma, are convinced Jim has found his way to the village for a reason, to solve the mystery surrounding the suspicious death of a child. But as Jim is haunted by the ghosts of his past and endangered by a real-world threat in the present, it soon becomes apparent that true evil never dies.
The Author:
S.M. Hardy is the dark alter ego of fantasy writer Sue Tingey. Sue grew up in South East London and worked in banking for more years than she cares to remember before turning her attention to arboricultural management. She has now given up the day job to allegedly spend more time with her husband; he however has noticed that an awful lot more writing appears to be going on. She currently lives in Torquay, South Devon.
To find out more about Sue’s fantasy novels go to To find out more about Sue’s fantasy novels go to http://www.suetingey.co.uk
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£ 12
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SM Hardy
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Book: The Evil Within
Genre: Horror - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available
Postage: Free UK only
Website: http://www.smhardy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueTingey
The Book:
The village of Slyford St James is no stranger to supernatural happenings, as long-time residents Jed and Emma know all too well. Although Jed's spiritual connection with the dead was once a source of pride, it now fills him with dread. When he receives an invitation to the family estate of his old army friend Simon, who wants Jed to use his gift to solve the brutal murder of his elder brother, Jed is initially reluctant, but Emma encourages him to agree, hoping that this new sense of purpose might lift him out of his melancholy, despite the circumstances. When they arrive at the estate, Jed is shocked by how fragile and fearful his friend has become. As Jed calls upon the spirit world for the first time in eighteen months, the results are dramatic, and a gruesome warning reveals dark and dangerous family secrets that threaten the safety of them all.
The Author:
S.M. Hardy is the dark alter ego of fantasy writer Sue Tingey. Sue grew up in South East London and worked in banking for more years than she cares to remember before turning her attention to arboricultural management. She has now given up the day job to allegedly spend more time with her husband; he however has noticed that an awful lot more writing appears to be going on. She currently lives in Torquay, South Devon.
She admits storytelling is her obsession and The Evil Within is her first paranormal mystery novel.
To find out more about Sue’s fantasy novels go to http://www.suetingey.co.uk
Genre: Horror - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available
Postage: Free UK only
Website: http://www.smhardy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SueTingey
The Book:
The village of Slyford St James is no stranger to supernatural happenings, as long-time residents Jed and Emma know all too well. Although Jed's spiritual connection with the dead was once a source of pride, it now fills him with dread. When he receives an invitation to the family estate of his old army friend Simon, who wants Jed to use his gift to solve the brutal murder of his elder brother, Jed is initially reluctant, but Emma encourages him to agree, hoping that this new sense of purpose might lift him out of his melancholy, despite the circumstances. When they arrive at the estate, Jed is shocked by how fragile and fearful his friend has become. As Jed calls upon the spirit world for the first time in eighteen months, the results are dramatic, and a gruesome warning reveals dark and dangerous family secrets that threaten the safety of them all.
The Author:
S.M. Hardy is the dark alter ego of fantasy writer Sue Tingey. Sue grew up in South East London and worked in banking for more years than she cares to remember before turning her attention to arboricultural management. She has now given up the day job to allegedly spend more time with her husband; he however has noticed that an awful lot more writing appears to be going on. She currently lives in Torquay, South Devon.
She admits storytelling is her obsession and The Evil Within is her first paranormal mystery novel.
To find out more about Sue’s fantasy novels go to http://www.suetingey.co.uk
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£ 40
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Clare Mulley
Clare Mulley
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Title: The Women Who Flew for Hitler
Genre: History / Biography
Format: Hardback (USA First Edition)
Dedication: Available
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Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvuxGtVkdCo
Website: https://claremulley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremulley
The Book;
Clare’s third book, The Women Who Flew for Hitler, tells the extraordinary story of the only two women to serve Nazi Germany as test pilots, both of whom received the Iron Cross, yet who ended their lives on opposite sides of history. Brilliant pilot Hanna Reitsch was the world’s first woman to fly a helicopter, and later tested rocket planes and even a manned version of a prototype cruise missile – the V1 flying bomb or doodlebug. A fanatical Nazi, in the last days of the war she begged Hitler to let her fly him to safety from his Berlin bunker. Her nemesis, Melitta von Stauffenberg, an exceptional aeronautical engineer and test pilot for the Stuka dive bombers that were synonymous with the Blitzkrieg, was secretly part Jewish. In July 1944 Melitta was at the heart of the most famous attempt on Hitler’s life, the Valkyrie bomb plot.
The Author:
Clare Mulley is an award-winning author and broadcaster. Her first book, The Woman Who Saved the Children, won the Daily Mail Biographers’ Club Prize, and The Spy Who Loved led to Clare being decorated with Poland’s national honour, the Bene Merito. Clare’s third book, The Women Who Flew for Hitler, tells the extraordinary story of two women at the heart of Nazi Germany, whose choices put them on opposite sides of history, and was long-listed for the Historic Writers Association Non-Fiction Crown. Clare reviews non-fiction for the Spectator and Telegraph. A popular public speaker, she has given a TEDx talk at Stormont, spoken at the Houses of Parliament, Royal Albert Hall, Imperial War Museum, National Army Museum and British Library, as well as many festivals. Recent TV includes the BBC’s Rise of the Nazis and D-Day 75 coverage, Newsnight, Sky News, David Jason’s Secret Service, and Adolf & Eva, Love & War. Radio includes BBC R4’s Today Programme, Woman’s Hour and PM.
Genre: History / Biography
Format: Hardback (USA First Edition)
Dedication: Available
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Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvuxGtVkdCo
Website: https://claremulley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremulley
The Book;
Clare’s third book, The Women Who Flew for Hitler, tells the extraordinary story of the only two women to serve Nazi Germany as test pilots, both of whom received the Iron Cross, yet who ended their lives on opposite sides of history. Brilliant pilot Hanna Reitsch was the world’s first woman to fly a helicopter, and later tested rocket planes and even a manned version of a prototype cruise missile – the V1 flying bomb or doodlebug. A fanatical Nazi, in the last days of the war she begged Hitler to let her fly him to safety from his Berlin bunker. Her nemesis, Melitta von Stauffenberg, an exceptional aeronautical engineer and test pilot for the Stuka dive bombers that were synonymous with the Blitzkrieg, was secretly part Jewish. In July 1944 Melitta was at the heart of the most famous attempt on Hitler’s life, the Valkyrie bomb plot.
The Author:
Clare Mulley is an award-winning author and broadcaster. Her first book, The Woman Who Saved the Children, won the Daily Mail Biographers’ Club Prize, and The Spy Who Loved led to Clare being decorated with Poland’s national honour, the Bene Merito. Clare’s third book, The Women Who Flew for Hitler, tells the extraordinary story of two women at the heart of Nazi Germany, whose choices put them on opposite sides of history, and was long-listed for the Historic Writers Association Non-Fiction Crown. Clare reviews non-fiction for the Spectator and Telegraph. A popular public speaker, she has given a TEDx talk at Stormont, spoken at the Houses of Parliament, Royal Albert Hall, Imperial War Museum, National Army Museum and British Library, as well as many festivals. Recent TV includes the BBC’s Rise of the Nazis and D-Day 75 coverage, Newsnight, Sky News, David Jason’s Secret Service, and Adolf & Eva, Love & War. Radio includes BBC R4’s Today Programme, Woman’s Hour and PM.
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£ 22
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Louise Beech
Louise Beech
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Title: This is How We are Human
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7hH3lRFkxE
Website: https://louisebeech.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseWriter
The Book;
Sebastian James Murphy is twenty years, six months and two days old. He loves swimming, fried eggs and Billy Ocean. Sebastian is autistic. And lonely.
Veronica wants her son Sebastian to be happy … she wants the world to accept him for who he is. She is also thinking about paying a professional to give him what he desperately wants.
Violetta is a high-class escort, who steps out into the night thinking only of money. Of her nursing degree. Paying for her dad’s care. Getting through the dark.
When these three lives collide – intertwine in unexpected ways – everything changes. For everyone.
A topical and moving drama about a mother’s love for her son, about getting it wrong when we think we know what’s best, about the lengths we go to care for family … to survive … This Is How We Are Human is a searching, rich and thought-provoking novel with an emotional core that will warm and break your heart.
The Author:
Louise's debut novel, How to be Brave, was a Guardian Readers' pick in 2015 and a top ten bestseller on Amazon. The Mountain in my Shoe longlisted for the Guardian's Not The Booker Prize 2016. The Sunday Mirror called Maria in the Moon 'quirky, darkly comic, original and heartfelt'. It was also a Must Read in the Sunday Express and a Book of the Year at LoveReadingUK. The Lion Tamer Who Lost was described as 'engrossing and captivating' by the Daily Express. It also shortlisted for the RNA's Romantic Novel of the Year and longlisted for the Polari Prize 2019. Call Me Star Girl hit number one on Kobo. It also longlisted for the Not The Booker Prize and won the Best magazine Big Book Award 2019. I Am Dust was a Top Six pick in Crime Monthly and a LoveReadingUK Monthly Pick. This Is How We Are Human is out now.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7hH3lRFkxE
Website: https://louisebeech.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseWriter
The Book;
Sebastian James Murphy is twenty years, six months and two days old. He loves swimming, fried eggs and Billy Ocean. Sebastian is autistic. And lonely.
Veronica wants her son Sebastian to be happy … she wants the world to accept him for who he is. She is also thinking about paying a professional to give him what he desperately wants.
Violetta is a high-class escort, who steps out into the night thinking only of money. Of her nursing degree. Paying for her dad’s care. Getting through the dark.
When these three lives collide – intertwine in unexpected ways – everything changes. For everyone.
A topical and moving drama about a mother’s love for her son, about getting it wrong when we think we know what’s best, about the lengths we go to care for family … to survive … This Is How We Are Human is a searching, rich and thought-provoking novel with an emotional core that will warm and break your heart.
The Author:
Louise's debut novel, How to be Brave, was a Guardian Readers' pick in 2015 and a top ten bestseller on Amazon. The Mountain in my Shoe longlisted for the Guardian's Not The Booker Prize 2016. The Sunday Mirror called Maria in the Moon 'quirky, darkly comic, original and heartfelt'. It was also a Must Read in the Sunday Express and a Book of the Year at LoveReadingUK. The Lion Tamer Who Lost was described as 'engrossing and captivating' by the Daily Express. It also shortlisted for the RNA's Romantic Novel of the Year and longlisted for the Polari Prize 2019. Call Me Star Girl hit number one on Kobo. It also longlisted for the Not The Booker Prize and won the Best magazine Big Book Award 2019. I Am Dust was a Top Six pick in Crime Monthly and a LoveReadingUK Monthly Pick. This Is How We Are Human is out now.
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£ 60
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Adam Kay
Adam Kay
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Title: Adam Kay's Marvellous Medicine
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.adamkay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amateuradam
The Book;
The brand-new, hilarious book from bestselling, record-breaking author Adam Kay.
The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people's heads off but there was one TINY LITTLE problem back then . . . doctors didn't have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked.
It's time to find out why Ancient Egyptians thought the brain was just a useless load of old stuffing that might as well be chucked in the bin, why teachers forced their pupils to smoke cigarettes, why hairdressers would cut off their customers' legs, and why people used to get paid for farting. (Unfortunately that's no longer a thing - sorry.)
You'll get answers to questions like:
Why did patients gargle with wee?
How did a doctor save people's lives using a washing machine, a can of beans and some old sausages?
What was the great stink? (No, it's not what doctors call your bum.)
If you're sure you're ready, then pop a peg on your nose (there was a lot of stinky pus back then), pull on your wellies (there was a lot of poo there too), wash your hands (because they certainly didn't) and explore this gross and gruesome history of the human body!
The Author:
Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and writer. He previously worked for many years as a junior doctor. His first book "This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor" was a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year and has sold over two million copies. It has been translated into 37 languages and is winner of four National Book Awards, including Book of the Year, and will be a major new comedy drama for the BBC.
His second book "Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas" was an instant Sunday Times number one bestseller and sold over 500,000 copies in its first few weeks.
"Dear NHS", edited by Adam Kay, was an instant Sunday Times number one with all profits donated to charity. His first children's book "Kay's Anatomy" will be released in October 2020.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.adamkay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amateuradam
The Book;
The brand-new, hilarious book from bestselling, record-breaking author Adam Kay.
The olden days were pretty fun if you liked wearing chainmail or chopping people's heads off but there was one TINY LITTLE problem back then . . . doctors didn't have the slightest clue about how our bodies worked.
It's time to find out why Ancient Egyptians thought the brain was just a useless load of old stuffing that might as well be chucked in the bin, why teachers forced their pupils to smoke cigarettes, why hairdressers would cut off their customers' legs, and why people used to get paid for farting. (Unfortunately that's no longer a thing - sorry.)
You'll get answers to questions like:
Why did patients gargle with wee?
How did a doctor save people's lives using a washing machine, a can of beans and some old sausages?
What was the great stink? (No, it's not what doctors call your bum.)
If you're sure you're ready, then pop a peg on your nose (there was a lot of stinky pus back then), pull on your wellies (there was a lot of poo there too), wash your hands (because they certainly didn't) and explore this gross and gruesome history of the human body!
The Author:
Adam Kay is an award-winning comedian and writer. He previously worked for many years as a junior doctor. His first book "This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor" was a Sunday Times number one bestseller for over a year and has sold over two million copies. It has been translated into 37 languages and is winner of four National Book Awards, including Book of the Year, and will be a major new comedy drama for the BBC.
His second book "Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas" was an instant Sunday Times number one bestseller and sold over 500,000 copies in its first few weeks.
"Dear NHS", edited by Adam Kay, was an instant Sunday Times number one with all profits donated to charity. His first children's book "Kay's Anatomy" will be released in October 2020.
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Title: Nature's Treasures
Genre: Education Natural History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.benhoare.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/benhoarewild
The Book;
The world is filled with curious objects made by plants, animals, and even by the Earth itself. Dive into this collection of more than 100 intriguing items from the natural world and discover the stories behind them.
Learn how huge whales eat tiny animals from looking at their bristly teeth, why butterflies shine and glitter in the sunlight from seeing their minute wing scales, how plants transport water and food around from examining a delicate leaf skeleton, and what makes every snowflake unique from admiring their miniature, branching crystals of ice. A bird's egg, a lump of coal, a cacao pod, a mermaid's purse, a fossil, a pine cone, an owl pellet, and a chrysalis - all tell a story. Arranged by animal, vegetable, or mineral, objects are shown with truly stunning photography and colourful illustrations to help explain the science behind them. The lively descriptions by best-selling nature writer Ben Hoare explore the remarkable tales behind each item and all are packed with information.
A Treasury of Nature takes you on a tour of the Earth through the things made by nature. This book is for every inquisitive child who loves to spot objects when exploring outside and wants to know more about the wonderful and mysterious natural world.
The Author:
Ben Hoare is an award-winning journalist who has written and edited many natural-history books and magazines for DK, the BBC, London's Natural History Museum and many others. Think of a well-known wildlife or nature writer who writes in English, and Ben has probably edited their words at some point. Since 2008 he has been Features Editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine. In 2015 Ben was awarded the Dilys Breese Medal for science communication by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) - he is one of only fifteen people to hold the award.
Genre: Education Natural History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.benhoare.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/benhoarewild
The Book;
The world is filled with curious objects made by plants, animals, and even by the Earth itself. Dive into this collection of more than 100 intriguing items from the natural world and discover the stories behind them.
Learn how huge whales eat tiny animals from looking at their bristly teeth, why butterflies shine and glitter in the sunlight from seeing their minute wing scales, how plants transport water and food around from examining a delicate leaf skeleton, and what makes every snowflake unique from admiring their miniature, branching crystals of ice. A bird's egg, a lump of coal, a cacao pod, a mermaid's purse, a fossil, a pine cone, an owl pellet, and a chrysalis - all tell a story. Arranged by animal, vegetable, or mineral, objects are shown with truly stunning photography and colourful illustrations to help explain the science behind them. The lively descriptions by best-selling nature writer Ben Hoare explore the remarkable tales behind each item and all are packed with information.
A Treasury of Nature takes you on a tour of the Earth through the things made by nature. This book is for every inquisitive child who loves to spot objects when exploring outside and wants to know more about the wonderful and mysterious natural world.
The Author:
Ben Hoare is an award-winning journalist who has written and edited many natural-history books and magazines for DK, the BBC, London's Natural History Museum and many others. Think of a well-known wildlife or nature writer who writes in English, and Ben has probably edited their words at some point. Since 2008 he has been Features Editor of BBC Wildlife Magazine. In 2015 Ben was awarded the Dilys Breese Medal for science communication by the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) - he is one of only fifteen people to hold the award.
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Two Books:
Title 1: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency (The Edge of the Ocean)
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaGkeXm9eBM
Website: https://www.ldlapinski.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldlapinski
Book 1; The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of Nevermoor and The Train to Impossible Places.
At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . .
When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds.
But, unknown to Flick, the world at the very centre of it all, a city called Five Lights, is in danger. Buildings and even streets are mysteriously disappearing. Once Flick realizes what's happening she must race against time, travelling through unchartered worlds, seeking a way to fix Five Lights before it collapses into nothingness -- and takes our world with it.
Book 1; The Strangeworlds Travel Agency (The Edge of the Ocean)
Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure!
At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside...
Flick is now a badge-wearing member of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency so when an urgent summons arrives at Strangeworlds from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to Queen Nyfe's world: The Break, a place of magic and piracy.
Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can't be explained by giant squid or mer-people. The edge of their flat world is coming ever closer to them and they need to escape before it collapses entirely.
But how do you sail a ship through a suitcase? How do you fit a mer-queen the size of a whale into something small enough to carry in your hand? Will Flick and Jonathan be able to find a way to transport the inhabitants of the Break to another world before theirs disappears forever?
The Author:
L. D. Lapinski lives just outside Sherwood Forest with her family, a lot of books, and a cat called Hector. L.D. first wrote a book when she was seven; it was made of lined paper and sellotape, and it was about a frog who owned an aeroplane. When she grows up, she wants to be a free-range guinea pig farmer.
Title 1: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Strangeworlds Travel Agency (The Edge of the Ocean)
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaGkeXm9eBM
Website: https://www.ldlapinski.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ldlapinski
Book 1; The Strangeworlds Travel Agency
Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure! Perfect for fans of Nevermoor and The Train to Impossible Places.
At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside . . .
When 12-year-old Flick Hudson accidentally ends up in the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, she uncovers a fantastic secret: there are hundreds of other worlds just steps away from ours. All you have to do to visit them is jump into the right suitcase. Then Flick gets the invitation of a lifetime: join Strangeworlds' magical travel society and explore other worlds.
But, unknown to Flick, the world at the very centre of it all, a city called Five Lights, is in danger. Buildings and even streets are mysteriously disappearing. Once Flick realizes what's happening she must race against time, travelling through unchartered worlds, seeking a way to fix Five Lights before it collapses into nothingness -- and takes our world with it.
Book 1; The Strangeworlds Travel Agency (The Edge of the Ocean)
Pack your suitcase for a magical adventure!
At the Strangeworlds Travel Agency, each suitcase transports you to a different world. All you have to do is step inside...
Flick is now a badge-wearing member of The Strangeworlds Travel Agency so when an urgent summons arrives at Strangeworlds from Pirate Queen Nyfe, she and Strangeworlds Society guardian Jonathan immediately pack their bags for an adventure to Queen Nyfe's world: The Break, a place of magic and piracy.
Nyfe's world is falling apart. The Break is used to having ships vanish without a trace, but there has been a sudden increase that can't be explained by giant squid or mer-people. The edge of their flat world is coming ever closer to them and they need to escape before it collapses entirely.
But how do you sail a ship through a suitcase? How do you fit a mer-queen the size of a whale into something small enough to carry in your hand? Will Flick and Jonathan be able to find a way to transport the inhabitants of the Break to another world before theirs disappears forever?
The Author:
L. D. Lapinski lives just outside Sherwood Forest with her family, a lot of books, and a cat called Hector. L.D. first wrote a book when she was seven; it was made of lined paper and sellotape, and it was about a frog who owned an aeroplane. When she grows up, she wants to be a free-range guinea pig farmer.
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Jane Hissey
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Title: Little Bear's Christmas Fun Book
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.janehissey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janehissey
The Book:
This Christmas themed activity book from acclaimed, BAFTA award winning author\illustrator Jane Hissey features the beloved characters from the Old Bear series.
It contains a host of fun and stimulating activities for young readers to complete, as well as press-out models and stickers. The press-out models include Old Bear themed Christmas decorations, such as bunting, Christmas crackers, and paper crowns, as well as images from the Old Bear books. Activities include spot the difference, connect the dots, drawing and coloring images, and a recipe for snowflake biscuits. It's the perfect gift to keep children entertained during the Christmas period.
Author:
Jane has always loved writing and drawing. Throughout much of her childhood she lived in Norfolk and wandered the fields and lanes with pencil and sketchbook.
She studied illustration and design in Brighton, where she met her husband, Ivan, who is also an illustrator. After college, they settled in Sussex and Jane taught art for a few years before leaving to have her first child, Owen. Since then she has had two more children; Alison and Ralph, and has written and illustrated over 20 picture books.
She prepares a dummy book of rough sketches before she begins the finished drawings. For these she draws first in pencil then, using coloured pencils, she builds up layers of colour, adding details towards the end. Each drawing takes many, many hours and a whole book can take a year.
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.janehissey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janehissey
The Book:
This Christmas themed activity book from acclaimed, BAFTA award winning author\illustrator Jane Hissey features the beloved characters from the Old Bear series.
It contains a host of fun and stimulating activities for young readers to complete, as well as press-out models and stickers. The press-out models include Old Bear themed Christmas decorations, such as bunting, Christmas crackers, and paper crowns, as well as images from the Old Bear books. Activities include spot the difference, connect the dots, drawing and coloring images, and a recipe for snowflake biscuits. It's the perfect gift to keep children entertained during the Christmas period.
Author:
Jane has always loved writing and drawing. Throughout much of her childhood she lived in Norfolk and wandered the fields and lanes with pencil and sketchbook.
She studied illustration and design in Brighton, where she met her husband, Ivan, who is also an illustrator. After college, they settled in Sussex and Jane taught art for a few years before leaving to have her first child, Owen. Since then she has had two more children; Alison and Ralph, and has written and illustrated over 20 picture books.
She prepares a dummy book of rough sketches before she begins the finished drawings. For these she draws first in pencil then, using coloured pencils, she builds up layers of colour, adding details towards the end. Each drawing takes many, many hours and a whole book can take a year.
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£ 310
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Title: Old Bear and Elsie ; Bedtime Story
Genre: Children - T.V. & Film
Format: Illustration
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.janehissey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janehissey
The Illustration:
A unique special illustration drawn specifically for The Authors' & Illustrators' Auction for The BBC Children in Need Appeal 2021
The illustration measures approx 28cm x 33cm
The Illustrator:
Jane has always loved writing and drawing. Throughout much of her childhood she lived in Norfolk and wandered the fields and lanes with pencil and sketchbook.
She studied illustration and design in Brighton, where she met her husband, Ivan, who is also an illustrator. After college, they settled in Sussex and Jane taught art for a few years before leaving to have her first child, Owen. Since then she has had two more children; Alison and Ralph, and has written and illustrated over 20 picture books.
She prepares a dummy book of rough sketches before she begins the finished drawings. For these she draws first in pencil then, using coloured pencils, she builds up layers of colour, adding details towards the end. Each drawing takes many, many hours and a whole book can take a year.
Genre: Children - T.V. & Film
Format: Illustration
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.janehissey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janehissey
The Illustration:
A unique special illustration drawn specifically for The Authors' & Illustrators' Auction for The BBC Children in Need Appeal 2021
The illustration measures approx 28cm x 33cm
The Illustrator:
Jane has always loved writing and drawing. Throughout much of her childhood she lived in Norfolk and wandered the fields and lanes with pencil and sketchbook.
She studied illustration and design in Brighton, where she met her husband, Ivan, who is also an illustrator. After college, they settled in Sussex and Jane taught art for a few years before leaving to have her first child, Owen. Since then she has had two more children; Alison and Ralph, and has written and illustrated over 20 picture books.
She prepares a dummy book of rough sketches before she begins the finished drawings. For these she draws first in pencil then, using coloured pencils, she builds up layers of colour, adding details towards the end. Each drawing takes many, many hours and a whole book can take a year.
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£ 50
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Caroline James
Caroline James
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Title 1: The Best Boomerville Hotel
Genre: Contemporary - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw1xABxiDWQ
Title 2: Boomerville at Ballymegille
Genre: Contemporary - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuWCnA6Aunc
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.carolinejamesauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarolineJames12
Book 1: The Best Boomerville Hotel
'Britain's answer to the best Marigold Hotel'
Let the shenanigans begin at the Best Boomerville Hotel …
Jo Docherty and Hattie Contaldo have a vision – a holiday retreat in the heart of the Lake District exclusively for guests of ‘a certain age’ wishing to stimulate both mind and body with new creative experiences. One hotel refurbishment later and the Best Boomerville Hotel is open for business!
Perhaps not surprisingly Boomerville attracts more than its fair share of eccentric clientele: there’s fun-loving Sir Henry Mulberry and his brother Hugo; Lucinda Brown, an impoverished artist with more ego than talent; Andy Mack, a charming Porsche-driving James Bond lookalike, as well as Kate Simmons, a woman who made her fortune from an internet dating agency but still hasn’t found ‘the One’ herself.
With such an array of colourful individuals there’s bound to be laughs aplenty, but could there be tears and heartbreak too and will the residents get more than they bargained for at Boomerville?
Book 2: Boomerville at Ballymegille
Boomerville is back!
Join Hattie and Jo as they head to Southern Ireland to open Boomerville Manor, a holiday retreat for guests of ‘a certain age’. There’s Irish craic and shenanigans aplenty for the colourful cast of characters as everyone gathers for the grand opening.
Meet Melissa, an ex-cabaret singer running from her abusive husband, and Bill, a bachelor bullied from beyond the grave by the ghostly voice of his mother. Along with local bobby Harry the Helmet, ageing aquatic team the Boomerville Babes, eccentric artist Lucinda Gray, and heartthrob Finbar Murphy, they gather in Ireland and the fun begins. But murder is in the air and there’s mischief afoot. Will the residents get more than they bargained for at Boomerville?
Set in the beautiful Irish countryside, ‘Boomerville at Ballymegille’ is a heart-warming story of friendship, fears and new beginnings.
The Author:
Caroline James always wanted to write but instead of taking a literary route, she followed a career in the hospitality industry, which included owning a pub and a beautiful country house hotel. When she finally glued her rear to a chair and began to write the words flowed, and several novels later she has gained many best-seller badges for her books. When she’s not writing, Caroline likes to climb mountains, eat anchovies and sip gin. She also runs a consultancy business. A member of the Romantic Novelists Association and the Society of Women's Writers & Journalists, Caroline writes short stories and articles, contributing to many publications.
Genre: Contemporary - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw1xABxiDWQ
Title 2: Boomerville at Ballymegille
Genre: Contemporary - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuWCnA6Aunc
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.carolinejamesauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarolineJames12
Book 1: The Best Boomerville Hotel
'Britain's answer to the best Marigold Hotel'
Let the shenanigans begin at the Best Boomerville Hotel …
Jo Docherty and Hattie Contaldo have a vision – a holiday retreat in the heart of the Lake District exclusively for guests of ‘a certain age’ wishing to stimulate both mind and body with new creative experiences. One hotel refurbishment later and the Best Boomerville Hotel is open for business!
Perhaps not surprisingly Boomerville attracts more than its fair share of eccentric clientele: there’s fun-loving Sir Henry Mulberry and his brother Hugo; Lucinda Brown, an impoverished artist with more ego than talent; Andy Mack, a charming Porsche-driving James Bond lookalike, as well as Kate Simmons, a woman who made her fortune from an internet dating agency but still hasn’t found ‘the One’ herself.
With such an array of colourful individuals there’s bound to be laughs aplenty, but could there be tears and heartbreak too and will the residents get more than they bargained for at Boomerville?
Book 2: Boomerville at Ballymegille
Boomerville is back!
Join Hattie and Jo as they head to Southern Ireland to open Boomerville Manor, a holiday retreat for guests of ‘a certain age’. There’s Irish craic and shenanigans aplenty for the colourful cast of characters as everyone gathers for the grand opening.
Meet Melissa, an ex-cabaret singer running from her abusive husband, and Bill, a bachelor bullied from beyond the grave by the ghostly voice of his mother. Along with local bobby Harry the Helmet, ageing aquatic team the Boomerville Babes, eccentric artist Lucinda Gray, and heartthrob Finbar Murphy, they gather in Ireland and the fun begins. But murder is in the air and there’s mischief afoot. Will the residents get more than they bargained for at Boomerville?
Set in the beautiful Irish countryside, ‘Boomerville at Ballymegille’ is a heart-warming story of friendship, fears and new beginnings.
The Author:
Caroline James always wanted to write but instead of taking a literary route, she followed a career in the hospitality industry, which included owning a pub and a beautiful country house hotel. When she finally glued her rear to a chair and began to write the words flowed, and several novels later she has gained many best-seller badges for her books. When she’s not writing, Caroline likes to climb mountains, eat anchovies and sip gin. She also runs a consultancy business. A member of the Romantic Novelists Association and the Society of Women's Writers & Journalists, Caroline writes short stories and articles, contributing to many publications.
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Ana Sampson
Ana Sampson
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Title: Night Feeds and Morning Songs
Genre: Poetry
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.anasampson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnaBooks
The Book;
A collection of honest, fierce and beautiful poems about being a mother, from pregnancy and birth to growing up and leaving home. Curated by acclaimed anthologist Ana Sampson, Night Feeds and Morning Songs examines motherhood from all angles, capturing the mess and the madness, to the joy and the wonder.
Immerse yourself in classic verse from Carol Ann Duffy, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Jackie Kay and Sylvia Path, to poems from bold new voices Kate Baer, Liz Berry, Nikita Gill and Imogen Russell Williams to name but a few.
The Author:
Ana grew up in Kent. She studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield and gained a BA and MA before starting a career in publishing PR. Ana has contributed articles to various publications including Writers’ Market UK, The Book Club Bible (Michael O’Mara, 2007), Cringe and The Bookseller. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: And Other Poems You Half-Remember From School, her first anthology of well-loved poems, was the third bestselling poetry book of 2009. This was followed by Tyger Tyger Burning Bright: Much-Loved Poems You Half-Remember, Poems to Learn by Heart, Green and Pleasant Land: Best-Loved Poems of the British Countryside and Best-Loved Poems: A Treasury of Verse. She has appeared on television and radio discussing books, book clubs, teenage diaries and poetry. Ana lives in Surrey with her husband, two daughters and two demanding cats
Genre: Poetry
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.anasampson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnaBooks
The Book;
A collection of honest, fierce and beautiful poems about being a mother, from pregnancy and birth to growing up and leaving home. Curated by acclaimed anthologist Ana Sampson, Night Feeds and Morning Songs examines motherhood from all angles, capturing the mess and the madness, to the joy and the wonder.
Immerse yourself in classic verse from Carol Ann Duffy, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Jackie Kay and Sylvia Path, to poems from bold new voices Kate Baer, Liz Berry, Nikita Gill and Imogen Russell Williams to name but a few.
The Author:
Ana grew up in Kent. She studied English Literature at the University of Sheffield and gained a BA and MA before starting a career in publishing PR. Ana has contributed articles to various publications including Writers’ Market UK, The Book Club Bible (Michael O’Mara, 2007), Cringe and The Bookseller. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud: And Other Poems You Half-Remember From School, her first anthology of well-loved poems, was the third bestselling poetry book of 2009. This was followed by Tyger Tyger Burning Bright: Much-Loved Poems You Half-Remember, Poems to Learn by Heart, Green and Pleasant Land: Best-Loved Poems of the British Countryside and Best-Loved Poems: A Treasury of Verse. She has appeared on television and radio discussing books, book clubs, teenage diaries and poetry. Ana lives in Surrey with her husband, two daughters and two demanding cats
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Louise Doughty
Louise Doughty
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Title: Platform Seven
Genre: Paranormal Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.louisedoughty.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoughtyLouise
The Book:
Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic - he's as far away from the night staff as he can get.
What the man doesn't realise is that he has company. Lisa Evans knows what he has decided. She knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge.
Two deaths on Platform Seven. Two fatalities in eighteen months - surely they're connected?
No one is more desperate to understand what connects them than Lisa Evans herself. After all, she was the first of the two to die.
Author:
Louise Doughty is the bestselling author of nine novels, including the recently published Platform Seven. She has also written one work of non-fiction and five plays for radio.
PLATFORM SEVEN was released by Faber & Faber UK on 22nd August 2019. The UK paperback was published on 30th April 2020
Her previous novel was Black Water, published by Faber & Faber UK and Farrar Straus & Giroux in the US, where it was nominated as one of the New York Times Book Review Top 100 Notable Books of 2016.
The book prior to that was the number one bestseller Apple Tree Yard. First published in 2013, it has sold over half a million copies in the UK alone and has been translated in thirty territories worldwide. A four-part TV adaptation with Emily Watson in the lead role was broadcast on Sunday nights on BBC1 in January 2017. It received widespread critical acclaim and consolidated viewing figures of 7 million per episode, making it the most-viewed new BBC drama since The Night Manager.
‘As with the bestselling novel by Louise Doughty on which it’s based, once you start this, you can’t stop.’ The Times.
Doughty’s sixth novel, Whatever You Love, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has also won awards for radio drama and short stories, along with publishing one work of non-fiction, A Novel in a Year, based on her popular newspaper column. She is a critic and cultural commentator for UK and international newspapers and broadcasts regularly for the BBC and has been the judge for many prizes and awards including the Man Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award. She lives in London.
Genre: Paranormal Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.louisedoughty.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DoughtyLouise
The Book:
Platform Seven at 4am: Peterborough Railway Station is deserted. The man crossing the covered walkway on this freezing November morning is confident he's alone. As he sits on the metal bench at the far end of the platform it is clear his choice is strategic - he's as far away from the night staff as he can get.
What the man doesn't realise is that he has company. Lisa Evans knows what he has decided. She knows what he is about to do as she tries and fails to stop him walking to the platform edge.
Two deaths on Platform Seven. Two fatalities in eighteen months - surely they're connected?
No one is more desperate to understand what connects them than Lisa Evans herself. After all, she was the first of the two to die.
Author:
Louise Doughty is the bestselling author of nine novels, including the recently published Platform Seven. She has also written one work of non-fiction and five plays for radio.
PLATFORM SEVEN was released by Faber & Faber UK on 22nd August 2019. The UK paperback was published on 30th April 2020
Her previous novel was Black Water, published by Faber & Faber UK and Farrar Straus & Giroux in the US, where it was nominated as one of the New York Times Book Review Top 100 Notable Books of 2016.
The book prior to that was the number one bestseller Apple Tree Yard. First published in 2013, it has sold over half a million copies in the UK alone and has been translated in thirty territories worldwide. A four-part TV adaptation with Emily Watson in the lead role was broadcast on Sunday nights on BBC1 in January 2017. It received widespread critical acclaim and consolidated viewing figures of 7 million per episode, making it the most-viewed new BBC drama since The Night Manager.
‘As with the bestselling novel by Louise Doughty on which it’s based, once you start this, you can’t stop.’ The Times.
Doughty’s sixth novel, Whatever You Love, was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and longlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She has also won awards for radio drama and short stories, along with publishing one work of non-fiction, A Novel in a Year, based on her popular newspaper column. She is a critic and cultural commentator for UK and international newspapers and broadcasts regularly for the BBC and has been the judge for many prizes and awards including the Man Booker Prize and the Costa Novel Award. She lives in London.
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Title: Baller Boys
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://ballerboysbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VenessaTwrites
The Book;
Shay and Frankie are best friends and football crazy! They eat, sleep and breathe football (even when they're at school!). They dream about playing football, love a kick-about in the park, watch all the big games on TV... all that's missing in their lives is the chance to play for a real football team. All Cultures United is the best club around for miles and all the footie fans want to on their team... including Shay and Frankie. Are they good enough to impress Coach Reece at the AC United trials? Can their friendship survive the competitiveness of football?
The Author:
Venessa Taylor brings two decades of experience as an inner-city primary school teacher and assistant headteacher to the creation of the Baller Boys series. Aimed at encouraging young boys to find pleasure in reading, the football-themed stories are written with young readers in mind. Born and raised in London, Venessa continues her legacy as a literacy lead in schools, through her creative writing. One of her proudest career achievements was raising the standards of reading, literary engagement and attainment across the school with a focus of engaging boys and reluctant readers. Venessa researched and identified what students would respond best to in terms of content, characters and setting. She soon realised that what the boys wanted to read about was not readily available, so took the challenge upon herself to inspire and encourage more young people - boys in particular - to read.
Venessa wrote the Baller Boys series to empower young readers, to reflect the diversity football brings in a community, and showcase different families, lives and challenges. Venessa continues to be inspired daily by her grandsons.
The stories are dedicated to her son-in-law, 'Coach Reece', who died suddenly in 2017 - Reece Darcheville and his wife (Venessa's daughter) Shenna,were an integral part of the development of the story ideas, plot lines and characters.
With her family's input and insight from the children she has taught over the years, Venessa is proud to have crafted an authentic, original, inclusive series that she hopes all young readers will enjoy - in and out of school!
Venessa lives in London and is an ambassador for various leukaemia and cancer charities. Venessa was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2016 and is in remission despite being unable to find a donor.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://ballerboysbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VenessaTwrites
The Book;
Shay and Frankie are best friends and football crazy! They eat, sleep and breathe football (even when they're at school!). They dream about playing football, love a kick-about in the park, watch all the big games on TV... all that's missing in their lives is the chance to play for a real football team. All Cultures United is the best club around for miles and all the footie fans want to on their team... including Shay and Frankie. Are they good enough to impress Coach Reece at the AC United trials? Can their friendship survive the competitiveness of football?
The Author:
Venessa Taylor brings two decades of experience as an inner-city primary school teacher and assistant headteacher to the creation of the Baller Boys series. Aimed at encouraging young boys to find pleasure in reading, the football-themed stories are written with young readers in mind. Born and raised in London, Venessa continues her legacy as a literacy lead in schools, through her creative writing. One of her proudest career achievements was raising the standards of reading, literary engagement and attainment across the school with a focus of engaging boys and reluctant readers. Venessa researched and identified what students would respond best to in terms of content, characters and setting. She soon realised that what the boys wanted to read about was not readily available, so took the challenge upon herself to inspire and encourage more young people - boys in particular - to read.
Venessa wrote the Baller Boys series to empower young readers, to reflect the diversity football brings in a community, and showcase different families, lives and challenges. Venessa continues to be inspired daily by her grandsons.
The stories are dedicated to her son-in-law, 'Coach Reece', who died suddenly in 2017 - Reece Darcheville and his wife (Venessa's daughter) Shenna,were an integral part of the development of the story ideas, plot lines and characters.
With her family's input and insight from the children she has taught over the years, Venessa is proud to have crafted an authentic, original, inclusive series that she hopes all young readers will enjoy - in and out of school!
Venessa lives in London and is an ambassador for various leukaemia and cancer charities. Venessa was diagnosed with leukaemia in 2016 and is in remission despite being unable to find a donor.
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Anne Booth
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Title: A Shelter for Sadness
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://bridgeanneartandwriting.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bridgeanne
The Book;
Sadness has come to live with me
and I am building it a shelter.
I am building a shelter for my sadness
and welcoming it inside.
A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness, a safe space where Sadness is welcome, where it can curl up small, or be as big as it can be, where it can be noisy or quiet, or anything in between. The boy can visit the shelter whenever he needs to, every day, sometimes every hour, and the two of them will cry and talk or just sit, saying nothing.
And the boy knows that one day Sadness may come out of the shelter, and together they will look out at the world, and see how beautiful it is.
A poignant and heart-warming picture book exploring the importance of making space and time for our own griefs, small or large, sensitively visualized with David Litchfield's stunning illustration.
The Author:
Anne Booth lives in Kent and has always wanted to be a children’s writer, but on the way to becoming one has worked in many jobs. Anne lives in a lovely village with her husband and four children– and the children's grandfather across the road. They have two hens called Poppy and Anastasia and two dogs called Timmy and Ben. Anne loves tea and once won a Blue Peter badge for writing a poem about two mice in a bucket of rice. Despite this, she does not own any mice. Anne’s debut novel Girl with a White Dog was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://bridgeanneartandwriting.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bridgeanne
The Book;
Sadness has come to live with me
and I am building it a shelter.
I am building a shelter for my sadness
and welcoming it inside.
A small boy creates a shelter for his sadness, a safe space where Sadness is welcome, where it can curl up small, or be as big as it can be, where it can be noisy or quiet, or anything in between. The boy can visit the shelter whenever he needs to, every day, sometimes every hour, and the two of them will cry and talk or just sit, saying nothing.
And the boy knows that one day Sadness may come out of the shelter, and together they will look out at the world, and see how beautiful it is.
A poignant and heart-warming picture book exploring the importance of making space and time for our own griefs, small or large, sensitively visualized with David Litchfield's stunning illustration.
The Author:
Anne Booth lives in Kent and has always wanted to be a children’s writer, but on the way to becoming one has worked in many jobs. Anne lives in a lovely village with her husband and four children– and the children's grandfather across the road. They have two hens called Poppy and Anastasia and two dogs called Timmy and Ben. Anne loves tea and once won a Blue Peter badge for writing a poem about two mice in a bucket of rice. Despite this, she does not own any mice. Anne’s debut novel Girl with a White Dog was shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize.
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Anne Louise Avery
Anne Louise Avery
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Title: Reynard the Fox
Genre: Children, Medieval
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneLouiseAvery
The Book;
Reynard – a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders – is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours. How will he pit his wits against his accusers – greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound or dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf – to escape the gallows? Reynard was once the most popular and beloved character in European folklore, as familiar as Robin Hood, King Arthur or Cinderella. His character spoke eloquently for the unvoiced and disenfranchised, but also amused and delighted the elite, capturing hearts and minds across borders and societal classes for centuries. Based on William Caxton’s bestselling 1481 English translation of the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterisation, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story. With its themes of protest, resistance and duplicity fronted by a personable, anti-heroic Fox making his way in a dangerous and cruel world, this gripping tale is as relevant and controversial today as it was in the fifteenth century.
The Author:
Anne Louise Avery is an award-winning art historian and curator, with over fifteen years experience in both public and commercial realms of the art world.
Since graduating with First Class Honours from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, she has studied at the University of Oxford, ICU University, Tokyo, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, where she recently held a prestigious fellowship in American art history. She has won numerous awards, including the fiercely competitive Daiwa Foundation Scholarship (previous scholars include British ceramicist Edmund de Waal) in 1995, which enabled her to study Japanese in Tokyo to an advanced level.
After researching, curating and project managing a number of successful and critically acclaimed exhibitions for other organisations, museums and galleries, including a major Heritage Lottery funded exhibitory and research project relating to Oxford's links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, she decided to found her own company, Flash of Splendour Arts, in order to concentrate on her own particular areas of interest within an ethical and community-focused platform.
As an art historian, she is working on a groundbreaking catalogue raisonne of the African American artist, Edward Mitchell Bannister (ca.1828-1901) (see the New York-based IFAR database for more details) and is the lead scholar-consultant for Edward M. Bannister: An American Artist, a major American documentary feature film about his life and works (www.edwardmbannister.com).
She is also much in demand as a consultant by museums and auction houses, both in Europe and America, authenticating and researching Bannister drawings and paintings for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia; Skinner, the major Boston auctioneers; Clarke Auction Gallery, Westchester NY; William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport RI and Swann Auction Galleries and Keno Auctions both in New York City.
Genre: Children, Medieval
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneLouiseAvery
The Book;
Reynard – a subversive, dashing, anarchic, aristocratic, witty fox from the watery lowlands of medieval East Flanders – is in trouble. He has been summoned to the court of King Noble the Lion, charged with all manner of crimes and misdemeanours. How will he pit his wits against his accusers – greedy Bruin the Bear, pretentious Courtoys the Hound or dark and dangerous Isengrim the Wolf – to escape the gallows? Reynard was once the most popular and beloved character in European folklore, as familiar as Robin Hood, King Arthur or Cinderella. His character spoke eloquently for the unvoiced and disenfranchised, but also amused and delighted the elite, capturing hearts and minds across borders and societal classes for centuries. Based on William Caxton’s bestselling 1481 English translation of the Middle Dutch, but expanded with new interpretations, innovative language and characterisation, this edition is an imaginative retelling of the Reynard story. With its themes of protest, resistance and duplicity fronted by a personable, anti-heroic Fox making his way in a dangerous and cruel world, this gripping tale is as relevant and controversial today as it was in the fifteenth century.
The Author:
Anne Louise Avery is an award-winning art historian and curator, with over fifteen years experience in both public and commercial realms of the art world.
Since graduating with First Class Honours from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, she has studied at the University of Oxford, ICU University, Tokyo, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, where she recently held a prestigious fellowship in American art history. She has won numerous awards, including the fiercely competitive Daiwa Foundation Scholarship (previous scholars include British ceramicist Edmund de Waal) in 1995, which enabled her to study Japanese in Tokyo to an advanced level.
After researching, curating and project managing a number of successful and critically acclaimed exhibitions for other organisations, museums and galleries, including a major Heritage Lottery funded exhibitory and research project relating to Oxford's links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, she decided to found her own company, Flash of Splendour Arts, in order to concentrate on her own particular areas of interest within an ethical and community-focused platform.
As an art historian, she is working on a groundbreaking catalogue raisonne of the African American artist, Edward Mitchell Bannister (ca.1828-1901) (see the New York-based IFAR database for more details) and is the lead scholar-consultant for Edward M. Bannister: An American Artist, a major American documentary feature film about his life and works (www.edwardmbannister.com).
She is also much in demand as a consultant by museums and auction houses, both in Europe and America, authenticating and researching Bannister drawings and paintings for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia; Skinner, the major Boston auctioneers; Clarke Auction Gallery, Westchester NY; William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport RI and Swann Auction Galleries and Keno Auctions both in New York City.
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Title: A Fox for All Seasons
Genre: Children, Journal/Medieval/Folk tales/Fairy tales/Myth & legend
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneLouiseAvery
The Book;
This journal features ten new mini-stories about everyone's favorite fox, reimagined by Reynard the Fox author Anne Louise Avery. Told by Reynard to his three little cubs, each of the two-page stories is based on old medieval French vulpine tales. Some tell of Reynard's antics, others of the exploits of his noble and mythic ancestors. Foxes tumble into dyer's vats, steal twists of eels from unsuspecting fisherman, lounge around Black Sea ports, and are transformed into eternal and glittering stars.
The Author:
Anne Louise Avery is an award-winning art historian and curator, with over fifteen years experience in both public and commercial realms of the art world.
Since graduating with First Class Honours from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, she has studied at the University of Oxford, ICU University, Tokyo, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, where she recently held a prestigious fellowship in American art history. She has won numerous awards, including the fiercely competitive Daiwa Foundation Scholarship (previous scholars include British ceramicist Edmund de Waal) in 1995, which enabled her to study Japanese in Tokyo to an advanced level.
After researching, curating and project managing a number of successful and critically acclaimed exhibitions for other organisations, museums and galleries, including a major Heritage Lottery funded exhibitory and research project relating to Oxford's links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, she decided to found her own company, Flash of Splendour Arts, in order to concentrate on her own particular areas of interest within an ethical and community-focused platform.
As an art historian, she is working on a groundbreaking catalogue raisonne of the African American artist, Edward Mitchell Bannister (ca.1828-1901) (see the New York-based IFAR database for more details) and is the lead scholar-consultant for Edward M. Bannister: An American Artist, a major American documentary feature film about his life and works (www.edwardmbannister.com).
She is also much in demand as a consultant by museums and auction houses, both in Europe and America, authenticating and researching Bannister drawings and paintings for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia; Skinner, the major Boston auctioneers; Clarke Auction Gallery, Westchester NY; William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport RI and Swann Auction Galleries and Keno Auctions both in New York City.
Genre: Children, Journal/Medieval/Folk tales/Fairy tales/Myth & legend
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneLouiseAvery
The Book;
This journal features ten new mini-stories about everyone's favorite fox, reimagined by Reynard the Fox author Anne Louise Avery. Told by Reynard to his three little cubs, each of the two-page stories is based on old medieval French vulpine tales. Some tell of Reynard's antics, others of the exploits of his noble and mythic ancestors. Foxes tumble into dyer's vats, steal twists of eels from unsuspecting fisherman, lounge around Black Sea ports, and are transformed into eternal and glittering stars.
The Author:
Anne Louise Avery is an award-winning art historian and curator, with over fifteen years experience in both public and commercial realms of the art world.
Since graduating with First Class Honours from the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, she has studied at the University of Oxford, ICU University, Tokyo, and Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, where she recently held a prestigious fellowship in American art history. She has won numerous awards, including the fiercely competitive Daiwa Foundation Scholarship (previous scholars include British ceramicist Edmund de Waal) in 1995, which enabled her to study Japanese in Tokyo to an advanced level.
After researching, curating and project managing a number of successful and critically acclaimed exhibitions for other organisations, museums and galleries, including a major Heritage Lottery funded exhibitory and research project relating to Oxford's links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade, she decided to found her own company, Flash of Splendour Arts, in order to concentrate on her own particular areas of interest within an ethical and community-focused platform.
As an art historian, she is working on a groundbreaking catalogue raisonne of the African American artist, Edward Mitchell Bannister (ca.1828-1901) (see the New York-based IFAR database for more details) and is the lead scholar-consultant for Edward M. Bannister: An American Artist, a major American documentary feature film about his life and works (www.edwardmbannister.com).
She is also much in demand as a consultant by museums and auction houses, both in Europe and America, authenticating and researching Bannister drawings and paintings for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia; Skinner, the major Boston auctioneers; Clarke Auction Gallery, Westchester NY; William Vareika Fine Arts, Newport RI and Swann Auction Galleries and Keno Auctions both in New York City.
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£ 30
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Jasbinder Bilan
Jasbinder Bilan
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Title: Aarti and the Blue Gods
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.jasbinderbilan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasinbath
The Book;
Aarti has lived on the island with Aunt for as long as she can remember.
Like the weather, Aunt rules her world with rare warmth. Aarti's only comforts are a book of Indian myths full of blue gods, a fox's friendship, and a toy rabbit she finds in a locked room.
Then, she learns Aunt has been feeding her lies. Fate intervenes when a half-drowned boy washes up on the beach. With his help, Aarti hopes to remember who she really is ... and perhaps find a way home.
The Author:
Jasbinder won The Times Chickenhouse Fiction Prize for her debut Asha And The Spirit Bird in 2017.
Jasbinder studied for an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, which is where she began writing her magical adventure Asha And The Spirit Bird.
She was born in India close to the Himalayas on the family farm. Her mum told her that she was born in a stable which all her brothers and sisters think is very funny!
On the farm they had lots of animals including a grumpy camel and a monkey called Oma who they adopted and became part of the family. Oma used to love carrying Jasbinder's brother off to the neem tree in the farm-yard where she would rock him to sleep in her arms.
One of the things that Jasbinder's family used to love doing was to sit outside under the starriest of skies, build a big fire and make pop-corn. This is when her uncles and grandma (her majee) would tell stories. Even though she was only a baby, it was those nights that gave her a love for the magic of stories.
When she was one and a half her family moved from India to Nottingham. But India was kept alive by continuing to talk about the farm and all the funny things that happened there during big family feasts.
As a young girl, Jasbinder always loved writing. In fact she can't remember a time when she didn't invent stories, but she never imagined that one day she'd write a story that would win a major prize and be published.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.jasbinderbilan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasinbath
The Book;
Aarti has lived on the island with Aunt for as long as she can remember.
Like the weather, Aunt rules her world with rare warmth. Aarti's only comforts are a book of Indian myths full of blue gods, a fox's friendship, and a toy rabbit she finds in a locked room.
Then, she learns Aunt has been feeding her lies. Fate intervenes when a half-drowned boy washes up on the beach. With his help, Aarti hopes to remember who she really is ... and perhaps find a way home.
The Author:
Jasbinder won The Times Chickenhouse Fiction Prize for her debut Asha And The Spirit Bird in 2017.
Jasbinder studied for an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University, which is where she began writing her magical adventure Asha And The Spirit Bird.
She was born in India close to the Himalayas on the family farm. Her mum told her that she was born in a stable which all her brothers and sisters think is very funny!
On the farm they had lots of animals including a grumpy camel and a monkey called Oma who they adopted and became part of the family. Oma used to love carrying Jasbinder's brother off to the neem tree in the farm-yard where she would rock him to sleep in her arms.
One of the things that Jasbinder's family used to love doing was to sit outside under the starriest of skies, build a big fire and make pop-corn. This is when her uncles and grandma (her majee) would tell stories. Even though she was only a baby, it was those nights that gave her a love for the magic of stories.
When she was one and a half her family moved from India to Nottingham. But India was kept alive by continuing to talk about the farm and all the funny things that happened there during big family feasts.
As a young girl, Jasbinder always loved writing. In fact she can't remember a time when she didn't invent stories, but she never imagined that one day she'd write a story that would win a major prize and be published.
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£ 29
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Hilary McKay
Hilary McKay
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Title: The Swallows' Flight
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.hilarymckay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hilary_mckay
2018 Costa Children's Book Award Winner Hilary McKay talks about her winning book, The Skylarks' War :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXUC5fEZ6mI
The Book;
From the Costa Award-winning author of The Skylarks' War, a moving WWII story of family and friendship on opposite sides of a devastating conflict.
Four ordinary lives connected by extraordinary circumstances, Hilary McKay's stunning companion novel to the Costa Award-winning The Skylarks' War features the next generation of characters as they move from childhood to the threshold of adulthood amid the chaos and conflict of the Second World War.
Erik and Hans admire swallows over the rooftops of Berlin, little thinking that one day they will be flying above England, risking their lives in a war they both detest.
Ruby and Kate, great friends despite their differences, find themselves racing towards a danger that neither of them could possibly have imagined.
Meanwhile Rupert and Clarry work secretly for peace – and a brighter future for them all . . .
The Author:
Hilary McKay was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and is the eldest of four girls. From a very early age she read voraciously and grew up in a household of readers. Hilary says of herself as a child "I anaesthetised myself against the big bad world with large doses of literature. The local library was as familiar to me as my own home."
After reading Botany and Zoology at St. Andrew's University Hilary then went on to work as a biochemist in an Analysis Department. Hilary enjoyed the work but at the same time had a burning desire to write. After the birth of her two children, Hilary wanted to devote more time to bringing up her children and writing so decided to leave her job.
One of the best things about being a writer, says Hilary, is receiving letters from children. She wishes that she had written to authors as a child, but it never occurred to her to contact them
Hilary now lives in a small village in Derbyshire with her family. When not writing Hilary loves walking, reading, and having friends to stay.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.hilarymckay.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hilary_mckay
2018 Costa Children's Book Award Winner Hilary McKay talks about her winning book, The Skylarks' War :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXUC5fEZ6mI
The Book;
From the Costa Award-winning author of The Skylarks' War, a moving WWII story of family and friendship on opposite sides of a devastating conflict.
Four ordinary lives connected by extraordinary circumstances, Hilary McKay's stunning companion novel to the Costa Award-winning The Skylarks' War features the next generation of characters as they move from childhood to the threshold of adulthood amid the chaos and conflict of the Second World War.
Erik and Hans admire swallows over the rooftops of Berlin, little thinking that one day they will be flying above England, risking their lives in a war they both detest.
Ruby and Kate, great friends despite their differences, find themselves racing towards a danger that neither of them could possibly have imagined.
Meanwhile Rupert and Clarry work secretly for peace – and a brighter future for them all . . .
The Author:
Hilary McKay was born in Boston, Lincolnshire and is the eldest of four girls. From a very early age she read voraciously and grew up in a household of readers. Hilary says of herself as a child "I anaesthetised myself against the big bad world with large doses of literature. The local library was as familiar to me as my own home."
After reading Botany and Zoology at St. Andrew's University Hilary then went on to work as a biochemist in an Analysis Department. Hilary enjoyed the work but at the same time had a burning desire to write. After the birth of her two children, Hilary wanted to devote more time to bringing up her children and writing so decided to leave her job.
One of the best things about being a writer, says Hilary, is receiving letters from children. She wishes that she had written to authors as a child, but it never occurred to her to contact them
Hilary now lives in a small village in Derbyshire with her family. When not writing Hilary loves walking, reading, and having friends to stay.
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Catherine Doyle
Catherine Doyle
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Title: Miracle on Ebenezer Street
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.catherinedoylebooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/doyle_cat
The Book;
When George stumbles across Marley's Curiosity Shop at the Christmas fair he finds a mysterious snow globe. The scene it contains is just the first in a series of impossibilities . . .
George and his Scrooge of a dad are soon swept on a hilarious adventure to Christmases past, present and future. With help from an enthusiastic elf, a rather grumpy purple reindeer and a very mischievous Nan, can George find a way to bring the joy of Christmas home once again?
This is a fabulously festive story about finding Christmas, family, and magic!
The Author:
Catherine Doyle grew up in the West of Ireland. She holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Publishing. She is the author of the Young Adult Blood for Blood trilogy (Vendetta, Inferno and Mafiosa), which is often described as Romeo and Juliet meets The Godfather.
Her award-winning and bestselling middle grade Storm Keeper trilogy is set on the magical island of Arranmore, where her grandparents grew up. It has been translated into over 20 languages.
Catherine's modern re-imagining of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, titled The Miracle on Ebenezer Street, was published by Puffin books in October 2020. Her next YA novel, TWIN CROWNS is co-authored with Katherine Webber and will come out in May 2022.
Aside from more conventional interests in movies, running and travelling, Catherine also enjoys writing about herself in the third-person.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.catherinedoylebooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/doyle_cat
The Book;
When George stumbles across Marley's Curiosity Shop at the Christmas fair he finds a mysterious snow globe. The scene it contains is just the first in a series of impossibilities . . .
George and his Scrooge of a dad are soon swept on a hilarious adventure to Christmases past, present and future. With help from an enthusiastic elf, a rather grumpy purple reindeer and a very mischievous Nan, can George find a way to bring the joy of Christmas home once again?
This is a fabulously festive story about finding Christmas, family, and magic!
The Author:
Catherine Doyle grew up in the West of Ireland. She holds a BA in Psychology and an MA in Publishing. She is the author of the Young Adult Blood for Blood trilogy (Vendetta, Inferno and Mafiosa), which is often described as Romeo and Juliet meets The Godfather.
Her award-winning and bestselling middle grade Storm Keeper trilogy is set on the magical island of Arranmore, where her grandparents grew up. It has been translated into over 20 languages.
Catherine's modern re-imagining of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, titled The Miracle on Ebenezer Street, was published by Puffin books in October 2020. Her next YA novel, TWIN CROWNS is co-authored with Katherine Webber and will come out in May 2022.
Aside from more conventional interests in movies, running and travelling, Catherine also enjoys writing about herself in the third-person.
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Laura Marshall
Laura Marshall
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Title: The Anniversary
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.lauramarshall.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurajm8
The Book;
Some are dying to remember
Some would kill to forget . . .
It has been twenty-five years since a local man raged through the small town of Hartstead, shooting eleven people dead at random. Cassie Colman was only four when Travis Green killed his last victim: the father she never knew.
Cassie has spent her life trying to escape her past, but she is forced to return home when her mother starts forgetting even the basic details of hers.
Then a strange discovery amongst her mother's possessions calls into question everything Cassie thought she knew about the eleven murders all those years ago. And on her quest for answers, Cassie realizes the past is a complicated thing. Some can't remember it, some don't want to.
And some will do anything to ensure it stays buried . . .
The Author:
Laura Marshall is the bestselling author of three psychological thrillers. Her debut novel, Friend Request, was a Kindle No.1 and Sunday Times bestseller, with over half a million copies sold in the UK. Laura's books have sold in twenty-four territories around the globe.
She grew up in Wiltshire, studied English at the University of Sussex and currently lives in Kent with her family.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.lauramarshall.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurajm8
The Book;
Some are dying to remember
Some would kill to forget . . .
It has been twenty-five years since a local man raged through the small town of Hartstead, shooting eleven people dead at random. Cassie Colman was only four when Travis Green killed his last victim: the father she never knew.
Cassie has spent her life trying to escape her past, but she is forced to return home when her mother starts forgetting even the basic details of hers.
Then a strange discovery amongst her mother's possessions calls into question everything Cassie thought she knew about the eleven murders all those years ago. And on her quest for answers, Cassie realizes the past is a complicated thing. Some can't remember it, some don't want to.
And some will do anything to ensure it stays buried . . .
The Author:
Laura Marshall is the bestselling author of three psychological thrillers. Her debut novel, Friend Request, was a Kindle No.1 and Sunday Times bestseller, with over half a million copies sold in the UK. Laura's books have sold in twenty-four territories around the globe.
She grew up in Wiltshire, studied English at the University of Sussex and currently lives in Kent with her family.
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RJ Barker
RJ Barker
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Title: Call of the Bone Ships
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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* RJ is also adding two art prints to go along with his book for his successful bidder*
Website: https://www.rjbarker.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dedbutdrmng
The Book:
Dragons have returned to the Hundred Isles. But their return heralds only war and destruction. When a horde of dying slaves are discovered in the bowels of a ship, Shipwife Meas and the crew of the Tide Child find themselves drawn into a vicious plot that will leave them questioning their loyalties and fighting for their lives.
The Author:
RJ Barker lives in Leeds with his wife, son and a collection of questionable taxidermy, odd art, scary music and more books than they have room for. He grew up reading whatever he could get his hands on, and has always been 'that one with the book in his pocket'. Having played in a rock band before deciding he was a rubbish musician, RJ returned to his first love, fiction, to find he is rather better at that. As well as his debut epic fantasy novel, AGE OF ASSASSINS, RJ has written short stories and historical scripts which have been performed across the country. He has the sort of flowing locks any cavalier would be proud of.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* RJ is also adding two art prints to go along with his book for his successful bidder*
Website: https://www.rjbarker.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dedbutdrmng
The Book:
Dragons have returned to the Hundred Isles. But their return heralds only war and destruction. When a horde of dying slaves are discovered in the bowels of a ship, Shipwife Meas and the crew of the Tide Child find themselves drawn into a vicious plot that will leave them questioning their loyalties and fighting for their lives.
The Author:
RJ Barker lives in Leeds with his wife, son and a collection of questionable taxidermy, odd art, scary music and more books than they have room for. He grew up reading whatever he could get his hands on, and has always been 'that one with the book in his pocket'. Having played in a rock band before deciding he was a rubbish musician, RJ returned to his first love, fiction, to find he is rather better at that. As well as his debut epic fantasy novel, AGE OF ASSASSINS, RJ has written short stories and historical scripts which have been performed across the country. He has the sort of flowing locks any cavalier would be proud of.
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Kevin Ansbro
Kevin Ansbro
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Title: The Minotaur's Son: & other wild tales
Genre: Short stories; magical realism; sci-fi; modern-day fables
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://kevinansbro.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinansbro
The Book;
Once the evening’s entertainment was over the Minotaur, as naked as Nature intended, clumped into Pablo Zapata’s bar…”
A baby with a passion for theoretical physics…
A winged nymph who exacts terrible revenge…
A stolen coin that releases a wish-granting genie…
And where else would you see Ginger Rogers learning the Ali shuffle, or a humble fisherman making friends with Poseidon?
Charlatans and shapeshifters, lovers and leprechauns, ghosts and office creeps are just some of the characters that Kevin Ansbro brings to life in this volume of short stories.
The Author:
Kevin Ansbro was born of Irish parents and has lived in Malaysia and Germany.
He was educated at Hamond’s Grammar School in Swaffham, and at the Norfolk College of Arts and Technology in King’s Lynn.
Kevin also has a background in karate and kickboxing and has travelled extensively – particularly in the Far East.
He is married to Julie, and currently lives in Norwich, England.
Genre: Short stories; magical realism; sci-fi; modern-day fables
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://kevinansbro.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinansbro
The Book;
Once the evening’s entertainment was over the Minotaur, as naked as Nature intended, clumped into Pablo Zapata’s bar…”
A baby with a passion for theoretical physics…
A winged nymph who exacts terrible revenge…
A stolen coin that releases a wish-granting genie…
And where else would you see Ginger Rogers learning the Ali shuffle, or a humble fisherman making friends with Poseidon?
Charlatans and shapeshifters, lovers and leprechauns, ghosts and office creeps are just some of the characters that Kevin Ansbro brings to life in this volume of short stories.
The Author:
Kevin Ansbro was born of Irish parents and has lived in Malaysia and Germany.
He was educated at Hamond’s Grammar School in Swaffham, and at the Norfolk College of Arts and Technology in King’s Lynn.
Kevin also has a background in karate and kickboxing and has travelled extensively – particularly in the Far East.
He is married to Julie, and currently lives in Norwich, England.
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£ 16
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Kevin Ansbro
Kevin Ansbro
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Title: In the Shadow of Time
Genre: Magical realism; sci-fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://kevinansbro.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinansbro
The Book;
I was in Mexico City for three months, and yet returned to England on the same day that I left…”
Through her time-travel research, physicist Dr Sofia Ustinova has attracted the interest of higher beings from a distant galaxy…
Luna, a porcelain-skinned teenager, lives alone in a Danish forest where she guards an astonishing secret…
Pablo, an optimistic shoeshine boy, struggles to earn a living on the sweltering streets of Mexico City…
Meanwhile, Hugo Wilde, a British secret agent, embarks on a mission to kill a Russian assassin, unaware that his life is about to change in ways he could never have imagined…
The Author:
Kevin Ansbro was born of Irish parents and has lived in Malaysia and Germany.
He was educated at Hamond’s Grammar School in Swaffham, and at the Norfolk College of Arts and Technology in King’s Lynn.
Kevin also has a background in karate and kickboxing and has travelled extensively – particularly in the Far East.
He is married to Julie, and currently lives in Norwich, England.
Genre: Magical realism; sci-fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://kevinansbro.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevinansbro
The Book;
I was in Mexico City for three months, and yet returned to England on the same day that I left…”
Through her time-travel research, physicist Dr Sofia Ustinova has attracted the interest of higher beings from a distant galaxy…
Luna, a porcelain-skinned teenager, lives alone in a Danish forest where she guards an astonishing secret…
Pablo, an optimistic shoeshine boy, struggles to earn a living on the sweltering streets of Mexico City…
Meanwhile, Hugo Wilde, a British secret agent, embarks on a mission to kill a Russian assassin, unaware that his life is about to change in ways he could never have imagined…
The Author:
Kevin Ansbro was born of Irish parents and has lived in Malaysia and Germany.
He was educated at Hamond’s Grammar School in Swaffham, and at the Norfolk College of Arts and Technology in King’s Lynn.
Kevin also has a background in karate and kickboxing and has travelled extensively – particularly in the Far East.
He is married to Julie, and currently lives in Norwich, England.
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Shelley Wilson
Shelley Wilson
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Title: Hood Academy
Genre: Fantasy - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.bhcpress.com/Author_SL_Wilson.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShelleyWilson72
The Book;
Will she follow the pack…or destroy them?
A dead mother. A violent father. A missing brother.
When Mia’s father is murdered, it’s her estranged uncle that comes to the rescue, but what he offers her in return for his help could be worse than the life she is leaving behind.
Taken to Hood Academy, a unique school deep in the forest, she discovers friendships, love, and the courage to stand on her own.
Mia takes the oath that seals her future as a werewolf hunter, but not everyone wants Mia to succeed.
Screams in the night. Secret rooms. Hidden letters. Mia becomes an important piece in a game she doesn’t want to play.
Loyalty, friendships, and family bonds are tested as Mia discovers her true identity, but will the truth set her free, or will it destroy her?
The Author:
Shelley Wilson is a genre straddling English author of motivational self-help titles and young adult fantasy fiction.
She's published six non-fiction self-help books including her bestseller - How I Changed My Life in a Year - as well as five young adult (YA) fantasy novels. Book one of her werewolf series was a finalist in the RONE YA Book of the Year Awards and has been combined and re-released with book two under the new title - Hood Academy.
Shelley lives in the West Midlands, UK, with her three children. She has a crazy black cat called Luna and is obsessed with vampires, Tudor and Viking history, and exploring castles.
Genre: Fantasy - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.bhcpress.com/Author_SL_Wilson.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShelleyWilson72
The Book;
Will she follow the pack…or destroy them?
A dead mother. A violent father. A missing brother.
When Mia’s father is murdered, it’s her estranged uncle that comes to the rescue, but what he offers her in return for his help could be worse than the life she is leaving behind.
Taken to Hood Academy, a unique school deep in the forest, she discovers friendships, love, and the courage to stand on her own.
Mia takes the oath that seals her future as a werewolf hunter, but not everyone wants Mia to succeed.
Screams in the night. Secret rooms. Hidden letters. Mia becomes an important piece in a game she doesn’t want to play.
Loyalty, friendships, and family bonds are tested as Mia discovers her true identity, but will the truth set her free, or will it destroy her?
The Author:
Shelley Wilson is a genre straddling English author of motivational self-help titles and young adult fantasy fiction.
She's published six non-fiction self-help books including her bestseller - How I Changed My Life in a Year - as well as five young adult (YA) fantasy novels. Book one of her werewolf series was a finalist in the RONE YA Book of the Year Awards and has been combined and re-released with book two under the new title - Hood Academy.
Shelley lives in the West Midlands, UK, with her three children. She has a crazy black cat called Luna and is obsessed with vampires, Tudor and Viking history, and exploring castles.
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Alex Brown
Alex Brown
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Title: A Cosy Christmas at Bridget’s Bicycle Bakery
Genre: Christmas - Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.alexbrownauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexbrownbooks
The Book;
Bridget smiled to herself, certain she could see one of the stars twinkling extra brightly in that moment as if to acknowledge her wish and convince her that, yes, Mulberry-On-Sea was just the place they all needed to be. Surrounded by those happy memories of holidays and special times where nothing bad ever happened…
All you knead is love this Christmas … and plenty of baked goods!
Finding yourself without a home in the weeks before Christmas would break most people, but for Bridget Carrington it’s a chance to start again. Mulberry-On-Sea has always been her happy place and she’s hoping it can work its magic this festive season and heal her family after a difficult year.
Now, as the community wraps Bridget and her children – six-year-old Freya and fourteen-year-old twins, Oscar and Olly – in their warm embrace, she starts to feel like herself again. With a new business, kids who are starting to smile, and the promise of a second chance at love, Bridget’s holiday season might just be a happy ever after…
The Author:
Alex Brown is an international No.1 bestselling author of twelve books including The Carrington’s series, The Great Christmas Knit Off, The Secret of Orchard Cottage and A Postcard From Italy. Her books are loved worldwide and translated into twenty languages.
Alex writes about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, often in difficult circumstances but always with courage, humour and plenty of love, friendship, multigenerational family dynamics and intriguing secrets to be unravelled from the past.
A Postcard From Italy is an international bestseller reaching the No.1 spots in the paperback and eBook charts in Israel. Cupcakes At Carrington's and The Secret of Orchard Cottage both reached the No.1 spot in the Amazon UK Kindle chart. Cupcakes At Carrington's, The Great Christmas Knit Off, The Great Village Show and The Secret of Orchard Cottage are all UK Top 50 Paperback Bestsellers and voted Kobo Best Books of 2014 and 2016.
Genre: Christmas - Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.alexbrownauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexbrownbooks
The Book;
Bridget smiled to herself, certain she could see one of the stars twinkling extra brightly in that moment as if to acknowledge her wish and convince her that, yes, Mulberry-On-Sea was just the place they all needed to be. Surrounded by those happy memories of holidays and special times where nothing bad ever happened…
All you knead is love this Christmas … and plenty of baked goods!
Finding yourself without a home in the weeks before Christmas would break most people, but for Bridget Carrington it’s a chance to start again. Mulberry-On-Sea has always been her happy place and she’s hoping it can work its magic this festive season and heal her family after a difficult year.
Now, as the community wraps Bridget and her children – six-year-old Freya and fourteen-year-old twins, Oscar and Olly – in their warm embrace, she starts to feel like herself again. With a new business, kids who are starting to smile, and the promise of a second chance at love, Bridget’s holiday season might just be a happy ever after…
The Author:
Alex Brown is an international No.1 bestselling author of twelve books including The Carrington’s series, The Great Christmas Knit Off, The Secret of Orchard Cottage and A Postcard From Italy. Her books are loved worldwide and translated into twenty languages.
Alex writes about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, often in difficult circumstances but always with courage, humour and plenty of love, friendship, multigenerational family dynamics and intriguing secrets to be unravelled from the past.
A Postcard From Italy is an international bestseller reaching the No.1 spots in the paperback and eBook charts in Israel. Cupcakes At Carrington's and The Secret of Orchard Cottage both reached the No.1 spot in the Amazon UK Kindle chart. Cupcakes At Carrington's, The Great Christmas Knit Off, The Great Village Show and The Secret of Orchard Cottage are all UK Top 50 Paperback Bestsellers and voted Kobo Best Books of 2014 and 2016.
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Phillipa Ashley
Phillipa Ashley
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Title: A Perfect Cornish Christmas
Genre: Christmas Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback *Rare Limited Library Edition*
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://phillipa-ashley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhillipaAshley
The Book;
Christmas in Cornwall is just around the corner…
But after last Christmas revealed a shocking family secret, Scarlett’s hardly feeling merry and bright. All she wants this Christmas is to know who her real father is.
So Scarlett heads to the little Cornish town of Porthmellow, where she believes the truth of her birth is hidden. She just didn’t bargain on being drawn into the Christmas festival preparations – or meeting Jude Penberth, whose charm threatens to complicate life further.
Everything will come to a head at Porthmellow’s Christmas Festival … But can Scarlett have the perfect Christmas this year, or are there more surprises on the way?
The Author:
Phillipa Ashley is a Kindle and Bookseller best selling author of over 20 novels under three pen-names.
Her Cornish-set romantic novels have sold many hundreds of thousands of copies and her debut novel , Decent Exposure, was made into a Lifetime TV movie called 12 Men of Christmas.
Her latest release is A Surprise Christmas Wedding on October 19th in ebook and November 26th in paperback.
She also writes the Oxford Blue series as Pippa Croft and The Love Solution as Ashley Croft.
Genre: Christmas Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback *Rare Limited Library Edition*
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://phillipa-ashley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhillipaAshley
The Book;
Christmas in Cornwall is just around the corner…
But after last Christmas revealed a shocking family secret, Scarlett’s hardly feeling merry and bright. All she wants this Christmas is to know who her real father is.
So Scarlett heads to the little Cornish town of Porthmellow, where she believes the truth of her birth is hidden. She just didn’t bargain on being drawn into the Christmas festival preparations – or meeting Jude Penberth, whose charm threatens to complicate life further.
Everything will come to a head at Porthmellow’s Christmas Festival … But can Scarlett have the perfect Christmas this year, or are there more surprises on the way?
The Author:
Phillipa Ashley is a Kindle and Bookseller best selling author of over 20 novels under three pen-names.
Her Cornish-set romantic novels have sold many hundreds of thousands of copies and her debut novel , Decent Exposure, was made into a Lifetime TV movie called 12 Men of Christmas.
Her latest release is A Surprise Christmas Wedding on October 19th in ebook and November 26th in paperback.
She also writes the Oxford Blue series as Pippa Croft and The Love Solution as Ashley Croft.
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Title: A Special Cornish Christmas
Genre: Christmas Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://phillipa-ashley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhillipaAshley
The Book;
For Bo Grayson, Christmas has always been the most wonderful time of the year. Well, until she had her heart broken last December…
At a local summer fete, Bo and her friends meet the mysterious fortune teller Madame Odette, and they are each given the same prediction: You will meet the love of your life by Christmas Day.
With just a few months until the festive season, they dismiss the predictions out of hand. Bo’s attentions are focused on creating the best seasonal menu for her Boatyard Café, and her rock and roll dance group – the Falford Flingers – who are hard at work getting ready for their Christmas Spectacular show.
The last thing she imagines is that she’ll be ready to open her heart again. But will fate – and perhaps a sprinkle of Christmas magic – change her mind?
The Author:
Phillipa Ashley is a Kindle and Bookseller best selling author of over 20 novels under three pen-names.
Her Cornish-set romantic novels have sold many hundreds of thousands of copies and her debut novel , Decent Exposure, was made into a Lifetime TV movie called 12 Men of Christmas.
Her latest release is A Surprise Christmas Wedding on October 19th in ebook and November 26th in paperback.
She also writes the Oxford Blue series as Pippa Croft and The Love Solution as Ashley Croft.
Genre: Christmas Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://phillipa-ashley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhillipaAshley
The Book;
For Bo Grayson, Christmas has always been the most wonderful time of the year. Well, until she had her heart broken last December…
At a local summer fete, Bo and her friends meet the mysterious fortune teller Madame Odette, and they are each given the same prediction: You will meet the love of your life by Christmas Day.
With just a few months until the festive season, they dismiss the predictions out of hand. Bo’s attentions are focused on creating the best seasonal menu for her Boatyard Café, and her rock and roll dance group – the Falford Flingers – who are hard at work getting ready for their Christmas Spectacular show.
The last thing she imagines is that she’ll be ready to open her heart again. But will fate – and perhaps a sprinkle of Christmas magic – change her mind?
The Author:
Phillipa Ashley is a Kindle and Bookseller best selling author of over 20 novels under three pen-names.
Her Cornish-set romantic novels have sold many hundreds of thousands of copies and her debut novel , Decent Exposure, was made into a Lifetime TV movie called 12 Men of Christmas.
Her latest release is A Surprise Christmas Wedding on October 19th in ebook and November 26th in paperback.
She also writes the Oxford Blue series as Pippa Croft and The Love Solution as Ashley Croft.
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Cara Hunter
Cara Hunter
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Title: The Whole Truth
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/130642/cara-hunter.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaraHunterBooks
The Book;
When an Oxford student accuses one of the university's professors of sexual assault, DI Adam Fawley's team think they've heard it all before. But they couldn't be more wrong.
Because this time, the predator is a woman and the shining star of the department, and the student a six-foot male rugby player.
Soon DI Fawley and his team are up against the clock to figure out the truth. What they don't realise is that someone is watching.
And they have a plan to put Fawley out of action for good...
The Author:
"I'm lucky enough to live in the city I write about. Oxford will be familiar to crime fans across the whole world because of the fabulous Morse novels and TV, but my version of the town is a long way from the beautiful ivy-clad colleges. A much edgier place where the crimes are darker and closer to home.
I've always been a voracious reader and viewer of crime - I've learned so much from the outstanding writing that we now see on crime TV like Line of Duty or Broadchurch, and I've tried to recreate the experience of watching series like that for my readers. I love true crime TV as well - my husband used to tease me about it but now just nods sagely and says 'research' !
What else about me? I have pet cats who do their best to distract me whenever I get close to a keyboard (if you have cats, you'll know), I love travelling, spending time with friends, and I have never knowingly turned down a glass of champagne...."
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/130642/cara-hunter.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaraHunterBooks
The Book;
When an Oxford student accuses one of the university's professors of sexual assault, DI Adam Fawley's team think they've heard it all before. But they couldn't be more wrong.
Because this time, the predator is a woman and the shining star of the department, and the student a six-foot male rugby player.
Soon DI Fawley and his team are up against the clock to figure out the truth. What they don't realise is that someone is watching.
And they have a plan to put Fawley out of action for good...
The Author:
"I'm lucky enough to live in the city I write about. Oxford will be familiar to crime fans across the whole world because of the fabulous Morse novels and TV, but my version of the town is a long way from the beautiful ivy-clad colleges. A much edgier place where the crimes are darker and closer to home.
I've always been a voracious reader and viewer of crime - I've learned so much from the outstanding writing that we now see on crime TV like Line of Duty or Broadchurch, and I've tried to recreate the experience of watching series like that for my readers. I love true crime TV as well - my husband used to tease me about it but now just nods sagely and says 'research' !
What else about me? I have pet cats who do their best to distract me whenever I get close to a keyboard (if you have cats, you'll know), I love travelling, spending time with friends, and I have never knowingly turned down a glass of champagne...."
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Holly Martin
Holly Martin
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Title: Spring at Blueberry Bay
Genre: Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://hollymartin-author.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HollyMAuthor
The Book;
Welcome to beautiful Hope Island where the sea sparkles, the daffodils are blooming and a blossoming romance is just around the corner…
Bella has always had a sunny outlook and caring nature, despite recently falling on hard times. When she finds a handsome homeless man on her doorstep, her kind heart tells her she must help him. So, she invites Isaac into her cottage and into her life in ways she could never have imagined…
But Isaac is not what he seems. He’s keeping a huge secret from Bella, yet he never expected to fall for this open, generous and charming woman.
Bella can’t ignore the chemistry between her and Isaac, but she’s had her trust badly broken in her past. Will she run when she learns the truth about Isaac, or will he be the one man who can help Bella believe in love again?
The Author:
Holly lives in a little white cottage by the sea. She studied media at university which led to a very glitzy career as a hotel receptionist followed by a even more glamorous two years working in a bank. The moment that one of her colleagues received the much coveted carriage clock for fifteen years' service was the moment when she knew she had to escape. She quit her job and returned to university to train to be a teacher. Three years later, she emerged wide eyed and terrified that she now had responsibility for the development of thirty young minds. She taught for four years and then escaped the classroom to teach history workshops, dressing up as a Viking one day and an Egyptian High Priestess the next. But the long journeys around the UK and many hours sat on the M25 gave her a lot of time to plan out her stories and she now writes full time, doing what she loves.
Holly has been writing for 8 years. She was shortlisted for the New Talent Award at the Festival of Romance. Her short story won the Sunlounger competition and was published in the Sunlounger anthology. She won the Carina Valentine's competition at the Festival of Romance with her novel The Guestbook. She was shortlisted for Best Romantic Read, Best eBook and Innovation in Romantic Fiction at the Festival of Romance. She is the bestselling author of 26 books selling over a million books worldwide. Holly's books have been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Estonian, Turkish and Russian.
Genre: Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://hollymartin-author.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HollyMAuthor
The Book;
Welcome to beautiful Hope Island where the sea sparkles, the daffodils are blooming and a blossoming romance is just around the corner…
Bella has always had a sunny outlook and caring nature, despite recently falling on hard times. When she finds a handsome homeless man on her doorstep, her kind heart tells her she must help him. So, she invites Isaac into her cottage and into her life in ways she could never have imagined…
But Isaac is not what he seems. He’s keeping a huge secret from Bella, yet he never expected to fall for this open, generous and charming woman.
Bella can’t ignore the chemistry between her and Isaac, but she’s had her trust badly broken in her past. Will she run when she learns the truth about Isaac, or will he be the one man who can help Bella believe in love again?
The Author:
Holly lives in a little white cottage by the sea. She studied media at university which led to a very glitzy career as a hotel receptionist followed by a even more glamorous two years working in a bank. The moment that one of her colleagues received the much coveted carriage clock for fifteen years' service was the moment when she knew she had to escape. She quit her job and returned to university to train to be a teacher. Three years later, she emerged wide eyed and terrified that she now had responsibility for the development of thirty young minds. She taught for four years and then escaped the classroom to teach history workshops, dressing up as a Viking one day and an Egyptian High Priestess the next. But the long journeys around the UK and many hours sat on the M25 gave her a lot of time to plan out her stories and she now writes full time, doing what she loves.
Holly has been writing for 8 years. She was shortlisted for the New Talent Award at the Festival of Romance. Her short story won the Sunlounger competition and was published in the Sunlounger anthology. She won the Carina Valentine's competition at the Festival of Romance with her novel The Guestbook. She was shortlisted for Best Romantic Read, Best eBook and Innovation in Romantic Fiction at the Festival of Romance. She is the bestselling author of 26 books selling over a million books worldwide. Holly's books have been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Estonian, Turkish and Russian.
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Holly Martin
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Title: Sunrise over Sapphire Bay
Genre: Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://hollymartin-author.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HollyMAuthor
The Book;
Aria Philips has lived on Jewel Island all of her life. Even when her sisters Clover and Skye left its stunning shores for bigger and better things, Aria stayed to help her father run their family hotel.
A year after her father’s death Aria’s done everything she can to keep things afloat but the hotel has long been struggling to make a profit. With so few guests Aria risks losing the only home she’s ever had.
Noah Campbell earned his fortune from making hotels a success, and he also just happens to be staying on Jewel Island this summer. Could he be the answer to Aria’s problems? If only he hadn’t kissed her under the willow tree the year before and never called her again. It had been the most incredible kiss of her life, but clearly business and pleasure should never be mixed.
As gorgeous and charming as Noah may be, Aria vows to keep things professional while she seeks his help. But for the past year Noah has been keeping a secret and his return to Jewel Island is about to change Aria’s life forever…
The Author:
Holly lives in a little white cottage by the sea. She studied media at university which led to a very glitzy career as a hotel receptionist followed by a even more glamorous two years working in a bank. The moment that one of her colleagues received the much coveted carriage clock for fifteen years' service was the moment when she knew she had to escape. She quit her job and returned to university to train to be a teacher. Three years later, she emerged wide eyed and terrified that she now had responsibility for the development of thirty young minds. She taught for four years and then escaped the classroom to teach history workshops, dressing up as a Viking one day and an Egyptian High Priestess the next. But the long journeys around the UK and many hours sat on the M25 gave her a lot of time to plan out her stories and she now writes full time, doing what she loves.
Holly has been writing for 8 years. She was shortlisted for the New Talent Award at the Festival of Romance. Her short story won the Sunlounger competition and was published in the Sunlounger anthology. She won the Carina Valentine's competition at the Festival of Romance with her novel The Guestbook. She was shortlisted for Best Romantic Read, Best eBook and Innovation in Romantic Fiction at the Festival of Romance. She is the bestselling author of 26 books selling over a million books worldwide. Holly's books have been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Estonian, Turkish and Russian.
Genre: Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://hollymartin-author.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HollyMAuthor
The Book;
Aria Philips has lived on Jewel Island all of her life. Even when her sisters Clover and Skye left its stunning shores for bigger and better things, Aria stayed to help her father run their family hotel.
A year after her father’s death Aria’s done everything she can to keep things afloat but the hotel has long been struggling to make a profit. With so few guests Aria risks losing the only home she’s ever had.
Noah Campbell earned his fortune from making hotels a success, and he also just happens to be staying on Jewel Island this summer. Could he be the answer to Aria’s problems? If only he hadn’t kissed her under the willow tree the year before and never called her again. It had been the most incredible kiss of her life, but clearly business and pleasure should never be mixed.
As gorgeous and charming as Noah may be, Aria vows to keep things professional while she seeks his help. But for the past year Noah has been keeping a secret and his return to Jewel Island is about to change Aria’s life forever…
The Author:
Holly lives in a little white cottage by the sea. She studied media at university which led to a very glitzy career as a hotel receptionist followed by a even more glamorous two years working in a bank. The moment that one of her colleagues received the much coveted carriage clock for fifteen years' service was the moment when she knew she had to escape. She quit her job and returned to university to train to be a teacher. Three years later, she emerged wide eyed and terrified that she now had responsibility for the development of thirty young minds. She taught for four years and then escaped the classroom to teach history workshops, dressing up as a Viking one day and an Egyptian High Priestess the next. But the long journeys around the UK and many hours sat on the M25 gave her a lot of time to plan out her stories and she now writes full time, doing what she loves.
Holly has been writing for 8 years. She was shortlisted for the New Talent Award at the Festival of Romance. Her short story won the Sunlounger competition and was published in the Sunlounger anthology. She won the Carina Valentine's competition at the Festival of Romance with her novel The Guestbook. She was shortlisted for Best Romantic Read, Best eBook and Innovation in Romantic Fiction at the Festival of Romance. She is the bestselling author of 26 books selling over a million books worldwide. Holly's books have been translated into French, German, Italian, Dutch, Bulgarian, Estonian, Turkish and Russian.
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Claire North
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Title: Notes From the Burning Age
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.clairenorth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireNorth42
The Book;
Ven was once a holy man, a keeper of ancient archives. It was his duty to interpret archaic texts, sorting useful knowledge from the heretical ideas of the Burning Age--a time of excess and climate disaster. For in Ven's world, such material must be closely guarded so that the ills that led to that cataclysmic era can never be repeated.
But when the revolutionary Brotherhood approaches Ven, pressuring him to translate stolen writings that threaten everything he once held dear, his life will be turned upside down. Torn between friendship and faith, Ven must decide how far he's willing to go to save this new world--and how much he is willing to lose.
The Author:
Claire North is a pseudonym for British author Catherine Webb. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August was her first novel published under the Claire North name, and was one of the fastest-selling new SFF titles of the last ten years. It was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, the Radio 2 Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club promotions. Her next novel Touch was published in 2015 to widespread critical acclaim and was described by the Independent as 'little short of a masterpiece'. Catherine currently works as a theatre lighting designer and is a fan of big cities, urban magic, Thai food and graffiti-spotting.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.clairenorth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireNorth42
The Book;
Ven was once a holy man, a keeper of ancient archives. It was his duty to interpret archaic texts, sorting useful knowledge from the heretical ideas of the Burning Age--a time of excess and climate disaster. For in Ven's world, such material must be closely guarded so that the ills that led to that cataclysmic era can never be repeated.
But when the revolutionary Brotherhood approaches Ven, pressuring him to translate stolen writings that threaten everything he once held dear, his life will be turned upside down. Torn between friendship and faith, Ven must decide how far he's willing to go to save this new world--and how much he is willing to lose.
The Author:
Claire North is a pseudonym for British author Catherine Webb. The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August was her first novel published under the Claire North name, and was one of the fastest-selling new SFF titles of the last ten years. It was selected for the Richard and Judy Book Club, the Radio 2 Book Club and the Waterstones Book Club promotions. Her next novel Touch was published in 2015 to widespread critical acclaim and was described by the Independent as 'little short of a masterpiece'. Catherine currently works as a theatre lighting designer and is a fan of big cities, urban magic, Thai food and graffiti-spotting.
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Isabella May
Isabella May
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Title: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bar
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://isabellamayauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsabellaMayBks
The Book;
River and Alice miss Somerset. Christmas isn’t Christmas without family and friends, even when you live in quaint Cornwall.
When River’s Aunt Sheba dies unexpectedly, leaving him her ancient VW campervan, nostalgia nudges him and Alice back to Glastonbury - and the surrounding villages - to rediscover their roots whilst serving the most decadent hot chocolate and delectable gingerbread from their renovated ‘bar on wheels’.
A bar on wheels complete with a fold-up stage to host local talent competitions rivaling anything Simon Cowell could dream up, even if he’d gorged on a truckle of Cheddar cheese!
As the villagers sip their cocoa and ice their gingerbread houses amidst the festive backdrop of song, dance, and slightly more unconventional talents, River and Alice find themselves in an unexpected race against time:
Zara, their chocolate supplier is leaving Glastonbury on the twelfth day of Christmas, keen to put a string of disastrous relationships behind her to make a fresh start.
Bruno, their gregarious and gorgeous baking supplier is secretly smitten with Zara - ticking every box on her New Year’s wish list.
If only they can get them together for one experimental kiss under the mistletoe...
They’ve even enlisted their customers’ help in their mission to wrap this budding romance up in all the jingle bells and whistles. How hard can it be?
The Author:
Isabella May lives in (mostly) sunny Andalusia, Spain with her husband, daughter and son, creatively inspired by the mountains and the sea. She grew up on Glastonbury's ley lines and loves to feature her quirky English hometown in her stories.
After a degree in Modern Languages and European Studies at UWE, Bristol (and a year working abroad in Bordeaux and Stuttgart), Isabella bagged an extremely jammy and fascinating job in children's publishing... selling foreign rights for novelty, board, pop-up and non-fiction books all over the world; in every language from Icelandic to Korean, Bahasa Indonesian to Papiamento!
All of which has fuelled her curiosity and love of international food and travel - both feature extensively in her cross-genre novels, fused with a dollop of romcom, and a sprinkle of magical realism.
Isabella is also a Level 4 Pranic Healer and a stillbirth mum.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://isabellamayauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsabellaMayBks
The Book;
River and Alice miss Somerset. Christmas isn’t Christmas without family and friends, even when you live in quaint Cornwall.
When River’s Aunt Sheba dies unexpectedly, leaving him her ancient VW campervan, nostalgia nudges him and Alice back to Glastonbury - and the surrounding villages - to rediscover their roots whilst serving the most decadent hot chocolate and delectable gingerbread from their renovated ‘bar on wheels’.
A bar on wheels complete with a fold-up stage to host local talent competitions rivaling anything Simon Cowell could dream up, even if he’d gorged on a truckle of Cheddar cheese!
As the villagers sip their cocoa and ice their gingerbread houses amidst the festive backdrop of song, dance, and slightly more unconventional talents, River and Alice find themselves in an unexpected race against time:
Zara, their chocolate supplier is leaving Glastonbury on the twelfth day of Christmas, keen to put a string of disastrous relationships behind her to make a fresh start.
Bruno, their gregarious and gorgeous baking supplier is secretly smitten with Zara - ticking every box on her New Year’s wish list.
If only they can get them together for one experimental kiss under the mistletoe...
They’ve even enlisted their customers’ help in their mission to wrap this budding romance up in all the jingle bells and whistles. How hard can it be?
The Author:
Isabella May lives in (mostly) sunny Andalusia, Spain with her husband, daughter and son, creatively inspired by the mountains and the sea. She grew up on Glastonbury's ley lines and loves to feature her quirky English hometown in her stories.
After a degree in Modern Languages and European Studies at UWE, Bristol (and a year working abroad in Bordeaux and Stuttgart), Isabella bagged an extremely jammy and fascinating job in children's publishing... selling foreign rights for novelty, board, pop-up and non-fiction books all over the world; in every language from Icelandic to Korean, Bahasa Indonesian to Papiamento!
All of which has fuelled her curiosity and love of international food and travel - both feature extensively in her cross-genre novels, fused with a dollop of romcom, and a sprinkle of magical realism.
Isabella is also a Level 4 Pranic Healer and a stillbirth mum.
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Chloe Joseph
Chloe Joseph
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Title: My First 10 Prayers
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://m.facebook.com/empowermentprayers
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChloeChlo88
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JizQfYF7kM
* Chloe has kindly added a set of Diversity Emotions Cards helping children with emotional literacy and it is for black and mix race children which include children with difference such as skin conditions, wheelchairs and amputees.*
The Book;
This is a children's prayer book with ten simple prayers to help children pray to God.
This book enables children to include God in all areas of their lives by praying to Him. This book has bright and vibrant illustrations to go with each prayer. After the 10 prayers, there is a section in the book for the children to create their own prayers to God too.
This book not only teaches children to pray but also encourages them to write their own prayers as well. This allows for the children to have an interactive experience when reading thier prayer book.
My First 10 Prayers is a book your child/dren can grow into.
The age range is 3yrs to 8yrs.
The Author:
Chloe Joseph is a Christian and has been writing and inspiring others for over five years through her platform, Empowerment Prayers which is about faith and communication with Jesus Christ.
She uses her own faith to empower and encourage others (through books and blogs) to include God in every part of their lives. She writes for both adults and children.
Chloe has also had opportunities to write for community organisations in the past.
She has over ten years experience working with children, young people and families in her career as a Therapeutic Practitioner and in a voluntary capacity.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://m.facebook.com/empowermentprayers
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChloeChlo88
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JizQfYF7kM
* Chloe has kindly added a set of Diversity Emotions Cards helping children with emotional literacy and it is for black and mix race children which include children with difference such as skin conditions, wheelchairs and amputees.*
The Book;
This is a children's prayer book with ten simple prayers to help children pray to God.
This book enables children to include God in all areas of their lives by praying to Him. This book has bright and vibrant illustrations to go with each prayer. After the 10 prayers, there is a section in the book for the children to create their own prayers to God too.
This book not only teaches children to pray but also encourages them to write their own prayers as well. This allows for the children to have an interactive experience when reading thier prayer book.
My First 10 Prayers is a book your child/dren can grow into.
The age range is 3yrs to 8yrs.
The Author:
Chloe Joseph is a Christian and has been writing and inspiring others for over five years through her platform, Empowerment Prayers which is about faith and communication with Jesus Christ.
She uses her own faith to empower and encourage others (through books and blogs) to include God in every part of their lives. She writes for both adults and children.
Chloe has also had opportunities to write for community organisations in the past.
She has over ten years experience working with children, young people and families in her career as a Therapeutic Practitioner and in a voluntary capacity.
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Dennis E. Taylor
Dennis E. Taylor
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Title: Heaven's River
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: http://dennisetaylor.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dennis_E_Taylor
The Book;
Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by best seller Dennis E. Taylor.
More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again. There has been no trace of him despite numerous searches by his clone-mates. Now Bob is determined to organize an expedition to learn Bender’s fate—whatever the cost.
But nothing is ever simple in the Bobiverse. Bob’s descendants are out to the 24th generation now, and replicative drift has produced individuals who can barely be considered Bobs anymore. Some of them oppose Bob’s plan; others have plans of their own. The out-of-control moots are the least of the Bobiverse’s problems.
Undaunted, Bob and his allies follow Bender’s trail. But what they discover out in deep space is so unexpected and so complex that it could either save the universe—or pose an existential threat the likes of which the Bobiverse has never faced.
The Author:
While working at his day job as a computer programmer, Taylor self published his first novel and began working with an agent to try and publish his second novel We Are Legion. However, Taylor still had difficulty getting any publishing house to take on his work, and eventually published it through his agent's in-house publishing arm. An audiobook rights deal with Audible was also reached. Once recorded, We Are Legion became one of the most popular audiobooks on the service and was awarded Best Science Fiction Audiobook of the year.
Taylor has been noted as one of many popular authors that debut their work in audio form rather than print to take advantage of the explosive growth of the audio medium.
Taylor's 2018 novel The Singularity Trap debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List for Fiction Audiobooks.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: http://dennisetaylor.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dennis_E_Taylor
The Book;
Civil war looms in the Bobiverse in this brand-new, epic-length adventure by best seller Dennis E. Taylor.
More than a hundred years ago, Bender set out for the stars and was never heard from again. There has been no trace of him despite numerous searches by his clone-mates. Now Bob is determined to organize an expedition to learn Bender’s fate—whatever the cost.
But nothing is ever simple in the Bobiverse. Bob’s descendants are out to the 24th generation now, and replicative drift has produced individuals who can barely be considered Bobs anymore. Some of them oppose Bob’s plan; others have plans of their own. The out-of-control moots are the least of the Bobiverse’s problems.
Undaunted, Bob and his allies follow Bender’s trail. But what they discover out in deep space is so unexpected and so complex that it could either save the universe—or pose an existential threat the likes of which the Bobiverse has never faced.
The Author:
While working at his day job as a computer programmer, Taylor self published his first novel and began working with an agent to try and publish his second novel We Are Legion. However, Taylor still had difficulty getting any publishing house to take on his work, and eventually published it through his agent's in-house publishing arm. An audiobook rights deal with Audible was also reached. Once recorded, We Are Legion became one of the most popular audiobooks on the service and was awarded Best Science Fiction Audiobook of the year.
Taylor has been noted as one of many popular authors that debut their work in audio form rather than print to take advantage of the explosive growth of the audio medium.
Taylor's 2018 novel The Singularity Trap debuted on the New York Times Bestseller List for Fiction Audiobooks.
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Ruby Speechley
Ruby Speechley
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Three Books
Title 1: Someone Else’s Baby
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Every Little Secret
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Mother Like You
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://rubyspeechley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubyspeechley
Book 1: Someone Else’s Baby
She gave away her children. Now she wants them back.
Charlotte Morgan knows how it feels to desperately want a baby. As a child, seeing her mum devastated by losing her longed-for babies, Charlotte wished another woman could give her mother what she so craved.
Now Charlotte’s a mum herself, and knowing how much love her daughter, Alice, brings into her life, she vows to help others achieve their dreams of becoming a parent.
When she meets Malcolm and Brenda on a surrogacy website, it seems that she has found the perfect couple. In their late forties, they’ve spent their life building a successful business and traveling the world, but there’s just one thing missing – a child of their own.
When Charlotte falls pregnant with twins, the pair are overjoyed. And while Charlotte’s heart breaks as she hands them over, her reward is knowing how much happiness the two tiny babies are going to bring into their life.
But are Malcolm and Brenda all they seem? As secrets become unraveled, Charlotte is forced to face that she has handed her babies over to virtual strangers. And when Malcolm and Brenda disappear without a trace, Charlotte is plunged into a frantic search for the babies she carried – before it’s too late…
A gripping psychological thriller with a heart-stopping ending – readers of The Wife Between Us, Rachel Abbott and C.L Taylor will not want to put this down…
Book 2: Every Little Secret
She believed the lies... The truth will destroy her.
Maddy Saunders’ life is unravelling. After the heartbreaking, unexpected death of 5-year-old daughter Chloe, she’s trying desperately to keep her family together for other daughter, Emily. But when the police inform her that husband Max is missing, the rucksack found at the bottom of a local canal leading them to believe he has taken his own life, her grief takes a new and sharper turn.
Unable to believe that Max would abandon her and Emily, Maddy desperately searches for clues as to what has happened to her husband. But as she delves deeper into his secrets, Maddy finds a web of betrayal that forces her to re-examine everything about the life they have built together.
Maddened by grief, and forced into untangling Max’s lies, Maddy will stop at nothing to uncover the truth – even if it destroys her in the process.
Book 3: A Mother Like You
All mothers have secrets...some are unforgivable
Kate Marshall lives an enviable life. Married to handsome, charming, James, owner of a successful company, she seems to have it all.
But falling pregnant at 45 was never part of the plan. Especially as Kate’s hiding a devastating secret – one that she’s been running from for twenty years.
So when ex-boyfriend Paul comes back into her life, threatening to expose the truth about what Kate did, the clock is ticking. Can she keep her secrets and finally be the mother she always dreamed of – or will her past lies destroy her perfect life?
The Author:
Ruby Speechley is the author of psychological thrillers published by Hera Books. She loves writing about domestic situations with plenty of twists and secrets.
She was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and was brought up in a British-Portuguese family. She has an MA in creative writing from Sheffield Hallam and is a Faber Academy alumna. Her work has been longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction prize, The Bath Novel Award and Caledonia Novel Award, amongst others. She also won Best Opening Chapter at the York Festival of Writing in 2017.
She now lives in Cheshire with her husband and two of her three children and two dogs. She has an older son and grandson.
Title 1: Someone Else’s Baby
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Every Little Secret
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Mother Like You
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://rubyspeechley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rubyspeechley
Book 1: Someone Else’s Baby
She gave away her children. Now she wants them back.
Charlotte Morgan knows how it feels to desperately want a baby. As a child, seeing her mum devastated by losing her longed-for babies, Charlotte wished another woman could give her mother what she so craved.
Now Charlotte’s a mum herself, and knowing how much love her daughter, Alice, brings into her life, she vows to help others achieve their dreams of becoming a parent.
When she meets Malcolm and Brenda on a surrogacy website, it seems that she has found the perfect couple. In their late forties, they’ve spent their life building a successful business and traveling the world, but there’s just one thing missing – a child of their own.
When Charlotte falls pregnant with twins, the pair are overjoyed. And while Charlotte’s heart breaks as she hands them over, her reward is knowing how much happiness the two tiny babies are going to bring into their life.
But are Malcolm and Brenda all they seem? As secrets become unraveled, Charlotte is forced to face that she has handed her babies over to virtual strangers. And when Malcolm and Brenda disappear without a trace, Charlotte is plunged into a frantic search for the babies she carried – before it’s too late…
A gripping psychological thriller with a heart-stopping ending – readers of The Wife Between Us, Rachel Abbott and C.L Taylor will not want to put this down…
Book 2: Every Little Secret
She believed the lies... The truth will destroy her.
Maddy Saunders’ life is unravelling. After the heartbreaking, unexpected death of 5-year-old daughter Chloe, she’s trying desperately to keep her family together for other daughter, Emily. But when the police inform her that husband Max is missing, the rucksack found at the bottom of a local canal leading them to believe he has taken his own life, her grief takes a new and sharper turn.
Unable to believe that Max would abandon her and Emily, Maddy desperately searches for clues as to what has happened to her husband. But as she delves deeper into his secrets, Maddy finds a web of betrayal that forces her to re-examine everything about the life they have built together.
Maddened by grief, and forced into untangling Max’s lies, Maddy will stop at nothing to uncover the truth – even if it destroys her in the process.
Book 3: A Mother Like You
All mothers have secrets...some are unforgivable
Kate Marshall lives an enviable life. Married to handsome, charming, James, owner of a successful company, she seems to have it all.
But falling pregnant at 45 was never part of the plan. Especially as Kate’s hiding a devastating secret – one that she’s been running from for twenty years.
So when ex-boyfriend Paul comes back into her life, threatening to expose the truth about what Kate did, the clock is ticking. Can she keep her secrets and finally be the mother she always dreamed of – or will her past lies destroy her perfect life?
The Author:
Ruby Speechley is the author of psychological thrillers published by Hera Books. She loves writing about domestic situations with plenty of twists and secrets.
She was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and was brought up in a British-Portuguese family. She has an MA in creative writing from Sheffield Hallam and is a Faber Academy alumna. Her work has been longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction prize, The Bath Novel Award and Caledonia Novel Award, amongst others. She also won Best Opening Chapter at the York Festival of Writing in 2017.
She now lives in Cheshire with her husband and two of her three children and two dogs. She has an older son and grandson.
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Madalyn Morgan
Madalyn Morgan
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Title: Old Cases New Colours
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Madalyn will name a character in her next book Shadow Sleeper after her successful bidder *
Website: https://madalynmorgan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ActScribblerDJ
The Book;
Sick of working in a world of spies and bureaucracy, Ena Green, nee Dudley, leaves the Home Office and starts her own investigating agency. Working for herself she can choose which investigations to take and, more importantly, which to turn down. While working on two investigations, Ena is called as a prosecution witness in the Old Bailey trial of a cold-blooded killer who she exposed as a spy the year before.
The Author:
Madalyn Morgan has been an actress for more than thirty years working in repertory theatre, the West End, film and television. She is a radio presenter and journalist, writing articles for newspapers and magazines.
Madalyn was brought up in a busy working class pub in the market town of Lutterworth in Leicestershire. The pub was a great place for an aspiring actress and writer to live. There were so many wonderful characters to study and accents learn. At twenty-four Madalyn gave up a successful hairdressing salon and wig-hire business for a place at E15 Drama College, and a career as an actress.
In 2000, with fewer parts available for older actresses, Madalyn learned to touch type, completed a two-year course with The Writer's Bureau, and began writing. After living in London for thirty-six years, she has returned to her home town of Lutterworth, swapping two window boxes and a mortgage, for a garden and the freedom to write.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Madalyn will name a character in her next book Shadow Sleeper after her successful bidder *
Website: https://madalynmorgan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ActScribblerDJ
The Book;
Sick of working in a world of spies and bureaucracy, Ena Green, nee Dudley, leaves the Home Office and starts her own investigating agency. Working for herself she can choose which investigations to take and, more importantly, which to turn down. While working on two investigations, Ena is called as a prosecution witness in the Old Bailey trial of a cold-blooded killer who she exposed as a spy the year before.
The Author:
Madalyn Morgan has been an actress for more than thirty years working in repertory theatre, the West End, film and television. She is a radio presenter and journalist, writing articles for newspapers and magazines.
Madalyn was brought up in a busy working class pub in the market town of Lutterworth in Leicestershire. The pub was a great place for an aspiring actress and writer to live. There were so many wonderful characters to study and accents learn. At twenty-four Madalyn gave up a successful hairdressing salon and wig-hire business for a place at E15 Drama College, and a career as an actress.
In 2000, with fewer parts available for older actresses, Madalyn learned to touch type, completed a two-year course with The Writer's Bureau, and began writing. After living in London for thirty-six years, she has returned to her home town of Lutterworth, swapping two window boxes and a mortgage, for a garden and the freedom to write.
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Tom Parker Bowles
Tom Parker Bowles
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Title: Time For Tea
Genre: Food and Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://youtu.be/1F4H8aECfVs
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomparkerbowles
The Book;
Fortnum & Mason has nearly as much experience of selling tea as Britain has of drinking it – some three centuries’ worth, in fact, since the early eighteenth century.
Written by award-winning food writer, Tom Parker Bowles, Time for Tea is an expert and entertaining guide to tea from Fortnum & Mason. This accessible and comprehensive book whisks you through all the information you need to get the most out of your cuppa – alongside plenty of delicious food pairings and recipes.
Discover the history behind Britain’s favourite drink, learn how to make the perfect brew and identify a wide range of teas to suit different tastes – whether a single origin Darjeeling, contemporary cold brew infusion or Britain’s much-loved builder's brew. It also explores which teas are best to kick-start the day, revive the spirits or soothe at evening's end. Now, enough of the talk, it's Time for Tea.
The Author:
From 1997 until 2000, Parker Bowles was a junior publicist for Dennis Davidson Associates public relations firm. In 2001, he was one of the founders of the Quintessentially Group, a high end concierge service, which his cousin Ben Elliot co-founded and the same year became Tatler's food columnist.
From 2002 to date he has been a food writer, critic and broadcaster. He is a restaurant critic of The Mail on Sunday and food editor of Esquire. He is also a contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveller (UK and US), and Departures (US), as well as a regular contributor to Country Life, Harpers Bazaar and Town and Country. He was a contributor to Gordon Ramsay's The F Word.
From 2007 to 2010 he co-presented Market Kitchen on Good Food Channel, alongside Matthew Fort and Matt Tebbutt, and presented LBC Radio's Food and Drink Programme for a year. He was a judge on the ITV Food series Food Glorious Food and Channel nine Australian cooking series The Hot Plate. In 2017, he was judge, alongside Matt Moran and Anna Polyviou on Series 1 of Family Food Fight (Channel nine Australia) and filmed series two of Family Food Fight, which was broadcast in late 2018. He is also one of the regular critics on MasterChef (BBC 1). In 2014, Parker Bowles was named as one of the Top 10 most followed UK restaurant critics on Twitter.
Tom is the son of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Andrew Parker Bowles. His stepfather and godfather is Charles, Prince of Wales. He has one younger sister, Laura Lopes.
Genre: Food and Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://youtu.be/1F4H8aECfVs
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tomparkerbowles
The Book;
Fortnum & Mason has nearly as much experience of selling tea as Britain has of drinking it – some three centuries’ worth, in fact, since the early eighteenth century.
Written by award-winning food writer, Tom Parker Bowles, Time for Tea is an expert and entertaining guide to tea from Fortnum & Mason. This accessible and comprehensive book whisks you through all the information you need to get the most out of your cuppa – alongside plenty of delicious food pairings and recipes.
Discover the history behind Britain’s favourite drink, learn how to make the perfect brew and identify a wide range of teas to suit different tastes – whether a single origin Darjeeling, contemporary cold brew infusion or Britain’s much-loved builder's brew. It also explores which teas are best to kick-start the day, revive the spirits or soothe at evening's end. Now, enough of the talk, it's Time for Tea.
The Author:
From 1997 until 2000, Parker Bowles was a junior publicist for Dennis Davidson Associates public relations firm. In 2001, he was one of the founders of the Quintessentially Group, a high end concierge service, which his cousin Ben Elliot co-founded and the same year became Tatler's food columnist.
From 2002 to date he has been a food writer, critic and broadcaster. He is a restaurant critic of The Mail on Sunday and food editor of Esquire. He is also a contributing editor to Conde Nast Traveller (UK and US), and Departures (US), as well as a regular contributor to Country Life, Harpers Bazaar and Town and Country. He was a contributor to Gordon Ramsay's The F Word.
From 2007 to 2010 he co-presented Market Kitchen on Good Food Channel, alongside Matthew Fort and Matt Tebbutt, and presented LBC Radio's Food and Drink Programme for a year. He was a judge on the ITV Food series Food Glorious Food and Channel nine Australian cooking series The Hot Plate. In 2017, he was judge, alongside Matt Moran and Anna Polyviou on Series 1 of Family Food Fight (Channel nine Australia) and filmed series two of Family Food Fight, which was broadcast in late 2018. He is also one of the regular critics on MasterChef (BBC 1). In 2014, Parker Bowles was named as one of the Top 10 most followed UK restaurant critics on Twitter.
Tom is the son of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Andrew Parker Bowles. His stepfather and godfather is Charles, Prince of Wales. He has one younger sister, Laura Lopes.
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Dr. Shobna Gulati
Dr. Shobna Gulati
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Title: Remember Me?: Discovering My Mother as She Lost Her Memory
Genre: Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Instagram: https://instagram.com/shobnagulati
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShobnaGulati
The Book:
Remember Me? is a memoir of losing a parent to dementia capturing memory at its most intimate, fragile and fallible. It also examines the role shame plays in trauma, why it forces us to bury our problematic pasts and be selective of what we remember.
In December 2019, soon after her mother's untimely death, Shobna Gulati discovered bags and bags stuffed with press clippings, spanning Shobna's life from childhood right up to the year before her mother died in her family home. As Shobna sat in the midst of a sea of clippings she began to think over her mother's life and the stories that had only begun to surface from her past as she lost her to dementia.
REMEMBER ME? captures the powerful emotions that these memories hold to both Shobna and her mother; secrets they had collectively buried and also the concealment of her mother's condition.
In this deeply moving yet humorous memoir, a daughter sets out to reclaim her mother's past after her death, and in turn, discovers a huge amount about herself and their relationship. What ensues is a story of cultural assimilation, identity and familial shame.
The Author:
Shobana was born in Oldham, Lancashire to Hindu Indian parents, she grew up in the Salcombe area of Openshaw, Manchester. She has a degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern politics from the University of Manchester.
A British actress, presenter, writer and dancer. Shobani is best known for playing Anita in Victoria Wood's Dinner ladies, Sunita Alahan in the soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, a role to which she returned at the end of 2009 and departed again in 2013, and Farah Khurana in River City from 2017 to 2018. From 13 March 2013 to 30 May 2014, Gulati appeared as a panellist on the lunchtime chatshow Loose Women.
Genre: Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Instagram: https://instagram.com/shobnagulati
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShobnaGulati
The Book:
Remember Me? is a memoir of losing a parent to dementia capturing memory at its most intimate, fragile and fallible. It also examines the role shame plays in trauma, why it forces us to bury our problematic pasts and be selective of what we remember.
In December 2019, soon after her mother's untimely death, Shobna Gulati discovered bags and bags stuffed with press clippings, spanning Shobna's life from childhood right up to the year before her mother died in her family home. As Shobna sat in the midst of a sea of clippings she began to think over her mother's life and the stories that had only begun to surface from her past as she lost her to dementia.
REMEMBER ME? captures the powerful emotions that these memories hold to both Shobna and her mother; secrets they had collectively buried and also the concealment of her mother's condition.
In this deeply moving yet humorous memoir, a daughter sets out to reclaim her mother's past after her death, and in turn, discovers a huge amount about herself and their relationship. What ensues is a story of cultural assimilation, identity and familial shame.
The Author:
Shobana was born in Oldham, Lancashire to Hindu Indian parents, she grew up in the Salcombe area of Openshaw, Manchester. She has a degree in Arabic and Middle Eastern politics from the University of Manchester.
A British actress, presenter, writer and dancer. Shobani is best known for playing Anita in Victoria Wood's Dinner ladies, Sunita Alahan in the soap opera Coronation Street from 2001 to 2006, a role to which she returned at the end of 2009 and departed again in 2013, and Farah Khurana in River City from 2017 to 2018. From 13 March 2013 to 30 May 2014, Gulati appeared as a panellist on the lunchtime chatshow Loose Women.
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Anne Sebba
Anne Sebba
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Title: Ethel Rosenberg : A Cold War tragedy
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://annesebba.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annesebba
The Book;
Ethel Rosenberg's story has been called America's Dreyfus Affair: a catastrophic failure of humanity and justice that continues to haunt the national conscience, and is still being played out with different actors in the lead roles today.
On 19th June 1953 Ethel Rosenberg became the first woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was thirty-seven years old and the mother of two small children. Yet even today, at a time when the Cold War seems all too resonant, Ethel's conviction for conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union makes her story still controversial. This is an important moment to recount not simply what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the 'trial of the century', but also a timeless human story of a supportive wife, loving mother and courageous idealist who grew up during the Depression with aspirations to become an opera singer. Instead, she found herself battling the social mores of the 1950s and had her life barbarically cut short on the basis of tainted evidence for a crime she almost certainly did not commit.
Anne Sebba's masterly biography makes full use of the dramatic prison letters Ethel exchanged with her husband, lawyer and psychotherapist over a three-year period. Sebba has also interviewed Ethel's two sons and others who knew her, including a fellow prisoner. Ethel's tragic story lays bare a nation deeply divided and reveals what happens when a government motivated by fear tramples on the rights of its citizens.
The Author:
ANNE SEBBA is a prize-winning biographer, lecturer, and former Reuters foreign correspondent who has written several books, including That Woman and Les Parisiennes. A former chair of Britain’s Society of Authors and now on the Council, Anne is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. She lives in London.
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://annesebba.com
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The Book;
Ethel Rosenberg's story has been called America's Dreyfus Affair: a catastrophic failure of humanity and justice that continues to haunt the national conscience, and is still being played out with different actors in the lead roles today.
On 19th June 1953 Ethel Rosenberg became the first woman in the US to be executed for a crime other than murder. She was thirty-seven years old and the mother of two small children. Yet even today, at a time when the Cold War seems all too resonant, Ethel's conviction for conspiracy to commit espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union makes her story still controversial. This is an important moment to recount not simply what FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover called the 'trial of the century', but also a timeless human story of a supportive wife, loving mother and courageous idealist who grew up during the Depression with aspirations to become an opera singer. Instead, she found herself battling the social mores of the 1950s and had her life barbarically cut short on the basis of tainted evidence for a crime she almost certainly did not commit.
Anne Sebba's masterly biography makes full use of the dramatic prison letters Ethel exchanged with her husband, lawyer and psychotherapist over a three-year period. Sebba has also interviewed Ethel's two sons and others who knew her, including a fellow prisoner. Ethel's tragic story lays bare a nation deeply divided and reveals what happens when a government motivated by fear tramples on the rights of its citizens.
The Author:
ANNE SEBBA is a prize-winning biographer, lecturer, and former Reuters foreign correspondent who has written several books, including That Woman and Les Parisiennes. A former chair of Britain’s Society of Authors and now on the Council, Anne is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. She lives in London.
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Title: The Liar's Daughter
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://ronahalsall.com
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The Book;
You think you know your family…
The call comes on an ordinary Sunday afternoon to say your sister has been admitted to hospital with a serious head injury. But you don’t have a sister… do you?
You’ve never doubted your parents. You’ve loved them without question your whole life. But your stepmother is uncharacteristically speechless, and your father isn’t well enough to understand.
So you get in your car.
Turn the key in the ignition.
Knowing everything behind you is a lie.
Not knowing what lies ahead: the truth… or something far darker?
A deliciously dark and twisty tale of deception, secrets and family ties,.
The Author:
Rona is the author of Best Selling psychological thrillers published by Bookouture. Her challenge is to find domestic storylines with twists that her readers will never guess.
She was born in Nottingham, grew up near Blackpool and went to college in Leeds. She then moved to Snowdonia, North Wales where she brought up her family while working as a business mentor. She now lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and two dogs.
She is an outdoorsy person and loves stomping up a mountain, walking the coastal paths and exploring the wonderful glens and beaches on the Island while she's plotting her next book. She has three children and two step-children who are all grown up and leading varied and interesting lives, which provides plenty of ideas for new stories.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://ronahalsall.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonaHalsallAuth
The Book;
You think you know your family…
The call comes on an ordinary Sunday afternoon to say your sister has been admitted to hospital with a serious head injury. But you don’t have a sister… do you?
You’ve never doubted your parents. You’ve loved them without question your whole life. But your stepmother is uncharacteristically speechless, and your father isn’t well enough to understand.
So you get in your car.
Turn the key in the ignition.
Knowing everything behind you is a lie.
Not knowing what lies ahead: the truth… or something far darker?
A deliciously dark and twisty tale of deception, secrets and family ties,.
The Author:
Rona is the author of Best Selling psychological thrillers published by Bookouture. Her challenge is to find domestic storylines with twists that her readers will never guess.
She was born in Nottingham, grew up near Blackpool and went to college in Leeds. She then moved to Snowdonia, North Wales where she brought up her family while working as a business mentor. She now lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and two dogs.
She is an outdoorsy person and loves stomping up a mountain, walking the coastal paths and exploring the wonderful glens and beaches on the Island while she's plotting her next book. She has three children and two step-children who are all grown up and leading varied and interesting lives, which provides plenty of ideas for new stories.
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Title: One Mistake
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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The Book;
Sara made one promise to herself when she was growing up in foster care: that if she was lucky enough to have a family, she’d always do whatever it took to protect them.
Looking around her home with its cosy kitchen and living room, where her energetic teenage daughters and gorgeous four-year-old son all eat, play and live together, she knows she’d do anything to keep them safe.
So when Sara’s husband Matt loses his job and every shred of his confidence with it, she knows it’s up to her to bring the family back from the brink. Though she doesn’t know where she can possibly find the money they need to keep afloat.
Until her boss at work offers her a deal. He’ll help out. She just has to do him one little favour. But could trusting him save Sara’s family, or will it be a mistake that costs her absolutely everything?
The Author:
Rona is the author of Best Selling psychological thrillers published by Bookouture. Her challenge is to find domestic storylines with twists that her readers will never guess.
She was born in Nottingham, grew up near Blackpool and went to college in Leeds. She then moved to Snowdonia, North Wales where she brought up her family while working as a business mentor. She now lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and two dogs.
She is an outdoorsy person and loves stomping up a mountain, walking the coastal paths and exploring the wonderful glens and beaches on the Island while she's plotting her next book. She has three children and two step-children who are all grown up and leading varied and interesting lives, which provides plenty of ideas for new stories.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://ronahalsall.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonaHalsallAuth
The Book;
Sara made one promise to herself when she was growing up in foster care: that if she was lucky enough to have a family, she’d always do whatever it took to protect them.
Looking around her home with its cosy kitchen and living room, where her energetic teenage daughters and gorgeous four-year-old son all eat, play and live together, she knows she’d do anything to keep them safe.
So when Sara’s husband Matt loses his job and every shred of his confidence with it, she knows it’s up to her to bring the family back from the brink. Though she doesn’t know where she can possibly find the money they need to keep afloat.
Until her boss at work offers her a deal. He’ll help out. She just has to do him one little favour. But could trusting him save Sara’s family, or will it be a mistake that costs her absolutely everything?
The Author:
Rona is the author of Best Selling psychological thrillers published by Bookouture. Her challenge is to find domestic storylines with twists that her readers will never guess.
She was born in Nottingham, grew up near Blackpool and went to college in Leeds. She then moved to Snowdonia, North Wales where she brought up her family while working as a business mentor. She now lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and two dogs.
She is an outdoorsy person and loves stomping up a mountain, walking the coastal paths and exploring the wonderful glens and beaches on the Island while she's plotting her next book. She has three children and two step-children who are all grown up and leading varied and interesting lives, which provides plenty of ideas for new stories.
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Title: Her Mother's Lies
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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The Book;
What if the person you trust most in the world has been lying to you for your whole life?
Martha would do anything for her devoted mother, Fran. Now in her mid-twenties, Martha still lives with her in their remote, pretty cottage in the Cornish countryside. Fran paints illustrations, while Martha trains to be an animal nurse.
But then Martha sees a strange message on her mother’s phone – apparently from her estranged father.
He had been there for her first steps. He’d helped with her homework, and taken her for ice cream at weekends. And then, two days before her ninth birthday, he walked out. She never knew what went wrong, and she and Fran never heard from him again.
Desperate for answers, she tracks him down. But when they come face to face, she isn’t ready for the brutal truth.
Closing his eyes he says, ‘She hasn’t told you, has she? I’m not your father.’
Her mother has been telling lies. And not just about who her real father is…
As the lies start to unravel, someone will do whatever it takes to keep Martha from finding the truth.
The Author:
Rona is the author of Best Selling psychological thrillers published by Bookouture. Her challenge is to find domestic storylines with twists that her readers will never guess.
She was born in Nottingham, grew up near Blackpool and went to college in Leeds. She then moved to Snowdonia, North Wales where she brought up her family while working as a business mentor. She now lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and two dogs.
She is an outdoorsy person and loves stomping up a mountain, walking the coastal paths and exploring the wonderful glens and beaches on the Island while she's plotting her next book. She has three children and two step-children who are all grown up and leading varied and interesting lives, which provides plenty of ideas for new stories.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://ronahalsall.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonaHalsallAuth
The Book;
What if the person you trust most in the world has been lying to you for your whole life?
Martha would do anything for her devoted mother, Fran. Now in her mid-twenties, Martha still lives with her in their remote, pretty cottage in the Cornish countryside. Fran paints illustrations, while Martha trains to be an animal nurse.
But then Martha sees a strange message on her mother’s phone – apparently from her estranged father.
He had been there for her first steps. He’d helped with her homework, and taken her for ice cream at weekends. And then, two days before her ninth birthday, he walked out. She never knew what went wrong, and she and Fran never heard from him again.
Desperate for answers, she tracks him down. But when they come face to face, she isn’t ready for the brutal truth.
Closing his eyes he says, ‘She hasn’t told you, has she? I’m not your father.’
Her mother has been telling lies. And not just about who her real father is…
As the lies start to unravel, someone will do whatever it takes to keep Martha from finding the truth.
The Author:
Rona is the author of Best Selling psychological thrillers published by Bookouture. Her challenge is to find domestic storylines with twists that her readers will never guess.
She was born in Nottingham, grew up near Blackpool and went to college in Leeds. She then moved to Snowdonia, North Wales where she brought up her family while working as a business mentor. She now lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and two dogs.
She is an outdoorsy person and loves stomping up a mountain, walking the coastal paths and exploring the wonderful glens and beaches on the Island while she's plotting her next book. She has three children and two step-children who are all grown up and leading varied and interesting lives, which provides plenty of ideas for new stories.
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Title: Love You Gone
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://ronahalsall.com
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The Book;
‘Hello? Police? My husband and our children… they’re gone.’
When Mel arrives at the holiday cottage in the Lake District, she expects to find the heating on and her husband Luke and the two children waiting for her. Maybe a bottle of wine open…
Instead, there is just a note on the side, saying they’ve gone out for a walk.
But they aren’t back several hours later, and Mel knows something is wrong. Really wrong. When a search doesn’t find them, she has to confess to the police that her marriage isn’t all that it seems.
Even if that risks her own secrets being revealed…
The Author:
Rona is the author of Best Selling psychological thrillers published by Bookouture. Her challenge is to find domestic storylines with twists that her readers will never guess.
She was born in Nottingham, grew up near Blackpool and went to college in Leeds. She then moved to Snowdonia, North Wales where she brought up her family while working as a business mentor. She now lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and two dogs.
She is an outdoorsy person and loves stomping up a mountain, walking the coastal paths and exploring the wonderful glens and beaches on the Island while she's plotting her next book. She has three children and two step-children who are all grown up and leading varied and interesting lives, which provides plenty of ideas for new stories.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://ronahalsall.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RonaHalsallAuth
The Book;
‘Hello? Police? My husband and our children… they’re gone.’
When Mel arrives at the holiday cottage in the Lake District, she expects to find the heating on and her husband Luke and the two children waiting for her. Maybe a bottle of wine open…
Instead, there is just a note on the side, saying they’ve gone out for a walk.
But they aren’t back several hours later, and Mel knows something is wrong. Really wrong. When a search doesn’t find them, she has to confess to the police that her marriage isn’t all that it seems.
Even if that risks her own secrets being revealed…
The Author:
Rona is the author of Best Selling psychological thrillers published by Bookouture. Her challenge is to find domestic storylines with twists that her readers will never guess.
She was born in Nottingham, grew up near Blackpool and went to college in Leeds. She then moved to Snowdonia, North Wales where she brought up her family while working as a business mentor. She now lives on the Isle of Man with her husband and two dogs.
She is an outdoorsy person and loves stomping up a mountain, walking the coastal paths and exploring the wonderful glens and beaches on the Island while she's plotting her next book. She has three children and two step-children who are all grown up and leading varied and interesting lives, which provides plenty of ideas for new stories.
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Three Books
Title 1: The Promise of Summer
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: One Family Christmas
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
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Title 3: Meet Me At Pebble Beach
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Book 1: The Promise of Summer
Ruby’s life is about to change for ever…
After years of dating losers, cheats and one guy who did something unrepeatable to her kettle, Ruby has all but given up on romance. But then a stranger sits next to her on a train to London and explains his plan to propose to the woman of his dreams. Maybe true love does exist after all?
When the man accidentally leaves the engagement ring behind, Ruby is determined to save the day. But she hasn't counted on fellow passenger Curtis stepping in and insisting he should be the one to track the stranger down.
As summer closes in, the unlikely pair make a promise to reunite the ring with its owner. But can they find their own happy ever after along the way?
Book 2: One Family Christmas
A big family. A whole lot of secrets. A Christmas to remember…
This year, Lottie is hosting one last big family Christmas at the home she grew up in – just like her Nana would have wanted.
But when her relatives descend on the old manor house, Lottie gets more than she bargained for. Every family has its secrets, but in this family, everybody has one!
So, between cooking a Christmas dinner, keeping tensions at bay and a stray dog out of mischief, she has plenty on her plate (and not just misshapen sausage rolls and a frozen turkey). And then her first love shows up – nine years after he walked out of her life.
Can Lottie make their last family Christmas one to remember… for the right reasons?
Book 3: Meet Me At Pebble Beach
Regan is holding a winning lottery ticket.
Goodbye to the boyfriend who never had her back, and so long to the job she can’t stand!
Except it’s all a bit too good to be true…
When Regan gets pranked, she finds herself jobless, homeless and boyfriendless in one fell swoop.
Luckily her friendly seaside community provides a beacon of hope, proving to Regan that sometimes you really can rely on the kindness of others – and one local in particular, a handsome fireman called Charlie, helps Regan realise that this could be her chance for a fresh start.
Armed with a list of ways to change her life, Regan decides it’s time to step out of her comfort zone. Because – as Charlie knows all too well – life is for living . . .
The Author:
Bella has been jotting down stories as far back as she can remember but decided that 2013 would be the year that she finished a full length novel. In 2016, her debut novel, It Started At Sunset Cottage, was shortlisted for the Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year and RNA Joan Hessayon New Writers Award. Bella's stories are about friendship, love and coping with what life throws at you. She likes to find the humour in the darker moments of life and weaves these into her stories. Bella believes that writing your own story really is the best fun ever, closely followed by talking, eating chocolate, drinking fizz and planning holidays. She lives in the Midlands, UK with her lovely husband and wonderful daughter, who thankfully, both accept her as she is (with mad morning hair and a penchant for skipping).
Title 1: The Promise of Summer
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: One Family Christmas
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
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Title 3: Meet Me At Pebble Beach
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/osborne
Book 1: The Promise of Summer
Ruby’s life is about to change for ever…
After years of dating losers, cheats and one guy who did something unrepeatable to her kettle, Ruby has all but given up on romance. But then a stranger sits next to her on a train to London and explains his plan to propose to the woman of his dreams. Maybe true love does exist after all?
When the man accidentally leaves the engagement ring behind, Ruby is determined to save the day. But she hasn't counted on fellow passenger Curtis stepping in and insisting he should be the one to track the stranger down.
As summer closes in, the unlikely pair make a promise to reunite the ring with its owner. But can they find their own happy ever after along the way?
Book 2: One Family Christmas
A big family. A whole lot of secrets. A Christmas to remember…
This year, Lottie is hosting one last big family Christmas at the home she grew up in – just like her Nana would have wanted.
But when her relatives descend on the old manor house, Lottie gets more than she bargained for. Every family has its secrets, but in this family, everybody has one!
So, between cooking a Christmas dinner, keeping tensions at bay and a stray dog out of mischief, she has plenty on her plate (and not just misshapen sausage rolls and a frozen turkey). And then her first love shows up – nine years after he walked out of her life.
Can Lottie make their last family Christmas one to remember… for the right reasons?
Book 3: Meet Me At Pebble Beach
Regan is holding a winning lottery ticket.
Goodbye to the boyfriend who never had her back, and so long to the job she can’t stand!
Except it’s all a bit too good to be true…
When Regan gets pranked, she finds herself jobless, homeless and boyfriendless in one fell swoop.
Luckily her friendly seaside community provides a beacon of hope, proving to Regan that sometimes you really can rely on the kindness of others – and one local in particular, a handsome fireman called Charlie, helps Regan realise that this could be her chance for a fresh start.
Armed with a list of ways to change her life, Regan decides it’s time to step out of her comfort zone. Because – as Charlie knows all too well – life is for living . . .
The Author:
Bella has been jotting down stories as far back as she can remember but decided that 2013 would be the year that she finished a full length novel. In 2016, her debut novel, It Started At Sunset Cottage, was shortlisted for the Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year and RNA Joan Hessayon New Writers Award. Bella's stories are about friendship, love and coping with what life throws at you. She likes to find the humour in the darker moments of life and weaves these into her stories. Bella believes that writing your own story really is the best fun ever, closely followed by talking, eating chocolate, drinking fizz and planning holidays. She lives in the Midlands, UK with her lovely husband and wonderful daughter, who thankfully, both accept her as she is (with mad morning hair and a penchant for skipping).
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The Lady Hardcastle Mysteries
Seven Paperback Books; All Signed by Tim; Dedications are Available for all Books
Genre: Historical Crime Mysteries
Free P&P ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD
* Tim is adding the chance to have a character named after you in Book 9 which will be published in late-2022. *
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Book1: A Quiet Life in the Country
Emily, Lady Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they’ve just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life.
But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There’s a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation…
As Lady Hardcastle and Flo delve deeper into rural rivalries and resentment, they uncover a web of intrigue that extends far beyond the village. With almost no one free from suspicion, they can be certain of only one fact: there is no such thing as a quiet life in the country.
Book 2: In the Market for Murder
Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, to solve the case.
Armed with wit and whimsy, not to mention Florence’s mean right hook, the pair set out to discover what really happened and why. Was it poison or just ill luck?
As they delve further into their investigation, they encounter a theft where nothing is stolen, a séance with a troubled ghost and an ever-increasing number of Spencer’s family and friends who might just have motive for murder. One thing’s for sure: Lady Hardcastle has a mystery on her hands.
Book3: Death Around the Bend
September 1909, and Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, have been invited to Lord Riddlethorpe’s country estate for a week of motor racing and parties. They both agree that it sounds like a perfectly charming holiday. But when one of the drivers dies in a crash during the very first race, they discover that what seemed like an uncharacteristic error in judgement may have a more sinister explanation…
Closer investigation reveals that the driver’s car was sabotaged—and the driver murdered. The local constabulary are quick to dismiss the case, but Flo and Lady Hardcastle are determined to find out just who has committed this dastardly act, and why.
As the pair begin to make enquiries of Lord Riddlethorpe’s servants and guests, it seems that, below stairs and above, there is more to this case than meets the eye. And, even in the quiet of the countryside, death is always just around the bend.
Book 4: A Picture of Murder
Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell.
Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady’s maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colourful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch’s Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a macabre turn when the first night’s screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night with another…One by one the actors turn up dead in ways that eerily echo their film.
With the police left scratching their heads, Lady Hardcastle calls upon her amateur sleuthing skills to launch an investigation, with Flo’s able assistance. Surrounded by suspects both human and supernatural, Lady Hardcastle must use a little trickery of her own to unmask the murderer.
Book 5: The Burning Issue of the Day
January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent.
When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from a suffragette requesting her urgent help, the retired spy turned sleuth knows only she stands between an accused young woman and the gallows. Evidence at the scene makes Lizzie Worrel’s innocence difficult to believe, and with the police treating it as an open-and-shut case of arson, Lady Hardcastle faces a barrage of resistance as she tries to dig out the truth.
With her trusted maid and confidante, the formidable Flo, Lady Hardcastle sets off in pursuit of the truth as time runs out for the accused suffragette. Was she set up? And if so, is the real culprit a traitor to the cause—or part of a darker conspiracy?
Book 6: Death Beside the Seaside
July 1910. Lady Hardcastle and her tireless sidekick Flo have finally embarked on a long-overdue seaside break. But just as they’re wavering between ice creams and donkey rides, their fellow guests start to go missing—and the duo find themselves with a hysterical hotel manager and a case to solve.
The first to disappear is Dr Goddard, a scientist doing something terribly top-secret for the government. Gone too are his strongbox and its mysterious contents. By the time Lady Hardcastle has questioned the horde of international guests, her number-one suspect has been dispatched in grisly circumstances—and then the others start vanishing too.
As the case begins to look like a matter of national security, Lady Hardcastle takes advice from her brother in the secret service. But could there be an even more personal connection at play? To solve the case, Lady Hardcastle may face a shocking discovery of her own.
The Book 7: The Fatal Flying Affair
August 1911. Emily Hardcastle and her inimitable lady’s maid Florence Armstrong are enjoying a fine summer until Harry, Lady H’s brother, turns up out of the blue with a mystery for them to solve.
A routine parachute test at a local aeroplane factory has gone horribly wrong—with pilot Dickie Dupree plummeting to his death. Harry is certain there is more to this ‘tragic accident’ than meets the eye, having discovered that someone at the airfield is leaking top secret intelligence to foreign rivals.
In between strolls to the Dog & Duck and planning for the annual village show, the daring duo dust off the Crime Board and go undercover at Bristol Aviation. With international powers investing heavily in aeronautics, the stakes are high—sky high—and the suspects soon mount up.
Can Lady Hardcastle find the culprit before someone else falls down dead?
The Author:
T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at Bristol University. He worked for a number of years as a magazine features writer before falling into the glamorous world of the Internet, where he edited content for a very famous entertainment website for quite a few years more. After helping to raise three children, learning to scuba dive and to play the drums and the mandolin (though never, disappointingly, all at the same time), he decided the time was right to get back to writing. The Fatal Flying Affair is the seventh story in a series of mysteries starring Lady Hardcastle, and was released December 2020.
Seven Paperback Books; All Signed by Tim; Dedications are Available for all Books
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Book1: A Quiet Life in the Country
Emily, Lady Hardcastle is an eccentric widow with a secret past. Florence Armstrong, her maid and confidante, is an expert in martial arts. The year is 1908 and they’ve just moved from London to the country, hoping for a quiet life.
But it is not long before Lady Hardcastle is forced out of her self-imposed retirement. There’s a dead body in the woods, and the police are on the wrong scent. Lady Hardcastle makes some enquiries of her own, and it seems she knows a surprising amount about crime investigation…
As Lady Hardcastle and Flo delve deeper into rural rivalries and resentment, they uncover a web of intrigue that extends far beyond the village. With almost no one free from suspicion, they can be certain of only one fact: there is no such thing as a quiet life in the country.
Book 2: In the Market for Murder
Spring, 1909, and Lady Hardcastle, amateur sleuth and all-round eccentric, is enjoying a well-deserved rest. But a week after a trip to the cattle market, Spencer Caradine, a local farmer, turns up dead in the pub, face-down in his beef and mushroom pie. Once again, it is up to Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, to solve the case.
Armed with wit and whimsy, not to mention Florence’s mean right hook, the pair set out to discover what really happened and why. Was it poison or just ill luck?
As they delve further into their investigation, they encounter a theft where nothing is stolen, a séance with a troubled ghost and an ever-increasing number of Spencer’s family and friends who might just have motive for murder. One thing’s for sure: Lady Hardcastle has a mystery on her hands.
Book3: Death Around the Bend
September 1909, and Lady Hardcastle and her maid, Florence, have been invited to Lord Riddlethorpe’s country estate for a week of motor racing and parties. They both agree that it sounds like a perfectly charming holiday. But when one of the drivers dies in a crash during the very first race, they discover that what seemed like an uncharacteristic error in judgement may have a more sinister explanation…
Closer investigation reveals that the driver’s car was sabotaged—and the driver murdered. The local constabulary are quick to dismiss the case, but Flo and Lady Hardcastle are determined to find out just who has committed this dastardly act, and why.
As the pair begin to make enquiries of Lord Riddlethorpe’s servants and guests, it seems that, below stairs and above, there is more to this case than meets the eye. And, even in the quiet of the countryside, death is always just around the bend.
Book 4: A Picture of Murder
Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell.
Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady’s maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colourful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch’s Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a macabre turn when the first night’s screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night with another…One by one the actors turn up dead in ways that eerily echo their film.
With the police left scratching their heads, Lady Hardcastle calls upon her amateur sleuthing skills to launch an investigation, with Flo’s able assistance. Surrounded by suspects both human and supernatural, Lady Hardcastle must use a little trickery of her own to unmask the murderer.
Book 5: The Burning Issue of the Day
January 1910. A journalist has been killed in a suspicious blaze. Everything points to a group of suffragettes, but the apparent culprit insists she is innocent.
When Lady Hardcastle receives a letter from a suffragette requesting her urgent help, the retired spy turned sleuth knows only she stands between an accused young woman and the gallows. Evidence at the scene makes Lizzie Worrel’s innocence difficult to believe, and with the police treating it as an open-and-shut case of arson, Lady Hardcastle faces a barrage of resistance as she tries to dig out the truth.
With her trusted maid and confidante, the formidable Flo, Lady Hardcastle sets off in pursuit of the truth as time runs out for the accused suffragette. Was she set up? And if so, is the real culprit a traitor to the cause—or part of a darker conspiracy?
Book 6: Death Beside the Seaside
July 1910. Lady Hardcastle and her tireless sidekick Flo have finally embarked on a long-overdue seaside break. But just as they’re wavering between ice creams and donkey rides, their fellow guests start to go missing—and the duo find themselves with a hysterical hotel manager and a case to solve.
The first to disappear is Dr Goddard, a scientist doing something terribly top-secret for the government. Gone too are his strongbox and its mysterious contents. By the time Lady Hardcastle has questioned the horde of international guests, her number-one suspect has been dispatched in grisly circumstances—and then the others start vanishing too.
As the case begins to look like a matter of national security, Lady Hardcastle takes advice from her brother in the secret service. But could there be an even more personal connection at play? To solve the case, Lady Hardcastle may face a shocking discovery of her own.
The Book 7: The Fatal Flying Affair
August 1911. Emily Hardcastle and her inimitable lady’s maid Florence Armstrong are enjoying a fine summer until Harry, Lady H’s brother, turns up out of the blue with a mystery for them to solve.
A routine parachute test at a local aeroplane factory has gone horribly wrong—with pilot Dickie Dupree plummeting to his death. Harry is certain there is more to this ‘tragic accident’ than meets the eye, having discovered that someone at the airfield is leaking top secret intelligence to foreign rivals.
In between strolls to the Dog & Duck and planning for the annual village show, the daring duo dust off the Crime Board and go undercover at Bristol Aviation. With international powers investing heavily in aeronautics, the stakes are high—sky high—and the suspects soon mount up.
Can Lady Hardcastle find the culprit before someone else falls down dead?
The Author:
T E Kinsey grew up in London and read history at Bristol University. He worked for a number of years as a magazine features writer before falling into the glamorous world of the Internet, where he edited content for a very famous entertainment website for quite a few years more. After helping to raise three children, learning to scuba dive and to play the drums and the mandolin (though never, disappointingly, all at the same time), he decided the time was right to get back to writing. The Fatal Flying Affair is the seventh story in a series of mysteries starring Lady Hardcastle, and was released December 2020.
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Two Books:
Title 1: The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds
Genre: Mystery Cosy Crime Thriller
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Title 2: A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball
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Book 1: The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds
London, 1925. With their band the Dizzy Heights, jazz musicians Ivor ‘Skins’ Maloney and Bartholomew ‘Barty’ Dunn are used to improvising as they play the Charleston for flappers and toffs, but things are about to take a surprising turn.
Superintendent Sunderland has had word that a deserter who stole a fortune in diamonds as he fled the war is a member of the Aristippus private members’ club in Mayfair—where the Dizzy Heights have a residency. And the thief is planning to steal a hoard of jewels hidden there under the cover of a dance contest.
As mutual pal Lady Hardcastle has suggested, Skins and Dunn are perfectly placed to be Sunderland’s eyes and ears—and Skins’s wife Ellie soon lends a hand with a bit of light snooping. But the stakes change dramatically when a mysterious death at the club brings a sinister note to the investigation.
With the dance contest fast approaching, the trio must solve the mystery of the missing diamonds, unmask the murderer, and prevent more deadly crimes—all without missing a beat.
The Author:
A locked room. A mysterious death. Just another gig for the Dizzy Heights.
When London’s finest jazz musicians, the Dizzy Heights, are booked to play the glitzy Midsummer Ball at a country house in Oxfordshire, they expect a weekend filled with flappers and toffs having a roaring good time.
But the festivities at Bilverton House take a turn for the worse when the group are stranded by a summer storm. And when a member of the Bilverton family turns up dead in a locked room in an apparent suicide, Skins, Dunn and Ellie realise this is going to be a much tougher gig than they thought.
But here’s the lick. What if it was in fact cold-blooded murder? And what if the killer is still at large? It’s up to the Dizzy Heights to once again put down their instruments and get improvising if they want to solve this confounding mystery.
Title 1: The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds
Genre: Mystery Cosy Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Baffling Murder at the Midsummer Ball
Genre: Mystery Cosy Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
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Book 1: The Deadly Mystery of the Missing Diamonds
London, 1925. With their band the Dizzy Heights, jazz musicians Ivor ‘Skins’ Maloney and Bartholomew ‘Barty’ Dunn are used to improvising as they play the Charleston for flappers and toffs, but things are about to take a surprising turn.
Superintendent Sunderland has had word that a deserter who stole a fortune in diamonds as he fled the war is a member of the Aristippus private members’ club in Mayfair—where the Dizzy Heights have a residency. And the thief is planning to steal a hoard of jewels hidden there under the cover of a dance contest.
As mutual pal Lady Hardcastle has suggested, Skins and Dunn are perfectly placed to be Sunderland’s eyes and ears—and Skins’s wife Ellie soon lends a hand with a bit of light snooping. But the stakes change dramatically when a mysterious death at the club brings a sinister note to the investigation.
With the dance contest fast approaching, the trio must solve the mystery of the missing diamonds, unmask the murderer, and prevent more deadly crimes—all without missing a beat.
The Author:
A locked room. A mysterious death. Just another gig for the Dizzy Heights.
When London’s finest jazz musicians, the Dizzy Heights, are booked to play the glitzy Midsummer Ball at a country house in Oxfordshire, they expect a weekend filled with flappers and toffs having a roaring good time.
But the festivities at Bilverton House take a turn for the worse when the group are stranded by a summer storm. And when a member of the Bilverton family turns up dead in a locked room in an apparent suicide, Skins, Dunn and Ellie realise this is going to be a much tougher gig than they thought.
But here’s the lick. What if it was in fact cold-blooded murder? And what if the killer is still at large? It’s up to the Dizzy Heights to once again put down their instruments and get improvising if they want to solve this confounding mystery.
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Title: What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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What's the Ladybird heard at the Seaside:
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Lydia Draws all the Characters:
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Website: https://www.lydiamonks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LydiaMonks
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The clever little ladybird is off on a trip to the seaside, but those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are also back and they're up to their wicked ways again. This time they're planning to steal the mermaid's long, luscious hair and sell it to a famous star... luckily, the crime-busting ladybird has another cunning plan to stop the thieves!
The Illustrator: Lydia Monks
Lydia is one of the most original, bestselling picture book artists working today. She illustrates several bestselling series' including the What the Ladybird Heard and Princess Mirror-Belle, both written by Julia Donaldson. Her distinctive use of colour and collage has won her critical acclaim and several awards, as well as multiple nominations for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also the author-illustrator of the countless picture books including, Aaaarrgghh, Spider!, Eeeeek, Mouse!, and the Mungo Monkey and Twit Twoo School series'. Lydia lives in Sheffield, England.
The Author: Julia Donaldson
Julia is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's best-loved picture books, and was the 2011-2013 UK Children's Laureate. Her books include Room on the Broom, Tyrannosaurus Drip, and the modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over seventy languages. Julia also writes fiction as well as poems, plays and songs and her brilliant live children's shows are always in demand. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between Sussex and Edinburgh.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
What's the Ladybird heard at the Seaside:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlBbTWyaxJs
Lydia Draws all the Characters:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l84rf7GL0Wo
Website: https://www.lydiamonks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LydiaMonks
The Book:
The clever little ladybird is off on a trip to the seaside, but those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are also back and they're up to their wicked ways again. This time they're planning to steal the mermaid's long, luscious hair and sell it to a famous star... luckily, the crime-busting ladybird has another cunning plan to stop the thieves!
The Illustrator: Lydia Monks
Lydia is one of the most original, bestselling picture book artists working today. She illustrates several bestselling series' including the What the Ladybird Heard and Princess Mirror-Belle, both written by Julia Donaldson. Her distinctive use of colour and collage has won her critical acclaim and several awards, as well as multiple nominations for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also the author-illustrator of the countless picture books including, Aaaarrgghh, Spider!, Eeeeek, Mouse!, and the Mungo Monkey and Twit Twoo School series'. Lydia lives in Sheffield, England.
The Author: Julia Donaldson
Julia is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's best-loved picture books, and was the 2011-2013 UK Children's Laureate. Her books include Room on the Broom, Tyrannosaurus Drip, and the modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over seventy languages. Julia also writes fiction as well as poems, plays and songs and her brilliant live children's shows are always in demand. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between Sussex and Edinburgh.
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Title: My Husband's Girlfriend
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://sherylbrowne.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SherylBrowne
The Book;
Tucking her little boy Ollie into bed one night, Sarah notices his beloved teddy bear, which she bought him when he was born, is missing and in its place is a new toy given to him by her ex-husband’s new girlfriend, Laura. When she asks Ollie about it, he begins to shift uncomfortably, before whispering ‘Laura told me a big secret and she said I can never tell you’.
Sarah’s heart sinks. But when she raises her concerns, nobody wants to listen. To everyone else, Laura is the perfect stepmother and Sarah is just the jealous ex-wife. But Sarah knew the moment she met Laura she couldn’t trust her, from her overly perfect stepmother act to the way she evaded questions about her own history.
Soon Ollie is asking to spend more time with his dad and Laura, and shrinking away from Sarah. Then, when she calls to him in the garden one day, Ollie doesn’t answer back. The garden is silent. Ollie’s sandpit is empty. Ollie has disappeared.
The Author:
Bestselling Author, Sheryl Browne, writes taut, twisty psychological thriller. A member of the Crime Writers' Association and the Romantic Novelists' Association, Sheryl has several books published and two short stories in Birmingham City University anthologies where she completed her MA in Creative Writing. Sheryl has also obtained a Certificate of Achievement in Forensic Science and - according to readers - she makes an excellent psychopath. Sheryl's latest psychological thriller THE LIAR'S CHILD comes to you from fabulous BOOKOUTURE. Her previous works include eight previous psychological thrillers, all with Bookouture, and the DI Matthew Adams Crime Thriller series, along with contemporary fiction novels, The Rest of My Life and Learning to Love published by ChocLit.
Sheryl lives in Worcestershire UK with her husband and her rescue dogs, Brie and Pablo. She expects her family to grow, however. imminent arrivals being other rescue dogs with disabilities who need that extra special bit of love and care.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://sherylbrowne.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SherylBrowne
The Book;
Tucking her little boy Ollie into bed one night, Sarah notices his beloved teddy bear, which she bought him when he was born, is missing and in its place is a new toy given to him by her ex-husband’s new girlfriend, Laura. When she asks Ollie about it, he begins to shift uncomfortably, before whispering ‘Laura told me a big secret and she said I can never tell you’.
Sarah’s heart sinks. But when she raises her concerns, nobody wants to listen. To everyone else, Laura is the perfect stepmother and Sarah is just the jealous ex-wife. But Sarah knew the moment she met Laura she couldn’t trust her, from her overly perfect stepmother act to the way she evaded questions about her own history.
Soon Ollie is asking to spend more time with his dad and Laura, and shrinking away from Sarah. Then, when she calls to him in the garden one day, Ollie doesn’t answer back. The garden is silent. Ollie’s sandpit is empty. Ollie has disappeared.
The Author:
Bestselling Author, Sheryl Browne, writes taut, twisty psychological thriller. A member of the Crime Writers' Association and the Romantic Novelists' Association, Sheryl has several books published and two short stories in Birmingham City University anthologies where she completed her MA in Creative Writing. Sheryl has also obtained a Certificate of Achievement in Forensic Science and - according to readers - she makes an excellent psychopath. Sheryl's latest psychological thriller THE LIAR'S CHILD comes to you from fabulous BOOKOUTURE. Her previous works include eight previous psychological thrillers, all with Bookouture, and the DI Matthew Adams Crime Thriller series, along with contemporary fiction novels, The Rest of My Life and Learning to Love published by ChocLit.
Sheryl lives in Worcestershire UK with her husband and her rescue dogs, Brie and Pablo. She expects her family to grow, however. imminent arrivals being other rescue dogs with disabilities who need that extra special bit of love and care.
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Title: Bob Mortimer The Autobiography - And Away
Genre: Autobiography - Humour - T.V. & Film
Format: Hardback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealBobMortimer
The Book;
The long-awaited first autobiography by national treasure Bob Mortimer.
Bob Mortimer's life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery and forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him, but forced him to reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious and moving memoir, And Away...
Although his childhood in Middlesbrough was normal on the surface, it was tinged by the loss of his dad, and his own various misadventures (now infamous from his appearances on Would I Lie to You?), from burning down the family home to starting a short-lived punk band called Dog Dirt. As an adult, he trained as a solicitor and moved to London. Though he was doing pretty well (the South London Press once crowned him 'The Cockroach King' after a successful verdict), a chance encounter in a pub in the 1980s with a young comedian going by the name Vic Reeves set his life on a different track. And now, six years on, the heart condition that once threatened his career has instead led to new success on BBC2's Gone Fishing.
Warm, profound, and irrepressibly funny, And Away... is Bob's full life story (with a few lies thrown in for good measure).
The Author:
Genre: Autobiography - Humour - T.V. & Film
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Bob Mortimer does his Robert Deniro for Paul Whitehouse on Gone Fishing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwostxAfxms
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealBobMortimer
The Book;
The long-awaited first autobiography by national treasure Bob Mortimer.
Bob Mortimer's life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery and forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him, but forced him to reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious and moving memoir, And Away...
Although his childhood in Middlesbrough was normal on the surface, it was tinged by the loss of his dad, and his own various misadventures (now infamous from his appearances on Would I Lie to You?), from burning down the family home to starting a short-lived punk band called Dog Dirt. As an adult, he trained as a solicitor and moved to London. Though he was doing pretty well (the South London Press once crowned him 'The Cockroach King' after a successful verdict), a chance encounter in a pub in the 1980s with a young comedian going by the name Vic Reeves set his life on a different track. And now, six years on, the heart condition that once threatened his career has instead led to new success on BBC2's Gone Fishing.
Warm, profound, and irrepressibly funny, And Away... is Bob's full life story (with a few lies thrown in for good measure).
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Four Books: Adventures On Trains Series
Title 1: The Highland Falcon Thief
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Kidnap on the California Comet
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Murder on the Safari Star
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Title 4: Danger at Dead Man's Pass
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
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Book 1: The Highland Falcon
When eleven-year-old Harrison Hal Beck is forced to accompany his travel-writer uncle on the last journey of a royal train, he expects a boring trip spent away from video games and children his age.
But then Hal spots a girl who should not be on board, and he quickly makes friends with the stowaway, Lenny. Things get even more interesting when the royal prince and princess board for the last leg of the journey--because the princess's diamond necklace is soon stolen and replaced with a fake! Suspicion falls on the one person who isn't supposed to be there: Lenny.
It's up to Hal, his keen observation, and his skill as a budding sketch artist to uncover the real jewel thief, clear his friend's name, and return the diamond necklace before The Highland Falcon makes its last stop.
Book 2: Kidnap on the California Comet
In this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to the U.S. with his uncle to ride a famous train—the California Comet—and stumbles on a new mystery to solve, in M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman's Kidnap on the California Comet...
After his adventure on the Highland Falcon, amateur sleuth Hal Beck is excited to embark on another journey with his journalist uncle. This time, they're set to ride the historic California Comet from Chicago to San Francisco.
Hal mostly keeps to himself on the trip, feeling homesick and out of place in America. But he soon finds himself drawn into another mystery when the young daughter of a billionaire tech entrepreneur goes missing!
Along with new friends—spunky 13-year-old Mason and his younger sister, Hadley—Hal races against the clock to find the missing girl before the California Comet reaches its final destination.
Book 3: Murder on the Safari Star
Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari!
All-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated throughout by Elisa Paganelli.
Uncle Nat is taking Hal on the journey of a lifetime – on a Safari Train from Pretoria to Victoria Falls. Drawing Africa's amazing wild animals from on board a spectacular steam train described as a luxury hotel on wheels, should be enough excitement for anyone. But something suspicious is happening on board the Safari Star and when a passenger is found mysteriously killed inside a locked compartment, it's up to Hal, along with his new friend Winston and his pet Mongoose, Chipo, to solve the murder mystery.
Book 4: Danger at Dead Man's Pass
Embark on a thrilling fourth adventure in the bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series - Danger in Dead Man's Pass, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, as Harrison Beck investigates an ancient family curse high in the German mountains. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout by Elisa Paganelli.
A mysterious letter from an old friend asks Hal and Uncle Nat to help investigate a spooky supernatural mystery. Legend has it the Kratzensteins, a family of rich and powerful railway tycoons, are cursed, but there is no such thing as a curse, is there . . .?
Hal and Nat take the night train to Berlin and go undercover. From a creaking old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they take the Kratzenstein family's funeral train to the peak of the Brocken Mountain. Can Hal uncover the secrets of the Brocken railway and the family curse before disaster strikes?
The Author:
M. G. Leonard is a writer of books, poems and screenplays. She has a first-class honours degree in English literature and an MA in Shakespeare Studies from Kings College London. She works as a freelance Digital Media Producer for clients such as the National Theatre, and Harry Potter West End, and previously worked as a Senior Digital Producer at the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and Shakespeare’s Globe. She spent her early career in the music industry running Setanta Records, an independent record label, and managing bands, most notably The Divine Comedy. After leaving the music industry, she trained as an actor, dabbling in directing and producing as well as performing, before deciding to write her stories down. Maya lives in Brighton with her husband and two sons.
Title 1: The Highland Falcon Thief
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Kidnap on the California Comet
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Murder on the Safari Star
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: Danger at Dead Man's Pass
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Series Trailer:
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Website: https://www.mgleonard.com
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Book 1: The Highland Falcon
When eleven-year-old Harrison Hal Beck is forced to accompany his travel-writer uncle on the last journey of a royal train, he expects a boring trip spent away from video games and children his age.
But then Hal spots a girl who should not be on board, and he quickly makes friends with the stowaway, Lenny. Things get even more interesting when the royal prince and princess board for the last leg of the journey--because the princess's diamond necklace is soon stolen and replaced with a fake! Suspicion falls on the one person who isn't supposed to be there: Lenny.
It's up to Hal, his keen observation, and his skill as a budding sketch artist to uncover the real jewel thief, clear his friend's name, and return the diamond necklace before The Highland Falcon makes its last stop.
Book 2: Kidnap on the California Comet
In this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to the U.S. with his uncle to ride a famous train—the California Comet—and stumbles on a new mystery to solve, in M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman's Kidnap on the California Comet...
After his adventure on the Highland Falcon, amateur sleuth Hal Beck is excited to embark on another journey with his journalist uncle. This time, they're set to ride the historic California Comet from Chicago to San Francisco.
Hal mostly keeps to himself on the trip, feeling homesick and out of place in America. But he soon finds himself drawn into another mystery when the young daughter of a billionaire tech entrepreneur goes missing!
Along with new friends—spunky 13-year-old Mason and his younger sister, Hadley—Hal races against the clock to find the missing girl before the California Comet reaches its final destination.
Book 3: Murder on the Safari Star
Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari!
All-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated throughout by Elisa Paganelli.
Uncle Nat is taking Hal on the journey of a lifetime – on a Safari Train from Pretoria to Victoria Falls. Drawing Africa's amazing wild animals from on board a spectacular steam train described as a luxury hotel on wheels, should be enough excitement for anyone. But something suspicious is happening on board the Safari Star and when a passenger is found mysteriously killed inside a locked compartment, it's up to Hal, along with his new friend Winston and his pet Mongoose, Chipo, to solve the murder mystery.
Book 4: Danger at Dead Man's Pass
Embark on a thrilling fourth adventure in the bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series - Danger in Dead Man's Pass, from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, as Harrison Beck investigates an ancient family curse high in the German mountains. Illustrated in black-and-white throughout by Elisa Paganelli.
A mysterious letter from an old friend asks Hal and Uncle Nat to help investigate a spooky supernatural mystery. Legend has it the Kratzensteins, a family of rich and powerful railway tycoons, are cursed, but there is no such thing as a curse, is there . . .?
Hal and Nat take the night train to Berlin and go undercover. From a creaking old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they take the Kratzenstein family's funeral train to the peak of the Brocken Mountain. Can Hal uncover the secrets of the Brocken railway and the family curse before disaster strikes?
The Author:
M. G. Leonard is a writer of books, poems and screenplays. She has a first-class honours degree in English literature and an MA in Shakespeare Studies from Kings College London. She works as a freelance Digital Media Producer for clients such as the National Theatre, and Harry Potter West End, and previously worked as a Senior Digital Producer at the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and Shakespeare’s Globe. She spent her early career in the music industry running Setanta Records, an independent record label, and managing bands, most notably The Divine Comedy. After leaving the music industry, she trained as an actor, dabbling in directing and producing as well as performing, before deciding to write her stories down. Maya lives in Brighton with her husband and two sons.
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Title: A Beautiful Spy
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://rachelhore.co.uk
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The Book;
From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a thrilling novel about a woman with an extraordinary life, based on a true story.
'Fantastic… Exciting, impeccably researched and full of powerful period atmosphere' Daily Mail
Minnie Gray is an ordinary young woman.
She is also a spy for the British government.
It all began in the summer of 1928...
Minnie is supposed to find a nice man, get married and have children. The problem is it doesn’t appeal to her at all. She is working as a secretary, but longs to make a difference.
Then, one day, she gets her chance. She is recruited by the British government as a spy. Under strict instructions not to tell anyone, not even her family, she moves to London and begins her mission – to infiltrate the Communist movement.
She soon gains the trust of important leaders. But as she grows more and more entangled in the workings of the movement, her job becomes increasingly dangerous. Leading a double life is starting to take its toll on her relationships and, feeling more isolated than ever, she starts to wonder how this is all going to end. The Russians are notorious for ruthlessly disposing of people given the slightest suspicion.
What if they find out?
Full of suspense, courage and love, A Beautiful Spy is a stunningly written story about resisting the norm and following your dreams, even if they come with sacrifices.
The Author:
Rachel Hore worked in London publishing for many years before moving with her family to Norwich, Norfolk and turning to writing fiction.
Rachel is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Dream House (2006), The Memory Garden (2007), The Glass Painter's Daughter (2009), which was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year 2010, A Place of Secrets (2010), which was a Richard and Judy Bookclub pick, and A Gathering Storm (2011), which was shortlisted for the RNA Historical Novel of the year, 2012. The Silent Tide was published in 2013, A Week in Paris in 2014 and The House on Bellevue Gardens in 2015.
Her new novel, Last Letter Home, will be published on 22nd March 2018.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://rachelhore.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rachelhore
The Book;
From the million-copy Sunday Times bestseller comes a thrilling novel about a woman with an extraordinary life, based on a true story.
'Fantastic… Exciting, impeccably researched and full of powerful period atmosphere' Daily Mail
Minnie Gray is an ordinary young woman.
She is also a spy for the British government.
It all began in the summer of 1928...
Minnie is supposed to find a nice man, get married and have children. The problem is it doesn’t appeal to her at all. She is working as a secretary, but longs to make a difference.
Then, one day, she gets her chance. She is recruited by the British government as a spy. Under strict instructions not to tell anyone, not even her family, she moves to London and begins her mission – to infiltrate the Communist movement.
She soon gains the trust of important leaders. But as she grows more and more entangled in the workings of the movement, her job becomes increasingly dangerous. Leading a double life is starting to take its toll on her relationships and, feeling more isolated than ever, she starts to wonder how this is all going to end. The Russians are notorious for ruthlessly disposing of people given the slightest suspicion.
What if they find out?
Full of suspense, courage and love, A Beautiful Spy is a stunningly written story about resisting the norm and following your dreams, even if they come with sacrifices.
The Author:
Rachel Hore worked in London publishing for many years before moving with her family to Norwich, Norfolk and turning to writing fiction.
Rachel is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Dream House (2006), The Memory Garden (2007), The Glass Painter's Daughter (2009), which was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Novel of the Year 2010, A Place of Secrets (2010), which was a Richard and Judy Bookclub pick, and A Gathering Storm (2011), which was shortlisted for the RNA Historical Novel of the year, 2012. The Silent Tide was published in 2013, A Week in Paris in 2014 and The House on Bellevue Gardens in 2015.
Her new novel, Last Letter Home, will be published on 22nd March 2018.
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Title: Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/categories/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmarybeard
The Book;
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years
What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book--against a background of today's "sculpture wars"--Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and famous in the western world have been shaped by the image of Roman emperors, especially the "twelve Caesars," from the ruthless Julius Caesar to the fly-torturing Domitian. Twelve Caesars asks why these murderous autocrats have loomed so large in art from antiquity and the Renaissance to today, when hapless leaders are still caricatured as Neros fiddling while Rome burns.
Beginning with the importance of imperial portraits in Roman politics, this richly illustrated book offers a tour through 2,000 years of art and cultural history, presenting a fresh look at works by artists from Memling and Mantegna to the nineteenth-century African American sculptor Edmonia Lewis, as well as by generations of now-forgotten weavers, cabinetmakers, silversmiths, printers, and ceramicists. Rather than a story of a simple repetition of stable, blandly conservative images of imperial men and women, Twelve Caesars is an unexpected tale of changing identities, clueless or deliberate misidentifications, fakes, and often ambivalent representations of authority.
From Beard's reconstruction of Titian's extraordinary lost Room of the Emperors to her reinterpretation of Henry VIII's famous Caesarian tapestries, Twelve Caesars includes some fascinating detective work and offers a gripping story of some of the most challenging and disturbing portraits of power ever created.
Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Author:
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilisation. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible".
Dame Mary is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature. She is the Classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, where she also writes a regular blog, "A Don's Life". Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist."
Dame Mary was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to the study of classical civilisations.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.the-tls.co.uk/categories/regular-features/mary-beard-a-dons-life
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wmarybeard
The Book;
From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 years
What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book--against a background of today's "sculpture wars"--Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and famous in the western world have been shaped by the image of Roman emperors, especially the "twelve Caesars," from the ruthless Julius Caesar to the fly-torturing Domitian. Twelve Caesars asks why these murderous autocrats have loomed so large in art from antiquity and the Renaissance to today, when hapless leaders are still caricatured as Neros fiddling while Rome burns.
Beginning with the importance of imperial portraits in Roman politics, this richly illustrated book offers a tour through 2,000 years of art and cultural history, presenting a fresh look at works by artists from Memling and Mantegna to the nineteenth-century African American sculptor Edmonia Lewis, as well as by generations of now-forgotten weavers, cabinetmakers, silversmiths, printers, and ceramicists. Rather than a story of a simple repetition of stable, blandly conservative images of imperial men and women, Twelve Caesars is an unexpected tale of changing identities, clueless or deliberate misidentifications, fakes, and often ambivalent representations of authority.
From Beard's reconstruction of Titian's extraordinary lost Room of the Emperors to her reinterpretation of Henry VIII's famous Caesarian tapestries, Twelve Caesars includes some fascinating detective work and offers a gripping story of some of the most challenging and disturbing portraits of power ever created.
Published in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Author:
Dame Winifred Mary Beard, DBE, FSA, FBA (born 1 January 1955) is an English scholar of Ancient Roman civilisation. The New Yorker characterises her as "learned but accessible".
Dame Mary is Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, a fellow of Newnham College, and Royal Academy of Arts Professor of Ancient Literature. She is the Classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement, where she also writes a regular blog, "A Don's Life". Her frequent media appearances and sometimes controversial public statements have led to her being described as "Britain's best-known classicist."
Dame Mary was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours and a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to the study of classical civilisations.
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Two Books:
Title 1: Shards of Earth
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: One Day All This Will Be Yours
Genre: Sci-fi
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Website: http://shadowsoftheapt.com
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Book 1: Shards of Earth
The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all.
The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . .
Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity's heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers.
After earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects, simply disappeared—and Idris and his kind became obsolete.
Now, fifty years later, Idris and his crew have discovered something strange abandoned in space. It's clearly the work of the Architects—but are they returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain.
Book 2: One Day All This Will Be Yours
Welcome to the end of time. It’s a perfect day.
Nobody remembers how the Causality War started. Really, there’s no-one to remember, and nothing for them to remember if there were; that’s sort of the point. We were time warriors, and we broke time.
I was the one who ended it. Ended the fighting, tidied up the damage as much as I could.
Then I came here, to the end of it all, and gave myself a mission: to never let it happen again.
The Author:
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.
Title 1: Shards of Earth
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: One Day All This Will Be Yours
Genre: Sci-fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://shadowsoftheapt.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aptshadow
Book 1: Shards of Earth
The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us an extraordinary space opera about humanity on the brink of extinction, and how one man's discovery will save or destroy us all.
The war is over. Its heroes forgotten. Until one chance discovery . . .
Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity's heroes now scrapes by on a freelance salvage vessel, to avoid the attention of greater powers.
After earth was destroyed, mankind created a fighting elite to save their species, enhanced humans such as Idris. In the silence of space they could communicate, mind-to-mind, with the enemy. Then their alien aggressors, the Architects, simply disappeared—and Idris and his kind became obsolete.
Now, fifty years later, Idris and his crew have discovered something strange abandoned in space. It's clearly the work of the Architects—but are they returning? And if so, why? Hunted by gangsters, cults and governments, Idris and his crew race across the galaxy hunting for answers. For they now possess something of incalculable value, that many would kill to obtain.
Book 2: One Day All This Will Be Yours
Welcome to the end of time. It’s a perfect day.
Nobody remembers how the Causality War started. Really, there’s no-one to remember, and nothing for them to remember if there were; that’s sort of the point. We were time warriors, and we broke time.
I was the one who ended it. Ended the fighting, tidied up the damage as much as I could.
Then I came here, to the end of it all, and gave myself a mission: to never let it happen again.
The Author:
ADRIAN TCHAIKOVSKY was born in Lincolnshire and studied zoology and psychology at Reading, before practising law in Leeds. He is a keen live role-player and occasional amateur actor and is trained in stage-fighting. His literary influences include Gene Wolfe, Mervyn Peake, China Miéville, Mary Gently, Steven Erikson, Naomi Novak, Scott Lynch and Alan Campbell.
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Kathryn Freeman
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Title: The New Guy
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://kathrynfreeman.co.uk
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The Book;
Sam Huxton doesn’t do one-night stands, especially not with men she’s just met! But the hot guy at the bar was hard to resist and one night is all they share – no names, no numbers, just some much needed fun…
Until the same guy walks into Sam’s life the next day as her new employee. Sam never mixes business with pleasure and makes it clear an office fling with Ryan is off-limits. But after-hours… one thing can lead to another.
Can Sam trust her heart and her business with the new guy?
The Author:
A former pharmacist, I'm now a medical writer who also writes romance. Some days a racing heart is a medical condition, others it's the reaction to a sexy hero.
With a husband who asks every Valentine's Day whether he has to buy a card (yes, he does), any romance is all in my head. Then again, his unstinting support of my career change proves love isn't always about hearts and flowers - and heroes come in many disguises
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://kathrynfreeman.co.uk
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The Book;
Sam Huxton doesn’t do one-night stands, especially not with men she’s just met! But the hot guy at the bar was hard to resist and one night is all they share – no names, no numbers, just some much needed fun…
Until the same guy walks into Sam’s life the next day as her new employee. Sam never mixes business with pleasure and makes it clear an office fling with Ryan is off-limits. But after-hours… one thing can lead to another.
Can Sam trust her heart and her business with the new guy?
The Author:
A former pharmacist, I'm now a medical writer who also writes romance. Some days a racing heart is a medical condition, others it's the reaction to a sexy hero.
With a husband who asks every Valentine's Day whether he has to buy a card (yes, he does), any romance is all in my head. Then again, his unstinting support of my career change proves love isn't always about hearts and flowers - and heroes come in many disguises
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Title: Mr. Right Across The Street
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
Mia Abbott’s move to Manchester was supposed to give her time and space from all the disastrous romantic choices she’s made in her past. But then the hot guy who lives opposite – the one who works out every day at exactly 10 a.m., not that Mia has noticed thank-you-very-much – starts leaving notes in his window…for her.
Bar owner Luke Doyle has his own issues to deal with but as he shows Mia the sights of her new city he also shows her what real romance looks like for the first time. And when he cooks up a signature cocktail in her honour, she realises that the man behind the bar is even more enticing than any of his creations. And once she’s had a taste she knows it will never be enough!
The Author:
A former pharmacist, I'm now a medical writer who also writes romance. Some days a racing heart is a medical condition, others it's the reaction to a sexy hero.
With a husband who asks every Valentine's Day whether he has to buy a card (yes, he does), any romance is all in my head. Then again, his unstinting support of my career change proves love isn't always about hearts and flowers - and heroes come in many disguises
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://kathrynfreeman.co.uk
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The Book;
Mia Abbott’s move to Manchester was supposed to give her time and space from all the disastrous romantic choices she’s made in her past. But then the hot guy who lives opposite – the one who works out every day at exactly 10 a.m., not that Mia has noticed thank-you-very-much – starts leaving notes in his window…for her.
Bar owner Luke Doyle has his own issues to deal with but as he shows Mia the sights of her new city he also shows her what real romance looks like for the first time. And when he cooks up a signature cocktail in her honour, she realises that the man behind the bar is even more enticing than any of his creations. And once she’s had a taste she knows it will never be enough!
The Author:
A former pharmacist, I'm now a medical writer who also writes romance. Some days a racing heart is a medical condition, others it's the reaction to a sexy hero.
With a husband who asks every Valentine's Day whether he has to buy a card (yes, he does), any romance is all in my head. Then again, his unstinting support of my career change proves love isn't always about hearts and flowers - and heroes come in many disguises
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Title1: Away with the Penguins
Title2: Call of the Penguins
Title 3: Ellie and the Harp Maker
Genre: Contemporary
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The Book 1; Away with the Penguins
Veronica McCreedy is about to have the journey of a lifetime ...
Veronica McCreedy lives in a mansion by the sea. She loves a nice cup of Darjeeling tea whilst watching a good wildlife documentary. And she’s never seen without her ruby-red lipstick.
Although these days Veronica is rarely seen by anyone because, at 85, her days are spent mostly at home, alone.
She can be found either collecting litter from the beach (‘people who litter the countryside should be shot’), trying to locate her glasses (‘someone must have moved them’) or shouting instructions to her assistant, Eileen (‘Eileen, door!’).
Veronica doesn’t have family or friends nearby. Not that she knows about, anyway . . . And she has no idea where she’s going to leave her considerable wealth when she dies.
But today . . . today Veronica is going to make a decision that will change all of this.
The Book 2; Call of the Penquins
Veronica McCreedy returns in the delightfully feel-good new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Away with the Penguins - sure to become a firm favourite with readers!
Meet the heroine everyone's talking about . . .
Fiercely resilient and impeccably dressed, Veronica McCreedy has lived an incredible 87 years. Most of them alone, in her huge house by the sea.
But Veronica has recently discovered a late-life love for family and friendship, adventure and wildlife.
More specifically, a love for penguins!
And so when she's invited to co-present a wildlife documentary, far away in the southern hemisphere, she jumps at the chance.
Even though it will put her in the spotlight, just when she thought she would soon fade into the wings.
Perhaps it's never too late to shine?
Book3: Ellie and the Harp Maker
In the rolling hills of beautiful Exmoor, there’s a barn. And in that barn, you’ll find Dan. He’s a maker of exquisite harps - but not a great maker of conversation. He’s content in his own company, quietly working and away from social situations that he doesn’t always get right.
But one day, a cherry-socked woman stumbles across his barn and the conversation flows a little more easily than usual. She says her name’s Ellie, a housewife, alone, out on her daily walk and, though she doesn’t say this, she looks sad. He wants to make her feel better, so he gives her one of his harps, made of cherry wood.
And before they know it, this simple act of kindness puts them on the path to friendship, big secrets, pet pheasants and, most importantly, true love.
The Author:
Hazel Prior is the author of ELLIE AND THE HARP MAKER and Richard & Judy Book Club number one bestseller AWAY WITH THE PENGUINS (UK title)/HOW THE PENGUINS SAVED VERONICA (US title). Her third book, CALL OF THE PENGUINS, will be out in the UK this November and is available to pre-order. Hazel is also a freelance harpist. She lives in Exmoor, in England, with her husband and a huge, ginger cat.
Title2: Call of the Penguins
Title 3: Ellie and the Harp Maker
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.hazelprior.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HazelPriorBooks
The Book 1; Away with the Penguins
Veronica McCreedy is about to have the journey of a lifetime ...
Veronica McCreedy lives in a mansion by the sea. She loves a nice cup of Darjeeling tea whilst watching a good wildlife documentary. And she’s never seen without her ruby-red lipstick.
Although these days Veronica is rarely seen by anyone because, at 85, her days are spent mostly at home, alone.
She can be found either collecting litter from the beach (‘people who litter the countryside should be shot’), trying to locate her glasses (‘someone must have moved them’) or shouting instructions to her assistant, Eileen (‘Eileen, door!’).
Veronica doesn’t have family or friends nearby. Not that she knows about, anyway . . . And she has no idea where she’s going to leave her considerable wealth when she dies.
But today . . . today Veronica is going to make a decision that will change all of this.
The Book 2; Call of the Penquins
Veronica McCreedy returns in the delightfully feel-good new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Away with the Penguins - sure to become a firm favourite with readers!
Meet the heroine everyone's talking about . . .
Fiercely resilient and impeccably dressed, Veronica McCreedy has lived an incredible 87 years. Most of them alone, in her huge house by the sea.
But Veronica has recently discovered a late-life love for family and friendship, adventure and wildlife.
More specifically, a love for penguins!
And so when she's invited to co-present a wildlife documentary, far away in the southern hemisphere, she jumps at the chance.
Even though it will put her in the spotlight, just when she thought she would soon fade into the wings.
Perhaps it's never too late to shine?
Book3: Ellie and the Harp Maker
In the rolling hills of beautiful Exmoor, there’s a barn. And in that barn, you’ll find Dan. He’s a maker of exquisite harps - but not a great maker of conversation. He’s content in his own company, quietly working and away from social situations that he doesn’t always get right.
But one day, a cherry-socked woman stumbles across his barn and the conversation flows a little more easily than usual. She says her name’s Ellie, a housewife, alone, out on her daily walk and, though she doesn’t say this, she looks sad. He wants to make her feel better, so he gives her one of his harps, made of cherry wood.
And before they know it, this simple act of kindness puts them on the path to friendship, big secrets, pet pheasants and, most importantly, true love.
The Author:
Hazel Prior is the author of ELLIE AND THE HARP MAKER and Richard & Judy Book Club number one bestseller AWAY WITH THE PENGUINS (UK title)/HOW THE PENGUINS SAVED VERONICA (US title). Her third book, CALL OF THE PENGUINS, will be out in the UK this November and is available to pre-order. Hazel is also a freelance harpist. She lives in Exmoor, in England, with her husband and a huge, ginger cat.
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Benji Davies
Benji Davies
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Title: The Snowflake
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Benji is including a unique drawing to go along with his signed book for his successful bidder *
Book Reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yehu_tuQW0I
Website: https://benjidavies.squarespace.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Benji_Davies
The Book;
High, high up in the clouds a tiny snowflake is made. Perfectly small, fluffy, crystal and white, it tumbles and bounces inside the cloud. But then she begins to fall…
Exquisitely told and beautifully illustrated, The Snowflake tells the tale of one snowflake and one little girl – both longing for something and looking for their own special place in the world. The Snowflake is an utterly unforgettable and classic picture book from the multi-award winning and internationally bestselling picture-book creator, Benji Davies.
The Author:
Benji Davies is the illustrator of the Bizzy Bear books, Bizzy Bear: Let’s Go and Play and Bizzy Bear: Fun on the Farm. As a child, Benji knew that when he grew up he either wanted to make films or draw pictures in books. He is still working out which he likes best, and currently divides his time between illustrating children’s books and directing animation.
He has worked on a huge range of subjects and platforms, with clients as diverse as such Waterstone’s, Sainsbury’s and Oxfam, and in countries as different as India and Australia. He’s illustrated for several major publishers and is pleased to be working on Nosy Crow’s start-up list.
He lives in Hackney in London
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Benji is including a unique drawing to go along with his signed book for his successful bidder *
Book Reading:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yehu_tuQW0I
Website: https://benjidavies.squarespace.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Benji_Davies
The Book;
High, high up in the clouds a tiny snowflake is made. Perfectly small, fluffy, crystal and white, it tumbles and bounces inside the cloud. But then she begins to fall…
Exquisitely told and beautifully illustrated, The Snowflake tells the tale of one snowflake and one little girl – both longing for something and looking for their own special place in the world. The Snowflake is an utterly unforgettable and classic picture book from the multi-award winning and internationally bestselling picture-book creator, Benji Davies.
The Author:
Benji Davies is the illustrator of the Bizzy Bear books, Bizzy Bear: Let’s Go and Play and Bizzy Bear: Fun on the Farm. As a child, Benji knew that when he grew up he either wanted to make films or draw pictures in books. He is still working out which he likes best, and currently divides his time between illustrating children’s books and directing animation.
He has worked on a huge range of subjects and platforms, with clients as diverse as such Waterstone’s, Sainsbury’s and Oxfam, and in countries as different as India and Australia. He’s illustrated for several major publishers and is pleased to be working on Nosy Crow’s start-up list.
He lives in Hackney in London
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Joy Wilkinson
Joy Wilkinson
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Title: Doctor Who - The Witchfinder
Genre: Science Fiction - T.V. & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.joywilkinson.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joyofse19
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQwfVBZXnvc
The Book;
‘ I am an expert on witchcraft, Doctor, but I wish to learn more. Before you die, I want answers.’
The TARDIS lands in the Lancashire village of Bilehurst Cragg in the 17th century, and the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz soon become embroiled in a witch trial run by the local landowner. Fear stalks the land, and the arrival of King James I only serves to intensify the witch hunt.
But the Doctor soon realises there is something more sinister than paranoia and superstition at work. Tendrils of living mud stir in the ground and the dead lurch back to horrifying life as an evil alien presence begins to revive. The Doctor and her friends must save not only the people of Bilehurst Cragg from the wakening forces, but the entire world
The Author:
Joy is an award-winning writer and director working across film, television, theatre, radio and fiction. She has been a Screen International Star of Tomorrow, a two-time Brit List nominee, one of Den Of Geek’s ‘50 Brilliant Screenwriters To Watch Out For’, a Verity Bargate Award winner, and she was mentored by Sir Kenneth Branagh on the prestigious BFI/Lighthouse Guiding Lights scheme. Joy is currently writing on LOCKWOOD & CO for Netflix, and developing original projects in the UK and US. Previous TV credits include DOCTOR WHO and BBC1’s critically-acclaimed five-parter NICK NICKLEBY. Her stage plays have been produced world-wide, and she is a highly experienced radio dramatist. Joy’s directing debut MA’AM won Bumble’s International Female Film Force Award in 2020 and has been selected for festivals world-wide. Her new short film THE EVERLASTING CLUB will be released in 2021.
Genre: Science Fiction - T.V. & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.joywilkinson.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joyofse19
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQwfVBZXnvc
The Book;
‘ I am an expert on witchcraft, Doctor, but I wish to learn more. Before you die, I want answers.’
The TARDIS lands in the Lancashire village of Bilehurst Cragg in the 17th century, and the Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz soon become embroiled in a witch trial run by the local landowner. Fear stalks the land, and the arrival of King James I only serves to intensify the witch hunt.
But the Doctor soon realises there is something more sinister than paranoia and superstition at work. Tendrils of living mud stir in the ground and the dead lurch back to horrifying life as an evil alien presence begins to revive. The Doctor and her friends must save not only the people of Bilehurst Cragg from the wakening forces, but the entire world
The Author:
Joy is an award-winning writer and director working across film, television, theatre, radio and fiction. She has been a Screen International Star of Tomorrow, a two-time Brit List nominee, one of Den Of Geek’s ‘50 Brilliant Screenwriters To Watch Out For’, a Verity Bargate Award winner, and she was mentored by Sir Kenneth Branagh on the prestigious BFI/Lighthouse Guiding Lights scheme. Joy is currently writing on LOCKWOOD & CO for Netflix, and developing original projects in the UK and US. Previous TV credits include DOCTOR WHO and BBC1’s critically-acclaimed five-parter NICK NICKLEBY. Her stage plays have been produced world-wide, and she is a highly experienced radio dramatist. Joy’s directing debut MA’AM won Bumble’s International Female Film Force Award in 2020 and has been selected for festivals world-wide. Her new short film THE EVERLASTING CLUB will be released in 2021.
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Joy Wilkinson
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Lot 74
£ 25
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Ste Sharp
Ste Sharp
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Two Books:
Title 1: Darwin's Soldiers
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Survival Machines
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://stesharp.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteSharpAuthor
The Book 1; Darwin's Soldiers
John Greene has been torn from his World War One battle and thrown into a world inhabited by soldiers from history: Spartan, Cherokee and Viking. The eclectic assembly of warriors from every continent and era, form an army of Earth's greatest soldiers and are sent on a mission to prove themselves worthy. As they travel, they develop powerful mutations that aid their survival against the strange lifeforms inhabiting the bizarre land. John just wants to get home to his son and as the army is drawn into a major battle, he wonders if he is ready to risk his life for his new friends. But whoever brought him to this world has fixed the rules hard: here everyone must evolve or die.
The Book 2: Survival Machines
In Survival Machines, book two of The Origin Trilogy, John and the army of survivors continue the search they started in Darwin’s Soldiers. Who brought them to this bizarre world and for what purpose?
Discoveries are made and battle fought as the allied army are drawn into a world populated by alien armies who have survived the same tests as them. Factions fight to get to the core: a prized location which offers them the answers they are all searching for.
But a new threat rises, in the hyper-evolved Tathon, who threaten to tear the new world apart. The very survival of all species is at risk as John desperately tries to get the factions to work as one and defend the core.
Will their adaptations be strong enough against their new foe? And will anyone survive?
The Author:
In his range of Sci-fi and Crime fiction novels, Ste Sharp follows ordinary people on extra-ordinary journeys. Some venture beyond the boundaries of regular life to distant worlds, while others solve mysteries in the not too distant past.
Ste lives in Suffolk with his wife, two sons and is the lead singer of the Indie band, Atlas.
Title 1: Darwin's Soldiers
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Survival Machines
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://stesharp.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteSharpAuthor
The Book 1; Darwin's Soldiers
John Greene has been torn from his World War One battle and thrown into a world inhabited by soldiers from history: Spartan, Cherokee and Viking. The eclectic assembly of warriors from every continent and era, form an army of Earth's greatest soldiers and are sent on a mission to prove themselves worthy. As they travel, they develop powerful mutations that aid their survival against the strange lifeforms inhabiting the bizarre land. John just wants to get home to his son and as the army is drawn into a major battle, he wonders if he is ready to risk his life for his new friends. But whoever brought him to this world has fixed the rules hard: here everyone must evolve or die.
The Book 2: Survival Machines
In Survival Machines, book two of The Origin Trilogy, John and the army of survivors continue the search they started in Darwin’s Soldiers. Who brought them to this bizarre world and for what purpose?
Discoveries are made and battle fought as the allied army are drawn into a world populated by alien armies who have survived the same tests as them. Factions fight to get to the core: a prized location which offers them the answers they are all searching for.
But a new threat rises, in the hyper-evolved Tathon, who threaten to tear the new world apart. The very survival of all species is at risk as John desperately tries to get the factions to work as one and defend the core.
Will their adaptations be strong enough against their new foe? And will anyone survive?
The Author:
In his range of Sci-fi and Crime fiction novels, Ste Sharp follows ordinary people on extra-ordinary journeys. Some venture beyond the boundaries of regular life to distant worlds, while others solve mysteries in the not too distant past.
Ste lives in Suffolk with his wife, two sons and is the lead singer of the Indie band, Atlas.
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£ 35
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Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet
Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet
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Six Books:
Title 1: Egg
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Time for storytime: Egg by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y73kXc4UiKM
Title 2: Supertato Sticker Skills
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Supertato Carnival Catastro-pea
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN-mRyDIqQo
Title 4: Supertato Evil Pea rules
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwnPLTf_lzw
Title 5: No-Bot the Robots New Bottom
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZubmOTbKc4
Title 6: I Spy Island
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktaHofktCLw
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Sue-Hendra
Twitter: https://twitter.com/suehendra
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Paul-Linnet
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulLinnet
Book 1: Egg
When is an egg not an egg?
Everyone knows that eggs have pointy tops and big bottoms - but what happens when an upside down egg turns up? Will this odd egg ever be accepted by the others?
Book 2: Supertato Sticker Skills
Supertato and the gang are back with another must-have sticker book!
Expect to find the Evil Pea up to his usual tricks, as well as an array of brand new exciting activities – get ready to go on a scavenger hunt, build a robot and design your own treasure map, to name just a few! This book even has activities that are designed to help little ones develop important skills, like how to count, identify different colours and understand the concept of opposites.
With over 400 stickers, this sticker book is perfect for long journeys, rainy days and school holidays – a great gift for any child.
Book 3: Supertato Carnival Catastro-pea
Join Supertato and the gang in this hilarious, colourful caper from bestselling picture dream team, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet!
It's carnival time in the supermarket and the veggies are feeling festive! But someone is out to spoil the fun - with a devious device that could ruin EVERYTHING.
Can Supertato and the veggies stop their colourful carnival from turning into a carnival catastro-pea?!
Book 4: Supertato Evil Pea rules
Christmas has come to the supermarket, but not everyone is hap-pea about it in this fabulously festive Supertato adventure! From bestselling, award-winning duo Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet comes the story of the much-loved Supertato's nemesis - The Evil Pea.
There's jingling in the aisles and a festive feel in the air...
But The Evil Pea has escaped!
He wants to turn the supermarket into an icy kingdom where he will RULE! Help, veggies, WHERE IS SUPERTATO?
'There's lots of anarchic fun to be had in this joyous romp of a story with a very Christmassy feel . . . Full of humour, action and excitement, with glorious illustrations, this is another winner from a great team.' Parents in Touch
Book 5: No-Bot the Robots New Bottom
Love Supertato? Then meet No-Bot, the robot whose bottom is making funny noises in this hilariously silly new adventure from Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, creators of the super-bestselling SUPERTATO series!
When Bernard's bottom starts to make funny noises, he decides it MUST be broken! So along with his friends, he sets off in search of just the right replacement. Children will love watching No-Bot try on all kinds of strange new bottoms, from a wheel of cheese to a large red sofa!
Will Bernard EVER find the perfect bottom? Find out in this laugh-out-loud, fun-filled story from the brilliant brains behind Supertato, Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell, Barry the Fish with Fingers and more!
And don’t miss No-Bot’s first funny adventure: No-Bot the Robot with No Bottom!
Book 6: I Spy Island
In the middle of the ocean, miles from anywhere is a happy little island who loves to play I Spy...
Join Island, and friends Glove, Banana, Bird and Bottle as they investigate the curious case of what's just washed up on Island's chin... What can it be? And what adventures lie in store?
The Author: Sue Hendra
Sue Hendra grew up in Wimbledon and has always loved making up stories and drawing pictures. Her favourite book as a child was Mr Silly. She graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and has been creating picture books ever since. In 2006 she met Paul Linnet and could instantly see that she’d met a fellow nitwit who liked talking nonsense. They went on to create many bestselling books together, working in a small room in their house in Brighton. Sue loves swimming, and can swim up and down for a very long time. Her favourite book is still Mr Silly.
The Author: Paul Linnett
Paul Linnet was born in Brighton and grew up in the Midlands, reading Tintin and playing classic 80s video games, before becoming obsessed with scribbling, writing, guitars and motorcycles. He studied Graphic Design at Derby University, and later moved back to Brighton where he met Sue Hendra. They made up a story about a fish with fingers and then a slug with a doughnut for a shell, and now no one can stop them from writing more and more frankly ridiculous books. They live in Brighton – and Paul still loves scribbling, writing, guitars and motorcycles.
Title 1: Egg
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Time for storytime: Egg by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y73kXc4UiKM
Title 2: Supertato Sticker Skills
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Supertato Carnival Catastro-pea
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TN-mRyDIqQo
Title 4: Supertato Evil Pea rules
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwnPLTf_lzw
Title 5: No-Bot the Robots New Bottom
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZubmOTbKc4
Title 6: I Spy Island
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktaHofktCLw
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Sue-Hendra
Twitter: https://twitter.com/suehendra
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Paul-Linnet
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulLinnet
Book 1: Egg
When is an egg not an egg?
Everyone knows that eggs have pointy tops and big bottoms - but what happens when an upside down egg turns up? Will this odd egg ever be accepted by the others?
Book 2: Supertato Sticker Skills
Supertato and the gang are back with another must-have sticker book!
Expect to find the Evil Pea up to his usual tricks, as well as an array of brand new exciting activities – get ready to go on a scavenger hunt, build a robot and design your own treasure map, to name just a few! This book even has activities that are designed to help little ones develop important skills, like how to count, identify different colours and understand the concept of opposites.
With over 400 stickers, this sticker book is perfect for long journeys, rainy days and school holidays – a great gift for any child.
Book 3: Supertato Carnival Catastro-pea
Join Supertato and the gang in this hilarious, colourful caper from bestselling picture dream team, Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet!
It's carnival time in the supermarket and the veggies are feeling festive! But someone is out to spoil the fun - with a devious device that could ruin EVERYTHING.
Can Supertato and the veggies stop their colourful carnival from turning into a carnival catastro-pea?!
Book 4: Supertato Evil Pea rules
Christmas has come to the supermarket, but not everyone is hap-pea about it in this fabulously festive Supertato adventure! From bestselling, award-winning duo Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet comes the story of the much-loved Supertato's nemesis - The Evil Pea.
There's jingling in the aisles and a festive feel in the air...
But The Evil Pea has escaped!
He wants to turn the supermarket into an icy kingdom where he will RULE! Help, veggies, WHERE IS SUPERTATO?
'There's lots of anarchic fun to be had in this joyous romp of a story with a very Christmassy feel . . . Full of humour, action and excitement, with glorious illustrations, this is another winner from a great team.' Parents in Touch
Book 5: No-Bot the Robots New Bottom
Love Supertato? Then meet No-Bot, the robot whose bottom is making funny noises in this hilariously silly new adventure from Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet, creators of the super-bestselling SUPERTATO series!
When Bernard's bottom starts to make funny noises, he decides it MUST be broken! So along with his friends, he sets off in search of just the right replacement. Children will love watching No-Bot try on all kinds of strange new bottoms, from a wheel of cheese to a large red sofa!
Will Bernard EVER find the perfect bottom? Find out in this laugh-out-loud, fun-filled story from the brilliant brains behind Supertato, Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell, Barry the Fish with Fingers and more!
And don’t miss No-Bot’s first funny adventure: No-Bot the Robot with No Bottom!
Book 6: I Spy Island
In the middle of the ocean, miles from anywhere is a happy little island who loves to play I Spy...
Join Island, and friends Glove, Banana, Bird and Bottle as they investigate the curious case of what's just washed up on Island's chin... What can it be? And what adventures lie in store?
The Author: Sue Hendra
Sue Hendra grew up in Wimbledon and has always loved making up stories and drawing pictures. Her favourite book as a child was Mr Silly. She graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and has been creating picture books ever since. In 2006 she met Paul Linnet and could instantly see that she’d met a fellow nitwit who liked talking nonsense. They went on to create many bestselling books together, working in a small room in their house in Brighton. Sue loves swimming, and can swim up and down for a very long time. Her favourite book is still Mr Silly.
The Author: Paul Linnett
Paul Linnet was born in Brighton and grew up in the Midlands, reading Tintin and playing classic 80s video games, before becoming obsessed with scribbling, writing, guitars and motorcycles. He studied Graphic Design at Derby University, and later moved back to Brighton where he met Sue Hendra. They made up a story about a fish with fingers and then a slug with a doughnut for a shell, and now no one can stop them from writing more and more frankly ridiculous books. They live in Brighton – and Paul still loves scribbling, writing, guitars and motorcycles.
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Title: I Need A Wee!
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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* Sue and Paul will be including one of the wonderful limited edition knitted bears (knitted by Paul's mum) for their successful bidder *
'I Need a Wee!' by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL1F9SNAXKw
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Sue-Hendra
Twitter: https://twitter.com/suehendra
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Paul-Linnet
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulLinnet
The Book;
Alan the Bear has a problem. A big one.
He really, really needs to wee.
But things keep on getting in his way.
With the help of his friends and a special dance, will Alan make it to the toilet in time?
The Author: Sue Hendra
Sue Hendra grew up in Wimbledon and has always loved making up stories and drawing pictures. Her favourite book as a child was Mr Silly. She graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and has been creating picture books ever since. In 2006 she met Paul Linnet and could instantly see that she’d met a fellow nitwit who liked talking nonsense. They went on to create many bestselling books together, working in a small room in their house in Brighton. Sue loves swimming, and can swim up and down for a very long time. Her favourite book is still Mr Silly.
The Author: Paul Linnett
Paul Linnet was born in Brighton and grew up in the Midlands, reading Tintin and playing classic 80s video games, before becoming obsessed with scribbling, writing, guitars and motorcycles. He studied Graphic Design at Derby University, and later moved back to Brighton where he met Sue Hendra. They made up a story about a fish with fingers and then a slug with a doughnut for a shell, and now no one can stop them from writing more and more frankly ridiculous books. They live in Brighton – and Paul still loves scribbling, writing, guitars and motorcycles.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
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'I Need a Wee!' by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL1F9SNAXKw
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Sue-Hendra
Twitter: https://twitter.com/suehendra
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Paul-Linnet
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulLinnet
The Book;
Alan the Bear has a problem. A big one.
He really, really needs to wee.
But things keep on getting in his way.
With the help of his friends and a special dance, will Alan make it to the toilet in time?
The Author: Sue Hendra
Sue Hendra grew up in Wimbledon and has always loved making up stories and drawing pictures. Her favourite book as a child was Mr Silly. She graduated from Brighton University in 1994 and has been creating picture books ever since. In 2006 she met Paul Linnet and could instantly see that she’d met a fellow nitwit who liked talking nonsense. They went on to create many bestselling books together, working in a small room in their house in Brighton. Sue loves swimming, and can swim up and down for a very long time. Her favourite book is still Mr Silly.
The Author: Paul Linnett
Paul Linnet was born in Brighton and grew up in the Midlands, reading Tintin and playing classic 80s video games, before becoming obsessed with scribbling, writing, guitars and motorcycles. He studied Graphic Design at Derby University, and later moved back to Brighton where he met Sue Hendra. They made up a story about a fish with fingers and then a slug with a doughnut for a shell, and now no one can stop them from writing more and more frankly ridiculous books. They live in Brighton – and Paul still loves scribbling, writing, guitars and motorcycles.
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Juliet Greenwood
Juliet Greenwood
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Title: The Girl with The Silver Clasp
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.julietgreenwood.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/julietgreenwood
The Book;
Will they find the courage to follow their dreams?
St. Ives, 1916.
Jess Morgan always hoped to become a celebrated silversmith, but when the men return from war she's forced to return to her job as a seamstress. All she can cling to is the memory of that delicate, unique silver clasp she created for a society bride.
Rachel Bellamy served as an ambulance driver on the front line during the Great War but now it's up to her to save the family home and picturesque harbour from her wealthy brother-in-law, before it's too late.
Giselle Harding fought her way up from poverty to become a Hollywood movie star. Yet even the most beautiful jewels she owns will never fill replace the man she lost.
As the lives of the three women collide, will they be able to overcome their differences and fight together for the dreams they once held so close?
The Author:
Juliet Greenwood is a UK novelist published by Orion, writing historical novels set mainly in romantic Cornwall. She has always been a bookworm and a storyteller, writing her first novel (a sweeping historical epic) at the age of ten.
After graduating in English from Lancaster University and Kings College, London, Juliet had a variety of jobs to support her ambition to be a full-time writer. These ranged from running a craft stall at Covent Garden to workshops in story-telling, along with spells of teaching and charity fundraising, and more recently as a freelance editor and proofreader.
Juliet has previously written stories and serials for magazines, as well as three historical novels published by Honno, the Welsh Women's Press, two of which reached the top #5 in the UK kindle store.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.julietgreenwood.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/julietgreenwood
The Book;
Will they find the courage to follow their dreams?
St. Ives, 1916.
Jess Morgan always hoped to become a celebrated silversmith, but when the men return from war she's forced to return to her job as a seamstress. All she can cling to is the memory of that delicate, unique silver clasp she created for a society bride.
Rachel Bellamy served as an ambulance driver on the front line during the Great War but now it's up to her to save the family home and picturesque harbour from her wealthy brother-in-law, before it's too late.
Giselle Harding fought her way up from poverty to become a Hollywood movie star. Yet even the most beautiful jewels she owns will never fill replace the man she lost.
As the lives of the three women collide, will they be able to overcome their differences and fight together for the dreams they once held so close?
The Author:
Juliet Greenwood is a UK novelist published by Orion, writing historical novels set mainly in romantic Cornwall. She has always been a bookworm and a storyteller, writing her first novel (a sweeping historical epic) at the age of ten.
After graduating in English from Lancaster University and Kings College, London, Juliet had a variety of jobs to support her ambition to be a full-time writer. These ranged from running a craft stall at Covent Garden to workshops in story-telling, along with spells of teaching and charity fundraising, and more recently as a freelance editor and proofreader.
Juliet has previously written stories and serials for magazines, as well as three historical novels published by Honno, the Welsh Women's Press, two of which reached the top #5 in the UK kindle store.
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Patrick Gale
Patrick Gale
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Title: Mother's Boy
Genre: Contemporary - Historical Fiction
Format: Rare Proof
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://galewarning.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PNovelistGale
The Book;
Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a baby, Charles, but Laura's husband returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave her a widow. In a small, class-obsessed town she raises her boy alone, working as a laundress, and gradually becomes aware that he is some kind of genius.
As an intensely privately young man, Charles signs up for the navy with the new rank of coder. His escape from the tight, gossipy confines of Launceston to the colour and violence of war sees him blossom as he experiences not only the possibility of death, but the constant danger of a love that is as clandestine as his work.
MOTHER'S BOY is the story of a man who is among, yet apart from his fellows, in thrall to, yet at a distance from his own mother; a man being shaped for a long, remarkable and revered life spent hiding in plain sight. But it is equally the story of the dauntless mother who will continue to shield him long after the dangers of war are past.
Patrick Gale's 17th novel presents his vivid imagining of the childhood and youth of the great Cornish poet, Charles Causley and the indomitable woman who raised him singlehandedly while working as a laundress. It's an epic, taking in two world wars and Causley's adventures as a coder in the Navy, but also intensely intimate in the way Gale's fans expect
The Author:
Patrick was born on 31 January 1962 on the Isle of Wight, where his father was prison governor at Camp Hill, as his grandfather had been at nearby Parkhurst. He was the youngest of four; one sister, two brothers, spread over ten years. The family moved to London, where his father ran Wandsworth Prison, then to Winchester. At eight Patrick began boarding as a Winchester College Quirister at the cathedral choir school, Pilgrim's. At thirteen he went on to Winchester College. He finished his formal education with an English degree from New College, Oxford in 1983.
He has never had a grown-up job. For three years he lived at a succession of addresses, from a Notting Hill bedsit to a crumbling French chateau. While working on his first novels he eked out his slender income with odd jobs; as a typist, a singing waiter, a designer's secretary, a ghost-writer for an encyclopedia of the musical and, increasingly, as a book reviewer.
His first two novels, The Aerodynamics of Pork and Ease were published by Abacus on the same day in June 1986. The following year he moved to Camelford near the north coast of Cornwall and began a love affair with the county that has fed his work ever since.
He now lives in the far west, on a farm near Land's End with his husband, Aidan Hicks. There they raise beef cattle and grow barley. Patrick is obsessed with the garden they have created in what must be one of England's windiest sites and deeply resents the time his writing makes him spend away from working in it. As well as gardening, he plays both the modern and baroque cello. His chief extravagance in life is opera tickets.
Genre: Contemporary - Historical Fiction
Format: Rare Proof
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://galewarning.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PNovelistGale
The Book;
Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a baby, Charles, but Laura's husband returns home from the trenches a damaged man, already ill with the tuberculosis that will soon leave her a widow. In a small, class-obsessed town she raises her boy alone, working as a laundress, and gradually becomes aware that he is some kind of genius.
As an intensely privately young man, Charles signs up for the navy with the new rank of coder. His escape from the tight, gossipy confines of Launceston to the colour and violence of war sees him blossom as he experiences not only the possibility of death, but the constant danger of a love that is as clandestine as his work.
MOTHER'S BOY is the story of a man who is among, yet apart from his fellows, in thrall to, yet at a distance from his own mother; a man being shaped for a long, remarkable and revered life spent hiding in plain sight. But it is equally the story of the dauntless mother who will continue to shield him long after the dangers of war are past.
Patrick Gale's 17th novel presents his vivid imagining of the childhood and youth of the great Cornish poet, Charles Causley and the indomitable woman who raised him singlehandedly while working as a laundress. It's an epic, taking in two world wars and Causley's adventures as a coder in the Navy, but also intensely intimate in the way Gale's fans expect
The Author:
Patrick was born on 31 January 1962 on the Isle of Wight, where his father was prison governor at Camp Hill, as his grandfather had been at nearby Parkhurst. He was the youngest of four; one sister, two brothers, spread over ten years. The family moved to London, where his father ran Wandsworth Prison, then to Winchester. At eight Patrick began boarding as a Winchester College Quirister at the cathedral choir school, Pilgrim's. At thirteen he went on to Winchester College. He finished his formal education with an English degree from New College, Oxford in 1983.
He has never had a grown-up job. For three years he lived at a succession of addresses, from a Notting Hill bedsit to a crumbling French chateau. While working on his first novels he eked out his slender income with odd jobs; as a typist, a singing waiter, a designer's secretary, a ghost-writer for an encyclopedia of the musical and, increasingly, as a book reviewer.
His first two novels, The Aerodynamics of Pork and Ease were published by Abacus on the same day in June 1986. The following year he moved to Camelford near the north coast of Cornwall and began a love affair with the county that has fed his work ever since.
He now lives in the far west, on a farm near Land's End with his husband, Aidan Hicks. There they raise beef cattle and grow barley. Patrick is obsessed with the garden they have created in what must be one of England's windiest sites and deeply resents the time his writing makes him spend away from working in it. As well as gardening, he plays both the modern and baroque cello. His chief extravagance in life is opera tickets.
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Frances Brody
Frances Brody
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Title: A Murder Inside
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://frances-brody.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrancesBrody
The Book;
1969. A job in the Prison Service is not for everyone. The training is hard, the cells are bleak and a thick skin is needed. But for Nell Lewis, helping prisoners is something she cares about deeply, and when she's promoted into a new post as governor of HMP Brackerley in Yorkshire, she's tasked with transforming the renowned run-down facility into a modern, open prison for women.
Just as Nell is settling into her new role, events take a dark turn when a man's body is discovered in the prison grounds. The mystery deepens still when one of their female inmates goes missing, ensuing a search across the country.
Can Nell resolve the sinister happenings at HMP Brackerley, before anyone else is put in danger?
The Author:
Frances Brody is a pseudonym for Frances McNeil, author of four novels and winner of the Elizabeth Elgin Award for best new saga of the millennium for Somewhere Behind the Morning. Frances has written many stories and plays for BBC radio, and scripts for television. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies and produced at Manchester Library Theatre, the Gate and Theatr Clwyd, with Jehad nominated for a Time Out Award. Frances lived in the USA for a time before studying at Ruskin College, Oxford, reading English Literature and History at York University, teaching English and History at Bradford College and tutoring writing courses for the Arvon Foundation. She lives in Leeds where she was born and grew up.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://frances-brody.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrancesBrody
The Book;
1969. A job in the Prison Service is not for everyone. The training is hard, the cells are bleak and a thick skin is needed. But for Nell Lewis, helping prisoners is something she cares about deeply, and when she's promoted into a new post as governor of HMP Brackerley in Yorkshire, she's tasked with transforming the renowned run-down facility into a modern, open prison for women.
Just as Nell is settling into her new role, events take a dark turn when a man's body is discovered in the prison grounds. The mystery deepens still when one of their female inmates goes missing, ensuing a search across the country.
Can Nell resolve the sinister happenings at HMP Brackerley, before anyone else is put in danger?
The Author:
Frances Brody is a pseudonym for Frances McNeil, author of four novels and winner of the Elizabeth Elgin Award for best new saga of the millennium for Somewhere Behind the Morning. Frances has written many stories and plays for BBC radio, and scripts for television. Her stage plays have been toured by several theatre companies and produced at Manchester Library Theatre, the Gate and Theatr Clwyd, with Jehad nominated for a Time Out Award. Frances lived in the USA for a time before studying at Ruskin College, Oxford, reading English Literature and History at York University, teaching English and History at Bradford College and tutoring writing courses for the Arvon Foundation. She lives in Leeds where she was born and grew up.
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Damien Lewis
Damien Lewis
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Title: SAS Great Escapes
Genre: Biography - History - Military
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://damienlewis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authordlewis
The Book;
No food. No water. Out of ammo. Safety is south. But between there and here is 150 miles of barren desert – freezing at night, boiling in the day – populated solely by Ernst Rommel's fearsome and deadly Afrika Corps.
What would you do?
Give up? Or get on with it?
For the seven SAS supermen in Damien Lewis's explosive new audio exclusive, the answer was simple: Escape. Evade. Survive. From the mountains of Italy, to the deserts of Africa, these heroes epitomise the bravery, esprit de corps and daring do of Britain's finest elite fighting force.
Fans of Ant Middleton's First Man In and Ben MacIntyre's SAS: Rogue Heroes are in for a treat, as the SAS's master chronicler, Damien Lewis, has produced a gripping, heart-in-the-mouth, real-life thriller. A Sunday Times number one best-selling author, this fresh look at the most audacious escapes the SAS made in the Second World War is white-knuckle listening of the highest calibre.
Because if you put a fence in front of these men...they'll climb it.
The Author:
Damien Lewis became an author largely by accident, when a British publisher asked him if he'd be willing to turn a TV documentary he was working on into a book. That film was shot in the Sudan war zone, and told the story of how Arab tribes seized black African slaves in horrific slave raids. Lewis had been to the Sudan war zone dozens of times over the past decade, reporting on that conflict for the BBC, Channel 4 and US and European broadcasters.
His slavery documentary told the story of a young girl from the Nuba tribe, seized in a raid and sold into slavery in Khartoum, Sudan's capital city, and of her epic escape. The publisher asked Lewis if the Nuba girl would be willing to write her life story as a book, with his help as co-author. The book that they co-wrote was called 'Slave', and it was published to great acclaim, becoming a number one bestseller and being translated into some 30 languages worldwide. It won several awards and has been made into a feature film.
Genre: Biography - History - Military
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://damienlewis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authordlewis
The Book;
No food. No water. Out of ammo. Safety is south. But between there and here is 150 miles of barren desert – freezing at night, boiling in the day – populated solely by Ernst Rommel's fearsome and deadly Afrika Corps.
What would you do?
Give up? Or get on with it?
For the seven SAS supermen in Damien Lewis's explosive new audio exclusive, the answer was simple: Escape. Evade. Survive. From the mountains of Italy, to the deserts of Africa, these heroes epitomise the bravery, esprit de corps and daring do of Britain's finest elite fighting force.
Fans of Ant Middleton's First Man In and Ben MacIntyre's SAS: Rogue Heroes are in for a treat, as the SAS's master chronicler, Damien Lewis, has produced a gripping, heart-in-the-mouth, real-life thriller. A Sunday Times number one best-selling author, this fresh look at the most audacious escapes the SAS made in the Second World War is white-knuckle listening of the highest calibre.
Because if you put a fence in front of these men...they'll climb it.
The Author:
Damien Lewis became an author largely by accident, when a British publisher asked him if he'd be willing to turn a TV documentary he was working on into a book. That film was shot in the Sudan war zone, and told the story of how Arab tribes seized black African slaves in horrific slave raids. Lewis had been to the Sudan war zone dozens of times over the past decade, reporting on that conflict for the BBC, Channel 4 and US and European broadcasters.
His slavery documentary told the story of a young girl from the Nuba tribe, seized in a raid and sold into slavery in Khartoum, Sudan's capital city, and of her epic escape. The publisher asked Lewis if the Nuba girl would be willing to write her life story as a book, with his help as co-author. The book that they co-wrote was called 'Slave', and it was published to great acclaim, becoming a number one bestseller and being translated into some 30 languages worldwide. It won several awards and has been made into a feature film.
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£ 30
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Minna Howard
Minna Howard
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Title: The Christmas Menagerie
Genre: Christmas - Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/minna-howard
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinnaHowardMary
The Book;
Amelia’s beloved husband died three years ago and their daughters are unable to spend this Christmas with her.
Deciding to make the best of it and invite friends round, she is disappointed to find most of them are going away for the holiday.
A neighbour tells her that she must cancel her plan to spend Christmas with her son and new baby as the local kennels has suddenly closed and she has nowhere to leave her dog. Amelia offers to take him and ends up looking after a whole collection of animals, as Jules, the new vet shut the kennels down as he thought the popular elderly couple who have run it for years are no longer up to it.
Owing to a few problems with some animals, Amelia is forced to call in the vet who comes round with his small son. She is determined to dislike him for spoiling so many peoples holiday and upsetting the couple who owned the kennels.
The Author:
I have been writing for many years and have had novels published under my name, Mary de Laszlo and my pen name Minna Howard.
I live in London and have three children and three grandchildren.
I used to do film extra work but have paused it for the moment (not good at getting up at 4am! ) but might take it up again soon.
Genre: Christmas - Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/minna-howard
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MinnaHowardMary
The Book;
Amelia’s beloved husband died three years ago and their daughters are unable to spend this Christmas with her.
Deciding to make the best of it and invite friends round, she is disappointed to find most of them are going away for the holiday.
A neighbour tells her that she must cancel her plan to spend Christmas with her son and new baby as the local kennels has suddenly closed and she has nowhere to leave her dog. Amelia offers to take him and ends up looking after a whole collection of animals, as Jules, the new vet shut the kennels down as he thought the popular elderly couple who have run it for years are no longer up to it.
Owing to a few problems with some animals, Amelia is forced to call in the vet who comes round with his small son. She is determined to dislike him for spoiling so many peoples holiday and upsetting the couple who owned the kennels.
The Author:
I have been writing for many years and have had novels published under my name, Mary de Laszlo and my pen name Minna Howard.
I live in London and have three children and three grandchildren.
I used to do film extra work but have paused it for the moment (not good at getting up at 4am! ) but might take it up again soon.
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Ruth Hogan
Ruth Hogan
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Title: Madame Burova
Genre: Paranormal
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://ruthhogan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthmariehogan
The Book;
Madame Burova - Tarot Reader, Palmist and Clairvoyant is retiring and leaving her booth on the Brighton seafront after fifty years.
Imelda Burova has spent a lifetime keeping other people's secrets and her silence has come at a price. She has seen the lovers and the liars, the angels and the devils, the dreamers and the fools. Her cards had unmasked them all and her cards never lied. But Madame Burova is weary of other people's lives and other people's secrets, she needs rest and a little piece of life for herself. Before that, however, she has to fulfill a promise made a long time ago. She holds two brown envelopes in her hand, and she has to deliver them.
In London, it is time for another woman to make a fresh start. Billie has lost her university job, her marriage, and her place in the world when she discovers something that leaves her very identity in question. Determined to find answers, she must follow a trail which might just lead right to Madame Burova's door.
The Author:
I was born in the house where my parents still live in Bedford: my sister was so pleased to have a sibling that she threw a thrupenny bit at me. As a child I read everything I could lay my hands on: The Moomintrolls, A Hundred Million Francs, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the back of cereal packets and gravestones. I was mad about dogs and horses, but didn't like daddy-long-legs or sugar in my tea.
I studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College which was brilliant, but then I came home and got a 'proper' job. I worked for ten years in a senior local government position (I was definitely a square peg in a round hole, but it paid the bills and mortgage) before a car accident left me unable to work full-time and convinced me to start writing seriously. It was going well, but then in 2012 I got cancer, which was bloody inconvenient but precipitated an exciting hair journey from bald to a peroxide blonde Annie Lennox crop. When chemo kept me up all night I passed the time writing and the eventual result was The Keeper of Lost Things.
I live in a chaotic Victorian house with an assortment of rescue dogs and my long-suffering partner (who has very recently become my husband - so I can't be that bad!) I am a magpie, always collecting treasures, and a huge John Betjeman fan. My favourite word is 'antimacassar' and I still like reading gravestones
Genre: Paranormal
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://ruthhogan.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ruthmariehogan
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Madame Burova - Tarot Reader, Palmist and Clairvoyant is retiring and leaving her booth on the Brighton seafront after fifty years.
Imelda Burova has spent a lifetime keeping other people's secrets and her silence has come at a price. She has seen the lovers and the liars, the angels and the devils, the dreamers and the fools. Her cards had unmasked them all and her cards never lied. But Madame Burova is weary of other people's lives and other people's secrets, she needs rest and a little piece of life for herself. Before that, however, she has to fulfill a promise made a long time ago. She holds two brown envelopes in her hand, and she has to deliver them.
In London, it is time for another woman to make a fresh start. Billie has lost her university job, her marriage, and her place in the world when she discovers something that leaves her very identity in question. Determined to find answers, she must follow a trail which might just lead right to Madame Burova's door.
The Author:
I was born in the house where my parents still live in Bedford: my sister was so pleased to have a sibling that she threw a thrupenny bit at me. As a child I read everything I could lay my hands on: The Moomintrolls, A Hundred Million Francs, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the back of cereal packets and gravestones. I was mad about dogs and horses, but didn't like daddy-long-legs or sugar in my tea.
I studied English and Drama at Goldsmiths College which was brilliant, but then I came home and got a 'proper' job. I worked for ten years in a senior local government position (I was definitely a square peg in a round hole, but it paid the bills and mortgage) before a car accident left me unable to work full-time and convinced me to start writing seriously. It was going well, but then in 2012 I got cancer, which was bloody inconvenient but precipitated an exciting hair journey from bald to a peroxide blonde Annie Lennox crop. When chemo kept me up all night I passed the time writing and the eventual result was The Keeper of Lost Things.
I live in a chaotic Victorian house with an assortment of rescue dogs and my long-suffering partner (who has very recently become my husband - so I can't be that bad!) I am a magpie, always collecting treasures, and a huge John Betjeman fan. My favourite word is 'antimacassar' and I still like reading gravestones
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Sophie Kinsella
Sophie Kinsella
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Title: The Party Crasher
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.sophiekinsella.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KinsellaSophie
The Book;
It's been over two years since Effie's beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had. Since then, she's become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista. And now, more earth-shattering news: Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie called home her whole life, has been sold.
When Krista decides to throw a grand "house cooling" party, Effie is originally left off the guest list--and then receives a last-minute "anti-invitation" (maybe it's because she called Krista a gold-digger, but Krista totally deserved it, and it was mostly a joke anyway). Effie declines, but then remembers a beloved childhood treasure is still hidden in the house. Her only chance to retrieve it is to break into Greenoaks while everyone is busy celebrating. As Effie sneaks around the house, hiding under tables and peeping through trapdoors, she realizes the secrets Greenoaks holds aren't just in the dusty passageways and hidden attics she grew up exploring. Watching how her sister, brother, and dad behave when they think no one is looking, Effie overhears conversations, makes discoveries, and begins to see her family in a new light. Then she runs into Joe--the love of her life, who long ago broke her heart, and who's still as handsome and funny as ever--and even more truths emerge.
But will Effie act on these revelations? Will she stay hidden or step out into the party and take her place with her family? And truthfully, what did she really come back to Greenoaks for? Over the course of one blowout party, Effie realizes that she must be honest with herself and confront her past before she'll ever be able to face her future.
The Author:
Sophie Kinsella has sold over 40 million copies of her books in more than 60 countries, and she has been translated into over 40 languages.
Sophie Kinsella first hit the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel in the Shopaholic series – The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic). The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood – a fun and feisty financial journalist who loves shopping but is hopeless with money – captured the hearts of readers worldwide. Becky has since featured in seven further bestselling books, Shopaholic Abroad (also published as Shopaholic Takes Manhattan), Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic & Sister, Shopaholic & Baby, Mini Shopaholic, Shopaholic to the Stars and Shopaholic to the Rescue. Becky Bloomwood came to the big screen in 2009 with the hit Disney movie Confessions of a Shopaholic, starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy.
Sophie has also written seven standalone novels which have all been bestsellers in the UK, USA and other countries around the world: Can You Keep A Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, Twenties Girl, I’ve Got Your Number, Wedding Night, and My Not So Perfect Life, which was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Best Fiction in 2017.
Sophie was born in London. She studied music at New College, Oxford, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She now lives in London, UK, with her husband and family.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.sophiekinsella.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KinsellaSophie
The Book;
It's been over two years since Effie's beloved parents got divorced, destroying the image of the happy, loving childhood she thought she had. Since then, she's become estranged from her father and embarked on a feud with his hot (and much younger) girlfriend, Krista. And now, more earth-shattering news: Greenoaks, the rambling Victorian country house Effie called home her whole life, has been sold.
When Krista decides to throw a grand "house cooling" party, Effie is originally left off the guest list--and then receives a last-minute "anti-invitation" (maybe it's because she called Krista a gold-digger, but Krista totally deserved it, and it was mostly a joke anyway). Effie declines, but then remembers a beloved childhood treasure is still hidden in the house. Her only chance to retrieve it is to break into Greenoaks while everyone is busy celebrating. As Effie sneaks around the house, hiding under tables and peeping through trapdoors, she realizes the secrets Greenoaks holds aren't just in the dusty passageways and hidden attics she grew up exploring. Watching how her sister, brother, and dad behave when they think no one is looking, Effie overhears conversations, makes discoveries, and begins to see her family in a new light. Then she runs into Joe--the love of her life, who long ago broke her heart, and who's still as handsome and funny as ever--and even more truths emerge.
But will Effie act on these revelations? Will she stay hidden or step out into the party and take her place with her family? And truthfully, what did she really come back to Greenoaks for? Over the course of one blowout party, Effie realizes that she must be honest with herself and confront her past before she'll ever be able to face her future.
The Author:
Sophie Kinsella has sold over 40 million copies of her books in more than 60 countries, and she has been translated into over 40 languages.
Sophie Kinsella first hit the UK bestseller lists in September 2000 with her first novel in the Shopaholic series – The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (also published as Confessions of a Shopaholic). The book’s heroine, Becky Bloomwood – a fun and feisty financial journalist who loves shopping but is hopeless with money – captured the hearts of readers worldwide. Becky has since featured in seven further bestselling books, Shopaholic Abroad (also published as Shopaholic Takes Manhattan), Shopaholic Ties the Knot, Shopaholic & Sister, Shopaholic & Baby, Mini Shopaholic, Shopaholic to the Stars and Shopaholic to the Rescue. Becky Bloomwood came to the big screen in 2009 with the hit Disney movie Confessions of a Shopaholic, starring Isla Fisher and Hugh Dancy.
Sophie has also written seven standalone novels which have all been bestsellers in the UK, USA and other countries around the world: Can You Keep A Secret?, The Undomestic Goddess, Remember Me?, Twenties Girl, I’ve Got Your Number, Wedding Night, and My Not So Perfect Life, which was a Goodreads Choice Awards finalist for Best Fiction in 2017.
Sophie was born in London. She studied music at New College, Oxford, but after a year switched to Politics, Philosophy and Economics. She now lives in London, UK, with her husband and family.
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Anne Coates
Anne Coates
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Title: Perdition’s Child
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*The name of the successful bidder, if he or she consents, will be a character in book six of the Hannah Weybridge series.*
Website: https://www.annecoatesauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anne_Coates1
The Book;
Dulwich library is the scene of a baffling murder, followed swiftly by another in Manchester, the victims linked by nothing other than their Australian nationality. Police dismiss the idea of a serial killer, but journalist Hannah Weybridge isn't convinced.
She is drawn into an investigation in which more Australian men are killed as they try to trace their British families. Her research reveals past horrors and present sadness, and loss linked to children who went missing after the Second World War. Have those children returned now?
Once again Hannah finds herself embroiled in a deadly mystery, a mystery complicated by the murder of Harry Peters; the brother of Lucy, one of the residents of Cardboard City she had become friendly with. It soon becomes clear Lucy is protecting secrets of her own.
What is Lucy's link to the murders and can Hannah discover the truth before the killer strikes again?
Anne Coates gripping thriller is the perfect suspense read for fans of Emma Tallon, K.L.Slater and Laura Marshall.
The Author:
For most of her working life in publishing, Anne has had a foot in both camps as a writer and an editor, moving from book publishing to magazines and then freelancing in both. Having edited both fiction and narrative non-fiction, she has also had short stories published in a variety of magazines including Bella and Candis and is the author of seven non-fiction books. Telling stories is Anne’s first love and nearly all her short fiction as well as Dancers in The Wind and Death’s Silent Judgement began with a real event followed by a ‘what if …’. That is also the case with the two prize-winning 99Fiction.net stories: Codewords and Eternal Love.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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*The name of the successful bidder, if he or she consents, will be a character in book six of the Hannah Weybridge series.*
Website: https://www.annecoatesauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Anne_Coates1
The Book;
Dulwich library is the scene of a baffling murder, followed swiftly by another in Manchester, the victims linked by nothing other than their Australian nationality. Police dismiss the idea of a serial killer, but journalist Hannah Weybridge isn't convinced.
She is drawn into an investigation in which more Australian men are killed as they try to trace their British families. Her research reveals past horrors and present sadness, and loss linked to children who went missing after the Second World War. Have those children returned now?
Once again Hannah finds herself embroiled in a deadly mystery, a mystery complicated by the murder of Harry Peters; the brother of Lucy, one of the residents of Cardboard City she had become friendly with. It soon becomes clear Lucy is protecting secrets of her own.
What is Lucy's link to the murders and can Hannah discover the truth before the killer strikes again?
Anne Coates gripping thriller is the perfect suspense read for fans of Emma Tallon, K.L.Slater and Laura Marshall.
The Author:
For most of her working life in publishing, Anne has had a foot in both camps as a writer and an editor, moving from book publishing to magazines and then freelancing in both. Having edited both fiction and narrative non-fiction, she has also had short stories published in a variety of magazines including Bella and Candis and is the author of seven non-fiction books. Telling stories is Anne’s first love and nearly all her short fiction as well as Dancers in The Wind and Death’s Silent Judgement began with a real event followed by a ‘what if …’. That is also the case with the two prize-winning 99Fiction.net stories: Codewords and Eternal Love.
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Liz Fenwick
Liz Fenwick
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Title: River Between Us.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Liz_Fenwick
Twitter: https://twitter.com/liz_fenwick
The Book;
Following the breakdown of her marriage, Theo has bought a tumbledown cottage on the banks of the river Tamar which divides Cornwall and Devon. The peace and tranquillity of Boatman’s Cottage, nestled by the water, is just what she needs to heal.
Yet soon after her arrival, Theo discovers a stash of hidden letters tied with a ribbon, untouched for more than a century. The letters – sent from the battlefields of France during WW1 – tell of a young servant from the nearby manor house, Abbotswood, and his love for a woman he was destined to lose.
As she begins to bring Boatman’s Cottage and its gardens back to life, Theo pieces together a story of star-crossed lovers played out against the river, while finding her own new path to happiness.
The Author:
I was born in Massachusetts and after nine international moves - the final one lasting eight years in Dubai- I now live in Cornwall and London with my husband and a cat. I made my first trip to Cornwall in 1989, bought my home there seven years later. My heart is forever in Cornwall, creating new stories.
My debut novel THE CORNISH HOUSE was followed by A CORNISH AFFAIR, A CORNISH STRANGER and UNDER A CORNISH SKY, A Cornish Christmas Carol (novella), THE RETURNING TIDE, ONE CORNISH SUMMER, THE PATH TO THE SEA and out in June 2021 THE RIVER BETWEEN US. There are editions in Dutch, German, Portuguese, French, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian, Latvian, Turkish, Serbian, Czech and soon Hungarian.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/Liz_Fenwick
Twitter: https://twitter.com/liz_fenwick
The Book;
Following the breakdown of her marriage, Theo has bought a tumbledown cottage on the banks of the river Tamar which divides Cornwall and Devon. The peace and tranquillity of Boatman’s Cottage, nestled by the water, is just what she needs to heal.
Yet soon after her arrival, Theo discovers a stash of hidden letters tied with a ribbon, untouched for more than a century. The letters – sent from the battlefields of France during WW1 – tell of a young servant from the nearby manor house, Abbotswood, and his love for a woman he was destined to lose.
As she begins to bring Boatman’s Cottage and its gardens back to life, Theo pieces together a story of star-crossed lovers played out against the river, while finding her own new path to happiness.
The Author:
I was born in Massachusetts and after nine international moves - the final one lasting eight years in Dubai- I now live in Cornwall and London with my husband and a cat. I made my first trip to Cornwall in 1989, bought my home there seven years later. My heart is forever in Cornwall, creating new stories.
My debut novel THE CORNISH HOUSE was followed by A CORNISH AFFAIR, A CORNISH STRANGER and UNDER A CORNISH SKY, A Cornish Christmas Carol (novella), THE RETURNING TIDE, ONE CORNISH SUMMER, THE PATH TO THE SEA and out in June 2021 THE RIVER BETWEEN US. There are editions in Dutch, German, Portuguese, French, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Estonian, Latvian, Turkish, Serbian, Czech and soon Hungarian.
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Lynne Rickards
Lynne Rickards
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Title: I Do Not Eat the Colour Green
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.lynnerickardsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynneRickards
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4xLiyD4-ZQ
The Book;
Lynne Rickards serves up a delectable variation on the picky-eater-themed tale in this lively text to read aloud accompanied by fabulous contemporary artwork. Marlene McKean loves all the colors of the rainbow except for one—she absolutely hates the color green!
The Author:
Lynne Rickards was born in Canada and came to Scotland as part of her university studies in 1991. She felt so at home in Glasgow that she decided to stay! Now, nearly 30 years later, she is married with two grown-up children, and has published 38 picture books and early readers. Lynne is best known for Pink!, a story about a pink penguin called Patrick, and for her Scottish wildlife series (puffins, red squirrels and wildcats) told in rhyme and published by Floris Books. For fun, she likes baking biscuits and painting portraits in acrylics. She also wrote a children's musical based on Pink! which toured Scottish primary schools and nurseries, performed by Hopscotch Theatre Company. Lynne has two new books coming out in spring 2022.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.lynnerickardsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynneRickards
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The Book;
Lynne Rickards serves up a delectable variation on the picky-eater-themed tale in this lively text to read aloud accompanied by fabulous contemporary artwork. Marlene McKean loves all the colors of the rainbow except for one—she absolutely hates the color green!
The Author:
Lynne Rickards was born in Canada and came to Scotland as part of her university studies in 1991. She felt so at home in Glasgow that she decided to stay! Now, nearly 30 years later, she is married with two grown-up children, and has published 38 picture books and early readers. Lynne is best known for Pink!, a story about a pink penguin called Patrick, and for her Scottish wildlife series (puffins, red squirrels and wildcats) told in rhyme and published by Floris Books. For fun, she likes baking biscuits and painting portraits in acrylics. She also wrote a children's musical based on Pink! which toured Scottish primary schools and nurseries, performed by Hopscotch Theatre Company. Lynne has two new books coming out in spring 2022.
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Rachel Dove
Rachel Dove
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Title: Meet Me At Fir Tree Lodge
Genre: Romance, Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/rachel-dove
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriterDove
The Book;
Rebecca Atkins has everything she could hope for – the perfect fiancé, fabulous friends and a career as a professional skier. But when an accident on the slopes brings her crashing down in the snow with a catastrophic thud, everything changes. Her career is over, and her fiancé turns out to be, well, not so perfect.
With the chance to start afresh, Rebecca does what anyone else in her position would do… She turns to baking and manages the Alpine Bites café, nestled in the French Alps.
But when handsome stranger Luke Sommersby becomes Rebecca’s unexpected lodger, her plan to completely forget about love is thrown into jeopardy. Guarding her heart since the accident, Fir Tree Lodge is strictly a man-free-zone.
Luke is kind, caring and gorgeous, but the emotional scars from her fall still run deep, and she fights to keep the sparks catching her heart at bay.
Will Rebecca be able to find a second chance in the snow and step into a bright new future with Luke by her side?
The Author:
I am a wife, mother of two boys, degree student, avid reader and writer of words. I sometimes sleep, always have eye bags and dream of retiring to a big white house in Cornwall, with 2 shaggy dogs, drinking wine on my seafront balcony whilst creating works of romantic fiction. All done with immaculate make up and floaty dresses.
In the meantime I nearly always remember to brush my hair, seldom have time to look in a mirror and write many, many to-do lists.
Genre: Romance, Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/rachel-dove
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriterDove
The Book;
Rebecca Atkins has everything she could hope for – the perfect fiancé, fabulous friends and a career as a professional skier. But when an accident on the slopes brings her crashing down in the snow with a catastrophic thud, everything changes. Her career is over, and her fiancé turns out to be, well, not so perfect.
With the chance to start afresh, Rebecca does what anyone else in her position would do… She turns to baking and manages the Alpine Bites café, nestled in the French Alps.
But when handsome stranger Luke Sommersby becomes Rebecca’s unexpected lodger, her plan to completely forget about love is thrown into jeopardy. Guarding her heart since the accident, Fir Tree Lodge is strictly a man-free-zone.
Luke is kind, caring and gorgeous, but the emotional scars from her fall still run deep, and she fights to keep the sparks catching her heart at bay.
Will Rebecca be able to find a second chance in the snow and step into a bright new future with Luke by her side?
The Author:
I am a wife, mother of two boys, degree student, avid reader and writer of words. I sometimes sleep, always have eye bags and dream of retiring to a big white house in Cornwall, with 2 shaggy dogs, drinking wine on my seafront balcony whilst creating works of romantic fiction. All done with immaculate make up and floaty dresses.
In the meantime I nearly always remember to brush my hair, seldom have time to look in a mirror and write many, many to-do lists.
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Rachel Dove
Rachel Dove
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Title: The Paramedic's Secret Son
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/rachel-dove
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriterDove
The Book;
He thought he had to leave…
…Now he has two reasons to stay!
Eight years ago, paramedic Harry walked away from Annabel, knowing that it would break both of their hearts but that staying would only hurt her more. Now Harry has returned to discover that Annabel wasn’t the only one he left behind—he has a seven-year-old son! Knowing he’s a father makes him even more determined to win Annabel—and little Aidan—back…
The Author:
I am a wife, mother of two boys, degree student, avid reader and writer of words. I sometimes sleep, always have eye bags and dream of retiring to a big white house in Cornwall, with 2 shaggy dogs, drinking wine on my seafront balcony whilst creating works of romantic fiction. All done with immaculate make up and floaty dresses.
In the meantime I nearly always remember to brush my hair, seldom have time to look in a mirror and write many, many to-do lists.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/rachel-dove
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriterDove
The Book;
He thought he had to leave…
…Now he has two reasons to stay!
Eight years ago, paramedic Harry walked away from Annabel, knowing that it would break both of their hearts but that staying would only hurt her more. Now Harry has returned to discover that Annabel wasn’t the only one he left behind—he has a seven-year-old son! Knowing he’s a father makes him even more determined to win Annabel—and little Aidan—back…
The Author:
I am a wife, mother of two boys, degree student, avid reader and writer of words. I sometimes sleep, always have eye bags and dream of retiring to a big white house in Cornwall, with 2 shaggy dogs, drinking wine on my seafront balcony whilst creating works of romantic fiction. All done with immaculate make up and floaty dresses.
In the meantime I nearly always remember to brush my hair, seldom have time to look in a mirror and write many, many to-do lists.
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Paul Finch
Paul Finch
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Title: One Eye Open
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.paulfinchauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulfinchauthor
The Book;
A high-speed crash leaves a man and woman clinging to life.
Neither of them carries ID. Their car has fake number plates.
In their luggage: a huge amount of cash.
Who are they? What are they hiding?
And what were they running from?
YOU CAN HIDE
DS Lynda Hagen, once a brilliant detective, gave it all up to raise her family.
But something about this case reignites a spark in her...
BUT YOU'LL ALWAYS SLEEP WITH...
What begins as an investigation soon becomes an obsession.
And it will lead her to a secret so dangerous that soon there will be nowhere left to hide.
ONE EYE OPEN
The Author:
Paul Finch is a former cop and journalist now turned best-selling crime and thriller writer, and is the million-selling author of the very popular DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg and DC Lucy Clayburn novels.
Paul first cut his literary teeth penning episodes of the British TV crime drama, The Bill, and has written extensively in horror, fantasy and science-fiction, including for Dr Who.
However, he is probably best known for his crime/thriller novels, specifically the Heckenburg police-actioners, of which there are seven to date, and the Clayburn procedurals, of which there are three. The first three books in the Heck line achieved official best-seller status, the second being the fastest pre-ordered title in HarperCollins history, while the first Lucy Clayburn novel made the Sunday Times Top 10 list. The Heck series alone has accrued over 2,000 5-star reviews on Amazon. Paul is currently with Orion Books, where he is writing a series of stand-alone thrillers.
Paul is a native of Wigan, Lancashire, where he still lives with his wife and business partner, Cathy.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.paulfinchauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paulfinchauthor
The Book;
A high-speed crash leaves a man and woman clinging to life.
Neither of them carries ID. Their car has fake number plates.
In their luggage: a huge amount of cash.
Who are they? What are they hiding?
And what were they running from?
YOU CAN HIDE
DS Lynda Hagen, once a brilliant detective, gave it all up to raise her family.
But something about this case reignites a spark in her...
BUT YOU'LL ALWAYS SLEEP WITH...
What begins as an investigation soon becomes an obsession.
And it will lead her to a secret so dangerous that soon there will be nowhere left to hide.
ONE EYE OPEN
The Author:
Paul Finch is a former cop and journalist now turned best-selling crime and thriller writer, and is the million-selling author of the very popular DS Mark ‘Heck’ Heckenburg and DC Lucy Clayburn novels.
Paul first cut his literary teeth penning episodes of the British TV crime drama, The Bill, and has written extensively in horror, fantasy and science-fiction, including for Dr Who.
However, he is probably best known for his crime/thriller novels, specifically the Heckenburg police-actioners, of which there are seven to date, and the Clayburn procedurals, of which there are three. The first three books in the Heck line achieved official best-seller status, the second being the fastest pre-ordered title in HarperCollins history, while the first Lucy Clayburn novel made the Sunday Times Top 10 list. The Heck series alone has accrued over 2,000 5-star reviews on Amazon. Paul is currently with Orion Books, where he is writing a series of stand-alone thrillers.
Paul is a native of Wigan, Lancashire, where he still lives with his wife and business partner, Cathy.
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Kent Tayler
Kent Tayler
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Title: Natalie's Incredible Lunar Adventure
Genre: Sci-Fi - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://kenttayler.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/taylertoons
The Book;
After fighting their enemies on land and sea, the crew from Crowntown are back for their most dangerous mission yet. Following Blondbeard’s hint at more wicked plans afoot, Natalie is keen to find out more. Fortunately, her chance arrives after the RMS Assets are stolen, which can only be the work of the dastardly pirate.
Join Natalie one more time for a gravity defying mission that will take you to another dimension. Spacesuits not included!
The Illustrator:
Kent is a comic strip writer/cartoonist who's work has been in Viz comic, Private Eye, The New European, The Penguin Book of Brexit Cartoons and many other publications.
Genre: Sci-Fi - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://kenttayler.tumblr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/taylertoons
The Book;
After fighting their enemies on land and sea, the crew from Crowntown are back for their most dangerous mission yet. Following Blondbeard’s hint at more wicked plans afoot, Natalie is keen to find out more. Fortunately, her chance arrives after the RMS Assets are stolen, which can only be the work of the dastardly pirate.
Join Natalie one more time for a gravity defying mission that will take you to another dimension. Spacesuits not included!
The Illustrator:
Kent is a comic strip writer/cartoonist who's work has been in Viz comic, Private Eye, The New European, The Penguin Book of Brexit Cartoons and many other publications.
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James Nicol
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Three Books: Apprentice Witch Series:
Title 1: The Apprentice Witch
Genre: Fantasy - Paranormal (Magic) - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Witch Alone
Genre: Fantasy - Paranormal (Magic) - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Witch Come True
Genre: Fantasy - Paranormal (Magic) - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
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Introducing THE APPRENTICE WITCH by James Nicol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naDcHb-duKs
Website: https://jamesnicolbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesENicol
Book 1: The Apprentice Witch
A special middle grade debut of magic and courage in a world of witches, written with the charm and enchantment of Circus Mirandus and The Apothecary.Arianwyn has flunked her witch's assessment: She's doomed. Declared an apprentice and sent to the town of Lull in disgrace, she may never become a real witch -- much to the glee of her archrival, Gimma.But remote Lull is not as boring as it seems. Strange things are sighted in the woods, a dangerous infestation of hex creeps throughout the town, and a mysterious magical visitor arrives with his eye on her. With every spirit banished, creature helped, and spell cast, Arianwyn starts to get the hang of being a witch -- even if she's only an apprentice. But the worst still lies ahead. For a sinister darkness has begun to haunt her spells, and there may be much more at stake than just her pride... for Arianwyn and the entire land.
Book 2: A Witch Alone
Arianwyn Gribble is back!
During an eventful holiday in Kingsport, Arianwyn is recruited for an important mission: to retrieve the Book of Quiet Glyphs from its hiding place in the Great Wood.
But as she returns home to Lull, feyling refugees gather outside the town walls and hex plagues the forest. As tensions lead to fall-outs with her friends, town squabbles and magical mishaps, Arianwyn faces a sobering truth: she alone can find the Book, and wield its secrets ...
Book 3: A Witch Come True
The war is over and Arianwyn has discovered the secret of the quiet glyphs, but her troubles are far from over.
Her day-to-day work as Lull’s witch is tricky enough: winter has set in, bringing bad weather, ice imps and befuddling Yule traditions. But when Arianwyn’s grandmother is abducted by the traitor on the Council, our witch faces her greatest challenge yet. What really makes a witch come true? Our lovable heroine is about to find out …
The final instalment of James Nicol’s popular witchy trilogy, perfect for fans of The Worst Witch and Diana Wynne Jones.
The Author:
James Nicol has loved books and stories his whole life. As a child he spent hours absorbed in novels, watching epic 1980s cartoons or adventuring in the wood at the bottom of the garden searching for dragons and witches. He has worked in bookshops and libraries and now spends all his spare time writing! He lives near the city of York in a house with too many books and too many musical instruments with his partner and a black and white cockapoo called Bonnie.
Title 1: The Apprentice Witch
Genre: Fantasy - Paranormal (Magic) - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Witch Alone
Genre: Fantasy - Paranormal (Magic) - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Witch Come True
Genre: Fantasy - Paranormal (Magic) - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Introducing THE APPRENTICE WITCH by James Nicol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naDcHb-duKs
Website: https://jamesnicolbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesENicol
Book 1: The Apprentice Witch
A special middle grade debut of magic and courage in a world of witches, written with the charm and enchantment of Circus Mirandus and The Apothecary.Arianwyn has flunked her witch's assessment: She's doomed. Declared an apprentice and sent to the town of Lull in disgrace, she may never become a real witch -- much to the glee of her archrival, Gimma.But remote Lull is not as boring as it seems. Strange things are sighted in the woods, a dangerous infestation of hex creeps throughout the town, and a mysterious magical visitor arrives with his eye on her. With every spirit banished, creature helped, and spell cast, Arianwyn starts to get the hang of being a witch -- even if she's only an apprentice. But the worst still lies ahead. For a sinister darkness has begun to haunt her spells, and there may be much more at stake than just her pride... for Arianwyn and the entire land.
Book 2: A Witch Alone
Arianwyn Gribble is back!
During an eventful holiday in Kingsport, Arianwyn is recruited for an important mission: to retrieve the Book of Quiet Glyphs from its hiding place in the Great Wood.
But as she returns home to Lull, feyling refugees gather outside the town walls and hex plagues the forest. As tensions lead to fall-outs with her friends, town squabbles and magical mishaps, Arianwyn faces a sobering truth: she alone can find the Book, and wield its secrets ...
Book 3: A Witch Come True
The war is over and Arianwyn has discovered the secret of the quiet glyphs, but her troubles are far from over.
Her day-to-day work as Lull’s witch is tricky enough: winter has set in, bringing bad weather, ice imps and befuddling Yule traditions. But when Arianwyn’s grandmother is abducted by the traitor on the Council, our witch faces her greatest challenge yet. What really makes a witch come true? Our lovable heroine is about to find out …
The final instalment of James Nicol’s popular witchy trilogy, perfect for fans of The Worst Witch and Diana Wynne Jones.
The Author:
James Nicol has loved books and stories his whole life. As a child he spent hours absorbed in novels, watching epic 1980s cartoons or adventuring in the wood at the bottom of the garden searching for dragons and witches. He has worked in bookshops and libraries and now spends all his spare time writing! He lives near the city of York in a house with too many books and too many musical instruments with his partner and a black and white cockapoo called Bonnie.
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Iain Dale
Iain Dale
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Title: The Prime Ministers
Genre: Biography - History - Politics
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Iain has added a book plate signed by Margaret Thatcher to his book*
Website: https://www.iaindale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IainDale
The Book:
'Many of my predecessors were giants, some had feet of clay, all possessed human foibles.' - From the foreword by Boris Johnson
It has almost been 300 years since Sir Robert Walpole arguably became the first holder of the office of Prime Minister in 1721 - an office which today is under scrutiny like never before. The Prime Ministers, edited by leading political commentator Iain Dale, brings to life all 55 of Britain's 'First Among Equals' with an essay for each office holder, written by key figures in British politics. From the obscure 18th-century figures like the Earl of Shelburne to 20th-century titans like Churchill and Thatcher, this book provides a much-needed reminder about their motivations, failures and achievements.
The Author:
Iain Dale is an award-winning broadcaster and presenter of the Evening Show on LBC Radio He is the author/editor of more than 30 books and co-host of the For the Many podcast and the Iain Dale Book Club podcast. He was named Radio Presenter of the Year for 2013 and 2016 and is the former Managing Director of Biteback Publishing. He hosts the theatre show Iain Dale All Talk. Iain lives in Tunbridge Wells.
Genre: Biography - History - Politics
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Iain has added a book plate signed by Margaret Thatcher to his book*
Website: https://www.iaindale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IainDale
The Book:
'Many of my predecessors were giants, some had feet of clay, all possessed human foibles.' - From the foreword by Boris Johnson
It has almost been 300 years since Sir Robert Walpole arguably became the first holder of the office of Prime Minister in 1721 - an office which today is under scrutiny like never before. The Prime Ministers, edited by leading political commentator Iain Dale, brings to life all 55 of Britain's 'First Among Equals' with an essay for each office holder, written by key figures in British politics. From the obscure 18th-century figures like the Earl of Shelburne to 20th-century titans like Churchill and Thatcher, this book provides a much-needed reminder about their motivations, failures and achievements.
The Author:
Iain Dale is an award-winning broadcaster and presenter of the Evening Show on LBC Radio He is the author/editor of more than 30 books and co-host of the For the Many podcast and the Iain Dale Book Club podcast. He was named Radio Presenter of the Year for 2013 and 2016 and is the former Managing Director of Biteback Publishing. He hosts the theatre show Iain Dale All Talk. Iain lives in Tunbridge Wells.
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Jane Fenwick
Jane Fenwick
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Title: My Constant Lady
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://janefenwick.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jane_fenwick60
The Book;
The First in the Reynolds Saga
When Gabriel Reynolds meets flame haired serving wench Eleanor Barker in a Whitby tavern little does he know it is a meeting that will change the course of his life. First she runs out on him leaving him frustrated in more ways than one. The next time they meet, in more conventional circumstances, he finds she is engaged to be married. Undeterred and back in his home town of Alnmouth Gabriel knows he has to win the love of this beguiling woman and so sets about putting his house in order. But before he can declare himself fate deals Gabriel a cruel blow.
Back in Whitby, Eleanor who is in fact the daughter of a prominent local ship builder, has troubles of her own. Learning her fiancé has been untrue she ends her engagement. In revenge her spurned lover tells her about Gabriel’s past - a past she finds difficult to accept. Forced to choose between love and loss Eleanor flees to Amsterdam searching for answers. Will Eleanor’s principles jeopardise her chance of happiness or can Gabriel convince her that he is not the man he used to be? Will the course of their love ever be plain sailing?
My Constant Lady - a sweeping historical love story of one man’s love for an unconventional woman.
The Author:
Jane Fenwick lives in Settle in Yorkshire, England. She studied education at Sheffield University gaining a B.Ed (Hons) in 1989 and going on to teach primary age range children. Jane decided to try her hand at penning a novel rather than writing school reports as she has always been an avid reader, especially enjoying historical and crime fiction.
Jane has always loved the sea and although she lives in the Yorkshire Dales she is particularly drawn to the North East coast of Yorkshire and Northumberland. This coastline is where she gets her inspiration for the historical crime and romance novels she writes. She can imagine how the North East ports would have looked long ago with a forest of tall masted ships crammed together in the harbours, the bustling streets congested with sailors, whalers, chandlers and sail makers. These imaginings provide the backdrop and inspire her to create the central characters and themes of her novels. As she has always loved history she finds the research particularly satisfying.
When she isn’t walking on Sandsend beach with her dog Scout, a Patterdale “Terrorist” she is to be found in her favourite coffee shop gazing out to sea and dreaming up her next plot. Jane is currently writing a historical saga series again set on the North East coast beginning in 1765. The first two books are being edited at the moment; My Constant Lady and The Turning Tides. Look out for My Constant Lady in 2020.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://janefenwick.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jane_fenwick60
The Book;
The First in the Reynolds Saga
When Gabriel Reynolds meets flame haired serving wench Eleanor Barker in a Whitby tavern little does he know it is a meeting that will change the course of his life. First she runs out on him leaving him frustrated in more ways than one. The next time they meet, in more conventional circumstances, he finds she is engaged to be married. Undeterred and back in his home town of Alnmouth Gabriel knows he has to win the love of this beguiling woman and so sets about putting his house in order. But before he can declare himself fate deals Gabriel a cruel blow.
Back in Whitby, Eleanor who is in fact the daughter of a prominent local ship builder, has troubles of her own. Learning her fiancé has been untrue she ends her engagement. In revenge her spurned lover tells her about Gabriel’s past - a past she finds difficult to accept. Forced to choose between love and loss Eleanor flees to Amsterdam searching for answers. Will Eleanor’s principles jeopardise her chance of happiness or can Gabriel convince her that he is not the man he used to be? Will the course of their love ever be plain sailing?
My Constant Lady - a sweeping historical love story of one man’s love for an unconventional woman.
The Author:
Jane Fenwick lives in Settle in Yorkshire, England. She studied education at Sheffield University gaining a B.Ed (Hons) in 1989 and going on to teach primary age range children. Jane decided to try her hand at penning a novel rather than writing school reports as she has always been an avid reader, especially enjoying historical and crime fiction.
Jane has always loved the sea and although she lives in the Yorkshire Dales she is particularly drawn to the North East coast of Yorkshire and Northumberland. This coastline is where she gets her inspiration for the historical crime and romance novels she writes. She can imagine how the North East ports would have looked long ago with a forest of tall masted ships crammed together in the harbours, the bustling streets congested with sailors, whalers, chandlers and sail makers. These imaginings provide the backdrop and inspire her to create the central characters and themes of her novels. As she has always loved history she finds the research particularly satisfying.
When she isn’t walking on Sandsend beach with her dog Scout, a Patterdale “Terrorist” she is to be found in her favourite coffee shop gazing out to sea and dreaming up her next plot. Jane is currently writing a historical saga series again set on the North East coast beginning in 1765. The first two books are being edited at the moment; My Constant Lady and The Turning Tides. Look out for My Constant Lady in 2020.
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Shrabani Basu
Shrabani Basu
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Title: Victoria & Abdul
Genre: History - Film & TV
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://shrabanibasu.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shrabanibasu_
The Book;
The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen's teacher, or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs. Devastated by the death of John Brown, her Scottish gillie, the queen had at last found his replacement. But her intense and controversial relationship with the Munshi led to a near-revolt in the royal household. Victoria & Abdul examines how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the Empire, and his influence over the queen at a time when independence movements in the sub-continent were growing in force. Yet, at its heart, it is a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen, a relationship that survived the best attempts to destroy it.
The Author:
Shrabani Basu graduated in History from St Stephen’s College, Delhi and completed her Masters from Delhi University. In 1983, she began her career as a trainee journalist in the bustling offices of The Times of India in Bombay.
Since 1987, Basu has been the London correspondent of Ananda Bazar Patrika group --writing for "Sunday, Ananda Bazar Patrika, "and "The Telegraph."
Basu has appeared on radio and TV in the UK and founded the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust for a memorial for the Second World War heroine which was unveiled in 2012. She is the author of "Curry: The Story of the Nation's Favourite Dish," "Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan," and "Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant."
Genre: History - Film & TV
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://shrabanibasu.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shrabanibasu_
The Book;
The tall, handsome Abdul Karim was just twenty-four years old when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at tables during Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee. An assistant clerk at Agra Central Jail, he suddenly found himself a personal attendant to the Empress of India herself. Within a year, he was established as a powerful figure at court, becoming the queen's teacher, or Munshi, and instructing her in Urdu and Indian affairs. Devastated by the death of John Brown, her Scottish gillie, the queen had at last found his replacement. But her intense and controversial relationship with the Munshi led to a near-revolt in the royal household. Victoria & Abdul examines how a young Indian Muslim came to play a central role at the heart of the Empire, and his influence over the queen at a time when independence movements in the sub-continent were growing in force. Yet, at its heart, it is a tender love story between an ordinary Indian and his elderly queen, a relationship that survived the best attempts to destroy it.
The Author:
Shrabani Basu graduated in History from St Stephen’s College, Delhi and completed her Masters from Delhi University. In 1983, she began her career as a trainee journalist in the bustling offices of The Times of India in Bombay.
Since 1987, Basu has been the London correspondent of Ananda Bazar Patrika group --writing for "Sunday, Ananda Bazar Patrika, "and "The Telegraph."
Basu has appeared on radio and TV in the UK and founded the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Trust for a memorial for the Second World War heroine which was unveiled in 2012. She is the author of "Curry: The Story of the Nation's Favourite Dish," "Spy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan," and "Victoria & Abdul: The True Story of the Queen's Closest Confidant."
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Title: Honeycomb
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A short reading by Joanne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7_My9gK24
Website: http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joannechocolat
The Book;
A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales
The beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that’s been years in the making. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife; the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions; the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size; and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk. These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris’s first collection of fairy tales.
Dark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall in a uniquely illustrative edition.
The Author:
Joanne Harris is an Anglo-French author, whose books include eighteen novels, three cookbooks and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. She has also written a DR WHO novella for the BBC, has scripted guest episodes for the game ZOMBIES, RUN!, and is currently engaged in a number of musical theatre projects.
In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.
Her hobbies are listed in Who's Who as 'mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion'. She is active on Twitter, where she writes stories and gives writing tips as @joannechocolat; she performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band; and works from a shed in her garden at her home in Yorkshire.
She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A short reading by Joanne:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC7_My9gK24
Website: http://www.joanne-harris.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Joannechocolat
The Book;
A lushly illustrated set of dark, captivating fairy tales
The beauty of stories; you never know where they will take you. Full of dreams and nightmares, Honeycomb is an entrancing mosaic novel of original fairy tales from bestselling author Joanne M. Harris and legendary artist Charles Vess in a collaboration that’s been years in the making. The toymaker who wants to create the perfect wife; the princess whose heart is won by words, not actions; the tiny dog whose confidence far outweighs his size; and the sinister Lacewing King who rules over the Silken Folk. These are just a few of the weird and wonderful creatures who populate Joanne Harris’s first collection of fairy tales.
Dark, gripping, and brilliantly imaginative, these magical tales will soon have you in their thrall in a uniquely illustrative edition.
The Author:
Joanne Harris is an Anglo-French author, whose books include eighteen novels, three cookbooks and many short stories. Her work is extremely diverse, covering aspects of magic realism, suspense, historical fiction, mythology and fantasy. She has also written a DR WHO novella for the BBC, has scripted guest episodes for the game ZOMBIES, RUN!, and is currently engaged in a number of musical theatre projects.
In 2000, her 1999 novel CHOCOLAT was adapted to the screen, starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is an honorary Fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and in 2013 was awarded an MBE by the Queen.
Her hobbies are listed in Who's Who as 'mooching, lounging, strutting, strumming, priest-baiting and quiet subversion'. She is active on Twitter, where she writes stories and gives writing tips as @joannechocolat; she performs in a live music and storytelling show with the #Storytime Band; and works from a shed in her garden at her home in Yorkshire.
She also has a form of synaesthesia which enables her to smell colours. Red, she says, smells of chocolate.
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18 Books: The international bestselling DCI Ryan mystery series
Genre: Cosy Crime Thriller
Format: All Books Paperback
Dedication: Available All Books
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Website: https://www.ljrossauthor.com
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Link to details of the whole series of books in the DCI Ryan Series
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The Author:
Louise was born in Northumberland, England. She studied undergraduate and postgraduate Law at King's College, University of London and then abroad in Paris and Florence. She spent much of her working life in London, where she was a lawyer for a number of years until taking the decision to change career and pursue her dream to write. Now, she writes full-time and lives with her husband and son in Northumberland, where she enjoys reading all manner of books, travelling and spending time with family and friends.
Louise is a keen philanthropist, and is pleased to have supported numerous non-profit programmes in addition to founding several of her own, including the Lindisfarne Reading Challenge and the Lindisfarne Prize for Debut Crime Fiction.
Genre: Cosy Crime Thriller
Format: All Books Paperback
Dedication: Available All Books
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Website: https://www.ljrossauthor.com
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Link to details of the whole series of books in the DCI Ryan Series
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The Author:
Louise was born in Northumberland, England. She studied undergraduate and postgraduate Law at King's College, University of London and then abroad in Paris and Florence. She spent much of her working life in London, where she was a lawyer for a number of years until taking the decision to change career and pursue her dream to write. Now, she writes full-time and lives with her husband and son in Northumberland, where she enjoys reading all manner of books, travelling and spending time with family and friends.
Louise is a keen philanthropist, and is pleased to have supported numerous non-profit programmes in addition to founding several of her own, including the Lindisfarne Reading Challenge and the Lindisfarne Prize for Debut Crime Fiction.
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Theee Books: Dr. Alex Gregory Series
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: All Books Paperback
Dedication: Available All Books
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Website: https://www.ljrossauthor.com
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Link to details of the whole series of books in the Dr Alex Gregory Series Serieshttps://www.ljrossauthor.com/books/?cat=standalone-novels
The Author:
Louise was born in Northumberland, England. She studied undergraduate and postgraduate Law at King's College, University of London and then abroad in Paris and Florence. She spent much of her working life in London, where she was a lawyer for a number of years until taking the decision to change career and pursue her dream to write. Now, she writes full-time and lives with her husband and son in Northumberland, where she enjoys reading all manner of books, travelling and spending time with family and friends.
Louise is a keen philanthropist, and is pleased to have supported numerous non-profit programmes in addition to founding several of her own, including the Lindisfarne Reading Challenge and the Lindisfarne Prize for Debut Crime Fiction.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: All Books Paperback
Dedication: Available All Books
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Website: https://www.ljrossauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LJRossAuthor
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Link to details of the whole series of books in the Dr Alex Gregory Series Serieshttps://www.ljrossauthor.com/books/?cat=standalone-novels
The Author:
Louise was born in Northumberland, England. She studied undergraduate and postgraduate Law at King's College, University of London and then abroad in Paris and Florence. She spent much of her working life in London, where she was a lawyer for a number of years until taking the decision to change career and pursue her dream to write. Now, she writes full-time and lives with her husband and son in Northumberland, where she enjoys reading all manner of books, travelling and spending time with family and friends.
Louise is a keen philanthropist, and is pleased to have supported numerous non-profit programmes in addition to founding several of her own, including the Lindisfarne Reading Challenge and the Lindisfarne Prize for Debut Crime Fiction.
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Title: The Cove
Genre: Romance - Mystery
Format: Paperback
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The perfect escape...
Gabrielle Adams has it all – brains, beauty, a handsome fiancé, and a dream job in publishing.
Until, one day, everything changes.
The ‘Underground Killer’ takes his victims when they least expect it: standing on the edge of a busy Tube platform, as they wait for a train to arrive through the murky underground tunnels of London.
Gabrielle soon learns that being a survivor is harder than being a victim, and she struggles to return to her old life. Desperate to break free from endless nightmares, she snatches up an opportunity to run a tiny bookshop in a picturesque cove in rural Cornwall.
She thinks she’s found the perfect escape, but has she swapped one nightmare for another..?
Suspense and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced thriller, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape.
The Author:
Louise was born in Northumberland, England. She studied undergraduate and postgraduate Law at King's College, University of London and then abroad in Paris and Florence. She spent much of her working life in London, where she was a lawyer for a number of years until taking the decision to change career and pursue her dream to write. Now, she writes full-time and lives with her husband and son in Northumberland, where she enjoys reading all manner of books, travelling and spending time with family and friends.
Louise is a keen philanthropist, and is pleased to have supported numerous non-profit programmes in addition to founding several of her own, including the Lindisfarne Reading Challenge and the Lindisfarne Prize for Debut Crime Fiction.
Genre: Romance - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.ljrossauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LJRossAuthor
Books:
The perfect escape...
Gabrielle Adams has it all – brains, beauty, a handsome fiancé, and a dream job in publishing.
Until, one day, everything changes.
The ‘Underground Killer’ takes his victims when they least expect it: standing on the edge of a busy Tube platform, as they wait for a train to arrive through the murky underground tunnels of London.
Gabrielle soon learns that being a survivor is harder than being a victim, and she struggles to return to her old life. Desperate to break free from endless nightmares, she snatches up an opportunity to run a tiny bookshop in a picturesque cove in rural Cornwall.
She thinks she’s found the perfect escape, but has she swapped one nightmare for another..?
Suspense and mystery are peppered with romance and humour in this fast-paced thriller, set amidst the spectacular Cornish landscape.
The Author:
Louise was born in Northumberland, England. She studied undergraduate and postgraduate Law at King's College, University of London and then abroad in Paris and Florence. She spent much of her working life in London, where she was a lawyer for a number of years until taking the decision to change career and pursue her dream to write. Now, she writes full-time and lives with her husband and son in Northumberland, where she enjoys reading all manner of books, travelling and spending time with family and friends.
Louise is a keen philanthropist, and is pleased to have supported numerous non-profit programmes in addition to founding several of her own, including the Lindisfarne Reading Challenge and the Lindisfarne Prize for Debut Crime Fiction.
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Santa Montefiore
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Title: The Royal Rabbits
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://santamontefiore.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SantaMontefiore
The Book;
Life is an adventure. Anything in the world is possible – by will and by luck, with a moist carrot, a wet nose and a slice of mad courage!
Shylo has always been the runt of the litter, the weakest and quietest of all of his family, his siblings spend their days making fun of him for not being like the rest of them. But when Shylo stumbles across a band of ratzis and overhears their evil plan to take a photo of the Queen in her nightie, it's up to this unlikely hero to travel to London and inform the Royal Rabbits of London about the diabolical plot! The Royal Rabbits of London have a proud history of protecting the royal family and now the secret society need to leap into action to stop the ratzis... But can a rabbit as feeble and shy as Shylo convince them that Queen is in danger?
The Hobbit meets Fantastic Mr Fox meets Watership Down in this charming novel from bestselling authors Santa and Sebag Montefiore, which proves even the smallest rabbit can be the biggest hero.
The Author:
Born Santa Palmer-Tomkinson, bestselling English novelist, Santa Montefiore always wanted to be a writer and spent her years at boarding school making up stories for her school friends. Her first novel, Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree, was inspired by her first trip to Argentina and several of her other novels are set there. Her fiction includes: The Gypsy Madonna, The House by the Sea, Secrets of the Lighthouse, Songs of Love and War, The Last Secret of the Deverills and The Temptation of Gracie. She has also co-authored the Royal Rabbits of London series with her husband, the historian and author Simon Sebag-Montefiore.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://santamontefiore.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SantaMontefiore
The Book;
Life is an adventure. Anything in the world is possible – by will and by luck, with a moist carrot, a wet nose and a slice of mad courage!
Shylo has always been the runt of the litter, the weakest and quietest of all of his family, his siblings spend their days making fun of him for not being like the rest of them. But when Shylo stumbles across a band of ratzis and overhears their evil plan to take a photo of the Queen in her nightie, it's up to this unlikely hero to travel to London and inform the Royal Rabbits of London about the diabolical plot! The Royal Rabbits of London have a proud history of protecting the royal family and now the secret society need to leap into action to stop the ratzis... But can a rabbit as feeble and shy as Shylo convince them that Queen is in danger?
The Hobbit meets Fantastic Mr Fox meets Watership Down in this charming novel from bestselling authors Santa and Sebag Montefiore, which proves even the smallest rabbit can be the biggest hero.
The Author:
Born Santa Palmer-Tomkinson, bestselling English novelist, Santa Montefiore always wanted to be a writer and spent her years at boarding school making up stories for her school friends. Her first novel, Meet Me Under the Ombu Tree, was inspired by her first trip to Argentina and several of her other novels are set there. Her fiction includes: The Gypsy Madonna, The House by the Sea, Secrets of the Lighthouse, Songs of Love and War, The Last Secret of the Deverills and The Temptation of Gracie. She has also co-authored the Royal Rabbits of London series with her husband, the historian and author Simon Sebag-Montefiore.
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Kirsty Ferry
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Title: A Secret Rose
Genre: Mystery - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.rosethornpress.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kirsty_ferry
The Book;
A fabulous new story from Kirsty Ferry set in Cornwall. Perfect summer reading!
“Wherever you go, I will follow …”
Merryn Burton is excited to travel down to Cornwall to start her first big job for the London art dealers she works for. But as soon as she arrives at Pencradoc, a beautiful old mansion, she realises this will be no ordinary commission.
Not only is Pencradoc filled with fascinating, and possibly valuable artwork, it is also owned by the Penhaligon brothers – and Merryn’s instant connection with Kit Penhaligon could be another reason why her trip suddenly becomes a whole lot more interesting.
But the longer Merryn stays at Pencradoc the more obvious it is that the house has a secret, and a long-forgotten Rose might just hold the key …
The Author:
Kirsty is from the North East of England and won the English Heritage/Belsay Hall National Creative Writing competition in 2009. She has had articles and short stories published in various magazines, newspapers and anthologies and was also a judge in the Paws 'n' Claws 'Wild and Free' Children's Story competition in 2011 and in 2013. 'The Memory of Snow', her first novel, was commended in the Northern Writer's Awards, shortlisted to the top five of Wyvern's novel competition in 2011 and longlisted in the Red Telephone Novel Competition in 2012.
Genre: Mystery - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.rosethornpress.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kirsty_ferry
The Book;
A fabulous new story from Kirsty Ferry set in Cornwall. Perfect summer reading!
“Wherever you go, I will follow …”
Merryn Burton is excited to travel down to Cornwall to start her first big job for the London art dealers she works for. But as soon as she arrives at Pencradoc, a beautiful old mansion, she realises this will be no ordinary commission.
Not only is Pencradoc filled with fascinating, and possibly valuable artwork, it is also owned by the Penhaligon brothers – and Merryn’s instant connection with Kit Penhaligon could be another reason why her trip suddenly becomes a whole lot more interesting.
But the longer Merryn stays at Pencradoc the more obvious it is that the house has a secret, and a long-forgotten Rose might just hold the key …
The Author:
Kirsty is from the North East of England and won the English Heritage/Belsay Hall National Creative Writing competition in 2009. She has had articles and short stories published in various magazines, newspapers and anthologies and was also a judge in the Paws 'n' Claws 'Wild and Free' Children's Story competition in 2011 and in 2013. 'The Memory of Snow', her first novel, was commended in the Northern Writer's Awards, shortlisted to the top five of Wyvern's novel competition in 2011 and longlisted in the Red Telephone Novel Competition in 2012.
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Kitty Wilson
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Title: Every Day in December
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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* A dedicated and signed copy of Kitty Wilson's latest paperback book, Every Day In December - a deliciously festive romantic comedy. The book will be sent with these chocolate treats so you can truly relax and enjoy reading it.
Website: https://www.kittywilson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KittyWilson23
The Book;
Two people. One month to fall in love.
Belle Wilde loves December. Yes, she’s just lost her job and Christmas is not a good time to find yourself ‘financially challenged’. And yes, her parents are still going on about the fact that she really should have it all together by now. But Belle believes that in December, magic can happen.
Rory Walters hates December. Whilst it looks like his life is together, he’s still reeling from a winter’s night five years ago when his life changed forever. Now back at home, he’s certain that this will be yet another Christmas to endure rather than enjoy.
But as midnight on December 31st draws closer, Belle and Rory’s time together is coming to an end. With a little help from a Christmas miracle could Belle find the one thing she really wants underneath the mistletoe?
The Author:
Kitty Wilson lives in Bristol and loves the city. She happily spends most of the time welded to her keyboard dreaming up deeply romantic stories that make her giggle as she types. She has a penchant for very loud music, owns more books than one human could possibly read and has an unhealthy obsession with paint charts.
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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* A dedicated and signed copy of Kitty Wilson's latest paperback book, Every Day In December - a deliciously festive romantic comedy. The book will be sent with these chocolate treats so you can truly relax and enjoy reading it.
Website: https://www.kittywilson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KittyWilson23
The Book;
Two people. One month to fall in love.
Belle Wilde loves December. Yes, she’s just lost her job and Christmas is not a good time to find yourself ‘financially challenged’. And yes, her parents are still going on about the fact that she really should have it all together by now. But Belle believes that in December, magic can happen.
Rory Walters hates December. Whilst it looks like his life is together, he’s still reeling from a winter’s night five years ago when his life changed forever. Now back at home, he’s certain that this will be yet another Christmas to endure rather than enjoy.
But as midnight on December 31st draws closer, Belle and Rory’s time together is coming to an end. With a little help from a Christmas miracle could Belle find the one thing she really wants underneath the mistletoe?
The Author:
Kitty Wilson lives in Bristol and loves the city. She happily spends most of the time welded to her keyboard dreaming up deeply romantic stories that make her giggle as she types. She has a penchant for very loud music, owns more books than one human could possibly read and has an unhealthy obsession with paint charts.
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Deborah Carr
Deborah Carr
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Three Books; Mrs Boots Trilogy
Title 1: Mrs Boots
Genre: Historical Fiction (Based on a true story)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Mrs Boots of Pelham Street
Genre: Historical Fiction (Based on a true story)
Format: Paperback
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Title 3: Mrs Boots goes to War
Genre: Historical Fiction (Based on a true story)
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Website: https://deborahcarr.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DebsCarr
Book 1: Mrs Boots
Jersey, 1885
On the beautiful island of Jersey, Florence Rowe lives a quiet life working in her father’s bookshop. Life for the Rowe family is good, but Florence can’t help yearning for more…
When Jesse Boot, the successful owner of Boots the chemist, arrives on the island, Florence is immediately captivated by his tales of life in a busy, bustling city on the mainland. For the first time ever, Florence imagines a life away from the constraints of Jersey society, of being someone more than just a shopgirl.
Until her parents reveal the shocking news they will refuse any marriage proposal from Mr Boot. Can Florence find a way to be with the man she loves and make a new life for herself?
Book 2: Mrs Boots of Pelham Street
As the wife of an esteemed businessman, Jesse Boot, Florence’s position in society is much changed from her quiet life as a shopkeeper’s assistant. Now a lady of means, Florence is expected to act in a way society demands.
And whilst Florence is more than happy to be a dutiful wife and a doting mother, as the Boots empire continues to grow, there is so much more to her than simply being Mama or dearest. Helping the staff and customers who rely on her and the business gives Florence an added purpose.
Can she show society that a woman can have it all…?
Book 3: Mrs Boots goes to War
The world is at war and her country needs her
When Florence’s son, John, announces that he has enlisted, she is horrified but determined to hold her family together during the oncoming hardships they are to face.
Men are returning to England wounded, with many more not returning at all, families are struggling, and Florence's ‘Dear Girls’ are risking their lives in new and dangerous jobs. Florence might be older now, but she has no intention of sitting back on her laurels while others fight for King and Country. She knows what needs to be done…
The Author:
Deborah Carr is the author of USA TODAY bestseller The Poppy Field.
She writes historical fiction for HarperCollins' romance imprint One More Chapter. Een Veld Vol Klaprozen, the Dutch translation of The Poppy Field was published by HarperCollins Holland in January 2020.
The first two books in her Mrs Boots series inspired by Florence Boot, the wife of Boots founder, Jesse Boot, will be published in 2020.
She lives on the island of Jersey with her husband and three rescue dogs. She is one of The Blonde Plotters and a co-founder of the multi-award-winning platform, MyVLF.com (My Virtual Literary Festival).
Title 1: Mrs Boots
Genre: Historical Fiction (Based on a true story)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Mrs Boots of Pelham Street
Genre: Historical Fiction (Based on a true story)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Mrs Boots goes to War
Genre: Historical Fiction (Based on a true story)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://deborahcarr.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DebsCarr
Book 1: Mrs Boots
Jersey, 1885
On the beautiful island of Jersey, Florence Rowe lives a quiet life working in her father’s bookshop. Life for the Rowe family is good, but Florence can’t help yearning for more…
When Jesse Boot, the successful owner of Boots the chemist, arrives on the island, Florence is immediately captivated by his tales of life in a busy, bustling city on the mainland. For the first time ever, Florence imagines a life away from the constraints of Jersey society, of being someone more than just a shopgirl.
Until her parents reveal the shocking news they will refuse any marriage proposal from Mr Boot. Can Florence find a way to be with the man she loves and make a new life for herself?
Book 2: Mrs Boots of Pelham Street
As the wife of an esteemed businessman, Jesse Boot, Florence’s position in society is much changed from her quiet life as a shopkeeper’s assistant. Now a lady of means, Florence is expected to act in a way society demands.
And whilst Florence is more than happy to be a dutiful wife and a doting mother, as the Boots empire continues to grow, there is so much more to her than simply being Mama or dearest. Helping the staff and customers who rely on her and the business gives Florence an added purpose.
Can she show society that a woman can have it all…?
Book 3: Mrs Boots goes to War
The world is at war and her country needs her
When Florence’s son, John, announces that he has enlisted, she is horrified but determined to hold her family together during the oncoming hardships they are to face.
Men are returning to England wounded, with many more not returning at all, families are struggling, and Florence's ‘Dear Girls’ are risking their lives in new and dangerous jobs. Florence might be older now, but she has no intention of sitting back on her laurels while others fight for King and Country. She knows what needs to be done…
The Author:
Deborah Carr is the author of USA TODAY bestseller The Poppy Field.
She writes historical fiction for HarperCollins' romance imprint One More Chapter. Een Veld Vol Klaprozen, the Dutch translation of The Poppy Field was published by HarperCollins Holland in January 2020.
The first two books in her Mrs Boots series inspired by Florence Boot, the wife of Boots founder, Jesse Boot, will be published in 2020.
She lives on the island of Jersey with her husband and three rescue dogs. She is one of The Blonde Plotters and a co-founder of the multi-award-winning platform, MyVLF.com (My Virtual Literary Festival).
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Kelly Florentia
Kelly Florentia
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Title: MINE
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WQv0p-ajps
Website: https://kellyflorentia.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyflorentia
The Book;
When loner Lucy Harper, accepts a Facebook friend’s request from Jasmine, an old school friend, the last thing she expects is for Jasmine to run off with her husband, Andrew.
Now, newly divorced, Lucy lives in the flat she still part-owns with Andrew. After a drunken night out, she wakes up with Teddy Fallon. But this is the least of her worries.
The night before a text came through claiming someone knows her secret.
But what is Lucy hiding?
Before Lucy has time to process everything, her ex drops a bombshell – fiancé Jasmine is pregnant, and he wants his share of the money from the flat.
Then the blackmail begins.
Who is after Lucy and why?
Love isn’t always innocent, and Lucy is about to learn a lesson the hard way.
The Author:
Kelly Florentia was born and bred in north London, where she continues to live with her husband Joe, and where her novels The Magic Touch, No Way Back, Her Secret and her latest psychological thriller, Mine, are set.
Kelly has always loved writing and was a bit of a poet when she was younger. Before penning her debut, she wrote short stories for women's magazines - To Tell a Tale or Two is a collection of her short tales. In January 2017, her keen interest in health and fitness led to the release of Smooth Operator - a collection of twenty of her favourite smoothie recipes.
As well as writing, Kelly enjoys reading, running, drinking coffee, gyming, watching TV dramas, and spending way too much time on social media.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WQv0p-ajps
Website: https://kellyflorentia.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyflorentia
The Book;
When loner Lucy Harper, accepts a Facebook friend’s request from Jasmine, an old school friend, the last thing she expects is for Jasmine to run off with her husband, Andrew.
Now, newly divorced, Lucy lives in the flat she still part-owns with Andrew. After a drunken night out, she wakes up with Teddy Fallon. But this is the least of her worries.
The night before a text came through claiming someone knows her secret.
But what is Lucy hiding?
Before Lucy has time to process everything, her ex drops a bombshell – fiancé Jasmine is pregnant, and he wants his share of the money from the flat.
Then the blackmail begins.
Who is after Lucy and why?
Love isn’t always innocent, and Lucy is about to learn a lesson the hard way.
The Author:
Kelly Florentia was born and bred in north London, where she continues to live with her husband Joe, and where her novels The Magic Touch, No Way Back, Her Secret and her latest psychological thriller, Mine, are set.
Kelly has always loved writing and was a bit of a poet when she was younger. Before penning her debut, she wrote short stories for women's magazines - To Tell a Tale or Two is a collection of her short tales. In January 2017, her keen interest in health and fitness led to the release of Smooth Operator - a collection of twenty of her favourite smoothie recipes.
As well as writing, Kelly enjoys reading, running, drinking coffee, gyming, watching TV dramas, and spending way too much time on social media.
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Two Books
Title 1: The Berlin Zookeeper
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Secret Diary
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annastuartbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annastuartbooks
The Book 1; The Berlin Zookeeper
Berlin Zoo, 1943: Ten-year-old Adelaide and her new born sister are orphaned after a devastating night of bombing. Heartbroken and frightened, Adelaide runs to her mother’s closest friend, Katharina Heinroth, and the kind zookeeper takes the two little girls under her protection. As the bombing intensifies, Adelaide tries to shut out the horrors of war by caring for her tiny sister and playing with the adorable baby monkeys. But when Katharina organises a dangerous operation to enable children and animals to escape the battle-scarred city, something goes wrong. And Adelaide has to promise her adopted mother to keep a shocking secret. A secret that will change Adelaide’s life forever.
Berlin Zoo, 2019: Bethan Taylor notices the elderly lady sitting on the bench next to her seems confused, her thoughts flitting between past and present. Ada talks of her childhood, played out in an underground bunker beneath the animal enclosures during the war. As Ada’s story unfolds, Bethan is surprised to hear a name she recognises…
Katharina Heinroth is at the top of a list of German names Bethan found in a hidden compartment of her late mother’s jewellery box. Bethan’s father couldn’t tell her anything about the crumpled piece of paper and she’s been searching for the meaning ever since.
As the two women are brought together by the pain of the past can they help each other to heal? And after decades of silence, can Ada help Bethan to uncover a long-buried family mystery?
The Book 2: The Secret Diary
Norfolk, 1945: Only a few months ago Nancy Jones was fighting for her country as a gunner girl. Now she’s struggling to adjust to her responsibilities as a gamekeeper’s wife. After a whirlwind romance, Nancy is deeply in love with her handsome husband Joe but there is still so much they don’t know about each other. When a secret from Nancy’s war years threatens to resurface, will the terrible truth about the worst night of her life shatter their new marriage?
Norfolk, 2019: Devastated by the sudden loss of her husband, Lorna Haynes escapes to the beautiful but crumbling Gamekeeper’s Cottage. There, she stumbles upon a locked room. When she enters, it’s like going back in time. A soldier’s uniform hangs on the back of the door, the flowery wallpaper still intact, the spindle of the record player frozen and ready to play. At the back of the room, Lorna discovers a red, leather-bound diary in a hidden compartment of a desk drawer.
As Lorna battles with heartache, she takes comfort in reading the ink-stained words. Turning the pages of the old book, she learns of the incredible bravery of the woman who lived in the house decades before her. And discovers a shocking wartime secret that will change the course of her own life…
The Author:
"I wanted to be an author from the moment I could pick up a pen and was writing boarding-school novels by the age of nine. I made the early mistake of thinking I ought to get a 'proper job' and went into Factory Planning - a career that gave me some wonderful experiences, amazing friends and even a fantastic husband, but didn't offer much creative scope. So when I stopped to have children I took the chance to start the 'improper job' of writing. It's not been easy but I love it and can't see myself ever stopping.
The Berlin Zookeeper is the first in my new series of WW2 novels. It's a dual timeline novel set in Berlin Zoo in the present day and at the climax of the war, as the keepers battle to save the lives of both their animals and themselves in the face of terrible hardships. Coming this August is The Secret Diary, exploring the troubles facing a bold group of young women trying to integrate back into 'normal' society after life as a tight-knit team of 'gunner girls' - and trying to hide the secret that binds them...
I also write medieval fiction as Joanna Courtney."
Title 1: The Berlin Zookeeper
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Secret Diary
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annastuartbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annastuartbooks
The Book 1; The Berlin Zookeeper
Berlin Zoo, 1943: Ten-year-old Adelaide and her new born sister are orphaned after a devastating night of bombing. Heartbroken and frightened, Adelaide runs to her mother’s closest friend, Katharina Heinroth, and the kind zookeeper takes the two little girls under her protection. As the bombing intensifies, Adelaide tries to shut out the horrors of war by caring for her tiny sister and playing with the adorable baby monkeys. But when Katharina organises a dangerous operation to enable children and animals to escape the battle-scarred city, something goes wrong. And Adelaide has to promise her adopted mother to keep a shocking secret. A secret that will change Adelaide’s life forever.
Berlin Zoo, 2019: Bethan Taylor notices the elderly lady sitting on the bench next to her seems confused, her thoughts flitting between past and present. Ada talks of her childhood, played out in an underground bunker beneath the animal enclosures during the war. As Ada’s story unfolds, Bethan is surprised to hear a name she recognises…
Katharina Heinroth is at the top of a list of German names Bethan found in a hidden compartment of her late mother’s jewellery box. Bethan’s father couldn’t tell her anything about the crumpled piece of paper and she’s been searching for the meaning ever since.
As the two women are brought together by the pain of the past can they help each other to heal? And after decades of silence, can Ada help Bethan to uncover a long-buried family mystery?
The Book 2: The Secret Diary
Norfolk, 1945: Only a few months ago Nancy Jones was fighting for her country as a gunner girl. Now she’s struggling to adjust to her responsibilities as a gamekeeper’s wife. After a whirlwind romance, Nancy is deeply in love with her handsome husband Joe but there is still so much they don’t know about each other. When a secret from Nancy’s war years threatens to resurface, will the terrible truth about the worst night of her life shatter their new marriage?
Norfolk, 2019: Devastated by the sudden loss of her husband, Lorna Haynes escapes to the beautiful but crumbling Gamekeeper’s Cottage. There, she stumbles upon a locked room. When she enters, it’s like going back in time. A soldier’s uniform hangs on the back of the door, the flowery wallpaper still intact, the spindle of the record player frozen and ready to play. At the back of the room, Lorna discovers a red, leather-bound diary in a hidden compartment of a desk drawer.
As Lorna battles with heartache, she takes comfort in reading the ink-stained words. Turning the pages of the old book, she learns of the incredible bravery of the woman who lived in the house decades before her. And discovers a shocking wartime secret that will change the course of her own life…
The Author:
"I wanted to be an author from the moment I could pick up a pen and was writing boarding-school novels by the age of nine. I made the early mistake of thinking I ought to get a 'proper job' and went into Factory Planning - a career that gave me some wonderful experiences, amazing friends and even a fantastic husband, but didn't offer much creative scope. So when I stopped to have children I took the chance to start the 'improper job' of writing. It's not been easy but I love it and can't see myself ever stopping.
The Berlin Zookeeper is the first in my new series of WW2 novels. It's a dual timeline novel set in Berlin Zoo in the present day and at the climax of the war, as the keepers battle to save the lives of both their animals and themselves in the face of terrible hardships. Coming this August is The Secret Diary, exploring the troubles facing a bold group of young women trying to integrate back into 'normal' society after life as a tight-knit team of 'gunner girls' - and trying to hide the secret that binds them...
I also write medieval fiction as Joanna Courtney."
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Elle McNicoll
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Title: It's A Kind Of Spark
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://ellemcnicoll.com
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/BooksandChokers
The Book;
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES BEST BOOK FOR YOUNGER READERS AND OVERALL WINNER 2021
WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER PRIZE FOR BEST STORY 2021
SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE MONTH OCTOBER 2020
A Kind of Spark tells the story of 11-year-old Addie as she campaigns for a memorial in memory of the witch trials that took place in her Scottish hometown. Addie knows there's more to the story of these 'witches', just like there is more to hers. Can Addie challenge how the people in her town see her, and her autism, and make her voice heard?
The Author:
Elle is a Scottish and Neurodivergent writer, happily living in London. She graduated with a first in Creative Writing and has worked as a bookseller, bartender, blogger and babysitter—all while writing stories for her own amusement. After completing her Masters dissertation on the lack of Own Voices representation for Neurodivergent children, she grew tired of the lack of inclusivity in the industry, and wrote a book herself.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://ellemcnicoll.com
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/BooksandChokers
The Book;
WINNER OF THE WATERSTONES BEST BOOK FOR YOUNGER READERS AND OVERALL WINNER 2021
WINNER OF THE BLUE PETER PRIZE FOR BEST STORY 2021
SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
THE TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK
WATERSTONES CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE MONTH OCTOBER 2020
A Kind of Spark tells the story of 11-year-old Addie as she campaigns for a memorial in memory of the witch trials that took place in her Scottish hometown. Addie knows there's more to the story of these 'witches', just like there is more to hers. Can Addie challenge how the people in her town see her, and her autism, and make her voice heard?
The Author:
Elle is a Scottish and Neurodivergent writer, happily living in London. She graduated with a first in Creative Writing and has worked as a bookseller, bartender, blogger and babysitter—all while writing stories for her own amusement. After completing her Masters dissertation on the lack of Own Voices representation for Neurodivergent children, she grew tired of the lack of inclusivity in the industry, and wrote a book herself.
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Amanda Lees
Amanda Lees
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Title: The Crime Dictionary
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.amandalees.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandalees
The Book;
This is an indispensable guide for fans of true crime and crime fiction, whether in books, film or on TV, who want to look behind the crime, to understand the mechanics of an investigation, to walk in their favourite detectives' shoes and, most importantly, to solve the clues.
To do that, one needs to be fluent in the language of the world of crime. We need to know what that world-weary DI is talking about when she refers to another MISPER. We have to immediately grasp the significance of the presence of paraquat, and precisely why it is still a poison of choice.
If you want to know how many murders it takes for a killer to be defined as a serial killer, what Philip Marlowe means when he talks about being 'on a confidential lay' and why the 'fruit of a poisonous tree' is a legal term rather than something you should avoid on a country walk, this is the reference book you've been waiting for.
It covers police and procedural terms and jargon of many different countries; acronyms; murder methods; criminal definitions, including different types of killers; infamous killers and famous detectives; notorious cases often referred to in crime fiction and true crime; gangster slang, including that of the Eastern European mafia; definitions of illegal drugs; weapons; forensic terminology; types of poisons; words and phrases used in major crime genres, including detective fiction, legal thrillers, courtroom dramas, hardboiled crime, Scandi and Tartan Noir, cosy crime and psychological thrillers; criminology terms; and the language of the courts and the legal systems of British, American, French, Nordic and other countries.
From Aconite to the Zodiac Killer is an essential, go-to resource for readers and even for writers of crime fiction. More than simply a glossary, this is a guide that provides a doorway into a supergenre, and one that is not just for readers, but also for the many fans of film and TV dramas, of podcasts, and crime blogs. It is also an indispensable resource for writers or would-be writers of crime fiction.
The Author:
AMANDA LEES was born in Hong Kong. She is the author of the bestselling satirical novels Selling Out and Secret Admirer (Pan) which have both received critical acclaim and have been translated into several languages. Her major YA thriller trilogy, Kumari, Goddess of Gotham, was nominated for the Guardian Children's Book Prize and the Doncaster Book Award. It also featured as Redhouse Book of The Month and Lovereading4kids Book of the Month. Amanda appears regularly on BBC radio and LBC and was a contracted writer to the hit series Weekending on Radio 4. She has written for, or contributed to, the Evening Standard, The Times, New Woman, US Cosmopolitan and Bulgaria's Vagabond magazine. Amanda has conducted a love coaching phone-in from the sofa of Richard & Judy and wooed the viewers on Channel 5 Live. She won an award at the Hungarian Györ Film Festival for a short film she produced, a psychological thriller called Pros and Cons.
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.amandalees.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandalees
The Book;
This is an indispensable guide for fans of true crime and crime fiction, whether in books, film or on TV, who want to look behind the crime, to understand the mechanics of an investigation, to walk in their favourite detectives' shoes and, most importantly, to solve the clues.
To do that, one needs to be fluent in the language of the world of crime. We need to know what that world-weary DI is talking about when she refers to another MISPER. We have to immediately grasp the significance of the presence of paraquat, and precisely why it is still a poison of choice.
If you want to know how many murders it takes for a killer to be defined as a serial killer, what Philip Marlowe means when he talks about being 'on a confidential lay' and why the 'fruit of a poisonous tree' is a legal term rather than something you should avoid on a country walk, this is the reference book you've been waiting for.
It covers police and procedural terms and jargon of many different countries; acronyms; murder methods; criminal definitions, including different types of killers; infamous killers and famous detectives; notorious cases often referred to in crime fiction and true crime; gangster slang, including that of the Eastern European mafia; definitions of illegal drugs; weapons; forensic terminology; types of poisons; words and phrases used in major crime genres, including detective fiction, legal thrillers, courtroom dramas, hardboiled crime, Scandi and Tartan Noir, cosy crime and psychological thrillers; criminology terms; and the language of the courts and the legal systems of British, American, French, Nordic and other countries.
From Aconite to the Zodiac Killer is an essential, go-to resource for readers and even for writers of crime fiction. More than simply a glossary, this is a guide that provides a doorway into a supergenre, and one that is not just for readers, but also for the many fans of film and TV dramas, of podcasts, and crime blogs. It is also an indispensable resource for writers or would-be writers of crime fiction.
The Author:
AMANDA LEES was born in Hong Kong. She is the author of the bestselling satirical novels Selling Out and Secret Admirer (Pan) which have both received critical acclaim and have been translated into several languages. Her major YA thriller trilogy, Kumari, Goddess of Gotham, was nominated for the Guardian Children's Book Prize and the Doncaster Book Award. It also featured as Redhouse Book of The Month and Lovereading4kids Book of the Month. Amanda appears regularly on BBC radio and LBC and was a contracted writer to the hit series Weekending on Radio 4. She has written for, or contributed to, the Evening Standard, The Times, New Woman, US Cosmopolitan and Bulgaria's Vagabond magazine. Amanda has conducted a love coaching phone-in from the sofa of Richard & Judy and wooed the viewers on Channel 5 Live. She won an award at the Hungarian Györ Film Festival for a short film she produced, a psychological thriller called Pros and Cons.
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Jennifer Killick
Jennifer Killick
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Book: Crater Lake Evolution
Genre: Children - Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available
Postage: Free Uk Only
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm0l7V28Rxw
Website: https://www.jenniferkillick.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenniferKillick
The Book;
It's five months since the nightmare Year Six School trip to Crater Lake, and something has gone very wrong in Lance's home town of Straybridge. There's been an explosion at the University, a mysterious test creature is missing and no one is allowed in or out of the town. On top of this Lance has lost touch with his friends since starting at his new school. And now his mum has been acting strangely since they started decorating the Christmas tree... As he goes door to door trying to reunite his team, Lance realises how bad things have got. Now he, Katja, Max, Chets and Ade, plus new friend Karim, must think bigger and bolder if they are to save their families. But there's something else out there too - something straight out of their nightmares...
The Author:
I have always loved stories. Growing up, I kept so many books hidden in my bed for reading after lights out that there was barely room for me! I also loved writing stories – my first being a tale about a baby bird called Snowy, who hurt her leg and had to hop her way to safety.
I started thinking seriously about being a writer when I was in secondary school, but didn’t do anything about it because I didn’t really believe it was possible. The thought of seeing a book in the shops with my name on it seemed too amazing to ever be a reality. I was afraid that I’d fail, so I didn’t risk trying– and that is definitely the worst reason in the world!
Having my first son was the kick in the bottom I needed. Suddenly I had someone depending on and looking up to me, and it made me want to do better. Once he started school I applied for a Creative Writing MA at Brunel University, intending to write grown up novels full of tragedy and despair. But then I got the idea for ‘The Really Big Stink’ and from then on, writing for children was all I wanted to do.
I live in London, in a house full of children, animals and Pokemon. When I’m not busy mothering or step-mothering (which isn’t often) I love to read, write and run, as fast as I can. My favourite things are books, trees and fluffy slippers, and my favourite place in the world is my home, where I can sit at the end of my garden, by the river, with tea and cake, coming up with story ideas in my pyjamas.
Genre: Children - Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available
Postage: Free Uk Only
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm0l7V28Rxw
Website: https://www.jenniferkillick.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenniferKillick
The Book;
It's five months since the nightmare Year Six School trip to Crater Lake, and something has gone very wrong in Lance's home town of Straybridge. There's been an explosion at the University, a mysterious test creature is missing and no one is allowed in or out of the town. On top of this Lance has lost touch with his friends since starting at his new school. And now his mum has been acting strangely since they started decorating the Christmas tree... As he goes door to door trying to reunite his team, Lance realises how bad things have got. Now he, Katja, Max, Chets and Ade, plus new friend Karim, must think bigger and bolder if they are to save their families. But there's something else out there too - something straight out of their nightmares...
The Author:
I have always loved stories. Growing up, I kept so many books hidden in my bed for reading after lights out that there was barely room for me! I also loved writing stories – my first being a tale about a baby bird called Snowy, who hurt her leg and had to hop her way to safety.
I started thinking seriously about being a writer when I was in secondary school, but didn’t do anything about it because I didn’t really believe it was possible. The thought of seeing a book in the shops with my name on it seemed too amazing to ever be a reality. I was afraid that I’d fail, so I didn’t risk trying– and that is definitely the worst reason in the world!
Having my first son was the kick in the bottom I needed. Suddenly I had someone depending on and looking up to me, and it made me want to do better. Once he started school I applied for a Creative Writing MA at Brunel University, intending to write grown up novels full of tragedy and despair. But then I got the idea for ‘The Really Big Stink’ and from then on, writing for children was all I wanted to do.
I live in London, in a house full of children, animals and Pokemon. When I’m not busy mothering or step-mothering (which isn’t often) I love to read, write and run, as fast as I can. My favourite things are books, trees and fluffy slippers, and my favourite place in the world is my home, where I can sit at the end of my garden, by the river, with tea and cake, coming up with story ideas in my pyjamas.
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Carol McGrath
Carol McGrath
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Title: The Damask Rose
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://carolcmcgrath.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carolmcgrath
The Book;
1266. Eleanor of Castile, adored wife of the Crown Prince of England, is still only a princess when she is held hostage in the brutal Baron's Rebellion, and her baby daughter dies. Scarred by privation, a bitter Eleanor swears revenge on those who would harm her family - and vows never to let herself be vulnerable again.
As she rises to become Queen, Eleanor keeps Olwen - a trusted herbalist, who tried to save her daughter - by her side. But it is dangerous to be friendless in a royal household, and as the court sets out on crusade, Olwen and Eleanor discover that the true battle for Europe may not be a matter of swords and lances, but one fanned by whispers and spies . . .
The Author:
Carol McGrath is the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves Trilogy, which began with the hugely successful The Silken Rose and continues with the brand new The Damask Rose. Born in Northern Ireland, she fell in love with historical fiction at a young age, when exploring local castles, such as Carrickfergus, and nearby archeological digs- and discovering some ancient bones herself. While completing a degree in History, she became fascinated by the strong women who were silenced in record. Her first novel, The Handfasted Wife, was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards, and Mistress Cromwell was widely praised as a timely feminist retelling of Tudor court life. Her novels are known for their intricacy, depth of research and powerful stories.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://carolcmcgrath.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carolmcgrath
The Book;
1266. Eleanor of Castile, adored wife of the Crown Prince of England, is still only a princess when she is held hostage in the brutal Baron's Rebellion, and her baby daughter dies. Scarred by privation, a bitter Eleanor swears revenge on those who would harm her family - and vows never to let herself be vulnerable again.
As she rises to become Queen, Eleanor keeps Olwen - a trusted herbalist, who tried to save her daughter - by her side. But it is dangerous to be friendless in a royal household, and as the court sets out on crusade, Olwen and Eleanor discover that the true battle for Europe may not be a matter of swords and lances, but one fanned by whispers and spies . . .
The Author:
Carol McGrath is the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves Trilogy, which began with the hugely successful The Silken Rose and continues with the brand new The Damask Rose. Born in Northern Ireland, she fell in love with historical fiction at a young age, when exploring local castles, such as Carrickfergus, and nearby archeological digs- and discovering some ancient bones herself. While completing a degree in History, she became fascinated by the strong women who were silenced in record. Her first novel, The Handfasted Wife, was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards, and Mistress Cromwell was widely praised as a timely feminist retelling of Tudor court life. Her novels are known for their intricacy, depth of research and powerful stories.
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Gillian Cross
Gillian Cross
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Title: Five Ways To Make A Friend
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
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Book Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fEA2tbLs6w
Website: http://www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gilliancross
The Book;
It's Ella's first day at her new school and that can only mean one thing: making new friends. But the challenge is even tougher than Ella thought, as the girls in her class just don't seem interested in her. When she stumbles across the book 'Five Ways to Make a Friend' in the library, it's like all her prayers have been answered. With five excellent ideas up her sleeve, Ella will be friends with the girls in no time ... Right? But what if things don't quite work out as planned? And what if the friend Ella really needs has been there all along? A touching tale of friendship, understanding and finding the confidence to be yourself. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 7+
The Author:
Gillian Cross has been writing children’s books for over thirty years. Before that, she took English degrees at Oxford and Sussex Universities, and had various jobs including working in a village bakery and being an assistant to a Member of Parliament. She won the Carnegie Medal for Wolf, the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Children’s Novel Award for The Great Elephant Chase; and the Little Rebels Award for After Tomorrow.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fEA2tbLs6w
Website: http://www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gilliancross
The Book;
It's Ella's first day at her new school and that can only mean one thing: making new friends. But the challenge is even tougher than Ella thought, as the girls in her class just don't seem interested in her. When she stumbles across the book 'Five Ways to Make a Friend' in the library, it's like all her prayers have been answered. With five excellent ideas up her sleeve, Ella will be friends with the girls in no time ... Right? But what if things don't quite work out as planned? And what if the friend Ella really needs has been there all along? A touching tale of friendship, understanding and finding the confidence to be yourself. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 7+
The Author:
Gillian Cross has been writing children’s books for over thirty years. Before that, she took English degrees at Oxford and Sussex Universities, and had various jobs including working in a village bakery and being an assistant to a Member of Parliament. She won the Carnegie Medal for Wolf, the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Children’s Novel Award for The Great Elephant Chase; and the Little Rebels Award for After Tomorrow.
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Title: The Great Elephant Chase
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gilliancross
The Book;
A giant Indian elephant.
A wild journey across America.
An enemy who will never stop.
Tad and Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant. Clammy-fingered, steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do anything to capture the animal.
Maybe even kill . . .
Staying ahead means being faster and smarter - but how do you hide an elephant? Especially one with a mind of its own...
The Author:
Gillian Cross has been writing children’s books for over thirty years. Before that, she took English degrees at Oxford and Sussex Universities, and had various jobs including working in a village bakery and being an assistant to a Member of Parliament. She won the Carnegie Medal for Wolf, the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Children’s Novel Award for The Great Elephant Chase; and the Little Rebels Award for After Tomorrow.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.gillian-cross.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gilliancross
The Book;
A giant Indian elephant.
A wild journey across America.
An enemy who will never stop.
Tad and Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant. Clammy-fingered, steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do anything to capture the animal.
Maybe even kill . . .
Staying ahead means being faster and smarter - but how do you hide an elephant? Especially one with a mind of its own...
The Author:
Gillian Cross has been writing children’s books for over thirty years. Before that, she took English degrees at Oxford and Sussex Universities, and had various jobs including working in a village bakery and being an assistant to a Member of Parliament. She won the Carnegie Medal for Wolf, the Smarties Prize and the Whitbread Children’s Novel Award for The Great Elephant Chase; and the Little Rebels Award for After Tomorrow.
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Victoria Williamson
Victoria Williamson
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Two Books
Title 1: The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Boy with the Butterfly Mind
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://strangelymagical.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/strangelymagic
Book 1: The Fox Girl of the White Gazelle
Reema runs to remember the life she left behind in Syria. Caylin runs to find what she's lost. Under the grey Glasgow skies, twelve-year-old refugee Reema is struggling to find her place in a new country, with a new language and without her brother. But she isn't the only one feeling lost. Her Glasgwegian neighbour Caylin is lonely and lashing out. When they discover an injured fox and her cubs hiding on their estate, the girls form a wary friendship. And they are more alike than they could have imagined: they both love to run. As Reema and Caylin learn to believe again, in themselves and in others, they find friendship, freedom and the discovery that home isn't a place, it's the people you love. Heartfelt and full of hope, The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle is an uplifting story about the power of friendship and belonging. Inspired by her work with young asylum seekers, debut novelist Victoria Williamson's stunning story of displacement and discovery will speak to anyone who has ever asked 'where do I belong?'
Book 2; The Boy with the Butterfly Mind
Jamie Lee just wants to be normal but his ADHD isn't making it easy. If only he could control his butterfly mind then he'd have friends, be able to keep out of trouble, live with his mum and not be sent to stay with his dad.
Elin Watts just wants to be perfect. If she could be the best student and daughter possible, then maybe her dad would leave his new family and come back to Glasgow to live with Elin and her mum, happily ever after.
When Jamie and Elin's families blend, the polar opposites of chaotic Jamie and ordered Elin collide. As their lives spiral out of control, Jamie and Elin discover that they're actually more alike than they'd admit. Maybe there's no such thing as normal, or perfect. And perhaps, just like families, happy-ever-afters come in all shapes and sizes.
Uplifting and moving, The Boy with the Butterfly Mind is an inspiring story of acceptance, blended families, and discovering that in the end, being yourself is more than enough.
The Author:
A lifelong storyteller and daydreamer, Victoria Williamson is a children’s author and teacher who has lived and worked in Africa, China, America and the UK.
Victoria grew up in Kirkintilloch, north Glasgow, surrounded by hills on the edge of a forest estate where many of her early ghost stories and fantasy tales were born amid the magical trees and spooky old ruined buildings.
After studying Physics at the University of Glasgow, she set out on her own real life adventures, which included teaching Maths and Science in Cameroon, training teachers in Malawi, teaching English in China and working with children with special needs in the UK.
Victoria writes fantasy, adventure, science fiction and contemporary issue novels for Middle Grade (9-12), Teen, and Young Adult readers. Many of her books have been inspired by children she has met on her travels, both abroad and in the UK. She is currently working on a Middle Grade novel exploring the issues faced by a boy with ADHD who is struggling to fit in with his new step-family, and a spooky adventure novel for Teens, centred around a cast of characters with special needs including deafness, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.
Title 1: The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Boy with the Butterfly Mind
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://strangelymagical.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/strangelymagic
Book 1: The Fox Girl of the White Gazelle
Reema runs to remember the life she left behind in Syria. Caylin runs to find what she's lost. Under the grey Glasgow skies, twelve-year-old refugee Reema is struggling to find her place in a new country, with a new language and without her brother. But she isn't the only one feeling lost. Her Glasgwegian neighbour Caylin is lonely and lashing out. When they discover an injured fox and her cubs hiding on their estate, the girls form a wary friendship. And they are more alike than they could have imagined: they both love to run. As Reema and Caylin learn to believe again, in themselves and in others, they find friendship, freedom and the discovery that home isn't a place, it's the people you love. Heartfelt and full of hope, The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle is an uplifting story about the power of friendship and belonging. Inspired by her work with young asylum seekers, debut novelist Victoria Williamson's stunning story of displacement and discovery will speak to anyone who has ever asked 'where do I belong?'
Book 2; The Boy with the Butterfly Mind
Jamie Lee just wants to be normal but his ADHD isn't making it easy. If only he could control his butterfly mind then he'd have friends, be able to keep out of trouble, live with his mum and not be sent to stay with his dad.
Elin Watts just wants to be perfect. If she could be the best student and daughter possible, then maybe her dad would leave his new family and come back to Glasgow to live with Elin and her mum, happily ever after.
When Jamie and Elin's families blend, the polar opposites of chaotic Jamie and ordered Elin collide. As their lives spiral out of control, Jamie and Elin discover that they're actually more alike than they'd admit. Maybe there's no such thing as normal, or perfect. And perhaps, just like families, happy-ever-afters come in all shapes and sizes.
Uplifting and moving, The Boy with the Butterfly Mind is an inspiring story of acceptance, blended families, and discovering that in the end, being yourself is more than enough.
The Author:
A lifelong storyteller and daydreamer, Victoria Williamson is a children’s author and teacher who has lived and worked in Africa, China, America and the UK.
Victoria grew up in Kirkintilloch, north Glasgow, surrounded by hills on the edge of a forest estate where many of her early ghost stories and fantasy tales were born amid the magical trees and spooky old ruined buildings.
After studying Physics at the University of Glasgow, she set out on her own real life adventures, which included teaching Maths and Science in Cameroon, training teachers in Malawi, teaching English in China and working with children with special needs in the UK.
Victoria writes fantasy, adventure, science fiction and contemporary issue novels for Middle Grade (9-12), Teen, and Young Adult readers. Many of her books have been inspired by children she has met on her travels, both abroad and in the UK. She is currently working on a Middle Grade novel exploring the issues faced by a boy with ADHD who is struggling to fit in with his new step-family, and a spooky adventure novel for Teens, centred around a cast of characters with special needs including deafness, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.
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Linda Regan
Linda Regan
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Title: Behind You
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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*Linda has kindly donated a First Edition of her first published book*
Website: https://lindareganonline.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Linda_Regan
The Book;
Christmas: a time of peace and goodwill.
Oh no it isn't, thinks Detective Paul Banham, called out to a suspicious death at the local theater, right in the middle of the pantomime. Was it an accident - or murder?
On the other side of rivalries, grudges and illicit liaisons begin to surface. A second death leaves Banham in no doubt that there's a murderer on the loose - but the panto is sold out and the show must go on.
The Author:
Linda was born in London. She is the daughter of a comedy magician, agent and comedy band leader. After leaving school at an early age, and a brief spell in club comedy Linda started her acting career in repertory theatre. She appeared in everything from Shakespeare to farce, in various theatre up and down the country. This was followed by the leading part in Tom Stoppard's Dirty Linen in the West End, and then a spell with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her television and film work is extensive, she was regular in the hit HiDeHi comedy series, but has worked in many top television dramas. She is also the author of a series of successful crime novels.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Linda has kindly donated a First Edition of her first published book*
Website: https://lindareganonline.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Linda_Regan
The Book;
Christmas: a time of peace and goodwill.
Oh no it isn't, thinks Detective Paul Banham, called out to a suspicious death at the local theater, right in the middle of the pantomime. Was it an accident - or murder?
On the other side of rivalries, grudges and illicit liaisons begin to surface. A second death leaves Banham in no doubt that there's a murderer on the loose - but the panto is sold out and the show must go on.
The Author:
Linda was born in London. She is the daughter of a comedy magician, agent and comedy band leader. After leaving school at an early age, and a brief spell in club comedy Linda started her acting career in repertory theatre. She appeared in everything from Shakespeare to farce, in various theatre up and down the country. This was followed by the leading part in Tom Stoppard's Dirty Linen in the West End, and then a spell with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her television and film work is extensive, she was regular in the hit HiDeHi comedy series, but has worked in many top television dramas. She is also the author of a series of successful crime novels.
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Sophie Cleverly
Sophie Cleverly
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Title: The Violet Veil - A Case Of Grave Danger
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A reading by Sophie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i-3FSGW52I
Website: https://sophiecleverly.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hapfairy
The Book;
Violet Veil wants nothing more than to prove her worth and become her father’s apprentice at Veil & Sons Undertakers. And one rain-soaked night she gets her chance when she meets a boy, Oliver, who is wandering around the graveyard. Only, the last time Violet saw Oliver, he was indoors and very much dead, waiting to be buried. Violet has just found her first case, and it doesn’t get bigger than this: can she, with the help of her dog, Bones, help Oliver solve his own ‘murder’?
The Author:
Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She studied for a BA in Creative Writing and an MA in Writing For Young People. Her SCARLET AND IVY and THE VIOLET VEIL MYSTERIES series are published by HarperCollins worldwide and have been translated into many different languages.
Sophie lives with her husband and daughter in Wiltshire. Aside from writing, she can often be found listening to symphonic metal, watching fantastical TV and struggling to find her way out of her ever-increasing pile of books.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A reading by Sophie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i-3FSGW52I
Website: https://sophiecleverly.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hapfairy
The Book;
Violet Veil wants nothing more than to prove her worth and become her father’s apprentice at Veil & Sons Undertakers. And one rain-soaked night she gets her chance when she meets a boy, Oliver, who is wandering around the graveyard. Only, the last time Violet saw Oliver, he was indoors and very much dead, waiting to be buried. Violet has just found her first case, and it doesn’t get bigger than this: can she, with the help of her dog, Bones, help Oliver solve his own ‘murder’?
The Author:
Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She studied for a BA in Creative Writing and an MA in Writing For Young People. Her SCARLET AND IVY and THE VIOLET VEIL MYSTERIES series are published by HarperCollins worldwide and have been translated into many different languages.
Sophie lives with her husband and daughter in Wiltshire. Aside from writing, she can often be found listening to symphonic metal, watching fantastical TV and struggling to find her way out of her ever-increasing pile of books.
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David P Perlmutter
David P Perlmutter
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Title: Wrong Place Wrong Time
Genre: Biography, History, Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Blog: https://davidpperlmutter.blogspot.com/2020/08/read-first-three-chapters-of-write-to.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davepperlmutter
The Book;
After a reckless night out and losing everything I had worked so hard for, I leave memories of a London police cell behind me and head for Marbella with its promise of adventure and fun. Little do I know that I’m about to be thrust into the most terrifying time of my life. Wrong Place Wrong Time is a gripping true-life story of an unimaginable nightmare and how my ticket to a new life turns out to be a one way ticket to hell.
The Author:
David's first book, WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME, #1 BESTSELLER across the globe, with over ONE THOUSAND 5* reviews, has been the foundation stone for his writing career, and continues to be talked about all around the world.
This story is based on true events in 1991 when David, after leaving London, because of an unfortunate police incident, visited Marbella and ended up wrongly arrested for arson and manslaughter.
Next year, 2021 is set to be an extremely exciting year for David, as WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME is being made in to a movie, backed by a powerful production team in the shape of Golden Mile Productions and No Reservations Entertainment, and including Bafta award-winning executive producer Mark Foligno, from films such as The Kings Speech and Moon.
David's other true stories are FIVE WEEKS, a trip he made to Pennsylvania, on a training course for a new job. Having had a gun to his back in London, he leaves the country, only to end up left for dead in a Pennsylvanian wood. The producers of WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME are also very keen to turn this book into a movie.
Genre: Biography, History, Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Blog: https://davidpperlmutter.blogspot.com/2020/08/read-first-three-chapters-of-write-to.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davepperlmutter
The Book;
After a reckless night out and losing everything I had worked so hard for, I leave memories of a London police cell behind me and head for Marbella with its promise of adventure and fun. Little do I know that I’m about to be thrust into the most terrifying time of my life. Wrong Place Wrong Time is a gripping true-life story of an unimaginable nightmare and how my ticket to a new life turns out to be a one way ticket to hell.
The Author:
David's first book, WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME, #1 BESTSELLER across the globe, with over ONE THOUSAND 5* reviews, has been the foundation stone for his writing career, and continues to be talked about all around the world.
This story is based on true events in 1991 when David, after leaving London, because of an unfortunate police incident, visited Marbella and ended up wrongly arrested for arson and manslaughter.
Next year, 2021 is set to be an extremely exciting year for David, as WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME is being made in to a movie, backed by a powerful production team in the shape of Golden Mile Productions and No Reservations Entertainment, and including Bafta award-winning executive producer Mark Foligno, from films such as The Kings Speech and Moon.
David's other true stories are FIVE WEEKS, a trip he made to Pennsylvania, on a training course for a new job. Having had a gun to his back in London, he leaves the country, only to end up left for dead in a Pennsylvanian wood. The producers of WRONG PLACE WRONG TIME are also very keen to turn this book into a movie.
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Lucy Owen - Rebecca Harry
Lucy Owen - Rebecca Harry
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Title: The Sea House
Genre: Fantasy - Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Rebecca will be adding a handmade bookmark and stickers for the successful bidder*
Website: https://www.lucyowenbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucyowenwales
Website: https://www.rebeccaharry.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BekHarry1
The Book;
One night grieving nine-year-old Coral cries so much, she fills her house with tears and wakes to find a magical underwater world packed with exciting sea creatures, right inside her own home! But there are some terrifying creatures who have come to the sea house too. Can Coral find the strength to overcome their darkness, with the help of her new friends?
The Author:
Lucy Owen is one of the most experienced broadcasters in Wales. She presents BBC One Wales’ flagship news programme Wales Today, and BBC One Wales’ primetime consumer programme XRay, alongside her husband Rhodri Owen. Lucy is an Ambassador for Noah’s Ark Appeal, which raises money for the Children's Hospital for Wales. Lucy lives with her husband Rhodri and their son Gabriel in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The Ilustrator:
Rebecca Harry lives in Cardiff, South Wales with her two lovely children. When she used to draw as a child, she never knew she'd be lucky enough to do it as a job when she grew up. She studied graphic design and illustration in Exeter, Devon and her first creations after were for greetings cards for her own business plus a large card company in Bristol. Rebecca works in a little studio above her friend's busy jewellery shop, and from here she has illustrated many picture books for children including the much-loved Ruby the duckling series, and numerous baby books.
Genre: Fantasy - Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Rebecca will be adding a handmade bookmark and stickers for the successful bidder*
Website: https://www.lucyowenbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucyowenwales
Website: https://www.rebeccaharry.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BekHarry1
The Book;
One night grieving nine-year-old Coral cries so much, she fills her house with tears and wakes to find a magical underwater world packed with exciting sea creatures, right inside her own home! But there are some terrifying creatures who have come to the sea house too. Can Coral find the strength to overcome their darkness, with the help of her new friends?
The Author:
Lucy Owen is one of the most experienced broadcasters in Wales. She presents BBC One Wales’ flagship news programme Wales Today, and BBC One Wales’ primetime consumer programme XRay, alongside her husband Rhodri Owen. Lucy is an Ambassador for Noah’s Ark Appeal, which raises money for the Children's Hospital for Wales. Lucy lives with her husband Rhodri and their son Gabriel in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The Ilustrator:
Rebecca Harry lives in Cardiff, South Wales with her two lovely children. When she used to draw as a child, she never knew she'd be lucky enough to do it as a job when she grew up. She studied graphic design and illustration in Exeter, Devon and her first creations after were for greetings cards for her own business plus a large card company in Bristol. Rebecca works in a little studio above her friend's busy jewellery shop, and from here she has illustrated many picture books for children including the much-loved Ruby the duckling series, and numerous baby books.
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Lucy Owen - Rebecca Harry
Lucy Owen - Rebecca Harry
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Title: Flower Girl
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Rebecca will be adding a handmade bookmark and stickers for the successful bidder*
Website: https://www.rebeccaharry.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BekHarry1
Website: https://www.lucyowenbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucyowenwales
The Book;
Flower Girl is a story about a girl called Cherry who is made by magic from the flowers of an enchanted blossom tree. With hair as pink as petals and a pet butterfly called Bud, she is a little bit different to everyone else! At school, she tries hard to fit in, but that’s when things start to go wrong. She has to learn to be kind, honest and strong, or she will vanish back into the blossom petals again. When she is put to the ultimate test, can Cherry find the courage to be herself, be a true friend and save losing everything she loves, forever?
A modern day fairytale, inspiring a love towards nature, told in short, engaging chapters with beautiful illustrations by the talented Rebecca Harry.
The Author:
Lucy Owen is one of the most experienced broadcasters in Wales. She presents BBC One Wales’ flagship news programme Wales Today, and BBC One Wales’ primetime consumer programme XRay, alongside her husband Rhodri Owen. Lucy is an Ambassador for Noah’s Ark Appeal, which raises money for the Children's Hospital for Wales. Lucy lives with her husband Rhodri and their son Gabriel in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The Illustrator:
Rebecca Harry lives in Cardiff, South Wales with her two lovely children. When she used to draw as a child, she never knew she'd be lucky enough to do it as a job when she grew up. She studied graphic design and illustration in Exeter, Devon and her first creations after were for greetings cards for her own business plus a large card company in Bristol. Rebecca works in a little studio above her friend's busy jewellery shop, and from here she has illustrated many picture books for children including the much-loved Ruby the duckling series, and numerous baby books.
Genre: Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Rebecca will be adding a handmade bookmark and stickers for the successful bidder*
Website: https://www.rebeccaharry.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BekHarry1
Website: https://www.lucyowenbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucyowenwales
The Book;
Flower Girl is a story about a girl called Cherry who is made by magic from the flowers of an enchanted blossom tree. With hair as pink as petals and a pet butterfly called Bud, she is a little bit different to everyone else! At school, she tries hard to fit in, but that’s when things start to go wrong. She has to learn to be kind, honest and strong, or she will vanish back into the blossom petals again. When she is put to the ultimate test, can Cherry find the courage to be herself, be a true friend and save losing everything she loves, forever?
A modern day fairytale, inspiring a love towards nature, told in short, engaging chapters with beautiful illustrations by the talented Rebecca Harry.
The Author:
Lucy Owen is one of the most experienced broadcasters in Wales. She presents BBC One Wales’ flagship news programme Wales Today, and BBC One Wales’ primetime consumer programme XRay, alongside her husband Rhodri Owen. Lucy is an Ambassador for Noah’s Ark Appeal, which raises money for the Children's Hospital for Wales. Lucy lives with her husband Rhodri and their son Gabriel in the Vale of Glamorgan.
The Illustrator:
Rebecca Harry lives in Cardiff, South Wales with her two lovely children. When she used to draw as a child, she never knew she'd be lucky enough to do it as a job when she grew up. She studied graphic design and illustration in Exeter, Devon and her first creations after were for greetings cards for her own business plus a large card company in Bristol. Rebecca works in a little studio above her friend's busy jewellery shop, and from here she has illustrated many picture books for children including the much-loved Ruby the duckling series, and numerous baby books.
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Title: The Empty Greatcoat
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Rare Proof
Dedication: Available
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* Rebecca's book is not released until Jan 2022*
Website: https://www.rebeccafjohn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rebecca_Writer
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When Francis House enlists in the British Army in 1907, at the tender age of fifteen years and three months, he is not thinking about war. He imagines he simply wants to earn his stripes – to ease his traumatised father’s Boer War memories, or perhaps to please his favourite sister, Lily, with whom he has always dreamt of adventure.
But he soon discovers that simply becoming a soldier is not enough and, against the advice of his sergeant, he determines to seek out a real fight. Wading ashore at Gallipoli seven years later, Francis thinks he might just have found the site of his greatest opportunity. Here, he thinks, he might finally prove himself a man.
First, though, he must find his missing friend Berto.
He needs to say sorry.
He cannot yet imagine the ghosts that might stand in his way.
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Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Rare Proof
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When Francis House enlists in the British Army in 1907, at the tender age of fifteen years and three months, he is not thinking about war. He imagines he simply wants to earn his stripes – to ease his traumatised father’s Boer War memories, or perhaps to please his favourite sister, Lily, with whom he has always dreamt of adventure.
But he soon discovers that simply becoming a soldier is not enough and, against the advice of his sergeant, he determines to seek out a real fight. Wading ashore at Gallipoli seven years later, Francis thinks he might just have found the site of his greatest opportunity. Here, he thinks, he might finally prove himself a man.
First, though, he must find his missing friend Berto.
He needs to say sorry.
He cannot yet imagine the ghosts that might stand in his way.
The Author:
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Title: the Haunting of Henry Twist
Genre: Historical Fiction - Mystery Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.rebeccafjohn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rebecca_Writer
The Book;
The Haunting of Henry Twist
London, 1926: Henry Twist's heavily pregnant wife leaves home to meet a friend. On the way, she is hit by a bus and killed, though miraculously the baby survives. Henry is left with nothing but his new daughter - a single father in a world without single fathers. He hurries the baby home, terrified that she'll be taken from him. Racked with guilt and fear, he stays away from prying eyes, walking her through the streets at night, under cover of darkness.
But one evening, a strange man steps out of the shadows and addresses Henry by name. The man says that he has lost his memory, but that his name is Jack. Henry is both afraid of and drawn to Jack, and the more time they spend together, the more Henry sees that this man has echoes of his dead wife. His mannerisms, some things he says ... And so Henry wonders, has his wife returned to him? Has he conjured Jack himself from thin air? Or is he in the grip of a sophisticated con man? Who really sent him?
Set in a London recovering from the First World War, The Haunting of Henry Twist is a novel about the limits and potential of love and of grief. It is about the lengths we will go to hold on to what is precious to us, what we will forgive of those we love, and what we will sacrifice for the sake of our own happines
The Author:
Rebecca F. John was born in 1986, and grew up in Pwll, a small village on the South Wales coast. She holds a BA in English with Creative Writing (1st class hons) and an MA in Creative Writing (distinction) from Swansea University, as well as a PGCE PCET from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4Extra. In 2015, her short story 'The Glove Maker's Numbers' was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. She is the winner of the PEN International New Voices Award 2015, and the British participant of the 2016 Scritture Giovani project. In 2017, she was named on Hay Festival's 'The Hay 30' list.
Her first short story collection, Clown's Shoes, was published through Parthian in 2015.
Her first novel, The Haunting of Henry Twist, was published through Serpent's Tail in July 2017. It was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.
When she is not writing, Rebecca enjoys skiing, reading, sketching, watching tennis and playing music. Rebecca lives in Swansea with her three dogs, Betsy, Teddy, and Effie.
She is represented by Jenny Savill at Andrew Nurnberg Associates
Genre: Historical Fiction - Mystery Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.rebeccafjohn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rebecca_Writer
The Book;
The Haunting of Henry Twist
London, 1926: Henry Twist's heavily pregnant wife leaves home to meet a friend. On the way, she is hit by a bus and killed, though miraculously the baby survives. Henry is left with nothing but his new daughter - a single father in a world without single fathers. He hurries the baby home, terrified that she'll be taken from him. Racked with guilt and fear, he stays away from prying eyes, walking her through the streets at night, under cover of darkness.
But one evening, a strange man steps out of the shadows and addresses Henry by name. The man says that he has lost his memory, but that his name is Jack. Henry is both afraid of and drawn to Jack, and the more time they spend together, the more Henry sees that this man has echoes of his dead wife. His mannerisms, some things he says ... And so Henry wonders, has his wife returned to him? Has he conjured Jack himself from thin air? Or is he in the grip of a sophisticated con man? Who really sent him?
Set in a London recovering from the First World War, The Haunting of Henry Twist is a novel about the limits and potential of love and of grief. It is about the lengths we will go to hold on to what is precious to us, what we will forgive of those we love, and what we will sacrifice for the sake of our own happines
The Author:
Rebecca F. John was born in 1986, and grew up in Pwll, a small village on the South Wales coast. She holds a BA in English with Creative Writing (1st class hons) and an MA in Creative Writing (distinction) from Swansea University, as well as a PGCE PCET from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Her short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio 4Extra. In 2015, her short story 'The Glove Maker's Numbers' was shortlisted for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. She is the winner of the PEN International New Voices Award 2015, and the British participant of the 2016 Scritture Giovani project. In 2017, she was named on Hay Festival's 'The Hay 30' list.
Her first short story collection, Clown's Shoes, was published through Parthian in 2015.
Her first novel, The Haunting of Henry Twist, was published through Serpent's Tail in July 2017. It was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award.
When she is not writing, Rebecca enjoys skiing, reading, sketching, watching tennis and playing music. Rebecca lives in Swansea with her three dogs, Betsy, Teddy, and Effie.
She is represented by Jenny Savill at Andrew Nurnberg Associates
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Title: One Moment
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHY5h63-oJQ
Website: https://www.lindagreenauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LindaGreenisms
The Book;
Finn and Kaz are about to meet for the first time.
Ten-year-old Finn, a quirky, sensitive boy who talks a lot and only eats at cafes with a 5-star hygiene rating, is having a tough time at school and home.
Outspoken Kaz, 59, who has an acerbic sense of humour and a heart of gold, is working at the café when Finn and his mum come in.
They don't know it yet, but the second time they meet will be a moment which changes both of their lives forever . . .
The Author:
Linda Green is the bestselling author of ten novels, which have sold more than one million copies and been translated into 12 languages. Her latest emotional drama, One Moment, has been selected as a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.
Linda has lived in West Yorkshire since 2001 but was born in North London in 1970 and brought up in Hertfordshire. She joined her local newspaper, the Enfield Gazette, as a trainee reporter at eighteen and, during a ten-year career in regional journalism, she worked on the Birmingham Daily News, Birmingham Metro News and Coventry Evening Telegraph, winning Highly Commended in the Feature Writer of the Year category of the 1997 Press Gazette Regional Press Awards.
In 1998 she left her staff job to write her first novel and work as a freelance journalist. She has written for The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Times Educational Supplement, The Big Issue, Wanderlust and Community Care Magazine. Linda is also a qualified adult education tutor and has taught creative writing to students from eight to eighty.
Linda’s first psychological thriller, While My Eyes Were Closed, published in 2016, has sold more than 450,000 copies across all editions. Her ninth novel, The Last Thing She Told Me, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
Linda lives in West Yorkshire with her husband and son.
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHY5h63-oJQ
Website: https://www.lindagreenauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LindaGreenisms
The Book;
Finn and Kaz are about to meet for the first time.
Ten-year-old Finn, a quirky, sensitive boy who talks a lot and only eats at cafes with a 5-star hygiene rating, is having a tough time at school and home.
Outspoken Kaz, 59, who has an acerbic sense of humour and a heart of gold, is working at the café when Finn and his mum come in.
They don't know it yet, but the second time they meet will be a moment which changes both of their lives forever . . .
The Author:
Linda Green is the bestselling author of ten novels, which have sold more than one million copies and been translated into 12 languages. Her latest emotional drama, One Moment, has been selected as a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.
Linda has lived in West Yorkshire since 2001 but was born in North London in 1970 and brought up in Hertfordshire. She joined her local newspaper, the Enfield Gazette, as a trainee reporter at eighteen and, during a ten-year career in regional journalism, she worked on the Birmingham Daily News, Birmingham Metro News and Coventry Evening Telegraph, winning Highly Commended in the Feature Writer of the Year category of the 1997 Press Gazette Regional Press Awards.
In 1998 she left her staff job to write her first novel and work as a freelance journalist. She has written for The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Times Educational Supplement, The Big Issue, Wanderlust and Community Care Magazine. Linda is also a qualified adult education tutor and has taught creative writing to students from eight to eighty.
Linda’s first psychological thriller, While My Eyes Were Closed, published in 2016, has sold more than 450,000 copies across all editions. Her ninth novel, The Last Thing She Told Me, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
Linda lives in West Yorkshire with her husband and son.
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Title: The Marriage Minder
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.lindagreenauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LindaGreenisms
The Book;
The only relationship she can't save is her own . . .
Alison is a marriage counsellor. Her job is to help couples who fear they have reached the end of the line. But the trouble with spending your time sorting out other people's problems is that you tend to take your eye off your own. Even when her husband's ex Lydia arrives on the doorstep demanding to see her son, Alison thinks she can handle it. But what Alison doesn't realise is that Lydia is the one person who has the ability to destroy their perfect family. And sometimes the cracks can run so deep that even a marriage mender can't repair them . . .
The Author:
Linda Green is the bestselling author of ten novels, which have sold more than one million copies and been translated into 12 languages. Her latest emotional drama, One Moment, has been selected as a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.
Linda has lived in West Yorkshire since 2001 but was born in North London in 1970 and brought up in Hertfordshire. She joined her local newspaper, the Enfield Gazette, as a trainee reporter at eighteen and, during a ten-year career in regional journalism, she worked on the Birmingham Daily News, Birmingham Metro News and Coventry Evening Telegraph, winning Highly Commended in the Feature Writer of the Year category of the 1997 Press Gazette Regional Press Awards.
In 1998 she left her staff job to write her first novel and work as a freelance journalist. She has written for The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Times Educational Supplement, The Big Issue, Wanderlust and Community Care Magazine. Linda is also a qualified adult education tutor and has taught creative writing to students from eight to eighty.
Linda’s first psychological thriller, While My Eyes Were Closed, published in 2016, has sold more than 450,000 copies across all editions. Her ninth novel, The Last Thing She Told Me, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
Linda lives in West Yorkshire with her husband and son.
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNKNFk_bB8w
Website: https://www.lindagreenauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LindaGreenisms
The Book;
The only relationship she can't save is her own . . .
Alison is a marriage counsellor. Her job is to help couples who fear they have reached the end of the line. But the trouble with spending your time sorting out other people's problems is that you tend to take your eye off your own. Even when her husband's ex Lydia arrives on the doorstep demanding to see her son, Alison thinks she can handle it. But what Alison doesn't realise is that Lydia is the one person who has the ability to destroy their perfect family. And sometimes the cracks can run so deep that even a marriage mender can't repair them . . .
The Author:
Linda Green is the bestselling author of ten novels, which have sold more than one million copies and been translated into 12 languages. Her latest emotional drama, One Moment, has been selected as a BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick.
Linda has lived in West Yorkshire since 2001 but was born in North London in 1970 and brought up in Hertfordshire. She joined her local newspaper, the Enfield Gazette, as a trainee reporter at eighteen and, during a ten-year career in regional journalism, she worked on the Birmingham Daily News, Birmingham Metro News and Coventry Evening Telegraph, winning Highly Commended in the Feature Writer of the Year category of the 1997 Press Gazette Regional Press Awards.
In 1998 she left her staff job to write her first novel and work as a freelance journalist. She has written for The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, The Times Educational Supplement, The Big Issue, Wanderlust and Community Care Magazine. Linda is also a qualified adult education tutor and has taught creative writing to students from eight to eighty.
Linda’s first psychological thriller, While My Eyes Were Closed, published in 2016, has sold more than 450,000 copies across all editions. Her ninth novel, The Last Thing She Told Me, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick.
Linda lives in West Yorkshire with her husband and son.
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Title: Haunted Liverpool 34
Genre: Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://slemen.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomSlemen
The Book;
In Haunted Liverpool 34, cult author Tom Slemen documents some strange beings, including faceless terrors, moving statues, real-life vampires, shapeshifting entities, and timeslips. In this book you will not read the usual lame and hackneyed worn-out stories of ghosts; you will read original stories concerning the Lost House of Sefton Park, the terrifying visitor to a 24 hour supermarket in the wee small hours who spread terror among the staff with the macabre contents of his holdall, the sounds of a battle that was being waged 8,000 miles away that was heard in the centre of Liverpool, the enigmatic Keyhole Dancers, the sinister Capri that terrorized the city centre of Liverpool and evaded numerous police road traps, the 22 men in a hospital ward who all experienced the same moving dream, and the Curse of the Three Jesters. You will come face to face with the real Grim Reaper, and read of the heart-stopping dangers of haunted vintage items bought online and in shops – including the red dress which stirs up the ghost of a child killer. You will also be given permission to read Tom Slemen’s collection of baffling, eerie mysteries that he keeps locked away in the chapter “File it Under Unknown”, and you will read of the strange cultists known as the Lily White Boys – who sacrifice people to their nature god. These are just some of the unspeakable things touched upon in Haunted Liverpool 34.
The Author:
Tom Slemen is the author of the cult Haunted Liverpool series of books which document the many supernatural incidents he has researched in his home town over the years. Tom is also the author of the Tales of the Weird series of books which chronicle strange goings-on all over the world as well as mysteries of history.
Genre: Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://slemen.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomSlemen
The Book;
In Haunted Liverpool 34, cult author Tom Slemen documents some strange beings, including faceless terrors, moving statues, real-life vampires, shapeshifting entities, and timeslips. In this book you will not read the usual lame and hackneyed worn-out stories of ghosts; you will read original stories concerning the Lost House of Sefton Park, the terrifying visitor to a 24 hour supermarket in the wee small hours who spread terror among the staff with the macabre contents of his holdall, the sounds of a battle that was being waged 8,000 miles away that was heard in the centre of Liverpool, the enigmatic Keyhole Dancers, the sinister Capri that terrorized the city centre of Liverpool and evaded numerous police road traps, the 22 men in a hospital ward who all experienced the same moving dream, and the Curse of the Three Jesters. You will come face to face with the real Grim Reaper, and read of the heart-stopping dangers of haunted vintage items bought online and in shops – including the red dress which stirs up the ghost of a child killer. You will also be given permission to read Tom Slemen’s collection of baffling, eerie mysteries that he keeps locked away in the chapter “File it Under Unknown”, and you will read of the strange cultists known as the Lily White Boys – who sacrifice people to their nature god. These are just some of the unspeakable things touched upon in Haunted Liverpool 34.
The Author:
Tom Slemen is the author of the cult Haunted Liverpool series of books which document the many supernatural incidents he has researched in his home town over the years. Tom is also the author of the Tales of the Weird series of books which chronicle strange goings-on all over the world as well as mysteries of history.
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Lizzie Chantree
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Title: The Little Ice Cream Shop By The Sea
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://lizziechantree.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lizzie_Chantree
The Book;
Genie’s family is in crisis. Their seafront business is failing with the loss of Genie’s grandmother and her legendary ice cream flavours. Genie is determined to be the one to save her family’s heritage, but suddenly her mother wants to sell to developers and leave their shared history behind.
Buying the business and taking on a sixty-eight year old business partner, Ada, with a mysterious past and a gorgeous but distracting grandson, Genie sets out to prove her parents wrong.
Ada’s grandson, Cal, wants to protect his gran from ‘pensioner persuader’, Genie, but soon realises that living in a little seaside town and away from the paparazzi in Hollywood can actually give him time to heal. Hiding in a seafront business with its fiery owner and working as kitchen staff, is the only way he can think of to keep his ex-Hollywood glamour-puss, gran from harm. But his meddling might also ruin Ada's second chance at love.
Hiring a private detective and learning about Genie’s parent’s past makes Cal regret his own impulsiveness. The information he has unearthed could destroy their blossoming romance and turn Genie’s world upside down.
Genie soon discovers that friends can become enemies and your closest family can have lied to you for your whole life.
The Author:
International bestselling author and award-winning inventor, Lizzie Chantree, started her own business at the age of 18 and became one of Fair Play London and The Patent Office’s British Female Inventors of the Year in 2000. She discovered her love of writing fiction when her children were little and now works as a business mentor and runs a popular networking hour on social media, where creatives can support to each other.
She writes books full of friendship and laughter, that are about women with unusual and adventurous businesses, who are far stronger than they realise. She lives with her family on the coast in Essex.
Genre: Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lizziechantree.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lizzie_Chantree
The Book;
Genie’s family is in crisis. Their seafront business is failing with the loss of Genie’s grandmother and her legendary ice cream flavours. Genie is determined to be the one to save her family’s heritage, but suddenly her mother wants to sell to developers and leave their shared history behind.
Buying the business and taking on a sixty-eight year old business partner, Ada, with a mysterious past and a gorgeous but distracting grandson, Genie sets out to prove her parents wrong.
Ada’s grandson, Cal, wants to protect his gran from ‘pensioner persuader’, Genie, but soon realises that living in a little seaside town and away from the paparazzi in Hollywood can actually give him time to heal. Hiding in a seafront business with its fiery owner and working as kitchen staff, is the only way he can think of to keep his ex-Hollywood glamour-puss, gran from harm. But his meddling might also ruin Ada's second chance at love.
Hiring a private detective and learning about Genie’s parent’s past makes Cal regret his own impulsiveness. The information he has unearthed could destroy their blossoming romance and turn Genie’s world upside down.
Genie soon discovers that friends can become enemies and your closest family can have lied to you for your whole life.
The Author:
International bestselling author and award-winning inventor, Lizzie Chantree, started her own business at the age of 18 and became one of Fair Play London and The Patent Office’s British Female Inventors of the Year in 2000. She discovered her love of writing fiction when her children were little and now works as a business mentor and runs a popular networking hour on social media, where creatives can support to each other.
She writes books full of friendship and laughter, that are about women with unusual and adventurous businesses, who are far stronger than they realise. She lives with her family on the coast in Essex.
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Kelly S Marsden
Kelly S Marsden
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Book Series: Northern Witch
Title 1: Winter Trials
Title 2: Awaken
Title 3: The Breaking
Title 4: Summer Sin
Genre: YA Urban, Fantasy, LGBT
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: https://www.ksmarsden.com
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Book 1; Winter Trials
With Midwinter just around the corner, Mark's Nanna decides that it is time he learnt more about his family heritage. Learning witchcraft shouldn't be too difficult, right?
Balancing school, magic, and the distractions of the gorgeous new guy, should make this a very interesting winter.
The Book 2: Awaken
Mark has everything he ever wanted. He is training to be a fully-fledged witch; and he is dating the hottest guy at school.
But events from last winter have set things into motion that he is not prepared for.
Witches, demons, and danger come together to prove that this... this is only the beginning.
The Book 3: The Breaking
Mark thought being a witch would be easy, but it has ruined everything.
Now, he has to fight for his friends and the guy that he loves.
Which would be challenging enough, without school being a living nightmare; more demons than he can handle; and witches that have strayed from the light.
The Book 4: Summer Sin
As an eventful school year draws to a close, Mark has to face his greatest challenge yet.
Witches, demons and spells have quickly become the norm for Mark, but he will find that magic can't solve all of his problems.
With everyone relying on him, will Mark be able to save the day?
Or will the price of being a hero be too high?
The Author:
My name is Kelly Sarah Marsden.
In the last ten years I have lived all over the UK; in London; Wales; Ireland. But now I'm settled in my hometown of Doncaster, Yorkshire.
My first book: The Shadow Rises was published in January 2013.
The complete Witch-Hunter series is now available in ebook and paperback from Amazon and other online stores.
I currently work at a horse feed company; and train horses and riders in my spare time.
I've had a very interesting, changeable career to date. I have been a horse-riding instructor; a cocktail waitress; and a professional stallion handler; amongst other things!
In my spare time, I enjoy horse riding, reading and writing... oh wait, that's work again.
Title 1: Winter Trials
Title 2: Awaken
Title 3: The Breaking
Title 4: Summer Sin
Genre: YA Urban, Fantasy, LGBT
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
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Website: https://www.ksmarsden.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KSMarsden
Book 1; Winter Trials
With Midwinter just around the corner, Mark's Nanna decides that it is time he learnt more about his family heritage. Learning witchcraft shouldn't be too difficult, right?
Balancing school, magic, and the distractions of the gorgeous new guy, should make this a very interesting winter.
The Book 2: Awaken
Mark has everything he ever wanted. He is training to be a fully-fledged witch; and he is dating the hottest guy at school.
But events from last winter have set things into motion that he is not prepared for.
Witches, demons, and danger come together to prove that this... this is only the beginning.
The Book 3: The Breaking
Mark thought being a witch would be easy, but it has ruined everything.
Now, he has to fight for his friends and the guy that he loves.
Which would be challenging enough, without school being a living nightmare; more demons than he can handle; and witches that have strayed from the light.
The Book 4: Summer Sin
As an eventful school year draws to a close, Mark has to face his greatest challenge yet.
Witches, demons and spells have quickly become the norm for Mark, but he will find that magic can't solve all of his problems.
With everyone relying on him, will Mark be able to save the day?
Or will the price of being a hero be too high?
The Author:
My name is Kelly Sarah Marsden.
In the last ten years I have lived all over the UK; in London; Wales; Ireland. But now I'm settled in my hometown of Doncaster, Yorkshire.
My first book: The Shadow Rises was published in January 2013.
The complete Witch-Hunter series is now available in ebook and paperback from Amazon and other online stores.
I currently work at a horse feed company; and train horses and riders in my spare time.
I've had a very interesting, changeable career to date. I have been a horse-riding instructor; a cocktail waitress; and a professional stallion handler; amongst other things!
In my spare time, I enjoy horse riding, reading and writing... oh wait, that's work again.
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Paula S. Owen
Paula S. Owen
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Title: Little Brown Dog
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://littlebrowndog.london
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulaSOwen
The Book;
When friends Lena and Eliza hear rumours of barbaric experiments being conducted under the guise of scientific progress, they infiltrate the closed ranks of elitist, male-dominated academia to help expose the callous truth. How much will Lena and Eliza risk in their fight against intolerable cruelty? What are they prepared to lose? Based on events that shook Edwardian London society and sent shock waves across Britain, Little Brown Dog is a deeply emotive, at times humorous, and agelessly important story that resonates with modern dilemmas regarding our careless treatment of nature.
The Author:
By day, Paula is an environmental writer, innovator and campaigner. She cares passionately about the natural world and the biodiversity it contains. She has several non-fiction publications to my name. Her first book, Decommissioning the Brent Spar, a retelling of an extraordinary environmental incident that caused a global furore, was published by Routledge in 1999. Since then she have published several books, research findings & reports. Her first fiction book, Little Brown Dog, will be published by Honno Press in September 2021. Its a abelnding of a series of incredible true events that took place in the first decade of the Twentieth century with a host of fictional characters. Paula enjoys the blending of facts with a fiction that helps bring important stories to a wider audience than the straight non-fiction retelling could ever do.
She is a member of the Society of Authors and has twice spoken at the Hay Festival. She has over twenty years’ experience as a media spokesperson & regularly appear on radio, TV and in print.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://littlebrowndog.london
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulaSOwen
The Book;
When friends Lena and Eliza hear rumours of barbaric experiments being conducted under the guise of scientific progress, they infiltrate the closed ranks of elitist, male-dominated academia to help expose the callous truth. How much will Lena and Eliza risk in their fight against intolerable cruelty? What are they prepared to lose? Based on events that shook Edwardian London society and sent shock waves across Britain, Little Brown Dog is a deeply emotive, at times humorous, and agelessly important story that resonates with modern dilemmas regarding our careless treatment of nature.
The Author:
By day, Paula is an environmental writer, innovator and campaigner. She cares passionately about the natural world and the biodiversity it contains. She has several non-fiction publications to my name. Her first book, Decommissioning the Brent Spar, a retelling of an extraordinary environmental incident that caused a global furore, was published by Routledge in 1999. Since then she have published several books, research findings & reports. Her first fiction book, Little Brown Dog, will be published by Honno Press in September 2021. Its a abelnding of a series of incredible true events that took place in the first decade of the Twentieth century with a host of fictional characters. Paula enjoys the blending of facts with a fiction that helps bring important stories to a wider audience than the straight non-fiction retelling could ever do.
She is a member of the Society of Authors and has twice spoken at the Hay Festival. She has over twenty years’ experience as a media spokesperson & regularly appear on radio, TV and in print.
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David Litchfield
David Litchfield
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Title: The Bear & The Piano
Genre: Picture Book
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.davidlitchfieldillustration.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dc_litchfield
The Book:
One day, a young bear stumbles upon something he has never seen before in the forest. As time passes, he teaches himself how to play the strange instrument, and eventually the beautiful sounds are heard by a father and son who are picnicking in the woods. The bear goes with them on an incredible journey to New York, where his piano playing makes him a huge star. He has fame, fortune and all the music in the world, but he misses the friends and family he has left behind. A moving tale of exploration and belonging
The Author:
DAVID LITCHFIELD IS A MULTI-AWARD WINNING ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR REPRESENTED BY THE BRIGHT AGENCY.
David first started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones ‘mash up’ comics for his older brother and sister. Since then David’s work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, books and on T-shirts. He has also exhibited his illustrations in both solo and group shows in the U.K, Europe and America.
David’s author/illustrator picture books ‘The Bear & The Piano’ ‘Grandad’s Secret Giant’ and ‘The Bear, The Piano, The Dog & The Fiddle’ are out now.
He has also illustrated a number of picture books for authors such as Ross Montgomery, Andy Stanton and Sally Lloyd-Jones as well as book covers for David Almond, Kate Dicamillo, Neil Patrick Harris and many more.
David lives with his family in Bedford, England.
Genre: Picture Book
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.davidlitchfieldillustration.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dc_litchfield
The Book:
One day, a young bear stumbles upon something he has never seen before in the forest. As time passes, he teaches himself how to play the strange instrument, and eventually the beautiful sounds are heard by a father and son who are picnicking in the woods. The bear goes with them on an incredible journey to New York, where his piano playing makes him a huge star. He has fame, fortune and all the music in the world, but he misses the friends and family he has left behind. A moving tale of exploration and belonging
The Author:
DAVID LITCHFIELD IS A MULTI-AWARD WINNING ILLUSTRATOR AND AUTHOR REPRESENTED BY THE BRIGHT AGENCY.
David first started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones ‘mash up’ comics for his older brother and sister. Since then David’s work has appeared in magazines, newspapers, books and on T-shirts. He has also exhibited his illustrations in both solo and group shows in the U.K, Europe and America.
David’s author/illustrator picture books ‘The Bear & The Piano’ ‘Grandad’s Secret Giant’ and ‘The Bear, The Piano, The Dog & The Fiddle’ are out now.
He has also illustrated a number of picture books for authors such as Ross Montgomery, Andy Stanton and Sally Lloyd-Jones as well as book covers for David Almond, Kate Dicamillo, Neil Patrick Harris and many more.
David lives with his family in Bedford, England.
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Jenny Linford
Jenny Linford
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Title: The Missing Ingredient
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://jennylinford.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennylinford
The Book;
The Missing Ingredient is about what makes good food, and the first book to consider the intrinsic yet often forgotten role of time in creating the flavours and textures we love.
Written through a series of encounters with ingredients, producers, cooks, shopkeepers and chefs, exploring everything from the brief period in which sugar caramelises, or the days required in the crucial process of fermentation, to the months of slow ripening and close attention that make a great cheddar, or the years needed for certain wines to reach their peak, Jenny Linford shows how, time and again, time itself is the invisible ingredient. From the patience and dedication of many food producers in fields and storehouses around the world to the rapid reactions required of any home cook at the hob, this book allows us to better understand our culinary lives.
The Author:
Jenny Linford is a culinary writer and member of the Guild of Food Writers. She is the author of various books, among those The Tomato Basket and The Creamery Kitchen, and is the general editor of 1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die. She has published articles in such newspapers and magazines as the Financial Times, National Trust Magazine, Great British Food and Modern Farmer.
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jennylinford.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennylinford
The Book;
The Missing Ingredient is about what makes good food, and the first book to consider the intrinsic yet often forgotten role of time in creating the flavours and textures we love.
Written through a series of encounters with ingredients, producers, cooks, shopkeepers and chefs, exploring everything from the brief period in which sugar caramelises, or the days required in the crucial process of fermentation, to the months of slow ripening and close attention that make a great cheddar, or the years needed for certain wines to reach their peak, Jenny Linford shows how, time and again, time itself is the invisible ingredient. From the patience and dedication of many food producers in fields and storehouses around the world to the rapid reactions required of any home cook at the hob, this book allows us to better understand our culinary lives.
The Author:
Jenny Linford is a culinary writer and member of the Guild of Food Writers. She is the author of various books, among those The Tomato Basket and The Creamery Kitchen, and is the general editor of 1001 Restaurants You Must Experience Before You Die. She has published articles in such newspapers and magazines as the Financial Times, National Trust Magazine, Great British Food and Modern Farmer.
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Abby Davies
Abby Davies
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Title: The Cult
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/abby-davies
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Abby13Richards
The Book;
The gripping new thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last! A hidden community...
Thirty years ago, in the English countryside, a commune was set up. Led by Uncle Saviour, it was supposed to be a place of love, peace and harmony. But what started out as paradise turned into hell.
A shocking abduction...
Now, two young children have vanished from their home in the middle of the night. Their parents are frantic, the police are at a loss.
A twisting case...
DI Ottoline is leading the search - her only clue a mask found in the woods. Could the key lie in events that took place decades ago, when a dream of a new way of life became something far more sinister?
The Author:
After acquiring a degree in English Literature, Abby taught English in state and private schools, and earned a Creative Writing MA in 2013.
She lives in Wiltshire with her husband and daughter.
MOTHER LOVES ME is her debut novel.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/abby-davies
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Abby13Richards
The Book;
The gripping new thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last! A hidden community...
Thirty years ago, in the English countryside, a commune was set up. Led by Uncle Saviour, it was supposed to be a place of love, peace and harmony. But what started out as paradise turned into hell.
A shocking abduction...
Now, two young children have vanished from their home in the middle of the night. Their parents are frantic, the police are at a loss.
A twisting case...
DI Ottoline is leading the search - her only clue a mask found in the woods. Could the key lie in events that took place decades ago, when a dream of a new way of life became something far more sinister?
The Author:
After acquiring a degree in English Literature, Abby taught English in state and private schools, and earned a Creative Writing MA in 2013.
She lives in Wiltshire with her husband and daughter.
MOTHER LOVES ME is her debut novel.
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Heidi Swain
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Title: Underneath the Christmas Tree
Genre: Christmas Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://heidiswain.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Heidi_Swain
The Book;
Wynter’s Trees is the home of Christmas. For the people of Wynmouth it’s where they get their family Christmas tree, and where Christmas truly comes to life.
But for Liza Wynter, it’s a millstone around her neck. It was her father’s pride and joy but now he’s gone, she can’t have anything to do with it. Until her father’s business partner decides to retire and she must go back to handle the transition to his son Ned.
When Liza arrives, she discovers a much-loved business that’s flourishing under Ned’s stewardship. And she’s happy to stay and help for the Christmas season, but then she has other plans. But will the place where she grew up make her change her mind? And can it weave its Christmas cheer around her heart…?
The Author:
Although passionate about writing from an early age, Heidi Swain gained a degree in Literature, flirted briefly with a newspaper career, married and had two children before she finally plucked up the courage to join a creative writing class and take her literary ambitions seriously.
A lover of Galaxy bars, vintage paraphernalia and the odd bottle of fizz, she now writes contemporary fiction and enjoys the company of a whole host of feisty female characters.
Heidi can be found at the keyboard at all hours of the day and night and quite often scribbling longhand in her car during her lunch break. She lives in stunning south Norfolk with her wonderful son and daughter and a mischievous cat called Storm.
Genre: Christmas Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://heidiswain.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Heidi_Swain
The Book;
Wynter’s Trees is the home of Christmas. For the people of Wynmouth it’s where they get their family Christmas tree, and where Christmas truly comes to life.
But for Liza Wynter, it’s a millstone around her neck. It was her father’s pride and joy but now he’s gone, she can’t have anything to do with it. Until her father’s business partner decides to retire and she must go back to handle the transition to his son Ned.
When Liza arrives, she discovers a much-loved business that’s flourishing under Ned’s stewardship. And she’s happy to stay and help for the Christmas season, but then she has other plans. But will the place where she grew up make her change her mind? And can it weave its Christmas cheer around her heart…?
The Author:
Although passionate about writing from an early age, Heidi Swain gained a degree in Literature, flirted briefly with a newspaper career, married and had two children before she finally plucked up the courage to join a creative writing class and take her literary ambitions seriously.
A lover of Galaxy bars, vintage paraphernalia and the odd bottle of fizz, she now writes contemporary fiction and enjoys the company of a whole host of feisty female characters.
Heidi can be found at the keyboard at all hours of the day and night and quite often scribbling longhand in her car during her lunch break. She lives in stunning south Norfolk with her wonderful son and daughter and a mischievous cat called Storm.
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Caroline Montague
Caroline Montague
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Title: Shadows Over the Spanish Sun
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.carolinemontague.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMontagueAuthor
The Book;
Spain, 1936. Leonardo's only connection to his past is the half medallion he wears around his neck - a painful reminder of his origins, and of the man he must fight to become. As the shadow of war falls over his beloved country, Leonardo is drawn into a desperate, forbidden love affair. But risking everything for love is a dangerous gamble, where one mistake could destroy everything...
2019. When Mia Ferris discovers that her beloved grandfather has fallen from his horse and is in need of care, she immediately flies to Spain - leaving behind her new fiancé, and her own complicated feelings. But when she discovers a photograph of an unknown woman and a bundle of old letters in her grandfather's room, Mia must untangle a terrible history that changes everything she thought she knew.
A sweeping novel of passionate love, betrayal and redemption, set against the turmoil and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War.
The Author:
From early childhood a poem, executed by my own hand was a compulsory requirement for my father’s birthday. To the reluctant five year old this was considered a trial, but by the age of seven writing poetry had become my passion. At ten I won my first national poetry competition and from that moment I dreamt of being a writer.
This particular dream took rather longer than I had hoped because reading law, marriage at nineteen, children, a career as an interior designer – something always got in the way. When I moved with my second husband, three children and four step children to Burnt Norton twenty years ago, and I happened upon the empty pools made famous by TS Eliot in the first of his Four Quartets, I knew that one day the dream would become a reality.
In 2018 after first writing a historical novel set at Burnt Norton I changed agents to William Morris Endeavour and it was here that I felt truly at home. Within a fairly short time, Matilda Forbes Watson had procured a two book deal with Orion for ‘An Italian Affair’ and ‘A Paris Secret’. She recently procured a further two book deal for a novel set in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and a novel set in Greece.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.carolinemontague.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMontagueAuthor
The Book;
Spain, 1936. Leonardo's only connection to his past is the half medallion he wears around his neck - a painful reminder of his origins, and of the man he must fight to become. As the shadow of war falls over his beloved country, Leonardo is drawn into a desperate, forbidden love affair. But risking everything for love is a dangerous gamble, where one mistake could destroy everything...
2019. When Mia Ferris discovers that her beloved grandfather has fallen from his horse and is in need of care, she immediately flies to Spain - leaving behind her new fiancé, and her own complicated feelings. But when she discovers a photograph of an unknown woman and a bundle of old letters in her grandfather's room, Mia must untangle a terrible history that changes everything she thought she knew.
A sweeping novel of passionate love, betrayal and redemption, set against the turmoil and tragedy of the Spanish Civil War.
The Author:
From early childhood a poem, executed by my own hand was a compulsory requirement for my father’s birthday. To the reluctant five year old this was considered a trial, but by the age of seven writing poetry had become my passion. At ten I won my first national poetry competition and from that moment I dreamt of being a writer.
This particular dream took rather longer than I had hoped because reading law, marriage at nineteen, children, a career as an interior designer – something always got in the way. When I moved with my second husband, three children and four step children to Burnt Norton twenty years ago, and I happened upon the empty pools made famous by TS Eliot in the first of his Four Quartets, I knew that one day the dream would become a reality.
In 2018 after first writing a historical novel set at Burnt Norton I changed agents to William Morris Endeavour and it was here that I felt truly at home. Within a fairly short time, Matilda Forbes Watson had procured a two book deal with Orion for ‘An Italian Affair’ and ‘A Paris Secret’. She recently procured a further two book deal for a novel set in Spain during the Spanish Civil War and a novel set in Greece.
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Ken MacLeod
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Title: The Corporation Wars Trilogy
Genre: Sci-Fi - Space Opera
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/ken-macleod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amendlocke
The Book;
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.
The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought.
The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past.
Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, Use of Weapons is a masterpiece of science fiction.
The Author:
Ken MacLeod is an award-winning Scottish science fiction writer.
His novels have won the Prometheus Award and the BSFA award, and been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He lives near Edinburgh, Scotland.
MacLeod graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics.
His novels often explore socialist, communist and anarchist political ideas, most particularly the variants of Trotskyism and anarcho-capitalism or extreme economic libertarianism.
Technical themes encompass singularities, divergent human cultural evolution and post-human cyborg-resurrection.
Genre: Sci-Fi - Space Opera
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/ken-macleod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amendlocke
The Book;
The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks and military action.
The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought.
The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman's life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a lost cause. But not even its machine could see the horrors in his past.
Ferociously intelligent, both witty and horrific, Use of Weapons is a masterpiece of science fiction.
The Author:
Ken MacLeod is an award-winning Scottish science fiction writer.
His novels have won the Prometheus Award and the BSFA award, and been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. He lives near Edinburgh, Scotland.
MacLeod graduated from Glasgow University with a degree in zoology and has worked as a computer programmer and written a masters thesis on biomechanics.
His novels often explore socialist, communist and anarchist political ideas, most particularly the variants of Trotskyism and anarcho-capitalism or extreme economic libertarianism.
Technical themes encompass singularities, divergent human cultural evolution and post-human cyborg-resurrection.
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£ 22
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Jane Porter
Jane Porter
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Title: Tiny Penguins and the New Baby
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OltZCtN3D1c
Website: https://linktr.ee/JanePorter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheJanePorter
The Book;
Meet the Tiny Penguins! The Tiny Penguins LOVE helping humans to keep their house tidy, and they have one special rule - stay out of sight! But when they see a sad little girl, Gertie, hiding under her bed, they decide SOME rules are made to be broken.
A warm and inviting picture book which offers an imaginative and creative look at the arrival of a new baby.
The Author:
Jane Porter is an illustrator specialising in work both for and with children. Her work ranges from picture and novelty books to children's maps, murals and hand-made books suitable for outreach work. She has worked for a number of organizations, including the National Trust, English Heritage, London Zoo, the Corporation of London, Historic Royal Palaces and the National Health Service.
When she's not working, Jane is often to be found out on the River Thames in a coracle or skiff, looking out for passing bats, cormorants and wagtails.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OltZCtN3D1c
Website: https://linktr.ee/JanePorter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheJanePorter
The Book;
Meet the Tiny Penguins! The Tiny Penguins LOVE helping humans to keep their house tidy, and they have one special rule - stay out of sight! But when they see a sad little girl, Gertie, hiding under her bed, they decide SOME rules are made to be broken.
A warm and inviting picture book which offers an imaginative and creative look at the arrival of a new baby.
The Author:
Jane Porter is an illustrator specialising in work both for and with children. Her work ranges from picture and novelty books to children's maps, murals and hand-made books suitable for outreach work. She has worked for a number of organizations, including the National Trust, English Heritage, London Zoo, the Corporation of London, Historic Royal Palaces and the National Health Service.
When she's not working, Jane is often to be found out on the River Thames in a coracle or skiff, looking out for passing bats, cormorants and wagtails.
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Anne Allen
Anne Allen
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Title: Her Previous Self
Genre: Historical Fiction Time-Slip
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://anneallen.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneAllen21
The Book;
Mary, miserable in her marriage to Thomas Carre, a merchant and privateer and living in the new family mansion in Georgian Guernsey.
Lucy, separated from her husband after a tragic loss and now acting as an unwilling sitter for her elderly grandfather, Gregory Carre, who has inherited the same mansion.
Lucy is haunted by Mary’s continued presence in the house and finds herself being pulled more and more back in time. How is it possible for her to live as Mary? To experience scenes from her tragic life? Lucy is forced to come to terms with Mary’s grief as well as her own.
The more enmeshed she becomes the more anxious Lucy is to discover the truth. Why is Mary still restless? What caused her mysterious disappearance two hundred years ago?
And can Lucy move on from her own loss to find happiness again?
The Author:
Anne Allen lives in Devon, by her beloved sea. She has three children and her daughter and two grandchildren live nearby. She was born in Rugby, to an English mother and Welsh father. As a result she spent many summers with her Welsh grandparents in Anglesey and learnt to love the sea. Her restless spirit has meant a number of moves which included Spain for a couple of years. The longest stay was in Guernsey for nearly fourteen years after falling in love with the island and the people. She contrived to leave one son behind to ensure a valid reason for frequent returns.
By profession Anne was a psychotherapist but has long had creative ‘itches’, learning to mosaic, paint furniture, interior design and sculpt. At the back of her mind the itch to write was always present but seemed too time-consuming for a single mum with a need to earn a living. Now retired from the 'day job', there’s more time to write and Anne has now published seven books in The Guernsey Novels series as at April 2019.
Genre: Historical Fiction Time-Slip
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://anneallen.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneAllen21
The Book;
Mary, miserable in her marriage to Thomas Carre, a merchant and privateer and living in the new family mansion in Georgian Guernsey.
Lucy, separated from her husband after a tragic loss and now acting as an unwilling sitter for her elderly grandfather, Gregory Carre, who has inherited the same mansion.
Lucy is haunted by Mary’s continued presence in the house and finds herself being pulled more and more back in time. How is it possible for her to live as Mary? To experience scenes from her tragic life? Lucy is forced to come to terms with Mary’s grief as well as her own.
The more enmeshed she becomes the more anxious Lucy is to discover the truth. Why is Mary still restless? What caused her mysterious disappearance two hundred years ago?
And can Lucy move on from her own loss to find happiness again?
The Author:
Anne Allen lives in Devon, by her beloved sea. She has three children and her daughter and two grandchildren live nearby. She was born in Rugby, to an English mother and Welsh father. As a result she spent many summers with her Welsh grandparents in Anglesey and learnt to love the sea. Her restless spirit has meant a number of moves which included Spain for a couple of years. The longest stay was in Guernsey for nearly fourteen years after falling in love with the island and the people. She contrived to leave one son behind to ensure a valid reason for frequent returns.
By profession Anne was a psychotherapist but has long had creative ‘itches’, learning to mosaic, paint furniture, interior design and sculpt. At the back of her mind the itch to write was always present but seemed too time-consuming for a single mum with a need to earn a living. Now retired from the 'day job', there’s more time to write and Anne has now published seven books in The Guernsey Novels series as at April 2019.
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Anna Mansell
Anna Mansell
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Title: Her Best Friend's Secret
Genre: Contemporary Fictio
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/anna-mansell
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaMansell
The Book;
Your best friend deserves the truth. But it will ruin her life. What would you do?
In summer, the small Cornish village of Gorran Haven fills with tourists, but in the colder months its pretty narrow streets are blissfully quiet, the bell on the village shop door rings only for locals, the beach is unspoilt, empty and safe.
It’s been over twenty years since four very different teenage girls sat on that beach, and swore to be best friends forever. Their lives went different ways after Emily left. But each remembered that promise. And none truly found friendship like it again.
Now, Emily’s back, with a secret she can’t face. She tries to hide away, take time to heal and make some difficult choices, but she runs into one of her old friends, and soon the four are reunited. Lolly, warm as ever, is a successful physiotherapist, married with kids. Yet smart, strong Amanda, who cherishes her teenage daughter, is alone and seemingly stuck in a dead-end job. And creative Jess is so much quieter than Emily remembers.
The bond is still there, and Emily realises their friendship might keep her together, but there are reasons why the women fell out of touch. Secrets that have lain dormant for decades start to surface, and then one of the women discovers a betrayal so big, it could turn each of their lives upside down.
It’s always those we’re closest to who have the power to tear us apart. Can friendship give Emily and her friends the strength to survive a devastating shock, or are some things unforgivable?
The Author:
Anna had a brush with 'fame' as a magician’s assistant back in 1977. She later decided that being sawn in half by her father, at barely 6 months old, was too submissive a role, vowing to channel the trauma in to something much more pro-actively creative. Having failed at acting, singing and professional murder mystery parties (she was ALWAYs the one to die!), she fell to something much more solitary: writing. How To Mend a Broken Heart was her first novel and her life was not on the line in order to write it, or The Lost Wife. Anna lives on a dairy farm in Cornwall with her two children, her husband, and her ex-racing greyhound, Olive Dog.
Genre: Contemporary Fictio
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/anna-mansell
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaMansell
The Book;
Your best friend deserves the truth. But it will ruin her life. What would you do?
In summer, the small Cornish village of Gorran Haven fills with tourists, but in the colder months its pretty narrow streets are blissfully quiet, the bell on the village shop door rings only for locals, the beach is unspoilt, empty and safe.
It’s been over twenty years since four very different teenage girls sat on that beach, and swore to be best friends forever. Their lives went different ways after Emily left. But each remembered that promise. And none truly found friendship like it again.
Now, Emily’s back, with a secret she can’t face. She tries to hide away, take time to heal and make some difficult choices, but she runs into one of her old friends, and soon the four are reunited. Lolly, warm as ever, is a successful physiotherapist, married with kids. Yet smart, strong Amanda, who cherishes her teenage daughter, is alone and seemingly stuck in a dead-end job. And creative Jess is so much quieter than Emily remembers.
The bond is still there, and Emily realises their friendship might keep her together, but there are reasons why the women fell out of touch. Secrets that have lain dormant for decades start to surface, and then one of the women discovers a betrayal so big, it could turn each of their lives upside down.
It’s always those we’re closest to who have the power to tear us apart. Can friendship give Emily and her friends the strength to survive a devastating shock, or are some things unforgivable?
The Author:
Anna had a brush with 'fame' as a magician’s assistant back in 1977. She later decided that being sawn in half by her father, at barely 6 months old, was too submissive a role, vowing to channel the trauma in to something much more pro-actively creative. Having failed at acting, singing and professional murder mystery parties (she was ALWAYs the one to die!), she fell to something much more solitary: writing. How To Mend a Broken Heart was her first novel and her life was not on the line in order to write it, or The Lost Wife. Anna lives on a dairy farm in Cornwall with her two children, her husband, and her ex-racing greyhound, Olive Dog.
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Lauren Robinson
Lauren Robinson
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Title: The Boy Who Saw in Colours
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/L_L_Robinson
The Book;
WINNER OF LITERARY TITAN'S GOLD BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
NOMINEE OF BIBA AWARD FOR 2020
LONG-LISTED FOR SABA BOOK AWARDS
SHORT-LISTED FOR INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2020
What if colours could speak?
Berlin, 1939, and as a nation holds its breath, Josef, a young boy whose family fall victim to the "moustached man," turns once again to the colours for guidance. Lost in a German school that discourages the very idea of uniqueness, he soon realises that it is because of the mere existence of art that he can express himself at all.
We join Josef on a journey into his upside-down view of Nazi Germany, and how Hitler managed to hypnotise the minds of a generation. Sounds are tasted, memories have colours and the strong do not survive.
The Author:
Lauren Robinson is the author of the highly anticipated The Boy Who Saw In Colours. She is from the small town of Derry in picturesque Northern Ireland.
After pursuing a career in journalism, facts were pivotal, so Lauren spent five years researching and writing her debut novel. Learning German was only one step in the process.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1Bhx9AvZI8
Twitter: https://twitter.com/L_L_Robinson
The Book;
WINNER OF LITERARY TITAN'S GOLD BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
NOMINEE OF BIBA AWARD FOR 2020
LONG-LISTED FOR SABA BOOK AWARDS
SHORT-LISTED FOR INDIE BOOK AWARDS 2020
What if colours could speak?
Berlin, 1939, and as a nation holds its breath, Josef, a young boy whose family fall victim to the "moustached man," turns once again to the colours for guidance. Lost in a German school that discourages the very idea of uniqueness, he soon realises that it is because of the mere existence of art that he can express himself at all.
We join Josef on a journey into his upside-down view of Nazi Germany, and how Hitler managed to hypnotise the minds of a generation. Sounds are tasted, memories have colours and the strong do not survive.
The Author:
Lauren Robinson is the author of the highly anticipated The Boy Who Saw In Colours. She is from the small town of Derry in picturesque Northern Ireland.
After pursuing a career in journalism, facts were pivotal, so Lauren spent five years researching and writing her debut novel. Learning German was only one step in the process.
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Gill Thompson
Gill Thompson
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Title: The Child on Platform One
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/wordkindling
The Book;
Inspired by the real-life escape of thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe on the Kindertransport trains to London, the new novel from the author of The Oceans Between Us Gill Thompson. For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, The Choice Edith Eger and Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly.
Prague 1939. Young mother Eva has a secret from her past. When the Nazis invade, Eva knows the only way to keep her daughter Miriam safe is to send her away - even if it means never seeing her again. But when Eva is taken to a concentration camp, her secret is at risk of being exposed.
In London, Pamela volunteers to help find places for the Jewish children arrived from Europe. Befriending one unclaimed little girl, Pamela brings her home. It is only when her young son enlists in the RAF that Pamela realises how easily her own world could come crashing down.
The Author:
Gill is an English lecturer who completed an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University, UK. Her new novel, THE CHILD ON PLATFORM ONE, was a USA today best seller. Gill lives with her family in West Sussex where she teaches English to college students and hosts a creative writing blog: http://www.wordkindling.co.uk
Do check it out if you enjoy writing!
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wordkindling
The Book;
Inspired by the real-life escape of thousands of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe on the Kindertransport trains to London, the new novel from the author of The Oceans Between Us Gill Thompson. For readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, The Choice Edith Eger and Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly.
Prague 1939. Young mother Eva has a secret from her past. When the Nazis invade, Eva knows the only way to keep her daughter Miriam safe is to send her away - even if it means never seeing her again. But when Eva is taken to a concentration camp, her secret is at risk of being exposed.
In London, Pamela volunteers to help find places for the Jewish children arrived from Europe. Befriending one unclaimed little girl, Pamela brings her home. It is only when her young son enlists in the RAF that Pamela realises how easily her own world could come crashing down.
The Author:
Gill is an English lecturer who completed an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University, UK. Her new novel, THE CHILD ON PLATFORM ONE, was a USA today best seller. Gill lives with her family in West Sussex where she teaches English to college students and hosts a creative writing blog: http://www.wordkindling.co.uk
Do check it out if you enjoy writing!
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£ 15
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Katharine Johnson
Katharine Johnson
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Three Books
Title 1: The Silence
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Secret
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Title 3: The Suspects
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/kjohnsonwrites
Book 1; The Silence
Doctor Abby Fenton has a rewarding career, a loving family, an enviable lifestyle - and a secret that could destroy everything.
When human remains are discovered in the grounds of an idyllic Tuscan holiday home she is forced to confront the memories she has suppressed until now and relive the summer she spent at the villa in 1992. A summer that ended in tragedy. The nearer she gets to the truth the closer she comes to losing her sanity.
In order to hold onto the people she loves most, she must make sure they never discover what she did. But the reappearance of someone else from that summer threatens to blow her secret wide open.
Book 2: The Secret
Love, Lies, and Betrayal in Wartime Italy.
Two girls growing up in Mussolini’s Italy share a secret that has devastating consequences.
Against a backdrop of fear, poverty and confusion during the Second World War, friendship is tested, and loyalties are divided until a chance encounter changes everything.
Their lives diverge when beautiful, daring Martina marries and moves into Villa Leonida, the most prestigious house in their Tuscan mountain village, while plain, studious Irena trains to be a teacher.
But neither marriage nor life at Villa Leonida are as Martina imagined. And as other people's lives take on a new purpose, Irena finds herself left behind.
Decades later, a tragedy at the villa coincides with the discovery of an abandoned baby, whose identity threatens to re-open old wounds among the next generation.
Book 3: The Suspects
Shallow Grave meets The Secret History in this quirky psychological thriller.
When you're bound together by secrets and lies who do you trust?
Bristol, 1988.
Five young graduates on the threshold of their careers buy a house together in order to get a foot on the property ladder before prices spiral out of their reach. But it soon becomes the house share from hell.
After their New Year's Eve party, they discover a body - and it's clear they'll be the first suspects. As each of them has a good reason from their past not to trust the police, they come up with a solution - one which forces them into a life of secrets and lies.
But can they trust each other?
The Author:
Katharine Johnson grew up in Bristol and now divides her time between Berkshire and Lucca, Italy. After doing a History degree she trained to be a journalist and has worked for a variety of magazines, writing about everything including the kitchen sink. She's loved writing since childhood and wrote her first book aged nine. When not writing she can usually be found walking her spaniel, doing the school run, playing netball or being a room guide in a stately home.
Katharine loves to hear from readers so if you fancy a chat do get in touch
Title 1: The Silence
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Secret
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: The Suspects
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kjohnsonwrites
Book 1; The Silence
Doctor Abby Fenton has a rewarding career, a loving family, an enviable lifestyle - and a secret that could destroy everything.
When human remains are discovered in the grounds of an idyllic Tuscan holiday home she is forced to confront the memories she has suppressed until now and relive the summer she spent at the villa in 1992. A summer that ended in tragedy. The nearer she gets to the truth the closer she comes to losing her sanity.
In order to hold onto the people she loves most, she must make sure they never discover what she did. But the reappearance of someone else from that summer threatens to blow her secret wide open.
Book 2: The Secret
Love, Lies, and Betrayal in Wartime Italy.
Two girls growing up in Mussolini’s Italy share a secret that has devastating consequences.
Against a backdrop of fear, poverty and confusion during the Second World War, friendship is tested, and loyalties are divided until a chance encounter changes everything.
Their lives diverge when beautiful, daring Martina marries and moves into Villa Leonida, the most prestigious house in their Tuscan mountain village, while plain, studious Irena trains to be a teacher.
But neither marriage nor life at Villa Leonida are as Martina imagined. And as other people's lives take on a new purpose, Irena finds herself left behind.
Decades later, a tragedy at the villa coincides with the discovery of an abandoned baby, whose identity threatens to re-open old wounds among the next generation.
Book 3: The Suspects
Shallow Grave meets The Secret History in this quirky psychological thriller.
When you're bound together by secrets and lies who do you trust?
Bristol, 1988.
Five young graduates on the threshold of their careers buy a house together in order to get a foot on the property ladder before prices spiral out of their reach. But it soon becomes the house share from hell.
After their New Year's Eve party, they discover a body - and it's clear they'll be the first suspects. As each of them has a good reason from their past not to trust the police, they come up with a solution - one which forces them into a life of secrets and lies.
But can they trust each other?
The Author:
Katharine Johnson grew up in Bristol and now divides her time between Berkshire and Lucca, Italy. After doing a History degree she trained to be a journalist and has worked for a variety of magazines, writing about everything including the kitchen sink. She's loved writing since childhood and wrote her first book aged nine. When not writing she can usually be found walking her spaniel, doing the school run, playing netball or being a room guide in a stately home.
Katharine loves to hear from readers so if you fancy a chat do get in touch
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Lin Anderson
Lin Anderson
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Title: The Killing Tide
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardrback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://lin-anderson.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lin_Anderson
The Book;
The Killing Tide by Lin Anderson sees forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigating a mysterious abandoned ship which has swept ashore in the Orkney Isles.
After a fierce storm hits Scotland, a mysterious cargo ship is discovered in the Orkney Isles. Boarding the vessel uncovers three bodies, recently deceased and in violent circumstances. Forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod’s study of the crime scene suggests that a sinister game was being played on board, but who were the hunters? And who the hunted?
Meanwhile in Glasgow DS Michael McNab is called to a horrific incident where a young woman has been set on fire. Or did she spark the flames herself?
As evidence arises that connects the two cases, the team grow increasingly concerned that the truth of what happened on the ship and in Glasgow hints at a wider conspiracy that stretches down to London and beyond to a global stage. Orcadian Ava Clouston, renowned investigative journalist, believes so and sets out to prove it, putting herself in grave danger.
When the Met Police challenge Police Scotland’s jurisdiction, it becomes obvious that there are ruthless individuals who are willing to do whatever it takes to protect government interests. Which could lead to even more deaths on Scottish soil . .
The Author:
Lin Anderson is best known as the creator of the forensic scientist RhonaMacLeod series of crime thriller novels, and for her part in founding and being a Director of the ‘Bloody Scotland’ crime writing festival.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardrback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://lin-anderson.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lin_Anderson
The Book;
The Killing Tide by Lin Anderson sees forensic scientist Rhona MacLeod investigating a mysterious abandoned ship which has swept ashore in the Orkney Isles.
After a fierce storm hits Scotland, a mysterious cargo ship is discovered in the Orkney Isles. Boarding the vessel uncovers three bodies, recently deceased and in violent circumstances. Forensic scientist Dr Rhona MacLeod’s study of the crime scene suggests that a sinister game was being played on board, but who were the hunters? And who the hunted?
Meanwhile in Glasgow DS Michael McNab is called to a horrific incident where a young woman has been set on fire. Or did she spark the flames herself?
As evidence arises that connects the two cases, the team grow increasingly concerned that the truth of what happened on the ship and in Glasgow hints at a wider conspiracy that stretches down to London and beyond to a global stage. Orcadian Ava Clouston, renowned investigative journalist, believes so and sets out to prove it, putting herself in grave danger.
When the Met Police challenge Police Scotland’s jurisdiction, it becomes obvious that there are ruthless individuals who are willing to do whatever it takes to protect government interests. Which could lead to even more deaths on Scottish soil . .
The Author:
Lin Anderson is best known as the creator of the forensic scientist RhonaMacLeod series of crime thriller novels, and for her part in founding and being a Director of the ‘Bloody Scotland’ crime writing festival.
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Title: Blaze Dog Detective : The Magic Flag Mystery
Genre: Children - Adventure Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://lin-anderson.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lin_Anderson
The Book;
When the famous fairy flag of the Clan MacLeod disappears from a locked room at Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye, the police immediately call in Blaze Dog Detective. After all his scenting skills on the island are legendary. With his team of Rosa, Rory and wee brother Laoch, Blaze leads the chase to rescue this magical flag before it can be spirited away from the island forever.
The Author:
Lin Anderson is best known as the creator of the forensic scientist RhonaMacLeod series of crime thriller novels, and for her part in founding and being a Director of the ‘Bloody Scotland’ crime writing festival.
Genre: Children - Adventure Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://lin-anderson.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lin_Anderson
The Book;
When the famous fairy flag of the Clan MacLeod disappears from a locked room at Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye, the police immediately call in Blaze Dog Detective. After all his scenting skills on the island are legendary. With his team of Rosa, Rory and wee brother Laoch, Blaze leads the chase to rescue this magical flag before it can be spirited away from the island forever.
The Author:
Lin Anderson is best known as the creator of the forensic scientist RhonaMacLeod series of crime thriller novels, and for her part in founding and being a Director of the ‘Bloody Scotland’ crime writing festival.
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Lia Louis
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Title 1: Eight Perfect Hours
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Dear Emmie Blue
Genre: Romance
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Book 1; Eight Perfect Hours
8 hours, 30 minutes
In this romantic and heartwarming novel, two strangers meet in chance circumstances during a blizzard and spend one perfect evening together, thinking they’ll never see each other again. But fate seems to have different plans.
From the acclaimed author of the “swoon-worthy...rom-com” (The Washington Post) Dear Emmie Blue.
On a snowy evening in March, 30-something Noelle Butterby is on her way back from an event at her old college when disaster strikes. With a blizzard closing off roads, she finds herself stranded, alone in her car, without food, drink, or a working charger for her phone. All seems lost until Sam Attwood, a handsome American stranger also trapped in a nearby car, knocks on her window and offers assistance. What follows is eight perfect hours together, until morning arrives and the roads finally clear.
The two strangers part, positive they’ll never see each other again, but fate, it seems, has a different plan. As the two keep serendipitously bumping into one another, they begin to realize that perhaps there truly is no such thing as coincidence. With plenty of charming twists and turns and Lia Louis’s “bold, standout voice” (Gillian McAllister, author of The Good Sister), Eight Perfect Hours is a gorgeously crafted novel that will make you believe in the power of fate.
Book 2: Dear Emmie Blue
When 16-year-old Emmie releases a balloon with her biggest secret hidden inside, she doesn't expect anyone to find it. When, a few weeks later, Lucas Moreau does just that, the two teens develop an instant rapport, going from trading emails to a deep and enduring friendship. Fourteen years later, Lucas asks Emmie to be his "best woman" at his upcoming wedding. Emmie accepts the honor, but must face the fact that her long-simmering romantic feelings for Lucas can never be revealed.
The Author:
Lia is a writer from Herts, where she lives with her partner, three children and too many clothes and books. In 2015, she won ELLE magazine's annual writing competition, and her debut novel SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO HAPPY was published in June 2019 by Trapeze/Orion.
Title 1: Eight Perfect Hours
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Dear Emmie Blue
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/lia-louis
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LisforLia
Book 1; Eight Perfect Hours
8 hours, 30 minutes
In this romantic and heartwarming novel, two strangers meet in chance circumstances during a blizzard and spend one perfect evening together, thinking they’ll never see each other again. But fate seems to have different plans.
From the acclaimed author of the “swoon-worthy...rom-com” (The Washington Post) Dear Emmie Blue.
On a snowy evening in March, 30-something Noelle Butterby is on her way back from an event at her old college when disaster strikes. With a blizzard closing off roads, she finds herself stranded, alone in her car, without food, drink, or a working charger for her phone. All seems lost until Sam Attwood, a handsome American stranger also trapped in a nearby car, knocks on her window and offers assistance. What follows is eight perfect hours together, until morning arrives and the roads finally clear.
The two strangers part, positive they’ll never see each other again, but fate, it seems, has a different plan. As the two keep serendipitously bumping into one another, they begin to realize that perhaps there truly is no such thing as coincidence. With plenty of charming twists and turns and Lia Louis’s “bold, standout voice” (Gillian McAllister, author of The Good Sister), Eight Perfect Hours is a gorgeously crafted novel that will make you believe in the power of fate.
Book 2: Dear Emmie Blue
When 16-year-old Emmie releases a balloon with her biggest secret hidden inside, she doesn't expect anyone to find it. When, a few weeks later, Lucas Moreau does just that, the two teens develop an instant rapport, going from trading emails to a deep and enduring friendship. Fourteen years later, Lucas asks Emmie to be his "best woman" at his upcoming wedding. Emmie accepts the honor, but must face the fact that her long-simmering romantic feelings for Lucas can never be revealed.
The Author:
Lia is a writer from Herts, where she lives with her partner, three children and too many clothes and books. In 2015, she won ELLE magazine's annual writing competition, and her debut novel SOMEWHERE CLOSE TO HAPPY was published in June 2019 by Trapeze/Orion.
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Rosamund Lupton
Rosamund Lupton
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Title: Three Hours
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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The Book;
The extraordinary new novel everyone is talking about from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Sister
Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds.
It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods.
It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible.
It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for.
In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Told from the point of view of the people at the heart of it, from the wounded headmaster in the library, unable to help his trapped pupils and staff, to teenage Hannah in love for the first time, to the parents gathering desperate for news, to the 16 year old Syrian refugee trying to rescue his little brother, to the police psychologist who must identify the gunmen, to the students taking refuge in the school theatre, all experience the most intense hours of their lives, where evil and terror are met by courage, love and redemption.
The Author:
Thank you for visiting this bio. My books are not easy to slot into a particular genre, and you can usually be found under 'contemporary fiction', 'literary fiction', 'political thriller' and 'psychological thriller.' If you try one I hope you enjoy it.
From the publisher:
Three Hours was chosen by the Times as their thriller of the year. The Sunday Times called Three Hours 'a brilliant literary thriller...reminiscent of both Greek tragedy and Shakespeare’
Ruth Jones, author and actress, said 'It's gob-smackingly, heart-stoppingly, breath-holdingly brilliant.. the tension will blow your mind....'
Her debut novel, 'Sister' was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, a Sunday Times and New York Times best seller and the fastest selling debut in WHSmiths'history. Her next two books 'Afterwards' and 'The Quality of Silence' were also Sunday Times best sellers. Her novels have been translated into over thirty languages.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Reading by Rosamund:
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Website: https://www.rosamundlupton.com
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The Book;
The extraordinary new novel everyone is talking about from the Sunday Times best-selling author of Sister
Three hours is 180 minutes or 10,800 seconds.
It is a morning's lessons, a dress rehearsal of Macbeth, a snowy trek through the woods.
It is an eternity waiting for news. Or a countdown to something terrible.
It is 180 minutes to discover who you will die for and what men will kill for.
In rural Somerset in the middle of a blizzard, the unthinkable happens: a school is under siege. Told from the point of view of the people at the heart of it, from the wounded headmaster in the library, unable to help his trapped pupils and staff, to teenage Hannah in love for the first time, to the parents gathering desperate for news, to the 16 year old Syrian refugee trying to rescue his little brother, to the police psychologist who must identify the gunmen, to the students taking refuge in the school theatre, all experience the most intense hours of their lives, where evil and terror are met by courage, love and redemption.
The Author:
Thank you for visiting this bio. My books are not easy to slot into a particular genre, and you can usually be found under 'contemporary fiction', 'literary fiction', 'political thriller' and 'psychological thriller.' If you try one I hope you enjoy it.
From the publisher:
Three Hours was chosen by the Times as their thriller of the year. The Sunday Times called Three Hours 'a brilliant literary thriller...reminiscent of both Greek tragedy and Shakespeare’
Ruth Jones, author and actress, said 'It's gob-smackingly, heart-stoppingly, breath-holdingly brilliant.. the tension will blow your mind....'
Her debut novel, 'Sister' was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, a Sunday Times and New York Times best seller and the fastest selling debut in WHSmiths'history. Her next two books 'Afterwards' and 'The Quality of Silence' were also Sunday Times best sellers. Her novels have been translated into over thirty languages.
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Title: The Quality of Silence
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.rosamundlupton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rosamundlupton
The Book;
On 24 November Yasmin and her ten-year-old daughter Ruby set off on a journey across Northern Alaska. They're searching for Ruby's father, missing in the arctic wilderness.
More isolated with each frozen mile they cover, they travel deeper into an endless night. And Ruby, deaf since birth, must brave the darkness where sight cannot guide her.
She won't abandon her father. But winter has tightened its grip, and there is somebody out there who wants to stop them.
Somebody tracking them through the dark.
The Author:
Thank you for visiting this bio. My books are not easy to slot into a particular genre, and you can usually be found under 'contemporary fiction', 'literary fiction', 'political thriller' and 'psychological thriller.' If you try one I hope you enjoy it.
From the publisher:
Three Hours was chosen by the Times as their thriller of the year. The Sunday Times called Three Hours 'a brilliant literary thriller...reminiscent of both Greek tragedy and Shakespeare’
Ruth Jones, author and actress, said 'It's gob-smackingly, heart-stoppingly, breath-holdingly brilliant.. the tension will blow your mind....'
Her debut novel, 'Sister' was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, a Sunday Times and New York Times best seller and the fastest selling debut in WHSmiths'history. Her next two books 'Afterwards' and 'The Quality of Silence' were also Sunday Times best sellers. Her novels have been translated into over thirty languages.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.rosamundlupton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rosamundlupton
The Book;
On 24 November Yasmin and her ten-year-old daughter Ruby set off on a journey across Northern Alaska. They're searching for Ruby's father, missing in the arctic wilderness.
More isolated with each frozen mile they cover, they travel deeper into an endless night. And Ruby, deaf since birth, must brave the darkness where sight cannot guide her.
She won't abandon her father. But winter has tightened its grip, and there is somebody out there who wants to stop them.
Somebody tracking them through the dark.
The Author:
Thank you for visiting this bio. My books are not easy to slot into a particular genre, and you can usually be found under 'contemporary fiction', 'literary fiction', 'political thriller' and 'psychological thriller.' If you try one I hope you enjoy it.
From the publisher:
Three Hours was chosen by the Times as their thriller of the year. The Sunday Times called Three Hours 'a brilliant literary thriller...reminiscent of both Greek tragedy and Shakespeare’
Ruth Jones, author and actress, said 'It's gob-smackingly, heart-stoppingly, breath-holdingly brilliant.. the tension will blow your mind....'
Her debut novel, 'Sister' was a BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime, a Sunday Times and New York Times best seller and the fastest selling debut in WHSmiths'history. Her next two books 'Afterwards' and 'The Quality of Silence' were also Sunday Times best sellers. Her novels have been translated into over thirty languages.
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Charlie Tyler
Charlie Tyler
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Title: The Cry of the Lake
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.charlietyler.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieTyler17
The Book;
A gruesome discovery unravels a dark trail of murder and madness.
A six-year-old girl sneaks out of bed to capture a mermaid but instead discovers a dead body. Terrified and unable to make sense of what she sees, she locks the vision deep inside her mind.
Ten years later, Lily is introduced to the charismatic Flo and they become best friends. But Lily is guilt-ridden – she is hiding a terrible secret which has the power to destroy both their lives.
When Flo’s father is accused of killing a schoolgirl, the horrors of Lily’s past come bubbling to the surface. Lily knows that, whatever the consequences, she has to make things right. She must go back to the events of her childhood and face what happened at the boat house all those years ago.
Can Lily and Flo discover what is hiding in the murky waters of the lake before the killer strikes again?
The Author:
Charlie signed with Darkstroke Books in May 2020. The Cry of the Lake is her debut novel.
Charlie adores coffee and usually drinks (at least) four cups before 11am. This caffeine fuelled part of the day is also, unsurprisingly, the time when she gets the most words onto the page.
She lives in a Leicestershire village with husband, Will, and three (almost) grown-up children. Tilly, her golden retriever, is her study buddy and her fiercest critic.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.charlietyler.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieTyler17
The Book;
A gruesome discovery unravels a dark trail of murder and madness.
A six-year-old girl sneaks out of bed to capture a mermaid but instead discovers a dead body. Terrified and unable to make sense of what she sees, she locks the vision deep inside her mind.
Ten years later, Lily is introduced to the charismatic Flo and they become best friends. But Lily is guilt-ridden – she is hiding a terrible secret which has the power to destroy both their lives.
When Flo’s father is accused of killing a schoolgirl, the horrors of Lily’s past come bubbling to the surface. Lily knows that, whatever the consequences, she has to make things right. She must go back to the events of her childhood and face what happened at the boat house all those years ago.
Can Lily and Flo discover what is hiding in the murky waters of the lake before the killer strikes again?
The Author:
Charlie signed with Darkstroke Books in May 2020. The Cry of the Lake is her debut novel.
Charlie adores coffee and usually drinks (at least) four cups before 11am. This caffeine fuelled part of the day is also, unsurprisingly, the time when she gets the most words onto the page.
She lives in a Leicestershire village with husband, Will, and three (almost) grown-up children. Tilly, her golden retriever, is her study buddy and her fiercest critic.
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Sandra Ireland
Sandra Ireland
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Title: Sight Unseen
Genre: Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A short reading by Sandra:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/i/sandra-ireland/sight-unseen.htm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/22_ireland
The Book;
1648. Alie Gowdie marries Richard Webster during a turbulent time in Scotland’s history. Charles I is about to lose his head, and little does Alie know that she too will meet a grisly end within the year.
2019. Sarah Sutherland is struggling to cope with the demands of her day job, caring for her elderly father and keeping tabs on her backpacking daughter. She wanted to be an archaeologist, but now in her forties, she is divorced, alone, and there seems to be no respite, no glimmer of excitement on the horizon. However, she does have a special affinity with the Kilgour Witch, Alie Gowdie, who lived in Sarah’s cottage until her execution in 1648, and Sarah likes nothing better than to retreat into a world of sorcery, spells and religious fanaticism.
Her stories delight tourists as she leads them along the cobbled streets of her home town, but what really lies behind the tale of Alie Gowdie, the Kilgour Witch? Can Sarah uncover the truth in order to right a centuries-old wrong? And what else might modern-day Kilgour be hiding, just out of sight?
The Author:
Sandra Ireland was born in England but lived for many years in Éire before returning ‘home’ to Scotland in the 1990s. She is the author of Beneath the Skin, a psychological thriller, which was shortlisted for a Saltire Literary Award in 2017. Her second novel, Bone Deep, a modern Gothic tale of sibling rivalry, inspired by an old Scottish folktale, will be published in the UK by Polygon in July, and in the US (Gallery) and Germany (Penguin) next year. She also writes poetry, often inspired by the seascapes of Scotland’s rugged east coast. Her poems have been widely published in anthologies, including Seagate III (Dundee), and New Writing Scotland. She won the Dorothy Dunbar Trophy for Poetry, awarded by the Scottish Association of Writers, in 2017 and 2018. Sandra is Secretary of Angus Writers’ Circle and one third of the Chasing Time Team, which runs writing retreats in a gloriously gothic rural setting.
Genre: Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A short reading by Sandra:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/i/sandra-ireland/sight-unseen.htm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/22_ireland
The Book;
1648. Alie Gowdie marries Richard Webster during a turbulent time in Scotland’s history. Charles I is about to lose his head, and little does Alie know that she too will meet a grisly end within the year.
2019. Sarah Sutherland is struggling to cope with the demands of her day job, caring for her elderly father and keeping tabs on her backpacking daughter. She wanted to be an archaeologist, but now in her forties, she is divorced, alone, and there seems to be no respite, no glimmer of excitement on the horizon. However, she does have a special affinity with the Kilgour Witch, Alie Gowdie, who lived in Sarah’s cottage until her execution in 1648, and Sarah likes nothing better than to retreat into a world of sorcery, spells and religious fanaticism.
Her stories delight tourists as she leads them along the cobbled streets of her home town, but what really lies behind the tale of Alie Gowdie, the Kilgour Witch? Can Sarah uncover the truth in order to right a centuries-old wrong? And what else might modern-day Kilgour be hiding, just out of sight?
The Author:
Sandra Ireland was born in England but lived for many years in Éire before returning ‘home’ to Scotland in the 1990s. She is the author of Beneath the Skin, a psychological thriller, which was shortlisted for a Saltire Literary Award in 2017. Her second novel, Bone Deep, a modern Gothic tale of sibling rivalry, inspired by an old Scottish folktale, will be published in the UK by Polygon in July, and in the US (Gallery) and Germany (Penguin) next year. She also writes poetry, often inspired by the seascapes of Scotland’s rugged east coast. Her poems have been widely published in anthologies, including Seagate III (Dundee), and New Writing Scotland. She won the Dorothy Dunbar Trophy for Poetry, awarded by the Scottish Association of Writers, in 2017 and 2018. Sandra is Secretary of Angus Writers’ Circle and one third of the Chasing Time Team, which runs writing retreats in a gloriously gothic rural setting.
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Sophie Claire
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Title: Summer at the French Olive Grove
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.sophieclaire.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SClaireWriter
The Book;
Could love be the biggest adventure of all?
Filmmaker Lily's life is all about work and adventure. So when she suffers an accident on her travels and finds herself recuperating in the quiet French seaside village where she spent her childhood, she can't wait to escape. Not least because Olivier - Lily's childhood friend and former crush, who she has spent the last thirteen years avoiding - is staying next door . . .
Strong-minded masterbaker Olivier is happily settled in St Pierre, preparing to marry and put down roots. But Lily's return to the village risks turning his carefully-laid plans upsidedown, and as the pair rediscover their familiar rivalry and fun, sparks fly.
Is Lily really as fearless and independent as she seems on the surface - or is she just running from the past? And what if Olivier is the only one who can teach her what it really means to be brave?
The Author:
Sophie Claire writes emotional stories set in England and in sunny Provence, where she spent her summers as a child.
She has a French mother and a Scottish father, but was born in Africa and grew up in Manchester, England, where she still lives with her husband and two sons.
Previously, she worked in marketing and proofreading academic papers, but writing is what she always considered her ‘real job’ and now she’s delighted to spend her days dreaming up heartwarming contemporary romance stories set in beautiful places.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.sophieclaire.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SClaireWriter
The Book;
Could love be the biggest adventure of all?
Filmmaker Lily's life is all about work and adventure. So when she suffers an accident on her travels and finds herself recuperating in the quiet French seaside village where she spent her childhood, she can't wait to escape. Not least because Olivier - Lily's childhood friend and former crush, who she has spent the last thirteen years avoiding - is staying next door . . .
Strong-minded masterbaker Olivier is happily settled in St Pierre, preparing to marry and put down roots. But Lily's return to the village risks turning his carefully-laid plans upsidedown, and as the pair rediscover their familiar rivalry and fun, sparks fly.
Is Lily really as fearless and independent as she seems on the surface - or is she just running from the past? And what if Olivier is the only one who can teach her what it really means to be brave?
The Author:
Sophie Claire writes emotional stories set in England and in sunny Provence, where she spent her summers as a child.
She has a French mother and a Scottish father, but was born in Africa and grew up in Manchester, England, where she still lives with her husband and two sons.
Previously, she worked in marketing and proofreading academic papers, but writing is what she always considered her ‘real job’ and now she’s delighted to spend her days dreaming up heartwarming contemporary romance stories set in beautiful places.
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Caroline England
Caroline England
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Title: Truth Games
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://carolineenglandauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CazEngland
The Book;
Family is everything to Ellie Wilson. She tries hard to be the perfect mother, the perfect partner, the perfect daughter - but she can't always seem to get it right.
When an old friend from university re-enters their lives, dark memories from Ellie's past begin to resurface. Memories that have been buried for a long time.
As Ellie starts to unravel some shocking and sinister realities, she realises that she must choose between keeping the family she loves - and facing the truth.
The Author:
Born in Sheffield, Caroline studied Law at the University of Manchester and stayed over the border. Caroline was a divorce and professional indemnity lawyer. She turned to writing when she deserted the law to bring up her three lovely daughters. Caroline has had short stories and poems published in a variety of literary publications and anthologies.
Caroline writes domestic psychological thrillers. Her debut novel, BENEATH THE SKIN, known also as THE WIFE'S SECRET in eBook, was published by Avon HarperCollins in October 2017. Her second novel, MY HUSBAND'S LIES, followed in May 2018 and became a Kindle top ten bestseller. BETRAY HER, was published by Piatkus of Little, Brown Book
in July 2020 and TRUTH GAMES will publish in June 2021.
Caroline has two pen names. As Caro Land, Bloodhound Books published legal drama CONVICTIONS and the follow-up CONFESSIONS in 2020
Her first CE Rose gothic-tinged psychological thriller THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN SECRETS will be published by Hera Books in April 2021
Caroline has two dark, twisty short story collections available on Amazon, both in eBook and paperback, WATCHING HORSEPATS FEED THE ROSES and HANGED BY THE NECK.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://carolineenglandauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CazEngland
The Book;
Family is everything to Ellie Wilson. She tries hard to be the perfect mother, the perfect partner, the perfect daughter - but she can't always seem to get it right.
When an old friend from university re-enters their lives, dark memories from Ellie's past begin to resurface. Memories that have been buried for a long time.
As Ellie starts to unravel some shocking and sinister realities, she realises that she must choose between keeping the family she loves - and facing the truth.
The Author:
Born in Sheffield, Caroline studied Law at the University of Manchester and stayed over the border. Caroline was a divorce and professional indemnity lawyer. She turned to writing when she deserted the law to bring up her three lovely daughters. Caroline has had short stories and poems published in a variety of literary publications and anthologies.
Caroline writes domestic psychological thrillers. Her debut novel, BENEATH THE SKIN, known also as THE WIFE'S SECRET in eBook, was published by Avon HarperCollins in October 2017. Her second novel, MY HUSBAND'S LIES, followed in May 2018 and became a Kindle top ten bestseller. BETRAY HER, was published by Piatkus of Little, Brown Book
in July 2020 and TRUTH GAMES will publish in June 2021.
Caroline has two pen names. As Caro Land, Bloodhound Books published legal drama CONVICTIONS and the follow-up CONFESSIONS in 2020
Her first CE Rose gothic-tinged psychological thriller THE HOUSE OF HIDDEN SECRETS will be published by Hera Books in April 2021
Caroline has two dark, twisty short story collections available on Amazon, both in eBook and paperback, WATCHING HORSEPATS FEED THE ROSES and HANGED BY THE NECK.
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Title: Love On Location
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Love on Location by Lynne Shelby - Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.lynneshelby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynneB1
The Book;
When Laurel Martin is hired to rewrite the script for a new timeslip blockbuster, she expects the historical advisor hired by the studio to be an elderly academic who won’t interfere too much with her writing. But when she meets Professor Jason Harding, a young and unexpectedly handsome archaeologist who has some ideas of his own about the script, she realises the job isn’t going to be as simple as she first thought.
As their work takes them from arguing over historical details in a cramped London office to discovering the hidden beauties of a Greek island, Laurel and Jason’s relationship starts to echo the romance of their script.
But with Laurel’s actor ex-boyfriend making trouble at home, and constant issues with the volatile director, will Laurel and Jason ever be able to write the happy ending for their own story?
The Author:
Lynne Shelby writes contemporary women’s fiction and romance. Her debut novel, French Kissing won the Accent Press and Woman magazine Writing Competition. When not writing or reading, Lynne can usually be found at the theatre or exploring a foreign city with her writer’s notebook, camera and sketchbook in hand. She lives in London with her husband and has three adult children who live nearby.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.lynneshelby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LynneB1
The Book;
When Laurel Martin is hired to rewrite the script for a new timeslip blockbuster, she expects the historical advisor hired by the studio to be an elderly academic who won’t interfere too much with her writing. But when she meets Professor Jason Harding, a young and unexpectedly handsome archaeologist who has some ideas of his own about the script, she realises the job isn’t going to be as simple as she first thought.
As their work takes them from arguing over historical details in a cramped London office to discovering the hidden beauties of a Greek island, Laurel and Jason’s relationship starts to echo the romance of their script.
But with Laurel’s actor ex-boyfriend making trouble at home, and constant issues with the volatile director, will Laurel and Jason ever be able to write the happy ending for their own story?
The Author:
Lynne Shelby writes contemporary women’s fiction and romance. Her debut novel, French Kissing won the Accent Press and Woman magazine Writing Competition. When not writing or reading, Lynne can usually be found at the theatre or exploring a foreign city with her writer’s notebook, camera and sketchbook in hand. She lives in London with her husband and has three adult children who live nearby.
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Title: Finding Home
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/kate-field
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katehaswords
The Book;
She might not have much in this world, but it cost nothing to be kind…
Meet Miranda Brown: you can call her Mim. She’s jobless, homeless and living in her car… but with a history like hers she knows she has a huge amount to be grateful for.
Meet Beatrice and William Howard: Bill and Bea to you. The heads of the Howard family and owners of Venhallow Hall, a sprawling seaside Devonshire estate… stranded in a layby five hours from home the night before their niece’s wedding.
When fate brings the trio together, Mim doesn’t think twice before offering to drive the affable older couple home. It’s not like she has anywhere else to be. But as the car pulls into the picturesque village of Littlemead, Mim has no idea how her life is about to change…
The Author:
Kate Field writes contemporary women’s fiction, mainly set in her favourite county of Lancashire where she lives on the edge of the moors with her husband, daughter and cat. Her debut novel won the Romantic Novelists’ Association Joan Hessayon Award for new writers.
When not writing or reading, Kate enjoys walking in the Lancashire countryside, Pilates, visiting historic houses and gardens and volunteering in her village community library.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/kate-field
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The Book;
She might not have much in this world, but it cost nothing to be kind…
Meet Miranda Brown: you can call her Mim. She’s jobless, homeless and living in her car… but with a history like hers she knows she has a huge amount to be grateful for.
Meet Beatrice and William Howard: Bill and Bea to you. The heads of the Howard family and owners of Venhallow Hall, a sprawling seaside Devonshire estate… stranded in a layby five hours from home the night before their niece’s wedding.
When fate brings the trio together, Mim doesn’t think twice before offering to drive the affable older couple home. It’s not like she has anywhere else to be. But as the car pulls into the picturesque village of Littlemead, Mim has no idea how her life is about to change…
The Author:
Kate Field writes contemporary women’s fiction, mainly set in her favourite county of Lancashire where she lives on the edge of the moors with her husband, daughter and cat. Her debut novel won the Romantic Novelists’ Association Joan Hessayon Award for new writers.
When not writing or reading, Kate enjoys walking in the Lancashire countryside, Pilates, visiting historic houses and gardens and volunteering in her village community library.
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Title 1: Summer Kisses at Mermaids Point
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Title 2: Autumn Dreams at Mermaids Point
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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* Sarah is adding a handmade themed keyring and signed paperback, postcard and branded notebook to her lot for her successful bidder.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/sarah-bennett
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sarahlou_writes
Book 1: Summer Kisses at Mermaids Point
Laurie Morgan runs a café in the small seaside community of Mermaids Point, named after the beauties rumoured to live in the waters a few miles off the top of the point. When a hazy image is posted online of what appears to be a mermaid, the café and the village are soon full to bursting with curious sightseers.
The most eye-catching of the new arrivals is handsome author, Jake Smith, who has rented a cottage for the summer while he works on his new book. Or so he says. In fact, he is a journalist, burned out and disillusioned with life, whose editor has sent him on a crack-pot hunt for mermaids...
Jake quickly finds himself drawn to village life, and to the gorgeous woman who runs the local café. But he soon suspects there’s trouble lurking beneath the idyllic façade, and when it looks like Laurie’s family might be involved, Jake faces a difficult choice. Pursue the truth, or protect the woman he’s beginning to fall in love with…
Book 2: Autumn Dreams at Mermaids Point
When her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on. Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for it or not.
Following the death of his beloved wife, Tom Nelson buried himself in work at his busy inner-London GP practice. When his teenage children find themselves in trouble at school, he realises he’s completely lost touch with them. Desperate to reconnect before it’s too late, he whisks his family away to the pretty seaside village of Mermaids Point determined to make a fresh start.
But all is not as idyllic as it seems. With his predecessor reluctant to let go of the reins and the children as distant as ever, the last thing Tom needs is an undeniable attraction to the woman he unexpectedly finds himself sharing a roof with…
The Author:
Sarah Bennett has been reading for as long as she can remember. Raised in a family of bookworms, her love affair with books of all genres has culminated in the ultimate Happy Ever After – getting to write her own stories to share with others.
Born and raised in a military family, she is happily married to her own Officer (who is sometimes even A Gentleman). Home is wherever he lays his hat, and life has taught them both that the best family is the one you create from friends as well as relatives.
When not reading or writing, Sarah is a devotee of afternoon naps and sailing the high seas, but only on vessels large enough to accommodate a casino and a choice of restaurants.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Title 2: Autumn Dreams at Mermaids Point
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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* Sarah is adding a handmade themed keyring and signed paperback, postcard and branded notebook to her lot for her successful bidder.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/b/sarah-bennett
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sarahlou_writes
Book 1: Summer Kisses at Mermaids Point
Laurie Morgan runs a café in the small seaside community of Mermaids Point, named after the beauties rumoured to live in the waters a few miles off the top of the point. When a hazy image is posted online of what appears to be a mermaid, the café and the village are soon full to bursting with curious sightseers.
The most eye-catching of the new arrivals is handsome author, Jake Smith, who has rented a cottage for the summer while he works on his new book. Or so he says. In fact, he is a journalist, burned out and disillusioned with life, whose editor has sent him on a crack-pot hunt for mermaids...
Jake quickly finds himself drawn to village life, and to the gorgeous woman who runs the local café. But he soon suspects there’s trouble lurking beneath the idyllic façade, and when it looks like Laurie’s family might be involved, Jake faces a difficult choice. Pursue the truth, or protect the woman he’s beginning to fall in love with…
Book 2: Autumn Dreams at Mermaids Point
When her dreams of young love were cruelly shattered, Nerissa Morgan found it hard to move on. Now, at forty-three, everyone around her is enjoying life while she’s just going through the motions. With her boss retiring and rumours of a new doctor coming in to take over the practice she manages, change is coming, whether she’s ready for it or not.
Following the death of his beloved wife, Tom Nelson buried himself in work at his busy inner-London GP practice. When his teenage children find themselves in trouble at school, he realises he’s completely lost touch with them. Desperate to reconnect before it’s too late, he whisks his family away to the pretty seaside village of Mermaids Point determined to make a fresh start.
But all is not as idyllic as it seems. With his predecessor reluctant to let go of the reins and the children as distant as ever, the last thing Tom needs is an undeniable attraction to the woman he unexpectedly finds himself sharing a roof with…
The Author:
Sarah Bennett has been reading for as long as she can remember. Raised in a family of bookworms, her love affair with books of all genres has culminated in the ultimate Happy Ever After – getting to write her own stories to share with others.
Born and raised in a military family, she is happily married to her own Officer (who is sometimes even A Gentleman). Home is wherever he lays his hat, and life has taught them both that the best family is the one you create from friends as well as relatives.
When not reading or writing, Sarah is a devotee of afternoon naps and sailing the high seas, but only on vessels large enough to accommodate a casino and a choice of restaurants.
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Title: Henry Baker
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://nickymoxey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moxeyns
The Book:
When Henry Baker finds a small, super-shiny black pencil on his way to school, his life is changed forever...
This nine-story compendium provides a gently stretching read for 7 to 9 year olds, or perfectly paced bedtime stories for younger children. The wide-ranging subject matter - from a friendship dilemma to helping a passing Viking; picking up the pieces from a karate disaster to finding a lost voice - will amuse your youngsters whilst quietly encouraging them to think.
Nicky is an amateur archaeologist and an author of adult historical fiction, as well as a karateka and the chair of the village Neighbourhood Plan committee - many of the stories are drawn from her research or every day life, giving them a depth of detail!
The Author:
I live in the middle of rural Suffolk, UK, and am currently owned by a slinky black cat who's far too clever for her own good.
In my spare time, I'm an amateur historian/archaeologist, and in dry daylight hours am usually out on a field somewhere with a metal detector and/or a trowel. I've added quite a few things to the Heritage England Record and the Portable Antiquities Scheme; but what really fascinates me is the stories behind the artefacts.
I love writing a series of short stories about Henry Baker, a boy who finds a magic pencil on the way to school - and who has lots of adventures as the pencil makes anything he draws, become real! He draws some historical artefacts, as well as things to get him out of the sort of trouble any 9 year old boy can find.
Genre: Children
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Website: https://nickymoxey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moxeyns
The Book:
When Henry Baker finds a small, super-shiny black pencil on his way to school, his life is changed forever...
This nine-story compendium provides a gently stretching read for 7 to 9 year olds, or perfectly paced bedtime stories for younger children. The wide-ranging subject matter - from a friendship dilemma to helping a passing Viking; picking up the pieces from a karate disaster to finding a lost voice - will amuse your youngsters whilst quietly encouraging them to think.
Nicky is an amateur archaeologist and an author of adult historical fiction, as well as a karateka and the chair of the village Neighbourhood Plan committee - many of the stories are drawn from her research or every day life, giving them a depth of detail!
The Author:
I live in the middle of rural Suffolk, UK, and am currently owned by a slinky black cat who's far too clever for her own good.
In my spare time, I'm an amateur historian/archaeologist, and in dry daylight hours am usually out on a field somewhere with a metal detector and/or a trowel. I've added quite a few things to the Heritage England Record and the Portable Antiquities Scheme; but what really fascinates me is the stories behind the artefacts.
I love writing a series of short stories about Henry Baker, a boy who finds a magic pencil on the way to school - and who has lots of adventures as the pencil makes anything he draws, become real! He draws some historical artefacts, as well as things to get him out of the sort of trouble any 9 year old boy can find.
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Title: Sheriff and Priest : Wimer the Chaplain
Genre:Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://nickymoxey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moxeyns
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In 12th Century East Anglia, poor Saxon boys stay poor. It takes an exceptional one to win Henry II's friendship, and to rise to the job of High Sheriff of all Norfolk and Suffolk, as my hero Wimer did.
Falling foul of the stormy relationship between Henry and his Archbishop, he is excommunicated three times, twice by Thomas a'Becket, and once by the Pope. This will guarantee him a place in Hell, especially given his feelings towards Henry's mistress Ida, unless he can find land and resources to do something spectacular in the way of penance.
The Author:
I live in the middle of rural Suffolk, UK; I’m currently owned by a small, slinky black cat.
In my spare time, I’m an amateur historian/archaeologist, and in non-work daylight hours am usually out on a field somewhere with a metal detector and/or a trowel. I’ve added quite a few things to the Heritage England Record and the Portable Antiquities Scheme; but what really fascinates me is the stories behind the artefacts.
My first historical novel, Sheriff and Priest, is about the story of a local boy made good – Wimer the Chaplain was born in Dodnash in Suffolk of a poor Saxon family, but made it to be a confidant of Henry ll, holding down the job of High Sheriff for all Norfolk and Suffolk. Then he gave it all up and came home to found a Priory… finding the original site of that Priory (not where it’s shown on the map) is still one of my proudest discoveries.
Genre:Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://nickymoxey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/moxeyns
The Book:
In 12th Century East Anglia, poor Saxon boys stay poor. It takes an exceptional one to win Henry II's friendship, and to rise to the job of High Sheriff of all Norfolk and Suffolk, as my hero Wimer did.
Falling foul of the stormy relationship between Henry and his Archbishop, he is excommunicated three times, twice by Thomas a'Becket, and once by the Pope. This will guarantee him a place in Hell, especially given his feelings towards Henry's mistress Ida, unless he can find land and resources to do something spectacular in the way of penance.
The Author:
I live in the middle of rural Suffolk, UK; I’m currently owned by a small, slinky black cat.
In my spare time, I’m an amateur historian/archaeologist, and in non-work daylight hours am usually out on a field somewhere with a metal detector and/or a trowel. I’ve added quite a few things to the Heritage England Record and the Portable Antiquities Scheme; but what really fascinates me is the stories behind the artefacts.
My first historical novel, Sheriff and Priest, is about the story of a local boy made good – Wimer the Chaplain was born in Dodnash in Suffolk of a poor Saxon family, but made it to be a confidant of Henry ll, holding down the job of High Sheriff for all Norfolk and Suffolk. Then he gave it all up and came home to found a Priory… finding the original site of that Priory (not where it’s shown on the map) is still one of my proudest discoveries.
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Lisa Wee
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Title: My Happiness Counts
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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Website: https://www.lisawee12.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lisawee1970
The Book;
Happiness Counts!
From a loving smile to playing with friends, “My Happiness Counts” takes children on a joyful counting journey raising their awareness to the possibility of finding happiness in every day moments. Parents and their little ones will enjoy reading this fun & delightful book with diverse characters and vibrant scenes.
The Illustrator:
Lisa Wee is an award winning illustrator. Her quaint, quirky and vibrant illustrations depict diversity and inclusivity. She has worked with numerous self published authors and publishers on creating picture books for a variety of topics ranging from STEM for girls to self care for kids, and navigating COVID-19.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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Website: https://www.lisawee12.com
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The Book;
Happiness Counts!
From a loving smile to playing with friends, “My Happiness Counts” takes children on a joyful counting journey raising their awareness to the possibility of finding happiness in every day moments. Parents and their little ones will enjoy reading this fun & delightful book with diverse characters and vibrant scenes.
The Illustrator:
Lisa Wee is an award winning illustrator. Her quaint, quirky and vibrant illustrations depict diversity and inclusivity. She has worked with numerous self published authors and publishers on creating picture books for a variety of topics ranging from STEM for girls to self care for kids, and navigating COVID-19.
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Title: Diary of an MP's Wife (Inside and Outside Power)
Genre: Biography - Memoir
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.katelordbrown.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPWife_
The Book;
What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the lid.
For more than twenty years she has kept a secret diary detailing the trials and tribulations of being a political plus-one, and gives us a ringside seat at the seismic political events of the last decade. A professional partner and loyal spouse, Swire has strong political opinions herself - sometimes more 'No, Minister' than 'Yes'. She detonates the stereotype of the dutiful wife.
From shenanigans in Budleigh Salterton to state banquets at Buckingham Palace, gun-toting terrorist busters in pizza restaurants to dinners in Downing Street sitting next to Boris Johnson, Devon hedges to partying with City hedgies, she observes the great and the not-so-great at the closest of quarters. The results are painfully revealing and often hilariously funny. Here are the friendships and the fall-outs, the general elections and the leadership contests, the scandals and the rivalries. Swire showed up, shored up and rarely shut up. She also wrote it all down.
Diary of an MP's Wife is a searingly honest, wildly indiscreet and often uproarious account of what life is like in the thick of it.
The Author:
Alexandra Patrusha Mina Swire, Lady Swire, commonly known as Sasha, is an English author and journalist, and the wife of the former Conservative Party Minister of State Sir Hugo Swire. She is the writer of the 2020 memoir Diary of an MP's Wife.
Genre: Biography - Memoir
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.katelordbrown.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MPWife_
The Book;
What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the lid.
For more than twenty years she has kept a secret diary detailing the trials and tribulations of being a political plus-one, and gives us a ringside seat at the seismic political events of the last decade. A professional partner and loyal spouse, Swire has strong political opinions herself - sometimes more 'No, Minister' than 'Yes'. She detonates the stereotype of the dutiful wife.
From shenanigans in Budleigh Salterton to state banquets at Buckingham Palace, gun-toting terrorist busters in pizza restaurants to dinners in Downing Street sitting next to Boris Johnson, Devon hedges to partying with City hedgies, she observes the great and the not-so-great at the closest of quarters. The results are painfully revealing and often hilariously funny. Here are the friendships and the fall-outs, the general elections and the leadership contests, the scandals and the rivalries. Swire showed up, shored up and rarely shut up. She also wrote it all down.
Diary of an MP's Wife is a searingly honest, wildly indiscreet and often uproarious account of what life is like in the thick of it.
The Author:
Alexandra Patrusha Mina Swire, Lady Swire, commonly known as Sasha, is an English author and journalist, and the wife of the former Conservative Party Minister of State Sir Hugo Swire. She is the writer of the 2020 memoir Diary of an MP's Wife.
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Title 1: A Summer at the Castle
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Season of Secrets
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.katelordbrown.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katelordbrown
Book 1: A Summer at the Castle
Every summer, Diana Hughes organises a famous baking competition at her beautiful castle in the south west of Ireland, to raise funds for its upkeep. But this year, amongst the bunting and scrumptious cakes, everything is turning out a little differently than planned!
First, her daughter Darcy arrives on the doorstep unexpectedly, after running away to the sunny hills of California with a broken heart a year ago. Then a mysterious stranger tries to sabotage the competition. Diana and Darcy soon find out that the past is quickly catching up with them - and it's about to turn their lives upside down!...
Book 2: A Season of Secrets
Diamonds are forever.
And hold a thousand secrets...
When Grace Manners moves to a little cottage on the Wittering Manor estate, she hopes it will be the perfect new beginning after her life was torn apart seven months ago.
Ever since her husband disappeared, along with most of their money, Grace has struggled to make ends meet - but now, working for the eccentric Fraser Stratton, she has her own space to make her delicate jewellery once again.
Yet as Grace begins to uncover the story behind a beautiful diamond brooch, she becomes drawn into a mysterious family secret that threatens to destroy what little she has left...
The Author:
Kate grew up in the wild and beautiful Devon countryside. After studying philosophy at Durham University and art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Kate gained a MA in Creative Writing. Her latest book Silent Music/Die Schritte zu Deinem Hertzen was published in November 2020.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Title 2: A Season of Secrets
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Book 1: A Summer at the Castle
Every summer, Diana Hughes organises a famous baking competition at her beautiful castle in the south west of Ireland, to raise funds for its upkeep. But this year, amongst the bunting and scrumptious cakes, everything is turning out a little differently than planned!
First, her daughter Darcy arrives on the doorstep unexpectedly, after running away to the sunny hills of California with a broken heart a year ago. Then a mysterious stranger tries to sabotage the competition. Diana and Darcy soon find out that the past is quickly catching up with them - and it's about to turn their lives upside down!...
Book 2: A Season of Secrets
Diamonds are forever.
And hold a thousand secrets...
When Grace Manners moves to a little cottage on the Wittering Manor estate, she hopes it will be the perfect new beginning after her life was torn apart seven months ago.
Ever since her husband disappeared, along with most of their money, Grace has struggled to make ends meet - but now, working for the eccentric Fraser Stratton, she has her own space to make her delicate jewellery once again.
Yet as Grace begins to uncover the story behind a beautiful diamond brooch, she becomes drawn into a mysterious family secret that threatens to destroy what little she has left...
The Author:
Kate grew up in the wild and beautiful Devon countryside. After studying philosophy at Durham University and art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art, Kate gained a MA in Creative Writing. Her latest book Silent Music/Die Schritte zu Deinem Hertzen was published in November 2020.
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Title: Ripples Beyond the Pool
Genre: Poetry
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Kathleen was brought up in rural Cumbria and now lives in North Yorkshire. She spent her working life in the NHS and, since her retirement, is now able to concentrate on her family, gardening, studying, and writing poetry. This collection embraces relationships with family and friends and reflects a love of rural life and characters. It also takes us on visits to other countries and cultures.
The Author:
Kathleen was brought up in rural Cumbria and now lives in North Yorkshire. She spent her working life in the NHS and, since her retirement, is now able to concentrate on her family, gardening and studying and writing poetry. Her poems have been published on-line and in several anthologies and magazines. In 2019 Kathleen worked with a young composer to produce a song which was performed at the International Leeds Lieder Festival.
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The Book;
Kathleen was brought up in rural Cumbria and now lives in North Yorkshire. She spent her working life in the NHS and, since her retirement, is now able to concentrate on her family, gardening, studying, and writing poetry. This collection embraces relationships with family and friends and reflects a love of rural life and characters. It also takes us on visits to other countries and cultures.
The Author:
Kathleen was brought up in rural Cumbria and now lives in North Yorkshire. She spent her working life in the NHS and, since her retirement, is now able to concentrate on her family, gardening and studying and writing poetry. Her poems have been published on-line and in several anthologies and magazines. In 2019 Kathleen worked with a young composer to produce a song which was performed at the International Leeds Lieder Festival.
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Title: A Chorus of Seven
Genre: Poetry
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... it happened in a library.
Some time ago two writers met and talked about finding a small, supportive group where work could be presented and considered, honestly and constructively. The Scriveners now meet regularly at The Old Deanery Hotel, in Ripon.
This collection is our first joint outcome.
... Welcome to A Chorus of Seven.
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The Book;
... it happened in a library.
Some time ago two writers met and talked about finding a small, supportive group where work could be presented and considered, honestly and constructively. The Scriveners now meet regularly at The Old Deanery Hotel, in Ripon.
This collection is our first joint outcome.
... Welcome to A Chorus of Seven.
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Title: The Ghostly Father
Genre: Historical Romance
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Romeo and Juliet - was this what really happened? When Juliet Roberts is asked to make sense of an ancient Italian manuscript, she little suspects that she will find herself propelled into the midst of one of the greatest love stories of all time. But this is only the beginning. As more hidden secrets come to light, Juliet discovers that the tragic tale of her famous namesake might have had a very different outcome... A favourite classic story with a major new twist.
The Author:
Sue Barnard is a British novelist, editor and award-winning poet. She was born in North Wales but has spent most of her life in and around Manchester. After graduating from Durham University, Sue got married then had a variety of office jobs before becoming a full-time parent. If she had her way, the phrase “non-working mother” would be banned from the English language.
She has been with Crooked Cat since joining their editing team in 2013. Since then she has written six novels: The Ghostly Father,Nice Girls Don’t, The Unkindest Cut of All, Never on Saturday, Heathcliff, and Finding Nina. She has contributed a short story, Doomed Youth, to the Dark Scotland Anthology, and A Discreet Distance to the Dark London Anthology.
Sue has a mind which is sufficiently warped as to be capable of compiling questions for BBC Radio 4’s fiendishly difficult Round Britain Quiz. This once caused one of her sons to describe her as “professionally weird.” The label has stuck.
She speaks French like a Belgian, German like a schoolgirl, and Italian and Portuguese like an Englishwoman abroad. She is also very interested in Family History. Her own background is far stranger than any work of fiction; she’d write a book about it if she thought anybody would believe her.
Sue lives in Cheshire, UK, with her extremely patient husband and a large collection of unfinished scribblings.
Genre: Historical Romance
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Website: http://www.darkstroke.com/dark-stroke/sue-barnard
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The Book;
Romeo and Juliet - was this what really happened? When Juliet Roberts is asked to make sense of an ancient Italian manuscript, she little suspects that she will find herself propelled into the midst of one of the greatest love stories of all time. But this is only the beginning. As more hidden secrets come to light, Juliet discovers that the tragic tale of her famous namesake might have had a very different outcome... A favourite classic story with a major new twist.
The Author:
Sue Barnard is a British novelist, editor and award-winning poet. She was born in North Wales but has spent most of her life in and around Manchester. After graduating from Durham University, Sue got married then had a variety of office jobs before becoming a full-time parent. If she had her way, the phrase “non-working mother” would be banned from the English language.
She has been with Crooked Cat since joining their editing team in 2013. Since then she has written six novels: The Ghostly Father,Nice Girls Don’t, The Unkindest Cut of All, Never on Saturday, Heathcliff, and Finding Nina. She has contributed a short story, Doomed Youth, to the Dark Scotland Anthology, and A Discreet Distance to the Dark London Anthology.
Sue has a mind which is sufficiently warped as to be capable of compiling questions for BBC Radio 4’s fiendishly difficult Round Britain Quiz. This once caused one of her sons to describe her as “professionally weird.” The label has stuck.
She speaks French like a Belgian, German like a schoolgirl, and Italian and Portuguese like an Englishwoman abroad. She is also very interested in Family History. Her own background is far stranger than any work of fiction; she’d write a book about it if she thought anybody would believe her.
Sue lives in Cheshire, UK, with her extremely patient husband and a large collection of unfinished scribblings.
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Title: The Other Woman
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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Website: https://amandabrookfield.co.uk
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The Book;
On a normal day, in a normal house, on a normal street, wife and mother Fran has had enough. She packs a case, leaves a note for her bullying husband Pete, and one for her beloved twenty-year-old son Harry, and heads to the airport - and freedom.
In another house, on another street, Helena is desperately baiting her husband Jack into a fight. These days it feels like the only way to get Jack to take notice of her. Passionate, volatile, increasingly fragile, Helena is fast running out of hope.
What Helena and Fran don’t know, is that soon their lives are going to collide in ways neither expect nor understand. And if Fran and Helena are going to change their own futures, then first they will have to change each other’s.
The Author:
I have two elder sisters and a twin brother who is much quieter than me and with much longer legs. Our Dad was in the Foreign Office so we spent our childhood living in far-flung places like Shanghai and Stockholm. In fact, until the age of 32 I had never spent more than 3 years under the same roof...it's left me with the opposite of 'itchy feet'.
I fell in love with writing aged 11 when my class was asked to write a ghost story - that thrill of being able to make it all up! Studying English at Oxford was a dream come true, but then real life got in the way and I started a career in advertising, climbing the greasy pole for four years, helping sell washing powder and cold remedies.
Aged 25, I got the chance to go and live in Argentina. I left advertising, set myself up as a freelance journalist and wrote my first novel,'Alice Alone' which was published (to critical acclaim!) in 1989. I haven't stopped,or looked back, since.
I am now published by Penguin. At the last count I had produced fifteen novels and two sons. There will be no more offspring, but lots of books I hope.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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Website: https://amandabrookfield.co.uk
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The Book;
On a normal day, in a normal house, on a normal street, wife and mother Fran has had enough. She packs a case, leaves a note for her bullying husband Pete, and one for her beloved twenty-year-old son Harry, and heads to the airport - and freedom.
In another house, on another street, Helena is desperately baiting her husband Jack into a fight. These days it feels like the only way to get Jack to take notice of her. Passionate, volatile, increasingly fragile, Helena is fast running out of hope.
What Helena and Fran don’t know, is that soon their lives are going to collide in ways neither expect nor understand. And if Fran and Helena are going to change their own futures, then first they will have to change each other’s.
The Author:
I have two elder sisters and a twin brother who is much quieter than me and with much longer legs. Our Dad was in the Foreign Office so we spent our childhood living in far-flung places like Shanghai and Stockholm. In fact, until the age of 32 I had never spent more than 3 years under the same roof...it's left me with the opposite of 'itchy feet'.
I fell in love with writing aged 11 when my class was asked to write a ghost story - that thrill of being able to make it all up! Studying English at Oxford was a dream come true, but then real life got in the way and I started a career in advertising, climbing the greasy pole for four years, helping sell washing powder and cold remedies.
Aged 25, I got the chance to go and live in Argentina. I left advertising, set myself up as a freelance journalist and wrote my first novel,'Alice Alone' which was published (to critical acclaim!) in 1989. I haven't stopped,or looked back, since.
I am now published by Penguin. At the last count I had produced fifteen novels and two sons. There will be no more offspring, but lots of books I hope.
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Title: Another Mother
Genre: Psychological Thriller
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Website: https://mandykjameswrites.blogspot.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandajames61
The Book;
Adopted at birth, for years Lu has secretly dreamt of finding her birth mother but childhood bullying has left her with a lack of confidence. When a tragic accident changes her life forever it sets her on a mission to get in contact with her birth mother and find out the reasons behind her adoption.
When she tracks down her mother in Cornwall there is an emotional reunion and the pair begin to form a relationship.
But is everything as wonderful as it appears or has Lu walked into a nightmare?
The Author:
Amanda James (aka Mandy) was born in Sheffield and now lives in Cornwall with her husband and a cat. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, singing, and spending lots of time with her grandchildren. She also admits to spending far too much time chatting on Twitter and Facebook! Amanda feels most at home walking on the beach and making plots up in her head. A fair amount of these have made it onto paper, and been turned into books.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
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Website: https://mandykjameswrites.blogspot.com
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The Book;
Adopted at birth, for years Lu has secretly dreamt of finding her birth mother but childhood bullying has left her with a lack of confidence. When a tragic accident changes her life forever it sets her on a mission to get in contact with her birth mother and find out the reasons behind her adoption.
When she tracks down her mother in Cornwall there is an emotional reunion and the pair begin to form a relationship.
But is everything as wonderful as it appears or has Lu walked into a nightmare?
The Author:
Amanda James (aka Mandy) was born in Sheffield and now lives in Cornwall with her husband and a cat. In her spare time, she enjoys gardening, singing, and spending lots of time with her grandchildren. She also admits to spending far too much time chatting on Twitter and Facebook! Amanda feels most at home walking on the beach and making plots up in her head. A fair amount of these have made it onto paper, and been turned into books.
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Three Books: The Last of the Romans Trilogy
Title 1: The Last of the Romans
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Britannia World's End
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Title 3: Land of Fire
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Website: https://www.derekbirks.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Feud_writer
Book 1: The Last of the Romans
454 AD.
Northern Italy.
Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus has served the Roman Empire with distinction.
His bucellarii, a small band of irregular soldiers, have helped to bring a fragile peace to the beleaguered empire in the west. But, with the empire now at peace, his master, Flavius Aetius, decides to chain up his dogs of war.
Ambrosius and his men are left to idle away their days in a rural backwater, but Ambrosius’ boredom is brutally swept aside when old rivals seize the opportunity to destroy him.
Pursued as a traitor by the imperial guard, Ambrosius takes his loyal band, along with other dissident soldiers and a Saxon girl, Inga, into the mountains.
Since nowhere is safe, Ambrosius travels north, across the crumbling ruins of the empire, to his estranged family in Gaul. But there too, he finds nothing but conflict, for his home town is now besieged by a small army of rebellious Franks.
Freedom and peace seem a world away.
Whatever course the soldier takes, Ambrosius and his bucellarii will need to muster all their strength and skill to survive.
At the twilight of the empire, they may be the Last of the Romans…
Book 2: Britannia World's End
Even after years of Roman rule, Britannia is a conflicted and largely untamed land.
Disgraced Imperial Officer, Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus, flees to its shores seeking sanctuary in the land of his deceased mother. His years of loyal service to the emperor count for nothing now. He must carve out a new life beyond the empire.
Accompanying Ambrosius is a disparate group of fellow refugees: Inga, a freed Saxon slave, his bucellarii – warriors sworn to him - and the surviving members of his estranged family.
The burden of command weighs heavy on his shoulders, for when he lands in the country, winter is fast approaching.
But the weather is not the only thing inhospitable towards the newcomers.
Plagued by troubles, Ambrosius faces opponents among both the native Britons and Saxon settlers. He discovers that no-one in Britannia - least of all, the High King, Vortigern - still fears the soldiers of the decaying empire.
When those he loves are savagely abducted and betrayal divides his company, Ambrosius is left with only a handful of his bucellarii. Though heavily outnumbered and unfamiliar with the land, Ambrosius remains undaunted.
Pitted against powerful opponents, the Roman will need new allies if he is to free the hostages and make Britannia his home.
There will be blood.
Book 3: Land of Fire
Late Spring, 455 AD.
After a brutal winter struggle against the High King Vortigern, outcast imperial officer Ambrosius Aurelianus has led his weary followers to south-west Britannia in search of his mother's kinfolk. But Vortigern, thirsting for revenge is already forging a dangerous alliance against him.
Taking refuge in a ruined Roman fort near the decaying town of Vindocladia, Ambrosius finds an ally in Lurotriga, the widowed queen of the Durotriges. Though still sworn to his Saxon lady Inga, he is soon beguiled by the British noblewoman.
Between Inga and her new rival there can be no compromise and their enmity threatens to cause a rift between the Britons and Saxons of Ambrosius’ company.
If Vortigern attacks before the fort is repaired Ambrosius fears the outcome. He must find allies fast but, in a land of squabbling rival tribes the Roman encounters more enemies than friends. A treaty with neighbouring Dumnonia offers Ambrosius some hope, but commits him to defend the south coast against Scotti raiders. Ambrosius’ forces are stretched perilously thin putting the lives of Lurotriga and others at risk.
As Ambrosius prepares to pursue Vortigern for a final reckoning, his quest to discover his mother's kin suddenly delivers a startling revelation, but will it help him to defeat the High King?
Heavily outnumbered in the thick forests and steep valleys of Vortigern's homeland, Ambrosius must rely upon the fighting spirit of his small force of bucellarii and raw recruits. But sometimes courage alone is not enough.
The Author:
I was born in Hampshire in England but spent my teenage years in Auckland, New Zealand where I still have strong family ties. I came back to England and read History at Reading University. For many years I taught history in a secondary school in Berkshire but took early retirement several years ago to concentrate on my writing.
My debut book, Feud, is set in the Wars of the Roses and is fast paced historical fiction. It is the first of the series, Rebels & Brothers including: A Traitor's Fate, Kingdom of Rebels the final book in the series, The Last Shroud.
Kingdom of Rebels was selected as an Editor's Choice and was longlisted for the 2017 HNS Award.
A second Wars of the Roses series, The Craft of Kings, followed comprising so far: Scars from the Past, The Blood of Princes and Echoes of Treason. The final book in the series: Crown of Fear will be out later in 2020.
My latest book, The Last of the Romans, is a new foray into the post-Roman world of Ambrosius Aurelianus. A sequel will come out this year.
Title 1: The Last of the Romans
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Britannia World's End
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Land of Fire
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.derekbirks.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Feud_writer
Book 1: The Last of the Romans
454 AD.
Northern Italy.
Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus has served the Roman Empire with distinction.
His bucellarii, a small band of irregular soldiers, have helped to bring a fragile peace to the beleaguered empire in the west. But, with the empire now at peace, his master, Flavius Aetius, decides to chain up his dogs of war.
Ambrosius and his men are left to idle away their days in a rural backwater, but Ambrosius’ boredom is brutally swept aside when old rivals seize the opportunity to destroy him.
Pursued as a traitor by the imperial guard, Ambrosius takes his loyal band, along with other dissident soldiers and a Saxon girl, Inga, into the mountains.
Since nowhere is safe, Ambrosius travels north, across the crumbling ruins of the empire, to his estranged family in Gaul. But there too, he finds nothing but conflict, for his home town is now besieged by a small army of rebellious Franks.
Freedom and peace seem a world away.
Whatever course the soldier takes, Ambrosius and his bucellarii will need to muster all their strength and skill to survive.
At the twilight of the empire, they may be the Last of the Romans…
Book 2: Britannia World's End
Even after years of Roman rule, Britannia is a conflicted and largely untamed land.
Disgraced Imperial Officer, Dux Ambrosius Aurelianus, flees to its shores seeking sanctuary in the land of his deceased mother. His years of loyal service to the emperor count for nothing now. He must carve out a new life beyond the empire.
Accompanying Ambrosius is a disparate group of fellow refugees: Inga, a freed Saxon slave, his bucellarii – warriors sworn to him - and the surviving members of his estranged family.
The burden of command weighs heavy on his shoulders, for when he lands in the country, winter is fast approaching.
But the weather is not the only thing inhospitable towards the newcomers.
Plagued by troubles, Ambrosius faces opponents among both the native Britons and Saxon settlers. He discovers that no-one in Britannia - least of all, the High King, Vortigern - still fears the soldiers of the decaying empire.
When those he loves are savagely abducted and betrayal divides his company, Ambrosius is left with only a handful of his bucellarii. Though heavily outnumbered and unfamiliar with the land, Ambrosius remains undaunted.
Pitted against powerful opponents, the Roman will need new allies if he is to free the hostages and make Britannia his home.
There will be blood.
Book 3: Land of Fire
Late Spring, 455 AD.
After a brutal winter struggle against the High King Vortigern, outcast imperial officer Ambrosius Aurelianus has led his weary followers to south-west Britannia in search of his mother's kinfolk. But Vortigern, thirsting for revenge is already forging a dangerous alliance against him.
Taking refuge in a ruined Roman fort near the decaying town of Vindocladia, Ambrosius finds an ally in Lurotriga, the widowed queen of the Durotriges. Though still sworn to his Saxon lady Inga, he is soon beguiled by the British noblewoman.
Between Inga and her new rival there can be no compromise and their enmity threatens to cause a rift between the Britons and Saxons of Ambrosius’ company.
If Vortigern attacks before the fort is repaired Ambrosius fears the outcome. He must find allies fast but, in a land of squabbling rival tribes the Roman encounters more enemies than friends. A treaty with neighbouring Dumnonia offers Ambrosius some hope, but commits him to defend the south coast against Scotti raiders. Ambrosius’ forces are stretched perilously thin putting the lives of Lurotriga and others at risk.
As Ambrosius prepares to pursue Vortigern for a final reckoning, his quest to discover his mother's kin suddenly delivers a startling revelation, but will it help him to defeat the High King?
Heavily outnumbered in the thick forests and steep valleys of Vortigern's homeland, Ambrosius must rely upon the fighting spirit of his small force of bucellarii and raw recruits. But sometimes courage alone is not enough.
The Author:
I was born in Hampshire in England but spent my teenage years in Auckland, New Zealand where I still have strong family ties. I came back to England and read History at Reading University. For many years I taught history in a secondary school in Berkshire but took early retirement several years ago to concentrate on my writing.
My debut book, Feud, is set in the Wars of the Roses and is fast paced historical fiction. It is the first of the series, Rebels & Brothers including: A Traitor's Fate, Kingdom of Rebels the final book in the series, The Last Shroud.
Kingdom of Rebels was selected as an Editor's Choice and was longlisted for the 2017 HNS Award.
A second Wars of the Roses series, The Craft of Kings, followed comprising so far: Scars from the Past, The Blood of Princes and Echoes of Treason. The final book in the series: Crown of Fear will be out later in 2020.
My latest book, The Last of the Romans, is a new foray into the post-Roman world of Ambrosius Aurelianus. A sequel will come out this year.
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Title: Hogarth - Life in Progress
Genre: History, Biography, Art
Format: Hardback (With 90 Images)
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.jacquelineriding.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JacRiding
The Book;
One of Christie's Best Art Books of the Year
'Deft and richly detailed ... rescues the artist from John Bull caricature' - Michael Prodger, Sunday Times
'Marvellous ... a vivid and compelling reconstruction of the settings of Hogarth's life and artistic achievements, and of the nature of the man' - Professor Linda Colley, author of The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen
'Full of richness, originality and considered humour, unafraid to shock with thrilling new insight ...terrific' - Dr Gus Casey-Hayford, Director of V&A Stratford & Sky Arts
On a late spring night in 1732, a boisterous group of friends set out from their local pub. They are beginning a journey, a 'peregrination' that will take them through the gritty streets of Georgian London and along the River Thames as far as the Isle of Sheppey. And among them is an up-and-coming engraver and painter, just beginning to make a name for himself: William Hogarth.
Hogarth's vision, to a vast degree, still defines the eighteenth century. In this, the first biography for over twenty years, Jacqueline Riding brings him to vivid life, immersing us in the world he inhabited and from which he drew inspiration. At the same time, she introduces us to an artist who was far bolder and more various than we give him credit for: an ambitious self-made man, a devoted husband, a sensitive portraitist, an unmatched storyteller, philanthropist, technical innovator and author of a seminal work of art theory.
Following in his own footsteps from humble beginnings to professional triumph (and occasional disaster), Hogarth illuminates the work and life of a great artist who embraced the highest principles even while charting humanity's lowest vices.
The Author:
Jacqueline studied History at the University of Leicester specialising in the Wars of the Roses. She has a Masters Degree in Art History from Birkbeck College, University of London specialising in eighteenth-century British Art and Architecture (Dissertation: Susanna Highmore Duncombe, 1725-1812) and a PhD in Art History from the University of York. The subject is the British painter Joseph Highmore (1692-1780).
Jacqueline began her career as a junior curator at the V&A’s Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, then as a volunteer curator at the Guard’s Museum, Wellington Barracks, followed by two years at the Tate as the registrar managing the annual rehang at Millbank (now Tate Britain). After this she spent 5 years as Assistant Curator of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), advising the House of Commons and Lords Art Committees and the Speaker, organising exhibitions including “From Walpole to Pitt” and managing a collection that is dispersed throughout the palace and parliamentary estate.
From 1999 to 2004 Jacqueline was Director of the Handel House Museum, leading a successful Heritage Lottery Fund bid, the restoration of the Grade I&II listed buildings, setting up the museum’s operating systems, programming, loans, displays and exhibitions. It opened in November 2001 and Jacqueline led the new museum for three years. In September 2004 she left to join the first cohort on the Clore Leadership Programme. She is a fellow of the Clore Leadership Programme, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Windsor Leadership Trust, The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Honorary Research Fellow, History of Art, Birkbeck College; trustee of Turner’s House in Twickenham and the Jacobites Studies Trust; Committee Member of the Society for Court Studies, and formerly an independent member of the Audit and Compliance Board Subcommittee of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Jacqueline have been a consultant since 2005 and has been represented by Bill Hamilton (A M Heath Literary Agency) since 2008. Her current project is a biography of William Hogarth (Profile, 2021).
Genre: History, Biography, Art
Format: Hardback (With 90 Images)
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.jacquelineriding.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JacRiding
The Book;
One of Christie's Best Art Books of the Year
'Deft and richly detailed ... rescues the artist from John Bull caricature' - Michael Prodger, Sunday Times
'Marvellous ... a vivid and compelling reconstruction of the settings of Hogarth's life and artistic achievements, and of the nature of the man' - Professor Linda Colley, author of The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen
'Full of richness, originality and considered humour, unafraid to shock with thrilling new insight ...terrific' - Dr Gus Casey-Hayford, Director of V&A Stratford & Sky Arts
On a late spring night in 1732, a boisterous group of friends set out from their local pub. They are beginning a journey, a 'peregrination' that will take them through the gritty streets of Georgian London and along the River Thames as far as the Isle of Sheppey. And among them is an up-and-coming engraver and painter, just beginning to make a name for himself: William Hogarth.
Hogarth's vision, to a vast degree, still defines the eighteenth century. In this, the first biography for over twenty years, Jacqueline Riding brings him to vivid life, immersing us in the world he inhabited and from which he drew inspiration. At the same time, she introduces us to an artist who was far bolder and more various than we give him credit for: an ambitious self-made man, a devoted husband, a sensitive portraitist, an unmatched storyteller, philanthropist, technical innovator and author of a seminal work of art theory.
Following in his own footsteps from humble beginnings to professional triumph (and occasional disaster), Hogarth illuminates the work and life of a great artist who embraced the highest principles even while charting humanity's lowest vices.
The Author:
Jacqueline studied History at the University of Leicester specialising in the Wars of the Roses. She has a Masters Degree in Art History from Birkbeck College, University of London specialising in eighteenth-century British Art and Architecture (Dissertation: Susanna Highmore Duncombe, 1725-1812) and a PhD in Art History from the University of York. The subject is the British painter Joseph Highmore (1692-1780).
Jacqueline began her career as a junior curator at the V&A’s Theatre Museum in Covent Garden, then as a volunteer curator at the Guard’s Museum, Wellington Barracks, followed by two years at the Tate as the registrar managing the annual rehang at Millbank (now Tate Britain). After this she spent 5 years as Assistant Curator of the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), advising the House of Commons and Lords Art Committees and the Speaker, organising exhibitions including “From Walpole to Pitt” and managing a collection that is dispersed throughout the palace and parliamentary estate.
From 1999 to 2004 Jacqueline was Director of the Handel House Museum, leading a successful Heritage Lottery Fund bid, the restoration of the Grade I&II listed buildings, setting up the museum’s operating systems, programming, loans, displays and exhibitions. It opened in November 2001 and Jacqueline led the new museum for three years. In September 2004 she left to join the first cohort on the Clore Leadership Programme. She is a fellow of the Clore Leadership Programme, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Windsor Leadership Trust, The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Honorary Research Fellow, History of Art, Birkbeck College; trustee of Turner’s House in Twickenham and the Jacobites Studies Trust; Committee Member of the Society for Court Studies, and formerly an independent member of the Audit and Compliance Board Subcommittee of the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Jacqueline have been a consultant since 2005 and has been represented by Bill Hamilton (A M Heath Literary Agency) since 2008. Her current project is a biography of William Hogarth (Profile, 2021).
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Lissa Evans
Lissa Evans
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Title: V for Victory
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Interview with Lissa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOGEbEfpTR0
Website: https://lissaevans.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LissaKEvans
The Book;
In this witty, charming follow-up to the acclaimed Crooked Heart, the life of lies a small time scammer and her adopted son have constructed in London becomes endangered during the tumultuous final months of World War II. It's late 1944. Hitler's rockets are raining down on London with vicious regularity and it's the coldest winter in living memory. The Allies are gaining ground, but victory is certainly dragging its feet.
In a large house next to Hampstead Heath, Vee Sedge is barely scraping by with a herd of lodgers to feed and her young charge Noel, almost fifteen now, to clothe and educate. When she witnesses an accident and finds herself in court, the repercussions are both unexpectedly marvelous and potentially disastrous. Because Vee is not actually the person she's pretending to be, and neither is Noel.
Victory is coming. Yet the end of the war won't just mean peace, but discovery . . .
The Author:
After a brief career in medicine, and an even briefer one in stand-up, Lissa Evans became a comedy producer, first in radio and then in television. Her first novel, Spencer's List, was published in 2002, and since then she has written three more books for adults (two of them longlisted for the Orange/Baileys Prize) and two for children (the first of them shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal). Her two most recent books for adults were set in London during the Second World War; one of them, 'Their Finest Hour and a Half' has now been made into a film entitled 'Their Finest', starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Interview with Lissa: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOGEbEfpTR0
Website: https://lissaevans.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LissaKEvans
The Book;
In this witty, charming follow-up to the acclaimed Crooked Heart, the life of lies a small time scammer and her adopted son have constructed in London becomes endangered during the tumultuous final months of World War II. It's late 1944. Hitler's rockets are raining down on London with vicious regularity and it's the coldest winter in living memory. The Allies are gaining ground, but victory is certainly dragging its feet.
In a large house next to Hampstead Heath, Vee Sedge is barely scraping by with a herd of lodgers to feed and her young charge Noel, almost fifteen now, to clothe and educate. When she witnesses an accident and finds herself in court, the repercussions are both unexpectedly marvelous and potentially disastrous. Because Vee is not actually the person she's pretending to be, and neither is Noel.
Victory is coming. Yet the end of the war won't just mean peace, but discovery . . .
The Author:
After a brief career in medicine, and an even briefer one in stand-up, Lissa Evans became a comedy producer, first in radio and then in television. Her first novel, Spencer's List, was published in 2002, and since then she has written three more books for adults (two of them longlisted for the Orange/Baileys Prize) and two for children (the first of them shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal). Her two most recent books for adults were set in London during the Second World War; one of them, 'Their Finest Hour and a Half' has now been made into a film entitled 'Their Finest', starring Gemma Arterton, Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy
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Kate Ryder
Kate Ryder
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Title: The Forgotten Promise
Genre: Romance, Timeslip, Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.kateryder.me
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateRyder_Books
The Book;
Irish lass, Maddie O'Brien enjoys an independent, carefree life in London. She loves her work with a film production company but, as the years slip by, she is increasingly aware of a nagging insistence for change. During a film shoot in Dorset she is inexplicably drawn to a 17th Century cottage for sale.
Although in a semi-serious relationship with Dan, Maddie takes the plunge and exchanges city life for country living. But all is not what it seems at the cottage and immediately after moving in she experiences visions and happenings that would have most people booking into the nearest hotel. Not so Maddie; she feels she has 'come home'.
Embracing her new life, she soon meets Nick, a local carpenter, and despite both being in relationships they are immediately attracted to each other. But who is Nick and what is it that draws them together? And what is her connection with The Olde Smithy?
Little by little the cottage reveals its deepest secrets, taking Maddie on a journey of self-discovery back to the dangerous days of the English Civil War and visiting the ghosts of her past. Slowly her destiny is revealed and it would seem there is more than one restless spirit to appease.
The Author:
Kate Ryder is an Amazon Kindle international best seller who writes timeslip and romantic suspense in a true-to-life narrative. She studied drama on leaving school but soon discovered her preference for writing plays rather than performing them. Since then she has worked in the publishing, tour operating and property industries, and has travelled widely.
In 2016 she joined the RNA New Writers’ Scheme and graduated in spring 2017 when she signed a 4-book contract with Aria (the digital imprint of award-winning independent publisher, Head of Zeus).
Kate was nominated for the RNA’s 2018 Joan Hessayon award for her novel, ‘Summer in a Cornish Cove’, while its standalone sequel, ‘Cottage on a Cornish Cliff’, reached the heady heights of #2 in Kindle Literary Sagas.
‘Secrets of the Mist’ not only achieved #1 Kindle bestseller in Time Travel Romance in the UK, Canada and Australia but also reached #49 in Amazon UK Paid Kindle. In its original, self-published version as ‘The Forgotten Promise,’ it was awarded the first Chill with a Book “Book of the Month”.
Her fourth book with Aria, BENEATH CORNISH SKIES, is a beautiful romance with a hint of ghostliness set on the north Cornish coast. Within two months of publication it achieved #1 Best-selling eBook on the whole Amazon Australia Kindle Store. In addition, it was also #1 best-selling Kindle in various categories on both Amazon UK and Amazon Australia.
Originally from the South East of England, today Kate lives with her husband and a collection of animals in the beautiful Tamar Valley.
Genre: Romance, Timeslip, Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.kateryder.me
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KateRyder_Books
The Book;
Irish lass, Maddie O'Brien enjoys an independent, carefree life in London. She loves her work with a film production company but, as the years slip by, she is increasingly aware of a nagging insistence for change. During a film shoot in Dorset she is inexplicably drawn to a 17th Century cottage for sale.
Although in a semi-serious relationship with Dan, Maddie takes the plunge and exchanges city life for country living. But all is not what it seems at the cottage and immediately after moving in she experiences visions and happenings that would have most people booking into the nearest hotel. Not so Maddie; she feels she has 'come home'.
Embracing her new life, she soon meets Nick, a local carpenter, and despite both being in relationships they are immediately attracted to each other. But who is Nick and what is it that draws them together? And what is her connection with The Olde Smithy?
Little by little the cottage reveals its deepest secrets, taking Maddie on a journey of self-discovery back to the dangerous days of the English Civil War and visiting the ghosts of her past. Slowly her destiny is revealed and it would seem there is more than one restless spirit to appease.
The Author:
Kate Ryder is an Amazon Kindle international best seller who writes timeslip and romantic suspense in a true-to-life narrative. She studied drama on leaving school but soon discovered her preference for writing plays rather than performing them. Since then she has worked in the publishing, tour operating and property industries, and has travelled widely.
In 2016 she joined the RNA New Writers’ Scheme and graduated in spring 2017 when she signed a 4-book contract with Aria (the digital imprint of award-winning independent publisher, Head of Zeus).
Kate was nominated for the RNA’s 2018 Joan Hessayon award for her novel, ‘Summer in a Cornish Cove’, while its standalone sequel, ‘Cottage on a Cornish Cliff’, reached the heady heights of #2 in Kindle Literary Sagas.
‘Secrets of the Mist’ not only achieved #1 Kindle bestseller in Time Travel Romance in the UK, Canada and Australia but also reached #49 in Amazon UK Paid Kindle. In its original, self-published version as ‘The Forgotten Promise,’ it was awarded the first Chill with a Book “Book of the Month”.
Her fourth book with Aria, BENEATH CORNISH SKIES, is a beautiful romance with a hint of ghostliness set on the north Cornish coast. Within two months of publication it achieved #1 Best-selling eBook on the whole Amazon Australia Kindle Store. In addition, it was also #1 best-selling Kindle in various categories on both Amazon UK and Amazon Australia.
Originally from the South East of England, today Kate lives with her husband and a collection of animals in the beautiful Tamar Valley.
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Angela Wren
Angela Wren
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Title: Merle
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.angelawren.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AngelaWrenAuthr
The Book;
Jacques Forêt, a former gendarme turned investigator, delves into the murky world of commercial sabotage – a place where people lie and misrepresent, and where information is traded and used as a threat.
The Vaux organisation is losing contracts and money, and Jacques is asked to undertake an internal investigation. As he works through the complexity of all the evidence, he finds more than he bargained for, and his own life is threatened.
When a body of a woman is found, it appears to be suicide. But as the investigation takes another turn, Jacques suspects there is more to it.
Who is behind it all…and why? Will Jacques find the answer before another person ends up dead?
The Author:
Angela Wren is an actor and director at a small theatre a few miles from where she lives in the county of Yorkshire in the UK. She worked as a project and business change manager – very pressured and very demanding – but she managed to escape, and now she writes books.
She has always loved stories and story-telling, so it seemed a natural progression, to her, to try her hand at writing, starting with short stories. Her first published story was in an anthology, which was put together by the magazine ‘Ireland’s Own’ in 2011. She also works with 8 other northern writers to create the series of Miss Moonshine anthologies. Most recently, Angela contributed a story set in the 19th century to the DARK LONDON collection and is currently working on another, very different, anthology.
Angela particularly enjoys the challenge of plotting and planning different genres of work. Her short stories vary between contemporary romance, memoir, mystery, and historical. She also writes comic flash-fiction and has drafted two one-act plays that have been recorded for local radio.
Her full-length novels are set in France, where she likes to spend as much time as possible each year.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.angelawren.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AngelaWrenAuthr
The Book;
Jacques Forêt, a former gendarme turned investigator, delves into the murky world of commercial sabotage – a place where people lie and misrepresent, and where information is traded and used as a threat.
The Vaux organisation is losing contracts and money, and Jacques is asked to undertake an internal investigation. As he works through the complexity of all the evidence, he finds more than he bargained for, and his own life is threatened.
When a body of a woman is found, it appears to be suicide. But as the investigation takes another turn, Jacques suspects there is more to it.
Who is behind it all…and why? Will Jacques find the answer before another person ends up dead?
The Author:
Angela Wren is an actor and director at a small theatre a few miles from where she lives in the county of Yorkshire in the UK. She worked as a project and business change manager – very pressured and very demanding – but she managed to escape, and now she writes books.
She has always loved stories and story-telling, so it seemed a natural progression, to her, to try her hand at writing, starting with short stories. Her first published story was in an anthology, which was put together by the magazine ‘Ireland’s Own’ in 2011. She also works with 8 other northern writers to create the series of Miss Moonshine anthologies. Most recently, Angela contributed a story set in the 19th century to the DARK LONDON collection and is currently working on another, very different, anthology.
Angela particularly enjoys the challenge of plotting and planning different genres of work. Her short stories vary between contemporary romance, memoir, mystery, and historical. She also writes comic flash-fiction and has drafted two one-act plays that have been recorded for local radio.
Her full-length novels are set in France, where she likes to spend as much time as possible each year.
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Jenny Worstall
Jenny Worstall
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Title: Happy Days
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jennyworstall.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JennyWorstall
The Book;
Trixie is standing in the corridor in her dressing gown on her first night at St Hilda's Convent Boarding School. Miserably homesick, she decides to sneak outside instead of returning to her dormitory...
Prepare to meet the priest who isn't all he seems, a young novice who specialises in fake accents, an evil Australian cousin, a flock of hare-brained girls and a diminutive nun who can scarcely be seen over the steering wheel of the Mini she loves to drive at breakneck speed.
Follow Trixie's progress through her first term as she has a great adventure and adjusts to the bonkers life that is an English country boarding school in the seventies.
For boarding school survivors everywhere...
Depending on your own life experience, you will either regard the details of life at St Hilda’s as just the way it was, or a glimpse into some sort of dystopian nightmare. Boarding school survivors will perhaps nod their heads and give a wry smile as they remember the two baths a week rule and being punished for running in the corridor, or speaking your mind – whereas those who were fortunate enough to have a ‘normal’ upbringing will gasp at the descriptions of the inedible food and supervised Sunday letter writing sessions when a nun wrote the news you were ‘allowed’ to include in your letter home on the board.
The Author:
I'm a writer and musician, and live in London with my family.
You will find me playing the piano, singing in a choir or gossiping with my friends (obviously essential research for my writing).
I am a proud member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.
My books reflect my love of music and a tendency not to take life too seriously.
You will find my novels and shorter pieces of writing here on Amazon.
I have had a number of short stories published in The People's Friend, Woman's Weekly, My Weekly, Prima, Best, Yours, Love Sunday magazine, Saturday (Daily Express) and Secret Attic.
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jennyworstall.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JennyWorstall
The Book;
Trixie is standing in the corridor in her dressing gown on her first night at St Hilda's Convent Boarding School. Miserably homesick, she decides to sneak outside instead of returning to her dormitory...
Prepare to meet the priest who isn't all he seems, a young novice who specialises in fake accents, an evil Australian cousin, a flock of hare-brained girls and a diminutive nun who can scarcely be seen over the steering wheel of the Mini she loves to drive at breakneck speed.
Follow Trixie's progress through her first term as she has a great adventure and adjusts to the bonkers life that is an English country boarding school in the seventies.
For boarding school survivors everywhere...
Depending on your own life experience, you will either regard the details of life at St Hilda’s as just the way it was, or a glimpse into some sort of dystopian nightmare. Boarding school survivors will perhaps nod their heads and give a wry smile as they remember the two baths a week rule and being punished for running in the corridor, or speaking your mind – whereas those who were fortunate enough to have a ‘normal’ upbringing will gasp at the descriptions of the inedible food and supervised Sunday letter writing sessions when a nun wrote the news you were ‘allowed’ to include in your letter home on the board.
The Author:
I'm a writer and musician, and live in London with my family.
You will find me playing the piano, singing in a choir or gossiping with my friends (obviously essential research for my writing).
I am a proud member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.
My books reflect my love of music and a tendency not to take life too seriously.
You will find my novels and shorter pieces of writing here on Amazon.
I have had a number of short stories published in The People's Friend, Woman's Weekly, My Weekly, Prima, Best, Yours, Love Sunday magazine, Saturday (Daily Express) and Secret Attic.
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Michelle Kidd
Michelle Kidd
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Title: Guilt
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.michellekiddauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorKidd
The Book;
Is a killer born…. or created?
A missing child.
A killer on the loose.
A past that refuses to die.
When a six-year-old boy disappears from a local fair, every parent’s worst nightmare is about to come true.
And for Detective Inspector Nicki Hardcastle, twenty-two years after her own nightmare began, the past she thought was buried starts catching up with her – and fast.
Leading the hunt for the missing child, Nicki soon finds the chase takes on a personal twist, with her own memories haunting her every move.
With time set against them, and a killer following his own chilling agenda, can Nicki and her team stop history from repeating itself?
Only time will tell.
But it’s time they don’t have.
The Author:
Having always aspired to be an author from a very young age, publishing The Phoenix Project finally allowed me to achieve my dream!
After school and college, life got in the way of my dreams and I qualified as a lawyer in the early 1990s. . Civil and Criminal Litigation kept me busy for the next decade. However, the dream to write books was never far away, and in the summer of 2008 I began penning what was to become 'The Phoenix Project'.
Now working for the NHS, I juggled home and work life for the next ten years to finally create the finished manuscript - and in 2018 'The Phoenix Project' was born!
In January 2020, the second Detective Inspector Jack MacIntosh novel, 'Seven Days', was published - followed by 'The Fifteen' in August 2020 and 'The Bishop' in January 2021. There is also a eBook series collection of the first three books - just scroll through to the 'more books' section. Book five in the series 'Hangman's End' is due for release in January 2022.
In July 2021 I also released the first book in a new crime series, set in my home town of Bury St Edmunds. 'Guilt' is the first DI Nicki Hardcastle book - scroll through to the 'more books' section to find out more!
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.michellekiddauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorKidd
The Book;
Is a killer born…. or created?
A missing child.
A killer on the loose.
A past that refuses to die.
When a six-year-old boy disappears from a local fair, every parent’s worst nightmare is about to come true.
And for Detective Inspector Nicki Hardcastle, twenty-two years after her own nightmare began, the past she thought was buried starts catching up with her – and fast.
Leading the hunt for the missing child, Nicki soon finds the chase takes on a personal twist, with her own memories haunting her every move.
With time set against them, and a killer following his own chilling agenda, can Nicki and her team stop history from repeating itself?
Only time will tell.
But it’s time they don’t have.
The Author:
Having always aspired to be an author from a very young age, publishing The Phoenix Project finally allowed me to achieve my dream!
After school and college, life got in the way of my dreams and I qualified as a lawyer in the early 1990s. . Civil and Criminal Litigation kept me busy for the next decade. However, the dream to write books was never far away, and in the summer of 2008 I began penning what was to become 'The Phoenix Project'.
Now working for the NHS, I juggled home and work life for the next ten years to finally create the finished manuscript - and in 2018 'The Phoenix Project' was born!
In January 2020, the second Detective Inspector Jack MacIntosh novel, 'Seven Days', was published - followed by 'The Fifteen' in August 2020 and 'The Bishop' in January 2021. There is also a eBook series collection of the first three books - just scroll through to the 'more books' section. Book five in the series 'Hangman's End' is due for release in January 2022.
In July 2021 I also released the first book in a new crime series, set in my home town of Bury St Edmunds. 'Guilt' is the first DI Nicki Hardcastle book - scroll through to the 'more books' section to find out more!
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Book Series: Isabella Trilogy
Book1: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 1
Genre: Biography
Paperback
Book2: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 2
Genre: Biography
Paperback
Book3: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 3
Genre: Biography
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All three books are signed. Dedications are available
Website: https://ericalainewriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaineEleslaine
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême
Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France are struggling over territory as the powerful Angevins threaten the French king. In regions far from Paris local fiefdoms disregard all authority.
The Tangled Queen is the story of the little known and very young Isabella of Angoulême who was abducted by King John in 1200. She became his second wife and queen consort, aged 12. He was the most reviled king in English history and his lust for her led to the loss of Normandy and the destruction of the Plantagenet Empire, which then brought about the Magna Carta.
Isabella came of age in England, but was denied her place in court. Her story is full of thwarted ambition, passion, pride and cruelty. She longed for power of her own and returned to France after the death of John to live a life of treachery and intrigue…
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 2
Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France continue to struggle over territory. King John’s widow, Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England is ignored and unwanted by the English court. She moves back to France to claim her inheritance. The English councillors expect her to be biddable to them and to guard these lands for King Henry III, her nine-year-old son.
But in the Poitou, a region far from Paris and London, local fiefdoms ignore all forms of authority.
The Tangled Queen is the story of Isabella’s determination to forge her own powerful domain. She has to face forceful men who would stop her at every turn. She intrigues and plots to make her dream a reality and she learns to play all sides against each other. Isabella’s second controversial marriage is one full of passion, pride and politics. Treachery becomes second nature as her ambitions soar. She must be unassailable.
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 3
The thirteenth century is a chaotic time of struggle for the mastery of France and England. A very young king on each throne. Precarious power for each one.
Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England, Countess of Angoulême, Countess of la Marche, the widow of King John and the new wife of the powerful Hugh Lusignan, is as ambitious, proud and as wilful as ever. In England her son Henry III, looks longingly to the lands in France that his father lost. Can he reclaim them? Will his mother help him? Her plans and schemes never cease as she builds alliances to bring her new family power and territory. 'The Tangled Queen Part 3' is the final story of her determination to claim her place in France at last, to be seen as a queen at all times. Who will stop her? Who can stop her? She will not be thwarted.
The Author:
Erica Lainé was born in Southampton and originally studied for the theatre at the Arts Educational School in Tring. After working in London and training as a speech and drama teacher she moved to Hong Kong with her family. Here she worked for the British Council for 20 years as a teacher and educational projects manager. Since 1997 she has lived in south west France where she became interested in all sorts of historical research and writing as President of the Aquitaine Historical Society. This led to a focus on Isabella of Angoulême and her life and times. The Aquitaine region is rich in English and French history and Isabella was woven into both. Author of the trilogy 'Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen', Erica continues to be fascinated by and to write about 13th century France and England.
Book1: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 1
Genre: Biography
Paperback
Book2: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 2
Genre: Biography
Paperback
Book3: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 3
Genre: Biography
Paperback
All three books are signed. Dedications are available
Website: https://ericalainewriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaineEleslaine
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême
Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France are struggling over territory as the powerful Angevins threaten the French king. In regions far from Paris local fiefdoms disregard all authority.
The Tangled Queen is the story of the little known and very young Isabella of Angoulême who was abducted by King John in 1200. She became his second wife and queen consort, aged 12. He was the most reviled king in English history and his lust for her led to the loss of Normandy and the destruction of the Plantagenet Empire, which then brought about the Magna Carta.
Isabella came of age in England, but was denied her place in court. Her story is full of thwarted ambition, passion, pride and cruelty. She longed for power of her own and returned to France after the death of John to live a life of treachery and intrigue…
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 2
Set in the thirteenth century, the kingdoms of England and France continue to struggle over territory. King John’s widow, Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England is ignored and unwanted by the English court. She moves back to France to claim her inheritance. The English councillors expect her to be biddable to them and to guard these lands for King Henry III, her nine-year-old son.
But in the Poitou, a region far from Paris and London, local fiefdoms ignore all forms of authority.
The Tangled Queen is the story of Isabella’s determination to forge her own powerful domain. She has to face forceful men who would stop her at every turn. She intrigues and plots to make her dream a reality and she learns to play all sides against each other. Isabella’s second controversial marriage is one full of passion, pride and politics. Treachery becomes second nature as her ambitions soar. She must be unassailable.
The Book: Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen Part 3
The thirteenth century is a chaotic time of struggle for the mastery of France and England. A very young king on each throne. Precarious power for each one.
Isabella of Angoulême, Queen of England, Countess of Angoulême, Countess of la Marche, the widow of King John and the new wife of the powerful Hugh Lusignan, is as ambitious, proud and as wilful as ever. In England her son Henry III, looks longingly to the lands in France that his father lost. Can he reclaim them? Will his mother help him? Her plans and schemes never cease as she builds alliances to bring her new family power and territory. 'The Tangled Queen Part 3' is the final story of her determination to claim her place in France at last, to be seen as a queen at all times. Who will stop her? Who can stop her? She will not be thwarted.
The Author:
Erica Lainé was born in Southampton and originally studied for the theatre at the Arts Educational School in Tring. After working in London and training as a speech and drama teacher she moved to Hong Kong with her family. Here she worked for the British Council for 20 years as a teacher and educational projects manager. Since 1997 she has lived in south west France where she became interested in all sorts of historical research and writing as President of the Aquitaine Historical Society. This led to a focus on Isabella of Angoulême and her life and times. The Aquitaine region is rich in English and French history and Isabella was woven into both. Author of the trilogy 'Isabella of Angoulême: The Tangled Queen', Erica continues to be fascinated by and to write about 13th century France and England.
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Title: The Terapisst
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Bernadette talks about her new book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHL2h-wOwus
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/b-a-paris
Twitter: https://twitter.com/baparisauthor
The Book;
When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they’ve dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive…
As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating, grisly secret about her new home, and begins to feel a strong connection with Nina, the therapist who lived there before.
Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before. But no one wants to talk about it. Her neighbours are keeping secrets and things are not as perfect as they seem…
The million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author B A Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in this powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret.
The Author:
B A Paris is the internationally bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, Bring Me Back and The Dilemma. Having sold over one million copies in the UK alone, she is a New York Times bestseller as well as Sunday Times bestseller and a number one bestseller on Amazon and iBooks. Her books have been translated into 40 languages. Having lived in France for many years, she and her husband recently moved back to the UK.
Her fifth novel The Therapist was released in April 2021
Genre: Psychological Thriller, Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Bernadette talks about her new book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHL2h-wOwus
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/b-a-paris
Twitter: https://twitter.com/baparisauthor
The Book;
When Alice and Leo move into a newly renovated house in The Circle, a gated community of exclusive houses, it is everything they’ve dreamed of. But appearances can be deceptive…
As Alice is getting to know her neighbours, she discovers a devastating, grisly secret about her new home, and begins to feel a strong connection with Nina, the therapist who lived there before.
Alice becomes obsessed with trying to piece together what happened two years before. But no one wants to talk about it. Her neighbours are keeping secrets and things are not as perfect as they seem…
The million-copy Sunday Times bestselling author B A Paris returns to her heartland of gripping psychological suspense in this powerful tale of a house that holds a shocking secret.
The Author:
B A Paris is the internationally bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, Bring Me Back and The Dilemma. Having sold over one million copies in the UK alone, she is a New York Times bestseller as well as Sunday Times bestseller and a number one bestseller on Amazon and iBooks. Her books have been translated into 40 languages. Having lived in France for many years, she and her husband recently moved back to the UK.
Her fifth novel The Therapist was released in April 2021
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Four Books:
Title 1: Behind Closed Doors
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Breakdown
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Bring Me Back
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: The Dilemma
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/b-a-paris
Twitter: https://twitter.com/baparisauthor
Book 1: Behind Closed Doors
Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do.
You’d like to get to know Grace better.
But it’s difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart.
Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. And why there are bars on one of the bedroom windows.
Sometimes, the perfect marriage is the perfect lie.
Book 2: The Breakdown
Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside—the woman who was killed. She’s been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It’s a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she’d broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if she’d stopped.
But since then, she’s been forgetting every little thing: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesn’t have a baby.
The only thing she can’t forget is that woman, the woman she might have saved, and the terrible nagging guilt.
Or the silent calls she’s receiving, or the feeling that someone’s watching her…
Book 3: Bring Me Back
Finn and Layla: young and in love, their whole lives ahead of them. Driving back from a holiday in France one night, Finn pulls in to a service station, leaving Layla alone in the car. When he returns, minutes later, Layla has vanished, never to be seen again. That’s the story Finn tells the police. It’s the truth – but not the whole truth.
Twelve years later, Finn has built a new life with Ellen, Layla’s sister, when he receives a phone call. Someone has seen Layla. But is it her – or someone pretending to be her? If it is her, what does she want? And what does she know about the night she disappeared?
Book 4: The Dilemma
Knowing the truth will destroy her. Keeping it secret will destroy him.
It’s Livia’s 40th birthday, and her husband Adam is throwing her the party of a lifetime to make up for the wedding they never had. Everyone she loves will be there, except her daughter Marnie, who’s studying abroad. But Livia is secretly glad Marnie won’t be there.
Livia has recently uncovered a secret about their daughter which, if revealed, will shake the foundation of their family to its core. She needs to tell Adam, but she’s waiting until the party is over so they can have this last happy time together.
Adam, meanwhile, has his own surprise for Livia: he’s arranged for Marnie to secretly fly back for the party. But before Marnie arrives, Adam hears some terrible news. Now he too is faced with a dilemma: Does he share what he's learned with his wife? Is hiding the truth the same as telling a lie? And how far are Adam and Livia willing to go to protect the ones they love—and give each other a last few hours of happiness?
The Author:
B A Paris is the internationally bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, Bring Me Back and The Dilemma. Having sold over a million copies in the UK alone, she is a New York Times bestseller as well as a Sunday Times bestseller. Her books have been translated into 40 languages. Having lived in France for many years, she and her husband recently moved back to the UK.
Her fifth novel is out in 2021
Title 1: Behind Closed Doors
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Breakdown
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Bring Me Back
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: The Dilemma
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/b-a-paris
Twitter: https://twitter.com/baparisauthor
Book 1: Behind Closed Doors
Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do.
You’d like to get to know Grace better.
But it’s difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart.
Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn’t work. How she can cook such elaborate meals but remain so slim. And why there are bars on one of the bedroom windows.
Sometimes, the perfect marriage is the perfect lie.
Book 2: The Breakdown
Cass is having a hard time since the night she saw the car in the woods, on the winding rural road, in the middle of a downpour, with the woman sitting inside—the woman who was killed. She’s been trying to put the crime out of her mind; what could she have done, really? It’s a dangerous road to be on in the middle of a storm. Her husband would be furious if he knew she’d broken her promise not to take that shortcut home. And she probably would only have been hurt herself if she’d stopped.
But since then, she’s been forgetting every little thing: where she left the car, if she took her pills, the alarm code, why she ordered a pram when she doesn’t have a baby.
The only thing she can’t forget is that woman, the woman she might have saved, and the terrible nagging guilt.
Or the silent calls she’s receiving, or the feeling that someone’s watching her…
Book 3: Bring Me Back
Finn and Layla: young and in love, their whole lives ahead of them. Driving back from a holiday in France one night, Finn pulls in to a service station, leaving Layla alone in the car. When he returns, minutes later, Layla has vanished, never to be seen again. That’s the story Finn tells the police. It’s the truth – but not the whole truth.
Twelve years later, Finn has built a new life with Ellen, Layla’s sister, when he receives a phone call. Someone has seen Layla. But is it her – or someone pretending to be her? If it is her, what does she want? And what does she know about the night she disappeared?
Book 4: The Dilemma
Knowing the truth will destroy her. Keeping it secret will destroy him.
It’s Livia’s 40th birthday, and her husband Adam is throwing her the party of a lifetime to make up for the wedding they never had. Everyone she loves will be there, except her daughter Marnie, who’s studying abroad. But Livia is secretly glad Marnie won’t be there.
Livia has recently uncovered a secret about their daughter which, if revealed, will shake the foundation of their family to its core. She needs to tell Adam, but she’s waiting until the party is over so they can have this last happy time together.
Adam, meanwhile, has his own surprise for Livia: he’s arranged for Marnie to secretly fly back for the party. But before Marnie arrives, Adam hears some terrible news. Now he too is faced with a dilemma: Does he share what he's learned with his wife? Is hiding the truth the same as telling a lie? And how far are Adam and Livia willing to go to protect the ones they love—and give each other a last few hours of happiness?
The Author:
B A Paris is the internationally bestselling author of Behind Closed Doors, The Breakdown, Bring Me Back and The Dilemma. Having sold over a million copies in the UK alone, she is a New York Times bestseller as well as a Sunday Times bestseller. Her books have been translated into 40 languages. Having lived in France for many years, she and her husband recently moved back to the UK.
Her fifth novel is out in 2021
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Title: Agent Llama
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Agent Llama. How to Draw Charlie Palmer, Agent Llama by Duncan Beedie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqCbSy2Jo-k
Website: https://duncanbeedie.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DuncanDraws
*Duncan will also include a limited edition A4 artwork print with his book*
The Book;
Meet Palmer. Charlie Palmer. Awesome spy and fluffy llama. Her top-secret mission? To save the world and rescue a pair of . . . UNDERPANTS! A hilarious and super stylish adventure - James Bond for little ones!
The Illustrator:
I am a children’s author and illustrator from Bristol, UK. I’ve been obsessed with drawing ever since I could hold a felt tip in my clammy little fist, and I have fond memories of sprawling out on my parents’ living room carpet for hours on end, filling sketchbooks with my doodles.
My debut picture book ‘The Bear Who Stared’ (Templar) was nominated for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017. Since then I have gone on to write and illustrate titles for Templar Books, Little Tiger, Quarto, Pearson, and even a picture book for eco-friendly nappy and baby wipe brand Pura.
When not busy drawing kung-fu kicking llamas, heavy metal badgers, or starey bears, I can be found walking my dog Ivor around a muddy park or losing heavily to my daughter at various videogames.
I am represented by Jodie Hodges at United Agents.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Agent Llama. How to Draw Charlie Palmer, Agent Llama by Duncan Beedie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqCbSy2Jo-k
Website: https://duncanbeedie.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DuncanDraws
*Duncan will also include a limited edition A4 artwork print with his book*
The Book;
Meet Palmer. Charlie Palmer. Awesome spy and fluffy llama. Her top-secret mission? To save the world and rescue a pair of . . . UNDERPANTS! A hilarious and super stylish adventure - James Bond for little ones!
The Illustrator:
I am a children’s author and illustrator from Bristol, UK. I’ve been obsessed with drawing ever since I could hold a felt tip in my clammy little fist, and I have fond memories of sprawling out on my parents’ living room carpet for hours on end, filling sketchbooks with my doodles.
My debut picture book ‘The Bear Who Stared’ (Templar) was nominated for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2017. Since then I have gone on to write and illustrate titles for Templar Books, Little Tiger, Quarto, Pearson, and even a picture book for eco-friendly nappy and baby wipe brand Pura.
When not busy drawing kung-fu kicking llamas, heavy metal badgers, or starey bears, I can be found walking my dog Ivor around a muddy park or losing heavily to my daughter at various videogames.
I am represented by Jodie Hodges at United Agents.
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Title: The Shadows of Versailles
Genre: Dark Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.cathiedunn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathiedunn
The Book;
Seduced at Versailles. Broken by tragedy. Consumed by revenge.
Fleur de La Fontaine attends the court of King Louis XIV at Versailles for the first time. Dazzled by the opulence, she is soon besotted with handsome courtier, Philippe de Mortain. When she believes his words of love, she gives in to his seduction – with devastating consequences.
Nine months later, when the boy she has given birth to is whisked from her grasp, she flees the convent and finds shelter at the brothel of Madame Claudette.
Jacques de Montagnac, a spy working for the Lieutenant General, investigates a spate of abducted children from the poorer quartiers of Paris when his path crosses Fleur’s. He searches for her son, but the trail leads to a dead end – and a dreadful realisation.
Her son’s suspected fate too much to bear, Fleur decides to avenge him. With the help of her new acquaintance, the Duchess de Bouillon, Fleur visits the famous midwife, La Voisin, but it’s not the woman’s skills in childbirth that Fleur seeks.
La Voisin dabbles in poisons.
Will Fleur see her plan through? Or can she save herself from a tragic fate?
Delve into The Shadows of Versailles and enter the sinister world of potions and black masses during the Affairs of the Poisons, a real series of events that stunned the court of the Sun King!
The Author:
Cathie Dunn writes historical fiction, mystery, and romance.
Cathie has been writing for over twenty years. She studied Creative Writing, with a focus on novel writing, which she now teaches in the south of France. She loves researching for her novels, delving into history books, and visiting castles and historic sites.
Cathie's stories have garnered readers' awards and praise from reviewers and readers for their authentic description of the past.
Cathie is a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
After many years in Scotland, Cathie now lives in south of France with her husband, two cats and a rescue dog. Discover more about Cathie at http://cathiedunn.com!
Genre: Dark Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.cathiedunn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathiedunn
The Book;
Seduced at Versailles. Broken by tragedy. Consumed by revenge.
Fleur de La Fontaine attends the court of King Louis XIV at Versailles for the first time. Dazzled by the opulence, she is soon besotted with handsome courtier, Philippe de Mortain. When she believes his words of love, she gives in to his seduction – with devastating consequences.
Nine months later, when the boy she has given birth to is whisked from her grasp, she flees the convent and finds shelter at the brothel of Madame Claudette.
Jacques de Montagnac, a spy working for the Lieutenant General, investigates a spate of abducted children from the poorer quartiers of Paris when his path crosses Fleur’s. He searches for her son, but the trail leads to a dead end – and a dreadful realisation.
Her son’s suspected fate too much to bear, Fleur decides to avenge him. With the help of her new acquaintance, the Duchess de Bouillon, Fleur visits the famous midwife, La Voisin, but it’s not the woman’s skills in childbirth that Fleur seeks.
La Voisin dabbles in poisons.
Will Fleur see her plan through? Or can she save herself from a tragic fate?
Delve into The Shadows of Versailles and enter the sinister world of potions and black masses during the Affairs of the Poisons, a real series of events that stunned the court of the Sun King!
The Author:
Cathie Dunn writes historical fiction, mystery, and romance.
Cathie has been writing for over twenty years. She studied Creative Writing, with a focus on novel writing, which she now teaches in the south of France. She loves researching for her novels, delving into history books, and visiting castles and historic sites.
Cathie's stories have garnered readers' awards and praise from reviewers and readers for their authentic description of the past.
Cathie is a member of the Historical Novel Society and the Alliance of Independent Authors.
After many years in Scotland, Cathie now lives in south of France with her husband, two cats and a rescue dog. Discover more about Cathie at http://cathiedunn.com!
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Hazel Gaynor
Hazel Gaynor
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Two Books.
Title 1: Three Words For Goodbye
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Bird in the Bamboo Cage
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: https://www.hazelgaynor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HazelGaynor
Book 1: Three Words For Goodbye
Three cities, two sisters, one chance to correct the past . . .
New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish: to travel across Europe—together. They are to deliver three letters, in which Violet will say goodbye to those she hasn’t seen since traveling to Europe forty years earlier; a journey inspired by famed reporter, Nellie Bly.
Clara, ever-dutiful, sees the trip as an inconvenient detour before her wedding to millionaire Charles Hancock, but it’s also a chance to embrace her love of art. Budding journalist Madeleine relishes the opportunity to develop her ambitions to report on the growing threat of Hitler’s Nazi party and Mussolini’s control in Italy.
Constantly at odds with each other as they explore the luxurious Queen Mary, the Orient Express, and the sights of Paris and Venice,, Clara and Madeleine wonder if they can fulfil Violet’s wish, until a shocking truth about their family brings them closer together. But as they reach Vienna to deliver the final letter, old grudges threaten their reconciliation again. As political tensions rise, and Europe feels increasingly volatile, the pair are glad to head home on the Hindenburg, where fate will play its hand in the final stage of their journey.
Book 2: The Bird in the Bamboo Cage
When war imprisons them, only kindness will free them…
China, 1941. Elspeth Kent has fled an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China. But when Japan declares war on the Allies and occupies the school, security and home comforts are replaced by privation, uncertainty and fear.
For ten-year-old Nancy Plummer and her school friends, now separated from their parents indefinitely, Miss Kent’s new Girl Guide patrol provides a precious reminder of home in a land where they are now the enemy.
Elspeth and her fellow teachers, and Nancy and her friends, need courage, friendship and fortitude as they pray for liberation. But worse is to come. Removed from the school, they face even greater uncertainty and danger at a Japanese internment camp, where cruelty and punishment reign.
Inspired by true events, this is an unforgettable read about a remarkable community faced with unimaginable hardship, and the life-changing bonds formed in a distant corner of a terrible war.
The Author:
Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times, USA Today, Globe and Mail, Irish Times and national bestselling author. Her debut novel, The Girl Who Came Home, won the 2015 Romantic Novelists’ Association Historical Novel of the Year award, The Girl from The Savoy was shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year, and The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter was shortlisted for the 2019 Historical Writers’ Association Gold Crown Award.
Hazel’s most recent novel, When We Were Young & Brave/The Bird in the Bamboo Cage was a national bestseller in the USA, and an Irish Times bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 2020 Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Novel of the Year.
Hazel’s co-written novels with Heather Webb have all been published to critical acclaim. Last Christmas in Paris won the 2018 Women’s Fiction Writers Association Star Award, and Meet Me in Monaco was shortlisted for the 2020 Romantic Novelists’ Association Historical Novel award. Their latest novel, Three Words for Goodbye, will be published in July 2021.
Hazel was selected as a WHSmith Fresh Talent pick and by Library Journal as one of Ten Big Breakout Authors for 2015. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages and is published in twenty-three countries to date. Originally from Yorkshire, England, she now lives in Ireland with her husband and two children.
Title 1: Three Words For Goodbye
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Bird in the Bamboo Cage
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: https://www.hazelgaynor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HazelGaynor
Book 1: Three Words For Goodbye
Three cities, two sisters, one chance to correct the past . . .
New York, 1937: When estranged sisters Clara and Madeleine Sommers learn their grandmother is dying, they agree to fulfill her last wish: to travel across Europe—together. They are to deliver three letters, in which Violet will say goodbye to those she hasn’t seen since traveling to Europe forty years earlier; a journey inspired by famed reporter, Nellie Bly.
Clara, ever-dutiful, sees the trip as an inconvenient detour before her wedding to millionaire Charles Hancock, but it’s also a chance to embrace her love of art. Budding journalist Madeleine relishes the opportunity to develop her ambitions to report on the growing threat of Hitler’s Nazi party and Mussolini’s control in Italy.
Constantly at odds with each other as they explore the luxurious Queen Mary, the Orient Express, and the sights of Paris and Venice,, Clara and Madeleine wonder if they can fulfil Violet’s wish, until a shocking truth about their family brings them closer together. But as they reach Vienna to deliver the final letter, old grudges threaten their reconciliation again. As political tensions rise, and Europe feels increasingly volatile, the pair are glad to head home on the Hindenburg, where fate will play its hand in the final stage of their journey.
Book 2: The Bird in the Bamboo Cage
When war imprisons them, only kindness will free them…
China, 1941. Elspeth Kent has fled an unhappy life in England for a teaching post at a missionary school in northern China. But when Japan declares war on the Allies and occupies the school, security and home comforts are replaced by privation, uncertainty and fear.
For ten-year-old Nancy Plummer and her school friends, now separated from their parents indefinitely, Miss Kent’s new Girl Guide patrol provides a precious reminder of home in a land where they are now the enemy.
Elspeth and her fellow teachers, and Nancy and her friends, need courage, friendship and fortitude as they pray for liberation. But worse is to come. Removed from the school, they face even greater uncertainty and danger at a Japanese internment camp, where cruelty and punishment reign.
Inspired by true events, this is an unforgettable read about a remarkable community faced with unimaginable hardship, and the life-changing bonds formed in a distant corner of a terrible war.
The Author:
Hazel Gaynor is an award-winning, New York Times, USA Today, Globe and Mail, Irish Times and national bestselling author. Her debut novel, The Girl Who Came Home, won the 2015 Romantic Novelists’ Association Historical Novel of the Year award, The Girl from The Savoy was shortlisted for the 2016 Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Book of the Year, and The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter was shortlisted for the 2019 Historical Writers’ Association Gold Crown Award.
Hazel’s most recent novel, When We Were Young & Brave/The Bird in the Bamboo Cage was a national bestseller in the USA, and an Irish Times bestseller, and was shortlisted for the 2020 Irish Book Awards Popular Fiction Novel of the Year.
Hazel’s co-written novels with Heather Webb have all been published to critical acclaim. Last Christmas in Paris won the 2018 Women’s Fiction Writers Association Star Award, and Meet Me in Monaco was shortlisted for the 2020 Romantic Novelists’ Association Historical Novel award. Their latest novel, Three Words for Goodbye, will be published in July 2021.
Hazel was selected as a WHSmith Fresh Talent pick and by Library Journal as one of Ten Big Breakout Authors for 2015. Her work has been translated into seventeen languages and is published in twenty-three countries to date. Originally from Yorkshire, England, she now lives in Ireland with her husband and two children.
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Sinead Moriarty
Sinead Moriarty
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Title: About Us
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOyjKXSEbEM
Website: http://www.sineadmoriarty.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sinead_moriarty
The Book;
Three couples. One therapist's couch ...
Alice and Niall used to be lovers, best friends and parents, in that order. Now they're no longer on the same page or even reading from the same book.
Ann thought when she and Ken retired, it would be their second spring. Instead, it feels more like an icy winter.
Orla is falling in love with boyfriend Paul, but her complicated past makes her unsure if she can ever be intimate with anyone.
Three couples find themselves telling a stranger about the most private part of their lives - their hopes, their disappointments, their awkward realisations.
Can they learn to be honest with each other? And what life-changing decisions will be made when they do?
The Author:
Sinead Moriarty is an Irish author that writes contemporary novels about the struggles of family life.
Sinead Moriarty was born in 1971 in Dublin. Her parents were Aidan and Mary Moriarty. The author went to Trinity College in Dublin where she studied French and Spanish, eventually graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Moriarty left Ireland afterward. She spent some time in Paris and London. She was working as a journalist at the time. It was during her time in London that the author wrote her first novel and piqued the interest of Penguin Books.
Moriarty has since made a home for herself in Dublin with her husband and three children. The author has won the Irish Independent Popular Fiction Award.
It could be argued that Sinead Moriarty couldn’t have been anything other than a writer. After all, her mother was also an author. She specialized in children’s books and, as a child, Moriarty was fascinated by her mother’s career.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOyjKXSEbEM
Website: http://www.sineadmoriarty.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sinead_moriarty
The Book;
Three couples. One therapist's couch ...
Alice and Niall used to be lovers, best friends and parents, in that order. Now they're no longer on the same page or even reading from the same book.
Ann thought when she and Ken retired, it would be their second spring. Instead, it feels more like an icy winter.
Orla is falling in love with boyfriend Paul, but her complicated past makes her unsure if she can ever be intimate with anyone.
Three couples find themselves telling a stranger about the most private part of their lives - their hopes, their disappointments, their awkward realisations.
Can they learn to be honest with each other? And what life-changing decisions will be made when they do?
The Author:
Sinead Moriarty is an Irish author that writes contemporary novels about the struggles of family life.
Sinead Moriarty was born in 1971 in Dublin. Her parents were Aidan and Mary Moriarty. The author went to Trinity College in Dublin where she studied French and Spanish, eventually graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
Moriarty left Ireland afterward. She spent some time in Paris and London. She was working as a journalist at the time. It was during her time in London that the author wrote her first novel and piqued the interest of Penguin Books.
Moriarty has since made a home for herself in Dublin with her husband and three children. The author has won the Irish Independent Popular Fiction Award.
It could be argued that Sinead Moriarty couldn’t have been anything other than a writer. After all, her mother was also an author. She specialized in children’s books and, as a child, Moriarty was fascinated by her mother’s career.
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Elizabeth Freemantle
Elizabeth Freemantle
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Title: The Poison Bed
Genre: Historical Fiction - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.elizabethfremantle.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizFremantle
The Book;
A king, his lover and his lover's wife. One is a killer. In the autumn of 1615 scandal rocks the Jacobean court when a celebrated couple are imprisoned on suspicion of murder. She is young, captivating and from a notorious family. He is one of the richest and most powerful men in the kingdom.
Some believe she is innocent; others think her wicked or insane. He claims no knowledge of the murder. The king suspects them both, though it is his secret at stake.
Who is telling the truth? Who has the most to lose? And who is willing to commit murder?
The Author:
E C Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of The Poison Bed, 'an electrifying, brilliantly executed thriller,' and a Times Book of the Year. As Elizabeth Fremantle she has published four Tudor and Elizabethan set novels: Queen's Gambit, Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. She has contributed to various publications including The Sunday Times, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. She lives in London.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.elizabethfremantle.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizFremantle
The Book;
A king, his lover and his lover's wife. One is a killer. In the autumn of 1615 scandal rocks the Jacobean court when a celebrated couple are imprisoned on suspicion of murder. She is young, captivating and from a notorious family. He is one of the richest and most powerful men in the kingdom.
Some believe she is innocent; others think her wicked or insane. He claims no knowledge of the murder. The king suspects them both, though it is his secret at stake.
Who is telling the truth? Who has the most to lose? And who is willing to commit murder?
The Author:
E C Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of The Poison Bed, 'an electrifying, brilliantly executed thriller,' and a Times Book of the Year. As Elizabeth Fremantle she has published four Tudor and Elizabethan set novels: Queen's Gambit, Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. She has contributed to various publications including The Sunday Times, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. She lives in London.
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Elizabeth Freemantle
Elizabeth Freemantle
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Elizabeth Freemantle
Elizabeth Freemantle
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Title: The Honey and the Sting
Genre: Historical Fiction - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.elizabethfremantle.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizFremantle
The Book;
England, 1628.
Forcibly seduced by the powerful George Villiers, doctor's daughter Hester is cast aside to raise her son alone and in secret. She hopes never to see Villiers again.
Melis's visions cause disquiet and talk. She sees what other's can't - and what has yet to be. She'd be denounced as a witch if Hester wasn't so carefully protective.
Young Hope's beauty marks her out, drawing unwelcome attention to the family. Yet she cannot always resist others' advances. And her sisters cannot always be on their guard.
When Villiers decides to claim his son against Hester's wishes, the sisters find themselves almost friendless and at his mercy. But the women hold a grave secret. The question is, will what they know be their undoing or their salvation?
The Author:
E C Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of The Poison Bed, 'an electrifying, brilliantly executed thriller,' and a Times Book of the Year. As Elizabeth Fremantle she has published four Tudor and Elizabethan set novels: Queen's Gambit, Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. She has contributed to various publications including The Sunday Times, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. She lives in London.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.elizabethfremantle.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizFremantle
The Book;
England, 1628.
Forcibly seduced by the powerful George Villiers, doctor's daughter Hester is cast aside to raise her son alone and in secret. She hopes never to see Villiers again.
Melis's visions cause disquiet and talk. She sees what other's can't - and what has yet to be. She'd be denounced as a witch if Hester wasn't so carefully protective.
Young Hope's beauty marks her out, drawing unwelcome attention to the family. Yet she cannot always resist others' advances. And her sisters cannot always be on their guard.
When Villiers decides to claim his son against Hester's wishes, the sisters find themselves almost friendless and at his mercy. But the women hold a grave secret. The question is, will what they know be their undoing or their salvation?
The Author:
E C Fremantle is the critically acclaimed author of The Poison Bed, 'an electrifying, brilliantly executed thriller,' and a Times Book of the Year. As Elizabeth Fremantle she has published four Tudor and Elizabethan set novels: Queen's Gambit, Sisters of Treason, Watch the Lady and The Girl in the Glass Tower. She has contributed to various publications including The Sunday Times, Vogue, Vanity Fair, The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal. She lives in London.
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Jane Corry
Jane Corry
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Title: The Lies We Tell
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Jane has kindly offered to include the name of the successful bidder as a character in the new novel she will release in 2023.*
Website: https://www.janecorryauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneCorryAuthor
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Sarah always thought of herself and her husband, Tom, as good people. But that was before their son Freddy came home saying he'd done something terrible. Begging them not to tell the police.
Soon Sarah and Tom must find out just how far they are willing to push themselves, and their marriage, to protect their only child . . .
As the lies build up and Sarah is presented with the perfect opportunity to get Freddy off the hook, she is faced with a terrifying decision . . .
Save her son . . . or save herself?
The Author:
Jane Corry is a writer and journalist who has spent time working as the writer in residence of a high security prison for men - an experience that helped inspire her Sunday Times bestsellers 'My Husband's Wife' and 'Blood Sisters'. Jane runs regular writing workshops and speaks at literary festivals all over the world. Many of her ideas strike during morning dog-jogs along the beach followed by a dip in the sea - no matter how cold it is!
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Jane has kindly offered to include the name of the successful bidder as a character in the new novel she will release in 2023.*
Website: https://www.janecorryauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneCorryAuthor
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Sarah always thought of herself and her husband, Tom, as good people. But that was before their son Freddy came home saying he'd done something terrible. Begging them not to tell the police.
Soon Sarah and Tom must find out just how far they are willing to push themselves, and their marriage, to protect their only child . . .
As the lies build up and Sarah is presented with the perfect opportunity to get Freddy off the hook, she is faced with a terrifying decision . . .
Save her son . . . or save herself?
The Author:
Jane Corry is a writer and journalist who has spent time working as the writer in residence of a high security prison for men - an experience that helped inspire her Sunday Times bestsellers 'My Husband's Wife' and 'Blood Sisters'. Jane runs regular writing workshops and speaks at literary festivals all over the world. Many of her ideas strike during morning dog-jogs along the beach followed by a dip in the sea - no matter how cold it is!
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Vashti Hardy
Vashti Hardy
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Title: Crowfall
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Vashti is adding a signed Crowfall poster to her book for her successful bidder*
Website: https://www.vashtihardy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vashti_hardy
The Book;
Ironhold is an orderly place where "industry brings prosperity", and where nature is pushed aside for progress. But when Orin Crowfall, a lowly servant boy, learns that the island itself is in grave danger, that knowledge makes him a target of powerful forces. He narrowly escapes on a small boat, but then faces a fight for survival with his robot friend, Cody, in the stormy ocean, pursued by a terrifying sea monster.
Can they make it to safety, somewhere beyond the horizon? And will Orin find a way back to save his family before everything is destroyed? To succeed, Orin will need to dig deep for courage, trust in new friends, and, ultimately, have faith in himself.
This is fantasy adventure at its finest: riotous adventure, memorable characters, incredible world building, and a powerful, thought-provoking message about ecological balance.
The Author:
Vashti Hardy is a writer of children's books living near Brighton in Sussex with her husband and three teens. She was a primary school teacher for several years, and has a special interest in children’s writing, especially free-writing and the use of journals and creating fantasy worlds. She has a first-class honours teaching degree with English specialism and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester. After leaving teaching to focus more on her writing, she became a copywriter and digital marketing executive.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Vashti is adding a signed Crowfall poster to her book for her successful bidder*
Website: https://www.vashtihardy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/vashti_hardy
The Book;
Ironhold is an orderly place where "industry brings prosperity", and where nature is pushed aside for progress. But when Orin Crowfall, a lowly servant boy, learns that the island itself is in grave danger, that knowledge makes him a target of powerful forces. He narrowly escapes on a small boat, but then faces a fight for survival with his robot friend, Cody, in the stormy ocean, pursued by a terrifying sea monster.
Can they make it to safety, somewhere beyond the horizon? And will Orin find a way back to save his family before everything is destroyed? To succeed, Orin will need to dig deep for courage, trust in new friends, and, ultimately, have faith in himself.
This is fantasy adventure at its finest: riotous adventure, memorable characters, incredible world building, and a powerful, thought-provoking message about ecological balance.
The Author:
Vashti Hardy is a writer of children's books living near Brighton in Sussex with her husband and three teens. She was a primary school teacher for several years, and has a special interest in children’s writing, especially free-writing and the use of journals and creating fantasy worlds. She has a first-class honours teaching degree with English specialism and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Chichester. After leaving teaching to focus more on her writing, she became a copywriter and digital marketing executive.
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£ 31
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Jane Clack
Jane Clack
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Title: if At First
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Website: https://www.janeclack.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janeclack1
The Book;
Far away in distant lands, young creatures learn important lessons in life. They struggle to overcome the obstacles in their way, but will they all find immediate success in achieving what they set out to do? This is a beautifully Illustrated book for young children which reinforces key messages about positivity. It helps them to understand that failure is a necessary part of success. ‘A delightful story that combines an excellent message of positivity with interesting information about various animals. With a lovely mixture of fact and fiction, the reader engages with the young animals, willing them to succeed in their attempts. Beautifully written, the language is designed to be read aloud to young children, making a charming introduction to the concept of never giving-up. It creates lots of opportunities for discussion, both during the story and when reading the additional facts at the end of. It is a fabulous book that can be appreciated by adults and children alike
The Author:
I've always loved children's books and, growing up, I was constantly surrounded by them. Even as an adult, I was lucky enough to enjoy all the latest releases from some of my favourite authors and share them with my pupils.
It's always been my ambition to write myself but life always seemed to get in the way. I'm so excited to finally fulfil my aspirations and see what I have scribbled down on paper become the finished article.
I hope that my books will bring as much joy, magic and inspiration to this generation of children as the works of authors from my childhood did for me
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Website: https://www.janeclack.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janeclack1
The Book;
Far away in distant lands, young creatures learn important lessons in life. They struggle to overcome the obstacles in their way, but will they all find immediate success in achieving what they set out to do? This is a beautifully Illustrated book for young children which reinforces key messages about positivity. It helps them to understand that failure is a necessary part of success. ‘A delightful story that combines an excellent message of positivity with interesting information about various animals. With a lovely mixture of fact and fiction, the reader engages with the young animals, willing them to succeed in their attempts. Beautifully written, the language is designed to be read aloud to young children, making a charming introduction to the concept of never giving-up. It creates lots of opportunities for discussion, both during the story and when reading the additional facts at the end of. It is a fabulous book that can be appreciated by adults and children alike
The Author:
I've always loved children's books and, growing up, I was constantly surrounded by them. Even as an adult, I was lucky enough to enjoy all the latest releases from some of my favourite authors and share them with my pupils.
It's always been my ambition to write myself but life always seemed to get in the way. I'm so excited to finally fulfil my aspirations and see what I have scribbled down on paper become the finished article.
I hope that my books will bring as much joy, magic and inspiration to this generation of children as the works of authors from my childhood did for me
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£ 25
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Heidi James
Heidi James
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Title: The Sound Mirror
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Extract Read by Heidi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QVqHrQXeNg
Website: https://heidijames.me
Twitter: https://twitter.com/heidipearljames
The Book;
Tamara is going to kill her mother, but she isn't the villain. Tamara just has to finish what began at her birth and put an end to the damage encoded in her blood. Leaving her job in Communications, Tamara dresses carefully and hires a car, making the trip from London to her hometown in Kent, to visit her mother for the last time. Accompanied by a chorus of ancestors, Tamara is harried by voices from the past and the future that reveal the struggles, joys and secrets of these women's lives that continue to echo through and impact her own.
The Sound Mirror spans three familial generations from British Occupied India to Southern England, through intimately rendered characters, Heidi James has crafted a haunting and moving examination of class, war, violence, family and shame from the rich details of ordinary lives
The Author:
Heidi James was born in Chatham, Kent. (also home to Billy Childish and Charles Dickens) She has a PhD in English Literature and an MA in Creative Writing.
Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Somesuch Stories, Dazed and Confused, Flux, Galley Beggars and Mslexia, as well as in the anthologies The Loose Cannon, Writing from the Edge and Turpin’s Cave.
Her novella The Mesmerist's Daughter (published by Neon Press in April 2015) won the 2015 Saboteur Award for Best Novella and she was a finalist for the Cinnamon Poetry Collection Prize. She was awarded the Sophie Warne Fellowship in 2008.
She lives in London with her family, including two rescue dogs, Rose and Jay.
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Extract Read by Heidi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QVqHrQXeNg
Website: https://heidijames.me
Twitter: https://twitter.com/heidipearljames
The Book;
Tamara is going to kill her mother, but she isn't the villain. Tamara just has to finish what began at her birth and put an end to the damage encoded in her blood. Leaving her job in Communications, Tamara dresses carefully and hires a car, making the trip from London to her hometown in Kent, to visit her mother for the last time. Accompanied by a chorus of ancestors, Tamara is harried by voices from the past and the future that reveal the struggles, joys and secrets of these women's lives that continue to echo through and impact her own.
The Sound Mirror spans three familial generations from British Occupied India to Southern England, through intimately rendered characters, Heidi James has crafted a haunting and moving examination of class, war, violence, family and shame from the rich details of ordinary lives
The Author:
Heidi James was born in Chatham, Kent. (also home to Billy Childish and Charles Dickens) She has a PhD in English Literature and an MA in Creative Writing.
Her short stories and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and journals, including Somesuch Stories, Dazed and Confused, Flux, Galley Beggars and Mslexia, as well as in the anthologies The Loose Cannon, Writing from the Edge and Turpin’s Cave.
Her novella The Mesmerist's Daughter (published by Neon Press in April 2015) won the 2015 Saboteur Award for Best Novella and she was a finalist for the Cinnamon Poetry Collection Prize. She was awarded the Sophie Warne Fellowship in 2008.
She lives in London with her family, including two rescue dogs, Rose and Jay.
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Beverley Harvey
Beverley Harvey
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Two Books:
Title 1: The Perfect Liar
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Close My Eyes
Genre: Thriler
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.beverleyharvey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BevHarvey_
Book 1: The Perfect Liar
‘Are you sure he’s someone you can trust? We know nothing at all about him. Who is he, really?’
Susanne and her two best friends have been dreaming of a holiday. All of them need an escape. Especially Susanne, who is reeling from the news that her ex is getting remarried. They need the warm Tuscan sun, delicious Italian food and wine, and – most of all – the time to unwind with each other. What they get is Harry.
Handsome, charming and great company, Harry soon sweeps Susanne off her feet for a holiday fling. And why not? Except that everything he’s told them is a lie.
Who is the man they’ve let into their house – who Susanne has let into her bed? They have no idea what Harry is capable of – what he’s done to get this far, and what he’s prepared to do to ensure he gets his way.
By the time they find out, it will be too late to stop their dream holiday becoming a nightmare.
An utterly addictive, page-turning thriller with a jaw-dropping twist. If you loved The Girlfriend, The Holiday and Something in the Water, you’ll be completely gripped by The Perfect Liar.
Book 2: Close My Eyes
How did I forget the worst thing that’s ever happened to me? And how do I try and put it right?
The first time I remembered, I thought I was dying. I couldn’t breathe – something was crushing my chest – all I could see was darkness. A terrible fear, pulling me under. And all because of a glimpse of a face I hadn’t seen in years.
Since then I’ve realised: this is a memory of an attack. Something vicious happened to me years ago – a night that changed my life, without me even knowing. My family and friends don’t believe me – they say I’m imagining things, but I know I’m right. What I don’t know is who was responsible. And I won’t stop until I find out.
Wherever the truth leads me. Whatever betrayals are uncovered. Whatever the risk.
A heart-stopping psychological suspense novel that asks: who do you trust the most? Your friends? Your family? Or your own mind? Fans of T.M. Logan, Claire McGowan and Lisa Jewell will be gripped by Close My Eyes.
The Author:
"A very skilled, wise, and intuitive writer, who creates fully-fleshed, highly relatable characters… Will keep you hooked to the very last page!" [source : Goodreads]
From a tender age, a diet of Enid Blyton ignited Beverley Harvey’s love of books and she’s been reading ever since – albeit her tastes are more varied these days.
Throughout Beverley’s many years spent working in advertising and PR, she’d always wanted to write fiction. In 2015 a creative writing course inspired her debut novel, Seeking Eden, which was published in 2017. The sequel, Eden Interrupted, soon followed.
Her third and fourth novels, The Perfect Liar and Close My Eyes respectively, are published by Bookouture and fulfil a long term goal to write suspense.
Born in Yorkshire, and raised in Kent, Beverley currently lives in West Sussex with her partner and their adorable terrier. When not writing, you’ll find her reading, walking the dog or listening to rock music.
Title 1: The Perfect Liar
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Close My Eyes
Genre: Thriler
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.beverleyharvey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BevHarvey_
Book 1: The Perfect Liar
‘Are you sure he’s someone you can trust? We know nothing at all about him. Who is he, really?’
Susanne and her two best friends have been dreaming of a holiday. All of them need an escape. Especially Susanne, who is reeling from the news that her ex is getting remarried. They need the warm Tuscan sun, delicious Italian food and wine, and – most of all – the time to unwind with each other. What they get is Harry.
Handsome, charming and great company, Harry soon sweeps Susanne off her feet for a holiday fling. And why not? Except that everything he’s told them is a lie.
Who is the man they’ve let into their house – who Susanne has let into her bed? They have no idea what Harry is capable of – what he’s done to get this far, and what he’s prepared to do to ensure he gets his way.
By the time they find out, it will be too late to stop their dream holiday becoming a nightmare.
An utterly addictive, page-turning thriller with a jaw-dropping twist. If you loved The Girlfriend, The Holiday and Something in the Water, you’ll be completely gripped by The Perfect Liar.
Book 2: Close My Eyes
How did I forget the worst thing that’s ever happened to me? And how do I try and put it right?
The first time I remembered, I thought I was dying. I couldn’t breathe – something was crushing my chest – all I could see was darkness. A terrible fear, pulling me under. And all because of a glimpse of a face I hadn’t seen in years.
Since then I’ve realised: this is a memory of an attack. Something vicious happened to me years ago – a night that changed my life, without me even knowing. My family and friends don’t believe me – they say I’m imagining things, but I know I’m right. What I don’t know is who was responsible. And I won’t stop until I find out.
Wherever the truth leads me. Whatever betrayals are uncovered. Whatever the risk.
A heart-stopping psychological suspense novel that asks: who do you trust the most? Your friends? Your family? Or your own mind? Fans of T.M. Logan, Claire McGowan and Lisa Jewell will be gripped by Close My Eyes.
The Author:
"A very skilled, wise, and intuitive writer, who creates fully-fleshed, highly relatable characters… Will keep you hooked to the very last page!" [source : Goodreads]
From a tender age, a diet of Enid Blyton ignited Beverley Harvey’s love of books and she’s been reading ever since – albeit her tastes are more varied these days.
Throughout Beverley’s many years spent working in advertising and PR, she’d always wanted to write fiction. In 2015 a creative writing course inspired her debut novel, Seeking Eden, which was published in 2017. The sequel, Eden Interrupted, soon followed.
Her third and fourth novels, The Perfect Liar and Close My Eyes respectively, are published by Bookouture and fulfil a long term goal to write suspense.
Born in Yorkshire, and raised in Kent, Beverley currently lives in West Sussex with her partner and their adorable terrier. When not writing, you’ll find her reading, walking the dog or listening to rock music.
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Anthony Horowitz O.B.E.
Anthony Horowitz O.B.E.
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Title: A Line to a Kill
Genre: Crime Thriller - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyHorowitz
The Book:
The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sentence Is Death returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz.
When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation—or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.
Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival’s other guests—an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children’s author, a French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war historian—along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud over a disruptive power line.
When a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and Horowitz become embroiled in the case. The island is locked down, no one is allowed on or off, and it soon becomes horribly clear that a murderer lurks in their midst. But who?
Both a brilliant satire on the world of books and writers and an immensely enjoyable locked-room mystery, A Line to Kill is a triumph—a riddle of a story full of brilliant misdirection, beautifully set-out clues, and diabolically clever denouements.
The Author:
Anthony Horowitz, OBE is ranked alongside Enid Blyton and Mark A. Cooper as "The most original and best spy-kids authors of the century." (New York Times). Anthony has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books, he is also the writer and creator of award winning detective series Foyle’s War, and more recently event drama Collision, among his other television works he has written episodes for Poirot, Murder in Mind, Midsomer Murders and Murder Most Horrid. Anthony became patron to East Anglia Children’s Hospices in 2009.
On 19 January 2011, the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle announced that Horowitz was to be the writer of a new Sherlock Holmes novel, the first such effort to receive an official endorsement from them and to be entitled the House of Silk.
Genre: Crime Thriller - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.anthonyhorowitz.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyHorowitz
The Book:
The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sentence Is Death returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz.
When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are invited to an exclusive literary festival on Alderney, an idyllic island off the south coast of England, they don’t expect to find themselves in the middle of murder investigation—or to be trapped with a cold-blooded killer in a remote place with a murky, haunted past.
Arriving on Alderney, Hawthorne and Horowitz soon meet the festival’s other guests—an eccentric gathering that includes a bestselling children’s author, a French poet, a TV chef turned cookbook author, a blind psychic, and a war historian—along with a group of ornery locals embroiled in an escalating feud over a disruptive power line.
When a local grandee is found dead under mysterious circumstances, Hawthorne and Horowitz become embroiled in the case. The island is locked down, no one is allowed on or off, and it soon becomes horribly clear that a murderer lurks in their midst. But who?
Both a brilliant satire on the world of books and writers and an immensely enjoyable locked-room mystery, A Line to Kill is a triumph—a riddle of a story full of brilliant misdirection, beautifully set-out clues, and diabolically clever denouements.
The Author:
Anthony Horowitz, OBE is ranked alongside Enid Blyton and Mark A. Cooper as "The most original and best spy-kids authors of the century." (New York Times). Anthony has been writing since the age of eight, and professionally since the age of twenty. In addition to the highly successful Alex Rider books, he is also the writer and creator of award winning detective series Foyle’s War, and more recently event drama Collision, among his other television works he has written episodes for Poirot, Murder in Mind, Midsomer Murders and Murder Most Horrid. Anthony became patron to East Anglia Children’s Hospices in 2009.
On 19 January 2011, the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle announced that Horowitz was to be the writer of a new Sherlock Holmes novel, the first such effort to receive an official endorsement from them and to be entitled the House of Silk.
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Padraig Kenny
Padraig Kenny
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Title: The Shadows of Rookhaven
Genre: Fantasy (Middle Grade)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.sophiehicksagency.com/padraigkenny
Twitter: https://twitter.com/padraig_kenny
The Book;
Pádraig Kenny's The Shadows of Rookhaven is a story about family and forgiveness, the sequel to The Monsters of Rookhaven.
Shadows are gathering over Rookhaven.
It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and monsters descend on Rookhaven from all over the country to take part. But amid the guests there is an interloper. One who is disguised and has an eye on their destruction.
Meanwhile Mirabelle – part human, part monster – discovers that to those from outside Rookhaven she is not considered family at all . . . and, forced to search further afield for knowledge of her true history, she risks everything – and everyone.
The Author:
Pádraig Kenny is an Irish writer who hails from Newbridge in County Kildare.
His debut novel Tin was published in 2018 and was Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month. It has been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and several other awards.
His second novel Pog was published in April 2019 and was Independent Bookseller's Book of the Month.
His third novel The Monsters of Rookhaven was published in September 2020 by Pan Macmillan. It won the Honour Award for Fiction in the 2021 KPMG Children's Books Ireland awards. It will be followed by a sequel, The Shadows of Rookhaven, in September 2021.
Genre: Fantasy (Middle Grade)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.sophiehicksagency.com/padraigkenny
Twitter: https://twitter.com/padraig_kenny
The Book;
Pádraig Kenny's The Shadows of Rookhaven is a story about family and forgiveness, the sequel to The Monsters of Rookhaven.
Shadows are gathering over Rookhaven.
It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and monsters descend on Rookhaven from all over the country to take part. But amid the guests there is an interloper. One who is disguised and has an eye on their destruction.
Meanwhile Mirabelle – part human, part monster – discovers that to those from outside Rookhaven she is not considered family at all . . . and, forced to search further afield for knowledge of her true history, she risks everything – and everyone.
The Author:
Pádraig Kenny is an Irish writer who hails from Newbridge in County Kildare.
His debut novel Tin was published in 2018 and was Waterstones Children’s Book of the Month. It has been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and several other awards.
His second novel Pog was published in April 2019 and was Independent Bookseller's Book of the Month.
His third novel The Monsters of Rookhaven was published in September 2020 by Pan Macmillan. It won the Honour Award for Fiction in the 2021 KPMG Children's Books Ireland awards. It will be followed by a sequel, The Shadows of Rookhaven, in September 2021.
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Merryn Allingham
Merryn Allingham
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Title: The Buttonmaker's Daughter
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://merrynallingham.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerrynWrites
The Book;
May, 1914. Nestled in Sussex, the Summerhayes mansion seems the perfect country idyll. But with a long-running feud in the Summers family and tensions in Europe deepening, Summerhayes’ peaceful days are numbered.
For Elizabeth Summer, the lazy quiet of her home has become stifling. A chance meeting with Aiden Kellaway, an architect’s assistant, offers the secret promise of escape. But to secure her family’s future, Elizabeth must marry well. A man of trade falls far from her father’s uncompromising standards.
As the sweltering heat of 1914 builds to a storm, Elizabeth faces a choice between family loyalty and an uncertain future with the man she loves.
One thing is definite: this summer will change everything.
The Author:
I was born into an army family and spent my childhood moving around the UK and abroad. Unsurprisingly it gave me itchy feet and in my twenties I escaped an unloved secretarial career to work as cabin crew and see the world.
I still love to travel and visit new places, especially those with an interesting history, but the arrival of marriage, children and cats meant a more settled life in the south of England, where I've lived ever since. It also gave me the opportunity to go back to 'school' and eventually teach at university.
I've written seven historical novels, all mysteries with a helping of suspense and a dash of romance - sometimes set in exotic locations and often against a background of stirring world events.
My latest novel, A Tale of Two Sisters, is set in Constantinople at the turn of the 20th century when rebellion within the Ottoman Empire is growing ever louder. Against this background the novel traces the fate of two sisters, Alice and Lydia Verinder, and explores themes of family, love and loss.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://merrynallingham.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MerrynWrites
The Book;
May, 1914. Nestled in Sussex, the Summerhayes mansion seems the perfect country idyll. But with a long-running feud in the Summers family and tensions in Europe deepening, Summerhayes’ peaceful days are numbered.
For Elizabeth Summer, the lazy quiet of her home has become stifling. A chance meeting with Aiden Kellaway, an architect’s assistant, offers the secret promise of escape. But to secure her family’s future, Elizabeth must marry well. A man of trade falls far from her father’s uncompromising standards.
As the sweltering heat of 1914 builds to a storm, Elizabeth faces a choice between family loyalty and an uncertain future with the man she loves.
One thing is definite: this summer will change everything.
The Author:
I was born into an army family and spent my childhood moving around the UK and abroad. Unsurprisingly it gave me itchy feet and in my twenties I escaped an unloved secretarial career to work as cabin crew and see the world.
I still love to travel and visit new places, especially those with an interesting history, but the arrival of marriage, children and cats meant a more settled life in the south of England, where I've lived ever since. It also gave me the opportunity to go back to 'school' and eventually teach at university.
I've written seven historical novels, all mysteries with a helping of suspense and a dash of romance - sometimes set in exotic locations and often against a background of stirring world events.
My latest novel, A Tale of Two Sisters, is set in Constantinople at the turn of the 20th century when rebellion within the Ottoman Empire is growing ever louder. Against this background the novel traces the fate of two sisters, Alice and Lydia Verinder, and explores themes of family, love and loss.
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R.D. Nixon
R.D. Nixon
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Title: Crossfire (Clifford-Mackenzie #1)
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.terrinixon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerriNixon
The Book;
To what depths would you sink to protect your own?
Hogmanay 1987
A prank robbery has fatal consequences.
Five Years Later
Highlands town Abergarry is shaken by the seemingly gratuitous murder of a local man. The case is unsolved.
Present Day
Ten-year-old Jamie, while on holiday in Abergarry with his mum Charis, overhears a conversation. To him, it is all part of a game. But this is no game and the consequences are far more serious than Jamie ever imagined.
Old wounds are about to be reopened.
Struggling PI team Maddy Clifford and Paul Mackenzie find themselves involved by a chance meeting. How deep into those wounds will they have to delve to unravel the mystery?
Set in the brooding yet beautiful Scottish Highlands, Crossfire is the first, gripping novel in the brand-new Clifford-Mackenzie Crime Series from the brilliant R.D. Nixon.
The Author:
Terri was born in Plymouth, Devon, but during her childhood her family moved to the moorland village of North Hill in Cornwall. There, at the age of 9, Terri discovered a love of writing that has stayed with her ever since.
She also discovered apple-scrumping, and how to jump out of a hayloft without breaking any bones, but no-one's ever offered to pay her for doing those.
Terri writes family sagas for Piatkus (Little, Brown) and has several series out in all formats. She is now also writing under the name R.D. Nixon, and the first book in her Clifford-Mackenzie crime series is now out with Hobeck Books.
Terri also writes under the name T Nixon, and has contributed to anthologies under the names Terri Pine and Teresa Nixon. She has returned to Plymouth, and works in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Business at Plymouth University... where she is constantly baffled by the number of students who don't possess pens
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.terrinixon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerriNixon
The Book;
To what depths would you sink to protect your own?
Hogmanay 1987
A prank robbery has fatal consequences.
Five Years Later
Highlands town Abergarry is shaken by the seemingly gratuitous murder of a local man. The case is unsolved.
Present Day
Ten-year-old Jamie, while on holiday in Abergarry with his mum Charis, overhears a conversation. To him, it is all part of a game. But this is no game and the consequences are far more serious than Jamie ever imagined.
Old wounds are about to be reopened.
Struggling PI team Maddy Clifford and Paul Mackenzie find themselves involved by a chance meeting. How deep into those wounds will they have to delve to unravel the mystery?
Set in the brooding yet beautiful Scottish Highlands, Crossfire is the first, gripping novel in the brand-new Clifford-Mackenzie Crime Series from the brilliant R.D. Nixon.
The Author:
Terri was born in Plymouth, Devon, but during her childhood her family moved to the moorland village of North Hill in Cornwall. There, at the age of 9, Terri discovered a love of writing that has stayed with her ever since.
She also discovered apple-scrumping, and how to jump out of a hayloft without breaking any bones, but no-one's ever offered to pay her for doing those.
Terri writes family sagas for Piatkus (Little, Brown) and has several series out in all formats. She is now also writing under the name R.D. Nixon, and the first book in her Clifford-Mackenzie crime series is now out with Hobeck Books.
Terri also writes under the name T Nixon, and has contributed to anthologies under the names Terri Pine and Teresa Nixon. She has returned to Plymouth, and works in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities, and Business at Plymouth University... where she is constantly baffled by the number of students who don't possess pens
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Mark Thompson
Mark Thompson
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Title: Dust
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.markthompsonwrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkTwrites
The Book:
"Early in life, my grandfather told me that only three things were certain: birth, death and time. And time only ticked one way; it went forward and never back. It came to be a recurring wish with me, the desire to turn back the clock, to undo what I had done. Always wishing for the impossible, my feet stuck firm in the molasses of the present, unable to shrug off decisions I had made and their unforeseen or disregarded consequences."
J.J. Walsh and Tony 'El Greco' Papadakis are inseparable. Smoking Kents out on an abandoned cannery dock, and watching gulls sway on rusting buoys in the sea, they dream of adventure...a time when they can act as adults. The day they'll see the mighty Pacific Ocean.
Set in small-town New Jersey in the 1960s, against the backdrop of the Vietnam war, Dust follows the boys through the dry heat of a formative summer. They face religious piety and its murderous consequences, alcohol, girls, sex, loss, tragedy and ultimately the tiny things that combine to make life what it is for the two friends - a great adventure.
But it's a road trip through the heart of southern America with J.J.'s father that truly reveals a darker side to life - the two halves of a divided nation, where wealth, poverty and racial bigotry collide. This beautifully written debut novel would not be out of place alongside the work of Steinbeck and Philipp Meyer's American Rust.
At turns funny, and at others heart-achingly sad, their story unfolds around the honest and frequently irreverent observations of two young people trying to grow up fast in a world that is at times confusing, and at others seen with a clarity only the young may possess.
The Author:
Raised in Stockton-on-Tees, England, the author spent many years living in London before moving to Andalucia in southern Spain. He has travelled extensively throughout the United States over many years, harvesting material for writing both literature and songs. He plays guitar in a rock band, and lives happily in York, North Yorkshire, with his partner Liz, three children, two rabbits, one tortoise and a bunch of fish. Dust has also been published in German as 'El Greco Und Ich' in both hardback and as an audiobook. Also published in complex Chinese in Taiwan as 'Dust'.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.markthompsonwrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkTwrites
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"Early in life, my grandfather told me that only three things were certain: birth, death and time. And time only ticked one way; it went forward and never back. It came to be a recurring wish with me, the desire to turn back the clock, to undo what I had done. Always wishing for the impossible, my feet stuck firm in the molasses of the present, unable to shrug off decisions I had made and their unforeseen or disregarded consequences."
J.J. Walsh and Tony 'El Greco' Papadakis are inseparable. Smoking Kents out on an abandoned cannery dock, and watching gulls sway on rusting buoys in the sea, they dream of adventure...a time when they can act as adults. The day they'll see the mighty Pacific Ocean.
Set in small-town New Jersey in the 1960s, against the backdrop of the Vietnam war, Dust follows the boys through the dry heat of a formative summer. They face religious piety and its murderous consequences, alcohol, girls, sex, loss, tragedy and ultimately the tiny things that combine to make life what it is for the two friends - a great adventure.
But it's a road trip through the heart of southern America with J.J.'s father that truly reveals a darker side to life - the two halves of a divided nation, where wealth, poverty and racial bigotry collide. This beautifully written debut novel would not be out of place alongside the work of Steinbeck and Philipp Meyer's American Rust.
At turns funny, and at others heart-achingly sad, their story unfolds around the honest and frequently irreverent observations of two young people trying to grow up fast in a world that is at times confusing, and at others seen with a clarity only the young may possess.
The Author:
Raised in Stockton-on-Tees, England, the author spent many years living in London before moving to Andalucia in southern Spain. He has travelled extensively throughout the United States over many years, harvesting material for writing both literature and songs. He plays guitar in a rock band, and lives happily in York, North Yorkshire, with his partner Liz, three children, two rabbits, one tortoise and a bunch of fish. Dust has also been published in German as 'El Greco Und Ich' in both hardback and as an audiobook. Also published in complex Chinese in Taiwan as 'Dust'.
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Title: Body on the Island
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://victoriadowd.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/victoria_dowd
The Book;
Ursula Smart (not her real name), realising therapy alone cannot teach her how to survive this life, is determined to make some changes. She signs herself up for a survival course — along with her mother, aunts Charlotte and Mirabelle and Bridget.
But the promised gentle weekend of foraging and camping in the Outer Hebrides swiftly turns into a desperate battle for survival.
Their boat capsizes. Washed up on an uninhabited island, the Smart women face starvation, freezing conditions and — worse — no Wi-Fi.
Then the murders begin.
Someone is killing off them one by one. Will the Smarts escape or will they be next?
A DARKLY COMIC GOLDEN AGE MURDER MYSTERY
Victoria Dowd’s brilliant whodunnit is perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and Stuart Turton.
The Author:
After graduating from Cambridge, Victoria was a criminal law barrister on the London circuit for many years, where many of her cases were much stranger than fiction. Victoria is now an award-winning writer. She lives with her husband and two children, splitting her time between London and Devon, where she indulges her passion for all things Agatha Christie.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://victoriadowd.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/victoria_dowd
The Book;
Ursula Smart (not her real name), realising therapy alone cannot teach her how to survive this life, is determined to make some changes. She signs herself up for a survival course — along with her mother, aunts Charlotte and Mirabelle and Bridget.
But the promised gentle weekend of foraging and camping in the Outer Hebrides swiftly turns into a desperate battle for survival.
Their boat capsizes. Washed up on an uninhabited island, the Smart women face starvation, freezing conditions and — worse — no Wi-Fi.
Then the murders begin.
Someone is killing off them one by one. Will the Smarts escape or will they be next?
A DARKLY COMIC GOLDEN AGE MURDER MYSTERY
Victoria Dowd’s brilliant whodunnit is perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Faith Martin and Stuart Turton.
The Author:
After graduating from Cambridge, Victoria was a criminal law barrister on the London circuit for many years, where many of her cases were much stranger than fiction. Victoria is now an award-winning writer. She lives with her husband and two children, splitting her time between London and Devon, where she indulges her passion for all things Agatha Christie.
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Nine Yorkshire Novelists
Nine Yorkshire Novelists
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Title: Midsummer Magic at Miss Moonshine’s Emporium
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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+++ This book is signed by all nine authors +++
Website: https://helenafairfax.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenaFairfax
The Book;
Are you ready to meet Miss Moonshine? Life may never be the same again…
It’s summer in Haven Bridge and Miss Moonshine is getting ready for a busy season. From the window of her Wonderful Emporium, at the heart of the pretty Yorkshire town, she watches and waits, weaving plans to bring happiness to all who step through her door. For Miss Moonshine is no ordinary shopkeeper. She may not have what you want, but she will always have what you need…
Nine romantic novelists from Yorkshire and Lancashire, including best-selling and award-winning authors, have joined together to create this anthology of uplifting stories guaranteed to warm your heart. This magical collection of contemporary romances will make you laugh, cry and wish for a Miss Moonshine in your own life.
'A wonderful collection of short stories... Hugely enjoyable, mixing the romantic with the mystical, the historical with the present day - all centred on the mysterious Emporium manned by the wonderful character of Miss Moonshine in the evocative Yorkshire town of Haven Bridge' Annika, Amazon Vine voice
Author 1: Jacqui Cooper:
Jacqui Cooper is Australia’s most successful aerial skier. In a career spanning two decades, she became the first woman in Olympic history, summer or winter, to represent Australia at five Olympic Games. Jacqui won five world titles, 39 World Cup medals, 24 World Cup wins and three major World Championship medals, and is now a motivational speaker and the mother of three small children. She has also just launched a gluten-free range of frozen dough products, Food for Me
Author 2: Sophie Claire:
Sophie Claire writes emotional stories set in England and in sunny Provence, where she spent her summers as a child.
She has a French mother and a Scottish father, but was born in Africa and grew up in Manchester, England, where she still lives with her husband and two sons.
Previously, she worked in marketing and proofreading academic papers, but writing is what she always considered her ‘real job’ and now she’s delighted to spend her days dreaming up heartwarming contemporary romance stories set in beautiful places.
Author 3: Marie Raval:
Originally from Lyon in France, Marie studied History and Law at university there before moving to Lancashire in England where she worked in a variety of jobs, from PA in a busy university department to teacher of French in schools and colleges. Writing, however, was always her passion, and she spends her free time making up stories. She writes contemporary and historical romance.
Author 4: Angela Wren:
I’m an actor and director at a small theatre a few miles from where I live in the county of Yorkshire in the UK. I did work as a project and business change manager – very pressured and very demanding – but I managed to escape and now I write books.
I particularly enjoy the challenge of plotting and planning different genres of work. My short stories vary between contemporary romance, memoir, mystery and historical. I also write comic flash-fiction and have drafted two one-act plays that have been recorded for local radio.
My full-length stories are set in France where I like to spend as much time as possible each year. I’m currently researching and working on the follow-up to Merle.
Author 5: Kate Field:
Kate Field lives in Lancashire, England, with her husband, daughter and cat. Her debut novel, The Magic of Ramblings, won the Romantic Novelists' Association Joan Hessayon Award for new writers.
Author 6: Mary Jane Baker:
Mary Jayne Baker grew up in rural West Yorkshire, right in the heart of Brontë country... and she's still there. After graduating from Durham University with a degree in English Literature, she dallied with living in cities including London, Nottingham and Cambridge, but eventually came back with her own romantic hero in tow to her beloved Dales, where she first started telling stories about heroines with flaws and the men who love them.
Mary Jayne also writes uplifting, feelgood romances under the pen name Lisa Swift.
Author 7: Helen Pollard
As a child, Helen had a vivid imagination fuelled by her love of reading, so she started to create her own stories in a notebook.
Now a bestselling author of contemporary romance, she believes that good characterisation is the key to a successful book and loves infusing her writing with humour and heart.
Helen is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and The Society of Authors.
Author 8: Melinda Hammond
I write under the names of Melinda Hammond and Sarah Mallory.
I have been telling stories for as long as I can remember - many of them born of frustration when I was stuck in a classroom longing to be rescued! I love anything romantic, whether it is a grand opera or a beautiful painting. It doesn't necessarily have to be happy, as long as it is inspiring.
For many years I lived in an old farmhouse on the edge of the Pennines in West Yorkshire, literally a stone's throw from open moorland. Now I live by the sea in the wild Highlands of Scotland. I love walking to think up my latest plot, or just to clear my head ready for another session of writing.
Author 9: Helena Fairfax:
Helena Fairfax is a British author who was born in Uganda and came to England as a child. She's grown used to the cold now, and these days she lives in an old Victorian mill town in the north of England, right next door to the windswept Yorkshire moors and the home of the Bronte sisters. She walks this romantic landscape every day with her rescue dog, finding it the perfect place to dream up her heroes and her happy endings.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
+++ This book is signed by all nine authors +++
Website: https://helenafairfax.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenaFairfax
The Book;
Are you ready to meet Miss Moonshine? Life may never be the same again…
It’s summer in Haven Bridge and Miss Moonshine is getting ready for a busy season. From the window of her Wonderful Emporium, at the heart of the pretty Yorkshire town, she watches and waits, weaving plans to bring happiness to all who step through her door. For Miss Moonshine is no ordinary shopkeeper. She may not have what you want, but she will always have what you need…
Nine romantic novelists from Yorkshire and Lancashire, including best-selling and award-winning authors, have joined together to create this anthology of uplifting stories guaranteed to warm your heart. This magical collection of contemporary romances will make you laugh, cry and wish for a Miss Moonshine in your own life.
'A wonderful collection of short stories... Hugely enjoyable, mixing the romantic with the mystical, the historical with the present day - all centred on the mysterious Emporium manned by the wonderful character of Miss Moonshine in the evocative Yorkshire town of Haven Bridge' Annika, Amazon Vine voice
Author 1: Jacqui Cooper:
Jacqui Cooper is Australia’s most successful aerial skier. In a career spanning two decades, she became the first woman in Olympic history, summer or winter, to represent Australia at five Olympic Games. Jacqui won five world titles, 39 World Cup medals, 24 World Cup wins and three major World Championship medals, and is now a motivational speaker and the mother of three small children. She has also just launched a gluten-free range of frozen dough products, Food for Me
Author 2: Sophie Claire:
Sophie Claire writes emotional stories set in England and in sunny Provence, where she spent her summers as a child.
She has a French mother and a Scottish father, but was born in Africa and grew up in Manchester, England, where she still lives with her husband and two sons.
Previously, she worked in marketing and proofreading academic papers, but writing is what she always considered her ‘real job’ and now she’s delighted to spend her days dreaming up heartwarming contemporary romance stories set in beautiful places.
Author 3: Marie Raval:
Originally from Lyon in France, Marie studied History and Law at university there before moving to Lancashire in England where she worked in a variety of jobs, from PA in a busy university department to teacher of French in schools and colleges. Writing, however, was always her passion, and she spends her free time making up stories. She writes contemporary and historical romance.
Author 4: Angela Wren:
I’m an actor and director at a small theatre a few miles from where I live in the county of Yorkshire in the UK. I did work as a project and business change manager – very pressured and very demanding – but I managed to escape and now I write books.
I particularly enjoy the challenge of plotting and planning different genres of work. My short stories vary between contemporary romance, memoir, mystery and historical. I also write comic flash-fiction and have drafted two one-act plays that have been recorded for local radio.
My full-length stories are set in France where I like to spend as much time as possible each year. I’m currently researching and working on the follow-up to Merle.
Author 5: Kate Field:
Kate Field lives in Lancashire, England, with her husband, daughter and cat. Her debut novel, The Magic of Ramblings, won the Romantic Novelists' Association Joan Hessayon Award for new writers.
Author 6: Mary Jane Baker:
Mary Jayne Baker grew up in rural West Yorkshire, right in the heart of Brontë country... and she's still there. After graduating from Durham University with a degree in English Literature, she dallied with living in cities including London, Nottingham and Cambridge, but eventually came back with her own romantic hero in tow to her beloved Dales, where she first started telling stories about heroines with flaws and the men who love them.
Mary Jayne also writes uplifting, feelgood romances under the pen name Lisa Swift.
Author 7: Helen Pollard
As a child, Helen had a vivid imagination fuelled by her love of reading, so she started to create her own stories in a notebook.
Now a bestselling author of contemporary romance, she believes that good characterisation is the key to a successful book and loves infusing her writing with humour and heart.
Helen is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and The Society of Authors.
Author 8: Melinda Hammond
I write under the names of Melinda Hammond and Sarah Mallory.
I have been telling stories for as long as I can remember - many of them born of frustration when I was stuck in a classroom longing to be rescued! I love anything romantic, whether it is a grand opera or a beautiful painting. It doesn't necessarily have to be happy, as long as it is inspiring.
For many years I lived in an old farmhouse on the edge of the Pennines in West Yorkshire, literally a stone's throw from open moorland. Now I live by the sea in the wild Highlands of Scotland. I love walking to think up my latest plot, or just to clear my head ready for another session of writing.
Author 9: Helena Fairfax:
Helena Fairfax is a British author who was born in Uganda and came to England as a child. She's grown used to the cold now, and these days she lives in an old Victorian mill town in the north of England, right next door to the windswept Yorkshire moors and the home of the Bronte sisters. She walks this romantic landscape every day with her rescue dog, finding it the perfect place to dream up her heroes and her happy endings.
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Helen Barrell
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Title: Poison Panic
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7W1ptVcpg4
Website:https://helenbarrell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helenbarrell
The Book;
For a few years in the 1840s, Essex was notorious in the minds of Victorians as a place where women stalked the winding country lanes looking for their next victim to poison with arsenic. It s a terrible image and also one that doesn t seem to have much basis in truth but this was a time of great anxiety. The 1840s were also known as the hungry 40s, when crop failures pushed up food prices and there was popular unrest across Europe. The decade culminated in a cholera epidemic in which tens of thousands of people in the British Isles died. It is perhaps no surprise that people living through that troubled decade were captivated by the stories of the poisoners: that death was down to white powder and the evil intentions of the human heart. Sarah Chesham, Mary May and Hannah Southgate are the protagonists of this tale of how rural Essex, in a country saturated with arsenic, was touched by the tumultuous 1840s."
The Author:
Helen Barrell has appeared on BBC1's Murder, Mystery and My Family and Radio 4’s Punt PI.
Fatal Evidence, her biography of Victorian forensic scientist Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor, was published in 2017 and was one of the Guardian's Best Summer Books 2018.
Poison Panic, the true story of women accused of a string of arsenic murders in the 1840s, was published in 2016.
She has written for magazines such as Fortean Times and Family Tree, and has blogged for Findmypast. She has given talks at Highgate Cemetery and Who Do You Think You Are? Live, and also at literature festivals and for local and family history groups.
Genre: Crime
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7W1ptVcpg4
Website:https://helenbarrell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helenbarrell
The Book;
For a few years in the 1840s, Essex was notorious in the minds of Victorians as a place where women stalked the winding country lanes looking for their next victim to poison with arsenic. It s a terrible image and also one that doesn t seem to have much basis in truth but this was a time of great anxiety. The 1840s were also known as the hungry 40s, when crop failures pushed up food prices and there was popular unrest across Europe. The decade culminated in a cholera epidemic in which tens of thousands of people in the British Isles died. It is perhaps no surprise that people living through that troubled decade were captivated by the stories of the poisoners: that death was down to white powder and the evil intentions of the human heart. Sarah Chesham, Mary May and Hannah Southgate are the protagonists of this tale of how rural Essex, in a country saturated with arsenic, was touched by the tumultuous 1840s."
The Author:
Helen Barrell has appeared on BBC1's Murder, Mystery and My Family and Radio 4’s Punt PI.
Fatal Evidence, her biography of Victorian forensic scientist Professor Alfred Swaine Taylor, was published in 2017 and was one of the Guardian's Best Summer Books 2018.
Poison Panic, the true story of women accused of a string of arsenic murders in the 1840s, was published in 2016.
She has written for magazines such as Fortean Times and Family Tree, and has blogged for Findmypast. She has given talks at Highgate Cemetery and Who Do You Think You Are? Live, and also at literature festivals and for local and family history groups.
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Michelle Cook
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Title: The Tipping Point
Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/CookieM72
The Book:
Essie Glass might have been a typical eighteen-year-old – had life not dealt her an early blow.
Struggling to come to terms with the loss of her family in a terrorist attack, and left with nothing, Essie’s not kidding herself about her world. She wants change, and she’ll be honest about it, whatever the cost. From behind her keyboard, that is…
After all, this is England, 2035. Earth’s climate continues its accelerating collapse. A powerful elite controls the disaster-weary population with propaganda, intimidation, and constant surveillance.
By all appearances, Alex Langford is a respected local businessman – until Essie discovers that he’s a murderous conspirator who’d see the planet die for his fortune.
When their paths collide, Essie must decide: how much is she really willing to pay for her honesty?
Her choices, and the events she sets in motion, pit her against both enemies and supposed friends as she risks more than just her life to thwart them.
Will she succeed in revealing the truth? And will she survive?
The Author:
Michelle lives in Worcestershire, UK, with her husband Daniel, their two young children, and a cat called Lyra Belacqua. By day, she works for the NHS, a job which she has almost as much passion for as fiction.
Her first joyful steps into creative writing were at the age of ten, when the teacher read out her short story in class. A slapstick tale of two talking kangaroos breaking out of a zoo, the work was sadly lost to history. Still, Michelle never forgot the buzz of others enjoying her words.
More recently, she has had several flash pieces published, was long-listed for the Cambridge 2020 prize for flash fiction, and placed first in the February 2020 Writers’ Forum competition with her short story The Truth About Cherry House. Tipping Point is her debut novel.
Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CookieM72
The Book:
Essie Glass might have been a typical eighteen-year-old – had life not dealt her an early blow.
Struggling to come to terms with the loss of her family in a terrorist attack, and left with nothing, Essie’s not kidding herself about her world. She wants change, and she’ll be honest about it, whatever the cost. From behind her keyboard, that is…
After all, this is England, 2035. Earth’s climate continues its accelerating collapse. A powerful elite controls the disaster-weary population with propaganda, intimidation, and constant surveillance.
By all appearances, Alex Langford is a respected local businessman – until Essie discovers that he’s a murderous conspirator who’d see the planet die for his fortune.
When their paths collide, Essie must decide: how much is she really willing to pay for her honesty?
Her choices, and the events she sets in motion, pit her against both enemies and supposed friends as she risks more than just her life to thwart them.
Will she succeed in revealing the truth? And will she survive?
The Author:
Michelle lives in Worcestershire, UK, with her husband Daniel, their two young children, and a cat called Lyra Belacqua. By day, she works for the NHS, a job which she has almost as much passion for as fiction.
Her first joyful steps into creative writing were at the age of ten, when the teacher read out her short story in class. A slapstick tale of two talking kangaroos breaking out of a zoo, the work was sadly lost to history. Still, Michelle never forgot the buzz of others enjoying her words.
More recently, she has had several flash pieces published, was long-listed for the Cambridge 2020 prize for flash fiction, and placed first in the February 2020 Writers’ Forum competition with her short story The Truth About Cherry House. Tipping Point is her debut novel.
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Title: Two Women in Rome
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Lizy is Kindly donating an audio copy of Two Women in Rome to go along with her Hardback book *
Website: https://elizabethbuchan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethbuchan
The Book;
In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever…
Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to begin her new job as an archivist. When she discovers a valuable fifteenth-century painting, she is drawn to find out more about the woman who left it behind, Nina Lawrence.
Nina seems to have led a rewarding and useful life, restoring Italian gardens to their full glory following the destruction of World War Two. So why did no one attend her funeral in 1978?
In exploring Nina’s past, Lottie unravels a tragic love story beset by the political turmoil of post-war Italy. And as she edges closer to understanding Nina, she begins to confront the losses in her own life.
The Author:
lizabeth spent her childhood moving home every three years – including living for brief periods in Egypt and Nigeria before moving to Guildford, York and Edinburgh.
After graduating from the University of Kent at Canterbury with a double honours degree in English and History, she began her career as a blurb writer at Penguin Books. This was a job which required the hide of a rhinoceros, a nimble mind and the – occasional – box of tissues. People tend to shout at blurb writers but they are resourceful creatures which she and the team proved by continuing to produce a stream of copy for back jackets through thick and thin. Looking back, it was a golden era. Not many people are paid to spend their time reading through the treasury which is Penguin Books and there was no better education. Later, after having married and producing two children, she moved on to become a fiction editor at Random House before leaving to write full time which was something she had always planned to do since childhood – when she was frequently caught reading under the bedclothes with a torch after being put to bed which gave both books and reading a deliciously subversive tinge.
It was not an easy decision to take the gamble but she has never regretted it. As a writer, she has travelled all over the world and one of the many pleasures of the book tour has been to meet readers of all ages and to share with them a mutual passion for books and reading. She is in touch on line with many of them.
Elizabeth Buchan’s short stories are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in magazines. She has reviewed for The Times, the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and, currently, for the Daily Mail. She has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliott literary prizes, and twice been a judge for the Whitbread (now Costa) awards. She is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival, a co-founder of the Clapham Book Festival and a past Chairman of the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Lizy is Kindly donating an audio copy of Two Women in Rome to go along with her Hardback book *
Website: https://elizabethbuchan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabethbuchan
The Book;
In the Eternal City, no secret stays hidden forever…
Lottie Archer arrives in Rome excited to begin her new job as an archivist. When she discovers a valuable fifteenth-century painting, she is drawn to find out more about the woman who left it behind, Nina Lawrence.
Nina seems to have led a rewarding and useful life, restoring Italian gardens to their full glory following the destruction of World War Two. So why did no one attend her funeral in 1978?
In exploring Nina’s past, Lottie unravels a tragic love story beset by the political turmoil of post-war Italy. And as she edges closer to understanding Nina, she begins to confront the losses in her own life.
The Author:
lizabeth spent her childhood moving home every three years – including living for brief periods in Egypt and Nigeria before moving to Guildford, York and Edinburgh.
After graduating from the University of Kent at Canterbury with a double honours degree in English and History, she began her career as a blurb writer at Penguin Books. This was a job which required the hide of a rhinoceros, a nimble mind and the – occasional – box of tissues. People tend to shout at blurb writers but they are resourceful creatures which she and the team proved by continuing to produce a stream of copy for back jackets through thick and thin. Looking back, it was a golden era. Not many people are paid to spend their time reading through the treasury which is Penguin Books and there was no better education. Later, after having married and producing two children, she moved on to become a fiction editor at Random House before leaving to write full time which was something she had always planned to do since childhood – when she was frequently caught reading under the bedclothes with a torch after being put to bed which gave both books and reading a deliciously subversive tinge.
It was not an easy decision to take the gamble but she has never regretted it. As a writer, she has travelled all over the world and one of the many pleasures of the book tour has been to meet readers of all ages and to share with them a mutual passion for books and reading. She is in touch on line with many of them.
Elizabeth Buchan’s short stories are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in magazines. She has reviewed for The Times, the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and, currently, for the Daily Mail. She has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliott literary prizes, and twice been a judge for the Whitbread (now Costa) awards. She is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival, a co-founder of the Clapham Book Festival and a past Chairman of the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
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Paula Daly
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Two Books
Title 1: Deep Water : Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
Genre: Crime Thriller - Tv & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Deep Water : The Mistake I Made
Genre: Crime Thriller - Tv & Film
Format: Paperback
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Paula discusses her books and the TV series:
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The Book 1; Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
A searing and sinister thriller for readers who liked Gone Girl.
What if your best friend's child disappears? And it was all your fault.
A searing and sinister thriller for readers who liked Gone Girl.What if your best friend's child disappears? And it was all your fault. This is exactly what happens to Lisa Kallisto, overwhelmed working mother of three, one freezing December in the English Lake District. She takes her eye off the ball for just a moment and her whole world descends into the stuff of nightmares. Because, not only is thirteen-year-old Lucinda missing, and not only is it all Lisa's fault, but she's the second teenage girl to disappear within this small tightknit community over two weeks. The first girl turned up stripped bare, dumped on a busy high street, after suffering from a terrifying ordeal.
Wracked with guilt over her mistake and after being publicly blamed by Lucinda's family, Lisa sets out to right the wrong. But as she begins peeling away the layers surrounding Lucinda's disappearance, Lisa learns that the small, posh, quiet town she lives in isn't what she thought it was, and her friends may not be who they appear, either.
The Book 2: The Mistake I Made
No family is perfect.
A husband, three children and a full-time job, so many plates to keep spinning.
No wonder you forgot you were supposed to be looking after your friend's daughter.
But no one has seen her since yesterday.
And she's not the first to go missing from your small town.
The Author:
Paula Daly is the acclaimed author of six novels. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Crime Novel of the Year award, and her books have been developed for the ITV television series, DEEP WATER, starring Anna Friel. She was born in Lancashire and lives in the Lake District with her family.
Title 1: Deep Water : Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
Genre: Crime Thriller - Tv & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Deep Water : The Mistake I Made
Genre: Crime Thriller - Tv & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Paula discusses her books and the TV series:
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The Book 1; Just What Kind of Mother Are You?
A searing and sinister thriller for readers who liked Gone Girl.
What if your best friend's child disappears? And it was all your fault.
A searing and sinister thriller for readers who liked Gone Girl.What if your best friend's child disappears? And it was all your fault. This is exactly what happens to Lisa Kallisto, overwhelmed working mother of three, one freezing December in the English Lake District. She takes her eye off the ball for just a moment and her whole world descends into the stuff of nightmares. Because, not only is thirteen-year-old Lucinda missing, and not only is it all Lisa's fault, but she's the second teenage girl to disappear within this small tightknit community over two weeks. The first girl turned up stripped bare, dumped on a busy high street, after suffering from a terrifying ordeal.
Wracked with guilt over her mistake and after being publicly blamed by Lucinda's family, Lisa sets out to right the wrong. But as she begins peeling away the layers surrounding Lucinda's disappearance, Lisa learns that the small, posh, quiet town she lives in isn't what she thought it was, and her friends may not be who they appear, either.
The Book 2: The Mistake I Made
No family is perfect.
A husband, three children and a full-time job, so many plates to keep spinning.
No wonder you forgot you were supposed to be looking after your friend's daughter.
But no one has seen her since yesterday.
And she's not the first to go missing from your small town.
The Author:
Paula Daly is the acclaimed author of six novels. She has been shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Crime Novel of the Year award, and her books have been developed for the ITV television series, DEEP WATER, starring Anna Friel. She was born in Lancashire and lives in the Lake District with her family.
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Lucy Strange
Lucy Strange
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Title: Sisters of the Lost Marsh
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Contemporary Thriller Mystery
Format: Paperback (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.lucystrange.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theLucyStrange
The Book;
Life is hard for Willa, Grace and Freya, and their three younger sisters. Six motherless girls working a farm, living in fear of their cruel father and the superstition that obsesses him - The Curse of Six Daughters.
With the arrival of the mysterious Full Moon Fayre, there's a chance for the eldest girls to steal a moment's fun, but the day the fayre moves on, Grace vanishes.
Willa goes after her, following a trail that leads into the dangerous Lost Marsh, where it is said a will-o'-the-wisp lures lost souls into the dark waters of the mire. If Willa is to survive and reunite her family, she will need to unravel the secrets her father has kept hidden, and face her own deepest fears ...
The Author:
Lucy Strange worked as an actor, singer and storyteller before becoming a secondary school English teacher. She now lives and writes in the heart of the Kent countryside with her partner James, their baby boy and a tortoiseshell cat known as Moo.
Our Castle by the Sea is Lucy’s second novel for children, following her critically acclaimed debut, The Secret of Nightingale Wood.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Contemporary Thriller Mystery
Format: Paperback (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.lucystrange.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theLucyStrange
The Book;
Life is hard for Willa, Grace and Freya, and their three younger sisters. Six motherless girls working a farm, living in fear of their cruel father and the superstition that obsesses him - The Curse of Six Daughters.
With the arrival of the mysterious Full Moon Fayre, there's a chance for the eldest girls to steal a moment's fun, but the day the fayre moves on, Grace vanishes.
Willa goes after her, following a trail that leads into the dangerous Lost Marsh, where it is said a will-o'-the-wisp lures lost souls into the dark waters of the mire. If Willa is to survive and reunite her family, she will need to unravel the secrets her father has kept hidden, and face her own deepest fears ...
The Author:
Lucy Strange worked as an actor, singer and storyteller before becoming a secondary school English teacher. She now lives and writes in the heart of the Kent countryside with her partner James, their baby boy and a tortoiseshell cat known as Moo.
Our Castle by the Sea is Lucy’s second novel for children, following her critically acclaimed debut, The Secret of Nightingale Wood.
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Jo Jakeman
Jo Jakeman
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Two Books
Title 1: Sticks and Stones
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Safe House
Genre: Thriller
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Website: https://www.jojakeman.com
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Book 1; Sticks and Stones
How far would you go for revenge on your ex?
Imogen’s husband is a bad man. His ex-wife and his new mistress might have different perspectives but Imogen thinks she knows the truth. And now he’s given her an ultimatum: get out of the family home in the next fortnight or I’ll fight you for custody of our son.
In a moment of madness, Imogen does something unthinkable. Something that puts her in control. But how far will she go to protect her son and punish her husband? And what will happen when his ex and his girlfriend get tangled up in her plans?
Sticks and Stones is a deliciously twisting psychological thriller from an exciting new voice.
Book 2: Safe House
She’s paid the price for giving her ex a false alibi, and now she’s moved to a seaside village to escape her past–but more than her lie follows her there in this chilling and twisty psychological thriller from the author of the acclaimed The Exes’ Revenge.
One day, a woman turns up in a remote coastal village. She’s bought a crumbling, long-vacant cottage and calls herself Charlie Miller. Charlie keeps to herself, reluctant to integrate with the locals. If they ever find out who she really is, and what she’s done, she’ll lose what little she has left.
Charlie served two years in prison for providing a false alibi for a murderer. It was the mistake of a woman in love, a woman who couldn’t believe her boyfriend was guilty–or lying to her. All she desperately wants now is a fresh start.
As Charlie slowly lets down her guard and becomes friendly with her neighbors, she can’t shake the feeling that someone is watching her, someone who knows what she did. When one of her new friends suddenly disappears, Charlie’s worst fears are confirmed. She must confront her past head-on, but as she knows all too well, everything is far more dangerous than how it appears.
The Author:
Jo was the winner of the Friday Night Live 2016 competition at the York Festival of Writing. Born in Cyprus, she worked for many years in the City of London before moving to Cornwall with her husband and twin boys.
Title 1: Sticks and Stones
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Safe House
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.jojakeman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoJakemanWrites
Book 1; Sticks and Stones
How far would you go for revenge on your ex?
Imogen’s husband is a bad man. His ex-wife and his new mistress might have different perspectives but Imogen thinks she knows the truth. And now he’s given her an ultimatum: get out of the family home in the next fortnight or I’ll fight you for custody of our son.
In a moment of madness, Imogen does something unthinkable. Something that puts her in control. But how far will she go to protect her son and punish her husband? And what will happen when his ex and his girlfriend get tangled up in her plans?
Sticks and Stones is a deliciously twisting psychological thriller from an exciting new voice.
Book 2: Safe House
She’s paid the price for giving her ex a false alibi, and now she’s moved to a seaside village to escape her past–but more than her lie follows her there in this chilling and twisty psychological thriller from the author of the acclaimed The Exes’ Revenge.
One day, a woman turns up in a remote coastal village. She’s bought a crumbling, long-vacant cottage and calls herself Charlie Miller. Charlie keeps to herself, reluctant to integrate with the locals. If they ever find out who she really is, and what she’s done, she’ll lose what little she has left.
Charlie served two years in prison for providing a false alibi for a murderer. It was the mistake of a woman in love, a woman who couldn’t believe her boyfriend was guilty–or lying to her. All she desperately wants now is a fresh start.
As Charlie slowly lets down her guard and becomes friendly with her neighbors, she can’t shake the feeling that someone is watching her, someone who knows what she did. When one of her new friends suddenly disappears, Charlie’s worst fears are confirmed. She must confront her past head-on, but as she knows all too well, everything is far more dangerous than how it appears.
The Author:
Jo was the winner of the Friday Night Live 2016 competition at the York Festival of Writing. Born in Cyprus, she worked for many years in the City of London before moving to Cornwall with her husband and twin boys.
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Phil Hickes
Phil Hickes
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Title: The Haunting of Aveline Jones
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/phil-hickes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hickesy
The Book;
Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it once belonged to Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never to be seen again. Intrigued, Aveline decides to investigate Primrose's disappearance.
Now someone... or something, is stirring. And it is looking for Aveline.
Turn on your torches, and join Aveline Jones in her first charmingly spooky mystery, from debut author Phil Hickes.
The Author:
I live in Portland, Oregon, though I hail from the UK. Growing up in a house overlooking a graveyard, on the edge of the bleak and foreboding Pennine Hills, seems to have instilled in me an obsession with all things dark and spooky. Debut middle grade novel, The Haunting of Aveline Jones, published by Usborne Books, September 2020.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/phil-hickes
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hickesy
The Book;
Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when she discovers a spooky old book. Not only are the stories spine-tingling, but it once belonged to Primrose Penberthy, who vanished mysteriously, never to be seen again. Intrigued, Aveline decides to investigate Primrose's disappearance.
Now someone... or something, is stirring. And it is looking for Aveline.
Turn on your torches, and join Aveline Jones in her first charmingly spooky mystery, from debut author Phil Hickes.
The Author:
I live in Portland, Oregon, though I hail from the UK. Growing up in a house overlooking a graveyard, on the edge of the bleak and foreboding Pennine Hills, seems to have instilled in me an obsession with all things dark and spooky. Debut middle grade novel, The Haunting of Aveline Jones, published by Usborne Books, September 2020.
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Laura Kemp
Laura Kemp
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Title: Under a Starry Sky
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Laura discusses Under a Starry Sky with Cathy Bramley:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/laura-kemp
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Laurajanekemp
The Book;
One summer to change her life...
Wanda Williams has always dreamed of leaving her wellies behind her and travelling the world! Yet every time she comes close to following her heart, life always seems to get in the way.
So, when her mother ends up in hospital and her sister finds out she's pregnant with twins, Wanda knows that only she can save the crumbling campsite at the family farm.
Together with her friends in the village, she sets about sprucing up the site, mowing the fields, replanting the allotment and baking homemade goodies for the campers.
But when a long-lost face from her past turns up, Wanda's world is turned upside-down. And under a starry sky, anything can happen...
The Author:
Laura Kemp writes tender but hilarious romantic comedies which are unashamed love letters to the everywoman.
Her uplifting message - based on the notion that everything is research apart from the rude bits - is 'You Don't Know How Brilliant You Are!'.
A journalist who has written for The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Sun amongst others, she is married with a son in Cardiff, where she pretends to be a domestic revolutionary so she doesn't have to do the ironing. Runs to eat crisps and drink wine, adores her mates and loves her dog, Lego and sweary cross-stitch.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Laura discusses Under a Starry Sky with Cathy Bramley:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/laura-kemp
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Laurajanekemp
The Book;
One summer to change her life...
Wanda Williams has always dreamed of leaving her wellies behind her and travelling the world! Yet every time she comes close to following her heart, life always seems to get in the way.
So, when her mother ends up in hospital and her sister finds out she's pregnant with twins, Wanda knows that only she can save the crumbling campsite at the family farm.
Together with her friends in the village, she sets about sprucing up the site, mowing the fields, replanting the allotment and baking homemade goodies for the campers.
But when a long-lost face from her past turns up, Wanda's world is turned upside-down. And under a starry sky, anything can happen...
The Author:
Laura Kemp writes tender but hilarious romantic comedies which are unashamed love letters to the everywoman.
Her uplifting message - based on the notion that everything is research apart from the rude bits - is 'You Don't Know How Brilliant You Are!'.
A journalist who has written for The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Sun amongst others, she is married with a son in Cardiff, where she pretends to be a domestic revolutionary so she doesn't have to do the ironing. Runs to eat crisps and drink wine, adores her mates and loves her dog, Lego and sweary cross-stitch.
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Sim Alec Sansford
Sim Alec Sansford
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Title: Welcome to Denver Falls
Genre: mystery Thriller - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.simalecsansford.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simsansford
Plagued by strange dreams and questions about her past, Harper Andrews is leaving the comfort of her college campus behind to go in search of answers.
Answers she believes are hidden in the town of Denver Falls.
What will she find?
What will she lose?
And who is the mysterious shadow that haunts her dreams?
The Author:
Born and raised in the county town of Dorchester, Dorset, Sim began scribbling away stories on scraps of paper since before he can remember. He spent a lot of his childhood on adventures walking the dogs in the woodland surrounding Thomas Hardy's cottage with his family. Something about the cottage and 'the man what wrote stuff' who had lived there sparked a fire inside him, it was from there he began to focus on writing more seriously.
In 2012, Sim signed up to Open University to study Creative Writing alongside working full time. He isn't quite sure how he made it out alive, but he graduated with honours and began using the skills he had acquired to edit and redraft old work.
Genre: mystery Thriller - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.simalecsansford.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simsansford
Plagued by strange dreams and questions about her past, Harper Andrews is leaving the comfort of her college campus behind to go in search of answers.
Answers she believes are hidden in the town of Denver Falls.
What will she find?
What will she lose?
And who is the mysterious shadow that haunts her dreams?
The Author:
Born and raised in the county town of Dorchester, Dorset, Sim began scribbling away stories on scraps of paper since before he can remember. He spent a lot of his childhood on adventures walking the dogs in the woodland surrounding Thomas Hardy's cottage with his family. Something about the cottage and 'the man what wrote stuff' who had lived there sparked a fire inside him, it was from there he began to focus on writing more seriously.
In 2012, Sim signed up to Open University to study Creative Writing alongside working full time. He isn't quite sure how he made it out alive, but he graduated with honours and began using the skills he had acquired to edit and redraft old work.
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Louise Mullins
Louise Mullins
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Title: Love You Bad
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.louisemullinsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullinsAuthor
The Book;
Kerensa lives a life of privilege few could imagine. Loving husband. Luxury home. Financial security.
But in the attic of their sea view mansion is a secret waiting to be discovered, threatening to destroy their perfect marriage.
Then their daughter's au pair uncovers Dominic's carefully constructed illusion, one lie at a time, and it ends in murder.
But who's?
The Author:
Dubbed the Queen of Domestic Noir, Louise Mullins' titles often delve into the darker aspects of the human psyche where more often than not somebody a little close to home knows more than they're willing to admit. So far her novels involve the murky world of addiction, child abuse, serial killers, missing women, rape, kidnapping, murder, domestic violence, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and arms dealing.
Louise Mullins is a critically acclaimed, international best-selling author of psychological crime and procedural thrillers.
Louise Mullins writes full-time using the experience she gained in a prior life working in the field of forensic mental health and psychological therapy, working with offenders and survivors of serious crimes.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.louisemullinsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MullinsAuthor
The Book;
Kerensa lives a life of privilege few could imagine. Loving husband. Luxury home. Financial security.
But in the attic of their sea view mansion is a secret waiting to be discovered, threatening to destroy their perfect marriage.
Then their daughter's au pair uncovers Dominic's carefully constructed illusion, one lie at a time, and it ends in murder.
But who's?
The Author:
Dubbed the Queen of Domestic Noir, Louise Mullins' titles often delve into the darker aspects of the human psyche where more often than not somebody a little close to home knows more than they're willing to admit. So far her novels involve the murky world of addiction, child abuse, serial killers, missing women, rape, kidnapping, murder, domestic violence, drug smuggling, human trafficking, and arms dealing.
Louise Mullins is a critically acclaimed, international best-selling author of psychological crime and procedural thrillers.
Louise Mullins writes full-time using the experience she gained in a prior life working in the field of forensic mental health and psychological therapy, working with offenders and survivors of serious crimes.
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Barbara Erskine
Barbara Erskine
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Title: The Dream Weaver
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://www.barbara-erskine.co.uk
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The Book;
The new gripping historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay.
A nest of vipers, they called us. But that is not how it was.
Mercia, 775 AD. In the grand Saxon halls of Mercia, King Offa rules with ruthless ambition. Aggressive and relentlessly acquisitive, his three daughters are destined to marry advantageously in service of their country. Eadburh, the youngest, is neither the cleverest nor the most beautiful of the three. But, with her father’s ruthless spirit and the secret gifts passed down from her mother, she is determined to carve her own path in the world.
2021. Simon Armstrong has escaped to a secluded cottage on the English-Welsh borders, desperate to finish his book about Anglo-Saxon King Offa. But he soon finds himself disturbed by unsettling noises and visions. Calling in local expert Bea to identify the issue, Simon hopes to get back some peace – but soon Bea is as embroiled as he is, feeling increasingly connected to a ghostly presence that is growing ever-stronger in its desire for revenge.
And when Simon’s daughter disappears, centuries of secrets and resentment begin to tumble out…
An epic tale of deceit, revenge and exile from the queen of timeslip historical fiction.
Time is running out as the past and present collide…
The Author:
An historian by training, Barbara Erskine is the author of six bestselling novels that demonstrate her interest in both history and the supernatural, plus two collections of short stories. Her books have appeared in at least twenty different languages. She lives with her family in an ancient manor house near Colchester, and in a cottage near Hay-on-Wye.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.barbara-erskine.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Barbaraerskine
The Book;
The new gripping historical novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lady of Hay.
A nest of vipers, they called us. But that is not how it was.
Mercia, 775 AD. In the grand Saxon halls of Mercia, King Offa rules with ruthless ambition. Aggressive and relentlessly acquisitive, his three daughters are destined to marry advantageously in service of their country. Eadburh, the youngest, is neither the cleverest nor the most beautiful of the three. But, with her father’s ruthless spirit and the secret gifts passed down from her mother, she is determined to carve her own path in the world.
2021. Simon Armstrong has escaped to a secluded cottage on the English-Welsh borders, desperate to finish his book about Anglo-Saxon King Offa. But he soon finds himself disturbed by unsettling noises and visions. Calling in local expert Bea to identify the issue, Simon hopes to get back some peace – but soon Bea is as embroiled as he is, feeling increasingly connected to a ghostly presence that is growing ever-stronger in its desire for revenge.
And when Simon’s daughter disappears, centuries of secrets and resentment begin to tumble out…
An epic tale of deceit, revenge and exile from the queen of timeslip historical fiction.
Time is running out as the past and present collide…
The Author:
An historian by training, Barbara Erskine is the author of six bestselling novels that demonstrate her interest in both history and the supernatural, plus two collections of short stories. Her books have appeared in at least twenty different languages. She lives with her family in an ancient manor house near Colchester, and in a cottage near Hay-on-Wye.
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Charlotte Betts
Charlotte Betts
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Title: The Fading of the Light
Genre: Romance Saga
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.charlottebetts.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlotteBetts1
The Book;
1902. Spindrift House, Cornwall
Edith Fairchild, deserted by her feckless husband Benedict eight years before, has established the thriving Spindrift artists' community by the sea and found deep and lasting love with Pascal. They have accepted that they cannot marry, but when Benedict returns unexpectedly to Spindrift House, all Edith and Pascal's secret hopes and dreams of a joyous life together are overturned.
Benedict's arrival shatters the peaceful and creative atmosphere of the close-knit community. When Edith will not allow him back into her bed, the conflict escalates and he sets in motion a chain of tragic events that reverberate down the years and threatens the happiness of the community forever . . .
The Author:
Charlotte Betts discovered a passion for writing after her five children had grown up and left her in peace. Demanding careers in hotel design and property force her to be inventive in finding time to write but she has achieved seven novels in eight years. One of her short stories was published in Scribble and others short-listed by Writers’ News and Real Writers’. She has won first prize in five short story competitions and wrote a regular column on interior design for The Maidenhead Advertiser for two years. She is a member of WordWatchers http://www.wordwatchers.net/ and the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
Genre: Romance Saga
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.charlottebetts.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlotteBetts1
The Book;
1902. Spindrift House, Cornwall
Edith Fairchild, deserted by her feckless husband Benedict eight years before, has established the thriving Spindrift artists' community by the sea and found deep and lasting love with Pascal. They have accepted that they cannot marry, but when Benedict returns unexpectedly to Spindrift House, all Edith and Pascal's secret hopes and dreams of a joyous life together are overturned.
Benedict's arrival shatters the peaceful and creative atmosphere of the close-knit community. When Edith will not allow him back into her bed, the conflict escalates and he sets in motion a chain of tragic events that reverberate down the years and threatens the happiness of the community forever . . .
The Author:
Charlotte Betts discovered a passion for writing after her five children had grown up and left her in peace. Demanding careers in hotel design and property force her to be inventive in finding time to write but she has achieved seven novels in eight years. One of her short stories was published in Scribble and others short-listed by Writers’ News and Real Writers’. She has won first prize in five short story competitions and wrote a regular column on interior design for The Maidenhead Advertiser for two years. She is a member of WordWatchers http://www.wordwatchers.net/ and the Romantic Novelists’ Association.
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Emma Robinson
Emma Robinson
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Title: His First Wife's Secret
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.emmarobinsonwrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmarobinsonuk
The Book;
The tears began to flow. ‘I can’t do this on my own,’ Emily sobbed. ‘I don’t know how.’
When Emily’s husband dies in a terrible accident, she’s not the only wife he leaves behind.
Because, before their whirlwind romance and Emily’s discovery she was pregnant, Pete had been married to Caroline for more than twenty years. A devastating tragedy had torn them apart. But there was a part of Pete that had never fully left his first wife and a secret that would bind them together, forever.
Finding herself lonely, heartbroken, and forced to face life and motherhood alone – Emily is surprised that Caroline offers her support. But Emily knows she needs someone she can trust and rely on. Even if it’s the woman her husband loved before her.
A tentative friendship develops and their lives become entwined. Their bond grows ever stronger as Caroline steps in to help when Emily’s baby arrives unexpectedly early. But it’s not just Caroline hiding a secret. Both of the women who once loved Pete have things they can never admit, without risking a friendship that might be the only thing keeping them both afloat.
When grief begins to takes its toll on Emily, she feels sure that Caroline is the only person who can save her and baby Dylan… But should she trust the woman he loved before her – with her life… Or her child’s?
An utterly devastating, but ultimately uplifting, emotional women’s fiction novel about friendship, motherhood and loss. Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Susan Lewis and Jojo Moyes.
The Author:
Emma Robinson is the author of several women’s fiction novels, blogs about the funny side of parenting and has contributed to podcasts such as Funny Women. Whilst her early novels are humorous, her recent work focuses on emotional themes and these novels are both heart-breaking and life affirming. Emma enjoys writing stories which explore the power of family and friendship in the most challenging circumstances.
Emma currently lives in Essex with a husband, two children and a small black dog.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.emmarobinsonwrites.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmarobinsonuk
The Book;
The tears began to flow. ‘I can’t do this on my own,’ Emily sobbed. ‘I don’t know how.’
When Emily’s husband dies in a terrible accident, she’s not the only wife he leaves behind.
Because, before their whirlwind romance and Emily’s discovery she was pregnant, Pete had been married to Caroline for more than twenty years. A devastating tragedy had torn them apart. But there was a part of Pete that had never fully left his first wife and a secret that would bind them together, forever.
Finding herself lonely, heartbroken, and forced to face life and motherhood alone – Emily is surprised that Caroline offers her support. But Emily knows she needs someone she can trust and rely on. Even if it’s the woman her husband loved before her.
A tentative friendship develops and their lives become entwined. Their bond grows ever stronger as Caroline steps in to help when Emily’s baby arrives unexpectedly early. But it’s not just Caroline hiding a secret. Both of the women who once loved Pete have things they can never admit, without risking a friendship that might be the only thing keeping them both afloat.
When grief begins to takes its toll on Emily, she feels sure that Caroline is the only person who can save her and baby Dylan… But should she trust the woman he loved before her – with her life… Or her child’s?
An utterly devastating, but ultimately uplifting, emotional women’s fiction novel about friendship, motherhood and loss. Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, Susan Lewis and Jojo Moyes.
The Author:
Emma Robinson is the author of several women’s fiction novels, blogs about the funny side of parenting and has contributed to podcasts such as Funny Women. Whilst her early novels are humorous, her recent work focuses on emotional themes and these novels are both heart-breaking and life affirming. Emma enjoys writing stories which explore the power of family and friendship in the most challenging circumstances.
Emma currently lives in Essex with a husband, two children and a small black dog.
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Liz Fielding
Liz Fielding
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Three Books:
Title 1: Liz Fielding's Little Book of Writing Romance
Genre: Romance/ Writing
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Her Pregnancy Bombshell
Genre: Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Secret, a Safari, a Second Chance
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Genre: Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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* Along with her three books Liz will be including a torch pen as seen on opening icon picture *
Website: http://www.lizfielding.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizfielding
Book 1; Liz Fielding's Little Book of Writing Romance
Is it your ambition to write Bestselling Romance? Are you looking for a useful, no nonsense guide to writing sizzling, bestselling romantic fiction? Or are you a published author wanting to improve your writing skills?
No matter where you are in your writing journey, multi-award winning romance author Liz Fielding’s straight-forward, no jargon guide to writing Bestselling Romance shows you what it takes to get there. She does not confuse with the science of writing, but shows clearly, using examples, how to use the first line to grab your reader, how to write great dialogue, how to create characters that readers will care about.
Liz Fielding’s Little Book of Writing Romance is laid out in ten,easy-to-understand chapters covering all the main points on the craft of romance writing, including how to—
Grab the Reader on the First Page
Create Great Characters
Use Conflict
Write Deep Emotion
Use Sexual Tension
Write Crisp Dialogue
Use Viewpoint
Construct a Four-Dimensional World
Book 2; Her Pregnancy Bombshell
Expecting her boss's baby!
Pilot Miranda Marlowe is too sick to fly her plane, and she must face the truth: she's pregnant! She knows well enough that her boss, Cleve Finch, is still grieving for his late wife, so to think, she heads to her sister's new inheritance, Villa Rosa.
Despite the spiders and dust, the Mediterranean palazzo is as gorgeous as ever. Until Cleve turns up with a dramatic offer: a convenient marriage as soon as it can be arranged! It may be the sensible answer...but is it enough for Miranda?
Book 3; A Secret, a Safari, a Second Chance
A luxury escape…
A chance to reveal her baby bombshell!
In this Destination Brides story, a bid at a charity auction wins Eve Bliss a dream holiday on safari! As a penniless single mom, she’d be mad not to go, but she’s not expecting Kit Merchant to be there on business. She and Kit once shared a passionate moment. Now, together in beautiful Africa, how long can she keep her four-year-old secret… Kit has a daughter!
The Author:
Hi, I'm Liz Fielding, and I'm a best selling contemporary romance author with more than 15 million books in print and Katie Fforde wrote, when honouring me with the Romantic Novelists' Association's Outstanding Achievement Award in 2019 said - "Liz Fielding's books, with their warmth, humour and emotion, have charmed millions of readers. She is a true star of the romantic fiction genre..."
Reading is a big part of my life. I love witty, contemporary romances, not too much sex,, Women's fiction by the likes of Fiona Harper, Julie Cohen, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Jennifer Crusie and Barbara O'Neal. And I love crime fiction that isn't too gory, or focussed on clue hunting, but is big on character.
My best loved series at the moment is The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch.
Title 1: Liz Fielding's Little Book of Writing Romance
Genre: Romance/ Writing
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Her Pregnancy Bombshell
Genre: Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Secret, a Safari, a Second Chance
Genre:
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Genre: Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Along with her three books Liz will be including a torch pen as seen on opening icon picture *
Website: http://www.lizfielding.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizfielding
Book 1; Liz Fielding's Little Book of Writing Romance
Is it your ambition to write Bestselling Romance? Are you looking for a useful, no nonsense guide to writing sizzling, bestselling romantic fiction? Or are you a published author wanting to improve your writing skills?
No matter where you are in your writing journey, multi-award winning romance author Liz Fielding’s straight-forward, no jargon guide to writing Bestselling Romance shows you what it takes to get there. She does not confuse with the science of writing, but shows clearly, using examples, how to use the first line to grab your reader, how to write great dialogue, how to create characters that readers will care about.
Liz Fielding’s Little Book of Writing Romance is laid out in ten,easy-to-understand chapters covering all the main points on the craft of romance writing, including how to—
Grab the Reader on the First Page
Create Great Characters
Use Conflict
Write Deep Emotion
Use Sexual Tension
Write Crisp Dialogue
Use Viewpoint
Construct a Four-Dimensional World
Book 2; Her Pregnancy Bombshell
Expecting her boss's baby!
Pilot Miranda Marlowe is too sick to fly her plane, and she must face the truth: she's pregnant! She knows well enough that her boss, Cleve Finch, is still grieving for his late wife, so to think, she heads to her sister's new inheritance, Villa Rosa.
Despite the spiders and dust, the Mediterranean palazzo is as gorgeous as ever. Until Cleve turns up with a dramatic offer: a convenient marriage as soon as it can be arranged! It may be the sensible answer...but is it enough for Miranda?
Book 3; A Secret, a Safari, a Second Chance
A luxury escape…
A chance to reveal her baby bombshell!
In this Destination Brides story, a bid at a charity auction wins Eve Bliss a dream holiday on safari! As a penniless single mom, she’d be mad not to go, but she’s not expecting Kit Merchant to be there on business. She and Kit once shared a passionate moment. Now, together in beautiful Africa, how long can she keep her four-year-old secret… Kit has a daughter!
The Author:
Hi, I'm Liz Fielding, and I'm a best selling contemporary romance author with more than 15 million books in print and Katie Fforde wrote, when honouring me with the Romantic Novelists' Association's Outstanding Achievement Award in 2019 said - "Liz Fielding's books, with their warmth, humour and emotion, have charmed millions of readers. She is a true star of the romantic fiction genre..."
Reading is a big part of my life. I love witty, contemporary romances, not too much sex,, Women's fiction by the likes of Fiona Harper, Julie Cohen, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Jennifer Crusie and Barbara O'Neal. And I love crime fiction that isn't too gory, or focussed on clue hunting, but is big on character.
My best loved series at the moment is The Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch.
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Rachel Wells
Rachel Wells
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Three Books: The Alfie Series
Title 1: Alfie in the Snow
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Friend Called Alfie
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Alfie the Christmas Cat
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.faithbleasdale.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithBleasdale
Book 1: Alfie in the Snow
Alfie and his mischievous kitten George are back for more adventures – as the snow falls can Alfie and George save Christmas?
Edgar Road is very quiet in the lead up to Christmas when suddenly a new family moves in. Can they make their house a home in time for the festive season?
At the end of Edgar Road a man twitches his windows and refuses to be drawn into the community spirit. But is all he just looking for a bit of kindness?
As the snow starts to fall, Alfie and George have their work cut out for them to bring the street together in time for Christmas.
Book 2: A Friend Called Alfie
At Christmas time we all need a friend…
Alfie and his kitten, George, have always known that a human is for life and not just for Christmas. So when George learns that one of the residents of Edgar Road has been taken into hospital, he realises it’s up to him to provide some comfort at this difficult time of year.
The only problem is that they now have a little puppy in tow – Pickles the Pug, who is convinced he can be a cat if only he sticks with his new found friends.
As George tries to do everything he can to make the world – and its humans – happier, Alfie struggles to keep Pickles in check and out of trouble. Because even the best laid plans can be destroyed by a well-meaning – but mischievous – little puppy…
Book 3: Alfie the Christmas Cat
Christmas is around the corner, and Alfie and George can’t wait. This year, the residents of Edgar road have come together to put on a festive show and raise money for a local homeless shelter.
As December approaches, plans are in full swing: auditions are being held, props are being built, Alfie and George are rehearsing daily, and everyone is having a very merry time.
But then things start to go wrong. And when the residents arrive at the theatre one morning to discover their set has been trashed, it becomes clear someone is trying to sabotage their performance.
Alfie and George know it’s up to them to find the culprit and save the day. Because, after all, the show must go on…
The Author:
Rachel Wells is a mother, writer and cat lover who lives in North Devon with her son, Xavier and her cat Lady A. She grew up in Devon but lived in London for a number of years, working in Marketing and living in a tiny flat with an elderly rescued cat, who she called Albert.
After having a child she moved back home and is currently juggling writing full time and being a single mum.
She has always had cats as pets, ever since she was a young child, and she has always loved writing. Rachel is delighted to have been able to combine her two main passions,
Title 1: Alfie in the Snow
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Friend Called Alfie
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Alfie the Christmas Cat
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.faithbleasdale.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FaithBleasdale
Book 1: Alfie in the Snow
Alfie and his mischievous kitten George are back for more adventures – as the snow falls can Alfie and George save Christmas?
Edgar Road is very quiet in the lead up to Christmas when suddenly a new family moves in. Can they make their house a home in time for the festive season?
At the end of Edgar Road a man twitches his windows and refuses to be drawn into the community spirit. But is all he just looking for a bit of kindness?
As the snow starts to fall, Alfie and George have their work cut out for them to bring the street together in time for Christmas.
Book 2: A Friend Called Alfie
At Christmas time we all need a friend…
Alfie and his kitten, George, have always known that a human is for life and not just for Christmas. So when George learns that one of the residents of Edgar Road has been taken into hospital, he realises it’s up to him to provide some comfort at this difficult time of year.
The only problem is that they now have a little puppy in tow – Pickles the Pug, who is convinced he can be a cat if only he sticks with his new found friends.
As George tries to do everything he can to make the world – and its humans – happier, Alfie struggles to keep Pickles in check and out of trouble. Because even the best laid plans can be destroyed by a well-meaning – but mischievous – little puppy…
Book 3: Alfie the Christmas Cat
Christmas is around the corner, and Alfie and George can’t wait. This year, the residents of Edgar road have come together to put on a festive show and raise money for a local homeless shelter.
As December approaches, plans are in full swing: auditions are being held, props are being built, Alfie and George are rehearsing daily, and everyone is having a very merry time.
But then things start to go wrong. And when the residents arrive at the theatre one morning to discover their set has been trashed, it becomes clear someone is trying to sabotage their performance.
Alfie and George know it’s up to them to find the culprit and save the day. Because, after all, the show must go on…
The Author:
Rachel Wells is a mother, writer and cat lover who lives in North Devon with her son, Xavier and her cat Lady A. She grew up in Devon but lived in London for a number of years, working in Marketing and living in a tiny flat with an elderly rescued cat, who she called Albert.
After having a child she moved back home and is currently juggling writing full time and being a single mum.
She has always had cats as pets, ever since she was a young child, and she has always loved writing. Rachel is delighted to have been able to combine her two main passions,
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Pernille Hughes
Pernille Hughes
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Title: Probably the Best Kiss in the World
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://pernillehughes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pernillehughes
The Book:
Jen Attison likes her life Just So. But being fished out of a canal in Copenhagen by her knickers is definitely NOT on her to do list.
From cinnamon swirls to a spontaneous night of laughter and fireworks, Jen’s city break with the girls takes a turn for the unexpected because of her gorgeous, mystery rescuer.
Back home, Jen faces a choice. A surprise proposal from her boyfriend, ‘boring’ Robert has offered Jen the safety net she always thought she wanted. But with the memories of her Danish adventure proving hard to forget, maybe it’s time for Jen to stop listening to her head and start following her heart…
The Author:
Pernille (pronounced Pernilla) studied Film & Literature at uni and took her first job in advertising, having been lured by the temptation of freebies, but left when Status Quo tickets was as good as it got. After a brief spell marketing Natural History films, she switched to working in Children’s television which for a time meant living in actual Teletubbyland, sharing a photocopier with Laa-Laa.
Now, she lives in actual Buckinghamshire, sharing a photocopier with her husband and their four offspring. While the kids are at school she scoffs cake and writes RomCom stories in order to maintain a shred of sanity.
She’s written for the Sunday Times Travel section, and had two short stories published in the bestselling Belinda Jones SUNLOUNGER anthologies.
She currently has two books out with One More Chapter (HarperCollins); PROBABLY THE BEST KISS IN THE WORLD and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (formerly Sweatpants At Tiffanie’s)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://pernillehughes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pernillehughes
The Book:
Jen Attison likes her life Just So. But being fished out of a canal in Copenhagen by her knickers is definitely NOT on her to do list.
From cinnamon swirls to a spontaneous night of laughter and fireworks, Jen’s city break with the girls takes a turn for the unexpected because of her gorgeous, mystery rescuer.
Back home, Jen faces a choice. A surprise proposal from her boyfriend, ‘boring’ Robert has offered Jen the safety net she always thought she wanted. But with the memories of her Danish adventure proving hard to forget, maybe it’s time for Jen to stop listening to her head and start following her heart…
The Author:
Pernille (pronounced Pernilla) studied Film & Literature at uni and took her first job in advertising, having been lured by the temptation of freebies, but left when Status Quo tickets was as good as it got. After a brief spell marketing Natural History films, she switched to working in Children’s television which for a time meant living in actual Teletubbyland, sharing a photocopier with Laa-Laa.
Now, she lives in actual Buckinghamshire, sharing a photocopier with her husband and their four offspring. While the kids are at school she scoffs cake and writes RomCom stories in order to maintain a shred of sanity.
She’s written for the Sunday Times Travel section, and had two short stories published in the bestselling Belinda Jones SUNLOUNGER anthologies.
She currently has two books out with One More Chapter (HarperCollins); PROBABLY THE BEST KISS IN THE WORLD and PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE (formerly Sweatpants At Tiffanie’s)
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Jill Mansell
Jill Mansell
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Title: And Now You'e Back
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDK2Y_VhSow
Website: https://jillmansell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillMansell
The Book;
They never thought they'd see him again...
Didi Laing met her first love, Shay Mason, on a magical winter visit to Venice. For six months after that they were rapturously happy together and Shay came to work at Didi's parents' hotel in the Cotswolds. One event changed everything, shocking the town, and leading to Shay's disappearance.
In the thirteen years after Shay walked out, no one expects ever to hear from him again. Then one day, out of the blue, Shay returns to Elliscombe to fulfill his father's dying wish and unintentionally upends Didi's life.Moving into the best suite in her hotel sparks all kinds of rumors and sets off a chain of events that affects the whole town. The residents of Elliscombe all have their own stories and secrets, more intertwined than anyone could have guessed...
The Author:
Jill Mansell lives with her partner and children in Bristol, and writes full time. Actually that’s not true; she watches TV, eats fruit gums, admires the rugby players training in the sports field behind her house, and spends hours on the internet marvelling at how many other writers have blogs. Only when she’s completely run out of displacement activities does she write.
Jill Mansell's books have sold over ten million copies and her titles include: Making your Mind up, Fast Friends, Good at Games, Sheer Mischief and Solo, among many others.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDK2Y_VhSow
Website: https://jillmansell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillMansell
The Book;
They never thought they'd see him again...
Didi Laing met her first love, Shay Mason, on a magical winter visit to Venice. For six months after that they were rapturously happy together and Shay came to work at Didi's parents' hotel in the Cotswolds. One event changed everything, shocking the town, and leading to Shay's disappearance.
In the thirteen years after Shay walked out, no one expects ever to hear from him again. Then one day, out of the blue, Shay returns to Elliscombe to fulfill his father's dying wish and unintentionally upends Didi's life.Moving into the best suite in her hotel sparks all kinds of rumors and sets off a chain of events that affects the whole town. The residents of Elliscombe all have their own stories and secrets, more intertwined than anyone could have guessed...
The Author:
Jill Mansell lives with her partner and children in Bristol, and writes full time. Actually that’s not true; she watches TV, eats fruit gums, admires the rugby players training in the sports field behind her house, and spends hours on the internet marvelling at how many other writers have blogs. Only when she’s completely run out of displacement activities does she write.
Jill Mansell's books have sold over ten million copies and her titles include: Making your Mind up, Fast Friends, Good at Games, Sheer Mischief and Solo, among many others.
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Sarah Todd Taylor
Sarah Todd Taylor
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Title: Max the Detective Cat : The Catnap Caper
Genre: Children Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://sarahtoddtaylor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scraphamster
The Book;
The pampered cats of Paris are being kidnapped! Could it have something to do with a singing competition that is gripping the city? Max knows he has to solve the mystery and bring them home. Especially as he's fallen in love with one of the victims...
The Author:
Sarah is a children's writer from Mid Wales. Her debut book, Arthur and Me, will be published by Firefly Press in October 2014.
Sarah won the Firefly Children's Book prize in 2014. When not writing she can be found singing opera round mid Wales.
Genre: Children Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://sarahtoddtaylor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/scraphamster
The Book;
The pampered cats of Paris are being kidnapped! Could it have something to do with a singing competition that is gripping the city? Max knows he has to solve the mystery and bring them home. Especially as he's fallen in love with one of the victims...
The Author:
Sarah is a children's writer from Mid Wales. Her debut book, Arthur and Me, will be published by Firefly Press in October 2014.
Sarah won the Firefly Children's Book prize in 2014. When not writing she can be found singing opera round mid Wales.
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Helen Castor
Helen Castor
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Title: Joan of Arc
Genre: History - T.V. & Films
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title: She-Wolves
Genre: History - T.V. & Films
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.faber.co.uk/tutors/helen-castor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hrcastor
Book 1: Joan of Arc
We all know the story of Joan of Arc. A peasant girl who hears voices from God. A warrior leading an army to victory, in an age that believes women cannot fight. The Maid of Orleans, and the saviour of France. Burned at the stake as a heretic at the age of just nineteen. Five hundred years later, a saint. Her case was heard in court twice over. One trial, in 1431, condemned her; the other, twenty-five years after her death, cleared her name. In the transcripts, we hear first-hand testimony from Joan, her family and her friends: a rare survival from the medieval world. What could be more revealing?
Book 2: She-Wolves
When Edward VI - Henry VIII’s longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the title King of England. For the first time, all the contenders for the crown were female.
In 1553, England was about to experience the ‘monstrous regiment’ - the unnatural rule - of a woman. But female rule in England also had a past. Four hundred years before Edward’s death, Matilda, daughter of Henry I and granddaughter of William the Conquerer, came tantalisingly close to securing her hold on the power of the crown. And between the 12th and the 15th centuries three more exceptional women - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, and Margaret of Anjou - discovered, as queens consort and dowager, how much was possible if the presumptions of male rule were not confronted so explicitly.
The stories of these women - told here in all their vivid humanity - illustrate the paradox which the female heirs to the Tudor throne had no choice but to negotiate. Man was the head of woman; and the king was the head of all. How, then, could a woman be king, how could royal power lie in female hands?
The Author:
Helen Castor is a historian of medieval England and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She directed studies in History at Sidney for eight years before deciding to concentrate on writing history for a wider readership.
Her book Blood & Roses (Faber, 2004, published in revised form in the US by HarperCollins, 2006) is a biography of the fifteenth-century Paston family, whose letters are the earliest great collection of private correspondence surviving in the English language. Blood & Roses was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2005, and was awarded the Beatrice White Prize (for outstandingly scholarly work in the field of English Literature before 1590) by the English Association in 2006.
Her next book, She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth, will be published in the UK by Faber and in the US by HarperCollins.
She lives in London with her husband and son.
Genre: History - T.V. & Films
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title: She-Wolves
Genre: History - T.V. & Films
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.faber.co.uk/tutors/helen-castor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hrcastor
Book 1: Joan of Arc
We all know the story of Joan of Arc. A peasant girl who hears voices from God. A warrior leading an army to victory, in an age that believes women cannot fight. The Maid of Orleans, and the saviour of France. Burned at the stake as a heretic at the age of just nineteen. Five hundred years later, a saint. Her case was heard in court twice over. One trial, in 1431, condemned her; the other, twenty-five years after her death, cleared her name. In the transcripts, we hear first-hand testimony from Joan, her family and her friends: a rare survival from the medieval world. What could be more revealing?
Book 2: She-Wolves
When Edward VI - Henry VIII’s longed-for son - died in 1553, extraordinarily, there was no one left to claim the title King of England. For the first time, all the contenders for the crown were female.
In 1553, England was about to experience the ‘monstrous regiment’ - the unnatural rule - of a woman. But female rule in England also had a past. Four hundred years before Edward’s death, Matilda, daughter of Henry I and granddaughter of William the Conquerer, came tantalisingly close to securing her hold on the power of the crown. And between the 12th and the 15th centuries three more exceptional women - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, and Margaret of Anjou - discovered, as queens consort and dowager, how much was possible if the presumptions of male rule were not confronted so explicitly.
The stories of these women - told here in all their vivid humanity - illustrate the paradox which the female heirs to the Tudor throne had no choice but to negotiate. Man was the head of woman; and the king was the head of all. How, then, could a woman be king, how could royal power lie in female hands?
The Author:
Helen Castor is a historian of medieval England and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. She directed studies in History at Sidney for eight years before deciding to concentrate on writing history for a wider readership.
Her book Blood & Roses (Faber, 2004, published in revised form in the US by HarperCollins, 2006) is a biography of the fifteenth-century Paston family, whose letters are the earliest great collection of private correspondence surviving in the English language. Blood & Roses was longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction in 2005, and was awarded the Beatrice White Prize (for outstandingly scholarly work in the field of English Literature before 1590) by the English Association in 2006.
Her next book, She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth, will be published in the UK by Faber and in the US by HarperCollins.
She lives in London with her husband and son.
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Timothy Knapman
Timothy Knapman
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Title: Sometimes I Am Furious
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback- Picturebook
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: http://www.timothyknapman.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimothyKnapman
The Book;
Life is all fun and games when everything's going your way. But some days, suddenly, something becomes horribly UNFAIR. A melting ice cream, a too-tight t-shirt, a boy who doesn't share... it's enough to make you FURIOUS. But, as this little girl discovers, it's nothing that a deep breath, a happy song and a good cuddle can't sort out.
A funny, friendly and relatable book for young children (and their parents) about emotions and how to handle them.
The Author:
Timothy Knapman has written many books for children, including Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates, Dinosaurs in the Supermarket and Eleanor's Eyebrows. He also writes plays and co-writes musicals.
Timothy Knapman is available in a range of colours, and is washable.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback- Picturebook
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer:
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Website: http://www.timothyknapman.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimothyKnapman
The Book;
Life is all fun and games when everything's going your way. But some days, suddenly, something becomes horribly UNFAIR. A melting ice cream, a too-tight t-shirt, a boy who doesn't share... it's enough to make you FURIOUS. But, as this little girl discovers, it's nothing that a deep breath, a happy song and a good cuddle can't sort out.
A funny, friendly and relatable book for young children (and their parents) about emotions and how to handle them.
The Author:
Timothy Knapman has written many books for children, including Mungo and the Picture Book Pirates, Dinosaurs in the Supermarket and Eleanor's Eyebrows. He also writes plays and co-writes musicals.
Timothy Knapman is available in a range of colours, and is washable.
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Sam Sedgman
Sam Sedgman
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Title: Danger at Dead Man's Pass
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://samsedgman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/samuelsedgman
The Book;
A mysterious letter from an old friend asks Hal and Uncle Nat to help investigate a spooky supernatural mystery. Legend has it the Kratzensteins, a family of rich and powerful railway tycoons, are cursed, but there is no such thing as a curse, is there . . .?
Hal and Nat take the night train to Berlin and go undercover. From a creaking old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they take the Kratzenstein family's funeral train to the peak of the Brocken Mountain. Can Hal uncover the secrets of the Brocken railway and the family curse before disaster strikes?
The Illustrator:
Sam Sedgman is a playwright, an award winning digital producer, and coauthor of the Adventures on Trains series with M. G. Leonard. Sedgeman has a first class honors degree from the University of Warwick in English and Creative Writing, and holds a Master's in Text and Performance from RADA and King's College London.
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://samsedgman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/samuelsedgman
The Book;
A mysterious letter from an old friend asks Hal and Uncle Nat to help investigate a spooky supernatural mystery. Legend has it the Kratzensteins, a family of rich and powerful railway tycoons, are cursed, but there is no such thing as a curse, is there . . .?
Hal and Nat take the night train to Berlin and go undercover. From a creaking old house at the foot of the Harz mountains, they take the Kratzenstein family's funeral train to the peak of the Brocken Mountain. Can Hal uncover the secrets of the Brocken railway and the family curse before disaster strikes?
The Illustrator:
Sam Sedgman is a playwright, an award winning digital producer, and coauthor of the Adventures on Trains series with M. G. Leonard. Sedgeman has a first class honors degree from the University of Warwick in English and Creative Writing, and holds a Master's in Text and Performance from RADA and King's College London.
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Nizrana Farook
Nizrana Farook
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Title: The Boy Who Met A Whale
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Nizrana reads from her book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P02hHbbY-Jg
Website: https://nizranafarook.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NizRite
The Book;
From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another brilliant escapade. A thrilling adventure set in fictional Sri Lanka, jam-packed with peril and kidnap and a huge blue whale!
Razi, a local fisherboy, is watching turtle eggs hatch when he sees a boat bobbing into view. With a chill, he notices a small, still hand hanging over the side… Inside is Zheng, who’s escaped a shipwreck and is full of tales of sea monsters and missing treasure. But the villains who are after Zheng are soon after Razi and his sister, Shifa, too. And so begins an exhilarating adventure in the shadow of the biggest sea monster of them all…
The Author:
Nizrana Farook was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the beautiful landscapes of her home country find their way into the stories she writes. She has a master’s degree in writing for young people, and lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and two daughters.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Nizrana reads from her book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P02hHbbY-Jg
Website: https://nizranafarook.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NizRite
The Book;
From the author of The Girl Who Stole an Elephant comes another brilliant escapade. A thrilling adventure set in fictional Sri Lanka, jam-packed with peril and kidnap and a huge blue whale!
Razi, a local fisherboy, is watching turtle eggs hatch when he sees a boat bobbing into view. With a chill, he notices a small, still hand hanging over the side… Inside is Zheng, who’s escaped a shipwreck and is full of tales of sea monsters and missing treasure. But the villains who are after Zheng are soon after Razi and his sister, Shifa, too. And so begins an exhilarating adventure in the shadow of the biggest sea monster of them all…
The Author:
Nizrana Farook was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the beautiful landscapes of her home country find their way into the stories she writes. She has a master’s degree in writing for young people, and lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and two daughters.
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Holly Seddon
Holly Seddon
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Title: The Hit List
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://hollyseddon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hollyseddon
The Book;
You don't know who.
You don't know why.
But someone wants you dead.
When Marianne's husband Greg is knocked off his bike and killed on the way to work, she must unpick the life he left behind. Numb with grief, Marianne consoles herself by scouring Greg's laptop, finding comfort in reading his old emails and tracing his footsteps across the web. Until one day, she discovers that he had been accessing the dark web. Why was Greg, a principled charity worker and dedicated husband, logging on to a website that showcases the worst of humanity's cruel impulses and where anything is available for a price? Marianne steels herself and logs on. After tentative searching, she discovers her name on a hit list.
In this fast-paced, powerful and exceptionally plotted novel, Marianne must figure out whether Greg was trying to protect her or whether he was complicit in the conspiracy for her murder. As she is pulled deeper into the depths of the underworld that Greg was seemingly hostage to, she gets closer and closer to coming face to face with Sam - the assassin hired to kill her. The dark truths that Marianne uncovers speak volumes about the dark underbelly of our society and forces us to question how far we would go to protect those we care most about.
The Author:
Holly Seddon is the international bestselling author of TRY NOT TO BREATHE, DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES and LOVE WILL TEAR US APART.
THE HIT LIST will be published as an ebook in August 2020 and a paperback in April 2021.
After growing up in the English countryside obsessed with music and books, Holly worked in London as a journalist and editor. She now lives in Amsterdam with her family and writes full time.
Alongside fellow author Gillian McAllister, Holly co-hosts the popular Honest Authors Podcast.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://hollyseddon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hollyseddon
The Book;
You don't know who.
You don't know why.
But someone wants you dead.
When Marianne's husband Greg is knocked off his bike and killed on the way to work, she must unpick the life he left behind. Numb with grief, Marianne consoles herself by scouring Greg's laptop, finding comfort in reading his old emails and tracing his footsteps across the web. Until one day, she discovers that he had been accessing the dark web. Why was Greg, a principled charity worker and dedicated husband, logging on to a website that showcases the worst of humanity's cruel impulses and where anything is available for a price? Marianne steels herself and logs on. After tentative searching, she discovers her name on a hit list.
In this fast-paced, powerful and exceptionally plotted novel, Marianne must figure out whether Greg was trying to protect her or whether he was complicit in the conspiracy for her murder. As she is pulled deeper into the depths of the underworld that Greg was seemingly hostage to, she gets closer and closer to coming face to face with Sam - the assassin hired to kill her. The dark truths that Marianne uncovers speak volumes about the dark underbelly of our society and forces us to question how far we would go to protect those we care most about.
The Author:
Holly Seddon is the international bestselling author of TRY NOT TO BREATHE, DON'T CLOSE YOUR EYES and LOVE WILL TEAR US APART.
THE HIT LIST will be published as an ebook in August 2020 and a paperback in April 2021.
After growing up in the English countryside obsessed with music and books, Holly worked in London as a journalist and editor. She now lives in Amsterdam with her family and writes full time.
Alongside fellow author Gillian McAllister, Holly co-hosts the popular Honest Authors Podcast.
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Lynda Stacey
Lynda Stacey
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Title: No Place Like Home
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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* Lynda has added that her successful bidder will be mentioned either in the acknowledgements of her next book, or their name could be used, with their consent as a future character *
Website: http://www.lyndastacey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LyndaStacey
The Book;
Sisters Molly and Beth Winters thought the remote clifftop house would be the perfect place to hide away after their mother’s brutal murder. They were wrong….
He wants revenge…
Because someone from the girls’ past has already found their safe house and he is watching and waiting in the shadows ready to make them pay.
He won’t stop until you’re dead...
Their new home should have been the place the sisters were safe.
But no place is safe forever.
A gripping new thriller from Lynda Stacey guaranteed to keep you up all night!
The Author:
Lynda, grew up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. She works full time as well as being an author and is currently the Sales Director of a stationery, office supplies and office furniture company in Doncaster, where she has worked for the past 28 years.
Over the past 30 years she's often worked two jobs and has also been a nurse, a model (in her much younger days), an emergency first response instructor and a PADI Scuba Diving Instructor ... and yes, she was crazy enough to dive in the sea with sharks, without a cage.
Following a life changing car accident in 2008, Lynda was left with limited mobility in her right arm. Unable to dive or teach anymore, she turned to her love of writing, a hobby she'd followed avidly since being a teenager.
Her own life story, along with varied career choices helps Lynda to create stories of romantic suspense, with challenging and unpredictable plots.
After joining the Romantic Novelist Association in 2014 under the umbrella of the New Writers Scheme, Lynda's debut novel 'House of Secrets' won the Choc Lit Search for a Star competition in 2015. She's previously published five books, her sixth book 'No Place Like Home' will be brought out in July 2021, with her new publisher Boldwood Books.
She currently lives in a small rural hamlet near Doncaster, with her 'hero at home husband', Haydn, whom she's been happily married to for over 25 years.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Lynda has added that her successful bidder will be mentioned either in the acknowledgements of her next book, or their name could be used, with their consent as a future character *
Website: http://www.lyndastacey.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LyndaStacey
The Book;
Sisters Molly and Beth Winters thought the remote clifftop house would be the perfect place to hide away after their mother’s brutal murder. They were wrong….
He wants revenge…
Because someone from the girls’ past has already found their safe house and he is watching and waiting in the shadows ready to make them pay.
He won’t stop until you’re dead...
Their new home should have been the place the sisters were safe.
But no place is safe forever.
A gripping new thriller from Lynda Stacey guaranteed to keep you up all night!
The Author:
Lynda, grew up in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. She works full time as well as being an author and is currently the Sales Director of a stationery, office supplies and office furniture company in Doncaster, where she has worked for the past 28 years.
Over the past 30 years she's often worked two jobs and has also been a nurse, a model (in her much younger days), an emergency first response instructor and a PADI Scuba Diving Instructor ... and yes, she was crazy enough to dive in the sea with sharks, without a cage.
Following a life changing car accident in 2008, Lynda was left with limited mobility in her right arm. Unable to dive or teach anymore, she turned to her love of writing, a hobby she'd followed avidly since being a teenager.
Her own life story, along with varied career choices helps Lynda to create stories of romantic suspense, with challenging and unpredictable plots.
After joining the Romantic Novelist Association in 2014 under the umbrella of the New Writers Scheme, Lynda's debut novel 'House of Secrets' won the Choc Lit Search for a Star competition in 2015. She's previously published five books, her sixth book 'No Place Like Home' will be brought out in July 2021, with her new publisher Boldwood Books.
She currently lives in a small rural hamlet near Doncaster, with her 'hero at home husband', Haydn, whom she's been happily married to for over 25 years.
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£ 31
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Sharon Bennett Connolly
Sharon Bennett Connolly
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Title: Heroines of the Medieval World
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://historytheinterestingbits.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thehistorybits
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These are the stories of women, famous, infamous and unknown, who shaped the course of medieval history. The lives and actions of medieval women were restricted by the men who ruled the homes, countries and world they lived in. It was men who fought wars, made laws and dictated religious doctrine. It was men who were taught to read, trained to rule and expected to fight. Today, it is easy to think that all women from this era were downtrodden and obedient housewives, whose sole purpose was to give birth to children (preferably boys) and serve their husbands. Heroines of the Medieval World looks at the lives of the women who broke the mould: those who defied social norms and made their own future, consequently changing lives, society and even the course of history. Some of the women are famous, such as Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was not only a duchess in her own right but also Queen Consort of France through her first marriage and Queen Consort of England through her second, in addition to being a crusader and a rebel. Then there are the more obscure but no less remarkable figures such as Nicholaa de la Haye, who defended Lincoln Castle in the name of King John, and Maud de Braose, who spoke out against the same king’s excesses and whose death (or murder) was the inspiration for a clause in Magna Carta. Women had to walk a fine line in the Middle Ages, but many learned to survive – even flourish – in this male-dominated world. Some led armies, while others made their influence felt in more subtle ways, but all made a contribution to their era and should be remembered for daring to defy and lead in a world that demanded they obey and follow.
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Sharon Bennett Connolly is the best-selling author of 3 non-fiction history books. Sharon is the author of Heroines of the Medieval World, Silk and the Sword: The Women of the Norman Conquest and Ladies of Magna Carta: Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England. Her fourth book, Defenders of the Norman Crown: Rise and Fall of the Warenne Earls of Surrey, telling the story of the Warenne earls over 300 years and 8 generation, was released in May 2021. A member of the Royal Historical Society, Sharon has studied history academically and just for fun - and has even worked as a tour guide at historical sites. She writes the popular history blog, http://www.historytheinterestingbits.com. Sharon regularly gives talks on women's history; she is a feature writer for All About History magazine and her TV work includes Australian Television's 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://historytheinterestingbits.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thehistorybits
The Book;
These are the stories of women, famous, infamous and unknown, who shaped the course of medieval history. The lives and actions of medieval women were restricted by the men who ruled the homes, countries and world they lived in. It was men who fought wars, made laws and dictated religious doctrine. It was men who were taught to read, trained to rule and expected to fight. Today, it is easy to think that all women from this era were downtrodden and obedient housewives, whose sole purpose was to give birth to children (preferably boys) and serve their husbands. Heroines of the Medieval World looks at the lives of the women who broke the mould: those who defied social norms and made their own future, consequently changing lives, society and even the course of history. Some of the women are famous, such as Eleanor of Aquitaine, who was not only a duchess in her own right but also Queen Consort of France through her first marriage and Queen Consort of England through her second, in addition to being a crusader and a rebel. Then there are the more obscure but no less remarkable figures such as Nicholaa de la Haye, who defended Lincoln Castle in the name of King John, and Maud de Braose, who spoke out against the same king’s excesses and whose death (or murder) was the inspiration for a clause in Magna Carta. Women had to walk a fine line in the Middle Ages, but many learned to survive – even flourish – in this male-dominated world. Some led armies, while others made their influence felt in more subtle ways, but all made a contribution to their era and should be remembered for daring to defy and lead in a world that demanded they obey and follow.
The Author:
Sharon Bennett Connolly is the best-selling author of 3 non-fiction history books. Sharon is the author of Heroines of the Medieval World, Silk and the Sword: The Women of the Norman Conquest and Ladies of Magna Carta: Women of Influence in Thirteenth Century England. Her fourth book, Defenders of the Norman Crown: Rise and Fall of the Warenne Earls of Surrey, telling the story of the Warenne earls over 300 years and 8 generation, was released in May 2021. A member of the Royal Historical Society, Sharon has studied history academically and just for fun - and has even worked as a tour guide at historical sites. She writes the popular history blog, http://www.historytheinterestingbits.com. Sharon regularly gives talks on women's history; she is a feature writer for All About History magazine and her TV work includes Australian Television's 'Who Do You Think You Are?'
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Fiona Woodifield
Fiona Woodifield
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Title: A Wedding at The Jane Austen Dating Agency
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://fionawoodifield.co.uk
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Who ever said love was easy?
Sophie Johnson appears to be living the perfect life. She has landed her dream job as Managing Director of The Jane Austen Dating Agency and is dating the world’s most desirable man, Darcy Drummond.
But all is not as it seems. The relationship with Darcy is failing to live up to expectations and his awful mother is determined to cause trouble. To add to Sophie’s problems, the agency is struggling to attract enough eligible men, she has a Regency wedding to plan, and then there’s the amusing and disturbingly cute Henry Baxter who is making it hard for her to concentrate.
The problem is Sophie wants it all, but in trying to manage everything, she’s in danger of losing what matters most.
Can she keep the dating agency afloat and find her own happy ever after? Or is business and romance an impossible combination?
The Author:
Fiona Woodifield is a romantic comedy writer. 'The Jane Austen Dating Agency' is her debut novel. As a child, Fiona spent many happy hours reading each and every book she could get hold of and has always wanted to write novels ever since. She has also written non-fiction articles for magazines on diverse subjects from Jane Austen to dogs!
Fiona obviously loves writing, looking after her daughters (with the result she has begun to sympathise with Mrs Bennet), spending time with friends and family, walking her dogs, dancing, visiting stately homes (imagining she lives in them of course) and escaping into a book whilst consuming a worrying amount of chocolate.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer:
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Website: http://fionawoodifield.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FionaWoodifield
The Book;
Who ever said love was easy?
Sophie Johnson appears to be living the perfect life. She has landed her dream job as Managing Director of The Jane Austen Dating Agency and is dating the world’s most desirable man, Darcy Drummond.
But all is not as it seems. The relationship with Darcy is failing to live up to expectations and his awful mother is determined to cause trouble. To add to Sophie’s problems, the agency is struggling to attract enough eligible men, she has a Regency wedding to plan, and then there’s the amusing and disturbingly cute Henry Baxter who is making it hard for her to concentrate.
The problem is Sophie wants it all, but in trying to manage everything, she’s in danger of losing what matters most.
Can she keep the dating agency afloat and find her own happy ever after? Or is business and romance an impossible combination?
The Author:
Fiona Woodifield is a romantic comedy writer. 'The Jane Austen Dating Agency' is her debut novel. As a child, Fiona spent many happy hours reading each and every book she could get hold of and has always wanted to write novels ever since. She has also written non-fiction articles for magazines on diverse subjects from Jane Austen to dogs!
Fiona obviously loves writing, looking after her daughters (with the result she has begun to sympathise with Mrs Bennet), spending time with friends and family, walking her dogs, dancing, visiting stately homes (imagining she lives in them of course) and escaping into a book whilst consuming a worrying amount of chocolate.
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Charlie Cochrane
Charlie Cochrane
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Title: Old Sins
Genre: Cosy Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://charliecochrane.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/charliecochrane
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Detective Chief Inspector Robin Bright and his partner, deputy headteacher Adam Matthews, have just consigned their summer holiday to the photo album. It’s time to get back to the daily grind, and the biggest problem they’re expecting to face: their wedding plans. Then fate strikes—literally—with a bang. Someone letting loose shots on the common, a murder designed to look like a suicide, and the return of a teacher who made Robin’s childhood hell all conspire to turn this into one of his trickiest cases yet. Especially when somebody might be targeting their Newfoundland, Campbell. Robin is used to his and Adam’s lives being in danger, but this takes the—dog—biscuit.
The Author:
Charlie Cochrane writes both romances and mysteries. Multi-published, she has titles with Bold Strokes, Carina, Lume and Riptide, among others.
A member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, Mystery People and International Thriller Writers Inc, Charlie regularly appears at literary festivals and at reader and author conferences, including with The Deadly Dames.
Genre: Cosy Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://charliecochrane.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/charliecochrane
The Book;
Detective Chief Inspector Robin Bright and his partner, deputy headteacher Adam Matthews, have just consigned their summer holiday to the photo album. It’s time to get back to the daily grind, and the biggest problem they’re expecting to face: their wedding plans. Then fate strikes—literally—with a bang. Someone letting loose shots on the common, a murder designed to look like a suicide, and the return of a teacher who made Robin’s childhood hell all conspire to turn this into one of his trickiest cases yet. Especially when somebody might be targeting their Newfoundland, Campbell. Robin is used to his and Adam’s lives being in danger, but this takes the—dog—biscuit.
The Author:
Charlie Cochrane writes both romances and mysteries. Multi-published, she has titles with Bold Strokes, Carina, Lume and Riptide, among others.
A member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, Mystery People and International Thriller Writers Inc, Charlie regularly appears at literary festivals and at reader and author conferences, including with The Deadly Dames.
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Carol Cooper
Carol Cooper
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Title: The Girls from Alexandria
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.drcarolcooper.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrCarolCooper
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Memories are fragile when you are seventy years old. I can’t afford to lose any more of them, not when remembering the past might help with the here and now.
Nadia needs help. Help getting out of her hospital bed. Help taking her pills. One thing she doesn’t need help with is remembering her sister. But she does need help finding her.
Alone and abandoned in a London hospital, 70-year-old Nadia is facing the rest of her life spent in a care home unless she can contact her sister Simone… who’s been missing for 50 years.
Despite being told she’s ‘confused’ and not quite understanding how wi-fi works, Nadia is determined to find Simone. So with only cryptic postcards and her own jumbled memories to go on, Nadia must race against her own fading faculties and find her sister before she herself is forgotten.
Set against the lush and glamorous backdrop of 20th century Alexandria, Carol Cooper’s third novel is equal parts contemporary mystery and historical fiction: a re-coming of age story about family, identity, and homeland.
The Author:
I've been making up stories for as long as I can remember. My first novel ONE NIGHT AT THE JACARANDA, in which a motley group of Londoners look for love, was described by The Sun newspaper as 'a blinder of a tale.'
HAMPSTEAD FEVER tells the story of six intertwined lives one hot summer as emotions reach boiling point. Think ‘Love, Actually’, but in a heatwave.
Now you can also read THE GIRLS FROM ALEXANDRIA, my historical novel set in Egypt. It's the frank and sometimes funny story of a woman searching for her missing sister, her lost memory, and her family origins.
In my other life, I'm a family doctor and the author of a string of health books.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.drcarolcooper.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrCarolCooper
The Book;
Memories are fragile when you are seventy years old. I can’t afford to lose any more of them, not when remembering the past might help with the here and now.
Nadia needs help. Help getting out of her hospital bed. Help taking her pills. One thing she doesn’t need help with is remembering her sister. But she does need help finding her.
Alone and abandoned in a London hospital, 70-year-old Nadia is facing the rest of her life spent in a care home unless she can contact her sister Simone… who’s been missing for 50 years.
Despite being told she’s ‘confused’ and not quite understanding how wi-fi works, Nadia is determined to find Simone. So with only cryptic postcards and her own jumbled memories to go on, Nadia must race against her own fading faculties and find her sister before she herself is forgotten.
Set against the lush and glamorous backdrop of 20th century Alexandria, Carol Cooper’s third novel is equal parts contemporary mystery and historical fiction: a re-coming of age story about family, identity, and homeland.
The Author:
I've been making up stories for as long as I can remember. My first novel ONE NIGHT AT THE JACARANDA, in which a motley group of Londoners look for love, was described by The Sun newspaper as 'a blinder of a tale.'
HAMPSTEAD FEVER tells the story of six intertwined lives one hot summer as emotions reach boiling point. Think ‘Love, Actually’, but in a heatwave.
Now you can also read THE GIRLS FROM ALEXANDRIA, my historical novel set in Egypt. It's the frank and sometimes funny story of a woman searching for her missing sister, her lost memory, and her family origins.
In my other life, I'm a family doctor and the author of a string of health books.
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Alex Marchant
Alex Marchant
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Title: Order of the White Boar
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://alexmarchantblog.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMarchant84
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How well do you know the story of the real King Richard III? Perhaps not as well as Matthew Wansford...Two bestselling books in one – 'The Order of the White Boar' and 'The King’s Man'Twelve-year-old Matthew Wansford has always longed to be a knight. His chance comes in the golden summer of 1482 at Middleham Castle, home of his new master, Richard, Duke of Gloucester – valiant warrior, loving father, loyal brother to King Edward IV.With new-found friends Alys, Roger and Edward, the Duke’s only son, he forges a secret knightly fellowship, the Order of the White Boar. They swear an oath of lifelong loyalty – to each other and to their good lord, Duke Richard.But these are not times to play at war. Soon Matt and his friends will be plunged into the deadly games of the Wars of the Roses. Will their loyalty be tested as the storm looms on the horizon?For readers of all ages from 10 to adult, books 1 and 2 of the ‘Order of the White Boar’ sequence together for the first time, chronicling the crucial years in the life of King Richard III, through the Year of the Three Kings – and beyond …
The Author:
Born and raised in the rolling Surrey downs, and following stints as an archaeologist and in publishing in London and Gloucester, I now live surrounded by moors in King Richard III’s northern heartland, working as a freelance copyeditor, proofreader and, more recently, independent author of books for children aged 10+.
My first novel, Time out of Time (forthcoming), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its recently released sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://alexmarchantblog.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMarchant84
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How well do you know the story of the real King Richard III? Perhaps not as well as Matthew Wansford...Two bestselling books in one – 'The Order of the White Boar' and 'The King’s Man'Twelve-year-old Matthew Wansford has always longed to be a knight. His chance comes in the golden summer of 1482 at Middleham Castle, home of his new master, Richard, Duke of Gloucester – valiant warrior, loving father, loyal brother to King Edward IV.With new-found friends Alys, Roger and Edward, the Duke’s only son, he forges a secret knightly fellowship, the Order of the White Boar. They swear an oath of lifelong loyalty – to each other and to their good lord, Duke Richard.But these are not times to play at war. Soon Matt and his friends will be plunged into the deadly games of the Wars of the Roses. Will their loyalty be tested as the storm looms on the horizon?For readers of all ages from 10 to adult, books 1 and 2 of the ‘Order of the White Boar’ sequence together for the first time, chronicling the crucial years in the life of King Richard III, through the Year of the Three Kings – and beyond …
The Author:
Born and raised in the rolling Surrey downs, and following stints as an archaeologist and in publishing in London and Gloucester, I now live surrounded by moors in King Richard III’s northern heartland, working as a freelance copyeditor, proofreader and, more recently, independent author of books for children aged 10+.
My first novel, Time out of Time (forthcoming), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its recently released sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
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Alex Marchant
Alex Marchant
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Title: Time out of Time
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/alex-marchant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMarchant84
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Welcome to the golden summer of 1976. Year of the Heatwave, year of the Drought.
Normally sun-starved and grey, England is plagued by endless blue skies – no rain for months, the country scorched and parched, standpipes in the street.
But 12-year-old Allie has other worries. When her family moves to ancient, ramshackle Priory Farm – far away from her friends and everything she has ever known…
Then she discovers a doorway into history – and her adventures begin. What secrets will Priory Farm reveal?
An exciting timeslip adventure by the author of 'The Order of the White Boar' sequence, 'Time out of Time' whisks the reader off to explore one small part of England through the ages – with some explosive moments in time…
The Author:
Born and raised in the rolling Surrey downs, and following stints as an archaeologist and in publishing in London and Gloucester, I now live surrounded by moors in King Richard III’s northern heartland, working as a freelance copyeditor, proofreader and, more recently, independent author of books for children aged 10+.
My first novel, Time out of Time (forthcoming), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its recently released sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
The third book in the sequence, King in Waiting, will be published in 2021, together with a standalone timeslip book, Time out of Time, set in the legendary hot summer of 1976.
I have also edited two anthologies for short stories inspired by King Richard III, Grant Me the Carving of My Name and Right Trusty and Well Beloved..., both sold in support of Scoliosis Association UK (SAUK).
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://schoolshistory.org.uk/topics/alex-marchant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMarchant84
The Book;
Welcome to the golden summer of 1976. Year of the Heatwave, year of the Drought.
Normally sun-starved and grey, England is plagued by endless blue skies – no rain for months, the country scorched and parched, standpipes in the street.
But 12-year-old Allie has other worries. When her family moves to ancient, ramshackle Priory Farm – far away from her friends and everything she has ever known…
Then she discovers a doorway into history – and her adventures begin. What secrets will Priory Farm reveal?
An exciting timeslip adventure by the author of 'The Order of the White Boar' sequence, 'Time out of Time' whisks the reader off to explore one small part of England through the ages – with some explosive moments in time…
The Author:
Born and raised in the rolling Surrey downs, and following stints as an archaeologist and in publishing in London and Gloucester, I now live surrounded by moors in King Richard III’s northern heartland, working as a freelance copyeditor, proofreader and, more recently, independent author of books for children aged 10+.
My first novel, Time out of Time (forthcoming), won the 2012 Chapter One Children’s Book Award, and my second was put on the backburner in 2013 at the announcement of the discovery of King Richard’s grave in a car park in Leicester. As a Ricardian since my teens, that momentous announcement prompted me to write about the real Richard III for older children (there being no such book available), and so The Order of the White Boar and its recently released sequel The King’s Man were born.
The Order of the White Boar has been described by the Bulletin of the Richard III Society as ‘a wonderful work of historical fiction for both children and adults’ and The King’s Man as ‘a brilliant, gripping, heart-wrenching sequel’
The third book in the sequence, King in Waiting, will be published in 2021, together with a standalone timeslip book, Time out of Time, set in the legendary hot summer of 1976.
I have also edited two anthologies for short stories inspired by King Richard III, Grant Me the Carving of My Name and Right Trusty and Well Beloved..., both sold in support of Scoliosis Association UK (SAUK).
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Title: The Devil's Advocate
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.stevecavanaghauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveCavanagh_
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A deadly prosecutor
They call him the King of Death Row. Randal Korn has sent more men to their deaths than any district attorney in the history of the United States.
A twisted ritualistic killing
When a young woman, Skylar Edwards, is found murdered in Buckstown, Alabama, a corrupt sheriff arrests the last person to see her alive, Andy Dubois. It doesn't seem to matter to anyone that Andy is innocent.
A small town boiling with rage
Everyone in Buckstown believes Andy is guilty. He has no hope of a fair trial. And the local defense attorney assigned to represent him has disappeared.
A former con-artist
Hot shot New York lawyer Eddie Flynn travels south to fight fire with fire. He plans to destroy the prosecutors case, find the real killer and save Andy from the electric chair.
But the murders are just beginning.
Is Eddie Flynn next?
The Author:
Steve Cavanagh was born and raised in Belfast before leaving for Dublin at the age of eighteen to study Law. He currently practices civil rights law and has been involved in several high profile cases. Selected for the Amazon Rising Stars programme 2015. ACES award winner 2015 from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The Defence is his debut novel.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.stevecavanaghauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveCavanagh_
The Book;
A deadly prosecutor
They call him the King of Death Row. Randal Korn has sent more men to their deaths than any district attorney in the history of the United States.
A twisted ritualistic killing
When a young woman, Skylar Edwards, is found murdered in Buckstown, Alabama, a corrupt sheriff arrests the last person to see her alive, Andy Dubois. It doesn't seem to matter to anyone that Andy is innocent.
A small town boiling with rage
Everyone in Buckstown believes Andy is guilty. He has no hope of a fair trial. And the local defense attorney assigned to represent him has disappeared.
A former con-artist
Hot shot New York lawyer Eddie Flynn travels south to fight fire with fire. He plans to destroy the prosecutors case, find the real killer and save Andy from the electric chair.
But the murders are just beginning.
Is Eddie Flynn next?
The Author:
Steve Cavanagh was born and raised in Belfast before leaving for Dublin at the age of eighteen to study Law. He currently practices civil rights law and has been involved in several high profile cases. Selected for the Amazon Rising Stars programme 2015. ACES award winner 2015 from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. The Defence is his debut novel.
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Nancy Revell
Nancy Revell
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Title: The Shipyard Girls on the Home Front
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.amandarevellwalton.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/arevellwalton
The Book;
December 1943
As the war effort gathers steam in Europe, it's all hands on deck on the home front.
Gloria is over the moon to be reunited with her sweetheart Jack. But her sons Bobby and Gordon are away with the Navy and still know nothing of their mother's divorce and new half-sister.
Rosie's squad of welders must work gruelling hours in the yard as they prepare for the Allied invasion of Normandy. All the while Rosie herself waits anxiously for news of her husband Peter, who is carrying out dangerous work as an undercover operative in France.
Meanwhile welder Dorothy has a feeling that her beau Toby is planning to pop the question when he's next on leave. But it seems that her head is being turned by someone closer to home...
It will take great strength and friendship if the shipyard girls are to weather the storms to come.
The Author:
Nancy Revell is the pseudonym of Amanda Revell Walton a writer and journalist that has worked for all the national newspapers, providing them with hard-hitting news stories and in-depth features. She has also worked for just about every woman's magazine in the country, writing amazing and inspirational true life stories. Nancy has recently relocated back to her home town of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, with her husband, Paul, and their English Bull Mastiff, Rosie. They live just a short walk away from the beautiful award-winning beaches of Roker and Seaburn, within a mile of where The Shipyard Girls series is set. The subject is close to Nancy's heart as she comes from a long line of shipbuilders, who were well-known in the area.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.amandarevellwalton.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/arevellwalton
The Book;
December 1943
As the war effort gathers steam in Europe, it's all hands on deck on the home front.
Gloria is over the moon to be reunited with her sweetheart Jack. But her sons Bobby and Gordon are away with the Navy and still know nothing of their mother's divorce and new half-sister.
Rosie's squad of welders must work gruelling hours in the yard as they prepare for the Allied invasion of Normandy. All the while Rosie herself waits anxiously for news of her husband Peter, who is carrying out dangerous work as an undercover operative in France.
Meanwhile welder Dorothy has a feeling that her beau Toby is planning to pop the question when he's next on leave. But it seems that her head is being turned by someone closer to home...
It will take great strength and friendship if the shipyard girls are to weather the storms to come.
The Author:
Nancy Revell is the pseudonym of Amanda Revell Walton a writer and journalist that has worked for all the national newspapers, providing them with hard-hitting news stories and in-depth features. She has also worked for just about every woman's magazine in the country, writing amazing and inspirational true life stories. Nancy has recently relocated back to her home town of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, with her husband, Paul, and their English Bull Mastiff, Rosie. They live just a short walk away from the beautiful award-winning beaches of Roker and Seaburn, within a mile of where The Shipyard Girls series is set. The subject is close to Nancy's heart as she comes from a long line of shipbuilders, who were well-known in the area.
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Nancy Revell
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Title: The Shipyard Girls under the Mistletoe
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.amandarevellwalton.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/arevellwalton
The Book;
As the promise of victory draws closer, this Christmas will surely be one to remember.
It should be a magical time for Dorothy, who has just been proposed to by her sweetheart Toby. But with each day that passes, Dorothy's feelings for someone else are growing stronger. Now she has an impossible choice to make.
Gloria is thrilled that her sweetheart Jack is finally home after more than two years away. But his past is continuing to catch up with them both - creating untold heartache for Gloria and everyone she holds dear.
Meanwhile Helen must contend with the fall-out of a shocking family secret that has repercussions for all the Shipyard Girls, while holding out hope for her own happy ending...
The Author:
Nancy Revell is the pseudonym of Amanda Revell Walton a writer and journalist that has worked for all the national newspapers, providing them with hard-hitting news stories and in-depth features. She has also worked for just about every woman's magazine in the country, writing amazing and inspirational true life stories. Nancy has recently relocated back to her home town of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, with her husband, Paul, and their English Bull Mastiff, Rosie. They live just a short walk away from the beautiful award-winning beaches of Roker and Seaburn, within a mile of where The Shipyard Girls series is set. The subject is close to Nancy's heart as she comes from a long line of shipbuilders, who were well-known in the area.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.amandarevellwalton.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/arevellwalton
The Book;
As the promise of victory draws closer, this Christmas will surely be one to remember.
It should be a magical time for Dorothy, who has just been proposed to by her sweetheart Toby. But with each day that passes, Dorothy's feelings for someone else are growing stronger. Now she has an impossible choice to make.
Gloria is thrilled that her sweetheart Jack is finally home after more than two years away. But his past is continuing to catch up with them both - creating untold heartache for Gloria and everyone she holds dear.
Meanwhile Helen must contend with the fall-out of a shocking family secret that has repercussions for all the Shipyard Girls, while holding out hope for her own happy ending...
The Author:
Nancy Revell is the pseudonym of Amanda Revell Walton a writer and journalist that has worked for all the national newspapers, providing them with hard-hitting news stories and in-depth features. She has also worked for just about every woman's magazine in the country, writing amazing and inspirational true life stories. Nancy has recently relocated back to her home town of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, with her husband, Paul, and their English Bull Mastiff, Rosie. They live just a short walk away from the beautiful award-winning beaches of Roker and Seaburn, within a mile of where The Shipyard Girls series is set. The subject is close to Nancy's heart as she comes from a long line of shipbuilders, who were well-known in the area.
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Dr Gail Aldwin
Dr Gail Aldwin
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Title: This Much Huxley Knows
Genre: Contemporary fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://gailaldwin.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gailaldwin
The Book;
I’m seven years old and I’ve never had a best mate. Trouble is, no one gets my jokes. And Breaks-it isn’t helping. Ha! You get it, don’t you? Brexit means everyone’s falling out and breaking up.
Huxley is growing up in the suburbs of London at a time of community tensions. To make matters worse, a gang of youths is targeting isolated residents. When Leonard, an elderly newcomer chats with Huxley, his parents are suspicious. But Huxley is lonely and thinks Leonard is too. Can they become friends?
Funny and compassionate, this contemporary novel for adults explores issues of belonging, friendship and what it means to trust.
‘Read this and feel young again’ – Joe Siple, author of The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
‘Moving and ultimately upbeat’ – Christopher Wakling, author of What I Did
‘A joyous novel with the wonderfully exuberant character of Huxley’ – Sara Gethin, author of Not Thomas
The Author:
Gail Aldwin is a novelist, poet and scriptwriter. Her debut coming-of-age novel The String Games (written as part of PhD studies) was a finalist in The People’s Book Prize and the Dorchester Literary Festival Writing Prize 2020. Following a stint as a university lecturer, Gail’s children’s picture book Pandemonium was published. Her second contemporary novel This Much Huxley Knows uses a young narrator to shine a light upon the follies of adults. Gail loves to appear at national and international literary and fringe festivals. Prior to Covid-19, she volunteered at Bidibidi in Uganda, the second largest refugee settlement in the world. When she’s not gallivanting around, Gail writes at her home overlooking water meadows in Dorset.
Genre: Contemporary fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://gailaldwin.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/gailaldwin
The Book;
I’m seven years old and I’ve never had a best mate. Trouble is, no one gets my jokes. And Breaks-it isn’t helping. Ha! You get it, don’t you? Brexit means everyone’s falling out and breaking up.
Huxley is growing up in the suburbs of London at a time of community tensions. To make matters worse, a gang of youths is targeting isolated residents. When Leonard, an elderly newcomer chats with Huxley, his parents are suspicious. But Huxley is lonely and thinks Leonard is too. Can they become friends?
Funny and compassionate, this contemporary novel for adults explores issues of belonging, friendship and what it means to trust.
‘Read this and feel young again’ – Joe Siple, author of The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride
‘Moving and ultimately upbeat’ – Christopher Wakling, author of What I Did
‘A joyous novel with the wonderfully exuberant character of Huxley’ – Sara Gethin, author of Not Thomas
The Author:
Gail Aldwin is a novelist, poet and scriptwriter. Her debut coming-of-age novel The String Games (written as part of PhD studies) was a finalist in The People’s Book Prize and the Dorchester Literary Festival Writing Prize 2020. Following a stint as a university lecturer, Gail’s children’s picture book Pandemonium was published. Her second contemporary novel This Much Huxley Knows uses a young narrator to shine a light upon the follies of adults. Gail loves to appear at national and international literary and fringe festivals. Prior to Covid-19, she volunteered at Bidibidi in Uganda, the second largest refugee settlement in the world. When she’s not gallivanting around, Gail writes at her home overlooking water meadows in Dorset.
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Annie Lyons
Annie Lyons
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Two Books:
Title 1: Not Quite Perfect
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Choir on Hope Street
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/annie-lyons
Twitter: https://twitter.com/1AnnieLyons
Book 1; Not Quite Perfect
Sometimes having it all isn't enough... Emma has everything she's ever wanted. Her boyfriend's just proposed and her career has finally taken off. And so what if her latest client just happens to be downright gorgeous? She's getting married. Isn't she? Rachel's married with 2.4 children (well, actually, 3) and life is all about trying to leave the house in a non-stained top. Once it was about skinny cappuccinos, cocktails and dynamic ad agency meetings. She wants her old life back, but can it ever be the same? A sparkling, funny tale of two sisters and how often you don't know what you've got until it's gone.
Book 2: The Choir on Hope Street
The best things in life happen when you least expect them
Nat’s husband has just said the five words no one wants to hear – ‘I don’t love you anymore’.
Picture-perfect Caroline has to welcome her estranged mother into her house after she was forced out of an exclusive nursing home.
Living on the same street these two women couldn’t be more different. Until the local community centre is threatened, galvanising Caroline and the people of Hope Street into action. But when the only way to save the centre is to form a community choir – no one, least of all Nat, expects the results…
This spring, hope is coming!
The Author:
After a career in bookselling and publishing, Annie Lyons published five books including the best-selling, Not Quite Perfect. When not working on her novels, she teaches creative writing. She lives in south-east London with her husband and two children.
Title 1: Not Quite Perfect
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Choir on Hope Street
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/annie-lyons
Twitter: https://twitter.com/1AnnieLyons
Book 1; Not Quite Perfect
Sometimes having it all isn't enough... Emma has everything she's ever wanted. Her boyfriend's just proposed and her career has finally taken off. And so what if her latest client just happens to be downright gorgeous? She's getting married. Isn't she? Rachel's married with 2.4 children (well, actually, 3) and life is all about trying to leave the house in a non-stained top. Once it was about skinny cappuccinos, cocktails and dynamic ad agency meetings. She wants her old life back, but can it ever be the same? A sparkling, funny tale of two sisters and how often you don't know what you've got until it's gone.
Book 2: The Choir on Hope Street
The best things in life happen when you least expect them
Nat’s husband has just said the five words no one wants to hear – ‘I don’t love you anymore’.
Picture-perfect Caroline has to welcome her estranged mother into her house after she was forced out of an exclusive nursing home.
Living on the same street these two women couldn’t be more different. Until the local community centre is threatened, galvanising Caroline and the people of Hope Street into action. But when the only way to save the centre is to form a community choir – no one, least of all Nat, expects the results…
This spring, hope is coming!
The Author:
After a career in bookselling and publishing, Annie Lyons published five books including the best-selling, Not Quite Perfect. When not working on her novels, she teaches creative writing. She lives in south-east London with her husband and two children.
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Annie Lyons
Annie Lyons
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Two Books:
Title 1: The Happiness List
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/annie-lyons
Twitter: https://twitter.com/1AnnieLyons
Book 1; The Happiness List
Life is about to change forever…
Heather is finally back on Hope Street after running from the memories for so long. She hasn’t bumped into many neighbours yet but with her upcoming wedding to plan there’s plenty to keep her busy!
Fran is still trying to get used to a life without her husband by her side. It’s hard enough raising two children on her own – she doesn’t have time to even think about dating…
Pamela is fed up with being taken for granted by her grown-up children and grumbling husband. She’s ready to shake things up a little, but will her family even notice?
So when the three women hear about a ‘happiness course’ starting on Hope Street, surely it’s the perfect opportunity to let their hair down, laugh with new friends and maybe even change their lives in ways they never expected…
Don’t miss The Happiness List, a delightfully uplifting story from bestselling author Annie Lyons, coming soon!
Book 2: Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You
Eudora Honeysett is done – with all of it. Having seen first-hand what a prolonged illness can create, the eighty-five-year-old has no intention of leaving things to chance. With one call to a clinic in Switzerland she takes her life into her own hands.
But then ten-year-old Rose arrives in a riot of colour on her doorstep. Now, as precocious Rose takes Eudora on adventures she’d never imagined she reflects on the trying times of her past and soon finds herself wondering – is she ready for death when she’s only just experienced what it’s like to truly live?
A heartfelt story of life, death, friendship and family perfect for fans of Gail Honeyman. *Shortlisted for the RNA Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year Award*
The Author:
After a career in bookselling and publishing, Annie Lyons published five books including the best-selling, Not Quite Perfect. When not working on her novels, she teaches creative writing. She lives in south-east London with her husband and two children.
Title 1: The Happiness List
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/annie-lyons
Twitter: https://twitter.com/1AnnieLyons
Book 1; The Happiness List
Life is about to change forever…
Heather is finally back on Hope Street after running from the memories for so long. She hasn’t bumped into many neighbours yet but with her upcoming wedding to plan there’s plenty to keep her busy!
Fran is still trying to get used to a life without her husband by her side. It’s hard enough raising two children on her own – she doesn’t have time to even think about dating…
Pamela is fed up with being taken for granted by her grown-up children and grumbling husband. She’s ready to shake things up a little, but will her family even notice?
So when the three women hear about a ‘happiness course’ starting on Hope Street, surely it’s the perfect opportunity to let their hair down, laugh with new friends and maybe even change their lives in ways they never expected…
Don’t miss The Happiness List, a delightfully uplifting story from bestselling author Annie Lyons, coming soon!
Book 2: Eudora Honeysett is Quite Well, Thank You
Eudora Honeysett is done – with all of it. Having seen first-hand what a prolonged illness can create, the eighty-five-year-old has no intention of leaving things to chance. With one call to a clinic in Switzerland she takes her life into her own hands.
But then ten-year-old Rose arrives in a riot of colour on her doorstep. Now, as precocious Rose takes Eudora on adventures she’d never imagined she reflects on the trying times of her past and soon finds herself wondering – is she ready for death when she’s only just experienced what it’s like to truly live?
A heartfelt story of life, death, friendship and family perfect for fans of Gail Honeyman. *Shortlisted for the RNA Contemporary Romantic Novel of the Year Award*
The Author:
After a career in bookselling and publishing, Annie Lyons published five books including the best-selling, Not Quite Perfect. When not working on her novels, she teaches creative writing. She lives in south-east London with her husband and two children.
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Tom Percival
Tom Percival
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Title: The Invisible
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback - Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A reading by Tom Percival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT8jDsPn_PI
Website: http://tom-percival.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPercivalsays
The Book;
The Invisible is the story of a young girl called Isabel and her family. They don't have much, but they have what they need to get by. Until one day, there isn't enough money to pay their rent and bills and they have to leave their home full of happy memories and move to the other side of the city.
It is the story of a girl who goes on to make one of the hardest things anyone can ever make...a difference.
And it is the story of those who are overlooked in our society - who are made to feel invisible - and why everyone has a place here. We all belong.
The Author:
Tom Percival writes and illustrates picture books (you know, for kids) as well as illustrating books written by other people. The most well known of these is probably the excellent Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy.
He grew up in a remote and beautiful part of South Shropshire. On reflection this seemed rather more remote than beautiful, owing to the fact that he lived in a small caravan without electricity, mains water or any sensible form of heating. He thinks that he’s probably one of the few people in his peer group to have learnt to read by gas lamp.
Surprisingly enough he has never been called ‘hippy’ (to the best of his knowledge)
Tom now lives in an actual house with his girlfriend and their two young sons.
His favourite colour is turquoise and his favourite number is usually seven.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback - Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A reading by Tom Percival:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YT8jDsPn_PI
Website: http://tom-percival.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomPercivalsays
The Book;
The Invisible is the story of a young girl called Isabel and her family. They don't have much, but they have what they need to get by. Until one day, there isn't enough money to pay their rent and bills and they have to leave their home full of happy memories and move to the other side of the city.
It is the story of a girl who goes on to make one of the hardest things anyone can ever make...a difference.
And it is the story of those who are overlooked in our society - who are made to feel invisible - and why everyone has a place here. We all belong.
The Author:
Tom Percival writes and illustrates picture books (you know, for kids) as well as illustrating books written by other people. The most well known of these is probably the excellent Skulduggery Pleasant series by Derek Landy.
He grew up in a remote and beautiful part of South Shropshire. On reflection this seemed rather more remote than beautiful, owing to the fact that he lived in a small caravan without electricity, mains water or any sensible form of heating. He thinks that he’s probably one of the few people in his peer group to have learnt to read by gas lamp.
Surprisingly enough he has never been called ‘hippy’ (to the best of his knowledge)
Tom now lives in an actual house with his girlfriend and their two young sons.
His favourite colour is turquoise and his favourite number is usually seven.
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Roland Moore
Roland Moore
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The Land Girls Trilogy
Title 1: The Homecoming
Title 2: The Promise
Title 3: Christmas on the Home Front
Genre: Historical Fiction - TV & Film - Christmas
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Land Girls Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2mEzb_x17E
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/roland-moore
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RolandMooreTV
Book 1: The Homecoming
The Land Girls are back in a brand new story from the creator and writer of the popular, award-winning BBC drama.
Land Girl Connie Carter thought she’d finally left her past behind once and for all when she married Henry Jameson, Helmstead’s vicar and the love of her life. Bold Connie and mild-mannered Henry might be different as night and day, but she’s determined to be the best wife she can be and prove the village gossips wrong! Only Connie knows she doesn’t fit into Henry’s genteel world of tea-drinking and jam-making, and the cracks are already starting to show.
When Connie’s heroism makes her front page news, her past comes back to haunt her in a terrifying way. A different kind of war has come to Helmstead, and soon it’s a fight for both their marriage and their lives…
Book 2: The Promise
The Land Girls are back in a brand new story from the creator and writer of the popular, award-winning BBC drama
‘I’ll come for you, Iris. Mark my words!’
When a murder rocks the quiet village of Helmstead, seventeen-year-old Land Girl, Iris Dawson, is determined to prove her friend and local gamekeeper Frank Tucker’s innocence. But when she exposes Vernon Storey, the real murderer, her once happy life at Pasture Farm soon becomes a nightmare. Already running from the ghosts of her past back home in Northampton, Iris is now haunted by Vernon, who is out there somewhere and has promised to have his revenge.
Iris has never forgiven herself for the tragedy that destroyed her family and how, as a child, she failed her mother, and now the new surrogate family she has at Pasture Farm is fracturing around her. No one believes she is in danger, or that those she loves could also be Vernon’s targets in his bid to escape the law, so she must face this battle on her own. A battle that this time, Iris cannot afford to lose, culminating in a desperate race against time to save another innocent life, and to take back her own, once and for all.
Book 3: Christmas on the Home Front
It’s the last Christmas of the war but will things ever be the same again?
Christmas 1944
Despite the food rationing and the bitterly cold weather, the land girls of Pasture Farm, Connie Carter, Joyce Fisher and Esther Reeves, are determined to celebrate this Christmas in style. The fighting might still be raging, but they all hope this could be the last Christmas of this dreaded war.
But as the day approaches, word spreads in sleepy Helmstead that two German Airmen are on the run. With everyone on high alert, the mood is tense and the women take no chances. Until the German airmen find them…
Trapped at Pasture Farm with the enemy, the women are determined to find a way to freedom and overpower the airmen. But it means risking everything…including their lives.
The Author:
Roland Moore is a scriptwriter and novelist who created the award-winning BBC1 series Land Girls. He also adapted The Witch of Grich for television as a twelve-part international series and created a comedy drama for Chinese television. His film credits include 2:hrs and White Oak. He lives just outside London.
Title 1: The Homecoming
Title 2: The Promise
Title 3: Christmas on the Home Front
Genre: Historical Fiction - TV & Film - Christmas
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Land Girls Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2mEzb_x17E
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/roland-moore
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RolandMooreTV
Book 1: The Homecoming
The Land Girls are back in a brand new story from the creator and writer of the popular, award-winning BBC drama.
Land Girl Connie Carter thought she’d finally left her past behind once and for all when she married Henry Jameson, Helmstead’s vicar and the love of her life. Bold Connie and mild-mannered Henry might be different as night and day, but she’s determined to be the best wife she can be and prove the village gossips wrong! Only Connie knows she doesn’t fit into Henry’s genteel world of tea-drinking and jam-making, and the cracks are already starting to show.
When Connie’s heroism makes her front page news, her past comes back to haunt her in a terrifying way. A different kind of war has come to Helmstead, and soon it’s a fight for both their marriage and their lives…
Book 2: The Promise
The Land Girls are back in a brand new story from the creator and writer of the popular, award-winning BBC drama
‘I’ll come for you, Iris. Mark my words!’
When a murder rocks the quiet village of Helmstead, seventeen-year-old Land Girl, Iris Dawson, is determined to prove her friend and local gamekeeper Frank Tucker’s innocence. But when she exposes Vernon Storey, the real murderer, her once happy life at Pasture Farm soon becomes a nightmare. Already running from the ghosts of her past back home in Northampton, Iris is now haunted by Vernon, who is out there somewhere and has promised to have his revenge.
Iris has never forgiven herself for the tragedy that destroyed her family and how, as a child, she failed her mother, and now the new surrogate family she has at Pasture Farm is fracturing around her. No one believes she is in danger, or that those she loves could also be Vernon’s targets in his bid to escape the law, so she must face this battle on her own. A battle that this time, Iris cannot afford to lose, culminating in a desperate race against time to save another innocent life, and to take back her own, once and for all.
Book 3: Christmas on the Home Front
It’s the last Christmas of the war but will things ever be the same again?
Christmas 1944
Despite the food rationing and the bitterly cold weather, the land girls of Pasture Farm, Connie Carter, Joyce Fisher and Esther Reeves, are determined to celebrate this Christmas in style. The fighting might still be raging, but they all hope this could be the last Christmas of this dreaded war.
But as the day approaches, word spreads in sleepy Helmstead that two German Airmen are on the run. With everyone on high alert, the mood is tense and the women take no chances. Until the German airmen find them…
Trapped at Pasture Farm with the enemy, the women are determined to find a way to freedom and overpower the airmen. But it means risking everything…including their lives.
The Author:
Roland Moore is a scriptwriter and novelist who created the award-winning BBC1 series Land Girls. He also adapted The Witch of Grich for television as a twelve-part international series and created a comedy drama for Chinese television. His film credits include 2:hrs and White Oak. He lives just outside London.
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Title: End of the Line
Genre: Crime
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Detective Jake Porter's life was shattered when his wife was killed by a hit-and-run driver nearly four years ago. Since then, he has been building a new life piece by piece, but this is rocked when evidence comes to light that might finally lead him to her killer.At the same time, he and his partner DS Nick Styles have a volatile case to juggle. Ross Henderson was a vlogger rallying against the growing tide of the far-right. As his audience tuned in to his latest live broadcast, they watched in horror as he was brutally murdered.
While struggling to prevent full-blown riots in the wake of the atrocity, following the trail to his wife's killer will take its toll. Porter will have to act like a criminal in order to take down the personal responsible, but there's no guarantee he will come out the other side alive.
The Author:
Robert Scragg had a random mix of jobs before taking the dive into crime writing; he's been a bookseller, pizza deliverer, Karate instructor and Football coach. He lives in Tyne & Wear, is a founding member of the North East Noir crime writers group and is currently writing the second Porter and Styles novel.
Genre: Crime
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The Book;
Detective Jake Porter's life was shattered when his wife was killed by a hit-and-run driver nearly four years ago. Since then, he has been building a new life piece by piece, but this is rocked when evidence comes to light that might finally lead him to her killer.At the same time, he and his partner DS Nick Styles have a volatile case to juggle. Ross Henderson was a vlogger rallying against the growing tide of the far-right. As his audience tuned in to his latest live broadcast, they watched in horror as he was brutally murdered.
While struggling to prevent full-blown riots in the wake of the atrocity, following the trail to his wife's killer will take its toll. Porter will have to act like a criminal in order to take down the personal responsible, but there's no guarantee he will come out the other side alive.
The Author:
Robert Scragg had a random mix of jobs before taking the dive into crime writing; he's been a bookseller, pizza deliverer, Karate instructor and Football coach. He lives in Tyne & Wear, is a founding member of the North East Noir crime writers group and is currently writing the second Porter and Styles novel.
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Title: Hettie the Talking Yeti
Genre: Childrens
Format: Picture Book
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From the creators of OG and Hagwitch and the Cauldron of Colour and from best selling and award winner Joanne Hutchinson, comes the hilarious rhyming story of Hettie The Talking Yeti. Discover what happens, when an unexpected guest arrives and does not stop talking. With a loveable main character, this book is packed full of beautiful illustrations and parents and children will adore the jibber-jabber journey with a hilarious twist at the end. What would you do with Hettie The Talking Yeti?
The Author:
Joanne is a children's author based in Cambridgeshire, UK.
Renowned for writing acclaimed and best selling children's books, Jo is fast becoming recognised for her creative rhyming flair and has already achieved significant recognition for her outstanding work, with appearances on BBC radio, Talkradio, Littleradio and features in national press.
She creates vibrant, colourful rhyming stories for children to take you and your child on a magical journey to a new world that has been created specifically for children, called Mythical Land. This land is full of unique, wonderful characters who all live together creating a magical experience for everyone that visits. Each story introduces new characters and their own powers and enchanting personalities.
Her stories are fun, beautifully illustrated and help teach children the true value of kindness and friendship.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Picture Book
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The Book;
From the creators of OG and Hagwitch and the Cauldron of Colour and from best selling and award winner Joanne Hutchinson, comes the hilarious rhyming story of Hettie The Talking Yeti. Discover what happens, when an unexpected guest arrives and does not stop talking. With a loveable main character, this book is packed full of beautiful illustrations and parents and children will adore the jibber-jabber journey with a hilarious twist at the end. What would you do with Hettie The Talking Yeti?
The Author:
Joanne is a children's author based in Cambridgeshire, UK.
Renowned for writing acclaimed and best selling children's books, Jo is fast becoming recognised for her creative rhyming flair and has already achieved significant recognition for her outstanding work, with appearances on BBC radio, Talkradio, Littleradio and features in national press.
She creates vibrant, colourful rhyming stories for children to take you and your child on a magical journey to a new world that has been created specifically for children, called Mythical Land. This land is full of unique, wonderful characters who all live together creating a magical experience for everyone that visits. Each story introduces new characters and their own powers and enchanting personalities.
Her stories are fun, beautifully illustrated and help teach children the true value of kindness and friendship.
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The Island Expat Trilogy:
Title 1: The Beginning
Genre: Crime Fiction/ Romance
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Title 2: Bondu and Beyond
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Title 3: Family Matters
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Book 1; The Beginning
A chance meeting. A Mediterranean island. A dead body.
When damaged ex-detective Matt Elliott stops to help a stranger in the drizzly English weather it’s the catalyst for changes in his life he could never have imagined.
Elena Lacey accepts Matt’s help and her safe, predictable future is thrown upside down.
Neither of them know what new beginnings are signalled on the beautiful island of Souvia, especially their association with a crime borne out of passion, revenge, and jealousy.
New Beginnings is the first novella in The Island Expat series. A two-hour cozy mystery read with a touch of romance, set on the fictional Mediterranean island of Souvia
Book 2: Bondu and Beyond
"Brilliant! Gripping, intriguing, romantic - it has it all!" "
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A new life. A shocking discovery. A missing woman.
When Jenny the rescue dog finds more than she bargained for in the Souvian countryside it triggers Matt's illness, and the night horrors return. He knows the only way to deal with it is to tackle matters head-on and to seek justice for those involved.
Elena will do everything in her power to help the man she loves, even if it means putting herself and others at risk from men whose only motivation is money.
Matt and Elena are unaware of the depths to which the criminals will plummet to reach their goals; so are the unsuspecting victims.
Bondu and Beyond is the second novella in The Island Expat series. A two-hour crime fiction read with a touch of romance, set on the fictional Mediterranean island of Souvia.
Book 3: Family Matters
A troubled daughter. A heinous crime. A vengeful woman.
When Matt’s daughter, Kayleigh takes a job in Souvia to escape her abusive ex, she’s horrified to be a victim of a malicious crime that goes disastrously wrong.
Matt has no idea why his daughter and her new boss have been targeted, but he’s determined to protect Kayleigh and to ensure her safety from those who want to harm her.
Elena and Kayleigh find themselves right in the firing line as the investigation progresses. Will they err on the side of caution, or will Kayleigh’s skills stop the criminals in their tracks?
Family Matters is the third novella in The Island Expat series. A two-hour crime fiction read with a touch of romance, set on the fictional Mediterranean island of Souvia.
The Author:
Following a career of over thirty years in the British Army, Deb and her husband moved to Cyprus to become weather refugees.
Deb loves spending time with her husband Allan and rescue dog Sandy. She also loves writing, keeping fit, and socialising, and does her best to avoid housework.
She’s written children's books about Jason the penguin and Barry the reindeer and young adult/adult books about dogs, the afterlife, soldiers, and netball players.
The first book in the Unlikely Soldiers series is set in nineteen-seventies Britain. The second covers the early eighties and includes the Falklands War, service in Northern Ireland and (the former) West Germany. 'Friends and Revenge' is the third in the series, and takes a sinister turn of events.
Title 1: The Beginning
Genre: Crime Fiction/ Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Bondu and Beyond
Genre: Crime Fiction/ Romance
Format: Paperback
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Title 3: Family Matters
Genre: Crime Fiction/ Romance
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Website: https://www.debmcewansbooksandblogs.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/deb_mcewan
Book 1; The Beginning
A chance meeting. A Mediterranean island. A dead body.
When damaged ex-detective Matt Elliott stops to help a stranger in the drizzly English weather it’s the catalyst for changes in his life he could never have imagined.
Elena Lacey accepts Matt’s help and her safe, predictable future is thrown upside down.
Neither of them know what new beginnings are signalled on the beautiful island of Souvia, especially their association with a crime borne out of passion, revenge, and jealousy.
New Beginnings is the first novella in The Island Expat series. A two-hour cozy mystery read with a touch of romance, set on the fictional Mediterranean island of Souvia
Book 2: Bondu and Beyond
"Brilliant! Gripping, intriguing, romantic - it has it all!" "
Amazon Reviewer.
A new life. A shocking discovery. A missing woman.
When Jenny the rescue dog finds more than she bargained for in the Souvian countryside it triggers Matt's illness, and the night horrors return. He knows the only way to deal with it is to tackle matters head-on and to seek justice for those involved.
Elena will do everything in her power to help the man she loves, even if it means putting herself and others at risk from men whose only motivation is money.
Matt and Elena are unaware of the depths to which the criminals will plummet to reach their goals; so are the unsuspecting victims.
Bondu and Beyond is the second novella in The Island Expat series. A two-hour crime fiction read with a touch of romance, set on the fictional Mediterranean island of Souvia.
Book 3: Family Matters
A troubled daughter. A heinous crime. A vengeful woman.
When Matt’s daughter, Kayleigh takes a job in Souvia to escape her abusive ex, she’s horrified to be a victim of a malicious crime that goes disastrously wrong.
Matt has no idea why his daughter and her new boss have been targeted, but he’s determined to protect Kayleigh and to ensure her safety from those who want to harm her.
Elena and Kayleigh find themselves right in the firing line as the investigation progresses. Will they err on the side of caution, or will Kayleigh’s skills stop the criminals in their tracks?
Family Matters is the third novella in The Island Expat series. A two-hour crime fiction read with a touch of romance, set on the fictional Mediterranean island of Souvia.
The Author:
Following a career of over thirty years in the British Army, Deb and her husband moved to Cyprus to become weather refugees.
Deb loves spending time with her husband Allan and rescue dog Sandy. She also loves writing, keeping fit, and socialising, and does her best to avoid housework.
She’s written children's books about Jason the penguin and Barry the reindeer and young adult/adult books about dogs, the afterlife, soldiers, and netball players.
The first book in the Unlikely Soldiers series is set in nineteen-seventies Britain. The second covers the early eighties and includes the Falklands War, service in Northern Ireland and (the former) West Germany. 'Friends and Revenge' is the third in the series, and takes a sinister turn of events.
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Title: One Little Bird
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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When a man cuts down little bird Rosa's tree, she makes herself a new nest at the top of his house and refuses to budge. News of her protest sweeps through the animal kingdom and it inspires other animals to start moving into people's homes in protest too! A funny and heartwarming introduction to an important environmental issue and the power we all have when we work together.
The Author:
After graduating with a degree in English and Psychology, she worked as a primary school teacher before taking a career break to bring up her family, which also allowed her more time to spend on her love of writing.
When teaching, her big passion was helping children to develop the skills they needed to learn to read, and encouraging them to develop a love of books. Even now she love nothing more than seeing her own children with their nose in a book.
The greatest inspiration for her own writing is her children, who provide her with an abundance of new ideas on a daily basis.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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The Book;
When a man cuts down little bird Rosa's tree, she makes herself a new nest at the top of his house and refuses to budge. News of her protest sweeps through the animal kingdom and it inspires other animals to start moving into people's homes in protest too! A funny and heartwarming introduction to an important environmental issue and the power we all have when we work together.
The Author:
After graduating with a degree in English and Psychology, she worked as a primary school teacher before taking a career break to bring up her family, which also allowed her more time to spend on her love of writing.
When teaching, her big passion was helping children to develop the skills they needed to learn to read, and encouraging them to develop a love of books. Even now she love nothing more than seeing her own children with their nose in a book.
The greatest inspiration for her own writing is her children, who provide her with an abundance of new ideas on a daily basis.
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Title: Star Wars : Dark Legends
Genre: Sci-Fi
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Website: https://georgemann.wordpress.com
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The Book;
Read on if you dare! This unique in-world collection hallows the spooky tales and ghost stories that would have kept young Luke and Leia up at night. Created by George Mann and Grant Griffin--the same team behind the stunning Star Wars: Myths & Fables--these seven frightful fables have been carefully woven from the expansive fabric that is the Star Wars galaxy (including the thrilling landscape from Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney World), and beautifully painted in a lush illustrative style that feels intergalactic yet innately archetypal and timeless.
The Author:
George Mann is an author and editor, primarily in genre fiction. He was born in Darlington, County Durham in 1978.
A former editor of Outland, Mann is the author of The Human Abstract, and more recently The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual in his Newbury and Hobbes detective series, set in an alternate Britain, and Ghosts of Manhattan, set in the same universe some decades later.
He wrote the Time Hunter novella "The Severed Man", and co-wrote the series finale, Child of Time.
He has also written numerous short stories, plus Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes audiobooks for Big Finish Productions. He has edited a number of anthologies including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, The Solaris Book of New Fantasy and a retrospective collection of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock.
Genre: Sci-Fi
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The Book;
Read on if you dare! This unique in-world collection hallows the spooky tales and ghost stories that would have kept young Luke and Leia up at night. Created by George Mann and Grant Griffin--the same team behind the stunning Star Wars: Myths & Fables--these seven frightful fables have been carefully woven from the expansive fabric that is the Star Wars galaxy (including the thrilling landscape from Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney World), and beautifully painted in a lush illustrative style that feels intergalactic yet innately archetypal and timeless.
The Author:
George Mann is an author and editor, primarily in genre fiction. He was born in Darlington, County Durham in 1978.
A former editor of Outland, Mann is the author of The Human Abstract, and more recently The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual in his Newbury and Hobbes detective series, set in an alternate Britain, and Ghosts of Manhattan, set in the same universe some decades later.
He wrote the Time Hunter novella "The Severed Man", and co-wrote the series finale, Child of Time.
He has also written numerous short stories, plus Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes audiobooks for Big Finish Productions. He has edited a number of anthologies including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, The Solaris Book of New Fantasy and a retrospective collection of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock.
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Book Series: Bernicia Chronicles (1-7)
Title 1: The Serpent Sword
Genre: Historical Fiction (Dark Ages)
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Title 2: The Cross and the Curse
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Title 5: Warrior of Woden
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Book 1: The Serpent Sword
Certain that his brother’s death is murder, young farmhand Beobrand embarks on a quest for revenge in war-torn Northumbria. When he witnesses barbaric acts at the hands of warriors he considers his friends, Beobrand questions his chosen path and vows to bring the men to justice.
Relentless in pursuit of his enemies, Beobrand faces challenges that change him irrevocably. Just as a great sword is forged by beating together rods of iron, so his adversities transform him from a farm boy to a man who stands strong in the clamour and gore of the shieldwall.
As he closes in on his kin’s slayer and the bodies begin to pile up, can Beobrand mete out the vengeance he craves without sacrificing his own honour … or even his soul?
Book 2: The Cross and the Curse
634AD. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and second instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Warlords battle across Britain to become the first king of the English.
After a stunning victory against the native Waelisc, Beobrand returns a hero. His valour is rewarded with wealth and land by the king of Northumbria. He retires to his new estate with his bride only to find himself surrounded by enemies old and new.
With treachery and death on all sides, Beobrand fears he will lose all he holds dear.
On a quest for revenge and redemption, he accepts the mantle of lord, leading his men into the darkest of nights and the bloodiest of battles.
Book 3: Blood and Blade
635AD. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and third instalment in The Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Oswald is now King of Northumbria. However, his plans for further alliances and conquests are quickly thrown into disarray when his wedding to a princess of Wessex is interrupted by news of a Pictish uprising.
Rushing north, Oswald leaves Beobrand to escort the young queen to her new home. Their path is fraught with danger and uncertainty, Beobrand must try to unravel secrets and lies if they are to survive.
Meanwhile, old enemies are closing in, seeking brutal revenge. Beobrand will give his blood and blade in service to his king, but will that be enough to avert disaster and save his kith and kin from the evil forces that surround them?
Book 4: Killer of Kings
AD 636. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the fourth instalment in The Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Beobrand has land, men and riches. He should be content. And yet he cannot find peace until his enemies are food for the ravens. But before Beobrand can embark on his bloodfeud, King Oswald orders him southward, to escort holy men bearing sacred relics.
When Penda of Mercia marches a warhost into the southern kingdoms, Beobrand and his men are thrown into the midst of the conflict. Beobrand soon finds himself fighting for his life and his honour.
In the chaos that grips the south, dark secrets are exposed, bringing into question much that Beobrand had believed true. Can he unearth the answers and exact the vengeance he craves? Or will the blood-price prove too high, even for a warrior of his battle-fame and skill?
Book 5: Warrior of Woden
AD 642. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the fifth instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Oswald has reigned over Northumbria for eight years and Beobrand has led the king to ever greater victories. Rewarded for his fealty and prowess in battle, Beobrand is now a wealthy warlord, with a sizable warband. Tales of Beobrand's fearsome black-shielded warriors and the great treasure he has amassed are told throughout the halls of the land.
Many are the kings who bow to Oswald. And yet there are those who look upon his realm with a covetous eye. And there is one ruler who will never kneel before him.
When Penda of Mercia, the great killer of kings, invades Northumbria, Beobrand is once more called upon to stand in an epic battle where the blood of many will be shed in defence of the kingdom.
But in this climactic clash between the pagan Penda and the Christian Oswald there is much more at stake than sovereignty. This is a battle for the very souls of the people of Albion.
Book 6: Storm of Steel
AD 643. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the sixth instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Heading south to lands he once considered his home, Beobrand is plunged into a dark world of piracy and slavery when an old friend enlists his help to recover a kidnapped girl.
Embarking onto the wind-tossed seas, Beobrand pursues his quarry with single-minded tenacity. But the Whale Road is never calm and his journey is beset with storms, betrayal and violence.
As the winds of his wyrd blow him ever further from what he knows, will Beobrand find victory on his quest or has his luck finally abandoned him?
Book 7: Fortress of Fury
War hangs heavy in the hot summer air as Penda of Mercia and his allies march into the north. Caught unawares, the Bernician forces are besieged within the great fortress of Bebbanburg.
It falls to Beobrand to mount the defence of the stronghold, but even while the battle rages, old and powerful enemies have mobilised against him, seeking vengeance for past events.
As the Mercian forces tighten their grip and unknown killers close in, Beobrand finds himself in a struggle with conflicting oaths and the dreadful pull of a forbidden love that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.
With the future of Northumbria in jeopardy, will Beobrand be able to withstand the powers that beset him and find a path to victory against all the odds?
The Author:
Matthew Harffy lived in Northumberland as a child and the area had a great impact on him. The rugged terrain, ruined castles and rocky coastline made it easy to imagine the past. Decades later, a documentary about Northumbria's Golden Age sowed the kernel of an idea for a series of historical fiction novels. The first of them is the action-packed tale of vengeance and coming of age, THE SERPENT SWORD. The sequel is THE CROSS AND THE CURSE.
Matthew has worked in the IT industry, where he spent all day writing and editing, just not the words that most interested him. Prior to that he worked in Spain as an English teacher and translator. Matthew lives in Wiltshire, England, with his wife and their two daughters
Title 1: The Serpent Sword
Genre: Historical Fiction (Dark Ages)
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Title 2: The Cross and the Curse
Genre: Historical Fiction (Dark Ages)
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Title 3: Blood and Blade
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Title 4: Killer of Kings
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Title 5: Warrior of Woden
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Title 6: Storm of Steel
Genre: Historical Fiction (Dark Ages)
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Title 7: Fortress of Fury
Genre: Historical Fiction (Dark Ages)
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Website: http://www.matthewharffy.com
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Book 1: The Serpent Sword
Certain that his brother’s death is murder, young farmhand Beobrand embarks on a quest for revenge in war-torn Northumbria. When he witnesses barbaric acts at the hands of warriors he considers his friends, Beobrand questions his chosen path and vows to bring the men to justice.
Relentless in pursuit of his enemies, Beobrand faces challenges that change him irrevocably. Just as a great sword is forged by beating together rods of iron, so his adversities transform him from a farm boy to a man who stands strong in the clamour and gore of the shieldwall.
As he closes in on his kin’s slayer and the bodies begin to pile up, can Beobrand mete out the vengeance he craves without sacrificing his own honour … or even his soul?
Book 2: The Cross and the Curse
634AD. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and second instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Warlords battle across Britain to become the first king of the English.
After a stunning victory against the native Waelisc, Beobrand returns a hero. His valour is rewarded with wealth and land by the king of Northumbria. He retires to his new estate with his bride only to find himself surrounded by enemies old and new.
With treachery and death on all sides, Beobrand fears he will lose all he holds dear.
On a quest for revenge and redemption, he accepts the mantle of lord, leading his men into the darkest of nights and the bloodiest of battles.
Book 3: Blood and Blade
635AD. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and third instalment in The Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Oswald is now King of Northumbria. However, his plans for further alliances and conquests are quickly thrown into disarray when his wedding to a princess of Wessex is interrupted by news of a Pictish uprising.
Rushing north, Oswald leaves Beobrand to escort the young queen to her new home. Their path is fraught with danger and uncertainty, Beobrand must try to unravel secrets and lies if they are to survive.
Meanwhile, old enemies are closing in, seeking brutal revenge. Beobrand will give his blood and blade in service to his king, but will that be enough to avert disaster and save his kith and kin from the evil forces that surround them?
Book 4: Killer of Kings
AD 636. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the fourth instalment in The Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Beobrand has land, men and riches. He should be content. And yet he cannot find peace until his enemies are food for the ravens. But before Beobrand can embark on his bloodfeud, King Oswald orders him southward, to escort holy men bearing sacred relics.
When Penda of Mercia marches a warhost into the southern kingdoms, Beobrand and his men are thrown into the midst of the conflict. Beobrand soon finds himself fighting for his life and his honour.
In the chaos that grips the south, dark secrets are exposed, bringing into question much that Beobrand had believed true. Can he unearth the answers and exact the vengeance he craves? Or will the blood-price prove too high, even for a warrior of his battle-fame and skill?
Book 5: Warrior of Woden
AD 642. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the fifth instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Oswald has reigned over Northumbria for eight years and Beobrand has led the king to ever greater victories. Rewarded for his fealty and prowess in battle, Beobrand is now a wealthy warlord, with a sizable warband. Tales of Beobrand's fearsome black-shielded warriors and the great treasure he has amassed are told throughout the halls of the land.
Many are the kings who bow to Oswald. And yet there are those who look upon his realm with a covetous eye. And there is one ruler who will never kneel before him.
When Penda of Mercia, the great killer of kings, invades Northumbria, Beobrand is once more called upon to stand in an epic battle where the blood of many will be shed in defence of the kingdom.
But in this climactic clash between the pagan Penda and the Christian Oswald there is much more at stake than sovereignty. This is a battle for the very souls of the people of Albion.
Book 6: Storm of Steel
AD 643. Anglo-Saxon Britain. A gripping, action-packed historical thriller and the sixth instalment in the Bernicia Chronicles. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell.
Heading south to lands he once considered his home, Beobrand is plunged into a dark world of piracy and slavery when an old friend enlists his help to recover a kidnapped girl.
Embarking onto the wind-tossed seas, Beobrand pursues his quarry with single-minded tenacity. But the Whale Road is never calm and his journey is beset with storms, betrayal and violence.
As the winds of his wyrd blow him ever further from what he knows, will Beobrand find victory on his quest or has his luck finally abandoned him?
Book 7: Fortress of Fury
War hangs heavy in the hot summer air as Penda of Mercia and his allies march into the north. Caught unawares, the Bernician forces are besieged within the great fortress of Bebbanburg.
It falls to Beobrand to mount the defence of the stronghold, but even while the battle rages, old and powerful enemies have mobilised against him, seeking vengeance for past events.
As the Mercian forces tighten their grip and unknown killers close in, Beobrand finds himself in a struggle with conflicting oaths and the dreadful pull of a forbidden love that threatens to destroy everything he holds dear.
With the future of Northumbria in jeopardy, will Beobrand be able to withstand the powers that beset him and find a path to victory against all the odds?
The Author:
Matthew Harffy lived in Northumberland as a child and the area had a great impact on him. The rugged terrain, ruined castles and rocky coastline made it easy to imagine the past. Decades later, a documentary about Northumbria's Golden Age sowed the kernel of an idea for a series of historical fiction novels. The first of them is the action-packed tale of vengeance and coming of age, THE SERPENT SWORD. The sequel is THE CROSS AND THE CURSE.
Matthew has worked in the IT industry, where he spent all day writing and editing, just not the words that most interested him. Prior to that he worked in Spain as an English teacher and translator. Matthew lives in Wiltshire, England, with his wife and their two daughters
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Title: For Lord and Land
Genre: Historical Fiction
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The Book;
Greed and ambition threaten to tear the north apart.
War rages between the two kingdoms of Northumbria. Kin is pitted against kin and friend becomes foe as ambitious kings vie for supremacy.
When Beobrand travels south into East Angeln to rescue a friend, he unwittingly tilts the balance of power in the north, setting in motion events that will lead to a climactic confrontation between Oswiu of Bernicia and Oswine of Deira.
While the lord of Ubbanford is entangled in the clash of kings, his most trusted warrior, Cynan, finds himself on his own quest, called to the aid of someone he thought never to see again. Riding into the mountainous region of Rheged, Cynan faces implacable enemies who would do anything to further their own ends.
Forced to confront their pasts, and with death and betrayal at every turn, both Beobrand and Cynan have their loyalties tested to breaking point.
Who will survive the battle for a united Northumbria, and who will pay the ultimate price for lord and land?
The Author:
Matthew Harffy lived in Northumberland as a child and the area had a great impact on him. The rugged terrain, ruined castles and rocky coastline made it easy to imagine the past. Decades later, a documentary about Northumbria's Golden Age sowed the kernel of an idea for a series of historical fiction novels. The first of them is the action-packed tale of vengeance and coming of age, THE SERPENT SWORD. The sequel is THE CROSS AND THE CURSE.
Matthew has worked in the IT industry, where he spent all day writing and editing, just not the words that most interested him. Prior to that he worked in Spain as an English teacher and translator. Matthew lives in Wiltshire, England, with his wife and their two daughters.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.matthewharffy.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewHarffy
The Book;
Greed and ambition threaten to tear the north apart.
War rages between the two kingdoms of Northumbria. Kin is pitted against kin and friend becomes foe as ambitious kings vie for supremacy.
When Beobrand travels south into East Angeln to rescue a friend, he unwittingly tilts the balance of power in the north, setting in motion events that will lead to a climactic confrontation between Oswiu of Bernicia and Oswine of Deira.
While the lord of Ubbanford is entangled in the clash of kings, his most trusted warrior, Cynan, finds himself on his own quest, called to the aid of someone he thought never to see again. Riding into the mountainous region of Rheged, Cynan faces implacable enemies who would do anything to further their own ends.
Forced to confront their pasts, and with death and betrayal at every turn, both Beobrand and Cynan have their loyalties tested to breaking point.
Who will survive the battle for a united Northumbria, and who will pay the ultimate price for lord and land?
The Author:
Matthew Harffy lived in Northumberland as a child and the area had a great impact on him. The rugged terrain, ruined castles and rocky coastline made it easy to imagine the past. Decades later, a documentary about Northumbria's Golden Age sowed the kernel of an idea for a series of historical fiction novels. The first of them is the action-packed tale of vengeance and coming of age, THE SERPENT SWORD. The sequel is THE CROSS AND THE CURSE.
Matthew has worked in the IT industry, where he spent all day writing and editing, just not the words that most interested him. Prior to that he worked in Spain as an English teacher and translator. Matthew lives in Wiltshire, England, with his wife and their two daughters.
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Title: The Summer Seekers
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Website: https://sarahmorgan.com/books/the-summer-seekers
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahMorgan_
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Get swept into a summer of sunshine, soul-searching, and shameless matchmaking with this delightfully big-hearted road-trip adventure!
Kathleen is eighty years old. After she has a run-in with an intruder, her daughter wants her to move in to a residential home. But she’s not having any of it. What she craves—what she needs—is adventure.
Liza is drowning under the daily stress of family life. The last thing she needs is her mother jetting off on a wild holiday, making Liza long for a solo summer of her own.
Martha is having a quarter-life crisis. Unemployed, unloved and uninspired, she just can’t get her life together. But she knows something has to change.
When Martha sees Kathleen’s advertisement for a driver and companion to share an epic road trip across America with, she decides this job might be the answer to her prayers. She’s not the world’s best driver, but anything has to be better than living with her parents. And traveling with a stranger? No problem. Anyway, how much trouble can one eighty-year-old woman be?
As these women embark on the journey of a lifetime, they all discover it’s never too late to start over.
As these women embark on the journey of a lifetime, they all discover it's never too late to start over....
The Author:
USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah Morgan writes romance and contemporary women's fiction and her trademark humour and warmth have gained her fans across the globe. Sarah lives near London, England, and when she isn't reading or writing she loves being outdoors.
Sarah's latest book, THE SUMMER SEEKERS, an uplifting summer read is out now. Coming in October is her new, feelgood festive novel THE CHRISTMAS ESCAPE.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://sarahmorgan.com/books/the-summer-seekers
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahMorgan_
The Book;
Get swept into a summer of sunshine, soul-searching, and shameless matchmaking with this delightfully big-hearted road-trip adventure!
Kathleen is eighty years old. After she has a run-in with an intruder, her daughter wants her to move in to a residential home. But she’s not having any of it. What she craves—what she needs—is adventure.
Liza is drowning under the daily stress of family life. The last thing she needs is her mother jetting off on a wild holiday, making Liza long for a solo summer of her own.
Martha is having a quarter-life crisis. Unemployed, unloved and uninspired, she just can’t get her life together. But she knows something has to change.
When Martha sees Kathleen’s advertisement for a driver and companion to share an epic road trip across America with, she decides this job might be the answer to her prayers. She’s not the world’s best driver, but anything has to be better than living with her parents. And traveling with a stranger? No problem. Anyway, how much trouble can one eighty-year-old woman be?
As these women embark on the journey of a lifetime, they all discover it’s never too late to start over.
As these women embark on the journey of a lifetime, they all discover it's never too late to start over....
The Author:
USA Today and Sunday Times bestselling author Sarah Morgan writes romance and contemporary women's fiction and her trademark humour and warmth have gained her fans across the globe. Sarah lives near London, England, and when she isn't reading or writing she loves being outdoors.
Sarah's latest book, THE SUMMER SEEKERS, an uplifting summer read is out now. Coming in October is her new, feelgood festive novel THE CHRISTMAS ESCAPE.
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Title: Howling Hag Mystery
Genre: Children (9+), Fantasy,
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All About The Howling Hag Mystery! :
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Website: http://www.nickithornton.co.uk
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When bad things start to happen at Twinhills school, Raven Charming suspects magic might be responsible. But if someone at school is casting curses - she should know all about it, after all she is the one from the family of Twinhills witches. If there is a new witch in town, can she be stopped before she causes trouble for magical folk everywhere.
The Author:
Nicki is a former bookseller, and still lives in Oxfordshire where she ran a bookshop for more than ten years. She remains passionate about books, bookshops and anything that celebrates reading for pleasure and writes a regular Mystery Journal celebrating all things crime fiction for young people.
Nicki Thornton’s ‘wickedly funny and wildly original haunted whodunit’ The Last Chance Hotel, was selected as Waterstones Book of the Month October 2018 and has gone on to be an international bestseller, being translated into fifteen languages. Nicki Thornton’s debut won the 2019 Ealing Junior Book Award, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2019, was shortlisted for the 2019 CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Children, the 2019 Oxfordshire Book Award Best Junior Novel, Shortlisted for the Warwickshire 2019 Junior Book Award and longlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.
Genre: Children (9+), Fantasy,
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Website: http://www.nickithornton.co.uk
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The Book;
When bad things start to happen at Twinhills school, Raven Charming suspects magic might be responsible. But if someone at school is casting curses - she should know all about it, after all she is the one from the family of Twinhills witches. If there is a new witch in town, can she be stopped before she causes trouble for magical folk everywhere.
The Author:
Nicki is a former bookseller, and still lives in Oxfordshire where she ran a bookshop for more than ten years. She remains passionate about books, bookshops and anything that celebrates reading for pleasure and writes a regular Mystery Journal celebrating all things crime fiction for young people.
Nicki Thornton’s ‘wickedly funny and wildly original haunted whodunit’ The Last Chance Hotel, was selected as Waterstones Book of the Month October 2018 and has gone on to be an international bestseller, being translated into fifteen languages. Nicki Thornton’s debut won the 2019 Ealing Junior Book Award, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2019, was shortlisted for the 2019 CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Children, the 2019 Oxfordshire Book Award Best Junior Novel, Shortlisted for the Warwickshire 2019 Junior Book Award and longlisted for the Specsavers National Book Awards 2018.
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Title: Men of Letters
Genre: History
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Website: https://historicalwriters.org/writer/duncan-barrett/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BarrettsBooks
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Stories of the lives and losses of the Post Office Rifles in World War I—men who came from all ranks and walks of life, brought together by their common pre-war employment as Post Office workers
When World War I broke out, the post office was the biggest employer in the world. Spanning many ranks and walks of life, 12,000 men fought bravely with the Post Office Rifles. By the war’s end, 1,800 of them had been killed. Those same men who not long before had been sorting and delivering mail, found themselves hoping their own letters would get through to their loved ones at home, and relying on the letters and parcels sent to them for their own much needed morale-boosts. Using the personal stories and letters of the men who joined the Post Office Rifles, this is a moving account of how the war touched the lives of ordinary men—how it changed communities, how women took up men’s working roles, and, of course, the vital role the mail played in the war. Love letters, letters from the front line, much-welcomed parcels of food and cigarettes, and sad letters of condolence—together these tell the story of the fallen heroes.
The Author:
Duncan Barrett is a writer and editor, specialising in biography and memoir. He grew up in London and studied English at Jesus College, Cambridge. In 2010 he edited the First World War memoirs of pacifist saboteur Ronald Skirth, published as The Reluctant Tommy. He is co-author, with Nuala Calvi, of a trio of Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers: The Sugar Girls, which was ranked second in the history bestsellers of 2012, GI Brides, which was also a New York Times bestseller in America, and The Girls Who Went to War. His first solo title, Men of Letters: The Post Office Heroes Who Fought the Great War, was nominated for the People's Book Prize. His most recent book is Hitler's British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands
Genre: History
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Website: https://historicalwriters.org/writer/duncan-barrett/
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Stories of the lives and losses of the Post Office Rifles in World War I—men who came from all ranks and walks of life, brought together by their common pre-war employment as Post Office workers
When World War I broke out, the post office was the biggest employer in the world. Spanning many ranks and walks of life, 12,000 men fought bravely with the Post Office Rifles. By the war’s end, 1,800 of them had been killed. Those same men who not long before had been sorting and delivering mail, found themselves hoping their own letters would get through to their loved ones at home, and relying on the letters and parcels sent to them for their own much needed morale-boosts. Using the personal stories and letters of the men who joined the Post Office Rifles, this is a moving account of how the war touched the lives of ordinary men—how it changed communities, how women took up men’s working roles, and, of course, the vital role the mail played in the war. Love letters, letters from the front line, much-welcomed parcels of food and cigarettes, and sad letters of condolence—together these tell the story of the fallen heroes.
The Author:
Duncan Barrett is a writer and editor, specialising in biography and memoir. He grew up in London and studied English at Jesus College, Cambridge. In 2010 he edited the First World War memoirs of pacifist saboteur Ronald Skirth, published as The Reluctant Tommy. He is co-author, with Nuala Calvi, of a trio of Sunday Times Top 10 bestsellers: The Sugar Girls, which was ranked second in the history bestsellers of 2012, GI Brides, which was also a New York Times bestseller in America, and The Girls Who Went to War. His first solo title, Men of Letters: The Post Office Heroes Who Fought the Great War, was nominated for the People's Book Prize. His most recent book is Hitler's British Isles: The Real Story of the Occupied Channel Islands
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Title: The House of Secret Treasure
Genre: Childrens
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Website: https://www.kitamitchell.com
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George isn't good at anything much. In fact, he's pretty average. That doesn't mean he doesn't have BIG ambitions, they are just harder to achieve when your big sister, Jess, is brilliant at everything! Then George inherits a mansion from dear old Mrs Smallbone. Except Hogweed Hall isn't your average mansion. It's BRILLIANT, and full of fascinating tenants like Boris the dog, an unusual pastry chef who lives in the basement, a mysterious scientist who works in the attic, and lots and lots of chickens! But Mrs Smallbone's sisters aren't at all happy about the situation, and invite themselves to stay. They're after something, and don't intend to leave without it. Can George stop them before it's too late?
The Author:
Kita wrote and illustrated her first work, Cindersmella, at the age of six. It was swiftly and cruelly rejected by publishers. The sequels, Repunsmell and Mouldilocks, were equally badly received.
Disheartened, she became an animator - but the feeling she should write funny stuff for children never went away. One day, she decided to have another go. This time, publishers were less rude - and the award winning Grandma Dangerous trilogy was published in 2018.
Kita now lives the glamorous life of an author in Oxfordshire, with four teenage daughters and a hamster.
Genre: Childrens
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The Book;
George isn't good at anything much. In fact, he's pretty average. That doesn't mean he doesn't have BIG ambitions, they are just harder to achieve when your big sister, Jess, is brilliant at everything! Then George inherits a mansion from dear old Mrs Smallbone. Except Hogweed Hall isn't your average mansion. It's BRILLIANT, and full of fascinating tenants like Boris the dog, an unusual pastry chef who lives in the basement, a mysterious scientist who works in the attic, and lots and lots of chickens! But Mrs Smallbone's sisters aren't at all happy about the situation, and invite themselves to stay. They're after something, and don't intend to leave without it. Can George stop them before it's too late?
The Author:
Kita wrote and illustrated her first work, Cindersmella, at the age of six. It was swiftly and cruelly rejected by publishers. The sequels, Repunsmell and Mouldilocks, were equally badly received.
Disheartened, she became an animator - but the feeling she should write funny stuff for children never went away. One day, she decided to have another go. This time, publishers were less rude - and the award winning Grandma Dangerous trilogy was published in 2018.
Kita now lives the glamorous life of an author in Oxfordshire, with four teenage daughters and a hamster.
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Title 1: Last Place You Look
Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller
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Title 2: Under A Dark Cloud
Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller
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Book1: Last Place You Look
When does a secret become a crime?
Jonathan Miller and his wife are invited to his best friend’s lavish 40th birthday celebrations. Four days later, Jonathan is dead, apparently asphyxiated during a solitary sex act gone wrong. A tragic case of misadventure.
DS Robin Butler is accompanied by his new partner DC Freya West to give a death notice to the widow. He can’t understand why West behaves like a nervous rookie. He doesn’t know that the victim was West’s lover, and until that moment she had no idea he was dead.
West is devastated and confused. Jonathan’s wife hints that he was troubled, and West chooses to withhold her connection to him. If it came out it would end her career. Yet she cannot accept any version of events other than murder. His wife, she is sure, is lying.
As the pair investigate, Butler’s past and present also collide. When the truth is finally revealed, there is no mistaking who the guilty parties are. But can they trust each other with their darkest secrets? And how can justice be served when the laws that were broken go unnoticed?
Book 2: Under a Dark Cloud
One dead body. One witness. One answer.
DS Robin Butler has started putting his life back together. These days, he sleeps better. Unlike his partner DC Freya West, who is plagued by nightmares since the events of nine months ago.
When early one morning Robin receives a call to attend a crime scene, it is not as a policeman but as best friend to Dr Finn Mason. A renowned meteorologist, Finn has locked himself in a van with a dead body and refuses to leave. Once he eventually does, it is as a suspected murderer.
Butler immediately seeks to find evidence that Finn is innocent of the crime. When Freya reveals the extent of her own struggles, the two work together in the search for answers. In the process, Freya has to decide if she will allow the past to consume her. But the truth may prove more painful than either could imagine. Do both detectives stand to lose more than they can bear?
The Author:
Louisa Scarr studied Psychology at the University of Southampton and has lived in and around the city ever since. She works as a freelance copywriter and editor, and when she's not writing, she can be found pounding the streets in running shoes or swimming in muddy lakes.
Title 1: Last Place You Look
Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Under A Dark Cloud
Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/louisa-scarr
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paperclipgirl
Book1: Last Place You Look
When does a secret become a crime?
Jonathan Miller and his wife are invited to his best friend’s lavish 40th birthday celebrations. Four days later, Jonathan is dead, apparently asphyxiated during a solitary sex act gone wrong. A tragic case of misadventure.
DS Robin Butler is accompanied by his new partner DC Freya West to give a death notice to the widow. He can’t understand why West behaves like a nervous rookie. He doesn’t know that the victim was West’s lover, and until that moment she had no idea he was dead.
West is devastated and confused. Jonathan’s wife hints that he was troubled, and West chooses to withhold her connection to him. If it came out it would end her career. Yet she cannot accept any version of events other than murder. His wife, she is sure, is lying.
As the pair investigate, Butler’s past and present also collide. When the truth is finally revealed, there is no mistaking who the guilty parties are. But can they trust each other with their darkest secrets? And how can justice be served when the laws that were broken go unnoticed?
Book 2: Under a Dark Cloud
One dead body. One witness. One answer.
DS Robin Butler has started putting his life back together. These days, he sleeps better. Unlike his partner DC Freya West, who is plagued by nightmares since the events of nine months ago.
When early one morning Robin receives a call to attend a crime scene, it is not as a policeman but as best friend to Dr Finn Mason. A renowned meteorologist, Finn has locked himself in a van with a dead body and refuses to leave. Once he eventually does, it is as a suspected murderer.
Butler immediately seeks to find evidence that Finn is innocent of the crime. When Freya reveals the extent of her own struggles, the two work together in the search for answers. In the process, Freya has to decide if she will allow the past to consume her. But the truth may prove more painful than either could imagine. Do both detectives stand to lose more than they can bear?
The Author:
Louisa Scarr studied Psychology at the University of Southampton and has lived in and around the city ever since. She works as a freelance copywriter and editor, and when she's not writing, she can be found pounding the streets in running shoes or swimming in muddy lakes.
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All Five Books of the 'Through the Fairy Door Series:
Title 1: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Beatrice Bloom and the Star Crystal
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Martha Bloom and the Glass Compass
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: Felicity Bloom and the Golden Arrow
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 5: Otto Bloom and the Enchanted Coin
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcfPD3PlPM
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E_G_Tudor
Book 1; Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key
One tiny discovery can have enormous consequences...
Almost 10-year-old Octavia Bloom is looking for adventure, but when it comes it's in the shape of a tiny fairy door.
Dragging her reluctant sister and cousins into the mystery, Octavia discovers her family are hiding not ONE but TWO life-changing secrets.
Why is her mother searching for an elusive flower? And does she have what it takes to reunite her fractured family?
Octavia's certain the answers lie behind the fairy door, if only she could just find the key...
Bravery, secrets & magic intertwine in this fantastical adventure.
Book 2; Beatrice Bloom and the Star Crystal
Beatrice Bloom is excited but a bit apprehensive to be heading through the fairy door once again with her sister and cousins.
The adventure quickly turns ominous with the arrival of old foes and new enemies who are conspiring to overthrow the throne.
Is Beatrice brave enough to embrace magic once more to help her friends? And can she restore the star crystal to its rightful place before time runs out?
Beatrice will need all her courage in this new 'Through the Fairy Door' adventure.
Courage, friendship and deceit collide in this spellbinding adventure.
Continue the magic in this follow up to Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key!
Book 3; Martha Bloom and the Glass Compass
One act of compassion can evoke everlasting change...
Martha Bloom has always been the most sensible Bloom child and takes her role as eldest seriously, but even she cannot contain her excitement at an invitation to visit Fairy Land once again.
An idyllic day visiting the companion class at the new fairy school quickly turns sour when an old nemesis steals something of great importance.
Will Martha be able to use the Glass Compass once again to retrieve what was stolen? And can she set an old wrong right?
Martha is determined to succeed before they head back home 'Through the Fairy Door'.
Integrity, companionship and daring abound in this captivating adventure.
Book 4; Felicity Bloom and the Golden Arrow
One grave misunderstanding put right can lead to forgiveness...
Felicity Bloom has always felt responsible for her younger sister, so when an offer of even greater responsibility comes from Fairy Land she doesn't hesitate.
Celebrations at Castle Enfys abruptly turn to one of terror when an old adversary threatens the realm once again.
Can Felicity embark on the Blooms' most dangerous quest yet to find a golden arrow? And will she have the courage to face her past and put right her future?
Felicity will need the help of old friends and new to complete this quest and get her family safely back home 'Through the Fairy Door'...
Valour, forgiveness & Intrigue unite in this enthralling adventure.
Book 5; Otto Bloom and the Enchanted Coin
The Author:
When not searching the backs of wardrobes for Narnia, the bottom of the garden for fairies or exploring yet another Castle, Estelle can be found with her nose in a book or a pen in her hand.
Having previously worked at Cardiff Castle, she now writes full time while looking after her four children.
She lives on the beautiful South Wales coast with her husband, children and crazy dog.
This is her debut novel, the first in a series of five. She loves to connect with her readers and can be contacted on http://www.estellegracetudor.com or via her Instagram page @through_the_fairy_door_books
Title 1: Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Beatrice Bloom and the Star Crystal
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Martha Bloom and the Glass Compass
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: Felicity Bloom and the Golden Arrow
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 5: Otto Bloom and the Enchanted Coin
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTcfPD3PlPM
Twitter: https://twitter.com/E_G_Tudor
Book 1; Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key
One tiny discovery can have enormous consequences...
Almost 10-year-old Octavia Bloom is looking for adventure, but when it comes it's in the shape of a tiny fairy door.
Dragging her reluctant sister and cousins into the mystery, Octavia discovers her family are hiding not ONE but TWO life-changing secrets.
Why is her mother searching for an elusive flower? And does she have what it takes to reunite her fractured family?
Octavia's certain the answers lie behind the fairy door, if only she could just find the key...
Bravery, secrets & magic intertwine in this fantastical adventure.
Book 2; Beatrice Bloom and the Star Crystal
Beatrice Bloom is excited but a bit apprehensive to be heading through the fairy door once again with her sister and cousins.
The adventure quickly turns ominous with the arrival of old foes and new enemies who are conspiring to overthrow the throne.
Is Beatrice brave enough to embrace magic once more to help her friends? And can she restore the star crystal to its rightful place before time runs out?
Beatrice will need all her courage in this new 'Through the Fairy Door' adventure.
Courage, friendship and deceit collide in this spellbinding adventure.
Continue the magic in this follow up to Octavia Bloom and the Missing Key!
Book 3; Martha Bloom and the Glass Compass
One act of compassion can evoke everlasting change...
Martha Bloom has always been the most sensible Bloom child and takes her role as eldest seriously, but even she cannot contain her excitement at an invitation to visit Fairy Land once again.
An idyllic day visiting the companion class at the new fairy school quickly turns sour when an old nemesis steals something of great importance.
Will Martha be able to use the Glass Compass once again to retrieve what was stolen? And can she set an old wrong right?
Martha is determined to succeed before they head back home 'Through the Fairy Door'.
Integrity, companionship and daring abound in this captivating adventure.
Book 4; Felicity Bloom and the Golden Arrow
One grave misunderstanding put right can lead to forgiveness...
Felicity Bloom has always felt responsible for her younger sister, so when an offer of even greater responsibility comes from Fairy Land she doesn't hesitate.
Celebrations at Castle Enfys abruptly turn to one of terror when an old adversary threatens the realm once again.
Can Felicity embark on the Blooms' most dangerous quest yet to find a golden arrow? And will she have the courage to face her past and put right her future?
Felicity will need the help of old friends and new to complete this quest and get her family safely back home 'Through the Fairy Door'...
Valour, forgiveness & Intrigue unite in this enthralling adventure.
Book 5; Otto Bloom and the Enchanted Coin
The Author:
When not searching the backs of wardrobes for Narnia, the bottom of the garden for fairies or exploring yet another Castle, Estelle can be found with her nose in a book or a pen in her hand.
Having previously worked at Cardiff Castle, she now writes full time while looking after her four children.
She lives on the beautiful South Wales coast with her husband, children and crazy dog.
This is her debut novel, the first in a series of five. She loves to connect with her readers and can be contacted on http://www.estellegracetudor.com or via her Instagram page @through_the_fairy_door_books
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Title: Pop Up Shakespeare
Genre: Children, Education, History
Format: Picture Pop Up Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVxKkarN4Y
Website: https://www.jenniemaizels.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenniemaizels
The Book;
Read about William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and poems as you never have before in an entertaining pop-up book collaboration between the internationally known comedy troupe the Reduced Shakespeare Company and best-selling illustrator Jennie Maizels. Featuring five interactive spreads filled with dramatic pop-ups, fun foldouts, hilarious summaries, and fascinating commentaries, this is the perfect introduction to one of the world's greatest playwrights and his enduring works.
The Author/Illustrator:
Jennie was born in London in 1970. Her mother and father met at Chelsea School of Art and are both artists. They now run the art magazine Raw Vision.
She went to Central St. Martins School of Art and studied Illustration. Her first commission was to design and make the window displays for Harvey Nichols department store as part of London fashion week. She also produced a number of nationwide window displays for The Body Shop and Dillons Bookstores.
Jennie has always enjoyed working in 3D, so pop-up books were a natural transition. After leaving college she met Kate Petty. Kate was a truly fabulous and very talented children’s book writer. Jennie and Kate worked on eight books together over sixteen years.
The books they produced have sold over two million copies worldwide. “The Great Grammar Book” was nominated for Children’s Book of the Year 1999 and “The Global Garden” was winner of the Aventis Prize 2006. Very sadly, Kate died on May 22nd 2007.
Jennie continues to produce fabulous Pop-up books including the bestselling and award winning ‘Pop-up London Book’ (winner of the SLA award) ‘Pop-up New York’ Book and more recently her collaboration with The Reduced Shakespeare Company ‘Pop-up Shakespeare’.
In 2015 Jennie came up with the idea of Sketchbook Club as a revolutionary way to teach art which she describes as “literally like following a recipe”. Sketchbook Club has become a huge success featuring in The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Simple Things Magazine.
Genre: Children, Education, History
Format: Picture Pop Up Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVxKkarN4Y
Website: https://www.jenniemaizels.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jenniemaizels
The Book;
Read about William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, and poems as you never have before in an entertaining pop-up book collaboration between the internationally known comedy troupe the Reduced Shakespeare Company and best-selling illustrator Jennie Maizels. Featuring five interactive spreads filled with dramatic pop-ups, fun foldouts, hilarious summaries, and fascinating commentaries, this is the perfect introduction to one of the world's greatest playwrights and his enduring works.
The Author/Illustrator:
Jennie was born in London in 1970. Her mother and father met at Chelsea School of Art and are both artists. They now run the art magazine Raw Vision.
She went to Central St. Martins School of Art and studied Illustration. Her first commission was to design and make the window displays for Harvey Nichols department store as part of London fashion week. She also produced a number of nationwide window displays for The Body Shop and Dillons Bookstores.
Jennie has always enjoyed working in 3D, so pop-up books were a natural transition. After leaving college she met Kate Petty. Kate was a truly fabulous and very talented children’s book writer. Jennie and Kate worked on eight books together over sixteen years.
The books they produced have sold over two million copies worldwide. “The Great Grammar Book” was nominated for Children’s Book of the Year 1999 and “The Global Garden” was winner of the Aventis Prize 2006. Very sadly, Kate died on May 22nd 2007.
Jennie continues to produce fabulous Pop-up books including the bestselling and award winning ‘Pop-up London Book’ (winner of the SLA award) ‘Pop-up New York’ Book and more recently her collaboration with The Reduced Shakespeare Company ‘Pop-up Shakespeare’.
In 2015 Jennie came up with the idea of Sketchbook Club as a revolutionary way to teach art which she describes as “literally like following a recipe”. Sketchbook Club has become a huge success featuring in The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Simple Things Magazine.
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Sarah Siggs
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Title: Mud Boy
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback/Illustrated
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Sarah's tips for bullying awareness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MWkxR1M36A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mudboybook
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SSiggs
The Book;
The sound of Sam's life was like the best piece of music you have ever heard. Everyone liked Sam, and Sam liked himself. But then one day the mud words begin and they get inside his head - and Sam can't hear the music anymore.
Mud Boy is an illustrated book for ages 5 and up, showing how children can go from being joyfully buoyant to totally deflated when being bullied and teased, and offering advice to get them back to their best. Mud, music and a family cat are used to conjure up the story to children in a very new and real way, showing that recovery happens through talking to others about our problems. The book also includes a guide for further talking points by Dr Pooky Knightsmith on how to discuss the topic, and the emotions that come up on reading the book, with children.
The Author:
Sarah Siggs has a BEd Hons Degree in Primary and Special Education and has worked as a specialist teacher, with pre-school children through to adults, who have additional needs. She wrote Mud Boy after one of her own children was bullied at Primary School and she realised that many young children don’t understand what bullying is, how it feels and how to get help if it’s happening to them. Mud Boy is book that will help every child.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback/Illustrated
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Sarah's tips for bullying awareness:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MWkxR1M36A
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mudboybook
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SSiggs
The Book;
The sound of Sam's life was like the best piece of music you have ever heard. Everyone liked Sam, and Sam liked himself. But then one day the mud words begin and they get inside his head - and Sam can't hear the music anymore.
Mud Boy is an illustrated book for ages 5 and up, showing how children can go from being joyfully buoyant to totally deflated when being bullied and teased, and offering advice to get them back to their best. Mud, music and a family cat are used to conjure up the story to children in a very new and real way, showing that recovery happens through talking to others about our problems. The book also includes a guide for further talking points by Dr Pooky Knightsmith on how to discuss the topic, and the emotions that come up on reading the book, with children.
The Author:
Sarah Siggs has a BEd Hons Degree in Primary and Special Education and has worked as a specialist teacher, with pre-school children through to adults, who have additional needs. She wrote Mud Boy after one of her own children was bullied at Primary School and she realised that many young children don’t understand what bullying is, how it feels and how to get help if it’s happening to them. Mud Boy is book that will help every child.
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Georgia Rose
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Book Series: The Grayson Trilogy
Book 1: A Single Step
Book 2: Before The Dawn
Book 3: Thicker Than Water
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.georgiarosebooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeorgiaRoseBook
The Book 1: A Single Step
‘The gun continued to be levelled at me. “Answer it...but don’t tell him I’m here or he’ll get to listen to you die.” That concentrated my mind considerably, and as I reached for my phone I came up with a plan...’
Emma Grayson was left devastated when her life was torn apart by tragedy and betrayal. Now someone believes it’s time for her to start again and puts an advert for a job through her door which leads her to the Melton Estate. Despite her desire for a solitary existence she finds herself discovering a life she could never have imagined, challenging her independence, her fears and her resistance to love.
Book 2: Before the Dawn
..he moved closer and slowly ran the point of his blade along my jaw line as he spoke softly, intimately, to me.
“So, you are Trent’s woman. Now that is very...appealing.” I glared back at him silently.
There are testing times ahead for Grayson and Trent as trouble threatens Melton Manor. When an attack is made against those on the estate, Grayson gets caught in the middle finding herself and those around her in terrible danger. Terrified when she thinks tragedy has struck again she fights to protect those she now views as family and, suffering bloodshed and pain, confronts her fears – both brought by the enemy and by the one she loves.
Book 3: Thicker Than Water
There are tough times ahead for Emma Grayson in the final part of these mysterious and romantic adventure stories as she struggles to move on from her old life.
‘Vaguely aware of the tremor in my hand I ran my fingers up through the thick locks of his dark hair. Fear clutched at my heart as I sensed the icy tendrils of grief reaching for me once more.’
As the overseas action steps up a gear for Trent, Emma has her own challenges to face. Loyalties are tested and vengeance sought when she attracts interest from an unwelcome source.
Because someone is coming. Someone who has Emma in their sights.
Someone who will turn her life upside down... forever.
The Author:
Georgia Rose is a writer and the author of the romantic and suspenseful Grayson Trilogy books: A Single Step, Before the Dawn and Thicker than Water. A short story, The Joker, based on a favourite character from the series followed and is free to download from Amazon.
Her fourth novel, Parallel Lies, a standalone, encompasses crime along with Georgia’s usual blending of genre.
Following a long stint working in the law Georgia set up her own business providing administration services for other companies which she does to this day managing to entwine that work along with her writing.
Georgia’s background in countryside living, riding, instructing and working with horses has provided the knowledge needed for some of her storylines; the others are a product of her passion for people watching and her overactive imagination!
Her busy life is set in a tranquil part of rural Cambridgeshire in the UK where she lives with her much neglected husband and dog. Their son, currently at university, comes and goes and their daughter, having delighted them all for long enough, has eventually moved out, got married, and is discovering the joys of being all grown up and having a mortgage.
Book 1: A Single Step
Book 2: Before The Dawn
Book 3: Thicker Than Water
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.georgiarosebooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GeorgiaRoseBook
The Book 1: A Single Step
‘The gun continued to be levelled at me. “Answer it...but don’t tell him I’m here or he’ll get to listen to you die.” That concentrated my mind considerably, and as I reached for my phone I came up with a plan...’
Emma Grayson was left devastated when her life was torn apart by tragedy and betrayal. Now someone believes it’s time for her to start again and puts an advert for a job through her door which leads her to the Melton Estate. Despite her desire for a solitary existence she finds herself discovering a life she could never have imagined, challenging her independence, her fears and her resistance to love.
Book 2: Before the Dawn
..he moved closer and slowly ran the point of his blade along my jaw line as he spoke softly, intimately, to me.
“So, you are Trent’s woman. Now that is very...appealing.” I glared back at him silently.
There are testing times ahead for Grayson and Trent as trouble threatens Melton Manor. When an attack is made against those on the estate, Grayson gets caught in the middle finding herself and those around her in terrible danger. Terrified when she thinks tragedy has struck again she fights to protect those she now views as family and, suffering bloodshed and pain, confronts her fears – both brought by the enemy and by the one she loves.
Book 3: Thicker Than Water
There are tough times ahead for Emma Grayson in the final part of these mysterious and romantic adventure stories as she struggles to move on from her old life.
‘Vaguely aware of the tremor in my hand I ran my fingers up through the thick locks of his dark hair. Fear clutched at my heart as I sensed the icy tendrils of grief reaching for me once more.’
As the overseas action steps up a gear for Trent, Emma has her own challenges to face. Loyalties are tested and vengeance sought when she attracts interest from an unwelcome source.
Because someone is coming. Someone who has Emma in their sights.
Someone who will turn her life upside down... forever.
The Author:
Georgia Rose is a writer and the author of the romantic and suspenseful Grayson Trilogy books: A Single Step, Before the Dawn and Thicker than Water. A short story, The Joker, based on a favourite character from the series followed and is free to download from Amazon.
Her fourth novel, Parallel Lies, a standalone, encompasses crime along with Georgia’s usual blending of genre.
Following a long stint working in the law Georgia set up her own business providing administration services for other companies which she does to this day managing to entwine that work along with her writing.
Georgia’s background in countryside living, riding, instructing and working with horses has provided the knowledge needed for some of her storylines; the others are a product of her passion for people watching and her overactive imagination!
Her busy life is set in a tranquil part of rural Cambridgeshire in the UK where she lives with her much neglected husband and dog. Their son, currently at university, comes and goes and their daughter, having delighted them all for long enough, has eventually moved out, got married, and is discovering the joys of being all grown up and having a mortgage.
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Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong
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Three Books: Armadillo and Hare Series
Title 1: Armadillo and Hare : Small Tales from the Big Forest
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Armadillo and Hare and The Very Noisy Bear
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Armadillo and Hare and The Flamingo Affair
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.jeremystrong.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JstrongJeremy
Book 1; Armadillo and Hare : Small Tales from the Big Forest
ARMADILLO AND HARE live with their friends in the Big Forest. Hare loves dancing. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves playing the tuba. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves his best friend, Armadillo. Armadillo loves Hare - AND cheese sandwiches!
Book 2; Armadillo and Hare and The Very Noisy Bear
Armadillo and Hare are best friends. They live a quiet life in the Big Forest. Hare loves gentle exercise and colourful scarves. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. BANG! CRASH! What's that? It's a Very Noisy Bear. And he's playing the drums! Look out, Armadillo and Hare! It's time for tales of new friendships, lively fun - and cheese.
Book 3; Armadillo and Hare and The Flamingo Affair
Armadillo and Hare are an unlikely pair. Armadillo is often a little grumpy, while Hare is a more cheerful sort. But, despite their differences, they are very best friends. One day, something incredible happens. Someone rather fabulous is singing and dancing in the Big Forest. Who could it be? It's Flamingo! Has this flamboyant new friend found a forever home in the Big Forest? Fun, friendship and flamingo fabulousness abound in these delightful, charming tales.
The Author:
Hello! Well here I am. I'm Jeremy Strong and I have been writing for children since 1978 when I got my first books published, a picture book story called SMITH'S TAIL. Since then I have had well over a hundred books published. Here are some of the most memorable - The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog (won the Children's Book Award in 1997, plus 7 more in that series) My Brother's Famous Bottom (and 7 more in that series), Beware, Killer Tomatoes, The Karate Princess, Cartoon Kid, Krazy Kow Saves The World, Nellie Choc-Ice (3 books), There's A Viking In My Bed (3 books and a TV series), There's A Pharaoh In Our Bath, Mad Iris, Captain Whiskers, Armadillo and Hare (2 books).
I love writing funny stories that make you laugh and I try to write stories that are also great for young readers who are starting to read on their own and also great for reading out loud. Many of my books have been translated into different languages and I frequently visit schools and book festivals around the world to talk to children, parents and teachers. It is an honour for me to meet so many wonderful teachers and children in so many different countries.
Title 1: Armadillo and Hare : Small Tales from the Big Forest
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Armadillo and Hare and The Very Noisy Bear
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Armadillo and Hare and The Flamingo Affair
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.jeremystrong.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JstrongJeremy
Book 1; Armadillo and Hare : Small Tales from the Big Forest
ARMADILLO AND HARE live with their friends in the Big Forest. Hare loves dancing. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves playing the tuba. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. Hare loves his best friend, Armadillo. Armadillo loves Hare - AND cheese sandwiches!
Book 2; Armadillo and Hare and The Very Noisy Bear
Armadillo and Hare are best friends. They live a quiet life in the Big Forest. Hare loves gentle exercise and colourful scarves. Armadillo loves cheese sandwiches. BANG! CRASH! What's that? It's a Very Noisy Bear. And he's playing the drums! Look out, Armadillo and Hare! It's time for tales of new friendships, lively fun - and cheese.
Book 3; Armadillo and Hare and The Flamingo Affair
Armadillo and Hare are an unlikely pair. Armadillo is often a little grumpy, while Hare is a more cheerful sort. But, despite their differences, they are very best friends. One day, something incredible happens. Someone rather fabulous is singing and dancing in the Big Forest. Who could it be? It's Flamingo! Has this flamboyant new friend found a forever home in the Big Forest? Fun, friendship and flamingo fabulousness abound in these delightful, charming tales.
The Author:
Hello! Well here I am. I'm Jeremy Strong and I have been writing for children since 1978 when I got my first books published, a picture book story called SMITH'S TAIL. Since then I have had well over a hundred books published. Here are some of the most memorable - The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog (won the Children's Book Award in 1997, plus 7 more in that series) My Brother's Famous Bottom (and 7 more in that series), Beware, Killer Tomatoes, The Karate Princess, Cartoon Kid, Krazy Kow Saves The World, Nellie Choc-Ice (3 books), There's A Viking In My Bed (3 books and a TV series), There's A Pharaoh In Our Bath, Mad Iris, Captain Whiskers, Armadillo and Hare (2 books).
I love writing funny stories that make you laugh and I try to write stories that are also great for young readers who are starting to read on their own and also great for reading out loud. Many of my books have been translated into different languages and I frequently visit schools and book festivals around the world to talk to children, parents and teachers. It is an honour for me to meet so many wonderful teachers and children in so many different countries.
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Title: Angel of Liverpool
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Elizabeth talks about her book:
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Website: http://elizabethheery.com/index.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiverpoolGirl72
The Book;
There are different opinions as to what happened to Evangeline O'Leary's mother. Her younger sisters believe the story that she’s in heaven. But Evie has heard the gossips – that her ma has upped and left with the man she had an affair with while Evie’s dad was fighting in the war.
As the eldest, Evie has become ‘mum’ to her three siblings, all while holding down a job at the Tate & Lyle Sugar Factory. But when her childhood sweetheart leaves for Canada he leaves Evie with more than just a broken heart. Her father agrees to keep the pregnancy a secret but is determined to marry her off to the first hapless fellow who’ll have her. Evie doesn’t want a loveless marriage like her parents but how long can she keep her baby a secret from her neighbours and the nuns who run the local home for unmarried mothers . . . ?
The Author:
Elizabeth Morton was born in Liverpool and worked as an actress and is known for playing Madeleine Basset in Jeeves and Wooster and Linda in the Liverpool sitcom, Watching. As well as TV, she has also worked in theatre and film. She trained at Guildhall School of Drama and as a writer, with The Royal Court Young Writer's Group. She is an award winning short story writer and has also written drama for TV, film, and theatre. In her formative years at convent school, she spent her weekends playing the piano accordion in Northern Working Men's Clubs. She loves writing historical sagas set in Liverpool.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Elizabeth talks about her book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBZlKT30KAM
Website: http://elizabethheery.com/index.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LiverpoolGirl72
The Book;
There are different opinions as to what happened to Evangeline O'Leary's mother. Her younger sisters believe the story that she’s in heaven. But Evie has heard the gossips – that her ma has upped and left with the man she had an affair with while Evie’s dad was fighting in the war.
As the eldest, Evie has become ‘mum’ to her three siblings, all while holding down a job at the Tate & Lyle Sugar Factory. But when her childhood sweetheart leaves for Canada he leaves Evie with more than just a broken heart. Her father agrees to keep the pregnancy a secret but is determined to marry her off to the first hapless fellow who’ll have her. Evie doesn’t want a loveless marriage like her parents but how long can she keep her baby a secret from her neighbours and the nuns who run the local home for unmarried mothers . . . ?
The Author:
Elizabeth Morton was born in Liverpool and worked as an actress and is known for playing Madeleine Basset in Jeeves and Wooster and Linda in the Liverpool sitcom, Watching. As well as TV, she has also worked in theatre and film. She trained at Guildhall School of Drama and as a writer, with The Royal Court Young Writer's Group. She is an award winning short story writer and has also written drama for TV, film, and theatre. In her formative years at convent school, she spent her weekends playing the piano accordion in Northern Working Men's Clubs. She loves writing historical sagas set in Liverpool.
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Title: Romancing Robin Hood
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://jennykane.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JennyKaneAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenAshHistory
The Book;
Dr Grace Harper has loved the stories of Robin Hood ever since she first saw them on TV as a girl. Now, with her fortieth birthday just around the corner, she’s a successful academic in Medieval History, with a tenured position at a top university.
But Grace is in a bit of a rut. She’s supposed to be writing a textbook on a real-life medieval gang of high-class criminals – the Folvilles – but she keeps being drawn into the world of the novel she’s secretly writing – a novel which entwines the Folvilles with her long-time love of Robin Hood – and a feisty young girl named Mathilda, who is the key to a medieval mystery…
Meanwhile, Grace’s best friend Daisy – who’s as keen on animals as Grace is on the Merry Men – is unexpectedly getting married, and a reluctant Grace is press-ganged into being her bridesmaid. As Grace sees Daisy’s new-found happiness, she starts to re-evaluate her own life. Is her devotion to a man who may or may not have lived hundreds of years ago really a substitute for a real-life hero of her own? It doesn’t get any easier when she meets Dr Robert Franks – a rival academic who Grace is determined to dislike but finds herself being increasingly drawn to…
The Author:
Usually to be found within range of plate of hot buttered toast, a huge mug of black coffee, and a with a bar of emergency chocolate tucked in her jacket pocket, Jenny Kane spends her days in her local cafe typing away…
Inspired by everything and anything, Jenny combines her past experiences as an archaeologist, university tutor, cheese seller, newsagent, hat maker, and data clerk, with the sights and sounds of everyday life, to weave tales of relaxingly relatable romance.
When Jenny isn’t writing romance, she is exploring her historical side as Jennifer Ash or her darker side as Kay Jaybee (the erotica world’s Queen of Kink!!).
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jennykane.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JennyKaneAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JenAshHistory
The Book;
Dr Grace Harper has loved the stories of Robin Hood ever since she first saw them on TV as a girl. Now, with her fortieth birthday just around the corner, she’s a successful academic in Medieval History, with a tenured position at a top university.
But Grace is in a bit of a rut. She’s supposed to be writing a textbook on a real-life medieval gang of high-class criminals – the Folvilles – but she keeps being drawn into the world of the novel she’s secretly writing – a novel which entwines the Folvilles with her long-time love of Robin Hood – and a feisty young girl named Mathilda, who is the key to a medieval mystery…
Meanwhile, Grace’s best friend Daisy – who’s as keen on animals as Grace is on the Merry Men – is unexpectedly getting married, and a reluctant Grace is press-ganged into being her bridesmaid. As Grace sees Daisy’s new-found happiness, she starts to re-evaluate her own life. Is her devotion to a man who may or may not have lived hundreds of years ago really a substitute for a real-life hero of her own? It doesn’t get any easier when she meets Dr Robert Franks – a rival academic who Grace is determined to dislike but finds herself being increasingly drawn to…
The Author:
Usually to be found within range of plate of hot buttered toast, a huge mug of black coffee, and a with a bar of emergency chocolate tucked in her jacket pocket, Jenny Kane spends her days in her local cafe typing away…
Inspired by everything and anything, Jenny combines her past experiences as an archaeologist, university tutor, cheese seller, newsagent, hat maker, and data clerk, with the sights and sounds of everyday life, to weave tales of relaxingly relatable romance.
When Jenny isn’t writing romance, she is exploring her historical side as Jennifer Ash or her darker side as Kay Jaybee (the erotica world’s Queen of Kink!!).
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Three Books: Nosey Parker Series
Title 1: Murder on the Menu
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Brush with Death
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Sprinkle of Sabotage
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.fionaleitch.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fkleitch
Book 1; Murder on the Menu
The first book in a NEW cosy mystery series!
Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in the Cornish village she calls home. Having quit the Met Police in search of something less dangerous, the change of pace means she can finally start her dream catering company and raise her daughter, Daisy, somewhere safer.
But there’s nothing like having your first job back at home to be catering an ex-boyfriend’s wedding to remind you of just how small your village is. And when the bride, Cheryl, vanishes Jodie is drawn into the investigation, realising that life in the countryside might not be as quaint as she remembers…
With a missing bride on their hands, there is murder and mayhem around every corner but surely saving the day will be a piece of cake for this not-so-amateur sleuth?
The first book in the Murder on the Menu cosy mystery series. Can be read as a standalone. A humorous cosy mystery with a British female sleuth in a small village. Includes one of Jodie's Tried and Tested Recipes! Written in British English. Mild profanity and peril.
Book 2; A Brush with Death
Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is back!
When a body turned up at her last catering gig it certainly put people off the hor d'oeuvres. So with a reputation to salvage, Jodie’s determined that her next job for the village’s festival will go without a hitch.
But when chaos breaks out, Jodie Parker somehow always finds herself in the picture.
The body of a writer from the festival is discovered at the bottom of a cliff, and the prime suspect is the guest of honour, the esteemed painter Duncan Stovall. With her background in the Met police, Jodie has got solving cases down to a fine art and she knows things are rarely as they seem.
Can she find the killer before the village faces another brush with death?
The second book in the Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker cosy mystery series. Can be read as a standalone. A humorous cosy mystery with a British female sleuth in a small village. Includes one of Jodie's Tried and Tested Recipes! Written in British English. Mild profanity and peril.
Book 3; A Sprinkle of Sabotage
A film company is coming to the Cornish village of Penstowan, and the whole village turn up to be cast as extras, even Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker. Determined to join in with the fun and ignore any dramas, Jodie is going to make the most of this time with her mum and daughter and of the potential to see their name in lights… or really small writing on the credits page.
But right on cue, the company’s caterer is sabotaged and Jodie must step up. As other small accidents begin to happen, it becomes clear that the filming is being sabotaged. With actors behaving out of character and the house literally being brought down, breaking a leg is the least of their worries.
Can Jodie save the day once again, or will it be their final curtain call?
The third book in the Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker cosy mystery series. Can be read as a standalone. A humorous cosy mystery with a British female sleuth in a small village. Includes one of Jodie's Tried and Tested Recipes!
The Author:
Fiona Leitch is a writer with a chequered past. She’s written for football and motoring magazines, DJ’ed at illegal raves and is a stalwart of the low budget TV commercial, even appearing as the Australasian face of a cleaning product called 'Sod Off'. After living in London and Cornwall she's finally settled in sunny New Zealand, where she enjoys scaring her cats by trying out dialogue on them. She spends her days dreaming of retiring to a crumbling Venetian palazzo, walking on the windswept beaches of West Auckland, and writing funny, flawed but awesome female characters.
The first book in her 'Nosey Parker' series of cozy mysteries set in Cornwall will be published by One More Chapter in January 2021, with books 2 and 3 following in February and March.
Her debut novel 'Dead in Venice' was published by Audible in 2018 as one of their Crime Grant finalists. Fiona also writes screenplays and was a finalist in the Athena Film Festival Writers Lab, co-run by Meryl Streep's IRIS company.
Fiona is represented by Lina Langlee at the North Literary Agency.
Title 1: Murder on the Menu
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Brush with Death
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Sprinkle of Sabotage
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: https://www.fionaleitch.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fkleitch
Book 1; Murder on the Menu
The first book in a NEW cosy mystery series!
Still spinning from the hustle and bustle of city life, Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is glad to be back in the Cornish village she calls home. Having quit the Met Police in search of something less dangerous, the change of pace means she can finally start her dream catering company and raise her daughter, Daisy, somewhere safer.
But there’s nothing like having your first job back at home to be catering an ex-boyfriend’s wedding to remind you of just how small your village is. And when the bride, Cheryl, vanishes Jodie is drawn into the investigation, realising that life in the countryside might not be as quaint as she remembers…
With a missing bride on their hands, there is murder and mayhem around every corner but surely saving the day will be a piece of cake for this not-so-amateur sleuth?
The first book in the Murder on the Menu cosy mystery series. Can be read as a standalone. A humorous cosy mystery with a British female sleuth in a small village. Includes one of Jodie's Tried and Tested Recipes! Written in British English. Mild profanity and peril.
Book 2; A Brush with Death
Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker is back!
When a body turned up at her last catering gig it certainly put people off the hor d'oeuvres. So with a reputation to salvage, Jodie’s determined that her next job for the village’s festival will go without a hitch.
But when chaos breaks out, Jodie Parker somehow always finds herself in the picture.
The body of a writer from the festival is discovered at the bottom of a cliff, and the prime suspect is the guest of honour, the esteemed painter Duncan Stovall. With her background in the Met police, Jodie has got solving cases down to a fine art and she knows things are rarely as they seem.
Can she find the killer before the village faces another brush with death?
The second book in the Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker cosy mystery series. Can be read as a standalone. A humorous cosy mystery with a British female sleuth in a small village. Includes one of Jodie's Tried and Tested Recipes! Written in British English. Mild profanity and peril.
Book 3; A Sprinkle of Sabotage
A film company is coming to the Cornish village of Penstowan, and the whole village turn up to be cast as extras, even Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker. Determined to join in with the fun and ignore any dramas, Jodie is going to make the most of this time with her mum and daughter and of the potential to see their name in lights… or really small writing on the credits page.
But right on cue, the company’s caterer is sabotaged and Jodie must step up. As other small accidents begin to happen, it becomes clear that the filming is being sabotaged. With actors behaving out of character and the house literally being brought down, breaking a leg is the least of their worries.
Can Jodie save the day once again, or will it be their final curtain call?
The third book in the Jodie ‘Nosey’ Parker cosy mystery series. Can be read as a standalone. A humorous cosy mystery with a British female sleuth in a small village. Includes one of Jodie's Tried and Tested Recipes!
The Author:
Fiona Leitch is a writer with a chequered past. She’s written for football and motoring magazines, DJ’ed at illegal raves and is a stalwart of the low budget TV commercial, even appearing as the Australasian face of a cleaning product called 'Sod Off'. After living in London and Cornwall she's finally settled in sunny New Zealand, where she enjoys scaring her cats by trying out dialogue on them. She spends her days dreaming of retiring to a crumbling Venetian palazzo, walking on the windswept beaches of West Auckland, and writing funny, flawed but awesome female characters.
The first book in her 'Nosey Parker' series of cozy mysteries set in Cornwall will be published by One More Chapter in January 2021, with books 2 and 3 following in February and March.
Her debut novel 'Dead in Venice' was published by Audible in 2018 as one of their Crime Grant finalists. Fiona also writes screenplays and was a finalist in the Athena Film Festival Writers Lab, co-run by Meryl Streep's IRIS company.
Fiona is represented by Lina Langlee at the North Literary Agency.
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Title: Diary of an Accidental Witch
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
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Website: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/author/7538/Perdita-Cargill-Honor-Cargill.html
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Monday 20th September
I’M AT WITCH SCHOOL! Now would be a really good time to discover I can do magic…
Bea Black has just moved to Little Spellshire, a town with a magical secret. When her dad accidentally enrols her at the local witch school, she has to get to grips with some interesting new classes, like, NOW! Also on her to do list? Make friends, look after the grumpy class frog AND do everything humanly magically possible to stay on a broom…
But with the Halloween Ball on the horizon, will she be able to master her wand skills in time to WOW? And more importantly can she keep her newfound magical abilities a secret from dad?
A perfect potion of magic and mischief, DIARY OF AN ACCIDENTAL WITCH is THE WORST WITCH meets TOM GATES.
The Authors:
Honor Cargill began writing when she was about sixteen, co-authoring the funny teen series, Waiting for Callback (Simon & Schuster). Honor read Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford and is now studying for a masters in the History of Art. She enjoys researching party scenes and also writes non-fiction history.
Perdita Cargill spent years working as a commercial barrister before she finally turned to writing. Bizarrely for a pessimistic Scot, she loves to write funny books. She is the co-author with Honor Cargill of the Waiting for Callback series (Simon & Schuster) and lives in London.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Perdita and Honor will also be proving their successful bidder with a signed Diary along with their book *
Website: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/author/7538/Perdita-Cargill-Honor-Cargill.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/perditact
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HonorCargillM
The Book;
Monday 20th September
I’M AT WITCH SCHOOL! Now would be a really good time to discover I can do magic…
Bea Black has just moved to Little Spellshire, a town with a magical secret. When her dad accidentally enrols her at the local witch school, she has to get to grips with some interesting new classes, like, NOW! Also on her to do list? Make friends, look after the grumpy class frog AND do everything humanly magically possible to stay on a broom…
But with the Halloween Ball on the horizon, will she be able to master her wand skills in time to WOW? And more importantly can she keep her newfound magical abilities a secret from dad?
A perfect potion of magic and mischief, DIARY OF AN ACCIDENTAL WITCH is THE WORST WITCH meets TOM GATES.
The Authors:
Honor Cargill began writing when she was about sixteen, co-authoring the funny teen series, Waiting for Callback (Simon & Schuster). Honor read Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford and is now studying for a masters in the History of Art. She enjoys researching party scenes and also writes non-fiction history.
Perdita Cargill spent years working as a commercial barrister before she finally turned to writing. Bizarrely for a pessimistic Scot, she loves to write funny books. She is the co-author with Honor Cargill of the Waiting for Callback series (Simon & Schuster) and lives in London.
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Chris McDonald
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Three Books
Title 1: The Curious Dispatch of Daniel Costello
Genre: Cozy Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Dead In The Water
Genre: Cozy Crime Thriller
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Title 3: Meat Is Murder
Genre: Cozy Crime Thriller
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Book 1; The Curious Dispatch of Daniel Costello
Wedding bells are chiming in the idyllic, coastal town of Stonebridge. For Sam and Emily, it should be the happiest day of their lives. But, on the morning of the ceremony, the best man is found dead. The police quickly write his death off as a tragic accident, but something doesn’t seem right to wedding guest and groomsman, Adam Whyte.
Armed with an encyclopedic, but ultimately ridiculous knowledge of television detective shows and an unwarranted confidence in his own abilities, Adam and his best friend (and willing Watson) Colin, set out to uncover what actually happened to Daniel Costello.
Book 2: Dead In The Water
The Stonebridge Regatta is looming. The town’s annual face-off against neighbouring Meadowfield is usually a weekend filled with sunshine, laughter and camaraderie.
This year is different.
A week before the race, the body of Stonebridge team captain Matthew Henderson is found dead in the water. The police file his passing as a tragic accident however, his grieving widow disagrees and suspects foul play is involved. She enlists the help of Adam and Colin, the town’s amateur (self-proclaimed) private detectives to unearth the truth.
Did Matthew simply slip and fall into the water, or is there more to his death below the surface?
Book 3: Meat Is Murder
McNulty’s Meats, one of Stonebridge’s oldest businesses, is about to be taken over in a lucrative deal that would make brothers Ron and Kevin very rich men indeed. Unfortunately for them, local activist Tyler Love has other ideas. Convinced that the deal would be bad for the town, he burns the business to the ground and inadvertently kills himself in the process.
As least, that’s what the police think.
Tyler’s mum disagrees, and pleads with amateur sleuths Adam and Colin to investigate. Although, going up against the psychopathic McNulty brothers, a rival businessman, a group of hippies, and a girlfriend with secrets of her own might not be such a good idea... Someone has something to hide, and will go to great lengths to keep that secret buried.
Meat is Murder is the third book in The Stonebridge Mysteries series of Cosy Crime novellas.
The Author:
Chris McDonald grew up in Northern Ireland before settling in Manchester via Lancaster and London.
He is the author A Wash of Black, the first in the DI Erika Piper series, as well as the forthcoming second - Whispers In The Dark. He has also recently dabbled in writing cosy crimes, as a remedy for the darkness. The first in the Stonebridge Mysteries will be released in early 2021.
He is a full time teacher, husband, father to two beautiful girls and a regular voice on The Blood Brothers Podcast. He is a fan of 5-a-side football, heavy metal and dogs.
Title 1: The Curious Dispatch of Daniel Costello
Genre: Cozy Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Dead In The Water
Genre: Cozy Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Meat Is Murder
Genre: Cozy Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmacwritescrime
Book 1; The Curious Dispatch of Daniel Costello
Wedding bells are chiming in the idyllic, coastal town of Stonebridge. For Sam and Emily, it should be the happiest day of their lives. But, on the morning of the ceremony, the best man is found dead. The police quickly write his death off as a tragic accident, but something doesn’t seem right to wedding guest and groomsman, Adam Whyte.
Armed with an encyclopedic, but ultimately ridiculous knowledge of television detective shows and an unwarranted confidence in his own abilities, Adam and his best friend (and willing Watson) Colin, set out to uncover what actually happened to Daniel Costello.
Book 2: Dead In The Water
The Stonebridge Regatta is looming. The town’s annual face-off against neighbouring Meadowfield is usually a weekend filled with sunshine, laughter and camaraderie.
This year is different.
A week before the race, the body of Stonebridge team captain Matthew Henderson is found dead in the water. The police file his passing as a tragic accident however, his grieving widow disagrees and suspects foul play is involved. She enlists the help of Adam and Colin, the town’s amateur (self-proclaimed) private detectives to unearth the truth.
Did Matthew simply slip and fall into the water, or is there more to his death below the surface?
Book 3: Meat Is Murder
McNulty’s Meats, one of Stonebridge’s oldest businesses, is about to be taken over in a lucrative deal that would make brothers Ron and Kevin very rich men indeed. Unfortunately for them, local activist Tyler Love has other ideas. Convinced that the deal would be bad for the town, he burns the business to the ground and inadvertently kills himself in the process.
As least, that’s what the police think.
Tyler’s mum disagrees, and pleads with amateur sleuths Adam and Colin to investigate. Although, going up against the psychopathic McNulty brothers, a rival businessman, a group of hippies, and a girlfriend with secrets of her own might not be such a good idea... Someone has something to hide, and will go to great lengths to keep that secret buried.
Meat is Murder is the third book in The Stonebridge Mysteries series of Cosy Crime novellas.
The Author:
Chris McDonald grew up in Northern Ireland before settling in Manchester via Lancaster and London.
He is the author A Wash of Black, the first in the DI Erika Piper series, as well as the forthcoming second - Whispers In The Dark. He has also recently dabbled in writing cosy crimes, as a remedy for the darkness. The first in the Stonebridge Mysteries will be released in early 2021.
He is a full time teacher, husband, father to two beautiful girls and a regular voice on The Blood Brothers Podcast. He is a fan of 5-a-side football, heavy metal and dogs.
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Title: The Last Goodbye
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://fiona-lucas.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FionaLucasBooks
The Book;
Poignant, hopeful, and full of emotional power, an unforgettable story in the vein of P.S. I Love You about two people learning to love again after great loss, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Josie Silver.
How can you move on if you can’t let go?
Spencer was the love of Anna’s life: her husband, her best friend, her rock. She thought their love would last forever.
But three years ago, Spencer was tragically killed in an accident and Anna’s world was shattered. How can she ever move on, when she’s lost her soulmate?
On New Year’s Eve Anna calls Spencer’s phone number, just to hear his old voicemail greeting. But to her shock, someone answers…
Brody has inherited Spencer’s old number and is the first person who truly understands what Anna’s going through. As her and Brody’s phone calls become lengthier and more frequent, they begin opening up to each other—and slowly rediscover how to smile, how to laugh, even how to hope.
But Brody hasn’t been entirely honest with Anna. Will his secret threaten everything, just as it seems she might find the courage to love again?
The Author:
Fiona Lucas is an award-winning author of contemporary women’s fiction. The Last Goodbye is her first novel written under this name, but she’s been writing heartwarming love stories and feel-good women’s fiction as Fiona Harper for more than a decade.
During her career, she’s won numerous awards, including a Romantic Novel Award in 2018, and chalked up a no.1 Kindle bestseller. Fiona lives in London with her husband and two daughters.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://fiona-lucas.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FionaLucasBooks
The Book;
Poignant, hopeful, and full of emotional power, an unforgettable story in the vein of P.S. I Love You about two people learning to love again after great loss, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Josie Silver.
How can you move on if you can’t let go?
Spencer was the love of Anna’s life: her husband, her best friend, her rock. She thought their love would last forever.
But three years ago, Spencer was tragically killed in an accident and Anna’s world was shattered. How can she ever move on, when she’s lost her soulmate?
On New Year’s Eve Anna calls Spencer’s phone number, just to hear his old voicemail greeting. But to her shock, someone answers…
Brody has inherited Spencer’s old number and is the first person who truly understands what Anna’s going through. As her and Brody’s phone calls become lengthier and more frequent, they begin opening up to each other—and slowly rediscover how to smile, how to laugh, even how to hope.
But Brody hasn’t been entirely honest with Anna. Will his secret threaten everything, just as it seems she might find the courage to love again?
The Author:
Fiona Lucas is an award-winning author of contemporary women’s fiction. The Last Goodbye is her first novel written under this name, but she’s been writing heartwarming love stories and feel-good women’s fiction as Fiona Harper for more than a decade.
During her career, she’s won numerous awards, including a Romantic Novel Award in 2018, and chalked up a no.1 Kindle bestseller. Fiona lives in London with her husband and two daughters.
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Title: The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates
Genre: Children (8-12) - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QMCT9GTyJ4
Website: https://twitter.com/J_C_Pearson
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The Book;
Three boys on an incredible journey – brilliantly funny, heart-warming adventure, sprinkled with miracles
Shortlisted for the 2021 Branford Boase Award | Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award 2020 | Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2021 | May 2020 Debut of the Month
There aren’t many books that can have you laughing out loud one minute, and tearing up the next, but The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates is one. When Freddie sets off on a secret journey that will take him half-way across the country, his two best friends come too; they have their own reasons for wanting to escape home for a bit. Together the three get into and out of some extraordinary scrapes, inadvertently becoming heroes in the process, and Freddie experiences an actual miracle. Freddie, Ben and Charlie are great characters and their incredible journey – which variously involves sheep, a tandem, superhero outfits and stolen treasure - both hilarious and gripping. The ending proves that the world is a wonderful place, particularly for those who go looking for adventure. Don’t miss.
The Author:
Jenny Pearson has been awarded with six mugs, one fridge magnet, one wall plaque and numerous cards for her role as 'Best Teacher in the World'. When she is not busy being inspirational in the classroom, she would like nothing more than to relax with her two young boys, but she can't as they view her as a human climbing frame. She has recently moved to the North East of England and while she has yet to meet Ant or Dec, she has learned how to use canny in a sentence. Which is dead canny, like.
Genre: Children (8-12) - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QMCT9GTyJ4
Website: https://twitter.com/J_C_Pearson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/J_C_Pearson
The Book;
Three boys on an incredible journey – brilliantly funny, heart-warming adventure, sprinkled with miracles
Shortlisted for the 2021 Branford Boase Award | Shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award 2020 | Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2021 | May 2020 Debut of the Month
There aren’t many books that can have you laughing out loud one minute, and tearing up the next, but The Super Miraculous Journey of Freddie Yates is one. When Freddie sets off on a secret journey that will take him half-way across the country, his two best friends come too; they have their own reasons for wanting to escape home for a bit. Together the three get into and out of some extraordinary scrapes, inadvertently becoming heroes in the process, and Freddie experiences an actual miracle. Freddie, Ben and Charlie are great characters and their incredible journey – which variously involves sheep, a tandem, superhero outfits and stolen treasure - both hilarious and gripping. The ending proves that the world is a wonderful place, particularly for those who go looking for adventure. Don’t miss.
The Author:
Jenny Pearson has been awarded with six mugs, one fridge magnet, one wall plaque and numerous cards for her role as 'Best Teacher in the World'. When she is not busy being inspirational in the classroom, she would like nothing more than to relax with her two young boys, but she can't as they view her as a human climbing frame. She has recently moved to the North East of England and while she has yet to meet Ant or Dec, she has learned how to use canny in a sentence. Which is dead canny, like.
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Title: The Incredible Record Smashers
Genre: Children (8-12) - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRfNzVr4xcw
Website: https://twitter.com/J_C_Pearson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/J_C_Pearson
The Book;
A record-smashing, feel-good adventure packed with heart, humour and Guinness World Records from Costa Award-shortlisted Jenny Pearson, and Kid Normal illustrator Erica Salcedo.
Lucy is a fixer of broken things. But there's one thing she can't fix and that's her unhappy mum. Until she comes up with an INCREDIBLE plan. Along with her best friend, Sandesh, Lucy is going to SMASH a world record. Because she's convinced that starry Paul Castellini - Record Smashers TV host and singing legend - is the answer to her mum's problems. But breaking a world RECORD when watermelons, kumquats, two baddies and a 30 cm shatter-resistant school ruler are involved isn't quite as easy as Lucy thought. Can she learn that sometimes happiness doesn't come with a plan?
The Author:
Jenny Pearson has been awarded with six mugs, one fridge magnet, one wall plaque and numerous cards for her role as 'Best Teacher in the World'. When she is not busy being inspirational in the classroom, she would like nothing more than to relax with her two young boys, but she can't as they view her as a human climbing frame. She has recently moved to the North East of England and while she has yet to meet Ant or Dec, she has learned how to use canny in a sentence. Which is dead canny, like.
Genre: Children (8-12) - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRfNzVr4xcw
Website: https://twitter.com/J_C_Pearson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/J_C_Pearson
The Book;
A record-smashing, feel-good adventure packed with heart, humour and Guinness World Records from Costa Award-shortlisted Jenny Pearson, and Kid Normal illustrator Erica Salcedo.
Lucy is a fixer of broken things. But there's one thing she can't fix and that's her unhappy mum. Until she comes up with an INCREDIBLE plan. Along with her best friend, Sandesh, Lucy is going to SMASH a world record. Because she's convinced that starry Paul Castellini - Record Smashers TV host and singing legend - is the answer to her mum's problems. But breaking a world RECORD when watermelons, kumquats, two baddies and a 30 cm shatter-resistant school ruler are involved isn't quite as easy as Lucy thought. Can she learn that sometimes happiness doesn't come with a plan?
The Author:
Jenny Pearson has been awarded with six mugs, one fridge magnet, one wall plaque and numerous cards for her role as 'Best Teacher in the World'. When she is not busy being inspirational in the classroom, she would like nothing more than to relax with her two young boys, but she can't as they view her as a human climbing frame. She has recently moved to the North East of England and while she has yet to meet Ant or Dec, she has learned how to use canny in a sentence. Which is dead canny, like.
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Title: Midnight Sky
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://janruth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JanRuthAuthor
The Book;
Laura seems to have it all, glamorous job, charming boyfriend. Her sister, Maggie, struggles with money, difficult children and an unresponsive husband. She envies her sister’s life, but are things as idyllic as they seem? She might be a farmer’s daughter but Laura is doing her best to deny her roots, even deny her true feelings. Until she meets James, but James is very married, and very much in love, to a wife who died two years ago. They both have issues to face from their past, but will it bring them together, or push them apart?
The Author:
Jan Ruth lives in Snowdonia, a mountainous area of North Wales, UK. Jan writes contemporary fiction about the darker side of the family dynamic, often blending life in rural Wales with a touch of city business. Her style is best described as fast-paced and realistic, with a sprinkling of dry humour.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://janruth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JanRuthAuthor
The Book;
Laura seems to have it all, glamorous job, charming boyfriend. Her sister, Maggie, struggles with money, difficult children and an unresponsive husband. She envies her sister’s life, but are things as idyllic as they seem? She might be a farmer’s daughter but Laura is doing her best to deny her roots, even deny her true feelings. Until she meets James, but James is very married, and very much in love, to a wife who died two years ago. They both have issues to face from their past, but will it bring them together, or push them apart?
The Author:
Jan Ruth lives in Snowdonia, a mountainous area of North Wales, UK. Jan writes contemporary fiction about the darker side of the family dynamic, often blending life in rural Wales with a touch of city business. Her style is best described as fast-paced and realistic, with a sprinkling of dry humour.
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Title: Palomino Sky
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://janruth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JanRuthAuthor
The Book;
James is still running from the past after the loss of his wife, and a devastating accident forces him to face his final demons, but at what cost? Laura is forced deeper into his rural world – a life she once despised – but discovers empathy and hope in the palomino mare she calls Song. Repercussions abound for Maggie too, when the full extent of her daughter’s dangerous liaison comes to light, leaving the entire family in turmoil. Will James and Laura ever find a golden future, or has life dealt too vicious a blow?
The Author:
Jan Ruth lives in Snowdonia, a mountainous area of North Wales, UK. Jan writes contemporary fiction about the darker side of the family dynamic, often blending life in rural Wales with a touch of city business. Her style is best described as fast-paced and realistic, with a sprinkling of dry humour.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://janruth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JanRuthAuthor
The Book;
James is still running from the past after the loss of his wife, and a devastating accident forces him to face his final demons, but at what cost? Laura is forced deeper into his rural world – a life she once despised – but discovers empathy and hope in the palomino mare she calls Song. Repercussions abound for Maggie too, when the full extent of her daughter’s dangerous liaison comes to light, leaving the entire family in turmoil. Will James and Laura ever find a golden future, or has life dealt too vicious a blow?
The Author:
Jan Ruth lives in Snowdonia, a mountainous area of North Wales, UK. Jan writes contemporary fiction about the darker side of the family dynamic, often blending life in rural Wales with a touch of city business. Her style is best described as fast-paced and realistic, with a sprinkling of dry humour.
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Title: The Authenticity Project
Genre: Contemporary Fiction (A Feel Good Novel)
Format: Hardback (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://clarepooley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cpooleywriter
The Book;
The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love
Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes--in a plain, green journal--the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves--and soon find each other in real life at Monica's café.
The Authenticity Project's cast of characters--including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends--is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward--and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness.
The Authenticity Project is just the tonic for our times that readers are clamoring for--and one they will take to their hearts and read with unabashed pleasure.
The Author:
Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising.
When Clare realised that she was drinking way too much, she quit, and started a blog called Mummy was a Secret Drinker, which became a memoir - The Sober Diaries.
The Authenticity Project, Clare’s first novel, was inspired by her experience of telling the truth about her life.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction (A Feel Good Novel)
Format: Hardback (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://clarepooley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cpooleywriter
The Book;
The story of a solitary green notebook that brings together six strangers and leads to unexpected friendship, and even love
Julian Jessop, an eccentric, lonely artist and septuagenarian believes that most people aren't really honest with each other. But what if they were? And so he writes--in a plain, green journal--the truth about his own life and leaves it in his local café. It's run by the incredibly tidy and efficient Monica, who furtively adds her own entry and leaves the book in the wine bar across the street. Before long, the others who find the green notebook add the truths about their own deepest selves--and soon find each other in real life at Monica's café.
The Authenticity Project's cast of characters--including Hazard, the charming addict who makes a vow to get sober; Alice, the fabulous mommy Instagrammer whose real life is a lot less perfect than it looks online; and their other new friends--is by turns quirky and funny, heartbreakingly sad and painfully true-to-life. It's a story about being brave and putting your real self forward--and finding out that it's not as scary as it seems. In fact, it looks a lot like happiness.
The Authenticity Project is just the tonic for our times that readers are clamoring for--and one they will take to their hearts and read with unabashed pleasure.
The Author:
Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising.
When Clare realised that she was drinking way too much, she quit, and started a blog called Mummy was a Secret Drinker, which became a memoir - The Sober Diaries.
The Authenticity Project, Clare’s first novel, was inspired by her experience of telling the truth about her life.
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Title: Aunt Jodie’s Guide to Evolution
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/AuntJodiesGuides
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuntJodiesGuide
The Book:
Join Sophie and Matt as Aunt Jodie takes you on an imagination-expanding journey back in time. Learn about evolution in two different species, millions of years apart: the Plesiads, ancient lemur-like creatures from 55 million years ago, and colour-changing Peppered Moths from the 1800s. What happens to the Plesiads when a volcano erupts? How do the moths survive when their camouflage stops working? Discover the secrets that help all creatures transform and develop when big changes happen in the world around them.
Parents, Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents: Do you know what happened after the dinosaurs died out, but before humans existed? Could you explain Darwin’s theory of evolution to your child? Parents, learn along with your kids as we explore the key contributors to evolution: inheritance, variation and selection. Not just another boring bedtime story, this science adventure into the ancient past makes learning about the basics of evolution fun and engaging, and uses words and concepts that are right for kids in middle and upper primary school. Story-based learning helps everyone remember scientific concepts. For anyone new to science, Aunt Jodie’s Guides also include an easy-to-read glossary, explaining the scientific terms used in the book, and how to pronounce them. So give a gift of knowledge to your children and set them up for a lifetime of STEM success!
The Author:
Jordan is an Australian author who writes about science for children. Although a trained psychologist, science has been Jordan's “intellectual true love” ever since she was a child. A few years ago Jordan decided she wanted to bring “grown up science” to little minds, and the Aunt Jodie’s Guides series was born. With a 7-yr old daughter it’s particularly important to her that there are good female role models in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math).
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/AuntJodiesGuides
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuntJodiesGuide
The Book:
Join Sophie and Matt as Aunt Jodie takes you on an imagination-expanding journey back in time. Learn about evolution in two different species, millions of years apart: the Plesiads, ancient lemur-like creatures from 55 million years ago, and colour-changing Peppered Moths from the 1800s. What happens to the Plesiads when a volcano erupts? How do the moths survive when their camouflage stops working? Discover the secrets that help all creatures transform and develop when big changes happen in the world around them.
Parents, Aunts, Uncles and Grandparents: Do you know what happened after the dinosaurs died out, but before humans existed? Could you explain Darwin’s theory of evolution to your child? Parents, learn along with your kids as we explore the key contributors to evolution: inheritance, variation and selection. Not just another boring bedtime story, this science adventure into the ancient past makes learning about the basics of evolution fun and engaging, and uses words and concepts that are right for kids in middle and upper primary school. Story-based learning helps everyone remember scientific concepts. For anyone new to science, Aunt Jodie’s Guides also include an easy-to-read glossary, explaining the scientific terms used in the book, and how to pronounce them. So give a gift of knowledge to your children and set them up for a lifetime of STEM success!
The Author:
Jordan is an Australian author who writes about science for children. Although a trained psychologist, science has been Jordan's “intellectual true love” ever since she was a child. A few years ago Jordan decided she wanted to bring “grown up science” to little minds, and the Aunt Jodie’s Guides series was born. With a 7-yr old daughter it’s particularly important to her that there are good female role models in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math).
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Four Book Series: Welcome to Thorndale
Title 1: The Cottage of New Beginnings
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Garden of Little Rose
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Summer of Second Chances
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: A Country Village Christmas
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.suzannesnowauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SnowProse
Book 1; The Cottage of New Beginnings
One crumbling cottage. One broken heart. A chance to start over?
When Annie returns to Thorndale, the village where she spent much of her childhood, she’s looking for a new start. All she wants to do is fix up the cottage her godmother left her, and fix up her broken heart.
When she clashes with local hero, Jon, Annie can’t help but wonder if coming back to Thorndale was a mistake. The village has clearly changed and the last thing she needs is more drama. But avoiding the distractingly handsome Jon is proving impossible, especially when Thorndale seems to be conspiring to throw them together…
Annie is looking for a fresh start with zero romance – but what if the only way to learn to trust again is to take a risk on love?
Book 2; The Garden of Little Rose
For love to grow, Flora will have to first dig up the past.
At a hen party on the remote Scottish island of Alana, Flora is dared to ask a handsome stranger to be her plus-one for the wedding. When the gorgeous Mac accepts her invite, she assumes he’s joking and thinks nothing more of it… Until he turns up at the church on the wedding day.
But Mac has an agenda. He wants to hire her skills as a garden historian to restore the gardens at Róisín House, his home back on Alana. Flora knows she should refuse – Mac has ‘heartbreaker’ written all over him – but she can’t resist uncovering the tragic truth behind the garden at Róisín.
Transported by the beauty of the island, Flora can’t help but fall in love with Alana, and the man who brought her there.
Book 3; A Summer of Second Chances
Sparks and tempers fly when Ben comes to stay in Daisy’s holiday cottage
Daisy likes routine. She goes to work, makes dinner for her son, then loses herself for an hour or two in her sewing. She’s not looking for change, until Ben crashes – literally – into her life.
Ben is training for a triathlon, working himself to the limit in an attempt to forget a recent trauma. Daisy wants to help, but even as they draw closer with every week that passes, he pushes her away whenever things threaten to get serious.
Can Ben open himself up to love again? And with Daisy’s life in the Yorkshire Dales and Ben’s in New York, can they have a future together even if he does?
Book 4: A Country Village Christmas
Can the magic of Christmas and the community of Thorndale bring two lost souls together in love?
Olivia doesn’t have time for Christmas or for romance – she’s got a demanding career and has been burned before when it comes to love. This year, she’s spending the festive season in her dad’s old house, packing it up now that he’s moved out. Her dad failed to mention she wouldn’t be spending her time there alone…
The last thing Olivia expects is for her surprise guest to be the very man who literally ran from her after an evening of mutual flirtation. But Tom has nowhere else to go and Olivia is determined to forget the disappointment she felt at his abandonment and instead help him find his way again.
As heavy snow keeps them inside the cottage, will their enforced confinement spark romance once again – or will it push them further apart?
The Author:
Suzanne writes contemporary, romantic and uplifting fiction with a strong sense of setting and community connecting the lives of her characters. When she's not writing or spending time with her family, she can usually be found in a garden or looking to the landscape around her for inspiration.
Title 1: The Cottage of New Beginnings
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Garden of Little Rose
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Summer of Second Chances
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: A Country Village Christmas
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.suzannesnowauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SnowProse
Book 1; The Cottage of New Beginnings
One crumbling cottage. One broken heart. A chance to start over?
When Annie returns to Thorndale, the village where she spent much of her childhood, she’s looking for a new start. All she wants to do is fix up the cottage her godmother left her, and fix up her broken heart.
When she clashes with local hero, Jon, Annie can’t help but wonder if coming back to Thorndale was a mistake. The village has clearly changed and the last thing she needs is more drama. But avoiding the distractingly handsome Jon is proving impossible, especially when Thorndale seems to be conspiring to throw them together…
Annie is looking for a fresh start with zero romance – but what if the only way to learn to trust again is to take a risk on love?
Book 2; The Garden of Little Rose
For love to grow, Flora will have to first dig up the past.
At a hen party on the remote Scottish island of Alana, Flora is dared to ask a handsome stranger to be her plus-one for the wedding. When the gorgeous Mac accepts her invite, she assumes he’s joking and thinks nothing more of it… Until he turns up at the church on the wedding day.
But Mac has an agenda. He wants to hire her skills as a garden historian to restore the gardens at Róisín House, his home back on Alana. Flora knows she should refuse – Mac has ‘heartbreaker’ written all over him – but she can’t resist uncovering the tragic truth behind the garden at Róisín.
Transported by the beauty of the island, Flora can’t help but fall in love with Alana, and the man who brought her there.
Book 3; A Summer of Second Chances
Sparks and tempers fly when Ben comes to stay in Daisy’s holiday cottage
Daisy likes routine. She goes to work, makes dinner for her son, then loses herself for an hour or two in her sewing. She’s not looking for change, until Ben crashes – literally – into her life.
Ben is training for a triathlon, working himself to the limit in an attempt to forget a recent trauma. Daisy wants to help, but even as they draw closer with every week that passes, he pushes her away whenever things threaten to get serious.
Can Ben open himself up to love again? And with Daisy’s life in the Yorkshire Dales and Ben’s in New York, can they have a future together even if he does?
Book 4: A Country Village Christmas
Can the magic of Christmas and the community of Thorndale bring two lost souls together in love?
Olivia doesn’t have time for Christmas or for romance – she’s got a demanding career and has been burned before when it comes to love. This year, she’s spending the festive season in her dad’s old house, packing it up now that he’s moved out. Her dad failed to mention she wouldn’t be spending her time there alone…
The last thing Olivia expects is for her surprise guest to be the very man who literally ran from her after an evening of mutual flirtation. But Tom has nowhere else to go and Olivia is determined to forget the disappointment she felt at his abandonment and instead help him find his way again.
As heavy snow keeps them inside the cottage, will their enforced confinement spark romance once again – or will it push them further apart?
The Author:
Suzanne writes contemporary, romantic and uplifting fiction with a strong sense of setting and community connecting the lives of her characters. When she's not writing or spending time with her family, she can usually be found in a garden or looking to the landscape around her for inspiration.
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Title: Book title: The Ape That Understood the Universe: How the Mind and Culture Evolve
Genre: Education, Science, Evolution, Psychology
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdgIYRYLUg8
Website: https://www.stevestewartwilliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill
The Book:
The Ape that Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behavior, our altruistic tendencies, and our culture? The book tackles these issues by drawing on two major schools of thought: evolutionary psychology and cultural evolutionary theory. The guiding assumption is that humans are animals, and that like all animals, we evolved to pass on our genes. At some point, however, we also evolved the capacity for culture - and from that moment, culture began evolving in its own right. This transformed us from a mere ape into an ape capable of reshaping the planet, travelling to other worlds, and understanding the vast universe of which we're but a tiny, fleeting fragment.
The Author:
Steve Stewart-Williams is a New Zealander who moved to Canada, and then to Wales, and then to Malaysia, where he's an associate professor in psychology at the University of Nottingham's Malaysia Campus. His first book, Darwin, God, and the Meaning of Life, was published in 2010. His second book, The Ape That Understood the Universe, was published in 2018.
Genre: Education, Science, Evolution, Psychology
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.stevestewartwilliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveStuWill
The Book:
The Ape that Understood the Universe is the story of the strangest animal in the world: the human animal. It opens with a question: How would an alien scientist view our species? What would it make of our sex differences, our sexual behavior, our altruistic tendencies, and our culture? The book tackles these issues by drawing on two major schools of thought: evolutionary psychology and cultural evolutionary theory. The guiding assumption is that humans are animals, and that like all animals, we evolved to pass on our genes. At some point, however, we also evolved the capacity for culture - and from that moment, culture began evolving in its own right. This transformed us from a mere ape into an ape capable of reshaping the planet, travelling to other worlds, and understanding the vast universe of which we're but a tiny, fleeting fragment.
The Author:
Steve Stewart-Williams is a New Zealander who moved to Canada, and then to Wales, and then to Malaysia, where he's an associate professor in psychology at the University of Nottingham's Malaysia Campus. His first book, Darwin, God, and the Meaning of Life, was published in 2010. His second book, The Ape That Understood the Universe, was published in 2018.
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A.M. Dassu
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Title: Boy Everywhere
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Az discusses her book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fn2qn1oRmY
Website: https://linktr.ee/A.M.Dassu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/a_reflective
The Book:
Boy, Everywhere shows the harrowing journey taken by 13 year old Sami and his family from privilege to poverty, across countries and continents, from a comfortable life in Damascus, via a smuggler's den in Turkey, to a detention centre or ‘prison’ in Manchester. It’s a story of survival, of family, of bravery ... it looks at the refugee crisis from a completely new perspective, and through Sami’s eyes shows that we are all one cruel twist of fate away from becoming refugees — it can happen to anyone.
The Author:
A. M. Dassu is an award winning writer of both non-fiction and fiction and is based in the heart of England. She is the author of the internationally critically acclaimed novel Boy, Everywhere which is one of The Guardian’s, Bookriot’s, BookTrust’s and CLPE’s Best Children’s Books of 2020 and has been given a much coveted star from Kirkus, Booklist and Publisher’s Weekly in America. It also featured as one of The Guardian’s Children’s Best New Novels on publication in October, is on Amnesty’s Books That Inspire Activism list and has been listed for 10 awards including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the “most prestigious accolade for children’s books in the UK”. She is Deputy Editor of SCBWI-BI’s magazine, Words & Pictures, and a Director of Inclusive Minds, a unique organisation for people who are passionate about inclusion, diversity, equality, and accessibility in children’s literature. She is also patron of The Other Side of Hope, a new print and online literary magazine, edited by immigrants and refugees which serves to celebrate the refugee and immigrant communities worldwide and one of The National Literacy_Trust ‘s Connecting Stories campaign authors which aims to help inspire a love of reading and writing in children and young people. Previously, she has worked in project management, marketing, and editorial. Her work has been published by The Huffington Post, Times Educational Supplement, SCOOP Magazine, Lee and Low Books, and DK Books. When she isn’t battling emails or writing, she mentors aspiring authors and loves to shout about other people’s books.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Az discusses her book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fn2qn1oRmY
Website: https://linktr.ee/A.M.Dassu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/a_reflective
The Book:
Boy, Everywhere shows the harrowing journey taken by 13 year old Sami and his family from privilege to poverty, across countries and continents, from a comfortable life in Damascus, via a smuggler's den in Turkey, to a detention centre or ‘prison’ in Manchester. It’s a story of survival, of family, of bravery ... it looks at the refugee crisis from a completely new perspective, and through Sami’s eyes shows that we are all one cruel twist of fate away from becoming refugees — it can happen to anyone.
The Author:
A. M. Dassu is an award winning writer of both non-fiction and fiction and is based in the heart of England. She is the author of the internationally critically acclaimed novel Boy, Everywhere which is one of The Guardian’s, Bookriot’s, BookTrust’s and CLPE’s Best Children’s Books of 2020 and has been given a much coveted star from Kirkus, Booklist and Publisher’s Weekly in America. It also featured as one of The Guardian’s Children’s Best New Novels on publication in October, is on Amnesty’s Books That Inspire Activism list and has been listed for 10 awards including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the “most prestigious accolade for children’s books in the UK”. She is Deputy Editor of SCBWI-BI’s magazine, Words & Pictures, and a Director of Inclusive Minds, a unique organisation for people who are passionate about inclusion, diversity, equality, and accessibility in children’s literature. She is also patron of The Other Side of Hope, a new print and online literary magazine, edited by immigrants and refugees which serves to celebrate the refugee and immigrant communities worldwide and one of The National Literacy_Trust ‘s Connecting Stories campaign authors which aims to help inspire a love of reading and writing in children and young people. Previously, she has worked in project management, marketing, and editorial. Her work has been published by The Huffington Post, Times Educational Supplement, SCOOP Magazine, Lee and Low Books, and DK Books. When she isn’t battling emails or writing, she mentors aspiring authors and loves to shout about other people’s books.
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David P Perlmutter
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Trilogy: Write to Series
Title 1: Write to Kill
Title 2: Write to Survive
Title 3: Write to Live
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Blog: https://davidpperlmutter.blogspot.com/2020/08/read-first-three-chapters-of-write-to.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davepperlmutter
Book 1; Write To Kill
An aspiring author, cursed with writer's block and ridden with debt, is offered a huge amount of money to commit a heinous crime.
Caught up in the machinations of the underworld and at the mercy of a gangland boss, will this budding writer accept the money, commit the crime and leave his innocence behind him?
And will real life turn to fiction, as events inspire him to write what he dreams will be an international bestseller?
Book 2: Write to Survive
Write to Survive, finds the aspiring author, and his girlfriend Lisa, struggling to cope with the fallout from his actions. As Mad Dog Maddox lives up to his name, the couple must work as a team to survive his death threats.
Book 3: Write to Live
Write To Live follows the main character, an author and his girlfriend, Lisa to New York to try and escape the clutches of London underground gang boss, Mad Dog Maddox.
But will they?
The Author:
I'm an author of 14 books! Four true Stories, one fiction, a children's book and eight marketing books.
One of my true stories, titled Wrong Place Wrong Time, about my nightmare trip to Marbella is being made into a MOVIE has been a #1 BESTSELLER on Amazon in the UK, America, Spain, Canada and Australia, with over 1,000 5 STAR reviews. The production team are Golden Mile Productions and No Reservations Entertainment. The director is Christopher Butler and the script has been written by Carol and Aileen Doherty.
I am also in a few movies, nothing major but proud to be in Memoirs of a Dying Man, Mothers Child, Knuckledust and the Bollywood movies 83 and Darbar!
Title 1: Write to Kill
Title 2: Write to Survive
Title 3: Write to Live
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Blog: https://davidpperlmutter.blogspot.com/2020/08/read-first-three-chapters-of-write-to.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davepperlmutter
Book 1; Write To Kill
An aspiring author, cursed with writer's block and ridden with debt, is offered a huge amount of money to commit a heinous crime.
Caught up in the machinations of the underworld and at the mercy of a gangland boss, will this budding writer accept the money, commit the crime and leave his innocence behind him?
And will real life turn to fiction, as events inspire him to write what he dreams will be an international bestseller?
Book 2: Write to Survive
Write to Survive, finds the aspiring author, and his girlfriend Lisa, struggling to cope with the fallout from his actions. As Mad Dog Maddox lives up to his name, the couple must work as a team to survive his death threats.
Book 3: Write to Live
Write To Live follows the main character, an author and his girlfriend, Lisa to New York to try and escape the clutches of London underground gang boss, Mad Dog Maddox.
But will they?
The Author:
I'm an author of 14 books! Four true Stories, one fiction, a children's book and eight marketing books.
One of my true stories, titled Wrong Place Wrong Time, about my nightmare trip to Marbella is being made into a MOVIE has been a #1 BESTSELLER on Amazon in the UK, America, Spain, Canada and Australia, with over 1,000 5 STAR reviews. The production team are Golden Mile Productions and No Reservations Entertainment. The director is Christopher Butler and the script has been written by Carol and Aileen Doherty.
I am also in a few movies, nothing major but proud to be in Memoirs of a Dying Man, Mothers Child, Knuckledust and the Bollywood movies 83 and Darbar!
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Kiley Dunbar
Kiley Dunbar
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Title: The Borrow a Bookshop Holiday
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.kileydunbar.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KileyDunbar
The Book;
The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop … for a fortnight.
Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy café.
Bookworms, what are you waiting for? Your holiday is going to be LIT(erary).
Apply to: The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café, Down-a-long, Clove Lore, Devon.
Jude Crawley should be on top of the world. She’s just graduated as a mature student, so can finally go public about her relationship with Philosophy professor, Mack.
Until she sees Mack kissing another girl, and her dreams crumble. And worse, their dream holiday – running a tiny bookshop in the harbour village of Clove Lore for two weeks – is non-refundable.
Throwing caution to the winds, Jude heads down to Devon, eager to immerse herself in literature and heal her broken heart.
But there’s one problem – six foot tall, brooding (but gorgeous) Elliot, who’s also reserved the bookshop holiday for two weeks…
As Jude and Elliot put their differences aside to run the bookshop, it seems that Jude might be falling in love with more than just words. Until she discovers what Elliot is running from – and why he’s hiding out in Clove Lore.
Can Jude find her own happy ending in a tiny, tumbledown bookshop? Or is she about to find out that her bookish holiday might have an unexpected twist in the tale…
The Author:
Kiley Dunbar writes heart-warming, escapist, romantic fiction set in beautiful places.
One Winter's Night is shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel Award 2021.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.kileydunbar.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KileyDunbar
The Book;
The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café invites literature lovers to run their very own bookshop … for a fortnight.
Spend your days talking books with customers in your own charming bookshop and serving up delicious cream teas in the cosy café.
Bookworms, what are you waiting for? Your holiday is going to be LIT(erary).
Apply to: The Borrow-a-Bookshop Bookshop Café, Down-a-long, Clove Lore, Devon.
Jude Crawley should be on top of the world. She’s just graduated as a mature student, so can finally go public about her relationship with Philosophy professor, Mack.
Until she sees Mack kissing another girl, and her dreams crumble. And worse, their dream holiday – running a tiny bookshop in the harbour village of Clove Lore for two weeks – is non-refundable.
Throwing caution to the winds, Jude heads down to Devon, eager to immerse herself in literature and heal her broken heart.
But there’s one problem – six foot tall, brooding (but gorgeous) Elliot, who’s also reserved the bookshop holiday for two weeks…
As Jude and Elliot put their differences aside to run the bookshop, it seems that Jude might be falling in love with more than just words. Until she discovers what Elliot is running from – and why he’s hiding out in Clove Lore.
Can Jude find her own happy ending in a tiny, tumbledown bookshop? Or is she about to find out that her bookish holiday might have an unexpected twist in the tale…
The Author:
Kiley Dunbar writes heart-warming, escapist, romantic fiction set in beautiful places.
One Winter's Night is shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel Award 2021.
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Lesley Kara
Lesley Kara
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Title: The Dare
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.lesleykara.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LesleyKara
The Book;
As a child, it was just a game. As an adult, it was a living nightmare.
'This time it's different. She's gone too far now.
She really has.'
When teenage friends Lizzie and Alice decide to head off for a walk in the countryside, they are blissfully unaware that this will be their final day together - and that only Lizzie will come back alive.
Lizzie has no memory of what happened in the moments before Alice died, she only knows that it must have been a tragic accident. But as she tries to cope with her grief, she is shocked to find herself alienated from Alice's friends and relatives. They are convinced she somehow had a part to play in her friend's death.
Twelve years later, unpacking boxes in the new home she shares with her fiancé, Lizzie is horrified to find long-buried memories suddenly surfacing. Is the trauma of the accident finally catching up with her, or could someone be trying to threaten her new-found happiness?
The Author:
Lesley Kara is an alumna of the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ course. She completed an English degree and PGCE at Greenwich University, having previously worked as a nurse and a secretary, and then became a lecturer and manager in Further Education. She lives on the North Essex coast.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.lesleykara.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LesleyKara
The Book;
As a child, it was just a game. As an adult, it was a living nightmare.
'This time it's different. She's gone too far now.
She really has.'
When teenage friends Lizzie and Alice decide to head off for a walk in the countryside, they are blissfully unaware that this will be their final day together - and that only Lizzie will come back alive.
Lizzie has no memory of what happened in the moments before Alice died, she only knows that it must have been a tragic accident. But as she tries to cope with her grief, she is shocked to find herself alienated from Alice's friends and relatives. They are convinced she somehow had a part to play in her friend's death.
Twelve years later, unpacking boxes in the new home she shares with her fiancé, Lizzie is horrified to find long-buried memories suddenly surfacing. Is the trauma of the accident finally catching up with her, or could someone be trying to threaten her new-found happiness?
The Author:
Lesley Kara is an alumna of the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel’ course. She completed an English degree and PGCE at Greenwich University, having previously worked as a nurse and a secretary, and then became a lecturer and manager in Further Education. She lives on the North Essex coast.
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Victoria Cooke
Victoria Cooke
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Two Books:
Title 1: The Single Mums’ Book Club
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Sun, Sea and Sangria
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://victoria-cooke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaCooke10
Book 1: The Single Mums’ Book Club
Three friends, three single mums, one quest to find love…
It’s 8:30am and I’m already utterly exhausted. My son has lost his football boots, my daughter is ready for school dressed only in her vest and knickers, and of course, my 1-year-old has filled his nappy for what feels like the tenth time this morning.
As for my husband? He’s decided marriage doesn’t suit him, and well… buggered off.
All hope of ‘me time’ has but dwindled to sipping half a glass of wine whilst shouting after the kids. But everything is about to change.
I’m taking control of my life! I’ve joined… a book club.
Yes, I know what you’re thinking. ‘Wow… live a little.’ But my fellow book clubbers, Amanda and Janey, are my lifelines. They understand the daily struggle because they’re mothers too.
And in between the prosecco, Doritos and googling everything about Mr Darcy on SparkNotes, they’ve convinced me to go on a date with my boss.
A single mum of three looking for romance… what could possibly go wrong?
Book 2: Sun, Sea and Sangria
Escape to the palm-fringed beaches of the Canary Islands and wash your worries away.
Kat swore off dating many years ago, after her marriage ended in a catastrophic mess. Having moved to the Canary Islands for a fresh start, she has never had much time for romance, channelling all her energy into managing all-male dance troupe – the Heavenly Hunks.
With golden beaches, sparkling blue water and relaxing after work with a glass of sangria – or three – for Kat, it’s summer all year round. But despite life being postcard perfect, Kat can’t help but wonder if she is missing out on the most important thing of all… love.
The dancers are all well-known for their flirtatious antics and aren’t looking for anything serious… except Jay. Sitting by the pool, watching the sun reflecting in the water, Kat feels like she can tell him anything.
Handsome, caring and a good listener, he ignites a fire in Kat’s heart that scares her witless. But her relationship with Jay should stay strictly professional… right? There is absolutely no way that she can be his boss and his date.
As the temperature rises, will Kat be able to take the plunge, let go of her past and find romance in paradise?
The Author:
Victoria Cooke grew up in the city of Manchester before crossing the Pennines in pursuit of her career in education. She now lives in Huddersfield with her husband and two young daughters and when she’s not at home writing by the fire with a cup of coffee in her hand, she loves working out in the gym and travelling. Victoria was first published at the tender age of eight by her classroom teacher who saw potential in a six-page story about an invisible man. Since then she’s always had a passion for reading and writing, undertaking several writers’ courses before completing her first romantic comedy novel, 'The Secret to Falling in Love,' in 2016.
Her third novel, Who Needs Men Anyway? became a digital bestseller in 2018.
Title 1: The Single Mums’ Book Club
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Sun, Sea and Sangria
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://victoria-cooke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaCooke10
Book 1: The Single Mums’ Book Club
Three friends, three single mums, one quest to find love…
It’s 8:30am and I’m already utterly exhausted. My son has lost his football boots, my daughter is ready for school dressed only in her vest and knickers, and of course, my 1-year-old has filled his nappy for what feels like the tenth time this morning.
As for my husband? He’s decided marriage doesn’t suit him, and well… buggered off.
All hope of ‘me time’ has but dwindled to sipping half a glass of wine whilst shouting after the kids. But everything is about to change.
I’m taking control of my life! I’ve joined… a book club.
Yes, I know what you’re thinking. ‘Wow… live a little.’ But my fellow book clubbers, Amanda and Janey, are my lifelines. They understand the daily struggle because they’re mothers too.
And in between the prosecco, Doritos and googling everything about Mr Darcy on SparkNotes, they’ve convinced me to go on a date with my boss.
A single mum of three looking for romance… what could possibly go wrong?
Book 2: Sun, Sea and Sangria
Escape to the palm-fringed beaches of the Canary Islands and wash your worries away.
Kat swore off dating many years ago, after her marriage ended in a catastrophic mess. Having moved to the Canary Islands for a fresh start, she has never had much time for romance, channelling all her energy into managing all-male dance troupe – the Heavenly Hunks.
With golden beaches, sparkling blue water and relaxing after work with a glass of sangria – or three – for Kat, it’s summer all year round. But despite life being postcard perfect, Kat can’t help but wonder if she is missing out on the most important thing of all… love.
The dancers are all well-known for their flirtatious antics and aren’t looking for anything serious… except Jay. Sitting by the pool, watching the sun reflecting in the water, Kat feels like she can tell him anything.
Handsome, caring and a good listener, he ignites a fire in Kat’s heart that scares her witless. But her relationship with Jay should stay strictly professional… right? There is absolutely no way that she can be his boss and his date.
As the temperature rises, will Kat be able to take the plunge, let go of her past and find romance in paradise?
The Author:
Victoria Cooke grew up in the city of Manchester before crossing the Pennines in pursuit of her career in education. She now lives in Huddersfield with her husband and two young daughters and when she’s not at home writing by the fire with a cup of coffee in her hand, she loves working out in the gym and travelling. Victoria was first published at the tender age of eight by her classroom teacher who saw potential in a six-page story about an invisible man. Since then she’s always had a passion for reading and writing, undertaking several writers’ courses before completing her first romantic comedy novel, 'The Secret to Falling in Love,' in 2016.
Her third novel, Who Needs Men Anyway? became a digital bestseller in 2018.
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Title: Deeds not Words:The Story of Women’s Rights, Then and Now
Genre: History - Feminist Criticism
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir6Ejmx63ww
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenPankhurst
The Book;
On the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote, Helen Pankhurst - great-granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst and a leading women's rights campaigner - charts how women's lives have changed over the last century, and offers a powerful and positive argument for a new way forward.
The Author:
Helen is a British scholar, women's rights activist and writer. She is currently CARE International's senior advisor working in the UK and Ethiopia.[ Helen is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, who were both leaders in the British Suffragette movement. In 2018 Pankhurst convened the Centenary Action Group, a cross-party coalition of over 100 activists, politicians and women's rights organisations campaigning to end barriers to women's political participation.
Genre: History - Feminist Criticism
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir6Ejmx63ww
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenPankhurst
The Book;
On the 100th anniversary of women getting the vote, Helen Pankhurst - great-granddaughter of suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst and a leading women's rights campaigner - charts how women's lives have changed over the last century, and offers a powerful and positive argument for a new way forward.
The Author:
Helen is a British scholar, women's rights activist and writer. She is currently CARE International's senior advisor working in the UK and Ethiopia.[ Helen is the great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst, who were both leaders in the British Suffragette movement. In 2018 Pankhurst convened the Centenary Action Group, a cross-party coalition of over 100 activists, politicians and women's rights organisations campaigning to end barriers to women's political participation.
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Book Series: The Conyers Street Gang
Title 1: A Pig Squeal at Midnight
Title 2: Gee Gee and the Germans
Title 3: Spies, Lies, and Dangerous Skies
Title 4: Land of Dragons
Genre: Historical Fiction - Crime
Format: All Books are Paperbacks
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mjtthame
Book: A Pig Squeal at Midnight
Based on real people. Based on real events.
“This country is at war with Germany.”
Tom Boden heard the words and he looked on as his Pop crossed the room and put a reassuring arm around his Mam. He saw the tears fall as Mam realised four of her children were to be evacuated the following day. For Tom, life just got very real, and he did not like it one bit. Things would never be the same again.
A day later, and as he stands on the platform at Peplow station, Tom cannot quite believe what he is seeing. Fields. Lots and lots of fields. For a nine-year-old boy from one of the poorest parts of inner-city Liverpool, this is more greenery than he has ever seen. The scene in front of him could not be more different to back home in Conyers Street where Mam, Pop and the rest of Tom’s siblings remain.
Along with his brother John and his sisters Chrissie and Mary, Tom is herded onto a bus and taken to the nearby village of High Hatton. There they meet their eccentric new headmaster, their host families, the local (and very nasty) policeman and a gang of bullies.But for all its natural beauty, High Hatton holds dark secrets. Things go missing, strange occurrences shatter the night calm and people start acting oddly.
Soon, the Conyers Street Gang have a mystery to solve, and it will put them on a path that will place them in grave danger. Can the gang crack the case before it is too late? More importantly, can they get through their ordeal unscathed?
Book 2: Gee Gee and the Germans
Based on real people. Based on real events.
Eight-year-old GeeGee is scared. And it’s not for the first time. Since her arrival in Scotland, the Germans have dropped their murderous bombs and nearly killed her, as well as her mum Ida, sister Betty, and brother Alec. Uncle Angus has lost his home.
When Ida takes her children to the beautiful Campsie Glen, a place where she felt they would be safe, they got a shock. The Laird of the Clan has refused them shelter and his butler, Knox, has thrown them out.
GeeGee never wanted to go anywhere near the Laird’s house again, but when the local kids decide to build a snowman in the grounds, she joins in. That’s when Knox the butler pulled the trigger on the shotgun and shattered the night’s calm in Campsie Glen.
Only later does GeeGee remember; her scarf. She left it on the snowman they had built before Knox chased them away. It was a beautiful red scarf her mum and dad bought for her as a birthday present. She had to get it back.
Betty isn’t keen, but the sisters go out in the middle of a wintry night to retrieve the scarf. However, it’s what GeeGee sees on the way back that stops her in her tracks. An aircraft flies overhead, but they cannot see it. Moments later something catches GeeGee’s eye; a parachute silently falls on the wooded hillside below the imposing Lennox Castle.
GeeGee knows she must tell someone. There is a war on and her first thought is that the parachutist must be a German spy. Before long Campsie Glen is awash with police and soldiers. Strange things start happening and suddenly GeeGee’s life hangs in the balance.
Can she survive the strange goings on at Lennox Castle? Can she get through the night in the haunted house? Will she ever be able to trust the self-styled Laird of Clan Galt?
More than that, will GeeGee be able to survive the Germans that are surely in their midst?
Book 3: Spies, Lies, and Dangerous Skies
Based on real people. Based on real events.
Twelve-year-old John Boden has a lot on his mind; it’s a nice day and he doesn’t like that one bit. The sun is out and there’s not a cloud in the sky. That’s a problem because there’s a war on and he is convinced the Germans like clear, cloudless skies all the better to see where they drop their murderous bombs. John Boden looked up and wondered if there would be an air raid tonight. Liverpool had been bombed a lot lately and Conyers Street, his street, was right near the city centre. If there was a raid, as the leader, how could he keep his gang safe? It was a lot for a twelve-year-old boy to think about.
But suddenly he was thinking about something else; a black cab had pulled up outside Number Two. No-one in Conyers Street was rich enough to afford a cab, so who was the smartly dressed man that got out first? Why was the woman who followed him wearing a big fur coat in the height of summer? And what was the girl clutching the doll doing with them?Instinct took over and John Boden gasped. “Spies,” he said to himself…
So begins the story of Spies, Lies & Dangerous Skies, the debut children’s novel from Michael Thame. Based on real people and on real events, it tells of a bygone era where air raids are common and bomb damage can unearth long-buried secrets.When such a bomb lands opposite the Bodens’ house, it sets off a chain of events that takes the Conyers Street Gang on their most perilous mission to date.
Can John, Tom, Chrissie, Mary and Philly Brown solve the case before it’s too late? More importantly, can John keep his gang safe?
Book 4: Land of Dragons
Based on real people. Based on real events.
The Conyers Street Gang has been evacuated again. The threat of Hitler’s bombing raids on their home city of Liverpool remains too great. In the last two years they have spent night after night in air raid shelters as death falls from the German bombers overhead.
Suddenly, the gang find themselves in a different country: Wales. Nothing seems to make sense to them. From the strange language to the odd-shaped ball the local kids play with, everything is different. It leaves them confused and frightened.
Fourteen-year-old John Boden remains leader of the gang made up of his brother Tom, sisters Chrissie and Mary and their friends, GeeGee and Philly Brown. John has to look after his gang but he is immediately taken from them – he is grounded by their new guardian, the horrible Mr Roberts.
Tom, as second-in-command, can’t keep the gang together as he has a job. Philly Brown is the next oldest, but he is no leader. John escapes, and gets in with the wrong crowd. The gang starts to break up.
Then the American GIs arrive, and that sets off a series of events that puts the Conyers Street Gang in its most perilous situation yet. Can Tom figure out what’s going on before it is too late? Can the gang stop an awful crime from being committed? Can they ever get away from Mr Roberts and his horrendous daughters, Angharad and Myfanwy?
In a land of dragons, the Conyers Street Gang are lost and afraid. Nothing is at it seems. But John, Tom, Chrissie and Mary, and GeeGee and Philly Brown know the must do what is right. It puts them on a path to danger the like of which they have never before known...
Author:
Michael Thame was born in Kent, the Garden of England, in 1974 and it was a lightbulb moment 42 years later that would result in the Conyers Street Gang series of children's whodunits. It's a series that brings to life the real life childhoods of John, Tom, Chrissie and Mary Boden, and their friends GeeGee and Philly Brown, breathing colour into their bygone wartime world.
Today Michael Thame lives in Didsbury, Manchester, UK, and has two daughters. Whereas Tom Boden provided the inspiration, his daughters provide the motivation to keep going.
Based on real people and on real events, Michael welcomes you to the Conyers Street Gang.
Title 1: A Pig Squeal at Midnight
Title 2: Gee Gee and the Germans
Title 3: Spies, Lies, and Dangerous Skies
Title 4: Land of Dragons
Genre: Historical Fiction - Crime
Format: All Books are Paperbacks
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mjtthame
Book: A Pig Squeal at Midnight
Based on real people. Based on real events.
“This country is at war with Germany.”
Tom Boden heard the words and he looked on as his Pop crossed the room and put a reassuring arm around his Mam. He saw the tears fall as Mam realised four of her children were to be evacuated the following day. For Tom, life just got very real, and he did not like it one bit. Things would never be the same again.
A day later, and as he stands on the platform at Peplow station, Tom cannot quite believe what he is seeing. Fields. Lots and lots of fields. For a nine-year-old boy from one of the poorest parts of inner-city Liverpool, this is more greenery than he has ever seen. The scene in front of him could not be more different to back home in Conyers Street where Mam, Pop and the rest of Tom’s siblings remain.
Along with his brother John and his sisters Chrissie and Mary, Tom is herded onto a bus and taken to the nearby village of High Hatton. There they meet their eccentric new headmaster, their host families, the local (and very nasty) policeman and a gang of bullies.But for all its natural beauty, High Hatton holds dark secrets. Things go missing, strange occurrences shatter the night calm and people start acting oddly.
Soon, the Conyers Street Gang have a mystery to solve, and it will put them on a path that will place them in grave danger. Can the gang crack the case before it is too late? More importantly, can they get through their ordeal unscathed?
Book 2: Gee Gee and the Germans
Based on real people. Based on real events.
Eight-year-old GeeGee is scared. And it’s not for the first time. Since her arrival in Scotland, the Germans have dropped their murderous bombs and nearly killed her, as well as her mum Ida, sister Betty, and brother Alec. Uncle Angus has lost his home.
When Ida takes her children to the beautiful Campsie Glen, a place where she felt they would be safe, they got a shock. The Laird of the Clan has refused them shelter and his butler, Knox, has thrown them out.
GeeGee never wanted to go anywhere near the Laird’s house again, but when the local kids decide to build a snowman in the grounds, she joins in. That’s when Knox the butler pulled the trigger on the shotgun and shattered the night’s calm in Campsie Glen.
Only later does GeeGee remember; her scarf. She left it on the snowman they had built before Knox chased them away. It was a beautiful red scarf her mum and dad bought for her as a birthday present. She had to get it back.
Betty isn’t keen, but the sisters go out in the middle of a wintry night to retrieve the scarf. However, it’s what GeeGee sees on the way back that stops her in her tracks. An aircraft flies overhead, but they cannot see it. Moments later something catches GeeGee’s eye; a parachute silently falls on the wooded hillside below the imposing Lennox Castle.
GeeGee knows she must tell someone. There is a war on and her first thought is that the parachutist must be a German spy. Before long Campsie Glen is awash with police and soldiers. Strange things start happening and suddenly GeeGee’s life hangs in the balance.
Can she survive the strange goings on at Lennox Castle? Can she get through the night in the haunted house? Will she ever be able to trust the self-styled Laird of Clan Galt?
More than that, will GeeGee be able to survive the Germans that are surely in their midst?
Book 3: Spies, Lies, and Dangerous Skies
Based on real people. Based on real events.
Twelve-year-old John Boden has a lot on his mind; it’s a nice day and he doesn’t like that one bit. The sun is out and there’s not a cloud in the sky. That’s a problem because there’s a war on and he is convinced the Germans like clear, cloudless skies all the better to see where they drop their murderous bombs. John Boden looked up and wondered if there would be an air raid tonight. Liverpool had been bombed a lot lately and Conyers Street, his street, was right near the city centre. If there was a raid, as the leader, how could he keep his gang safe? It was a lot for a twelve-year-old boy to think about.
But suddenly he was thinking about something else; a black cab had pulled up outside Number Two. No-one in Conyers Street was rich enough to afford a cab, so who was the smartly dressed man that got out first? Why was the woman who followed him wearing a big fur coat in the height of summer? And what was the girl clutching the doll doing with them?Instinct took over and John Boden gasped. “Spies,” he said to himself…
So begins the story of Spies, Lies & Dangerous Skies, the debut children’s novel from Michael Thame. Based on real people and on real events, it tells of a bygone era where air raids are common and bomb damage can unearth long-buried secrets.When such a bomb lands opposite the Bodens’ house, it sets off a chain of events that takes the Conyers Street Gang on their most perilous mission to date.
Can John, Tom, Chrissie, Mary and Philly Brown solve the case before it’s too late? More importantly, can John keep his gang safe?
Book 4: Land of Dragons
Based on real people. Based on real events.
The Conyers Street Gang has been evacuated again. The threat of Hitler’s bombing raids on their home city of Liverpool remains too great. In the last two years they have spent night after night in air raid shelters as death falls from the German bombers overhead.
Suddenly, the gang find themselves in a different country: Wales. Nothing seems to make sense to them. From the strange language to the odd-shaped ball the local kids play with, everything is different. It leaves them confused and frightened.
Fourteen-year-old John Boden remains leader of the gang made up of his brother Tom, sisters Chrissie and Mary and their friends, GeeGee and Philly Brown. John has to look after his gang but he is immediately taken from them – he is grounded by their new guardian, the horrible Mr Roberts.
Tom, as second-in-command, can’t keep the gang together as he has a job. Philly Brown is the next oldest, but he is no leader. John escapes, and gets in with the wrong crowd. The gang starts to break up.
Then the American GIs arrive, and that sets off a series of events that puts the Conyers Street Gang in its most perilous situation yet. Can Tom figure out what’s going on before it is too late? Can the gang stop an awful crime from being committed? Can they ever get away from Mr Roberts and his horrendous daughters, Angharad and Myfanwy?
In a land of dragons, the Conyers Street Gang are lost and afraid. Nothing is at it seems. But John, Tom, Chrissie and Mary, and GeeGee and Philly Brown know the must do what is right. It puts them on a path to danger the like of which they have never before known...
Author:
Michael Thame was born in Kent, the Garden of England, in 1974 and it was a lightbulb moment 42 years later that would result in the Conyers Street Gang series of children's whodunits. It's a series that brings to life the real life childhoods of John, Tom, Chrissie and Mary Boden, and their friends GeeGee and Philly Brown, breathing colour into their bygone wartime world.
Today Michael Thame lives in Didsbury, Manchester, UK, and has two daughters. Whereas Tom Boden provided the inspiration, his daughters provide the motivation to keep going.
Based on real people and on real events, Michael welcomes you to the Conyers Street Gang.
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Roisin Meaney
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Title: The Restaurant
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://roisinmeaney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/roisinmeaney
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'A gorgeous tale that will delight, charm and captivate the reader' Swirl and Thread
'Meaney leaves you wanting to know more about the characters and what they do next, almost as if they have become friends' Irish Independent
When Emily's heart was broken by the love of her life, she never imagined that she would find herself, just two years later, running a small restaurant in what used to be her grandmother's tiny hat shop. The Food of Love offers diners the possibility of friendship (and maybe more) as well as a delicious meal. And even though Emily has sworn off romance forever, it doesn't stop her hoping for happiness for her regulars, like widower Bill who hides a troubling secret, single mum Heather who ran away from home as a teenager, and gentle Astrid whose past is darker than any of her friends know.
Then, out of the blue, Emily receives a letter from her ex. He's returning home to Ireland and wants to see her. Is Emily brave enough to give love a second chance -- or wise enough to figure out where it's truly to be found?
The Author:
In 1977 Roisin Meaney finished a sentence and won a car. The sentence was 'I would like to win a Ford Fiesta because my father won't let me drive his.' Over the following 24 years she wrote a lot more sentences and won a lot more prizes. In 2001 she finally decided to keep writing sentences until she filled a book, and in 2008 she gave up her teaching job to become a fulltime writer. Since 2001 she's written sixteen adult novels and two children's books. Her work has been translated into German, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian and Russian. Two of her books have also been published in the US: Semi-Sweet (previously Love in the Making) and Life Drawing for Beginners (previously The Things We Do for Love), and her four most recent books have also been published in Australia and New Zealand by Hachette Australia.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://roisinmeaney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/roisinmeaney
The Book;
'A gorgeous tale that will delight, charm and captivate the reader' Swirl and Thread
'Meaney leaves you wanting to know more about the characters and what they do next, almost as if they have become friends' Irish Independent
When Emily's heart was broken by the love of her life, she never imagined that she would find herself, just two years later, running a small restaurant in what used to be her grandmother's tiny hat shop. The Food of Love offers diners the possibility of friendship (and maybe more) as well as a delicious meal. And even though Emily has sworn off romance forever, it doesn't stop her hoping for happiness for her regulars, like widower Bill who hides a troubling secret, single mum Heather who ran away from home as a teenager, and gentle Astrid whose past is darker than any of her friends know.
Then, out of the blue, Emily receives a letter from her ex. He's returning home to Ireland and wants to see her. Is Emily brave enough to give love a second chance -- or wise enough to figure out where it's truly to be found?
The Author:
In 1977 Roisin Meaney finished a sentence and won a car. The sentence was 'I would like to win a Ford Fiesta because my father won't let me drive his.' Over the following 24 years she wrote a lot more sentences and won a lot more prizes. In 2001 she finally decided to keep writing sentences until she filled a book, and in 2008 she gave up her teaching job to become a fulltime writer. Since 2001 she's written sixteen adult novels and two children's books. Her work has been translated into German, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Italian and Russian. Two of her books have also been published in the US: Semi-Sweet (previously Love in the Making) and Life Drawing for Beginners (previously The Things We Do for Love), and her four most recent books have also been published in Australia and New Zealand by Hachette Australia.
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Peter Bently
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Title: The King's Birthday Suit
Genre: Children
Format: Picturebook
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.peterbently.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterBently
The Book;
King Albert-Horatio-Otto the Third
had SO many clothes it was simply absurd …
So when two seemingly well-meaning fabric merchants promise to make an outfit of only the very BEST and most special cloth, King Albert-Horatio-Otto the Third simply cannot resist. He MUST have these new clothes! Surely, the unquestionably charitable and not-at-all-suspicious-looking tailors are genuine, and the King won't end up looking red-cheeked … ?
This funny and timely retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fable 'The Emperor's New Clothes' will not only make children laugh, but also encourage them to think and speak up for what they believe.
The Author:
Peter Bently (born 1960) is a British children's writer. He is best known for his rhyming picture books including The Great Dog Bottom Swap (with Mei Matsuoka), Meet the Parents (with Sara Ogilvie), The Shark in the Dark (with Ben Cort) and Potion Commotion (with Sernur Isik). Cats Ahoy!, his first picture book with Jim Field, won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011 and King Jack and the Dragon (with Helen Oxenbury) was named as an American Library Association Notable Book of the year.
Genre: Children
Format: Picturebook
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.peterbently.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterBently
The Book;
King Albert-Horatio-Otto the Third
had SO many clothes it was simply absurd …
So when two seemingly well-meaning fabric merchants promise to make an outfit of only the very BEST and most special cloth, King Albert-Horatio-Otto the Third simply cannot resist. He MUST have these new clothes! Surely, the unquestionably charitable and not-at-all-suspicious-looking tailors are genuine, and the King won't end up looking red-cheeked … ?
This funny and timely retelling of Hans Christian Andersen's classic fable 'The Emperor's New Clothes' will not only make children laugh, but also encourage them to think and speak up for what they believe.
The Author:
Peter Bently (born 1960) is a British children's writer. He is best known for his rhyming picture books including The Great Dog Bottom Swap (with Mei Matsuoka), Meet the Parents (with Sara Ogilvie), The Shark in the Dark (with Ben Cort) and Potion Commotion (with Sernur Isik). Cats Ahoy!, his first picture book with Jim Field, won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2011 and King Jack and the Dragon (with Helen Oxenbury) was named as an American Library Association Notable Book of the year.
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Louise Burfitt-Dons
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Title: The Missing Activist
Genre: Political Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Louise discusses her book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTGiO7ylU7Q
Website: https://louiseburfittdons.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseBurfDons
The Book:
The Missing Activist is the best-selling debut political thriller of Louise Burfitt-Dons which sees off-the-wall Private Investigator Karen Andersen immersed in the world of radical extremism in Britain.
"Intense and teasing" Vine Voice
"Authentic and gripping political thriller" The Conservative Woman
Post-Referendum Britain and a country on high alert for terrorist attacks.
When a young political activist disappears in London, an off-the-wall PI Karen Andersen is put on the case. She uncovers secrets of a party system which prizes loyalty above truth, a serial killer and a female Jihadi plotting deadly revenge on the British Government.
"A behind-the-scenes twisty political thriller and bullying story of poignancy and compassion. The author has had experience of both having been a national candidate during the 2015 General Election as well as the founder of an anti-bullying charity during the scandal which rocked the Tories after the tragic death of a young activist later that year." LBC
If you were a fan of Lisbeth Salander, you will love her British counterpart Karen Andersen
The Author:
Louise is a British novelist and screenwriter who has worked with producers in the UK and the US. In 2001 Louise set up the anti-bullying charity Act Against Bullying to help children who are suffering from all forms of abuse. She is therefore an avid supporter of Children in Read. There are many references to bullying in her novels.
As she stood for parliament in the 2015 General Election, she knows well the background to the political process. Having been born and brought up in the Middle East, she writes about these issues with personal clarity.
Having spent much of her life in Kuwait, France, and Australia, she now lives in Chiswick. Married to a retired pilot, Donald, she has two daughters and one super-cute granddaughter named Dempsie Lee.
Genre: Political Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Louise discusses her book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTGiO7ylU7Q
Website: https://louiseburfittdons.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseBurfDons
The Book:
The Missing Activist is the best-selling debut political thriller of Louise Burfitt-Dons which sees off-the-wall Private Investigator Karen Andersen immersed in the world of radical extremism in Britain.
"Intense and teasing" Vine Voice
"Authentic and gripping political thriller" The Conservative Woman
Post-Referendum Britain and a country on high alert for terrorist attacks.
When a young political activist disappears in London, an off-the-wall PI Karen Andersen is put on the case. She uncovers secrets of a party system which prizes loyalty above truth, a serial killer and a female Jihadi plotting deadly revenge on the British Government.
"A behind-the-scenes twisty political thriller and bullying story of poignancy and compassion. The author has had experience of both having been a national candidate during the 2015 General Election as well as the founder of an anti-bullying charity during the scandal which rocked the Tories after the tragic death of a young activist later that year." LBC
If you were a fan of Lisbeth Salander, you will love her British counterpart Karen Andersen
The Author:
Louise is a British novelist and screenwriter who has worked with producers in the UK and the US. In 2001 Louise set up the anti-bullying charity Act Against Bullying to help children who are suffering from all forms of abuse. She is therefore an avid supporter of Children in Read. There are many references to bullying in her novels.
As she stood for parliament in the 2015 General Election, she knows well the background to the political process. Having been born and brought up in the Middle East, she writes about these issues with personal clarity.
Having spent much of her life in Kuwait, France, and Australia, she now lives in Chiswick. Married to a retired pilot, Donald, she has two daughters and one super-cute granddaughter named Dempsie Lee.
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Anthony Riches
Anthony Riches
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Title: Nemesis
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://anthonyriches.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyRiches
The Book;
They killed his sister. Now he'll kill them all.
Mickey Bale is an elite close protection officer. That's why the Met police has given him the toughest job of all: guarding the Minister of Defence at a moment when Chinese-British relations have hit a deadly boiling point.
And when Mickey's life isn't on the line for his work, he's taking his chances waging war on a powerful London gang family. Their dealer supplied a lethal ecstasy pill to his sister, and Mickey is determined to take them down, one at a time.
But will he get away with it – or will his colleagues in the force realise that the man on an underworld killing spree is one of their own?
'Mickey Bale is a Jack Reacher for a harder, faster, more assured millennium. Nemesis is the kind of book for which the word 'compelling' was coined' Manda Scott
'Meet Mickey Bale – London's John Wick. A rocket-propelled grenade of a book, shot through with gallows humour. Guy Ritchie meets Lee Child' Robyn Young
The Author:
Anthony Riches began his lifelong interest in war and soldiers when he first heard his father's stories about World War II. This led to a degree in Military Studies at Manchester University. He began writing the story that would become Wounds of Honour after a visit to Housesteads in 1996. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and three children.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://anthonyriches.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnthonyRiches
The Book;
They killed his sister. Now he'll kill them all.
Mickey Bale is an elite close protection officer. That's why the Met police has given him the toughest job of all: guarding the Minister of Defence at a moment when Chinese-British relations have hit a deadly boiling point.
And when Mickey's life isn't on the line for his work, he's taking his chances waging war on a powerful London gang family. Their dealer supplied a lethal ecstasy pill to his sister, and Mickey is determined to take them down, one at a time.
But will he get away with it – or will his colleagues in the force realise that the man on an underworld killing spree is one of their own?
'Mickey Bale is a Jack Reacher for a harder, faster, more assured millennium. Nemesis is the kind of book for which the word 'compelling' was coined' Manda Scott
'Meet Mickey Bale – London's John Wick. A rocket-propelled grenade of a book, shot through with gallows humour. Guy Ritchie meets Lee Child' Robyn Young
The Author:
Anthony Riches began his lifelong interest in war and soldiers when he first heard his father's stories about World War II. This led to a degree in Military Studies at Manchester University. He began writing the story that would become Wounds of Honour after a visit to Housesteads in 1996. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and three children.
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Tony Kent
Tony Kent
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Title: No Way to Die
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Proof and Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Tony is providing a rare proof of his book along with a copy of his hardback copy of his latest thriller No Way To Die *
Website: https://www.tonykent.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyKent_Writes
The Book;
A deadly threat. A ghost from the past. And time is running out...
When traces of a radioactive material are found alongside a body in Key West, multiple federal agencies suddenly descend on the crime scene. This is not just an isolated murder: a domestic terrorist group is ready to bring the US government to its knees.
The threat hits close to home for Agent Joe Dempsey when he discovers a personal connection to the group. With his new team member, former Secret Service agent Eden Grace, Dempsey joins the race to track down the terrorists’ bomb before it’s too late. But when their mission falls apart, he is forced to turn to the most unlikely of allies: an old enemy he thought he had buried in his past.
Now, with time running out, they must find a way to work together to stop a madman from unleashing horrifying destruction on one of the pillars of American democracy.
The Author:
Tony Kent’s first novel, KILLER INTENT, was one of the ‘must reads’ of 2018. It was selected for the Zoe Ball Book Club and is now to be adapted for television, directed by the award-winning filmmaker Duncan Jones.
Tony Kent grew up in a close-knit Irish family in London and studied law in Scotland.
A top-ranking barrister, Tony’s case history includes prosecuting and defending many high-profile, nationally reported trials.
Before his legal career, Tony boxed internationally as a heavyweight and won a host of national amateur titles.
Tony’s love of crime thrillers was inspired by powerhouse writers like Lee Child, Robert Ludlum, John Grisham, David Baldacci and Frederick Forsyth.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Proof and Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Tony is providing a rare proof of his book along with a copy of his hardback copy of his latest thriller No Way To Die *
Website: https://www.tonykent.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyKent_Writes
The Book;
A deadly threat. A ghost from the past. And time is running out...
When traces of a radioactive material are found alongside a body in Key West, multiple federal agencies suddenly descend on the crime scene. This is not just an isolated murder: a domestic terrorist group is ready to bring the US government to its knees.
The threat hits close to home for Agent Joe Dempsey when he discovers a personal connection to the group. With his new team member, former Secret Service agent Eden Grace, Dempsey joins the race to track down the terrorists’ bomb before it’s too late. But when their mission falls apart, he is forced to turn to the most unlikely of allies: an old enemy he thought he had buried in his past.
Now, with time running out, they must find a way to work together to stop a madman from unleashing horrifying destruction on one of the pillars of American democracy.
The Author:
Tony Kent’s first novel, KILLER INTENT, was one of the ‘must reads’ of 2018. It was selected for the Zoe Ball Book Club and is now to be adapted for television, directed by the award-winning filmmaker Duncan Jones.
Tony Kent grew up in a close-knit Irish family in London and studied law in Scotland.
A top-ranking barrister, Tony’s case history includes prosecuting and defending many high-profile, nationally reported trials.
Before his legal career, Tony boxed internationally as a heavyweight and won a host of national amateur titles.
Tony’s love of crime thrillers was inspired by powerhouse writers like Lee Child, Robert Ludlum, John Grisham, David Baldacci and Frederick Forsyth.
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Tony Kent
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Three Books:
Title 1: Killer Intent
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Marked For Death
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Power Play
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.tonykent.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyKent_Writes
The Book 1: Killer Intent
An assassin’s bullet. A deadly conspiracy. But who is calling the shots?
When an attempted assassination sparks a chain reaction of explosive events across London, Britain’s elite security forces seem powerless to stop the chaos threatening to overwhelm the government.
As the dark and deadly conspiracy unfolds, three strangers find their fates entwined: Joe Dempsey, a deadly military intelligence officer; Sarah Truman, a CNN reporter determined to get her headline; and Michael Devlin, a Belfast-born criminal barrister with a secret past.
As the circle of those they can trust grows ever smaller, Dempsey, Devlin and Truman are forced to work in the shadows, caught in a life-or-death race against the clock, before the terrible plot can consume them all.
The Book 2: Marked For Death
A thrilling follow-up to one of 2018’s hottest debuts, Killer Intent
When London’s legal establishment is shaken to its foundation by the grisly crucifixion of a retired Lord Chief Justice, Detective Chief Inspector Joelle Levy is tasked with finding his killer. With fifty years of potential enemies to choose from, only the identical murder of former solicitor Adam Blunt offers a ray of hope: what is it that connects these victims who met such a gruesome end?
Assigned to the story from the start, news reporter Sarah Truman sets out to investigate on her own, not suspecting that the trail will lead straight back to her own front door and her fiancé Michael Devlin. A criminal barrister determined to prove the innocence of his own client, Michael is at first oblivious to the return of the murderous figure from his past – until tragedy strikes closer to home.
Struggling with his grief and guilt, and now caught up in a madman’s terrible quest for revenge, Michael must race to bring the killer to justice – before it’s too late.
The Book 3: Power Play
A plane explodes over the Atlantic Ocean, killing hundreds of passengers, including controversial US presidential candidate Dale Victor. It appears to be a clear-cut case of terrorism. But as criminal barrister Michael Devlin is about to discover, everything is not as it seems.
Also suspecting there are shady forces at work, intelligence agent Joe Dempsey is driven to investigate. Who would have wanted this potential new president out of the way – and who would commit mass murder to do it?
All the way to the top of the US government, someone is determined to stop Dempsey and Devlin from discovering the truth. At any cost.
The Author:
Tony Kent’s first novel, KILLER INTENT, was one of the ‘must reads’ of 2018. It was selected for the Zoe Ball Book Club and is now to be adapted for television, directed by the award-winning filmmaker Duncan Jones.
Tony Kent grew up in a close-knit Irish family in London and studied law in Scotland.
A top-ranking barrister, Tony’s case history includes prosecuting and defending many high-profile, nationally reported trials.
Before his legal career, Tony boxed internationally as a heavyweight and won a host of national amateur titles.
Tony’s love of crime thrillers was inspired by powerhouse writers like Lee Child, Robert Ludlum, John Grisham, David Baldacci and Frederick Forsyth.
Title 1: Killer Intent
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Marked For Death
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Power Play
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.tonykent.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TonyKent_Writes
The Book 1: Killer Intent
An assassin’s bullet. A deadly conspiracy. But who is calling the shots?
When an attempted assassination sparks a chain reaction of explosive events across London, Britain’s elite security forces seem powerless to stop the chaos threatening to overwhelm the government.
As the dark and deadly conspiracy unfolds, three strangers find their fates entwined: Joe Dempsey, a deadly military intelligence officer; Sarah Truman, a CNN reporter determined to get her headline; and Michael Devlin, a Belfast-born criminal barrister with a secret past.
As the circle of those they can trust grows ever smaller, Dempsey, Devlin and Truman are forced to work in the shadows, caught in a life-or-death race against the clock, before the terrible plot can consume them all.
The Book 2: Marked For Death
A thrilling follow-up to one of 2018’s hottest debuts, Killer Intent
When London’s legal establishment is shaken to its foundation by the grisly crucifixion of a retired Lord Chief Justice, Detective Chief Inspector Joelle Levy is tasked with finding his killer. With fifty years of potential enemies to choose from, only the identical murder of former solicitor Adam Blunt offers a ray of hope: what is it that connects these victims who met such a gruesome end?
Assigned to the story from the start, news reporter Sarah Truman sets out to investigate on her own, not suspecting that the trail will lead straight back to her own front door and her fiancé Michael Devlin. A criminal barrister determined to prove the innocence of his own client, Michael is at first oblivious to the return of the murderous figure from his past – until tragedy strikes closer to home.
Struggling with his grief and guilt, and now caught up in a madman’s terrible quest for revenge, Michael must race to bring the killer to justice – before it’s too late.
The Book 3: Power Play
A plane explodes over the Atlantic Ocean, killing hundreds of passengers, including controversial US presidential candidate Dale Victor. It appears to be a clear-cut case of terrorism. But as criminal barrister Michael Devlin is about to discover, everything is not as it seems.
Also suspecting there are shady forces at work, intelligence agent Joe Dempsey is driven to investigate. Who would have wanted this potential new president out of the way – and who would commit mass murder to do it?
All the way to the top of the US government, someone is determined to stop Dempsey and Devlin from discovering the truth. At any cost.
The Author:
Tony Kent’s first novel, KILLER INTENT, was one of the ‘must reads’ of 2018. It was selected for the Zoe Ball Book Club and is now to be adapted for television, directed by the award-winning filmmaker Duncan Jones.
Tony Kent grew up in a close-knit Irish family in London and studied law in Scotland.
A top-ranking barrister, Tony’s case history includes prosecuting and defending many high-profile, nationally reported trials.
Before his legal career, Tony boxed internationally as a heavyweight and won a host of national amateur titles.
Tony’s love of crime thrillers was inspired by powerhouse writers like Lee Child, Robert Ludlum, John Grisham, David Baldacci and Frederick Forsyth.
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Jude Haste
Jude Haste
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Title: Knockout
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/judehaste_write
The Book;
A quirky romantic comedy. Ms. Callow proudly works as an Educational Welfare Officer in the East End of London. On a quest to ensure that a school boy doesn’t become placed into care she puts her own safety in jeopardy and after a knockout blow will her life ever be the same again? Jake, a mixed martial arts trainer was brought up in the East End and is a well-known character in his Manor. Although it may appear he has it all, his encounter with a damsel in distress soon ignites his passions. But will he now be prepared to stand down from his role as The Master? Battles of the sexes reign supreme in this mad cap Rom.Com!
The Author:
Born in Mill Hill, London, UK. I write in an informal and chatty style. SOME of my ROMCOM novellas raise awareness of bullying in the workplace and work-related stress. Value and look after your mental health. Reading and writing help motivate your mindset, a brain workout. An anti-bullying advocate and critical thinker, who values emotional intelligence.
My quick reads are quirky, zany comedies with a dash of romance/crime. Paying attention to the contemporary world around me! Perfect for those who lead busy lives.
My latest release; Death At a Pace, a light-hearted detective story. A quirky London Lockdown novella; a Doggy Tale. Hopeful of a more tolerant society, where we can all find peace of mind.
I was brought up in Mill Hill, a leafy suburb of North West London, a warm-hearted community, in the United Kingdom. Once upon a time, I was a Head of Sociology and a Head of Year. I hold a PGCE. I hope my novellas inspire a feel-good factor on what can at times seem like a dark and hopeless night. 'Laughter is the best medicine.'
My favourite motto: Treat others as you would like to be treated. #Respect We are one.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/judehaste_write
The Book;
A quirky romantic comedy. Ms. Callow proudly works as an Educational Welfare Officer in the East End of London. On a quest to ensure that a school boy doesn’t become placed into care she puts her own safety in jeopardy and after a knockout blow will her life ever be the same again? Jake, a mixed martial arts trainer was brought up in the East End and is a well-known character in his Manor. Although it may appear he has it all, his encounter with a damsel in distress soon ignites his passions. But will he now be prepared to stand down from his role as The Master? Battles of the sexes reign supreme in this mad cap Rom.Com!
The Author:
Born in Mill Hill, London, UK. I write in an informal and chatty style. SOME of my ROMCOM novellas raise awareness of bullying in the workplace and work-related stress. Value and look after your mental health. Reading and writing help motivate your mindset, a brain workout. An anti-bullying advocate and critical thinker, who values emotional intelligence.
My quick reads are quirky, zany comedies with a dash of romance/crime. Paying attention to the contemporary world around me! Perfect for those who lead busy lives.
My latest release; Death At a Pace, a light-hearted detective story. A quirky London Lockdown novella; a Doggy Tale. Hopeful of a more tolerant society, where we can all find peace of mind.
I was brought up in Mill Hill, a leafy suburb of North West London, a warm-hearted community, in the United Kingdom. Once upon a time, I was a Head of Sociology and a Head of Year. I hold a PGCE. I hope my novellas inspire a feel-good factor on what can at times seem like a dark and hopeless night. 'Laughter is the best medicine.'
My favourite motto: Treat others as you would like to be treated. #Respect We are one.
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Ian Beck
Ian Beck
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Title 1: Home Before Dark, Lost in the Snow, Alone in the Woods & Lost on the Beach
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback First Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Lost in the Snow
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback First Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Alone in the Woods
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback First Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 4: Lost on the Beach
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback First Edition
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
**Ian will adding a drawing to the inside of the books**
Website: https://ianbeck.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ianarchiebeck
The Book;
Home Before Dark
When Lily accidentally drops Teddy from her carriage, the little bear is determined to make it back to her before bedtime. Full-color illustrations.
Lost in the Snow
Lily goes out to play in the snow, leaving her teddy bear on the window ledge. When the window is closed, the bear falls outside. Thrilled at first by the novelty of the crunchy white snow, the little bear eventually gets cold and lonely. Luckily, it's Christmas Eve and a bearded man in red picks him up with his sleigh and returns him to the warmth of home.
Alone in the Woods
Teddy is guarding the picnic, but suddenly the wind goes whoosh! Before he knows it, Teddy is floating high into the sky with Lily's kite. Soon the wind drops and Teddy tumbles down into the trees and he realises he's all alone - or is he?
Lost on the Beach
When Lily goes to buy an ice-cream, she leaves Teddy to guard the sandcastle. When a puppy tugs at his towel, bump goes Teddy across the sand. This is fun, he thinks - until the tide starts to come in.
The Author:
Ian Archibald Beck (born 1947 in Brighton) is an English children's illustrator and author. In addition to his numerous children's books, he is also most famous for his cover illustration on Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album. He has sold more than a million copies of his books worldwide.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback First Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Lost in the Snow
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback First Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Alone in the Woods
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback First Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 4: Lost on the Beach
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback First Edition
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
**Ian will adding a drawing to the inside of the books**
Website: https://ianbeck.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ianarchiebeck
The Book;
Home Before Dark
When Lily accidentally drops Teddy from her carriage, the little bear is determined to make it back to her before bedtime. Full-color illustrations.
Lost in the Snow
Lily goes out to play in the snow, leaving her teddy bear on the window ledge. When the window is closed, the bear falls outside. Thrilled at first by the novelty of the crunchy white snow, the little bear eventually gets cold and lonely. Luckily, it's Christmas Eve and a bearded man in red picks him up with his sleigh and returns him to the warmth of home.
Alone in the Woods
Teddy is guarding the picnic, but suddenly the wind goes whoosh! Before he knows it, Teddy is floating high into the sky with Lily's kite. Soon the wind drops and Teddy tumbles down into the trees and he realises he's all alone - or is he?
Lost on the Beach
When Lily goes to buy an ice-cream, she leaves Teddy to guard the sandcastle. When a puppy tugs at his towel, bump goes Teddy across the sand. This is fun, he thinks - until the tide starts to come in.
The Author:
Ian Archibald Beck (born 1947 in Brighton) is an English children's illustrator and author. In addition to his numerous children's books, he is also most famous for his cover illustration on Elton John's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album. He has sold more than a million copies of his books worldwide.
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Rachel Coverdale
Rachel Coverdale
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Title: The Boy Who Couldn't
Genre: Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://rachelcoverdale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLCoverdale
The Book;
The school bully is the only one who can save them. James’ life has been turned upside down and now the local bully has made him a target. So why would his mother insist he should invite him over? Especially when they’re hiding a secret badger clan at the bottom of the garden.
Now the badgers are under threat from a gang with fighting dogs and the badgers aren’t the only ones in peril.
Danger is approaching and it will make the most unlikely of heroes.
The Author:
Rachel Coverdale was born and bred in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside in North East England. Raised with copious amounts of animals but without the distraction of a modern TV set, she turned to books and her own imagination for entertainment. Animals were and still are a huge part of her life and inevitably they made their way into her stories. Believing strongly in fresh air, nature and outdoor play to give children a sense of fun and freedom, Rachel uses her books to encourage children to connect with nature and venture into the countryside.
Having taught as an English teacher for many years and now settled happily into the role of school librarian, Rachel ensures all her books are not only creative, imaginative and exciting, but also of great educational benefit. Teaching resources and a scheme of work are available for "The Boy Who Couldn't".
Rachel is regularly featured on BBC Radio Tees Book Hour with Bob Fischer and Shack discussing and reviewing her latest reads. She also travels her native North East England paying visits to Primary and Secondary schools, giving talks on her books and about the importance of nature and the environment they live in.
Genre: Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://rachelcoverdale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RLCoverdale
The Book;
The school bully is the only one who can save them. James’ life has been turned upside down and now the local bully has made him a target. So why would his mother insist he should invite him over? Especially when they’re hiding a secret badger clan at the bottom of the garden.
Now the badgers are under threat from a gang with fighting dogs and the badgers aren’t the only ones in peril.
Danger is approaching and it will make the most unlikely of heroes.
The Author:
Rachel Coverdale was born and bred in the beautiful North Yorkshire countryside in North East England. Raised with copious amounts of animals but without the distraction of a modern TV set, she turned to books and her own imagination for entertainment. Animals were and still are a huge part of her life and inevitably they made their way into her stories. Believing strongly in fresh air, nature and outdoor play to give children a sense of fun and freedom, Rachel uses her books to encourage children to connect with nature and venture into the countryside.
Having taught as an English teacher for many years and now settled happily into the role of school librarian, Rachel ensures all her books are not only creative, imaginative and exciting, but also of great educational benefit. Teaching resources and a scheme of work are available for "The Boy Who Couldn't".
Rachel is regularly featured on BBC Radio Tees Book Hour with Bob Fischer and Shack discussing and reviewing her latest reads. She also travels her native North East England paying visits to Primary and Secondary schools, giving talks on her books and about the importance of nature and the environment they live in.
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Cath Howe
Cath Howe
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Title: How To Be Me
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.cathhowe.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cath_howe
The Book;
Lucas is all alone.
Since his mum died, Lucas and his dad don’t seem to understand each other at all. And Lucas is dreading the summer drama club that his dad has signed him up for. But the people Lucas meets at the club force him to open up and start talking. Can his new-found friends teach Lucas how to be himself?
A beautiful, moving story of family, friendship and self-discovery, from the author of the high-acclaimed novels Ella on the Outside and Not My Fault.
The Author:
Cath Howe is an author and teacher working in South West London writing for, and working with, Key Stage 2 primary age children.
Her first two books were published in 2012 by Pearson in their Bug Club, “The Curse of the Highwayman” and “The Highwayman’s Revenge”. She has won prizes for stories, poems and monologues and even written a musical. Over the past seven years, she has also led children to victory in local festivals performing her work.
Cath Howe runs workshops in schools on everything to do with writing and performing, teaches gifted writers, coaches children for auditions, develops plays and scripts for festivals; everything about being inspired and creative.
Member of SCWBI (Society of Children's Writers of the British Isles), NAWE (National Association of Writers in Education), The Society of Authors and Writer in Residence at Kingston University Writing School.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.cathhowe.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cath_howe
The Book;
Lucas is all alone.
Since his mum died, Lucas and his dad don’t seem to understand each other at all. And Lucas is dreading the summer drama club that his dad has signed him up for. But the people Lucas meets at the club force him to open up and start talking. Can his new-found friends teach Lucas how to be himself?
A beautiful, moving story of family, friendship and self-discovery, from the author of the high-acclaimed novels Ella on the Outside and Not My Fault.
The Author:
Cath Howe is an author and teacher working in South West London writing for, and working with, Key Stage 2 primary age children.
Her first two books were published in 2012 by Pearson in their Bug Club, “The Curse of the Highwayman” and “The Highwayman’s Revenge”. She has won prizes for stories, poems and monologues and even written a musical. Over the past seven years, she has also led children to victory in local festivals performing her work.
Cath Howe runs workshops in schools on everything to do with writing and performing, teaches gifted writers, coaches children for auditions, develops plays and scripts for festivals; everything about being inspired and creative.
Member of SCWBI (Society of Children's Writers of the British Isles), NAWE (National Association of Writers in Education), The Society of Authors and Writer in Residence at Kingston University Writing School.
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Title: Indiana Bones
Genre: Children - Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://bagleyart.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bagleybooks
The Book;
Indiana Bones is a shaggy dog with a difference. He's got superpowers and can sniff out criminals and - with his young friend and owner Aisha - solve mysteries that would flummox the world's more expert detectives!
In their first case, they are on the trail of treasure hidden centuries ago by a legendary knight known as The Lonely Avenger, an adventure which takes them all the way to Egypt and the pyramids.
A hugely inventive new series from one of the funniest author/illustrator teams in the business.
The Illustrator:
Rebecca Bagley is a freelance illustrator and book designer based in Bath, England.
After Graduating from a BA in Graphic Communication, Rebecca meandered pretty quickly into kid’s publishing as an assistant designer…and just didn’t leave. Though she still designs stuff for children’s publishing from time to time, she is mostly busy being an illustrator, which involves drawing and colouring things in, like a real grown up.
Genre: Children - Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://bagleyart.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bagleybooks
The Book;
Indiana Bones is a shaggy dog with a difference. He's got superpowers and can sniff out criminals and - with his young friend and owner Aisha - solve mysteries that would flummox the world's more expert detectives!
In their first case, they are on the trail of treasure hidden centuries ago by a legendary knight known as The Lonely Avenger, an adventure which takes them all the way to Egypt and the pyramids.
A hugely inventive new series from one of the funniest author/illustrator teams in the business.
The Illustrator:
Rebecca Bagley is a freelance illustrator and book designer based in Bath, England.
After Graduating from a BA in Graphic Communication, Rebecca meandered pretty quickly into kid’s publishing as an assistant designer…and just didn’t leave. Though she still designs stuff for children’s publishing from time to time, she is mostly busy being an illustrator, which involves drawing and colouring things in, like a real grown up.
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Title: Don't Mess With A Princess
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://bagleyart.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bagleybooks
The Book;
An AWFUL OGRE is on the loose and threatening the kingdom!
Can Thea, Juno and Leaf, three fiery princesses, save the day? (You bet they can - but who will save the ogre!?)
There are surprises in store in this empowering, funny, roller-coaster ride of an adventure . . .
It's Frozen meets Indiana Jones with energy-fuelled artwork from a highly talented debut picture book illustrator.
The Author:
Rebecca Bagley is a freelance illustrator and book designer based in Bath, England.
After Graduating from a BA in Graphic Communication, Rebecca meandered pretty quickly into kid’s publishing as an assistant designer…and just didn’t leave. Though she still designs stuff for children’s publishing from time to time, she is mostly busy being an illustrator, which involves drawing and colouring things in, like a real grown up.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://bagleyart.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bagleybooks
The Book;
An AWFUL OGRE is on the loose and threatening the kingdom!
Can Thea, Juno and Leaf, three fiery princesses, save the day? (You bet they can - but who will save the ogre!?)
There are surprises in store in this empowering, funny, roller-coaster ride of an adventure . . .
It's Frozen meets Indiana Jones with energy-fuelled artwork from a highly talented debut picture book illustrator.
The Author:
Rebecca Bagley is a freelance illustrator and book designer based in Bath, England.
After Graduating from a BA in Graphic Communication, Rebecca meandered pretty quickly into kid’s publishing as an assistant designer…and just didn’t leave. Though she still designs stuff for children’s publishing from time to time, she is mostly busy being an illustrator, which involves drawing and colouring things in, like a real grown up.
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Sam Michaels
Sam Michaels
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Two Books
Title 1: Trickster
Genre: Historical Fiction -Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Rivals
Genre: Historical Fiction -Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://kittyneale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamMichaelsGG
Book 1; Trickster
Georgina Garrett was born to be ruthless and she's about to earn her reputation.
As World War One is announced a baby girl is born into a harsh life on London streets. Little do people realise that she's going to grow up to rule the borough of Battersea.
With a father who steals for a living, a grandmother who's a woman of the night and a mother long dead, Georgina was never in for an easy life. But after a tragic event left her father shaken he makes a decision that will change the course of all their lives – to raise Georgina as George, ensuring her safety but marking the start of her life of crime...
This is the first book in the thrilling new Georgina Garrett series.
Book 2; Rivals
The streets of Battersea are about to get a new leader, one who will rule with an iron fist.
It's the 1930s and Georgina Garrett has risen up from her tough beginnings to become the new boss of the Battersea gang. But not everyone is pleased with a female taking charge...
With rival gangs trying to steal her turf, untrustworthy men in her midst and her dad lost deep in the bottle, Georgina has a lot to tackle. With her friends and family in constant danger and those closest to her questioning her leadership Georgina must use her wits to show that she's made for this job.
The Garrett name is one to be feared and Georgina will begin to change the face of Battersea forever...
The Author:
Sam Michaels writes gritty historical crime sagas set in Battersea, South London, which is where she was born and bred, the council estates being her playground.
After leaving school at sixteen with no qualifications, Sam married soon after and had a son. The marriage ended quickly, and as a single mother, she worked in various retail positions until undertaking an Open University degree. This led to Sam becoming an analytical scientist and then into technical sales where she met her husband.
A few years later, they moved from Hampshire to Spain. It was then that her mother, the Sunday Times best-selling author, Kitty Neale, inspired Sam to put pen to paper. She now writes her novels in sunnier climates with the company of her husband, four dogs and six cats.
Title 1: Trickster
Genre: Historical Fiction -Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Rivals
Genre: Historical Fiction -Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://kittyneale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamMichaelsGG
Book 1; Trickster
Georgina Garrett was born to be ruthless and she's about to earn her reputation.
As World War One is announced a baby girl is born into a harsh life on London streets. Little do people realise that she's going to grow up to rule the borough of Battersea.
With a father who steals for a living, a grandmother who's a woman of the night and a mother long dead, Georgina was never in for an easy life. But after a tragic event left her father shaken he makes a decision that will change the course of all their lives – to raise Georgina as George, ensuring her safety but marking the start of her life of crime...
This is the first book in the thrilling new Georgina Garrett series.
Book 2; Rivals
The streets of Battersea are about to get a new leader, one who will rule with an iron fist.
It's the 1930s and Georgina Garrett has risen up from her tough beginnings to become the new boss of the Battersea gang. But not everyone is pleased with a female taking charge...
With rival gangs trying to steal her turf, untrustworthy men in her midst and her dad lost deep in the bottle, Georgina has a lot to tackle. With her friends and family in constant danger and those closest to her questioning her leadership Georgina must use her wits to show that she's made for this job.
The Garrett name is one to be feared and Georgina will begin to change the face of Battersea forever...
The Author:
Sam Michaels writes gritty historical crime sagas set in Battersea, South London, which is where she was born and bred, the council estates being her playground.
After leaving school at sixteen with no qualifications, Sam married soon after and had a son. The marriage ended quickly, and as a single mother, she worked in various retail positions until undertaking an Open University degree. This led to Sam becoming an analytical scientist and then into technical sales where she met her husband.
A few years later, they moved from Hampshire to Spain. It was then that her mother, the Sunday Times best-selling author, Kitty Neale, inspired Sam to put pen to paper. She now writes her novels in sunnier climates with the company of her husband, four dogs and six cats.
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Kitty Neale
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Two Books
Title 1: A Sister's Sorrow
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Daughter's Ruin
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://kittyneale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KittyNeale
Book 1; A Sister's Sorrow
It’s Sarah and her brother against the world…
When Sarah Jepson’s mother Annie dies, Sarah is left with her little brother Tommy to care for. Alone in the world, the two of them must make a life for themselves in the wake of the terrible upbringing they have endured.
But when Tommy is struck down by illness, Sarah’s new life collapses. Lost in grief, she turns to the handsome Roger to save her – only to find that he is not who he seems…
Waiting in the wings is George – kind, but brutally scarred, Sarah’s never seen him as anything more than a friend. But could all that be about to change?
Book 2; A Daughter's Ruin
Denied
Seventeen-year-old Constance has had a privileged upbringing in Clapham, with staff to attend to her every need. But her parents have always been cold and distant, never showing her love.
Disowned
Craving affection, Constance falls into the arms of Albie Jones, the cook’s grandson. But one fateful encounter leaves her ashamed and pregnant, and she is soon shunned from the family home.
Desperate
Heartbroken and threatened by scandal, Constance is forced to wed Albie and moves to Battersea, where she suffers unforgiving stares and cruel whispers from the neighbours. Trapped in a bitter and loveless marriage without a penny to her name, Constance has no choice but to stay and surrender. Will she ever find freedom – or happiness – again?
The Author:
Kitty Neale is a Sunday Times best selling author with over twenty published novels.
She was brought up in Battersea, London, which is where her gritty sagas are set. She now lives in Spain with her husband and dog.
Title 1: A Sister's Sorrow
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Daughter's Ruin
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://kittyneale.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KittyNeale
Book 1; A Sister's Sorrow
It’s Sarah and her brother against the world…
When Sarah Jepson’s mother Annie dies, Sarah is left with her little brother Tommy to care for. Alone in the world, the two of them must make a life for themselves in the wake of the terrible upbringing they have endured.
But when Tommy is struck down by illness, Sarah’s new life collapses. Lost in grief, she turns to the handsome Roger to save her – only to find that he is not who he seems…
Waiting in the wings is George – kind, but brutally scarred, Sarah’s never seen him as anything more than a friend. But could all that be about to change?
Book 2; A Daughter's Ruin
Denied
Seventeen-year-old Constance has had a privileged upbringing in Clapham, with staff to attend to her every need. But her parents have always been cold and distant, never showing her love.
Disowned
Craving affection, Constance falls into the arms of Albie Jones, the cook’s grandson. But one fateful encounter leaves her ashamed and pregnant, and she is soon shunned from the family home.
Desperate
Heartbroken and threatened by scandal, Constance is forced to wed Albie and moves to Battersea, where she suffers unforgiving stares and cruel whispers from the neighbours. Trapped in a bitter and loveless marriage without a penny to her name, Constance has no choice but to stay and surrender. Will she ever find freedom – or happiness – again?
The Author:
Kitty Neale is a Sunday Times best selling author with over twenty published novels.
She was brought up in Battersea, London, which is where her gritty sagas are set. She now lives in Spain with her husband and dog.
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Louise Fein
Louise Fein
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Title: The Hidden Child
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.louisefein.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FeinLouise
The Book;
In this new historical novel by the author of Daughter of the Reich, Londoners Eleanor and Edward Hamilton have wealth, status, and a happy marriage—but the 1929 financial crash is looming, and they’re harboring a terrible, shameful secret. How far are they willing to go to protect their charmed life—even if it means abandoning their child to a horrific fate?
Eleanor Hamilton is happily married and mother to a beautiful four-year-old girl, Mabel. Her wealthy husband, Edward, a celebrated war hero, is a leading light in the burgeoning Eugenics movement—the very ideas that will soon be embraced by Hitler—and is increasingly important in designing education policy for Great Britain.
But when Edward and Eleanor’s otherwise perfectly healthy daughter develops debilitating epileptic seizures, their world fractures. Mabel’s shameful illness must be hidden or Edward’s life’s work will be in jeopardy and the family’s honor will be shattered.
When Eleanor discovers Edward has been keeping secrets, she calls into question everything she believed about genetic inferiority, and her previous unshakeable faith in her husband disintegrates. Alarmed, distressed, and no longer able to bear the family’s burden, she takes matters into her own hands.
Inspired by the author’s personal experience, The Hidden Child illuminates the moral and ethical issues of an era shaped by xenophobia, prejudice, fear, and well-intentioned yet flawed science. Vividly rendered, deeply affecting, and impeccably researched, Louise Fein’s new historical novel is a sweeping story and a richly drawn portrait of a family torn apart by shame, deceit, and dangerous ideals.
The Author:
Louise writes twentieth century historical fiction, based around unheard voices, or from unusual perspectives.
Her debut novel, PEOPLE LIKE US (entitled DAUGHTER OF THE REICH in the US/Canada edition) and first published in 2020 into 13 territories, is set in 1930’s Leipzig, seen through the eyes of a young girl, Hetty, brainwashed into believing the Nazi dream, until that is, she encounters Walter, a Jew. The book was shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021 and the RNA Historical Novel of the Year Award, 2021.
Louise's second novel, THE HIDDEN CHILD, will be published in the UK in September 2021 and the US and Canada in October 2021, and is the story of Edward and Eleanor, firm believers in the widely held pseudo-science of Eugenics, who firmly believe in genetic superiority. Their world is shattered, however, when their young daughter, Mabel, develops debilitating seizures.
Louise lives in Surrey with her husband, children, two naughty cats and small dog Bonnie, who is the best writing companion she could ask for. Always at her side when she writes and listens most patiently when Louise needs to talk through a tricky plot problem. She is currently working on her third novel.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.louisefein.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FeinLouise
The Book;
In this new historical novel by the author of Daughter of the Reich, Londoners Eleanor and Edward Hamilton have wealth, status, and a happy marriage—but the 1929 financial crash is looming, and they’re harboring a terrible, shameful secret. How far are they willing to go to protect their charmed life—even if it means abandoning their child to a horrific fate?
Eleanor Hamilton is happily married and mother to a beautiful four-year-old girl, Mabel. Her wealthy husband, Edward, a celebrated war hero, is a leading light in the burgeoning Eugenics movement—the very ideas that will soon be embraced by Hitler—and is increasingly important in designing education policy for Great Britain.
But when Edward and Eleanor’s otherwise perfectly healthy daughter develops debilitating epileptic seizures, their world fractures. Mabel’s shameful illness must be hidden or Edward’s life’s work will be in jeopardy and the family’s honor will be shattered.
When Eleanor discovers Edward has been keeping secrets, she calls into question everything she believed about genetic inferiority, and her previous unshakeable faith in her husband disintegrates. Alarmed, distressed, and no longer able to bear the family’s burden, she takes matters into her own hands.
Inspired by the author’s personal experience, The Hidden Child illuminates the moral and ethical issues of an era shaped by xenophobia, prejudice, fear, and well-intentioned yet flawed science. Vividly rendered, deeply affecting, and impeccably researched, Louise Fein’s new historical novel is a sweeping story and a richly drawn portrait of a family torn apart by shame, deceit, and dangerous ideals.
The Author:
Louise writes twentieth century historical fiction, based around unheard voices, or from unusual perspectives.
Her debut novel, PEOPLE LIKE US (entitled DAUGHTER OF THE REICH in the US/Canada edition) and first published in 2020 into 13 territories, is set in 1930’s Leipzig, seen through the eyes of a young girl, Hetty, brainwashed into believing the Nazi dream, until that is, she encounters Walter, a Jew. The book was shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021 and the RNA Historical Novel of the Year Award, 2021.
Louise's second novel, THE HIDDEN CHILD, will be published in the UK in September 2021 and the US and Canada in October 2021, and is the story of Edward and Eleanor, firm believers in the widely held pseudo-science of Eugenics, who firmly believe in genetic superiority. Their world is shattered, however, when their young daughter, Mabel, develops debilitating seizures.
Louise lives in Surrey with her husband, children, two naughty cats and small dog Bonnie, who is the best writing companion she could ask for. Always at her side when she writes and listens most patiently when Louise needs to talk through a tricky plot problem. She is currently working on her third novel.
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Title: People Like Us
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.louisefein.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FeinLouise
The Book;
For fans of The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See, a spellbinding story of impossible love set against the backdrop of the Nazi regime.
As the dutiful daughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer, Hetty Heinrich is keen to play her part in the glorious new Thousand Year Reich. But she never imagines that all she believes and knows about her world will come into stark conflict when she encounters Walter, a Jewish friend from the past, who stirs dangerous feelings in her. Confused and conflicted, Hetty doesn’t know whom she can trust and where she can turn to, especially when she discovers that someone has been watching her.
Realizing she is taking a huge risk—but unable to resist the intense attraction she has for Walter—she embarks on a secret love affair with him. Together, they dream about when the war will be over and plan for their future. But as the rising tide of anti-Semitism threatens to engulf them, Hetty and Walter will be forced to take extreme measures.
Will the steady march of dark forces destroy Hetty’s universe—or can love ultimately triumph…?
Propulsive, deeply affecting, and inspired by the author’s family history, Daughter of the Reich is a mesmerizing page-turner filled with vivid characters and a meticulously researched portrait of Nazi Germany. In this riveting story of passion, courage and morality, Louise Fein introduces a bold young woman determined to tread the treacherous path of survival and freedom, showing readers the strength in the power of love and reminding us that the past must never be forgotten.
The Author:
Louise writes twentieth century historical fiction, based around unheard voices, or from unusual perspectives.
Her debut novel, PEOPLE LIKE US (entitled DAUGHTER OF THE REICH in the US/Canada edition) and first published in 2020 into 13 territories, is set in 1930’s Leipzig, seen through the eyes of a young girl, Hetty, brainwashed into believing the Nazi dream, until that is, she encounters Walter, a Jew. The book was shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021 and the RNA Historical Novel of the Year Award, 2021.
Louise's second novel, THE HIDDEN CHILD, will be published in the UK in September 2021 and the US and Canada in October 2021, and is the story of Edward and Eleanor, firm believers in the widely held pseudo-science of Eugenics, who firmly believe in genetic superiority. Their world is shattered, however, when their young daughter, Mabel, develops debilitating seizures.
Louise lives in Surrey with her husband, children, two naughty cats and small dog Bonnie, who is the best writing companion she could ask for. Always at her side when she writes and listens most patiently when Louise needs to talk through a tricky plot problem. She is currently working on her third novel.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.louisefein.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FeinLouise
The Book;
For fans of The Nightingale and All the Light We Cannot See, a spellbinding story of impossible love set against the backdrop of the Nazi regime.
As the dutiful daughter of a high-ranking Nazi officer, Hetty Heinrich is keen to play her part in the glorious new Thousand Year Reich. But she never imagines that all she believes and knows about her world will come into stark conflict when she encounters Walter, a Jewish friend from the past, who stirs dangerous feelings in her. Confused and conflicted, Hetty doesn’t know whom she can trust and where she can turn to, especially when she discovers that someone has been watching her.
Realizing she is taking a huge risk—but unable to resist the intense attraction she has for Walter—she embarks on a secret love affair with him. Together, they dream about when the war will be over and plan for their future. But as the rising tide of anti-Semitism threatens to engulf them, Hetty and Walter will be forced to take extreme measures.
Will the steady march of dark forces destroy Hetty’s universe—or can love ultimately triumph…?
Propulsive, deeply affecting, and inspired by the author’s family history, Daughter of the Reich is a mesmerizing page-turner filled with vivid characters and a meticulously researched portrait of Nazi Germany. In this riveting story of passion, courage and morality, Louise Fein introduces a bold young woman determined to tread the treacherous path of survival and freedom, showing readers the strength in the power of love and reminding us that the past must never be forgotten.
The Author:
Louise writes twentieth century historical fiction, based around unheard voices, or from unusual perspectives.
Her debut novel, PEOPLE LIKE US (entitled DAUGHTER OF THE REICH in the US/Canada edition) and first published in 2020 into 13 territories, is set in 1930’s Leipzig, seen through the eyes of a young girl, Hetty, brainwashed into believing the Nazi dream, until that is, she encounters Walter, a Jew. The book was shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021 and the RNA Historical Novel of the Year Award, 2021.
Louise's second novel, THE HIDDEN CHILD, will be published in the UK in September 2021 and the US and Canada in October 2021, and is the story of Edward and Eleanor, firm believers in the widely held pseudo-science of Eugenics, who firmly believe in genetic superiority. Their world is shattered, however, when their young daughter, Mabel, develops debilitating seizures.
Louise lives in Surrey with her husband, children, two naughty cats and small dog Bonnie, who is the best writing companion she could ask for. Always at her side when she writes and listens most patiently when Louise needs to talk through a tricky plot problem. She is currently working on her third novel.
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Nicola Kent
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Title: Grumpy Hat
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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* Along with her book Nicola will be including a box of 'Top Tips To Shift Your Grumpy Hat'
Website: https://nicolakent.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicolakkent
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Everyone knows that little sisters can be an-noy-ing! So when Ravi gets annoyed with Ruby and breaks her toy car in a rage, everyone goes to bed upset. Ravi wakes up the next morning with a bright red grumpy hat stuck fast on his head! And he can’t get rid of it, no matter how hard he tries... Ravi learns how to swap his grumpy hat for happy socks in this uplifting story about siblings, family life and controlling bad moods.
The Author:
Nicola Kent graduated from the prestigious Cambridge School of Art MA with distinction and was Highly Commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2016. In 2019 she was voted Best New Illustrator by Independent Booksellers in the UK. In the same year, The Strongest Mum was shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards.
Previously, she worked for ten years as a television producer for the BBC and Channel 4 before following her dream of becoming an author and illustrator of children’s books.
Nicola lives in north London with her partner, two children and a cat called Firelight. When she's not working, she loves gardening, walking, cycling, reading and sketching in cafes.
The Observer called The Strongest Mum "an outstanding debut... a tale as sweet as honey."
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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* Along with her book Nicola will be including a box of 'Top Tips To Shift Your Grumpy Hat'
Website: https://nicolakent.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicolakkent
The Book;
Everyone knows that little sisters can be an-noy-ing! So when Ravi gets annoyed with Ruby and breaks her toy car in a rage, everyone goes to bed upset. Ravi wakes up the next morning with a bright red grumpy hat stuck fast on his head! And he can’t get rid of it, no matter how hard he tries... Ravi learns how to swap his grumpy hat for happy socks in this uplifting story about siblings, family life and controlling bad moods.
The Author:
Nicola Kent graduated from the prestigious Cambridge School of Art MA with distinction and was Highly Commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2016. In 2019 she was voted Best New Illustrator by Independent Booksellers in the UK. In the same year, The Strongest Mum was shortlisted in the World Illustration Awards.
Previously, she worked for ten years as a television producer for the BBC and Channel 4 before following her dream of becoming an author and illustrator of children’s books.
Nicola lives in north London with her partner, two children and a cat called Firelight. When she's not working, she loves gardening, walking, cycling, reading and sketching in cafes.
The Observer called The Strongest Mum "an outstanding debut... a tale as sweet as honey."
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Cass Grafton
Cass Grafton
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Title: Mr Darcy's Persuasion
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance -Austen Inspired
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: https://cassandragrafton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassGrafton
The Book;
Two of Jane Austen’s classics collide in this intriguing tale of pride, prejudice and persuasion, set in England’s beautiful West Country.
In the aftermath of the Netherfield Ball, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are determined to find respite—Darcy from the allure of the lady and the feelings she evokes in him, and Elizabeth from the drama unfolding at Longbourn.
Fate is not done with them, however, as they both—unbeknownst to the other—take refuge on the Kellynch estate in Somersetshire, home to Sir Walter Elliot and two of his daughters.
Whilst Elizabeth takes solace from her friendship with Anne Elliot, Darcy finds little comfort in his reacquaintance with the woman fast taking hold of his heart and senses—or, indeed, in the eldest Miss Elliot’s company, whose fluttering eyelashes make her intentions plain.
As for Anne, it is five long years since she last laid eyes upon Frederick Wentworth, and though her regret lingers, she has found some contentment in life... until distressing news of the captain arrives.
When hints of deep secrets emerge—some recently stolen, others harboured for decades—the mystery begins to wrap tendrils around Darcy as he struggles to free himself from its ever-tightening bonds.
Can Darcy discover the truth before it is too late? Will Elizabeth even care if he does? And just what has become of Captain Wentworth?
The Author:
A bookworm since childhood, Cass (Cassandra) Grafton writes the sort of stories she loves to read - heart-warming, character driven and strong on location. Having moved around extensively and lived in three countries, she finds places inspiring and the setting of her novels often becomes as much a part of the story as her characters.
She leans heavily towards the upbeat and insists on a happy ever after. As one of her favourite authors, Jane Austen, once wrote, 'let other pens dwell on guilt and misery'.
Cass loves travelling, words, cats and wine but never in the same glass. She currently splits her time between Switzerland, where she lives with her husband and imaginary cats, and England where she lives with her characters.
Cass is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, the Society of Authors, the Jane Austen Society UK and is a founding member of the Jane Austen Society of Switzerland. She is also an Ambassador for the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Romance -Austen Inspired
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: https://cassandragrafton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CassGrafton
The Book;
Two of Jane Austen’s classics collide in this intriguing tale of pride, prejudice and persuasion, set in England’s beautiful West Country.
In the aftermath of the Netherfield Ball, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet are determined to find respite—Darcy from the allure of the lady and the feelings she evokes in him, and Elizabeth from the drama unfolding at Longbourn.
Fate is not done with them, however, as they both—unbeknownst to the other—take refuge on the Kellynch estate in Somersetshire, home to Sir Walter Elliot and two of his daughters.
Whilst Elizabeth takes solace from her friendship with Anne Elliot, Darcy finds little comfort in his reacquaintance with the woman fast taking hold of his heart and senses—or, indeed, in the eldest Miss Elliot’s company, whose fluttering eyelashes make her intentions plain.
As for Anne, it is five long years since she last laid eyes upon Frederick Wentworth, and though her regret lingers, she has found some contentment in life... until distressing news of the captain arrives.
When hints of deep secrets emerge—some recently stolen, others harboured for decades—the mystery begins to wrap tendrils around Darcy as he struggles to free himself from its ever-tightening bonds.
Can Darcy discover the truth before it is too late? Will Elizabeth even care if he does? And just what has become of Captain Wentworth?
The Author:
A bookworm since childhood, Cass (Cassandra) Grafton writes the sort of stories she loves to read - heart-warming, character driven and strong on location. Having moved around extensively and lived in three countries, she finds places inspiring and the setting of her novels often becomes as much a part of the story as her characters.
She leans heavily towards the upbeat and insists on a happy ever after. As one of her favourite authors, Jane Austen, once wrote, 'let other pens dwell on guilt and misery'.
Cass loves travelling, words, cats and wine but never in the same glass. She currently splits her time between Switzerland, where she lives with her husband and imaginary cats, and England where she lives with her characters.
Cass is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association, the Society of Authors, the Jane Austen Society UK and is a founding member of the Jane Austen Society of Switzerland. She is also an Ambassador for the Jane Austen Literacy Foundation.
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Rick Thompson
Rick Thompson
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Title: Park Life
Genre: Natural History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://t-media.org.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickattmedia
The Book:
This beautifully written book chronicles a year in the life of a large urban park on the banks of the Warwickshire Avon, and the surprising wildlife to be found as the seasons unfold. There are exiting discoveries, little-known facts, tips on identification, and the legends associated with many of our wild creatures. From long-distance migrants to spectacular predators, each month brings something new and uplifting.
“A fascinating diary of a year of discovery”. (Stephen Moss, Naturalist and Author).
“A walk in the park will never be quite the same after reading this”. (Nic Hallam, BBRC).
The Author:
Rick Thompson is a former journalist and broadcaster and a lifelong birdwatcher. He worked for BBC News for 27 years, starting at BBC Birmingham where he produced and presented regional wildlife programmes as well as reporting the news. He moved to London where he became a senior editor with BBC Television News and The World Service. Later he returned to the Midlands as the BBC's Head of News, Current Affairs and Local Programmes.
For several years Rick wrote and illustrated a regular column on birds for the Countryside magazine, and for four years he was a member of the Governing Council of the RSPB. He is regularly asked to moderate European conferences on the environment, sustainable energy, transport and climate change. His new book, 'Park Life', is a diary of the wildlife year in a large urban park beside the River Avon, with tips on identification, some surprising discoveries, and the folklore and legends associated with many species.
He says, "I believe that exposure to nature is incredibly important for people's physical and mental well-being, and getting to know the birds and other wildlife near your home is fascinating and uplifting. With four out of five people in Britain living in towns and cities, urban green spaces are vital for our health and happiness. I hope this diary of a year in a large town park will encourage people to get out into the natural environment, and enjoy the changing seasons and the marvellous variety of creatures and plant life that can be found close to home. I also hope that planners, developers, farmers and local authorities will protect our valuable wildlife habitats and invest in more accessible green spaces".
Genre: Natural History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://t-media.org.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rickattmedia
The Book:
This beautifully written book chronicles a year in the life of a large urban park on the banks of the Warwickshire Avon, and the surprising wildlife to be found as the seasons unfold. There are exiting discoveries, little-known facts, tips on identification, and the legends associated with many of our wild creatures. From long-distance migrants to spectacular predators, each month brings something new and uplifting.
“A fascinating diary of a year of discovery”. (Stephen Moss, Naturalist and Author).
“A walk in the park will never be quite the same after reading this”. (Nic Hallam, BBRC).
The Author:
Rick Thompson is a former journalist and broadcaster and a lifelong birdwatcher. He worked for BBC News for 27 years, starting at BBC Birmingham where he produced and presented regional wildlife programmes as well as reporting the news. He moved to London where he became a senior editor with BBC Television News and The World Service. Later he returned to the Midlands as the BBC's Head of News, Current Affairs and Local Programmes.
For several years Rick wrote and illustrated a regular column on birds for the Countryside magazine, and for four years he was a member of the Governing Council of the RSPB. He is regularly asked to moderate European conferences on the environment, sustainable energy, transport and climate change. His new book, 'Park Life', is a diary of the wildlife year in a large urban park beside the River Avon, with tips on identification, some surprising discoveries, and the folklore and legends associated with many species.
He says, "I believe that exposure to nature is incredibly important for people's physical and mental well-being, and getting to know the birds and other wildlife near your home is fascinating and uplifting. With four out of five people in Britain living in towns and cities, urban green spaces are vital for our health and happiness. I hope this diary of a year in a large town park will encourage people to get out into the natural environment, and enjoy the changing seasons and the marvellous variety of creatures and plant life that can be found close to home. I also hope that planners, developers, farmers and local authorities will protect our valuable wildlife habitats and invest in more accessible green spaces".
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Camilla Chester
Camilla Chester
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Title: Thirteenth Wish
Genre: Action & Adventure / Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.camillachester.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/camillacauthor
The Book;
When Jayden discovers a hidden room on his thirteenth birthday, he hopes it means trouble for his stepdad, Gary. Instead he finds himself battling through unbelievable encounters with Pip, his pyjama-wearing side-kick, in the biggest adventure of his life.
The boys need Sally before they are lost from the world forever.
The Author:
Camilla Chester is a Hertfordshire based, Dog Walking Children’s Author. Two of her three published books (for 8-12s) have been shortlisted in national competitions and her favourite part of being an author is school visits.
Genre: Action & Adventure / Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.camillachester.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/camillacauthor
The Book;
When Jayden discovers a hidden room on his thirteenth birthday, he hopes it means trouble for his stepdad, Gary. Instead he finds himself battling through unbelievable encounters with Pip, his pyjama-wearing side-kick, in the biggest adventure of his life.
The boys need Sally before they are lost from the world forever.
The Author:
Camilla Chester is a Hertfordshire based, Dog Walking Children’s Author. Two of her three published books (for 8-12s) have been shortlisted in national competitions and her favourite part of being an author is school visits.
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Lucy Coleman
Lucy Coleman
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Title: A Springtime to Remember
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://linnbhalton.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucyColemanauth
The Book;
Escape the cold and let Lucy Coleman transport you to glorious, sun-drenched France, for the perfect feel-good read.
Paris and the Palace of Versailles have always meant a lot to TV producer Lexie. Her grandma Viv spent a year there, but her adventures and memories were never discussed, and Lexie has long wondered why they were a family secret.
When work presents the perfect excuse to spend Springtime in Versailles, Lexie delves into Viv’s old diaries and scrapbooks, and with the help of handsome interpreter Ronan, she is soon learning more about the characters that tend to the magnificent gardens, now and in the past.
In amongst the beauty and splendour of the French countryside, a story of lost love, rivalry and tragedy unfolds. Can Lexie and Ronan right the wrongs of the past, and will France play its tricks on them both before Lexie has to go home? Will this truly be a Springtime to Remember…
Let Lucy Coleman sweep you away with this perfect feel-good love story.
The Author:
Lucy Coleman always knew that one day she would write, but first life took her on a wonderful journey of self-discovery for which she is very grateful.
Family life and two very diverse careers later she now spends most days glued to a keyboard, which she refers to as her personal quality time.
'It's only when you know who you are that you truly understand what makes you happy - and writing about love, life and relationships makes me leap out of bed every morning!'
If she isn't online she's either playing with the kids, whose imaginations seem to know no bounds, or painting something. As a serial house mover together with her lovely husband, there is always a new challenge to keep her occupied!
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://linnbhalton.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LucyColemanauth
The Book;
Escape the cold and let Lucy Coleman transport you to glorious, sun-drenched France, for the perfect feel-good read.
Paris and the Palace of Versailles have always meant a lot to TV producer Lexie. Her grandma Viv spent a year there, but her adventures and memories were never discussed, and Lexie has long wondered why they were a family secret.
When work presents the perfect excuse to spend Springtime in Versailles, Lexie delves into Viv’s old diaries and scrapbooks, and with the help of handsome interpreter Ronan, she is soon learning more about the characters that tend to the magnificent gardens, now and in the past.
In amongst the beauty and splendour of the French countryside, a story of lost love, rivalry and tragedy unfolds. Can Lexie and Ronan right the wrongs of the past, and will France play its tricks on them both before Lexie has to go home? Will this truly be a Springtime to Remember…
Let Lucy Coleman sweep you away with this perfect feel-good love story.
The Author:
Lucy Coleman always knew that one day she would write, but first life took her on a wonderful journey of self-discovery for which she is very grateful.
Family life and two very diverse careers later she now spends most days glued to a keyboard, which she refers to as her personal quality time.
'It's only when you know who you are that you truly understand what makes you happy - and writing about love, life and relationships makes me leap out of bed every morning!'
If she isn't online she's either playing with the kids, whose imaginations seem to know no bounds, or painting something. As a serial house mover together with her lovely husband, there is always a new challenge to keep her occupied!
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Linn B. Halton
Linn B. Halton
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Title: Coming Home to Penvennan Cove
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://linnbhalton.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LinnBHalton
The Book;
Can Kerra's Cornish hometown offer the fresh start she needs?
When Kerra left the quiet Cornish town of Penvennan Cove for the bright lights of London she didn't look back. But after the death of her mother, she's decided it's time to face her past and return to the place she called home. Her father needs her, and perhaps she needs him more than she's willing to admit?
Tackling town gossip, home renovations and a flame from her past, it's not quite smooth sailing for Kerra. Ross is the bad boy she was meant to forget, not a man who still sets her heart aflutter. As he helps bring her dream home to life, they begin to break down the barriers that have been holding them back and in the process learn things about themselves they never thought possible.
As friends old and new come together, the future in Penvennan looks bright.
The Author:
Linn B. Halton writes feelgood fiction: home is where the heart is! In 2013 she won the UK Festival of Romance: Innovation in Romantic Fiction Award. Originally from Bristol, she now lives in the Welsh Valleys with her husband and Bengal cat, Ziggy.
For Linn, life is all about family, friends and writing. She is a self-confessed hopeless romantic and an eternal optimist. When Linn is not writing, she spends time in the garden weeding, or practising Tai Chi. And she is often found with a paintbrush in her hand indulging her passion for upcycling furniture.
Linn is represented by Sara Keane from the Keane Kataria Literary Agency.
She also writes under the pen name of Lucy Coleman.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://linnbhalton.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LinnBHalton
The Book;
Can Kerra's Cornish hometown offer the fresh start she needs?
When Kerra left the quiet Cornish town of Penvennan Cove for the bright lights of London she didn't look back. But after the death of her mother, she's decided it's time to face her past and return to the place she called home. Her father needs her, and perhaps she needs him more than she's willing to admit?
Tackling town gossip, home renovations and a flame from her past, it's not quite smooth sailing for Kerra. Ross is the bad boy she was meant to forget, not a man who still sets her heart aflutter. As he helps bring her dream home to life, they begin to break down the barriers that have been holding them back and in the process learn things about themselves they never thought possible.
As friends old and new come together, the future in Penvennan looks bright.
The Author:
Linn B. Halton writes feelgood fiction: home is where the heart is! In 2013 she won the UK Festival of Romance: Innovation in Romantic Fiction Award. Originally from Bristol, she now lives in the Welsh Valleys with her husband and Bengal cat, Ziggy.
For Linn, life is all about family, friends and writing. She is a self-confessed hopeless romantic and an eternal optimist. When Linn is not writing, she spends time in the garden weeding, or practising Tai Chi. And she is often found with a paintbrush in her hand indulging her passion for upcycling furniture.
Linn is represented by Sara Keane from the Keane Kataria Literary Agency.
She also writes under the pen name of Lucy Coleman.
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Lev Parikian
Lev Parikian
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Title: Light Rains Sometimes Fall
Genre: Nature
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://levparikian.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LevParikian
The Book;
See the British year afresh and experience a new way of connecting with nature – through the prism of Japan’s seventy-two ancient microseasons.
Across seventy-two short chapters and twelve months, writer and nature lover Lev Parikian charts the changes that each of these ancient microseasons (of a just a few days each) bring to his local patch – garden, streets, park and wild cemetery.
From the birth of spring (risshun) in early February to ‘the greater cold’ (daikan) in late January, Lev draws our eye to the exquisite beauty of the outside world, day-to-day.
Instead of Japan’s lotus blossom, praying mantis and bear, he watches bramble, woodlouse and urban fox; hawthorn, dragonfly and peregrine. But the seasonal rhythms – and the power of nature to reflect and enhance our mood – remain.
By turns reflective, witty and joyous, this is both a nature diary and a revelation of the beauty of the small and subtle changes of the everyday, allowing us to ‘look, look again, look better’.
The Author:
ev Parikian is a writer, conductor and hopeless birdwatcher. His first book, Waving, Not Drowning, was published in 2013. His numerous conducting credits include the re-recording of the theme tune for Hancock's Half Hour for Radio 4. As a birdwatcher, his most prized sightings are a golden oriole in the Alpujarras and a black redstart at Dungeness Power Station.
Genre: Nature
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://levparikian.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LevParikian
The Book;
See the British year afresh and experience a new way of connecting with nature – through the prism of Japan’s seventy-two ancient microseasons.
Across seventy-two short chapters and twelve months, writer and nature lover Lev Parikian charts the changes that each of these ancient microseasons (of a just a few days each) bring to his local patch – garden, streets, park and wild cemetery.
From the birth of spring (risshun) in early February to ‘the greater cold’ (daikan) in late January, Lev draws our eye to the exquisite beauty of the outside world, day-to-day.
Instead of Japan’s lotus blossom, praying mantis and bear, he watches bramble, woodlouse and urban fox; hawthorn, dragonfly and peregrine. But the seasonal rhythms – and the power of nature to reflect and enhance our mood – remain.
By turns reflective, witty and joyous, this is both a nature diary and a revelation of the beauty of the small and subtle changes of the everyday, allowing us to ‘look, look again, look better’.
The Author:
ev Parikian is a writer, conductor and hopeless birdwatcher. His first book, Waving, Not Drowning, was published in 2013. His numerous conducting credits include the re-recording of the theme tune for Hancock's Half Hour for Radio 4. As a birdwatcher, his most prized sightings are a golden oriole in the Alpujarras and a black redstart at Dungeness Power Station.
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Caroline Mitchell
Caroline Mitchell
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Title: The Village
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
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* The Village which is due for release in January 2022 and will be an early paperback copy. Th successful bidder will receive a copy of the new book before anyone else.*
Website: https://caroline-writes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Caroline_writes
The Book;
From the bestselling author of the DI Amy Winter series comes a thriller about a shocking disappearance—and the village that has conspired to keep the truth buried.
Ten years ago, the Harper family disappeared. Their deserted cottage was left with the water running, the television playing cartoons, the oven ready for baking. The doors were locked from the inside.
Overnight, the sleepy village of Nighbrook became notorious as the scene of the unsolved mystery of the decade, an epicentre for ghoulish media speculation.
For crime journalist Naomi, solving the case has turned into an obsession. So now, with Ivy Cottage finally listed for sale, it’s her chance to mount an investigation like no other. And her husband and stepdaughter don’t really need to know what happened in their new home… do they?
But Nighbrook isn’t quite the village she expected. No one wants to talk to her. No one will answer her questions. And as she becomes increasingly uneasy, it’s clear that the villagers are hiding something—that there is something very dark at the heart of this rural idyll. And the deeper she digs, the more it seems her investigation could be more dangerous than she ever imagined… In raking up the secrets of the past, has she made her own family the next target?
The Author:
USA Today and Global #1 Bestselling Thriller Author.
Caroline originates from Ireland and now lives with her family in a pretty village on the coast of Essex. A former police detective, Caroline has worked in CID and specialised in roles dealing with vulnerable victims, high-risk victims of domestic abuse, and serious sexual offences. She now writes full time.
Set in Shoreditch, London, her DS Ruby Preston trilogy is described as terrifying, addictive serial killer thrillers.
Caroline also writes psychological thrillers. The most recent, Silent Victim, has been described as 'brilliantly gripping and deliciously creepy'. Her new DI Amy Winter series is published by Thomas & Mercer.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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* The Village which is due for release in January 2022 and will be an early paperback copy. Th successful bidder will receive a copy of the new book before anyone else.*
Website: https://caroline-writes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Caroline_writes
The Book;
From the bestselling author of the DI Amy Winter series comes a thriller about a shocking disappearance—and the village that has conspired to keep the truth buried.
Ten years ago, the Harper family disappeared. Their deserted cottage was left with the water running, the television playing cartoons, the oven ready for baking. The doors were locked from the inside.
Overnight, the sleepy village of Nighbrook became notorious as the scene of the unsolved mystery of the decade, an epicentre for ghoulish media speculation.
For crime journalist Naomi, solving the case has turned into an obsession. So now, with Ivy Cottage finally listed for sale, it’s her chance to mount an investigation like no other. And her husband and stepdaughter don’t really need to know what happened in their new home… do they?
But Nighbrook isn’t quite the village she expected. No one wants to talk to her. No one will answer her questions. And as she becomes increasingly uneasy, it’s clear that the villagers are hiding something—that there is something very dark at the heart of this rural idyll. And the deeper she digs, the more it seems her investigation could be more dangerous than she ever imagined… In raking up the secrets of the past, has she made her own family the next target?
The Author:
USA Today and Global #1 Bestselling Thriller Author.
Caroline originates from Ireland and now lives with her family in a pretty village on the coast of Essex. A former police detective, Caroline has worked in CID and specialised in roles dealing with vulnerable victims, high-risk victims of domestic abuse, and serious sexual offences. She now writes full time.
Set in Shoreditch, London, her DS Ruby Preston trilogy is described as terrifying, addictive serial killer thrillers.
Caroline also writes psychological thrillers. The most recent, Silent Victim, has been described as 'brilliantly gripping and deliciously creepy'. Her new DI Amy Winter series is published by Thomas & Mercer.
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Lorna Cook
Lorna Cook
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Title 1: The Girl from the Island
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Forgotten Village
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Book 1; The Girl from the Island
A world at war.
One woman will risk everything.
Another will uncover her story.
1940: When the island of Guernsey is invaded by the Nazis, two sisters are determined to rebel in any way they can. But when forced to take in a German soldier, they are shocked to find a familiar face on their doorstep – a childhood friend who has now become their enemy.
2016: Two generations later, Lucy returns to Guernsey after the death of a distant cousin. As she prepares the old family house for sale, Lucy discovers a box of handwritten notes, one word standing out: resistance. Lucy’s search for the author will uncover the story of a forgotten sister who vanished from the island one night, never to be seen again.
Book 2; The Forgotten Village
1943: The world is at war, and the villagers of Tyneham are being asked to make one more sacrifice: to give their homes over to the British army. But on the eve of their departure, a terrible act will cause three of them to disappear forever.
2017: Melissa had hoped a break on the coast of Dorset would rekindle her stagnant relationship, but despite the idyllic scenery, it’s pushing her and Liam to the brink. When Melissa discovers a strange photograph of a woman who once lived in the forgotten local village of Tyneham, she becomes determined to find out more about her story. But Tyneham hides a terrible secret, and Melissa’s search for the truth will change her life in ways she never imagined possible.
The Author:
I write dual-timeline books that weave secrets of the past with the present.
The Girl From the Island, set in Guernsey in WW2 and present day, is out now.
The Forbidden Promise is set in the Scottish Highlands in WW2 and present day and was released in 2020.
My first book The Forgotten Village was a Kindle Number 1 Bestseller and has sold over 150,000 copies. (In Canada it's called The Forgotten Wife.) It won the Romantic Novelists' Association Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2020 and the RNA Joan Hessayon New Writers' Award.
Title 1: The Girl from the Island
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Forgotten Village
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.lornacookauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LornaCookAuthor
Book 1; The Girl from the Island
A world at war.
One woman will risk everything.
Another will uncover her story.
1940: When the island of Guernsey is invaded by the Nazis, two sisters are determined to rebel in any way they can. But when forced to take in a German soldier, they are shocked to find a familiar face on their doorstep – a childhood friend who has now become their enemy.
2016: Two generations later, Lucy returns to Guernsey after the death of a distant cousin. As she prepares the old family house for sale, Lucy discovers a box of handwritten notes, one word standing out: resistance. Lucy’s search for the author will uncover the story of a forgotten sister who vanished from the island one night, never to be seen again.
Book 2; The Forgotten Village
1943: The world is at war, and the villagers of Tyneham are being asked to make one more sacrifice: to give their homes over to the British army. But on the eve of their departure, a terrible act will cause three of them to disappear forever.
2017: Melissa had hoped a break on the coast of Dorset would rekindle her stagnant relationship, but despite the idyllic scenery, it’s pushing her and Liam to the brink. When Melissa discovers a strange photograph of a woman who once lived in the forgotten local village of Tyneham, she becomes determined to find out more about her story. But Tyneham hides a terrible secret, and Melissa’s search for the truth will change her life in ways she never imagined possible.
The Author:
I write dual-timeline books that weave secrets of the past with the present.
The Girl From the Island, set in Guernsey in WW2 and present day, is out now.
The Forbidden Promise is set in the Scottish Highlands in WW2 and present day and was released in 2020.
My first book The Forgotten Village was a Kindle Number 1 Bestseller and has sold over 150,000 copies. (In Canada it's called The Forgotten Wife.) It won the Romantic Novelists' Association Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2020 and the RNA Joan Hessayon New Writers' Award.
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Alexandra Jordan
Alexandra Jordan
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Title: Murder on Her Doorstep
Genre: Murder Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://alexjordan1.wixsite.com/author
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alexjord18
The Book;
Two deaths. One sassy chick-lit author. Can she help solve the crime before she's in danger, too?
When author April Stanislavski finds a body buried near Chatsworth, DI Kathryn Jasper asks her to help with the murder investigation. But as April’s love life falls apart, she finds it difficult to concentrate on anything …
The Author:
Alexandra Jordan is an English author whose work includes three novels and many short stories. Her work covers aspects of magical realism, suspense, historical fiction and fantasy. Alexandra is deeply involved in amateur dramatics and loves to tread the boards, both on stage, TV and radio. She lives in the beautiful Peak District with her husband and twin sons
Genre: Murder Mystery
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Website: https://alexjordan1.wixsite.com/author
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The Book;
Two deaths. One sassy chick-lit author. Can she help solve the crime before she's in danger, too?
When author April Stanislavski finds a body buried near Chatsworth, DI Kathryn Jasper asks her to help with the murder investigation. But as April’s love life falls apart, she finds it difficult to concentrate on anything …
The Author:
Alexandra Jordan is an English author whose work includes three novels and many short stories. Her work covers aspects of magical realism, suspense, historical fiction and fantasy. Alexandra is deeply involved in amateur dramatics and loves to tread the boards, both on stage, TV and radio. She lives in the beautiful Peak District with her husband and twin sons
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Lara Williamson
Lara Williamson
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Title: The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Short Reading by Lara Williamson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT_CnnQdKOk
Website: https://larawilliamson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaraWilliamson
The Book;
Becket Rumsey is all at sea. His dad has run away with him and his brother Billy in the middle of the night. And they've left everything behind, including their almost-mum Pearl. Becket has no idea what's going on - it's a mystery. So with the help of Billy and a snail called Brian, Becket sets out on a journey of discovery. It's not plain sailing but then what journeys ever are? An extraordinary story of courage, dreams and finding your way, from the bestselling author of A Boy Called Hope
The Author:
Lara Williamson was born and studied in Northern Ireland. After work experience at Marie Claire and freelancing for various magazines including ELLE and New Woman, Lara eventually settled at J17 where, as Beauty Editor, she wrote and styled shoots. Lara won The Jasmine Awards for Best Article in a Youth Title and more recently received an Honorary Mention in Undiscovered Voices 2012.
A Boy Called Hope, Lara’s first novel, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2015 and the Independent Booksellers' Week Award 2014.
She currently lives in London with her family.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Short Reading by Lara Williamson:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT_CnnQdKOk
Website: https://larawilliamson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaraWilliamson
The Book;
Becket Rumsey is all at sea. His dad has run away with him and his brother Billy in the middle of the night. And they've left everything behind, including their almost-mum Pearl. Becket has no idea what's going on - it's a mystery. So with the help of Billy and a snail called Brian, Becket sets out on a journey of discovery. It's not plain sailing but then what journeys ever are? An extraordinary story of courage, dreams and finding your way, from the bestselling author of A Boy Called Hope
The Author:
Lara Williamson was born and studied in Northern Ireland. After work experience at Marie Claire and freelancing for various magazines including ELLE and New Woman, Lara eventually settled at J17 where, as Beauty Editor, she wrote and styled shoots. Lara won The Jasmine Awards for Best Article in a Youth Title and more recently received an Honorary Mention in Undiscovered Voices 2012.
A Boy Called Hope, Lara’s first novel, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2015 and the Independent Booksellers' Week Award 2014.
She currently lives in London with her family.
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Lara Williamson
Lara Williamson
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Title: The Girl with Space in her Heart
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Contemporary
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://larawilliamson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaraWilliamson
The Book;
Mabel Mynt knows a lot about space... like how we feel connected to the stars because we are all made of stardust. And that Mum's new boyfriend, Galactic Gavin, has eyes that twinkle like Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. And that sometimes the perfect place for her sister, Terrible Topaz, would be a black hole.
But Mabel doesn't know how to fill the space in her heart that Dad left when he walked out. And so she sets out on a mission of discovery...
The Author:
Lara Williamson was born and studied in Northern Ireland. After work experience at Marie Claire and freelancing for various magazines including ELLE and New Woman, Lara eventually settled at J17 where, as Beauty Editor, she wrote and styled shoots. Lara won The Jasmine Awards for Best Article in a Youth Title and more recently received an Honorary Mention in Undiscovered Voices 2012.
A Boy Called Hope, Lara’s first novel, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2015 and the Independent Booksellers' Week Award 2014.
She currently lives in London with her family.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://larawilliamson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaraWilliamson
The Book;
Mabel Mynt knows a lot about space... like how we feel connected to the stars because we are all made of stardust. And that Mum's new boyfriend, Galactic Gavin, has eyes that twinkle like Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky. And that sometimes the perfect place for her sister, Terrible Topaz, would be a black hole.
But Mabel doesn't know how to fill the space in her heart that Dad left when he walked out. And so she sets out on a mission of discovery...
The Author:
Lara Williamson was born and studied in Northern Ireland. After work experience at Marie Claire and freelancing for various magazines including ELLE and New Woman, Lara eventually settled at J17 where, as Beauty Editor, she wrote and styled shoots. Lara won The Jasmine Awards for Best Article in a Youth Title and more recently received an Honorary Mention in Undiscovered Voices 2012.
A Boy Called Hope, Lara’s first novel, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2015 and the Independent Booksellers' Week Award 2014.
She currently lives in London with her family.
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Jenny O'Brien
Jenny O'Brien
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Title: Silent Cry
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
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* Jenny will make a dedication to her successful bidder in book 6 of The Detective Gaby *
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/o/jenny-obrien
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScribblerJB
The Book;
Alys is fine. Don’t try to find us.
Five years ago, Izzy Grant’s boyfriend Charlie took their newborn daughter Alys out for a drive.
They never came back.
After years of waiting, Izzy has almost given up hoping that they’re still alive – until a note is pushed through her door telling her they’re fine, not to look for them. Suddenly the case is top priority again, and Izzy is swarmed with faces from the past: the detective who was first on the scene to help; an old friend who vanished not long after Alys and Charlie.
Izzy doesn’t know who she can trust, who is sending her notes, where Charlie and Alys might be. Her only ally is DC Gabriella Darin, recently transferred from Cardiff and fleeing a painful past of her own.
Gaby knows something doesn’t fit with the case, and she knows Izzy won’t rest until she finds out what really happened to her daughter. Could someone she knew and trusted really have taken Alys from her?
Wherever Alys and Charlie are, Gaby is determined to find them, no matter what it takes. Somewhere in Izzy’s past is a clue, if Gaby can only find it…
The Author:
Jenny took up writing about fifteen years ago when she first came up with a plot for a book, and she has not stopped since. When she is not writing, she's ferrying around 3 teenagers or working as a nurse. Jenny is also an all-year-round sea swimmer.
Jenny currently working on Book Five in her Detective Darin police procedural
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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* Jenny will make a dedication to her successful bidder in book 6 of The Detective Gaby *
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/o/jenny-obrien
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScribblerJB
The Book;
Alys is fine. Don’t try to find us.
Five years ago, Izzy Grant’s boyfriend Charlie took their newborn daughter Alys out for a drive.
They never came back.
After years of waiting, Izzy has almost given up hoping that they’re still alive – until a note is pushed through her door telling her they’re fine, not to look for them. Suddenly the case is top priority again, and Izzy is swarmed with faces from the past: the detective who was first on the scene to help; an old friend who vanished not long after Alys and Charlie.
Izzy doesn’t know who she can trust, who is sending her notes, where Charlie and Alys might be. Her only ally is DC Gabriella Darin, recently transferred from Cardiff and fleeing a painful past of her own.
Gaby knows something doesn’t fit with the case, and she knows Izzy won’t rest until she finds out what really happened to her daughter. Could someone she knew and trusted really have taken Alys from her?
Wherever Alys and Charlie are, Gaby is determined to find them, no matter what it takes. Somewhere in Izzy’s past is a clue, if Gaby can only find it…
The Author:
Jenny took up writing about fifteen years ago when she first came up with a plot for a book, and she has not stopped since. When she is not writing, she's ferrying around 3 teenagers or working as a nurse. Jenny is also an all-year-round sea swimmer.
Jenny currently working on Book Five in her Detective Darin police procedural
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Lia Leendertz
Lia Leendertz
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Title: The Almanac ; A Seasonal Guide to 2022
Genre: Food & Drink - Gardening
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.lialeendertz.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lialeendertz
The Book;
A perfect toolkit for connecting with the world around us and the year ahead as it unfolds - all in a compact and pocket size guide that just begs you to pick it up and browse.
The Almanac: A seasonal guide to 2022 reinvents the tradition of the rural almanac for a new audience. It gives you the tools and inspiration you need to celebrate, mark and appreciate each month of the year in your own particular way.
Divided into the 12 months, a set of tables each month gives it the feel and weight of a traditional almanac, providing practical information that gives access to the outdoors and the seasons, perfect for expeditions, meteor-spotting nights and beach holidays. There are also features on each month's unique nature, such as the meteor shower of the month, beehive behaviour, folklore, seasonal recipes and charts tracking moon phases and tides.
You will find yourself referring to The Almanac all year long, revisiting it again and again, and looking forward to the next edition as the year draws to a close.
The Author:
Lia Leendertz is an award-winning garden and food writer. She writes a weekly column for the Telegraph, a monthly column for The Garden magazine and a long-running series on growing and eating seasonally for Simple Things magazine. She also contributes frequently to the Guardian and Gardens Illustrated. She is the author of several gardening books and the cookbook Petal, Leaf, Seed: Cooking with the garden's treasures.
Genre: Food & Drink - Gardening
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.lialeendertz.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lialeendertz
The Book;
A perfect toolkit for connecting with the world around us and the year ahead as it unfolds - all in a compact and pocket size guide that just begs you to pick it up and browse.
The Almanac: A seasonal guide to 2022 reinvents the tradition of the rural almanac for a new audience. It gives you the tools and inspiration you need to celebrate, mark and appreciate each month of the year in your own particular way.
Divided into the 12 months, a set of tables each month gives it the feel and weight of a traditional almanac, providing practical information that gives access to the outdoors and the seasons, perfect for expeditions, meteor-spotting nights and beach holidays. There are also features on each month's unique nature, such as the meteor shower of the month, beehive behaviour, folklore, seasonal recipes and charts tracking moon phases and tides.
You will find yourself referring to The Almanac all year long, revisiting it again and again, and looking forward to the next edition as the year draws to a close.
The Author:
Lia Leendertz is an award-winning garden and food writer. She writes a weekly column for the Telegraph, a monthly column for The Garden magazine and a long-running series on growing and eating seasonally for Simple Things magazine. She also contributes frequently to the Guardian and Gardens Illustrated. She is the author of several gardening books and the cookbook Petal, Leaf, Seed: Cooking with the garden's treasures.
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A.A. Chaudhuri
A.A. Chaudhuri
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Title: She's Mine
Genre: Psychological Thriller
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Website: https://aforauthors.co.uk/authors/a-a-chaudhuri
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AAChaudhuri
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Her missing daughter was just the start of the nightmare
Twenty years ago, Christine Donovan took a call she should have ignored while shopping. In those few seconds while her back was turned, her toddler, Heidi, was kidnapped. She’s never been seen again.
Despite having two other children with husband Greg, Christine remains guilt-stricken that her neglect caused her child to be stolen, while haunted by a secret that consumes her.
Just as she takes measures to finally heal, a note is posted through her door, with the words she has always longed to hear: Heidi isn’t dead.
Christine might finally get the answers she craves - but what she doesn’t know is that finding her daughter will uncover dark secrets close to home.
In seeking the truth, Christine might destroy everything that she loves … so how far is she willing to go to find Heidi?
The Author:
A.A. Chaudhuri is a History graduate and former City lawyer. Born and raised in Portsmouth, Hampshire, she now lives in Surrey with her family, where she writes full time.
THE SCRIBE and THE ABDUCTION, published in July and December 2019 by LUME BOOKS, are her first crime book series, plunging readers into London’s glamorous legal world and featuring series’ heroine, Maddy Kramer, fiction’s first female City lawyer amateur sleuth, who teams up with charismatic DCI Jake Carver to solve a gruesome series of murders and a puzzling abduction. Both books were published in audio by Isis Audio in January and March 2021.
She also contributed a short story, The Encounter, to Lume Books' crime anthology. GIVEN IN EVIDENCE, published May 2020, and had two short stories published on the CWA website.
Her first psychological thriller with HERA BOOKS, She's Mine, will be published in August 2021, with a second in 2022.
Besides being an avid reader, she enjoys fitness, films, anything Italian and a good margarita
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://aforauthors.co.uk/authors/a-a-chaudhuri
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AAChaudhuri
The Book;
Her missing daughter was just the start of the nightmare
Twenty years ago, Christine Donovan took a call she should have ignored while shopping. In those few seconds while her back was turned, her toddler, Heidi, was kidnapped. She’s never been seen again.
Despite having two other children with husband Greg, Christine remains guilt-stricken that her neglect caused her child to be stolen, while haunted by a secret that consumes her.
Just as she takes measures to finally heal, a note is posted through her door, with the words she has always longed to hear: Heidi isn’t dead.
Christine might finally get the answers she craves - but what she doesn’t know is that finding her daughter will uncover dark secrets close to home.
In seeking the truth, Christine might destroy everything that she loves … so how far is she willing to go to find Heidi?
The Author:
A.A. Chaudhuri is a History graduate and former City lawyer. Born and raised in Portsmouth, Hampshire, she now lives in Surrey with her family, where she writes full time.
THE SCRIBE and THE ABDUCTION, published in July and December 2019 by LUME BOOKS, are her first crime book series, plunging readers into London’s glamorous legal world and featuring series’ heroine, Maddy Kramer, fiction’s first female City lawyer amateur sleuth, who teams up with charismatic DCI Jake Carver to solve a gruesome series of murders and a puzzling abduction. Both books were published in audio by Isis Audio in January and March 2021.
She also contributed a short story, The Encounter, to Lume Books' crime anthology. GIVEN IN EVIDENCE, published May 2020, and had two short stories published on the CWA website.
Her first psychological thriller with HERA BOOKS, She's Mine, will be published in August 2021, with a second in 2022.
Besides being an avid reader, she enjoys fitness, films, anything Italian and a good margarita
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Title: A Day at the Beach Hut
Genre: Food & Drink
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Website: http://www.veronicahenry.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/veronica_henry
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Seaside inspiration and recipes for anyone who has ever longed for a beach hut of their own... A celebration of beach hut living, from the bestselling author of the Beach Hut novels.
From a tin mug of crab chowder after a bracing dip to a picnic feast for friends and family, this is a celebration of sunshine and sea air and salt spray; a love letter to the beach hut life.
Whether you're dreaming of a coastal retreat or planning Christmas on the beach, this book offers a little taste of the seaside to keep in your kitchen or by your bed for those days when you need to get away from it all. Because we all need an escape every now and then...
The Author:
Veronica Henry was a television script writer before turning her hand to fiction. She has published sixteen novels which she describes as realistic escapism - her setting are gorgeous, but her characters have problems and dilemmas everyone can identify with.
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.veronicahenry.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/veronica_henry
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Seaside inspiration and recipes for anyone who has ever longed for a beach hut of their own... A celebration of beach hut living, from the bestselling author of the Beach Hut novels.
From a tin mug of crab chowder after a bracing dip to a picnic feast for friends and family, this is a celebration of sunshine and sea air and salt spray; a love letter to the beach hut life.
Whether you're dreaming of a coastal retreat or planning Christmas on the beach, this book offers a little taste of the seaside to keep in your kitchen or by your bed for those days when you need to get away from it all. Because we all need an escape every now and then...
The Author:
Veronica Henry was a television script writer before turning her hand to fiction. She has published sixteen novels which she describes as realistic escapism - her setting are gorgeous, but her characters have problems and dilemmas everyone can identify with.
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Catherine Phipps
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Title: Citrus
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.otterfarm.co.uk/about/catherine-phipps
Twitter: https://twitter.com/catlilycooks
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Citrus fruits are the most exciting family of ingredients with which to cook. They satisfy almost every part of the palate - sweet, sour, bitter, and umami-enhancing, how many other foods are as versatile and transformative? From the smallest squeeze of lemon, to the zing of lime zest, citrus fruits are almost magical. No longer seen as exotic, they are truly international. take the humble lime: cornerstone of the American key lime pie, fragrant in Thai curries, fresh in Mexican guacamole, used to cook raw fish in South American ceviche, pickled in India, and dried in the Middle East. Citrus offers 150 inspiring recipes that celebrate these wonderful fruits. Through fresh salads, soups, seafood, Asian and Mediterranean-influenced meat dishes, preserves and pickles, to the world of sweet pies, cakes, and cocktails, Catherine Phipps explores the myriad uses of oranges and lemons, and all things in between. Her recipes are straightforward, easy to follow, and work perfectly every time. Citrus is a vibrant, colourful source of delight and inspiration.
The Author:
I am a food writer, cookery book author and recipe developer who occasionally makes forays into the world of food journalism, book reviewing, radio and television, including most regularly the Guardian's Word of Mouth column and Radio 4's Food Programme. I juggle writing and recipe developing with running round after two energetic children. I can be found on Twitter @catlilycooks and on instagram @catherinephipps
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.otterfarm.co.uk/about/catherine-phipps
Twitter: https://twitter.com/catlilycooks
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Citrus fruits are the most exciting family of ingredients with which to cook. They satisfy almost every part of the palate - sweet, sour, bitter, and umami-enhancing, how many other foods are as versatile and transformative? From the smallest squeeze of lemon, to the zing of lime zest, citrus fruits are almost magical. No longer seen as exotic, they are truly international. take the humble lime: cornerstone of the American key lime pie, fragrant in Thai curries, fresh in Mexican guacamole, used to cook raw fish in South American ceviche, pickled in India, and dried in the Middle East. Citrus offers 150 inspiring recipes that celebrate these wonderful fruits. Through fresh salads, soups, seafood, Asian and Mediterranean-influenced meat dishes, preserves and pickles, to the world of sweet pies, cakes, and cocktails, Catherine Phipps explores the myriad uses of oranges and lemons, and all things in between. Her recipes are straightforward, easy to follow, and work perfectly every time. Citrus is a vibrant, colourful source of delight and inspiration.
The Author:
I am a food writer, cookery book author and recipe developer who occasionally makes forays into the world of food journalism, book reviewing, radio and television, including most regularly the Guardian's Word of Mouth column and Radio 4's Food Programme. I juggle writing and recipe developing with running round after two energetic children. I can be found on Twitter @catlilycooks and on instagram @catherinephipps
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Dani Atkins
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Title: The Wedding Dress
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtkinsDani
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Three women. Three love stories. One dress. The new heartwarming and uplifting romance from award-winning romance writer Dani Atkins.
Suzanne is engaged to be married to the man of her dreams – except the lead up to her wedding is beginning to feel more like a nightmare. Can Suzanne uncover the truth about her fiancé ahead of her big day?
Bella's life was on track until the day of the hen party when everything changed. Now she must find the strength to rebuild her future – and decide who she wants to spend it with.
Mandy's grandmother has fallen in love but her family don't approve. For her grandmother's dreams to come true, Mandy has a secret wedding to plan, and a very special dress to find.
These are the three strangers whose stories are about to be woven together by one perfect wedding dress.
The Author:
Dani was born and brought up in Cockfosters- a small London suburb at the end of the Piccadilly Tube Line.
This served her well for commuting into the city, where from the age of 18 she worked in a succession of secretarial positions in companies as diverse as a BMW car dealership to the BBC. Dani spent her two hour commute avidly reading and dreamed that one day she would become an author herself.
When her two children grew up and left home, Dani set about turning this dream into reality and devoted her time to writing. She now lives in a rural Hertfordshire cottage with her husband, a soppy border collie dog and a haughty Siamese cat.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtkinsDani
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Three women. Three love stories. One dress. The new heartwarming and uplifting romance from award-winning romance writer Dani Atkins.
Suzanne is engaged to be married to the man of her dreams – except the lead up to her wedding is beginning to feel more like a nightmare. Can Suzanne uncover the truth about her fiancé ahead of her big day?
Bella's life was on track until the day of the hen party when everything changed. Now she must find the strength to rebuild her future – and decide who she wants to spend it with.
Mandy's grandmother has fallen in love but her family don't approve. For her grandmother's dreams to come true, Mandy has a secret wedding to plan, and a very special dress to find.
These are the three strangers whose stories are about to be woven together by one perfect wedding dress.
The Author:
Dani was born and brought up in Cockfosters- a small London suburb at the end of the Piccadilly Tube Line.
This served her well for commuting into the city, where from the age of 18 she worked in a succession of secretarial positions in companies as diverse as a BMW car dealership to the BBC. Dani spent her two hour commute avidly reading and dreamed that one day she would become an author herself.
When her two children grew up and left home, Dani set about turning this dream into reality and devoted her time to writing. She now lives in a rural Hertfordshire cottage with her husband, a soppy border collie dog and a haughty Siamese cat.
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Title: Sky Full of Stars
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/dani-atkins
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtkinsDani
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Award-winning romance writer Dani Atkins returns in this heart-breaking love story, in which a newly widowed father brings up his six-year-old son alone.
He'd have done everything differently if he'd known she'd be gone so soon...
When Lisa married Alex, she gave his life meaning. She was a professional astronomer: a stargazer. And when she gazed at Alex, she saw that behind his tough exterior was a man she could love.
Alex, Lisa and their young son Connor made a happy little universe. But then Lisa dies in a train crash, and their universe is destroyed. Alex is shattered by loss, and overwhelmed by the difficulties of being a single father to a six-year-old boy. How can he and Connor carry on without Lisa lighting up their lives?
Then Alex meets four strangers. Two men and two women, who never met Lisa, but whose lives changed profoundly because she died. As Alex hears their stories, he begins to realise the world may not be as cruel and senseless as it seems. Perhaps, after all, the future is written in the stars...
The Author:
Dani was born and brought up in Cockfosters- a small London suburb at the end of the Piccadilly Tube Line.
This served her well for commuting into the city, where from the age of 18 she worked in a succession of secretarial positions in companies as diverse as a BMW car dealership to the BBC. Dani spent her two hour commute avidly reading and dreamed that one day she would become an author herself.
When her two children grew up and left home, Dani set about turning this dream into reality and devoted her time to writing. She now lives in a rural Hertfordshire cottage with her husband, a soppy border collie dog and a haughty Siamese cat.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/a/dani-atkins
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AtkinsDani
The Book;
Award-winning romance writer Dani Atkins returns in this heart-breaking love story, in which a newly widowed father brings up his six-year-old son alone.
He'd have done everything differently if he'd known she'd be gone so soon...
When Lisa married Alex, she gave his life meaning. She was a professional astronomer: a stargazer. And when she gazed at Alex, she saw that behind his tough exterior was a man she could love.
Alex, Lisa and their young son Connor made a happy little universe. But then Lisa dies in a train crash, and their universe is destroyed. Alex is shattered by loss, and overwhelmed by the difficulties of being a single father to a six-year-old boy. How can he and Connor carry on without Lisa lighting up their lives?
Then Alex meets four strangers. Two men and two women, who never met Lisa, but whose lives changed profoundly because she died. As Alex hears their stories, he begins to realise the world may not be as cruel and senseless as it seems. Perhaps, after all, the future is written in the stars...
The Author:
Dani was born and brought up in Cockfosters- a small London suburb at the end of the Piccadilly Tube Line.
This served her well for commuting into the city, where from the age of 18 she worked in a succession of secretarial positions in companies as diverse as a BMW car dealership to the BBC. Dani spent her two hour commute avidly reading and dreamed that one day she would become an author herself.
When her two children grew up and left home, Dani set about turning this dream into reality and devoted her time to writing. She now lives in a rural Hertfordshire cottage with her husband, a soppy border collie dog and a haughty Siamese cat.
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Title: The Making of Swallows and Amazons (1974)
Genre: TV & Film Biography
Format: Paperback (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chXkQ8m8tKM
Website: https://sophieneville.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sophie_Neville
The Book;
In 1973 Sophie Neville was cast as Titty alongside Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser and Suzanna Hamilton in the film Swallows & Amazons. Made before the advent of digital technology, the child stars lived out Arthur Ransome's epic adventure in the great outdoors without ever seeing a script. Encouraged by her mother, Sophie Neville kept a diary about her time filming on location in the lakes and mountains of Cumbria. Bouncy and effervescent, extracts from her childhood diary are interspersed among her memories of the cast and crew as well as photographs, maps and newspaper articles, offering a child's eye view of the making of the film from development to premiere - and the aftermath.
The Author:
Award-winning author Sophie Neville became inadvertently well known as a child when she starred as Titty in the 1974 feature film of Arthur Ransome's book Swallows and Amazons.
After that sunshiny time she went on to work for the BBC behind the camera on television programmes such as Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, Doctor Who and Eastenders. Having produced her own Inset series for BBC2 she was busy directing her second drama serial for children when disaster struck in the form of a mystery illness.
Fully recovered, Sophie now lives on the south coast of England with her husband. Every year she disappears for a while to ride in different parts of the world and has also been known to go sailing, but only when the sun shines.
Genre: TV & Film Biography
Format: Paperback (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://sophieneville.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sophie_Neville
The Book;
In 1973 Sophie Neville was cast as Titty alongside Virginia McKenna, Ronald Fraser and Suzanna Hamilton in the film Swallows & Amazons. Made before the advent of digital technology, the child stars lived out Arthur Ransome's epic adventure in the great outdoors without ever seeing a script. Encouraged by her mother, Sophie Neville kept a diary about her time filming on location in the lakes and mountains of Cumbria. Bouncy and effervescent, extracts from her childhood diary are interspersed among her memories of the cast and crew as well as photographs, maps and newspaper articles, offering a child's eye view of the making of the film from development to premiere - and the aftermath.
The Author:
Award-winning author Sophie Neville became inadvertently well known as a child when she starred as Titty in the 1974 feature film of Arthur Ransome's book Swallows and Amazons.
After that sunshiny time she went on to work for the BBC behind the camera on television programmes such as Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals, Doctor Who and Eastenders. Having produced her own Inset series for BBC2 she was busy directing her second drama serial for children when disaster struck in the form of a mystery illness.
Fully recovered, Sophie now lives on the south coast of England with her husband. Every year she disappears for a while to ride in different parts of the world and has also been known to go sailing, but only when the sun shines.
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Peter Naldrett
Peter Naldrett
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Title: Treasured Islands
Genre: Travel
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://peter-naldrett.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterNaldrett
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A comprehensive and inspiring guide to 200 of Britain's most beautiful and interesting islands. Whether it's a sandy paradise or a wild Scottish outpost with a warm pub, it's time to plan your island getaway.
The British Isles includes some 194 inhabited islands (out of a total of over 6,000), ranging from remote lost worlds to famous and popular holiday spots. And Treasured Islands includes them all, in one enticing package.
This wonderfully comprehensive and inspiring guide starts off with a Best of… section, highlighting the ten best islands for foodies, wildlife, adrenaline-junkies and pure escapism. Then, region by region, the author explores the UK's most wonderful islands, including:
Shetlands, Fair Isle, Orkneys, Outer Hebrides, Inner Hebrides, Isle of Arran
Lindisfarne, Isle of Man, Walney Island
Anglesey, Pembrokeshire Island
Foulness and Canvey Islands
Isle of Sheppey, Lundy
Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, Channel Islands, Islands of Ireland
Tidal Islands (to include Burgh Island, Holy Island and St Michael's Mount)
Inland Islands (to include Eel Pie, Derwent Isle and Peel Island in the Lake District)
Remote Islands
Illustrated with beautiful colour photography, the text ensures you won't miss out on must-see attractions, wildlife and natural features, local food specialties, sporting activities, best places to stay and eat, and all-important transport links to and from the mainland, and other nearby islands. For some light relief, there are interesting historical and cultural anecdotes woven through, giving a fascinating insight into the way of life on these sometimes remote settlements.
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I'm a Sheffield-based writer and have written a number of guides to the Peak District, Lake District and Yorkshire Dales. When I'm not wandering in National Parks, I write newspaper columns and magazine features. I'm currently working on a new book with Bloomsbury.
Genre: Travel
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://peter-naldrett.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterNaldrett
The Book;
A comprehensive and inspiring guide to 200 of Britain's most beautiful and interesting islands. Whether it's a sandy paradise or a wild Scottish outpost with a warm pub, it's time to plan your island getaway.
The British Isles includes some 194 inhabited islands (out of a total of over 6,000), ranging from remote lost worlds to famous and popular holiday spots. And Treasured Islands includes them all, in one enticing package.
This wonderfully comprehensive and inspiring guide starts off with a Best of… section, highlighting the ten best islands for foodies, wildlife, adrenaline-junkies and pure escapism. Then, region by region, the author explores the UK's most wonderful islands, including:
Shetlands, Fair Isle, Orkneys, Outer Hebrides, Inner Hebrides, Isle of Arran
Lindisfarne, Isle of Man, Walney Island
Anglesey, Pembrokeshire Island
Foulness and Canvey Islands
Isle of Sheppey, Lundy
Isle of Wight, Isles of Scilly, Channel Islands, Islands of Ireland
Tidal Islands (to include Burgh Island, Holy Island and St Michael's Mount)
Inland Islands (to include Eel Pie, Derwent Isle and Peel Island in the Lake District)
Remote Islands
Illustrated with beautiful colour photography, the text ensures you won't miss out on must-see attractions, wildlife and natural features, local food specialties, sporting activities, best places to stay and eat, and all-important transport links to and from the mainland, and other nearby islands. For some light relief, there are interesting historical and cultural anecdotes woven through, giving a fascinating insight into the way of life on these sometimes remote settlements.
The Author:
I'm a Sheffield-based writer and have written a number of guides to the Peak District, Lake District and Yorkshire Dales. When I'm not wandering in National Parks, I write newspaper columns and magazine features. I'm currently working on a new book with Bloomsbury.
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Gillian Mawson
Gillian Mawson
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Title: Evacuees: Children's Lives on the WW2 Home Front
Genre: Non-Fiction History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Gillian-Mawson/a/2354
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Guernseyevacuee
The Book;
On the outbreak of the Second World War, during the first week of September 1939 over three million people were evacuated. Operation Pied Piper was the largest ever transportation of people across Britain, and most of those moved to safety in the countryside were schoolchildren. Social historian Gillian Mawson has spent years collecting the stories of former evacuees and this book includes the personal memories of over 100, in their own words. Their accounts reveal what it was like to settle into a new home with strangers, often staying for years. While many enjoyed life in the countryside, some escaping inner-city poverty, others endured ill-treatment and homesickness. A fascinating insight into the realities of wartime life, and a valuable oral history of a unique moment in British history.
The Author:
"I am a writer and historian with a passionate interest in the life stories of ordinary people. Between 2008 and July 2016 I interviewed over 600 Second World War evacuees to record and preserve their stories, photographs and documents.
My 3rd book on British Evacuation is published on 30 November 2016 by Frontline Books. It is entitled 'Evacuation in the Second World War Told Through Newspaper Reports, Official Documents and the Accounts of Those Who Were There.' It contains personal testimony, wartime photographs and documents from hundreds of child and adult evacuees who spent the war years in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Testimony is also included from evacuees who were sent to the British mainland from The Channel Islands and Gibraltar. It can be pre-ordered on Amazon now. See my blog for updates at:
https://evacueesofworldwartwo.wordpress.com/
My previous book, 'Evacuees: Children's Lives on the World War Two Home Front' was published by Pen and Sword in Sept. 2014. It contains 100 personal evacuation stories, with wartime family photographs, collected from all over Britain and beyond.
My first book was 'Guernsey Evacuees: The Forgotten Evacuees of the Second World War' (History Press, 2012) When I discovered that 17,000 Guernsey evacuees had fled to England in June 1940, just before Germany occupied their island for 5 years, I was drawn in by this little known story! The evacuees - mostly children, teachers and mothers - received friendship and help from their English neighbours and also from American and Canadian citizens - one girl was financially supported throughout the war by Eleanor Roosevelt. Many evacuees chose not to return to Guernsey after the war. View my book trailer at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR0uXCBCFHc&feature=youtu.be
I have also written a chapter entitled 'Guernsey Mothers: The Forgotten Evacuees' which appears in the book 'The Home Front in Britain:Images, Myths and Forgotten Experiences 1914-2014' (Palgrave MacMillan, November 2014) I have organised evacuee reunions and run a community group in Manchester for Guernsey evacuees, who did not return home in 1945. This enables them to share their wartime stories with people of all ages.
I have also written articles for magazines and newspapers on other historical subjects and am working on a 4th book, with a colleague, which is not evacuee-related."
Genre: Non-Fiction History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Gillian-Mawson/a/2354
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Guernseyevacuee
The Book;
On the outbreak of the Second World War, during the first week of September 1939 over three million people were evacuated. Operation Pied Piper was the largest ever transportation of people across Britain, and most of those moved to safety in the countryside were schoolchildren. Social historian Gillian Mawson has spent years collecting the stories of former evacuees and this book includes the personal memories of over 100, in their own words. Their accounts reveal what it was like to settle into a new home with strangers, often staying for years. While many enjoyed life in the countryside, some escaping inner-city poverty, others endured ill-treatment and homesickness. A fascinating insight into the realities of wartime life, and a valuable oral history of a unique moment in British history.
The Author:
"I am a writer and historian with a passionate interest in the life stories of ordinary people. Between 2008 and July 2016 I interviewed over 600 Second World War evacuees to record and preserve their stories, photographs and documents.
My 3rd book on British Evacuation is published on 30 November 2016 by Frontline Books. It is entitled 'Evacuation in the Second World War Told Through Newspaper Reports, Official Documents and the Accounts of Those Who Were There.' It contains personal testimony, wartime photographs and documents from hundreds of child and adult evacuees who spent the war years in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Testimony is also included from evacuees who were sent to the British mainland from The Channel Islands and Gibraltar. It can be pre-ordered on Amazon now. See my blog for updates at:
https://evacueesofworldwartwo.wordpress.com/
My previous book, 'Evacuees: Children's Lives on the World War Two Home Front' was published by Pen and Sword in Sept. 2014. It contains 100 personal evacuation stories, with wartime family photographs, collected from all over Britain and beyond.
My first book was 'Guernsey Evacuees: The Forgotten Evacuees of the Second World War' (History Press, 2012) When I discovered that 17,000 Guernsey evacuees had fled to England in June 1940, just before Germany occupied their island for 5 years, I was drawn in by this little known story! The evacuees - mostly children, teachers and mothers - received friendship and help from their English neighbours and also from American and Canadian citizens - one girl was financially supported throughout the war by Eleanor Roosevelt. Many evacuees chose not to return to Guernsey after the war. View my book trailer at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR0uXCBCFHc&feature=youtu.be
I have also written a chapter entitled 'Guernsey Mothers: The Forgotten Evacuees' which appears in the book 'The Home Front in Britain:Images, Myths and Forgotten Experiences 1914-2014' (Palgrave MacMillan, November 2014) I have organised evacuee reunions and run a community group in Manchester for Guernsey evacuees, who did not return home in 1945. This enables them to share their wartime stories with people of all ages.
I have also written articles for magazines and newspapers on other historical subjects and am working on a 4th book, with a colleague, which is not evacuee-related."
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Stacey Halls
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Title: Mrs. England
Genre: Historical Fiction - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.staceyhalls.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stacey_halls
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West Yorkshire, 1904.
When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs. But as she adapts to life at the isolated Hardcastle House, it becomes clear there's something not quite right about the beautiful, mysterious Mrs England. Ostracised by the servants and feeling increasingly uneasy, Ruby is forced to confront her own demons in order to prevent history from repeating itself. After all, there's no such thing as the perfect family - and she should know.
Simmering with slow-burning menace, Mrs England is a portrait of an Edwardian marriage, weaving an enthralling story of men and women, power and control, courage, truth and the very darkest deception. Set against the atmospheric landscape of West Yorkshire, Stacey Halls' third novel proves her one of the most exciting and compelling new storytellers of our times.
The Author:
Stacey Halls grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire, as the daughter of market traders. She has always been fascinated by the Pendle witches. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and moved to London aged 21. She was media editor at The Bookseller and books editor at Stylist.co.uk, and has also written for Psychologies, the Independent and Fabulous magazine, where she now works as Deputy Chief Sub Editor. The Familiars is her first novel.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.staceyhalls.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/stacey_halls
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West Yorkshire, 1904.
When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs. But as she adapts to life at the isolated Hardcastle House, it becomes clear there's something not quite right about the beautiful, mysterious Mrs England. Ostracised by the servants and feeling increasingly uneasy, Ruby is forced to confront her own demons in order to prevent history from repeating itself. After all, there's no such thing as the perfect family - and she should know.
Simmering with slow-burning menace, Mrs England is a portrait of an Edwardian marriage, weaving an enthralling story of men and women, power and control, courage, truth and the very darkest deception. Set against the atmospheric landscape of West Yorkshire, Stacey Halls' third novel proves her one of the most exciting and compelling new storytellers of our times.
The Author:
Stacey Halls grew up in Rossendale, Lancashire, as the daughter of market traders. She has always been fascinated by the Pendle witches. She studied journalism at the University of Central Lancashire and moved to London aged 21. She was media editor at The Bookseller and books editor at Stylist.co.uk, and has also written for Psychologies, the Independent and Fabulous magazine, where she now works as Deputy Chief Sub Editor. The Familiars is her first novel.
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Jane Elson
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Title: Moon Dog
Genre: Children (Middle Grade), Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Jane Reads Moondog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBVRHvGzT0g
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/jane-elson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JJELSON35
The Book;
A heart-warming animal tale of bravery and friendship between a lost boy, a daring girl and the dog next door - from an author celebrated for her honest, heartfelt and inclusive stories.
Marcus and Delilah couldn't be more different.
He is as big as she is tiny. As angry and lost as she is tremendous and brave.
But they share a dream: to own a dog of their own.
So when a mystery pup turns up in the empty house next door, Marcus can't believe his luck. He visits him every night and names him Moon Dog.
But it's soon clear that Moon Dog is in danger, and when Marcus and Delilah discover a dark secret it will test their bravery and their friendship.
Can they work together to save their dream dog?
The Author:
After performing as an actress and comedy improviser, Jane fell into writing stories and plays. Her books have won many awards including Peters Book of the Year two years running. Her debut novel A Room Full of Chocolate was longlisted for the Branford Boase Award and she has twice been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Jane is loud and proud about her dyslexia and when not writing likes to mentor Neurodiverse young people and promote the gift of alternative thinking. She was honoured to be named as one of the top 50 Neurodivergent Women by the platform Women Beyond the Box. Jane is an advocate for charities close to her heart such as Nacoa and All Dogs Matter – whose dog shows she has lots of fun judging!
Genre: Children (Middle Grade), Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Jane Reads Moondog: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBVRHvGzT0g
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/e/jane-elson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JJELSON35
The Book;
A heart-warming animal tale of bravery and friendship between a lost boy, a daring girl and the dog next door - from an author celebrated for her honest, heartfelt and inclusive stories.
Marcus and Delilah couldn't be more different.
He is as big as she is tiny. As angry and lost as she is tremendous and brave.
But they share a dream: to own a dog of their own.
So when a mystery pup turns up in the empty house next door, Marcus can't believe his luck. He visits him every night and names him Moon Dog.
But it's soon clear that Moon Dog is in danger, and when Marcus and Delilah discover a dark secret it will test their bravery and their friendship.
Can they work together to save their dream dog?
The Author:
After performing as an actress and comedy improviser, Jane fell into writing stories and plays. Her books have won many awards including Peters Book of the Year two years running. Her debut novel A Room Full of Chocolate was longlisted for the Branford Boase Award and she has twice been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Jane is loud and proud about her dyslexia and when not writing likes to mentor Neurodiverse young people and promote the gift of alternative thinking. She was honoured to be named as one of the top 50 Neurodivergent Women by the platform Women Beyond the Box. Jane is an advocate for charities close to her heart such as Nacoa and All Dogs Matter – whose dog shows she has lots of fun judging!
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Suzanne Fortin
Suzanne Fortin
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Title: The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://suefortin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/suefortin1
The Book;
Sometimes the past won't stay hidden, it demands to be uncovered...
Arthur Pettinger's memory isn't what it used to be. He can't always remember the names of his grandchildren, where he lives or which way round his slippers go. He does remember Maryse though, a woman he hasn't seen for decades, but whose face he will never forget.
When Arthur's granddaughter, Maddy moves in along with her daughter Esther, it's her first step towards pulling her life back together. But when Esther makes a video with Arthur, the hunt for the mysterious Maryse goes viral.
There's only one person who can help Maddy track down this woman – the one that got away, Joe. Their quest takes them to France, and into the heart of the French Resistance.
When the only way to move forwards is to look back, will this family finally be able to?
The Author:
Suzanne Fortin writes women's fiction dual-timeline and her first novel The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger is due for release March 4th 2021.
Suzanne also writes mystery and suspense as Sue Fortin where she is a USA Today bestseller and Amazon UK #1 and Amazon US #3 bestseller. She has sold over a million copies of her books and been translated into multiple languages.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://suefortin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/suefortin1
The Book;
Sometimes the past won't stay hidden, it demands to be uncovered...
Arthur Pettinger's memory isn't what it used to be. He can't always remember the names of his grandchildren, where he lives or which way round his slippers go. He does remember Maryse though, a woman he hasn't seen for decades, but whose face he will never forget.
When Arthur's granddaughter, Maddy moves in along with her daughter Esther, it's her first step towards pulling her life back together. But when Esther makes a video with Arthur, the hunt for the mysterious Maryse goes viral.
There's only one person who can help Maddy track down this woman – the one that got away, Joe. Their quest takes them to France, and into the heart of the French Resistance.
When the only way to move forwards is to look back, will this family finally be able to?
The Author:
Suzanne Fortin writes women's fiction dual-timeline and her first novel The Forgotten Life of Arthur Pettinger is due for release March 4th 2021.
Suzanne also writes mystery and suspense as Sue Fortin where she is a USA Today bestseller and Amazon UK #1 and Amazon US #3 bestseller. She has sold over a million copies of her books and been translated into multiple languages.
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Christina Hollis
Christina Hollis
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Title: Struggle and Suffrage in Bristol
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.christinahollis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristinaBooks
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It's freezing, pitch black, and silent- apart from the sound of rats under the bed your wheezing children share. Snow has blown in under the door overnight. Fetching all the water you need from the communal well will be a slippery job today. If your husband gives you some money, your family can eat. If not, hard luck. You'll all have to go hungry. Welcome to the life of a Victorian woman living in one of Bristol's riverside tenements. Women lurked in the footnotes of history until they gained an element of control, first over their own money, later their vote and finally, their lives. Much of that progress was driven by women themselves. It took a hundred years of hard work, lobbying and violence before their lives improved to anything like today's standards. The only way was up-and Bristol women led the way.
The Author:
Christina Hollis has written many non-fiction articles, and more than twenty romantic novels. After being commissioned to write "Struggle and Suffrage in Bristol" by Pen and Sword Books she was bitten by the research bug and enrolled at the University of Gloucestershire. She graduated with an MA (with distinction) in Creative and Critical Writing in October 2020. "
Christina lives in Gloucestershire with her family, and a collection of pets and livestock.
Genre: History
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Website: http://www.christinahollis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristinaBooks
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It's freezing, pitch black, and silent- apart from the sound of rats under the bed your wheezing children share. Snow has blown in under the door overnight. Fetching all the water you need from the communal well will be a slippery job today. If your husband gives you some money, your family can eat. If not, hard luck. You'll all have to go hungry. Welcome to the life of a Victorian woman living in one of Bristol's riverside tenements. Women lurked in the footnotes of history until they gained an element of control, first over their own money, later their vote and finally, their lives. Much of that progress was driven by women themselves. It took a hundred years of hard work, lobbying and violence before their lives improved to anything like today's standards. The only way was up-and Bristol women led the way.
The Author:
Christina Hollis has written many non-fiction articles, and more than twenty romantic novels. After being commissioned to write "Struggle and Suffrage in Bristol" by Pen and Sword Books she was bitten by the research bug and enrolled at the University of Gloucestershire. She graduated with an MA (with distinction) in Creative and Critical Writing in October 2020. "
Christina lives in Gloucestershire with her family, and a collection of pets and livestock.
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Clare Marchant
Clare Marchant
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Title: The Queen's Spy
Genre: Historical Fiction Mystery
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/clare-marchant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClareMarchant1
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1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.
There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy…
2021: Travelling the globe in her campervan, Mathilde has never belonged anywhere. So when she receives news of an inheritance, she is shocked to discover she has a family in England.
Just like Mathilde, the medieval hall she inherits conceals secrets, and she quickly makes a haunting discovery. Can she unravel the truth about what happened there all those years ago? And will she finally find a place to call home?
The Author:
Growing up in Surrey, Clare always dreamed of being a writer. Instead, she followed a career in IT, before moving to Norfolk for a quieter life and re-training as a jeweller.
Now writing full time, she lives with her husband and the youngest two of her six children. Weekends are spent exploring local castles and monastic ruins, or visiting the nearby coast.
Genre: Historical Fiction Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/clare-marchant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClareMarchant1
The Book;
1584: Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne.
There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy…
2021: Travelling the globe in her campervan, Mathilde has never belonged anywhere. So when she receives news of an inheritance, she is shocked to discover she has a family in England.
Just like Mathilde, the medieval hall she inherits conceals secrets, and she quickly makes a haunting discovery. Can she unravel the truth about what happened there all those years ago? And will she finally find a place to call home?
The Author:
Growing up in Surrey, Clare always dreamed of being a writer. Instead, she followed a career in IT, before moving to Norfolk for a quieter life and re-training as a jeweller.
Now writing full time, she lives with her husband and the youngest two of her six children. Weekends are spent exploring local castles and monastic ruins, or visiting the nearby coast.
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Zoe-Lee O'Farrell
Zoe-Lee O'Farrell
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Title: Ouija
Genre: Horror - Paranormal
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Website: https://zooloosbookdiary.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zooloo2008
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Rayner High School once a prestigious school stands in ruins after such a terrible event.
A year later, a group of friends return to the abandoned school and their nightmare begins.
Something wants to get out and won’t take NO for an answer…
The Author:
Zoé O’Farrell grew up in Watford but left the town life to live by the sea down at the White Cliffs of Dover.
She spends her days working with numbers before escaping in the evening to the world of words and movies. Her go-to relaxation is watching a scary movie or reading a terrifying book!
She is a book blogger and tour organiser just to keep her extra busy. When she is not reading or writing, you can usually find her watching Watford FC or at a gig. Failing that she can be found rolling her eyes at her husband as he acts the same age as her spitfire of a Mini-Me whilst separating her two cats.
Ouija is her debut novel.
Genre: Horror - Paranormal
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Website: https://zooloosbookdiary.co.uk
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Rayner High School once a prestigious school stands in ruins after such a terrible event.
A year later, a group of friends return to the abandoned school and their nightmare begins.
Something wants to get out and won’t take NO for an answer…
The Author:
Zoé O’Farrell grew up in Watford but left the town life to live by the sea down at the White Cliffs of Dover.
She spends her days working with numbers before escaping in the evening to the world of words and movies. Her go-to relaxation is watching a scary movie or reading a terrifying book!
She is a book blogger and tour organiser just to keep her extra busy. When she is not reading or writing, you can usually find her watching Watford FC or at a gig. Failing that she can be found rolling her eyes at her husband as he acts the same age as her spitfire of a Mini-Me whilst separating her two cats.
Ouija is her debut novel.
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Emma Curtis
Emma Curtis
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Title: Invite Me In
Genre: Psychological Thriller
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmacurtisbooks
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'Clever. Compulsive. Deliciously creepy. Invite me in? Yes, please. I didn't want to leave.' Jane Corry, author of MY HUSBAND'S WIFE
To those who think they know her, Eliza Curran has it all: two healthy children, a stunning home and a wealthy, adoring husband. No one would guess the reality of her life: trapped in an unhappy marriage to a controlling man, she longs for a way out.
When she takes on a new tenant, her life changes unexpectedly. Dan Jones is charming and perceptive, and quickly becomes a close friend to the whole family.
But Dan's arrival threatens to tip Eliza's fragile world out of balance. And when someone has as many secrets as Eliza does, the smallest slip could destroy everything . . .
The Author:
Emma Curtis was born in Brighton and now lives in London with her husband. After raising her two children and working various jobs, her fascination with the darker side of domestic life inspired her to write her acclaimed debut novel, One Little Mistake. When I Find You is her second thriller.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/emmacurtisbooks
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'Clever. Compulsive. Deliciously creepy. Invite me in? Yes, please. I didn't want to leave.' Jane Corry, author of MY HUSBAND'S WIFE
To those who think they know her, Eliza Curran has it all: two healthy children, a stunning home and a wealthy, adoring husband. No one would guess the reality of her life: trapped in an unhappy marriage to a controlling man, she longs for a way out.
When she takes on a new tenant, her life changes unexpectedly. Dan Jones is charming and perceptive, and quickly becomes a close friend to the whole family.
But Dan's arrival threatens to tip Eliza's fragile world out of balance. And when someone has as many secrets as Eliza does, the smallest slip could destroy everything . . .
The Author:
Emma Curtis was born in Brighton and now lives in London with her husband. After raising her two children and working various jobs, her fascination with the darker side of domestic life inspired her to write her acclaimed debut novel, One Little Mistake. When I Find You is her second thriller.
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Diane Jeffrey
Diane Jeffrey
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Title: The Silent Friend
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
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* THE SILENT FRIEND is out in December, Diane is donating an advanced copy of her latest novel*
Website: https://www.dianejeffrey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianefjeffrey
The Book;
Tragedy brought them together. The truth will tear them apart.
It’s supposed to be Laura’s dream holiday: a trip to France with a group of friends to see their favourite band play live. But the holiday quickly turns to disaster, and Laura is left haunted by terrifying images from the worst night of her life.
When Laura finds an online support group for victims like her, she’s not convinced it will help. But then Sandrine replies to her message, and she seems to understand what Laura’s going through, in a way that no one else can.
Soon, Laura and Sandrine are sharing their deepest thoughts and feelings with each other. But one of them has a terrible secret – she isn’t who she says she is. And once the twisted truth is revealed, there’s no going back…
The Author:
USA Today Bestselling author Diane Jeffrey grew up in North Devon and Belfast in the United Kingdom. She now lives in Lyon, France with her husband and their three children, Labrador and cat.
All four of her psychological thrillers, THOSE WHO LIE, HE WILL FIND YOU, THE GUILTY MOTHER and THE SILENT FRIEND were Kindle bestsellers in the USA, Canada and Australia and in the top 100 Kindle books in the UK.
THE GUILTY MOTHER, published in 2019, also hit the USA Today bestseller list.
Diane is an English teacher. When she's not teaching or writing, she likes swimming, running and reading. She loves chocolate, beer and holidays.
Above all, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
* THE SILENT FRIEND is out in December, Diane is donating an advanced copy of her latest novel*
Website: https://www.dianejeffrey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dianefjeffrey
The Book;
Tragedy brought them together. The truth will tear them apart.
It’s supposed to be Laura’s dream holiday: a trip to France with a group of friends to see their favourite band play live. But the holiday quickly turns to disaster, and Laura is left haunted by terrifying images from the worst night of her life.
When Laura finds an online support group for victims like her, she’s not convinced it will help. But then Sandrine replies to her message, and she seems to understand what Laura’s going through, in a way that no one else can.
Soon, Laura and Sandrine are sharing their deepest thoughts and feelings with each other. But one of them has a terrible secret – she isn’t who she says she is. And once the twisted truth is revealed, there’s no going back…
The Author:
USA Today Bestselling author Diane Jeffrey grew up in North Devon and Belfast in the United Kingdom. She now lives in Lyon, France with her husband and their three children, Labrador and cat.
All four of her psychological thrillers, THOSE WHO LIE, HE WILL FIND YOU, THE GUILTY MOTHER and THE SILENT FRIEND were Kindle bestsellers in the USA, Canada and Australia and in the top 100 Kindle books in the UK.
THE GUILTY MOTHER, published in 2019, also hit the USA Today bestseller list.
Diane is an English teacher. When she's not teaching or writing, she likes swimming, running and reading. She loves chocolate, beer and holidays.
Above all, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends.
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Katey Lovell
Katey Lovell
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Title: Nothing New For Sophie Drew
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/katey-lovell
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Katey_Lovell
The Book;
Who ever said life was easy?
Sophie Drew is thirty, single and stuck in a dead-end job; convinced everyone around her has their lives in order as she's stuck muddling through.
When a final demand from the bank makes her realise how dire her financial situation is, Sophie becomes determined to pay off her debts and take back control.
During her reinvention, Sophie meets attractive charity worker Max and things start to look up, but her best friends have other plans. With spendthrift ex Darius back on the scene, she finds herself in a dilemma.
Will Sophie fall back into her old ways, or can she find the confidence to make the right decisions and find happiness?
The Author:
Katey Lovell's feel-good novels are about people overcoming everyday challenges with the support of their friends, family and local community. She has also penned a series of coffee-break romances and a hot romance novella for Tirgearr's City Nights series.
Originally from South Wales, Katey now lives in Sheffield with her husband, son and friendly moggie Clarence. When she's not writing she'll most likely be found watching musicals, enjoying live music or reading anything and everything she can lay her hands on.
Make Do and Mend a Broken Heart will be published by Quercus in January 2020.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/katey-lovell
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Katey_Lovell
The Book;
Who ever said life was easy?
Sophie Drew is thirty, single and stuck in a dead-end job; convinced everyone around her has their lives in order as she's stuck muddling through.
When a final demand from the bank makes her realise how dire her financial situation is, Sophie becomes determined to pay off her debts and take back control.
During her reinvention, Sophie meets attractive charity worker Max and things start to look up, but her best friends have other plans. With spendthrift ex Darius back on the scene, she finds herself in a dilemma.
Will Sophie fall back into her old ways, or can she find the confidence to make the right decisions and find happiness?
The Author:
Katey Lovell's feel-good novels are about people overcoming everyday challenges with the support of their friends, family and local community. She has also penned a series of coffee-break romances and a hot romance novella for Tirgearr's City Nights series.
Originally from South Wales, Katey now lives in Sheffield with her husband, son and friendly moggie Clarence. When she's not writing she'll most likely be found watching musicals, enjoying live music or reading anything and everything she can lay her hands on.
Make Do and Mend a Broken Heart will be published by Quercus in January 2020.
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Amy Patricia Meade
Amy Patricia Meade
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Title: The Curse of the Cherry Pie
Genre: Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://amypatriciameade.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amypmeade
The Book;
When literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon's friend and star baker at Cookin' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake, a frangipane cherry pie, be up to the grade?
As the bake-off gets underway, Tish's worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus . . . and both women died suddenly before making their bakes.
Amid bitter rivalries, simmering jealousy and the bakers' insatiable appetite for winning, is the curse of the cherry pie about to strike again?
The Author:
Author of the critically acclaimed Marjorie McClelland Mysteries, Amy Patricia Meade is a native of Long Island, NY where she cut her teeth on classic films and books featuring Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown.
After stints as an Operations Manager for a document imaging company and a freelance technical writer, Amy left the bright lights of New York city and headed north to pursue her creative writing career amidst the idyllic beauty of Vermont's Green Mountains.
Now residing in Bristol, England Amy spends her time writing mysteries with a humorous or historical bent. When not writing - which is rare these days - Amy enjoys traveling, testing out new recipes, classic films, and exploring her new home.
Amy is a member of Sisters in Crime and The Crime Writers' Association
Genre: Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://amypatriciameade.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amypmeade
The Book;
When literary caterer Letitia 'Tish' Tarragon's friend and star baker at Cookin' the Books cafe, Celestine Rufus, pulls out of the prestigious Virginia Commonwealth Bake-Off, an anxious Tish reluctantly takes her place. Will her signature bake, a frangipane cherry pie, be up to the grade?
As the bake-off gets underway, Tish's worries increase when she learns that two contestants from the previous two competitions also had cherry pies on their menus . . . and both women died suddenly before making their bakes.
Amid bitter rivalries, simmering jealousy and the bakers' insatiable appetite for winning, is the curse of the cherry pie about to strike again?
The Author:
Author of the critically acclaimed Marjorie McClelland Mysteries, Amy Patricia Meade is a native of Long Island, NY where she cut her teeth on classic films and books featuring Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown.
After stints as an Operations Manager for a document imaging company and a freelance technical writer, Amy left the bright lights of New York city and headed north to pursue her creative writing career amidst the idyllic beauty of Vermont's Green Mountains.
Now residing in Bristol, England Amy spends her time writing mysteries with a humorous or historical bent. When not writing - which is rare these days - Amy enjoys traveling, testing out new recipes, classic films, and exploring her new home.
Amy is a member of Sisters in Crime and The Crime Writers' Association
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H S Norup
H S Norup
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Title: The Hungry Ghost
Genre: Children, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c0kIaliu3A
Website: https://www.hsnorup.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HSNorup
The Book;
A gripping, moving, perfectly crafted story... one of my books of the year' Sinéad O'Hart, author of The Eye of the North
Freja arrives in Singapore during the month of the hungry ghost, when old spirits are said to roam the streets. She's struggling to settle into her dad's new, 'happy' family, and dreams only of escaping home and leaving this hot, unfamiliar city.
Then one night, a mysterious girl in a white dress appears in the garden. Freja follows this figure to lush, secretive corners of the city, seeking to understand the girl's identity. Her search will lead her to an old family mystery - one that must be unravelled before the month is over, to allow both girls to be freed from the secrets of the past.
The Author:
H. S. Norup is the author of The Hungry Ghost and The Missing Barbegazi--a Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2018. Originally from Denmark, she has lived in six different countries and now resides in Switzerland with her husband and two teenage sons. She has a Master's degree in Economics and Business Administration and sixteen years' experience in corporate marketing strategy and communications. When she's not writing or reading, she spends her time outdoors either skiing, hiking, walking, golfing or taking photos.
Genre: Children, Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c0kIaliu3A
Website: https://www.hsnorup.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HSNorup
The Book;
A gripping, moving, perfectly crafted story... one of my books of the year' Sinéad O'Hart, author of The Eye of the North
Freja arrives in Singapore during the month of the hungry ghost, when old spirits are said to roam the streets. She's struggling to settle into her dad's new, 'happy' family, and dreams only of escaping home and leaving this hot, unfamiliar city.
Then one night, a mysterious girl in a white dress appears in the garden. Freja follows this figure to lush, secretive corners of the city, seeking to understand the girl's identity. Her search will lead her to an old family mystery - one that must be unravelled before the month is over, to allow both girls to be freed from the secrets of the past.
The Author:
H. S. Norup is the author of The Hungry Ghost and The Missing Barbegazi--a Sunday Times Book of the Year in 2018. Originally from Denmark, she has lived in six different countries and now resides in Switzerland with her husband and two teenage sons. She has a Master's degree in Economics and Business Administration and sixteen years' experience in corporate marketing strategy and communications. When she's not writing or reading, she spends her time outdoors either skiing, hiking, walking, golfing or taking photos.
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Ally Sherrick
Ally Sherrick
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Title: The Queen's Fool
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Ally will also add a signed postcard and bookmark to her book*
Website: https://allysherrick.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ally_sherrick
The Book;
Cat Sparrow is on the road. She's following her sister, Meg, who was torn from their convent home and sent to London. But Cat isn't like other people - she thinks differently - and for a girl like her the world holds many perils. Luckily she befriends a young actor, Jacques, and together they follow Meg's trail to a wondrous place called the Field of Cloth of Gold. But here, they discover that the kingdoms of England and France are both in terrible danger...
The Author:
Ally was born in Epsom, Surrey, where the famous Derby horse race takes place and Epsom Salts are from. When she was growing up she wanted to be an Egyptologist and dig up mummies. But instead, after a degree in medieval history, English and French, she worked in public relations and marketing, writing press releases, editing magazines, organising events and taking part in radio interviews. In 2010 she took a career break and studied for an MA in Writing for Children. This led on to the publication of her award-winning first novel, 'Black Powder', a page-turning adventure about young Catholic boy, Tom's desperate quest to save his father from the hangman's noose at the time of the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
Ally's second novel, 'The Buried Crown', is set during World War Two and tells the story of a brave evacuee boy, George and his refugee friend, Kitty and their bid to outwit the attempt of a band of Nazis to steal a priceless Anglo-Saxon crown.
'The Queen's Fool', her exciting new Tudor England-set adventure, will be published in February 2021.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
*Ally will also add a signed postcard and bookmark to her book*
Website: https://allysherrick.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ally_sherrick
The Book;
Cat Sparrow is on the road. She's following her sister, Meg, who was torn from their convent home and sent to London. But Cat isn't like other people - she thinks differently - and for a girl like her the world holds many perils. Luckily she befriends a young actor, Jacques, and together they follow Meg's trail to a wondrous place called the Field of Cloth of Gold. But here, they discover that the kingdoms of England and France are both in terrible danger...
The Author:
Ally was born in Epsom, Surrey, where the famous Derby horse race takes place and Epsom Salts are from. When she was growing up she wanted to be an Egyptologist and dig up mummies. But instead, after a degree in medieval history, English and French, she worked in public relations and marketing, writing press releases, editing magazines, organising events and taking part in radio interviews. In 2010 she took a career break and studied for an MA in Writing for Children. This led on to the publication of her award-winning first novel, 'Black Powder', a page-turning adventure about young Catholic boy, Tom's desperate quest to save his father from the hangman's noose at the time of the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
Ally's second novel, 'The Buried Crown', is set during World War Two and tells the story of a brave evacuee boy, George and his refugee friend, Kitty and their bid to outwit the attempt of a band of Nazis to steal a priceless Anglo-Saxon crown.
'The Queen's Fool', her exciting new Tudor England-set adventure, will be published in February 2021.
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Anna Jefferson
Anna Jefferson
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Two Books:
Title 1: Winging It
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Nailing It
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://annajefferson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annajefferson
Book 1; Winging It
Emily is sure she’s getting this baby stuff all wrong. Why does everyone look like they’re smashing motherhood when she’s barely made it out of the house? She’s usually covered in sick, eating yet another beige freezer dinner, and relying on wet wipes to clean the baby, herself and the house. And coffee. All the coffee. Surely she can’t be the only new mum totally winging it?
Emily’s about to discover that when you’re starting a family, what you really need are your friends...
Book 2: Nailing It
Faking it.
Breaking it.
Hating it.
Loving it...
This is motherhood.
Emily is raising two tiny feminists, building her freelance career and navigating life as a newly single mum - and feels like she's failing horribly.
Tania just wants her other half to do his fair share - as long as it's done her way. But being right isn't nearly as much as fun as being in it together...
Helen has almost got family life sorted: a routine that suits them all, most days. Until her own mum turns up and turns calm into chaos.
Sometimes being a mum is the hardest job in the world. So can these three friends fake it till they make it?
The Author:
Anna Jefferson is a fiction writer and playwright. She has written for stage and screen since 2005. Having grown up in rural Lincolnshire, her work draws on her abiding love of northern England, its people and humour. You Can Take Her Home Now is her first novel. Her first short film script, Rudy Can’t Fail, was produced by Makelight Productions in 2014 and screened at BFI Flare, GAZE Festival, Dublin, MIX Copenhagen and London Short Film Festival. Anna is founder and co-director of Broken Leg Theatre. She has written and toured five plays, having most recently co-written Three Generations Of Women which toured nationally to critical acclaim. Anna lives in Brighton with her husband and two children.
Title 1: Winging It
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Nailing It
Genre: Contemporary Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://annajefferson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/annajefferson
Book 1; Winging It
Emily is sure she’s getting this baby stuff all wrong. Why does everyone look like they’re smashing motherhood when she’s barely made it out of the house? She’s usually covered in sick, eating yet another beige freezer dinner, and relying on wet wipes to clean the baby, herself and the house. And coffee. All the coffee. Surely she can’t be the only new mum totally winging it?
Emily’s about to discover that when you’re starting a family, what you really need are your friends...
Book 2: Nailing It
Faking it.
Breaking it.
Hating it.
Loving it...
This is motherhood.
Emily is raising two tiny feminists, building her freelance career and navigating life as a newly single mum - and feels like she's failing horribly.
Tania just wants her other half to do his fair share - as long as it's done her way. But being right isn't nearly as much as fun as being in it together...
Helen has almost got family life sorted: a routine that suits them all, most days. Until her own mum turns up and turns calm into chaos.
Sometimes being a mum is the hardest job in the world. So can these three friends fake it till they make it?
The Author:
Anna Jefferson is a fiction writer and playwright. She has written for stage and screen since 2005. Having grown up in rural Lincolnshire, her work draws on her abiding love of northern England, its people and humour. You Can Take Her Home Now is her first novel. Her first short film script, Rudy Can’t Fail, was produced by Makelight Productions in 2014 and screened at BFI Flare, GAZE Festival, Dublin, MIX Copenhagen and London Short Film Festival. Anna is founder and co-director of Broken Leg Theatre. She has written and toured five plays, having most recently co-written Three Generations Of Women which toured nationally to critical acclaim. Anna lives in Brighton with her husband and two children.
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Lauren North
Lauren North
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Three Books
Title 1: Safe At Home
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: One Step Behind
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 1: The Perfect Betrayal
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.lauren-north.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lauren_C_North
Book 1: Safe At Home
What if you left your child alone, and something terrible happened?
Anna James is an anxious mother. So when she has to leave eleven-year-old Harrie home alone one evening, she can't stop worrying about her daughter. But nothing bad ever happens in the sleepy village of Barton St Martin.
Except something goes wrong that night, and Anna returns to find Harrie with bruises she won't explain. The next morning a local businessman is reported missing and the village is sparking with gossip.
Anna is convinced there's a connection and that Harrie is in trouble. But how can she protect her daughter if she doesn't know where the danger is coming from?
Book 2: One Step Behind
Jenna is a wife, a mother, a doctor. She’s also the victim of a stalker.
Every time she leaves her house, she sees him. Disturbing gifts are left at her door. Cruel emails are sent to her colleagues. She has no idea who this man is but she feels powerless against him.
Until the day he is brought into her hospital after a serious accident, and Jenna is given the chance to find out once and for all why this man is tormenting her. Now, the power is all hers.
But how many lines is she willing to cross to take back control of her life?
Book 3: The Perfect Betrayal
'I thought she was our friend. I thought she was trying to help us.'
After the sudden death of her husband, Tess Clarke is drowning in grief. All she has left is her son, Jamie, and she'll do anything to protect him - but she's struggling to cope.
When grief counsellor Shelley knocks on their door, everything changes. Shelley is beautiful, confident and takes control when Tess can't bear to face the outside world.
But when questions arise over her husband's death and strange things start to happen, Tess begins to suspect that Shelley may have an ulterior motive. Tess knows she must do everything she can to keep Jamie safe - but who can she trust?
The Author:
Lauren writes psychological suspense novels that delve into the darker side of relationships and families. She has a lifelong passion for writing, reading, and all things books. Lauren’s love of psychological suspense has grown since childhood and her dark imagination of always wondering what’s the worst thing that could happen in every situation.
Lauren studied psychology before moving to London where she lived and worked for many years. She now lives with her family in the Suffolk countryside.
Title 1: Safe At Home
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: One Step Behind
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 1: The Perfect Betrayal
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.lauren-north.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lauren_C_North
Book 1: Safe At Home
What if you left your child alone, and something terrible happened?
Anna James is an anxious mother. So when she has to leave eleven-year-old Harrie home alone one evening, she can't stop worrying about her daughter. But nothing bad ever happens in the sleepy village of Barton St Martin.
Except something goes wrong that night, and Anna returns to find Harrie with bruises she won't explain. The next morning a local businessman is reported missing and the village is sparking with gossip.
Anna is convinced there's a connection and that Harrie is in trouble. But how can she protect her daughter if she doesn't know where the danger is coming from?
Book 2: One Step Behind
Jenna is a wife, a mother, a doctor. She’s also the victim of a stalker.
Every time she leaves her house, she sees him. Disturbing gifts are left at her door. Cruel emails are sent to her colleagues. She has no idea who this man is but she feels powerless against him.
Until the day he is brought into her hospital after a serious accident, and Jenna is given the chance to find out once and for all why this man is tormenting her. Now, the power is all hers.
But how many lines is she willing to cross to take back control of her life?
Book 3: The Perfect Betrayal
'I thought she was our friend. I thought she was trying to help us.'
After the sudden death of her husband, Tess Clarke is drowning in grief. All she has left is her son, Jamie, and she'll do anything to protect him - but she's struggling to cope.
When grief counsellor Shelley knocks on their door, everything changes. Shelley is beautiful, confident and takes control when Tess can't bear to face the outside world.
But when questions arise over her husband's death and strange things start to happen, Tess begins to suspect that Shelley may have an ulterior motive. Tess knows she must do everything she can to keep Jamie safe - but who can she trust?
The Author:
Lauren writes psychological suspense novels that delve into the darker side of relationships and families. She has a lifelong passion for writing, reading, and all things books. Lauren’s love of psychological suspense has grown since childhood and her dark imagination of always wondering what’s the worst thing that could happen in every situation.
Lauren studied psychology before moving to London where she lived and worked for many years. She now lives with her family in the Suffolk countryside.
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Joshua Seigal
Joshua Seigal
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Title: Yapping Away
Genre: Poetry
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.joshuaseigal.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshuaseigal
The Book;
Joshua Seigal, winner of the 2020 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards, brings his raucous humour, creativity and wit to another brilliant collection of poems. Ideal for fans of Michael Rosen, this book will delight all young readers and fans of funny books.
From hilarious to heartfelt poems - and everything in between - this collection offers something for everyone. Discover the eight steps for having a successful tantrum, and why you should NEVER attend a Teddy Bear's Picnic (you have been warned). Packed full of fun illustrations by Sarah Horne, and covering a range of imaginative topics, Yapping Away is the perfect follow-up to Joshua Seigal's prize-winning collection I Bet I Can Make You Laugh.
Ideal for children as young as 3 to read with adults, or for children aged 5-7 to read by themselves.
The Author:
Joshua Seigal is an exciting, dynamic performance poet and children's author. He won the Laugh Out Loud Book Award in 2020. He is also an experienced, sought-after workshop leader and educator who uses poetry to inspire people of all ages and abilities. He likes llamas, lemurs and Lhasa Apsos (a type of fluffy dog from Tibet). He dislikes yoghurt, goats cheese and raisins. If he wasn't a poet he'd probably be a food critic.
Genre: Poetry
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.joshuaseigal.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joshuaseigal
The Book;
Joshua Seigal, winner of the 2020 Laugh Out Loud Book Awards, brings his raucous humour, creativity and wit to another brilliant collection of poems. Ideal for fans of Michael Rosen, this book will delight all young readers and fans of funny books.
From hilarious to heartfelt poems - and everything in between - this collection offers something for everyone. Discover the eight steps for having a successful tantrum, and why you should NEVER attend a Teddy Bear's Picnic (you have been warned). Packed full of fun illustrations by Sarah Horne, and covering a range of imaginative topics, Yapping Away is the perfect follow-up to Joshua Seigal's prize-winning collection I Bet I Can Make You Laugh.
Ideal for children as young as 3 to read with adults, or for children aged 5-7 to read by themselves.
The Author:
Joshua Seigal is an exciting, dynamic performance poet and children's author. He won the Laugh Out Loud Book Award in 2020. He is also an experienced, sought-after workshop leader and educator who uses poetry to inspire people of all ages and abilities. He likes llamas, lemurs and Lhasa Apsos (a type of fluffy dog from Tibet). He dislikes yoghurt, goats cheese and raisins. If he wasn't a poet he'd probably be a food critic.
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Andy Maslen
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Title: Shallow Ground
Genre: Crime Thriller (Police Procedural)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://andymaslen.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Andy_Maslen
The Book;
Detective Ford has a cold-blooded killer to catch. But can he escape his own dark secrets?
Barely a month since his promotion to Inspector, DI Ford is called in to investigate the murder of a young nurse and her son in a small flat in Salisbury. There are few clues, and no apparent motive, but Ford can sense that there’s a serial killer at work. After all, he knows from brutal personal experience how killers cover their tracks…
It’s been six years since Ford lost his wife in a climbing accident—an accident he caused. He is desperate to keep the truth hidden, especially from his son, Sam. But Ford’s new partner, Dr Hannah Fellowes, is a crime scene investigator with a ruthlessly analytical mind, and as they work together to track down the killer, his crippling guilt is compounded by fear of exposure.
When instinct leads him towards a high-profile suspect, his superiors’ warnings just make him more determined to connect impulse and fact. But can Ford hold it all together—the case, his life—long enough to stop the killer?
The Author:
Andy Maslen was born in Nottingham, in the UK, home of legendary bowman Robin Hood.
Andy once won a medal for archery, although he has never been locked up by the sheriff. He has worked in a record shop, as a barman, as a door-to-door DIY products salesman and a cook in an Italian restaurant.
He lives in Wiltshire with his wife, two sons and a whippet named Merlin.
Genre: Crime Thriller (Police Procedural)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://andymaslen.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Andy_Maslen
The Book;
Detective Ford has a cold-blooded killer to catch. But can he escape his own dark secrets?
Barely a month since his promotion to Inspector, DI Ford is called in to investigate the murder of a young nurse and her son in a small flat in Salisbury. There are few clues, and no apparent motive, but Ford can sense that there’s a serial killer at work. After all, he knows from brutal personal experience how killers cover their tracks…
It’s been six years since Ford lost his wife in a climbing accident—an accident he caused. He is desperate to keep the truth hidden, especially from his son, Sam. But Ford’s new partner, Dr Hannah Fellowes, is a crime scene investigator with a ruthlessly analytical mind, and as they work together to track down the killer, his crippling guilt is compounded by fear of exposure.
When instinct leads him towards a high-profile suspect, his superiors’ warnings just make him more determined to connect impulse and fact. But can Ford hold it all together—the case, his life—long enough to stop the killer?
The Author:
Andy Maslen was born in Nottingham, in the UK, home of legendary bowman Robin Hood.
Andy once won a medal for archery, although he has never been locked up by the sheriff. He has worked in a record shop, as a barman, as a door-to-door DIY products salesman and a cook in an Italian restaurant.
He lives in Wiltshire with his wife, two sons and a whippet named Merlin.
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Michael Malone
Michael Malone
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Title: A Song of Isolation
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/michael-j-malone
Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelJmalone1
The Book:
Film star Amelie Hart is the darling of the silver screen, appearing on the front pages of every newspaper. But at the peak of her fame she throws it all away for a regular guy with an ordinary job. The gossip columns are aghast: what happened to the woman who turned heads wherever she went?
Any hope the furore will die down are crushed when Amelie’s boyfriend Dave is arrested on charges of child sexual abuse. Dave strongly asserts his innocence, and when Amelie refuses to denounce him, the press witch hunt quickly turns into physical violence, and she has to flee the country.
While Dave is locked up with the most depraved men in the country and Amelie is hiding on the continent, Damaris, the victim at the centre of the story, is isolated – a child trying to make sense of an adult world.
Breathtakingly brutal, dark and immensely moving, A Song of Isolation looks beneath the magpie glimmer of celebrity to uncover a sinister world dominated by greed and lies, and the unfathomable destruction of innocent lives … in an instant.
The Author:
Michael Malone was born and brought up in the heart of Burns' country, just a stone's throw from the great man's cottage in Ayr. Well, a stone thrown by a catapult, maybe.
He has published over 200 poems in literary magazines throughout the UK, including New Writing Scotland, Poetry Scotland and Markings. His career as a poet has also included a (very) brief stint as the Poet-In-Residence for an adult gift shop. Don't ask.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/m/michael-j-malone
Twitter: https://twitter.com/michaelJmalone1
The Book:
Film star Amelie Hart is the darling of the silver screen, appearing on the front pages of every newspaper. But at the peak of her fame she throws it all away for a regular guy with an ordinary job. The gossip columns are aghast: what happened to the woman who turned heads wherever she went?
Any hope the furore will die down are crushed when Amelie’s boyfriend Dave is arrested on charges of child sexual abuse. Dave strongly asserts his innocence, and when Amelie refuses to denounce him, the press witch hunt quickly turns into physical violence, and she has to flee the country.
While Dave is locked up with the most depraved men in the country and Amelie is hiding on the continent, Damaris, the victim at the centre of the story, is isolated – a child trying to make sense of an adult world.
Breathtakingly brutal, dark and immensely moving, A Song of Isolation looks beneath the magpie glimmer of celebrity to uncover a sinister world dominated by greed and lies, and the unfathomable destruction of innocent lives … in an instant.
The Author:
Michael Malone was born and brought up in the heart of Burns' country, just a stone's throw from the great man's cottage in Ayr. Well, a stone thrown by a catapult, maybe.
He has published over 200 poems in literary magazines throughout the UK, including New Writing Scotland, Poetry Scotland and Markings. His career as a poet has also included a (very) brief stint as the Poet-In-Residence for an adult gift shop. Don't ask.
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Colette Kebell
Colette Kebell
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Two Books:
Title 1: The Retail Therapist
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Blue and Green Should Never Be Seen
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.colettekebell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColetteKebell
Book 1: The Retail Therapist
Window shopping! Don’t you just hate the term?
It is like going into a sweet shop and not being able to buy anything, or not knowing what to buy first. That is exactly my line of business, helping people make the right choice.
I’m one of those fashion consultants that are so popular nowadays amongst the upper crust, although I started ages ago. Choosing the right clothes for the right occasion is not an easy task: the dress has to match your personality and, if it can, enhance it.
This story is about how I abandoned the rat race, spending days in a legal office, and followed my dream of becoming a fashion consultant. I believe I’m something more though, I’m a Retail Therapist and I’m sure you are itching to know the story about how I started and how I helped my clients look fabulous! So, what are you waiting for? Hurry up, click that “buy” button up there and be prepared to enter the mysterious world of a Berkshire Retail Therapist girl.
Book 2: Blue and Green Should Never be Seen!
GiGi (well, Griselda Griswald actually, but everybody calls her GiGi) is a woman with a mission: to help people improve the way they look, increase their self-esteem, and eventually, make them happier. Being a personal shopper is a dark art, with few tangible rewards. Spread by word of mouth, her clients would never admit they needed her assistance. Not even if they were put under torture. Let us be honest, who would admit to being in need of a style consultant?
It is like being an alcoholic: the first step is to admit you need help, and acknowledge that that pair of leggings, now that you are in your mid-fifties, do not suit you anymore. When you have recognized it, you are on the path to recovery, and GiGi’s services will help you, despite her mother nagging that what she is doing is not a “real” job.
People need advice and often a fresh point of view helps in rejuvenating a wardrobe that, with time, has become boring. Would they admit it? Not a chance!
So, it is just a matter of going around and helping people buying clothes and shoes?
Not quite so. Money is tight; GiGi has to work with rich and very eccentric people, who often do not have any idea about what they want. She and her business partner Ritchie are in a constant struggle to keep the business afloat, but as they say in Dragon’s Den, she is very investable. But, with success comes the difficulties, the Battersea Fashion Center is going to open soon, just opposite of her office, and they claim they will be fierce competitors.
A powerful enemy is lining up ready to make a meal out of her, knowing very well that GiGi’s approach, eventually, will make her a force to be reckon with. Whilst she invents new ways to make her consultancy firm successful, she finds who could be the love of her life, thanks to some of her best friends.
The business is eventually expanding and they take onboard new partners along the way, making them one of the most influential fashion consultancy firms in London. But, with a very demanding job, hours and hours spent working, will she be able to balance her career and her private life?
Will she reach a point where she loses focus on what is important in life?
Do not worry; mother is there to remind her, with her nagging.
The Author:
Colette Kebell is an eclectic author, though a relatively new one and thus far has self-published her books. Her books are light-hearted, fun and quirky and even considered by some to be inspirational. She publishes mostly for the English speaking market and the Italian one. Colette Kebell does not stick to just one genre when writing though, as you shall discover from her latest book which launched on 5th April 2019.
As a career, Colette spent her later years as a legal secretary. After a first attempt at writing many years ago (a book that still remains in her drawer) she resumed this passion a few years back, after being made redundant. After few book signing events and a book talk, which almost caused her to collapse with nerves, Colette now spends her time between her home in the UK and her home in France.
Title 1: The Retail Therapist
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Blue and Green Should Never Be Seen
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.colettekebell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColetteKebell
Book 1: The Retail Therapist
Window shopping! Don’t you just hate the term?
It is like going into a sweet shop and not being able to buy anything, or not knowing what to buy first. That is exactly my line of business, helping people make the right choice.
I’m one of those fashion consultants that are so popular nowadays amongst the upper crust, although I started ages ago. Choosing the right clothes for the right occasion is not an easy task: the dress has to match your personality and, if it can, enhance it.
This story is about how I abandoned the rat race, spending days in a legal office, and followed my dream of becoming a fashion consultant. I believe I’m something more though, I’m a Retail Therapist and I’m sure you are itching to know the story about how I started and how I helped my clients look fabulous! So, what are you waiting for? Hurry up, click that “buy” button up there and be prepared to enter the mysterious world of a Berkshire Retail Therapist girl.
Book 2: Blue and Green Should Never be Seen!
GiGi (well, Griselda Griswald actually, but everybody calls her GiGi) is a woman with a mission: to help people improve the way they look, increase their self-esteem, and eventually, make them happier. Being a personal shopper is a dark art, with few tangible rewards. Spread by word of mouth, her clients would never admit they needed her assistance. Not even if they were put under torture. Let us be honest, who would admit to being in need of a style consultant?
It is like being an alcoholic: the first step is to admit you need help, and acknowledge that that pair of leggings, now that you are in your mid-fifties, do not suit you anymore. When you have recognized it, you are on the path to recovery, and GiGi’s services will help you, despite her mother nagging that what she is doing is not a “real” job.
People need advice and often a fresh point of view helps in rejuvenating a wardrobe that, with time, has become boring. Would they admit it? Not a chance!
So, it is just a matter of going around and helping people buying clothes and shoes?
Not quite so. Money is tight; GiGi has to work with rich and very eccentric people, who often do not have any idea about what they want. She and her business partner Ritchie are in a constant struggle to keep the business afloat, but as they say in Dragon’s Den, she is very investable. But, with success comes the difficulties, the Battersea Fashion Center is going to open soon, just opposite of her office, and they claim they will be fierce competitors.
A powerful enemy is lining up ready to make a meal out of her, knowing very well that GiGi’s approach, eventually, will make her a force to be reckon with. Whilst she invents new ways to make her consultancy firm successful, she finds who could be the love of her life, thanks to some of her best friends.
The business is eventually expanding and they take onboard new partners along the way, making them one of the most influential fashion consultancy firms in London. But, with a very demanding job, hours and hours spent working, will she be able to balance her career and her private life?
Will she reach a point where she loses focus on what is important in life?
Do not worry; mother is there to remind her, with her nagging.
The Author:
Colette Kebell is an eclectic author, though a relatively new one and thus far has self-published her books. Her books are light-hearted, fun and quirky and even considered by some to be inspirational. She publishes mostly for the English speaking market and the Italian one. Colette Kebell does not stick to just one genre when writing though, as you shall discover from her latest book which launched on 5th April 2019.
As a career, Colette spent her later years as a legal secretary. After a first attempt at writing many years ago (a book that still remains in her drawer) she resumed this passion a few years back, after being made redundant. After few book signing events and a book talk, which almost caused her to collapse with nerves, Colette now spends her time between her home in the UK and her home in France.
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Title: I Don't Do Mondays
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.colettekebell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColetteKebell
The Book;
How can Mia find happiness?
Lawyer Mia’s picture-perfect dream life in New York is imploding. Her job has become too stressful, she’s exhausted from carrying her friends and what’s up with her striking, wealthy fiancé?
But when life-changing decisions force her to move to Maine, where she’ll face her often critical father and hard truths about what truly matters in life, she re-discovers a passion of her youth.
What begins as a low moment in her life quickly pushes her to consider what she genuinely wants and leads her down a new path where she must embrace the future and let go of the past.
Will this move help Mia to fix her life, once and for all, and will she finally find true love?
The Author:
Colette Kebell is an eclectic author, though a relatively new one and thus far has self-published her books. Her books are light-hearted, fun and quirky and even considered by some to be inspirational. She publishes mostly for the English speaking market and the Italian one. Colette Kebell does not stick to just one genre when writing though, as you shall discover from her latest book to be launched on 5th April 2019
As a career, Colette spent her later years as a legal secretary. After a first attempt at writing many years ago (a book that still remains in her drawer) she resumed this passion a few years back, after being made redundant. After few book signing events and a book talk, which almost caused her to collapse with nerves, Colette now spends her time between her home in the UK and her home in France.
Colette has two adorable dogs and, when not writing and marketing her books, she likes cooking for herself and her husband, gardening or designing various items for their home. Amongst her other hobbies, she has also experimented with furniture upholstery, and she might, from time to time, have a paintbrush in her hand.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.colettekebell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColetteKebell
The Book;
How can Mia find happiness?
Lawyer Mia’s picture-perfect dream life in New York is imploding. Her job has become too stressful, she’s exhausted from carrying her friends and what’s up with her striking, wealthy fiancé?
But when life-changing decisions force her to move to Maine, where she’ll face her often critical father and hard truths about what truly matters in life, she re-discovers a passion of her youth.
What begins as a low moment in her life quickly pushes her to consider what she genuinely wants and leads her down a new path where she must embrace the future and let go of the past.
Will this move help Mia to fix her life, once and for all, and will she finally find true love?
The Author:
Colette Kebell is an eclectic author, though a relatively new one and thus far has self-published her books. Her books are light-hearted, fun and quirky and even considered by some to be inspirational. She publishes mostly for the English speaking market and the Italian one. Colette Kebell does not stick to just one genre when writing though, as you shall discover from her latest book to be launched on 5th April 2019
As a career, Colette spent her later years as a legal secretary. After a first attempt at writing many years ago (a book that still remains in her drawer) she resumed this passion a few years back, after being made redundant. After few book signing events and a book talk, which almost caused her to collapse with nerves, Colette now spends her time between her home in the UK and her home in France.
Colette has two adorable dogs and, when not writing and marketing her books, she likes cooking for herself and her husband, gardening or designing various items for their home. Amongst her other hobbies, she has also experimented with furniture upholstery, and she might, from time to time, have a paintbrush in her hand.
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Tamsin Mori
Tamsin Mori
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Title: The Weather Weaver
Genre: Fantasy Children (7-12 yrs)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
The Weather Weaver’ reading and writing activity with author Tamsin Mori (for ages 8+):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCl1GVB7Lv4
Website: https://www.tamsinmori.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoriTamsin
The Book;
What if you could befriend a cloud?
What weather would you choose?
What if the weather matched your mood, whether you want it to or not?
The Author:
Tamsin had a nomadic childhood (eight different schools!), but the one place that always felt like home was Shetland, her mother’s homeland. Shetland is a collection of teeny tiny islands, so far north they struggle to fit on the map. They are overflowing with myths and legends, most of which are true. Growing up, Tamsin was usually to be found on the beach, whispering spells into sea shells and singing to the selkies.
Tamsin now lives in Bath with her husband, two children, one rabbit, several crows, and a badger, though she flies home to Shetland whenever she can – if you go there in the summer, you’ll probably spot her, striding about with the wind in her hair, chasing a wild story.
Genre: Fantasy Children (7-12 yrs)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
The Weather Weaver’ reading and writing activity with author Tamsin Mori (for ages 8+):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCl1GVB7Lv4
Website: https://www.tamsinmori.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoriTamsin
The Book;
What if you could befriend a cloud?
What weather would you choose?
What if the weather matched your mood, whether you want it to or not?
The Author:
Tamsin had a nomadic childhood (eight different schools!), but the one place that always felt like home was Shetland, her mother’s homeland. Shetland is a collection of teeny tiny islands, so far north they struggle to fit on the map. They are overflowing with myths and legends, most of which are true. Growing up, Tamsin was usually to be found on the beach, whispering spells into sea shells and singing to the selkies.
Tamsin now lives in Bath with her husband, two children, one rabbit, several crows, and a badger, though she flies home to Shetland whenever she can – if you go there in the summer, you’ll probably spot her, striding about with the wind in her hair, chasing a wild story.
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Neelie Wicks
Neelie Wicks
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Title 1: Miss Pickle a Dizzy Witch
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Miss Pickle's a Royal Surprise
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Miss Pickle in Space
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: The Crumbs Abroad
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://neeliewicks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neelie_wicks
Book1: Miss Pickle a Dizzy Witch
Miss Pickle loves making spells in her magic house at the end of Parsley Lane, but today Nutmeg, her black cat, is missing. Can she and Pepper make a spell to find him? Her little brown mouse, is worried... what if it all goes horribly wrong?
Book2: Miss Pickle's a Royal Surprise
When Miss Pickle receives a tea party invitation from Queen Ethel, she is far too excited for the magic washer to be fixed before spinning spells. No wonder the magic doesn't go according to plan! But Miss Pickle decides to fly to the party in the bikini she magicked up instead of a dress, and takes soggy jam tarts as a surprise for the Queen. So why does Queen Ethel think this is the best tea party ever?
Book3: Miss Pickle in Space
When Miss Pickle, Nutmeg and Pepper zoom into space they get more twirly, whirly fun than they bargained for, but be prepared for trouble with smashing METEOROIDS, cosmic BLACK HOLES and gigantic SPACE JUNK MOUNTAINS! How will Miss Pickle find a safe way home again?
Book4: The Crumbs Abroad
A story to delight people across the years. A first holiday abroad was always going to be interesting, especially with the Crumbs involved. But right from the start ordinary things became extra ordinary and the Crumbs have never been quite the same since! It’s no wonder when there was no knowing where they would end up, or what would happen… Or what they would discover…Use this fun family adventure story to spark conversations with children about truth, destiny and the value of history.
All 4 paperbacks are signed, and Neelie is happy to add dedications.
The Author:
Neelie Wicks is the author of the Miss Pickle a Dizzy Witch picture book series, including Miss Pickle a Dizzy Witch, Miss Pickle’s Royal Surprise and Miss Pickle in Space, which was published in August 2020. Her first chapter book for middle grade children, The Crumbs Abroad, has also been released. All of Neelie’s books are available on-line through Amazon, Ingram Spark, Barnes and Noble, Waterstones and UK Bookshops.
As a champion of writers and authors regardless of genre, Neelie is the founder of Skelwicks Arts which is a small publishing entity open to authors and illustrators who would benefit from being part of a small community of like-minded people with the aim of publishing their work.
Neelie is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, The Alliance of Independent Authors, North East Authors and Readers and Promoting Yorkshire Authors (PYA) – where she sits on the board as a contributing member to support a programme of events including opportunities for author teaching and learning.
Neelie lives in North East England and Northern France. She is now researching her first novel in a series for teens, set in France and Northumberland, England – for publication 2021.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Miss Pickle's a Royal Surprise
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Miss Pickle in Space
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Title 4: The Crumbs Abroad
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://neeliewicks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/neelie_wicks
Book1: Miss Pickle a Dizzy Witch
Miss Pickle loves making spells in her magic house at the end of Parsley Lane, but today Nutmeg, her black cat, is missing. Can she and Pepper make a spell to find him? Her little brown mouse, is worried... what if it all goes horribly wrong?
Book2: Miss Pickle's a Royal Surprise
When Miss Pickle receives a tea party invitation from Queen Ethel, she is far too excited for the magic washer to be fixed before spinning spells. No wonder the magic doesn't go according to plan! But Miss Pickle decides to fly to the party in the bikini she magicked up instead of a dress, and takes soggy jam tarts as a surprise for the Queen. So why does Queen Ethel think this is the best tea party ever?
Book3: Miss Pickle in Space
When Miss Pickle, Nutmeg and Pepper zoom into space they get more twirly, whirly fun than they bargained for, but be prepared for trouble with smashing METEOROIDS, cosmic BLACK HOLES and gigantic SPACE JUNK MOUNTAINS! How will Miss Pickle find a safe way home again?
Book4: The Crumbs Abroad
A story to delight people across the years. A first holiday abroad was always going to be interesting, especially with the Crumbs involved. But right from the start ordinary things became extra ordinary and the Crumbs have never been quite the same since! It’s no wonder when there was no knowing where they would end up, or what would happen… Or what they would discover…Use this fun family adventure story to spark conversations with children about truth, destiny and the value of history.
All 4 paperbacks are signed, and Neelie is happy to add dedications.
The Author:
Neelie Wicks is the author of the Miss Pickle a Dizzy Witch picture book series, including Miss Pickle a Dizzy Witch, Miss Pickle’s Royal Surprise and Miss Pickle in Space, which was published in August 2020. Her first chapter book for middle grade children, The Crumbs Abroad, has also been released. All of Neelie’s books are available on-line through Amazon, Ingram Spark, Barnes and Noble, Waterstones and UK Bookshops.
As a champion of writers and authors regardless of genre, Neelie is the founder of Skelwicks Arts which is a small publishing entity open to authors and illustrators who would benefit from being part of a small community of like-minded people with the aim of publishing their work.
Neelie is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, The Alliance of Independent Authors, North East Authors and Readers and Promoting Yorkshire Authors (PYA) – where she sits on the board as a contributing member to support a programme of events including opportunities for author teaching and learning.
Neelie lives in North East England and Northern France. She is now researching her first novel in a series for teens, set in France and Northumberland, England – for publication 2021.
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Title: Blood Ties
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
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Website: http://www.brianmcgilloway.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianMcGilloway
The Book;
How can a dead woman avenge herself on her killer twenty years after her murder?
This is the puzzle facing Ben Devlin in his latest case. He is called to the scene of a murder - a man has been stabbed to death in his rented room and when his identity is discovered Devlin feels a ghost walk over his grave as he knows the name Brooklyn Harris well. As a teenager, Harris beat his then-girlfriend Hannah Row to death, and then spent twelve years in prison for the murder.
As Devlin investigates the dead man's movements since his release it becomes apparent Harris has been grooming teenage girls online and then arranging to meet them. But his activities have been discovered by others, notably a vigilante, who goes straight to the top of Devlin's list of suspects... until he uncovers that Harris was killed on the anniversary of Hannah's death - just too big a coincidence in Devlin's books. So Hannah's family join the ever-growing list of suspects being interviewed by his team. And then forensics contact Devlin with the astounding news that blood found on Harris's body is a perfect match to that of Hannah Row's. Yet how can this be; the girl was murdered many years ago - and Devlin doesn't believe in ghosts.
The Author:
Brian McGilloway is an author hailing from Derry, Northern Ireland. He studied English at Queens University Belfast, where he was very active in student theatre, winning a prestigious national Irish Student Drama Association award for theatrical lighting design in 1996. He is currently Head of English at St. Columb's College, Derry. McGilloway's debut novel was a crime thriller called Borderlands. Borderlands was shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association Dagger award for a debut novel
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.brianmcgilloway.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianMcGilloway
The Book;
How can a dead woman avenge herself on her killer twenty years after her murder?
This is the puzzle facing Ben Devlin in his latest case. He is called to the scene of a murder - a man has been stabbed to death in his rented room and when his identity is discovered Devlin feels a ghost walk over his grave as he knows the name Brooklyn Harris well. As a teenager, Harris beat his then-girlfriend Hannah Row to death, and then spent twelve years in prison for the murder.
As Devlin investigates the dead man's movements since his release it becomes apparent Harris has been grooming teenage girls online and then arranging to meet them. But his activities have been discovered by others, notably a vigilante, who goes straight to the top of Devlin's list of suspects... until he uncovers that Harris was killed on the anniversary of Hannah's death - just too big a coincidence in Devlin's books. So Hannah's family join the ever-growing list of suspects being interviewed by his team. And then forensics contact Devlin with the astounding news that blood found on Harris's body is a perfect match to that of Hannah Row's. Yet how can this be; the girl was murdered many years ago - and Devlin doesn't believe in ghosts.
The Author:
Brian McGilloway is an author hailing from Derry, Northern Ireland. He studied English at Queens University Belfast, where he was very active in student theatre, winning a prestigious national Irish Student Drama Association award for theatrical lighting design in 1996. He is currently Head of English at St. Columb's College, Derry. McGilloway's debut novel was a crime thriller called Borderlands. Borderlands was shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association Dagger award for a debut novel
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Title: Reluctantly Home
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://imogenclark.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/imogenclark
The Book:
Pip Appleby seems to have it all, with her prestigious job as a human rights lawyer and her enviable London home. But then a tragic accident stops her life in its tracks, and in an instant everything changes. Retreating to her family’s rural farm and the humble origins she has been trying to hide, Pip is haunted by what she has done.
When she discovers the diary of actress Evelyn Mountcastle in a box of old books, Pip revels in the opportunity to lose herself in someone else’s life rather than focus on the disaster that is her own. But soon she sees parallels—Evelyn’s life was also beset by tragedy, and, like Pip, she returned to Southwold under a dark cloud.
When Pip and Evelyn’s paths cross in real life they slowly begin to reveal the hidden stories that are holding them back. Can they help each other forgive what happened in the past and, perhaps, find happiness in the future?
The Author:
Internationally bestselling author Imogen Clark writes contemporary fiction about families and secrets. Her books have topped Amazon storewide charts eight times and her third book, WHERE THE STORY STARTS, was shortlisted in the UK for Contemporary Romantic Novel of the year 2020.
Imogen initially qualified as a lawyer but after leaving her legal career behind to care for her four children, she returned to her first love - books. She went back to University, studying English Literature part-time whilst the children were at school. It was a short step from there to writing novels.
Imogen's great love is travel and she is always planning her next adventure. She lives in Yorkshire with her husband and children.
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://imogenclark.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/imogenclark
The Book:
Pip Appleby seems to have it all, with her prestigious job as a human rights lawyer and her enviable London home. But then a tragic accident stops her life in its tracks, and in an instant everything changes. Retreating to her family’s rural farm and the humble origins she has been trying to hide, Pip is haunted by what she has done.
When she discovers the diary of actress Evelyn Mountcastle in a box of old books, Pip revels in the opportunity to lose herself in someone else’s life rather than focus on the disaster that is her own. But soon she sees parallels—Evelyn’s life was also beset by tragedy, and, like Pip, she returned to Southwold under a dark cloud.
When Pip and Evelyn’s paths cross in real life they slowly begin to reveal the hidden stories that are holding them back. Can they help each other forgive what happened in the past and, perhaps, find happiness in the future?
The Author:
Internationally bestselling author Imogen Clark writes contemporary fiction about families and secrets. Her books have topped Amazon storewide charts eight times and her third book, WHERE THE STORY STARTS, was shortlisted in the UK for Contemporary Romantic Novel of the year 2020.
Imogen initially qualified as a lawyer but after leaving her legal career behind to care for her four children, she returned to her first love - books. She went back to University, studying English Literature part-time whilst the children were at school. It was a short step from there to writing novels.
Imogen's great love is travel and she is always planning her next adventure. She lives in Yorkshire with her husband and children.
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Tracey Corderoy
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Title: Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: Santa’s Stolen Sleigh
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Picture Book
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Website: http://www.traceycorderoy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TraceyCorderoy
The Book;
Shifty and Sam are off to Lapland to bake a festive feast for Santa and his elves. But there's a Christmas crisis - the elves are unwell and can't finish the toys! Does mysterious stranger and gadget queen, Flo Frost, really want to help? Or could she have her eyes on the most magical gadget of all . . . Santa's flying sleigh?! It's up to Shifty and Sam to race across the snowy slopes and save Christmas for everyone!
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam is a hugely successful, action-packed series about two baker-dogs who used to be robbers, but now solve mysteries and sniff out crimes!
The Author:
"I started writing a few years ago and I love the job that I do. I want my stories to be those special ones; the ones that will be remembered forever
I was born and grew up in industrial South Wales where factory chimneys outnumbered the sheep on the hills! When I was eighteen I moved to Bath where I trained to be a primary school teacher, graduating in 1987.
When my eldest daughter was born, I decided to leave teaching to spend time at home being a mum. When I returned to work I supported children in primary schools, where I implemented literacy programmes and re-integrated children back into school following periods of long-term illness.
It was during this time that I became passionate about writing for children - convinced that language, expressed through wonderful literature, is the key that stimulates learning and imagination.
I live in a hidden valley, surrounded by sheep, wild deer and cows with big fluffy ears! Along with my husband and two daughters, I share an ancient cottage with a huge Golden Retriever called Dylan (from Pontypool), a cats and a teeny mini-lop eared rabbit who makes loud ducky noises!"
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.traceycorderoy.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TraceyCorderoy
The Book;
Shifty and Sam are off to Lapland to bake a festive feast for Santa and his elves. But there's a Christmas crisis - the elves are unwell and can't finish the toys! Does mysterious stranger and gadget queen, Flo Frost, really want to help? Or could she have her eyes on the most magical gadget of all . . . Santa's flying sleigh?! It's up to Shifty and Sam to race across the snowy slopes and save Christmas for everyone!
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam is a hugely successful, action-packed series about two baker-dogs who used to be robbers, but now solve mysteries and sniff out crimes!
The Author:
"I started writing a few years ago and I love the job that I do. I want my stories to be those special ones; the ones that will be remembered forever
I was born and grew up in industrial South Wales where factory chimneys outnumbered the sheep on the hills! When I was eighteen I moved to Bath where I trained to be a primary school teacher, graduating in 1987.
When my eldest daughter was born, I decided to leave teaching to spend time at home being a mum. When I returned to work I supported children in primary schools, where I implemented literacy programmes and re-integrated children back into school following periods of long-term illness.
It was during this time that I became passionate about writing for children - convinced that language, expressed through wonderful literature, is the key that stimulates learning and imagination.
I live in a hidden valley, surrounded by sheep, wild deer and cows with big fluffy ears! Along with my husband and two daughters, I share an ancient cottage with a huge Golden Retriever called Dylan (from Pontypool), a cats and a teeny mini-lop eared rabbit who makes loud ducky noises!"
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Sara Sheridan
Sara Sheridan
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Title: The Fair Botanist
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.sarasheridan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarasheridan
The Book;
It's the summer of 1822 and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV's impending visit. In botanical circles, however, a different kind of excitement has gripped the city. In the newly-installed Botanic Garden, the Agave Americana plant looks set to flower - an event which only occurs once in several decades. When newly widowed Elizabeth arrives in Edinburgh to live with her late husband's aunt Clementina, she's determined to put her unhappy past in London behind her. As she settles into her new home, she becomes fascinated by the beautiful Botanic Garden which border the grand house and offers her services as an artist to record the rare plant's impending bloom. In this pursuit, she meets Belle Brodie, a vivacious young woman with a passion for botany and the lucrative, dark art of perfume creation. Belle is determined to keep both her real identity and the reason for her interest the Garden secret from her new friend. But as Elizabeth and Belle are about to discover, secrets don't last long in this Enlightenment city. And when they are revealed, they can carry the greatest of consequences . . .
The Author:
Born in Edinburgh. I'm a complete swot - love books always have! Currently obsessed with late Georgian/ early Victorian culture, the subject of several of my novels, and with 1950s Britain for my Mirabelle Bevan murder mystery series set across the UK - and even one in Paris. Occasionally write tie-in books for historical dramas on TV, children's picture books and short stories, mostly for charitable causes.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.sarasheridan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarasheridan
The Book;
It's the summer of 1822 and Edinburgh is abuzz with rumours of King George IV's impending visit. In botanical circles, however, a different kind of excitement has gripped the city. In the newly-installed Botanic Garden, the Agave Americana plant looks set to flower - an event which only occurs once in several decades. When newly widowed Elizabeth arrives in Edinburgh to live with her late husband's aunt Clementina, she's determined to put her unhappy past in London behind her. As she settles into her new home, she becomes fascinated by the beautiful Botanic Garden which border the grand house and offers her services as an artist to record the rare plant's impending bloom. In this pursuit, she meets Belle Brodie, a vivacious young woman with a passion for botany and the lucrative, dark art of perfume creation. Belle is determined to keep both her real identity and the reason for her interest the Garden secret from her new friend. But as Elizabeth and Belle are about to discover, secrets don't last long in this Enlightenment city. And when they are revealed, they can carry the greatest of consequences . . .
The Author:
Born in Edinburgh. I'm a complete swot - love books always have! Currently obsessed with late Georgian/ early Victorian culture, the subject of several of my novels, and with 1950s Britain for my Mirabelle Bevan murder mystery series set across the UK - and even one in Paris. Occasionally write tie-in books for historical dramas on TV, children's picture books and short stories, mostly for charitable causes.
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Mark Diacono
Mark Diacono
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Title: HERB/A Cook's Companion
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.otterfarm.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkDiacono
The Book;
HERB is a plot-to-plate exploration of herbs that majors on the kitchen, with just enough of the simple art of growing to allow the reader to welcome a wealth of home-grown flavours into their kitchen.
Mark is a gardener as well as a cook. Packed with ideas for enjoying and using herbs, HERB is much more than your average recipe book. Mark shares the techniques at the heart of sourcing, preparing and using herbs well, enabling you to make delicious food that is as rewarding in the process as it is in the end result. The book will explore how to use herbs, when to deploy them, and how to capture those flavours to use when they might not be seasonally available. The reader will become familiar with the differences in flavour intensity, provenance, nutritional benefits and more.
Focusing on the familiars including thyme, rosemary, basil, chives and bay, HERB will also open the door to a few lesser-known flavours. The recipes build on bringing your herbs alive – whether that’s a quickly swizzed parsley pesto when short of time on a weekday evening, or in wrapping a crumbly Lancashire cheese in lovage for a few weeks to infuse it with bitter earthiness.
With a guide to sowing, planting, feeding and propagating herbs, there are also full plant descriptions and their main culinary affinities. Mark then looks at various ways to preserve herbs including making oils, drying, vinegars, syrups and freezing, before offering over 100 innovative recipes that make the most of your new herb knowledge.
The Author:
I’m lucky enough to spend most of my time eating, growing, writing and talking about food.
I created Otter Farm in order to encourage people to consider growing unusual and forgotten food along with the best of the familiar. Kiwis, sweet cicely, chocolate vines, Japanese wineberries and Vietnamese coriander, pecans, quince, almonds, Szechuan pepper and mulberries are among the many incredible flavours we can grow. The Otter Farm nursery offers the best unusual and familiar plants and seeds, in varieties that I think are most delicious.
I have written seven award winning books, including A Year at Otter Farm which won Andre Simon Food Book of the Year 2014, and A Taste of the Unexpected which won the Guild of Food Writers’ Food Book of the Year 2011, and a number of books for River Cottage.
The photographs here and in my books and articles are taken by me, unless I’m in them, in which case you can blame Jason Ingram.
I also host and do demos at food and gardening shows and events, design edible gardens, and teach courses around the country.
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.otterfarm.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkDiacono
The Book;
HERB is a plot-to-plate exploration of herbs that majors on the kitchen, with just enough of the simple art of growing to allow the reader to welcome a wealth of home-grown flavours into their kitchen.
Mark is a gardener as well as a cook. Packed with ideas for enjoying and using herbs, HERB is much more than your average recipe book. Mark shares the techniques at the heart of sourcing, preparing and using herbs well, enabling you to make delicious food that is as rewarding in the process as it is in the end result. The book will explore how to use herbs, when to deploy them, and how to capture those flavours to use when they might not be seasonally available. The reader will become familiar with the differences in flavour intensity, provenance, nutritional benefits and more.
Focusing on the familiars including thyme, rosemary, basil, chives and bay, HERB will also open the door to a few lesser-known flavours. The recipes build on bringing your herbs alive – whether that’s a quickly swizzed parsley pesto when short of time on a weekday evening, or in wrapping a crumbly Lancashire cheese in lovage for a few weeks to infuse it with bitter earthiness.
With a guide to sowing, planting, feeding and propagating herbs, there are also full plant descriptions and their main culinary affinities. Mark then looks at various ways to preserve herbs including making oils, drying, vinegars, syrups and freezing, before offering over 100 innovative recipes that make the most of your new herb knowledge.
The Author:
I’m lucky enough to spend most of my time eating, growing, writing and talking about food.
I created Otter Farm in order to encourage people to consider growing unusual and forgotten food along with the best of the familiar. Kiwis, sweet cicely, chocolate vines, Japanese wineberries and Vietnamese coriander, pecans, quince, almonds, Szechuan pepper and mulberries are among the many incredible flavours we can grow. The Otter Farm nursery offers the best unusual and familiar plants and seeds, in varieties that I think are most delicious.
I have written seven award winning books, including A Year at Otter Farm which won Andre Simon Food Book of the Year 2014, and A Taste of the Unexpected which won the Guild of Food Writers’ Food Book of the Year 2011, and a number of books for River Cottage.
The photographs here and in my books and articles are taken by me, unless I’m in them, in which case you can blame Jason Ingram.
I also host and do demos at food and gardening shows and events, design edible gardens, and teach courses around the country.
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Paige Toon
Paige Toon
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Title: Someone I Used to Know
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.paigetoon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaigeToonAuthor
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So much can change in half a lifetime…
Then
At sixteen, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for. As the angry, troubled boy struggles to come to terms with his circumstances, Leah finds herself getting drawn closer to him.
Theo’s wealthy family have mysteriously pulled him out of boarding school and he’s now enrolled at the local state school with Leah and George. When their worlds collide that summer, George, Leah and Theo form a bond they believe will be unbreakable. But life doesn’t always go to plan...
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Shocking news brings Leah back to Yorkshire, baby daughter in tow. But Emilie’s father Theo isn’t with them, and George has unexpectedly returned. After half a lifetime, have they healed the scars of their pasts? Will coming back home set their hearts in a new direction?
The Author:
Paige Toon grew up between England, Australia and America and has been writing books set in sun-drenched locations around the world since 2007. She has written fifteen novels, a three-part spin-off for young adults and a collection of short stories. Her books have sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.paigetoon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaigeToonAuthor
The Book;
So much can change in half a lifetime…
Then
At sixteen, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for. As the angry, troubled boy struggles to come to terms with his circumstances, Leah finds herself getting drawn closer to him.
Theo’s wealthy family have mysteriously pulled him out of boarding school and he’s now enrolled at the local state school with Leah and George. When their worlds collide that summer, George, Leah and Theo form a bond they believe will be unbreakable. But life doesn’t always go to plan...
Now
Shocking news brings Leah back to Yorkshire, baby daughter in tow. But Emilie’s father Theo isn’t with them, and George has unexpectedly returned. After half a lifetime, have they healed the scars of their pasts? Will coming back home set their hearts in a new direction?
The Author:
Paige Toon grew up between England, Australia and America and has been writing books set in sun-drenched locations around the world since 2007. She has written fifteen novels, a three-part spin-off for young adults and a collection of short stories. Her books have sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide.
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Sophie Kirtley
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Title: The Way to Impossible Island
Genre: Children (Middle Grade), Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.sophiekirtley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KirtleySophie
The Book;
Born with a serious heart condition, Dara has been waiting for his Big Operation forever, and this summer it's finally going to happen. The moment his heart is fixed he'll row out to the island in the bay all by himself just like he's always dreamed. But when his op is postponed, Dara snaps. When will he get to live his real life? Maybe the adventures he dreams of are just silly fantasies.
And then he finds a girl hiding in the boat shed. She wears animal skins. She has a real live pet wolf. She is, simply, impossible. Could Mothgirl really be from the Stone Age? And what is she seeking on Lathrin Island? As Dara and Mothgirl set out on a wild, windswept sea journey Dara begins to realise that when you stop worrying about what's impossible, you can do anything.
A brave, life-affirming middle-grade timeslip adventure about finding your family and finding yourself, from the author of The Wild Way Home.
The Author:
I grew up in Northern Ireland, where I spent my childhood climbing on hay bales, rolling down sand-dunes and leaping the raw Atlantic waves. Nowadays I live in Wiltshire with my husband, three children and our mini-menagerie of pets and wild things.
I have always loved stories: I taught English in secondary schools for many years and I've worked in a theatre, a bookshop and a tiny pub where folk tell fairytales by candlelight. I firmly believe that stories are everywhere: through every keyhole; in every snippet of overheard chitchat; in the forgotten fingers of every lost glove... Pippi Longstocking (one of my all-time absolute total and utter heroes!) says "I'm a thing-searcher, you see!" I think I'm a story searcher! I feel so lucky to be able to spend my days searching for stories ... and writing them too of course!
Genre: Children (Middle Grade), Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.sophiekirtley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KirtleySophie
The Book;
Born with a serious heart condition, Dara has been waiting for his Big Operation forever, and this summer it's finally going to happen. The moment his heart is fixed he'll row out to the island in the bay all by himself just like he's always dreamed. But when his op is postponed, Dara snaps. When will he get to live his real life? Maybe the adventures he dreams of are just silly fantasies.
And then he finds a girl hiding in the boat shed. She wears animal skins. She has a real live pet wolf. She is, simply, impossible. Could Mothgirl really be from the Stone Age? And what is she seeking on Lathrin Island? As Dara and Mothgirl set out on a wild, windswept sea journey Dara begins to realise that when you stop worrying about what's impossible, you can do anything.
A brave, life-affirming middle-grade timeslip adventure about finding your family and finding yourself, from the author of The Wild Way Home.
The Author:
I grew up in Northern Ireland, where I spent my childhood climbing on hay bales, rolling down sand-dunes and leaping the raw Atlantic waves. Nowadays I live in Wiltshire with my husband, three children and our mini-menagerie of pets and wild things.
I have always loved stories: I taught English in secondary schools for many years and I've worked in a theatre, a bookshop and a tiny pub where folk tell fairytales by candlelight. I firmly believe that stories are everywhere: through every keyhole; in every snippet of overheard chitchat; in the forgotten fingers of every lost glove... Pippi Longstocking (one of my all-time absolute total and utter heroes!) says "I'm a thing-searcher, you see!" I think I'm a story searcher! I feel so lucky to be able to spend my days searching for stories ... and writing them too of course!
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Nikki Smith
Nikki Smith
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Title: Look What You Made Me Do
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Preview:
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Website: https://nikkismithauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mrssmithmunday
The Book;
Two people can keep a secret . . . if one of them is dead.
Sisters Jo and Caroline are used to hiding things from each other. They've never been close - taking it in turns to feel on the outside of their family unit, playing an endless game of favourites.
Jo envies Caroline's life - things have always come so easy to her. Then a family inheritance falls entirely to Jo, and suddenly now Caroline wants what Jo has. Needs it, even.
But just how far will she go to get it?
The Author:
Nikki Smith studied English Literature at Birmingham University, before pursuing a career in finance. Following a ‘now or never’ moment, she applied for a Curtis Brown Creative course where she started writing her debut novel ALL IN HER HEAD which was published in April 2020.
Her second novel, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO will be published in April 2021 and is about the dark secrets that are hidden beneath the surface of a seemingly perfect family.
Nikki lives near Guildford with her family and a cat who thinks she’s a dog.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://nikkismithauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mrssmithmunday
The Book;
Two people can keep a secret . . . if one of them is dead.
Sisters Jo and Caroline are used to hiding things from each other. They've never been close - taking it in turns to feel on the outside of their family unit, playing an endless game of favourites.
Jo envies Caroline's life - things have always come so easy to her. Then a family inheritance falls entirely to Jo, and suddenly now Caroline wants what Jo has. Needs it, even.
But just how far will she go to get it?
The Author:
Nikki Smith studied English Literature at Birmingham University, before pursuing a career in finance. Following a ‘now or never’ moment, she applied for a Curtis Brown Creative course where she started writing her debut novel ALL IN HER HEAD which was published in April 2020.
Her second novel, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO will be published in April 2021 and is about the dark secrets that are hidden beneath the surface of a seemingly perfect family.
Nikki lives near Guildford with her family and a cat who thinks she’s a dog.
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Lucy Knott
Lucy Knott
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Title: One Snowy Week in Springhollow
Genre: Christmas - Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/lucy-knott
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBlossomTwins
The Book;
Tomboy Scarlett thought Devon would be her best friend forever. He was the only person in Springhollow who supported her ambitious artist dreams. But then one winter, Devon and his parents disappear without warning to start a new life in NYC and a devastated Scarlett is left alone to face her high-school bullies and overbearing mother.
Fast-forward ten years: Scarlett is playing it safe in her childhood village with a dull PA job and a wardrobe that passes her mother's old-fashioned standards. Meanwhile, Devon is a Hollywood heartthrob, starring in the latest superhero blockbuster. And he's finally coming home for Christmas...
Scarlett can't help blaming her former best friend for the way her life has turned out, but Devon's cheeky charm and gorgeous smile prove difficult to resist. Devon always did make her feel on top of the world, but Scarlett knows her heart isn't racing just because she has her friend back – is it mistletoe madness, or is she seeing Devon in a completely new light?
Scarlett hasn't taken a risk in years... but this Christmas of second chances could finally be her time to shine.
The Author:
Lucy Knott lives in Manchester England, just around the corner from her childhood home and less than five minutes from her twin sister Kelly and brother in law Chris. She loves spending time with her family in addition to writing, reading and cooking Italian food. When not buried in a book, scribbling in a notebook or having dance parties for one to Harry Styles, she works as a teaching assistant where the majority of her days are spent talking about dinosaurs and making Godzilla out of just about everything, from Blu Tac to cardboard boxes, and she loves every minute.
If she could up and move to the stunning Amalfi Coast, San Francisco or live in a cabin surrounded by fairy lights, she would, but for now she's quite content writing about those magical places. Lucy loves to write uplifting stories that she hopes will put a smile on your face, fill your heart with joy, encourage you to embrace the awesomeness that you are and believe that any dream is possible.
Genre: Christmas - Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/k/lucy-knott
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheBlossomTwins
The Book;
Tomboy Scarlett thought Devon would be her best friend forever. He was the only person in Springhollow who supported her ambitious artist dreams. But then one winter, Devon and his parents disappear without warning to start a new life in NYC and a devastated Scarlett is left alone to face her high-school bullies and overbearing mother.
Fast-forward ten years: Scarlett is playing it safe in her childhood village with a dull PA job and a wardrobe that passes her mother's old-fashioned standards. Meanwhile, Devon is a Hollywood heartthrob, starring in the latest superhero blockbuster. And he's finally coming home for Christmas...
Scarlett can't help blaming her former best friend for the way her life has turned out, but Devon's cheeky charm and gorgeous smile prove difficult to resist. Devon always did make her feel on top of the world, but Scarlett knows her heart isn't racing just because she has her friend back – is it mistletoe madness, or is she seeing Devon in a completely new light?
Scarlett hasn't taken a risk in years... but this Christmas of second chances could finally be her time to shine.
The Author:
Lucy Knott lives in Manchester England, just around the corner from her childhood home and less than five minutes from her twin sister Kelly and brother in law Chris. She loves spending time with her family in addition to writing, reading and cooking Italian food. When not buried in a book, scribbling in a notebook or having dance parties for one to Harry Styles, she works as a teaching assistant where the majority of her days are spent talking about dinosaurs and making Godzilla out of just about everything, from Blu Tac to cardboard boxes, and she loves every minute.
If she could up and move to the stunning Amalfi Coast, San Francisco or live in a cabin surrounded by fairy lights, she would, but for now she's quite content writing about those magical places. Lucy loves to write uplifting stories that she hopes will put a smile on your face, fill your heart with joy, encourage you to embrace the awesomeness that you are and believe that any dream is possible.
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Penny Batchelor
Penny Batchelor
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Title: Her New Best Friend
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.pennybatchelor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/penny_author
The Book;
Mum-of-two Audrey is horrified when during a moment of distraction in the park, her pram with baby Wilfred in it rolls down the hill and into a pond. Fortunately for her, Claire Jones is nearby and rescues Wilfred, soothing Audrey and daughter Antonia with coffee and cake in a nearby café. No harm is done. However, the frightening experience dents Audrey’s confidence and she replays the events over and over, convinced she can’t have forgotten to put the brake on. To make matters worse she keeps spotting a shadowy figure everywhere she goes and becomes sure that someone is stalking her. Audrey’s fears are escalating when a catastrophic reaction to a bee sting sends her into a coma - and into hospital - but once again her new best friend is on hand to step in. Does Claire really have Audrey’s best interests at heart? And if not, why has she inserted herself so cleverly into Audrey’s life? Will Audrey ever recover? And will her real friends be able uncover the truth before it is too late? A twisting tale of intrigue and deception – and of what happens when your worst nightmare comes true.
The Author:
Penny Batchelor is an alumna of the Faber Academy online ‘Writing a Novel’ course, a freelance journalist, a former BBC content producer and website editor for various educational institutions, and lives in Warwickshire with her husband. She writes a monthly column for The Bookseller magazine.
Penny is passionate about positive disability representation in fiction. One fifth of the UK population is disabled, so why don’t we see that reflected in novels?
Her debut thriller My Perfect Sister was longlisted for The Guardian's Not The Booker Prize 2020 and was a Waitrose Weekend choice.
Her New Best Friend, Penny’s second novel, will be published on 5th August 2021.
Along with EC Scullion Penny is the co-founder and editor of the Thriller Women blog - http://www.thrillerwomen.co.uk - which publishes interviews with female thriller writers.
Penny is currently hard at work writing her third thriller.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.pennybatchelor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/penny_author
The Book;
Mum-of-two Audrey is horrified when during a moment of distraction in the park, her pram with baby Wilfred in it rolls down the hill and into a pond. Fortunately for her, Claire Jones is nearby and rescues Wilfred, soothing Audrey and daughter Antonia with coffee and cake in a nearby café. No harm is done. However, the frightening experience dents Audrey’s confidence and she replays the events over and over, convinced she can’t have forgotten to put the brake on. To make matters worse she keeps spotting a shadowy figure everywhere she goes and becomes sure that someone is stalking her. Audrey’s fears are escalating when a catastrophic reaction to a bee sting sends her into a coma - and into hospital - but once again her new best friend is on hand to step in. Does Claire really have Audrey’s best interests at heart? And if not, why has she inserted herself so cleverly into Audrey’s life? Will Audrey ever recover? And will her real friends be able uncover the truth before it is too late? A twisting tale of intrigue and deception – and of what happens when your worst nightmare comes true.
The Author:
Penny Batchelor is an alumna of the Faber Academy online ‘Writing a Novel’ course, a freelance journalist, a former BBC content producer and website editor for various educational institutions, and lives in Warwickshire with her husband. She writes a monthly column for The Bookseller magazine.
Penny is passionate about positive disability representation in fiction. One fifth of the UK population is disabled, so why don’t we see that reflected in novels?
Her debut thriller My Perfect Sister was longlisted for The Guardian's Not The Booker Prize 2020 and was a Waitrose Weekend choice.
Her New Best Friend, Penny’s second novel, will be published on 5th August 2021.
Along with EC Scullion Penny is the co-founder and editor of the Thriller Women blog - http://www.thrillerwomen.co.uk - which publishes interviews with female thriller writers.
Penny is currently hard at work writing her third thriller.
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Tammy Cohen
Tammy Cohen
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Title: The Wedding Party
Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://tammycohen.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsTamarCohen
The Book;
An unputdownable thriller, perfect for fans of THE HOLIDAY and BIG LITTLE LIES.
'A sparkling, thrilling whodunit with a cast of extraordinarily well-realised characters and a setting that will take your breath away. I read it in twenty-four hours and was bereft when it ended' LISA JEWELL
Till death do us part . . .
Lucy has dreamt of her wedding day for as long as she can remember.
And now the day is almost here. Her nearest and dearest are gathered on an idyllic Greek island and she just knows it's going to be perfect. It has to be.
But even the best-laid plans can go horribly wrong. Why are her parents behaving so strangely? Why won't the rather odd lady from the airport stop hanging around? Who is the silent stranger her sister brought as a plus-1?
And then they find the body.
It's going to be a day to remember.
The Author:
Tammy Cohen (who was previously published under her formal name Tamar Cohen) is a freelance journalist. A late starter to fiction - and to other things besides - she has now written four novels. The Mistress's Revenge, The War of the Wives, and Someone Else's Wedding. The Broken was her first pyschological thriller, followed by Dying for Christmas. Her brand new hardback novel, First One Missing is out now.
She lives in North London with her partner and three (nearly) grown children, plus one very badly behaved dog.
Genre: Mystery Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://tammycohen.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsTamarCohen
The Book;
An unputdownable thriller, perfect for fans of THE HOLIDAY and BIG LITTLE LIES.
'A sparkling, thrilling whodunit with a cast of extraordinarily well-realised characters and a setting that will take your breath away. I read it in twenty-four hours and was bereft when it ended' LISA JEWELL
Till death do us part . . .
Lucy has dreamt of her wedding day for as long as she can remember.
And now the day is almost here. Her nearest and dearest are gathered on an idyllic Greek island and she just knows it's going to be perfect. It has to be.
But even the best-laid plans can go horribly wrong. Why are her parents behaving so strangely? Why won't the rather odd lady from the airport stop hanging around? Who is the silent stranger her sister brought as a plus-1?
And then they find the body.
It's going to be a day to remember.
The Author:
Tammy Cohen (who was previously published under her formal name Tamar Cohen) is a freelance journalist. A late starter to fiction - and to other things besides - she has now written four novels. The Mistress's Revenge, The War of the Wives, and Someone Else's Wedding. The Broken was her first pyschological thriller, followed by Dying for Christmas. Her brand new hardback novel, First One Missing is out now.
She lives in North London with her partner and three (nearly) grown children, plus one very badly behaved dog.
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Clare Flynn
Clare Flynn
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Title: Sisters at War
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://clareflynn.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/clarefly
The Book;
A dramatic and emotional wartime novel
1940 Liverpool. The pressures of war threaten to tear apart two sisters traumatised by their mother's murder by their father.
With her new husband Will, a merchant seaman, deployed on dangerous Atlantic convoy missions, Hannah needs her younger sister Judith more than ever. But when Mussolini declares war on Britain, Judith's Italian sweetheart, Paolo is imprisoned as an enemy alien, and Judith's loyalties are divided.
Each sister wants only to be with the man she loves but, as the war progresses, tensions between them boil over, and they face an impossible decision.
A heart-wrenching page-turner about the everyday bravery of ordinary people during wartime. From heavily blitzed Liverpool to the terrors of the North Atlantic and the scorched plains of Australia, Sisters at War will bring tears to your eyes and joy to your heart.
The Author:
A former global marketing director, Clare lives in Eastbourne. She is a fluent Italian speaker and loves spending time in Italy. In her spare time she likes to quilt, paint and travel as often and as widely as possible.
Author of eleven historical novels and a short story collection, Flynn is an active member of The Historical Novel Society, The Romantic Novelists Association, The Alliance of Independent Authors and The Society of Authors.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://clareflynn.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/clarefly
The Book;
A dramatic and emotional wartime novel
1940 Liverpool. The pressures of war threaten to tear apart two sisters traumatised by their mother's murder by their father.
With her new husband Will, a merchant seaman, deployed on dangerous Atlantic convoy missions, Hannah needs her younger sister Judith more than ever. But when Mussolini declares war on Britain, Judith's Italian sweetheart, Paolo is imprisoned as an enemy alien, and Judith's loyalties are divided.
Each sister wants only to be with the man she loves but, as the war progresses, tensions between them boil over, and they face an impossible decision.
A heart-wrenching page-turner about the everyday bravery of ordinary people during wartime. From heavily blitzed Liverpool to the terrors of the North Atlantic and the scorched plains of Australia, Sisters at War will bring tears to your eyes and joy to your heart.
The Author:
A former global marketing director, Clare lives in Eastbourne. She is a fluent Italian speaker and loves spending time in Italy. In her spare time she likes to quilt, paint and travel as often and as widely as possible.
Author of eleven historical novels and a short story collection, Flynn is an active member of The Historical Novel Society, The Romantic Novelists Association, The Alliance of Independent Authors and The Society of Authors.
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Claire Douglas
Claire Douglas
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Title: The Couple At No 9
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/claire-douglas
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dougieclaire
The Book;
It was the house of their dreams. Until the bodies were found . . .
BODIES FOUND UNDER PATIO
When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations the last thing she expects is builders uncovering a body - two bodies, in fact.
POLICE INVESTIGATE
Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years. Nothing Saffy need worry herself over. Until the police launch a murder investigation and ask to speak to the cottage's former owner - her grandmother, Rose.
OWNER QUESTIONED
Rose is in a care home and Alzheimer's means her memory is increasingly confused. She can't help the police but it is clear she remembers something.
A KILLER AT LARGE?
As Rose's fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched.
What happened thirty years ago?
Why did no one miss the victims?
What part did her grandmother play?
And is Saffy now in danger?
The Author:
Claire Douglas always wanted to write novels and, after many years of trying to get published, her dream came true when she won the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award in 2013 with THE SISTERS.
Her second and third novels, LOCAL GIRL MISSING and LAST SEEN ALIVE (Penguin), are Sunday Times bestsellers.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/claire-douglas
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dougieclaire
The Book;
It was the house of their dreams. Until the bodies were found . . .
BODIES FOUND UNDER PATIO
When pregnant Saffron Cutler moves into 9 Skelton Place with boyfriend Tom and sets about renovations the last thing she expects is builders uncovering a body - two bodies, in fact.
POLICE INVESTIGATE
Forensics indicate the bodies have been buried at least thirty years. Nothing Saffy need worry herself over. Until the police launch a murder investigation and ask to speak to the cottage's former owner - her grandmother, Rose.
OWNER QUESTIONED
Rose is in a care home and Alzheimer's means her memory is increasingly confused. She can't help the police but it is clear she remembers something.
A KILLER AT LARGE?
As Rose's fragmented memories resurface, and the police dig ever deeper, Saffy fears she and the cottage are being watched.
What happened thirty years ago?
Why did no one miss the victims?
What part did her grandmother play?
And is Saffy now in danger?
The Author:
Claire Douglas always wanted to write novels and, after many years of trying to get published, her dream came true when she won the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award in 2013 with THE SISTERS.
Her second and third novels, LOCAL GIRL MISSING and LAST SEEN ALIVE (Penguin), are Sunday Times bestsellers.
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Dr Paul Gitsham
Dr Paul Gitsham
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Title: Forgive Me Father
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.paulgitsham.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCIJoneswriter
The Book;
Who could kill a man of God?
A fire breaks out in a chapel, and DCI Warren Jones is alarmed by what is discovered at the scene. Curled up in the ash and debris is a body – and it’s soon clear that the chapel doors were locked from the inside.
The disappearance of a local priest, Father Nolan, and a cryptic note left in his room, point to an unusually violent suicide. But when further evidence confuses the picture, Warren begins to suspect foul play – and murder. Clearly, someone wanted this seemingly innocent man to suffer.
And when a discovery on a quiet riverbank sends the investigation reeling, Warren knows he must act quickly to discover who is behind this spate of grisly deaths – before another man of God is found dead.
The Author:
The first book I ever wrote was a novelization of ET. I was five years old, had a yellow pencil, an exercise book with ET on the front and boundless enthusiasm.
After being told the devastating news that I couldn't write ET because it had already been done, I resolved to write my own stories. They were still somewhat derivative - a time-travelling detective who drives a sports car that can A) talk to him and B) needs to hit 120 mph to time-travel... I was a kid of the eighties, feel free to look for influences.
I dabbled with writing through school and university, but it wasn't until a spell of "under-employment" (the politically correct term for sitting on my arse as a receptionist whilst looking for a position more suited to my PhD) that I entered NaNoWriMo. I never hit that vaunted 50,000 words but I DID put down 30K of speculative fiction and started to take things a bit more seriously.
As always, life intervenes and that story slowly bloomed to a disorganised mess of about 70k over the next few years. It's still there, tucked away on the hard drive and I've promised myself that one day I will come back to it.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.paulgitsham.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCIJoneswriter
The Book;
Who could kill a man of God?
A fire breaks out in a chapel, and DCI Warren Jones is alarmed by what is discovered at the scene. Curled up in the ash and debris is a body – and it’s soon clear that the chapel doors were locked from the inside.
The disappearance of a local priest, Father Nolan, and a cryptic note left in his room, point to an unusually violent suicide. But when further evidence confuses the picture, Warren begins to suspect foul play – and murder. Clearly, someone wanted this seemingly innocent man to suffer.
And when a discovery on a quiet riverbank sends the investigation reeling, Warren knows he must act quickly to discover who is behind this spate of grisly deaths – before another man of God is found dead.
The Author:
The first book I ever wrote was a novelization of ET. I was five years old, had a yellow pencil, an exercise book with ET on the front and boundless enthusiasm.
After being told the devastating news that I couldn't write ET because it had already been done, I resolved to write my own stories. They were still somewhat derivative - a time-travelling detective who drives a sports car that can A) talk to him and B) needs to hit 120 mph to time-travel... I was a kid of the eighties, feel free to look for influences.
I dabbled with writing through school and university, but it wasn't until a spell of "under-employment" (the politically correct term for sitting on my arse as a receptionist whilst looking for a position more suited to my PhD) that I entered NaNoWriMo. I never hit that vaunted 50,000 words but I DID put down 30K of speculative fiction and started to take things a bit more seriously.
As always, life intervenes and that story slowly bloomed to a disorganised mess of about 70k over the next few years. It's still there, tucked away on the hard drive and I've promised myself that one day I will come back to it.
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Title: A Price To Pay
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.paulgitsham.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCIJoneswriter
The Book;
If you play with fire, you’re going to get burned…
It should be an easy solve: a murder in broad daylight with two eyewitnesses. But the victim is the son of a notorious local crime family who has a habit of hitting on other men’s wives; the witnesses are Serbian nationals who speak limited English.
For DCI Warren Jones, this is his most challenging case yet. As the suspects pile up, the victim’s family work to protect their son’s memory by destroying any evidence that could betray his criminal past – or might have led to his killer.
Somehow Warren must uncover the truth about the murder – but there are secrets at the heart of the case more dangerous than anyone could have imagined, and the fallout could tear Warren’s team apart…
The Author:
The first book I ever wrote was a novelization of ET. I was five years old, had a yellow pencil, an exercise book with ET on the front and boundless enthusiasm.
After being told the devastating news that I couldn't write ET because it had already been done, I resolved to write my own stories. They were still somewhat derivative - a time-travelling detective who drives a sports car that can A) talk to him and B) needs to hit 120 mph to time-travel... I was a kid of the eighties, feel free to look for influences.
I dabbled with writing through school and university, but it wasn't until a spell of "under-employment" (the politically correct term for sitting on my arse as a receptionist whilst looking for a position more suited to my PhD) that I entered NaNoWriMo. I never hit that vaunted 50,000 words but I DID put down 30K of speculative fiction and started to take things a bit more seriously.
As always, life intervenes and that story slowly bloomed to a disorganised mess of about 70k over the next few years. It's still there, tucked away on the hard drive and I've promised myself that one day I will come back to it.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.paulgitsham.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCIJoneswriter
The Book;
If you play with fire, you’re going to get burned…
It should be an easy solve: a murder in broad daylight with two eyewitnesses. But the victim is the son of a notorious local crime family who has a habit of hitting on other men’s wives; the witnesses are Serbian nationals who speak limited English.
For DCI Warren Jones, this is his most challenging case yet. As the suspects pile up, the victim’s family work to protect their son’s memory by destroying any evidence that could betray his criminal past – or might have led to his killer.
Somehow Warren must uncover the truth about the murder – but there are secrets at the heart of the case more dangerous than anyone could have imagined, and the fallout could tear Warren’s team apart…
The Author:
The first book I ever wrote was a novelization of ET. I was five years old, had a yellow pencil, an exercise book with ET on the front and boundless enthusiasm.
After being told the devastating news that I couldn't write ET because it had already been done, I resolved to write my own stories. They were still somewhat derivative - a time-travelling detective who drives a sports car that can A) talk to him and B) needs to hit 120 mph to time-travel... I was a kid of the eighties, feel free to look for influences.
I dabbled with writing through school and university, but it wasn't until a spell of "under-employment" (the politically correct term for sitting on my arse as a receptionist whilst looking for a position more suited to my PhD) that I entered NaNoWriMo. I never hit that vaunted 50,000 words but I DID put down 30K of speculative fiction and started to take things a bit more seriously.
As always, life intervenes and that story slowly bloomed to a disorganised mess of about 70k over the next few years. It's still there, tucked away on the hard drive and I've promised myself that one day I will come back to it.
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Dr Paul Gitsham
Dr Paul Gitsham
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Title: Out of Sight
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.paulgitsham.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCIJoneswriter
The Book;
His biggest mistake was trusting someone he shouldn’t have…
When a body is found abandoned under a bridge, teeth and fingerprints removed, DCI Warren Jones and his team have little to go on. And once they finally identify the victim, the case doesn’t get any easier.
Estranged from his family but desperate to reconnect, the victim led a solitary life – apart from secretive liaisons with a series of partners he met online. Could one of them be guilty of his murder? Or does the truth lie closer to home?
The more Warren digs, the murkier the picture becomes – re-written family wills, sabotaged CCTV footage and black-market deals are just the beginning. Only one thing is for sure: whoever was behind the brutal murder, they carefully won the trust of their victim before ending his life…
The Author:
The first book I ever wrote was a novelization of ET. I was five years old, had a yellow pencil, an exercise book with ET on the front and boundless enthusiasm.
After being told the devastating news that I couldn't write ET because it had already been done, I resolved to write my own stories. They were still somewhat derivative - a time-travelling detective who drives a sports car that can A) talk to him and B) needs to hit 120 mph to time-travel... I was a kid of the eighties, feel free to look for influences.
I dabbled with writing through school and university, but it wasn't until a spell of "under-employment" (the politically correct term for sitting on my arse as a receptionist whilst looking for a position more suited to my PhD) that I entered NaNoWriMo. I never hit that vaunted 50,000 words but I DID put down 30K of speculative fiction and started to take things a bit more seriously.
As always, life intervenes and that story slowly bloomed to a disorganised mess of about 70k over the next few years. It's still there, tucked away on the hard drive and I've promised myself that one day I will come back to it.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.paulgitsham.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DCIJoneswriter
The Book;
His biggest mistake was trusting someone he shouldn’t have…
When a body is found abandoned under a bridge, teeth and fingerprints removed, DCI Warren Jones and his team have little to go on. And once they finally identify the victim, the case doesn’t get any easier.
Estranged from his family but desperate to reconnect, the victim led a solitary life – apart from secretive liaisons with a series of partners he met online. Could one of them be guilty of his murder? Or does the truth lie closer to home?
The more Warren digs, the murkier the picture becomes – re-written family wills, sabotaged CCTV footage and black-market deals are just the beginning. Only one thing is for sure: whoever was behind the brutal murder, they carefully won the trust of their victim before ending his life…
The Author:
The first book I ever wrote was a novelization of ET. I was five years old, had a yellow pencil, an exercise book with ET on the front and boundless enthusiasm.
After being told the devastating news that I couldn't write ET because it had already been done, I resolved to write my own stories. They were still somewhat derivative - a time-travelling detective who drives a sports car that can A) talk to him and B) needs to hit 120 mph to time-travel... I was a kid of the eighties, feel free to look for influences.
I dabbled with writing through school and university, but it wasn't until a spell of "under-employment" (the politically correct term for sitting on my arse as a receptionist whilst looking for a position more suited to my PhD) that I entered NaNoWriMo. I never hit that vaunted 50,000 words but I DID put down 30K of speculative fiction and started to take things a bit more seriously.
As always, life intervenes and that story slowly bloomed to a disorganised mess of about 70k over the next few years. It's still there, tucked away on the hard drive and I've promised myself that one day I will come back to it.
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Kieran Larwood
Kieran Larwood
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Title: Uki and the Swamp Spirit
Genre: Fantasy Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://kmlarwood.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmlarwood
The Book;
Uki had the sensation of a sickly green light, spreading out through the networks of water. Of tendrils connecting all the creatures of the marsh in a web . . . Linking itself so it could poison it all and destroy it.
Uki and his friends have two more spirits to find and capture. After defeating Valkus, they make for Clarice, who is spreading disease through the swamps. Can Uki and his friends outwit him - all whilst they themselves are being chased by the Endwatch and Jori's clan of assassins?
The Author:
Kieran Larwood is the author of Middle Grade children's book series The Five Realms and Carnival Of The Lost (Faber).
He worked as a Reception class teacher for fifteen years, and has just about recovered. He now writes full time and drinks far too much coffee.
He won the 2011 Times Children's Fiction competition with his debut novel, and the 2017 Blue Peter Book Award for Podkin One-Ear, his second book.
Genre: Fantasy Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://kmlarwood.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kmlarwood
The Book;
Uki had the sensation of a sickly green light, spreading out through the networks of water. Of tendrils connecting all the creatures of the marsh in a web . . . Linking itself so it could poison it all and destroy it.
Uki and his friends have two more spirits to find and capture. After defeating Valkus, they make for Clarice, who is spreading disease through the swamps. Can Uki and his friends outwit him - all whilst they themselves are being chased by the Endwatch and Jori's clan of assassins?
The Author:
Kieran Larwood is the author of Middle Grade children's book series The Five Realms and Carnival Of The Lost (Faber).
He worked as a Reception class teacher for fifteen years, and has just about recovered. He now writes full time and drinks far too much coffee.
He won the 2011 Times Children's Fiction competition with his debut novel, and the 2017 Blue Peter Book Award for Podkin One-Ear, his second book.
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Catherine Cooper
Catherine Cooper
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Title: The Chateau
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/catherinecooper
The Book;
They thought it was perfect. They were wrong…
A glamorous chateau
Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happened in England. They’ve bought a chateau in France to make a fresh start, and their kids need them to stay together – whatever it costs.
A couple on the brink
The expat community is welcoming, but when a neighbour is murdered at a lavish party, Aura and Nick don’t know who to trust.
A secret that is bound to come out…
Someone knows exactly why they really came to the chateau. And someone is going to give them what they deserve.
The Author:
"I am a freelance journalist living in the South of France with my husband and two teenage children. We moved from London in 2009 so that the children could grow up bilingual and we could all ski more, and to enjoy a more relaxed pace of life.
I learned to ski on a school trip when I was 14 and have loved it ever since.
I'm an avid thriller reader and have been since I discovered Agatha Christie as a child.
Other than skiing and reading I love travel, rollercoaster, and I spend far too much time on social media. Some of my other favourite things include Alan Partridge, sparkly flip flops and salt and vinegar crisps."
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/catherinecooper
The Book;
They thought it was perfect. They were wrong…
A glamorous chateau
Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happened in England. They’ve bought a chateau in France to make a fresh start, and their kids need them to stay together – whatever it costs.
A couple on the brink
The expat community is welcoming, but when a neighbour is murdered at a lavish party, Aura and Nick don’t know who to trust.
A secret that is bound to come out…
Someone knows exactly why they really came to the chateau. And someone is going to give them what they deserve.
The Author:
"I am a freelance journalist living in the South of France with my husband and two teenage children. We moved from London in 2009 so that the children could grow up bilingual and we could all ski more, and to enjoy a more relaxed pace of life.
I learned to ski on a school trip when I was 14 and have loved it ever since.
I'm an avid thriller reader and have been since I discovered Agatha Christie as a child.
Other than skiing and reading I love travel, rollercoaster, and I spend far too much time on social media. Some of my other favourite things include Alan Partridge, sparkly flip flops and salt and vinegar crisps."
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Gareth E. Rees
Gareth E. Rees
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Title: Unofficial Britain
Genre: Education Travel Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.unofficialbritain.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hackneymarshman
The Book: Unofficial Britain
There is a Britain that exists outside of the official histories and guidebooks - places that lie on the margins, left behind. A Britain in the cracks of the urban facade where unexpected life can flourish. Welcome to UNOFFICIAL BRITAIN.
This is a land of industrial estates, factories and electricity pylons, of motorways and ring roads, of hospitals and housing estates, of roundabouts and flyovers.
Places where modern life speeds past but where people and stories nevertheless collect. Places where human dramas play out: stories of love, violence, fear, boredom and artistic expression.
Places of ghost sightings, first kisses, experiments with drugs, refuges for the homeless, hangouts for the outcasts.
Struck by the power of these stories and experiences, Gareth E. Rees set out to explore these spaces and the essential part they have played in the history and geography of our isles.
Though mundane and neglected, they can be as powerfully influential in our lives, and imaginations, as any picture postcard tourist destination.
This is Unofficial Britain, a personal journey along the edges of a landscape brimming with mystery, folklore and myth.
The Author:
Gareth E. Rees is author of occult Hastings memoir The Stone Tide (Influx Press, 2018), acclaimed psychogeographic work Marshland (Influx Press, 2013), and an album of spoken word and chamber music, A Dream Life of Hackney Marshes (Clay Pipe Music, 2013). He has written weird fiction and horror tales for titles including This Dreaming Isle, The Shadow Booth: Vol. 2, Unthology 10 and The Lonely Crowd. He is the founder of the website Unofficial Britain.
Unofficial Britain & Car Park Life, are Gareth's two Travel books.
Gareth is the lead singer in garage punk band, The Dirty Contacts, and guitarist in psychedelic noise duo, Black Arches.
Genre: Education Travel Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.unofficialbritain.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hackneymarshman
The Book: Unofficial Britain
There is a Britain that exists outside of the official histories and guidebooks - places that lie on the margins, left behind. A Britain in the cracks of the urban facade where unexpected life can flourish. Welcome to UNOFFICIAL BRITAIN.
This is a land of industrial estates, factories and electricity pylons, of motorways and ring roads, of hospitals and housing estates, of roundabouts and flyovers.
Places where modern life speeds past but where people and stories nevertheless collect. Places where human dramas play out: stories of love, violence, fear, boredom and artistic expression.
Places of ghost sightings, first kisses, experiments with drugs, refuges for the homeless, hangouts for the outcasts.
Struck by the power of these stories and experiences, Gareth E. Rees set out to explore these spaces and the essential part they have played in the history and geography of our isles.
Though mundane and neglected, they can be as powerfully influential in our lives, and imaginations, as any picture postcard tourist destination.
This is Unofficial Britain, a personal journey along the edges of a landscape brimming with mystery, folklore and myth.
The Author:
Gareth E. Rees is author of occult Hastings memoir The Stone Tide (Influx Press, 2018), acclaimed psychogeographic work Marshland (Influx Press, 2013), and an album of spoken word and chamber music, A Dream Life of Hackney Marshes (Clay Pipe Music, 2013). He has written weird fiction and horror tales for titles including This Dreaming Isle, The Shadow Booth: Vol. 2, Unthology 10 and The Lonely Crowd. He is the founder of the website Unofficial Britain.
Unofficial Britain & Car Park Life, are Gareth's two Travel books.
Gareth is the lead singer in garage punk band, The Dirty Contacts, and guitarist in psychedelic noise duo, Black Arches.
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Chris Callaghan
Chris Callaghan
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Title: The Great Chocoplot
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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A brief introduction to the story of the Chocopocalypse - the end of chocolate!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-IUr3peSo8
Website: https://www.chris-callaghan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/callaghansstuff
The Book;
For fans of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and readers of Chris Grabenstein and Wendy Mass, The Chocopocalypse is an action-packed mystery about what would happen if the world were about to run out of chocolate!
Life for Jelly Welly—or Jennifer Wellington—is totally and utterly normal in Chompton-on-de-Lyte. She lives with her mum and dad and gran, has nosy neighbors who like to gossip, and really needs to think of a science project that will get her a good grade.
But when news breaks of an impending chocopocalypse, her whole world—and the world at large—is thrown into utter chaos.
With only six days left until no more chocolate, Jelly has a sneaking suspicion that something isn’t right. She and her gran investigate, picking up on a mysterious trail of clues.
Is it really the dreaded chocopocalypse, or is there a mastermind behind the madness?
The Author:
I'm a Geordie bloke living in London and I've ALWAYS written stories.
Even when I served as a mechanic on jet fighters in the Royal Air Force and as an Environmental Scientist, I always let my imagination drift.
I wrote my debut book, while I was a Stay at Home Dad called 'The Great Chocoplot' - about the END of chocolate!
My series of books and graphic novels - 'Shinoy and the Chaos Crew' are for young readers wanting some quirky action and adventure.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A brief introduction to the story of the Chocopocalypse - the end of chocolate!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-IUr3peSo8
Website: https://www.chris-callaghan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/callaghansstuff
The Book;
For fans of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and readers of Chris Grabenstein and Wendy Mass, The Chocopocalypse is an action-packed mystery about what would happen if the world were about to run out of chocolate!
Life for Jelly Welly—or Jennifer Wellington—is totally and utterly normal in Chompton-on-de-Lyte. She lives with her mum and dad and gran, has nosy neighbors who like to gossip, and really needs to think of a science project that will get her a good grade.
But when news breaks of an impending chocopocalypse, her whole world—and the world at large—is thrown into utter chaos.
With only six days left until no more chocolate, Jelly has a sneaking suspicion that something isn’t right. She and her gran investigate, picking up on a mysterious trail of clues.
Is it really the dreaded chocopocalypse, or is there a mastermind behind the madness?
The Author:
I'm a Geordie bloke living in London and I've ALWAYS written stories.
Even when I served as a mechanic on jet fighters in the Royal Air Force and as an Environmental Scientist, I always let my imagination drift.
I wrote my debut book, while I was a Stay at Home Dad called 'The Great Chocoplot' - about the END of chocolate!
My series of books and graphic novels - 'Shinoy and the Chaos Crew' are for young readers wanting some quirky action and adventure.
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Chris Callaghan
Chris Callaghan
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Batch of Shinoy and the Chaos books (Collins Big Cat Publisher)
Series created by Chris Callaghan, Illustrated by Amit Tayal
Title 1: Mission: Static Shocks
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Graphic Novel
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Mission: Merciless Ice Mines
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Graphic Novel
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Where Did It Go?
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: What is a Secret Code?
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 5: The Day Time Repeated
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Reading Books
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 6: The Day of the Time Tunnels
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Reading Books
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
All Books will be signed and dedicated by Chris Callaghan
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.chris-callaghan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/callaghansstuff
The Book;
When Shinoy downloads the Chaos Crew app on his phone, a glitch in the system gives him the power to summon his TV heroes into his world. With the team on board, Shinoy can figure out why weird things are happening in Flat Hill. Is the dastardly red-eyed S.N.A.I.R., a Super Nasty Artificial Intelligent Robot, causing all the trouble or is it something else?
This action-packed new series is stuffed with dynamic illustrations, humour and great story-telling - all of which adds up to a truly fun and motivating way to grab the attention of every pupil.
Featuring a highly engaging mix of fiction and graphic novels as well as non-fiction, the world of Shinoy and the Chaos Crew reflects comics, gaming and fantasy, perfect for fostering a love of reading in your whole class.
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support.
The Author:
I'm a Geordie bloke living in London and I've ALWAYS written stories.
Even when I served as a mechanic on jet fighters in the Royal Air Force and as an Environmental Scientist, I always let my imagination drift.
I wrote my debut book, while I was a Stay at Home Dad called 'The Great Chocoplot' - about the END of chocolate!
My series of books and graphic novels - 'Shinoy and the Chaos Crew' are for young readers wanting some quirky action and adventure.
Series created by Chris Callaghan, Illustrated by Amit Tayal
Title 1: Mission: Static Shocks
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Graphic Novel
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Mission: Merciless Ice Mines
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Graphic Novel
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Where Did It Go?
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: What is a Secret Code?
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 5: The Day Time Repeated
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Reading Books
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 6: The Day of the Time Tunnels
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Reading Books
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
All Books will be signed and dedicated by Chris Callaghan
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.chris-callaghan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/callaghansstuff
The Book;
When Shinoy downloads the Chaos Crew app on his phone, a glitch in the system gives him the power to summon his TV heroes into his world. With the team on board, Shinoy can figure out why weird things are happening in Flat Hill. Is the dastardly red-eyed S.N.A.I.R., a Super Nasty Artificial Intelligent Robot, causing all the trouble or is it something else?
This action-packed new series is stuffed with dynamic illustrations, humour and great story-telling - all of which adds up to a truly fun and motivating way to grab the attention of every pupil.
Featuring a highly engaging mix of fiction and graphic novels as well as non-fiction, the world of Shinoy and the Chaos Crew reflects comics, gaming and fantasy, perfect for fostering a love of reading in your whole class.
Collins Big Cat supports every primary child on their reading journey from phonics to fluency. Top authors and illustrators have created fiction and non-fiction books that children love to read. Book banded for guided and independent reading, there are reading notes in the back, comprehensive teaching and assessment support.
The Author:
I'm a Geordie bloke living in London and I've ALWAYS written stories.
Even when I served as a mechanic on jet fighters in the Royal Air Force and as an Environmental Scientist, I always let my imagination drift.
I wrote my debut book, while I was a Stay at Home Dad called 'The Great Chocoplot' - about the END of chocolate!
My series of books and graphic novels - 'Shinoy and the Chaos Crew' are for young readers wanting some quirky action and adventure.
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Cressida McLaughlin
Cressida McLaughlin
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Title: Christmas Carols and a Cornish Cream Tea
Genre: Christmas -
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://cressidamclaughlin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CressMcLaughlin
The Book;
Can she spread Christmas cheer in Cornwall this year?
All Meredith Verran has ever wanted is to escape the holiday season without having to wear a Christmas jumper. Her new job at the cosy gift shop in a picturesque Cornish tourist spot is making it impossible for her to maintain her scrooge-like manner.
With their seasonal hampers on everyone’s wish list, Meredith must paste on a smile and fake some holiday cheer. Then she meets handsome new arrival, Finn, who wishes it could be Christmas every day and wants her to feel the same way too.
Can she embrace the holly and the ivy before the decorations are packed away for another year?
The Author:
I grew up in London surrounded by books and with a cat named after Lawrence of Arabia. I studied English Literature at the University of East Anglia and live in Norwich with my husband David.
I'm a total book nerd and my TBR pile is out of control. I would quite like to be a ghost hunter, and I'm a huge fan of a fictional hero.
When I'm not writing, I spend my spare time reading, returning to London or exploring the beautiful Norfolk coastline.
I love hearing from readers, so please get in touch if you have a question or if you just want to say hello.
Genre: Christmas -
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://cressidamclaughlin.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CressMcLaughlin
The Book;
Can she spread Christmas cheer in Cornwall this year?
All Meredith Verran has ever wanted is to escape the holiday season without having to wear a Christmas jumper. Her new job at the cosy gift shop in a picturesque Cornish tourist spot is making it impossible for her to maintain her scrooge-like manner.
With their seasonal hampers on everyone’s wish list, Meredith must paste on a smile and fake some holiday cheer. Then she meets handsome new arrival, Finn, who wishes it could be Christmas every day and wants her to feel the same way too.
Can she embrace the holly and the ivy before the decorations are packed away for another year?
The Author:
I grew up in London surrounded by books and with a cat named after Lawrence of Arabia. I studied English Literature at the University of East Anglia and live in Norwich with my husband David.
I'm a total book nerd and my TBR pile is out of control. I would quite like to be a ghost hunter, and I'm a huge fan of a fictional hero.
When I'm not writing, I spend my spare time reading, returning to London or exploring the beautiful Norfolk coastline.
I love hearing from readers, so please get in touch if you have a question or if you just want to say hello.
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Cathy Lake
Cathy Lake
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Title: The Country Village Summer Fete
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Audio Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJemKVrKrnk
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/cathy-lake
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LakeAuthor
The Book;
Emma Patrick's life is spiralling out of control. On the cusp of her 50th birthday, she suddenly realises that she doesn't have many meaningful relationships in her life. She's single, successful, living alone and thinks she's loving it, but being so focussed on work and always online means she's lost any real connection to people.
When Emma gets a call to say her ageing father is becoming increasingly confused, she decides that she should go back home to the countryside to spend some time with him. But returning to Little Bramble, the village she grew up in, after all these years, is filled with complications of its own and people she'd rather avoid.
As Emma starts to settle in to her childhood home, she finds herself loving village life - much to her surprise. When the opportunity to get involved in the running of the summer fete comes her way, before she knows it she's embracing jam making, cake baking and bunting. And with romance brewing, Emma begins to doubt the glamorous life in London that she worked so hard to build . . .
The Author:
Cathy Lake is a women's fiction writer who lives with her family and three dogs in beautiful South Wales. She writes uplifting stories about strong women, family, friendship, love, community and overcoming obstacles.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/cathy-lake
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LakeAuthor
The Book;
Emma Patrick's life is spiralling out of control. On the cusp of her 50th birthday, she suddenly realises that she doesn't have many meaningful relationships in her life. She's single, successful, living alone and thinks she's loving it, but being so focussed on work and always online means she's lost any real connection to people.
When Emma gets a call to say her ageing father is becoming increasingly confused, she decides that she should go back home to the countryside to spend some time with him. But returning to Little Bramble, the village she grew up in, after all these years, is filled with complications of its own and people she'd rather avoid.
As Emma starts to settle in to her childhood home, she finds herself loving village life - much to her surprise. When the opportunity to get involved in the running of the summer fete comes her way, before she knows it she's embracing jam making, cake baking and bunting. And with romance brewing, Emma begins to doubt the glamorous life in London that she worked so hard to build . . .
The Author:
Cathy Lake is a women's fiction writer who lives with her family and three dogs in beautiful South Wales. She writes uplifting stories about strong women, family, friendship, love, community and overcoming obstacles.
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Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell
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Title: War Lord
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.bernardcornwell.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BernardCornwell
The Book;
IN THE FINAL RECKONING, CHOOSE YOUR SIDE CAREFULLY…
The epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series.
After years fighting to reclaim his rightful home, Uhtred of Bebbanburg has returned to Northumbria. With his loyal band of warriors and a new woman by his side, his household is secure – yet Uhtred is far from safe. Beyond the walls of his impregnable fortress, a battle for power rages.
To the south, King Æthelstan has unified the three kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia – and now eyes a bigger prize. To the north, King Constantine and other Scottish and Irish leaders seek to extend their borders and expand their dominion.
Caught in the eye of the storm is Uhtred. Threatened and bribed by all sides, he faces an impossible choice: stay out of the struggle, risking his freedom, or throw himself into the cauldron of war and the most terrible battle Britain has ever experienced. Only fate can decide the outcome.
The epic story of how England was made concludes in WAR LORD, the magnificent finale to the Last Kingdom series.
The Author:
Cornwell was born in London in 1944. His father was a Canadian airman, and his mother, who was English, a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. He was adopted and brought up in Essex by the Wiggins family, who were members of the Peculiar People, a strict Protestant sect who banned frivolity of all kinds and even medicine. After he left them, he changed his name to his birth mother's maiden name, Cornwell.
Cornwell was sent away to Monkton Combe School, attended the University of London, and after graduating, worked as a teacher. He attempted to enlist in the British armed services at least three times but was rejected on the grounds of myopia.
He then joined BBC's Nationwide and was promoted to become head of current affairs at BBC Northern Ireland. He then joined Thames Television as editor of Thames News. He relocated to the United States in 1980 after marrying an American. Unable to get a green card, he started writing novels, as this did not require a work permit.
As a child, Cornwell loved the novels of C.S. Forester, chronicling the adventures of fictional British naval officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars, and was surprised to find there were no such novels following Lord Wellington's campaign on land. Motivated by the need to support himself in the U.S. through writing, Cornwell decided to write such a series. He named his chief protagonist Richard Sharpe, a rifleman involved in most major battles of the Peninsular War.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer:
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Website: http://www.bernardcornwell.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BernardCornwell
The Book;
IN THE FINAL RECKONING, CHOOSE YOUR SIDE CAREFULLY…
The epic conclusion to the globally bestselling historical series.
After years fighting to reclaim his rightful home, Uhtred of Bebbanburg has returned to Northumbria. With his loyal band of warriors and a new woman by his side, his household is secure – yet Uhtred is far from safe. Beyond the walls of his impregnable fortress, a battle for power rages.
To the south, King Æthelstan has unified the three kingdoms of Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia – and now eyes a bigger prize. To the north, King Constantine and other Scottish and Irish leaders seek to extend their borders and expand their dominion.
Caught in the eye of the storm is Uhtred. Threatened and bribed by all sides, he faces an impossible choice: stay out of the struggle, risking his freedom, or throw himself into the cauldron of war and the most terrible battle Britain has ever experienced. Only fate can decide the outcome.
The epic story of how England was made concludes in WAR LORD, the magnificent finale to the Last Kingdom series.
The Author:
Cornwell was born in London in 1944. His father was a Canadian airman, and his mother, who was English, a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. He was adopted and brought up in Essex by the Wiggins family, who were members of the Peculiar People, a strict Protestant sect who banned frivolity of all kinds and even medicine. After he left them, he changed his name to his birth mother's maiden name, Cornwell.
Cornwell was sent away to Monkton Combe School, attended the University of London, and after graduating, worked as a teacher. He attempted to enlist in the British armed services at least three times but was rejected on the grounds of myopia.
He then joined BBC's Nationwide and was promoted to become head of current affairs at BBC Northern Ireland. He then joined Thames Television as editor of Thames News. He relocated to the United States in 1980 after marrying an American. Unable to get a green card, he started writing novels, as this did not require a work permit.
As a child, Cornwell loved the novels of C.S. Forester, chronicling the adventures of fictional British naval officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars, and was surprised to find there were no such novels following Lord Wellington's campaign on land. Motivated by the need to support himself in the U.S. through writing, Cornwell decided to write such a series. He named his chief protagonist Richard Sharpe, a rifleman involved in most major battles of the Peninsular War.
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G.D. Abson
G.D. Abson
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Title: Black Wolf
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.gdabson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/garry_abson
The Book:
FROM THE AUTHOR OF SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB STAR PICK MOTHERLAND.
A young woman is found dead on the outskirts of St Petersburg on a freezing January morning. She has no injuries, and heavy snowfall has buried all trace of an attacker.
Government security services immediately shut down the case, and Natalya suspects the authorities have something to hide. When the dead woman is revealed to be an anti-Putin activist, Natalya has to go undercover to expose the truth.
But with her career at stake and her own family in danger, how far is she prepared to go?
A captivating, pacy thriller that plunges right into the beating heart of Putin’s Russia.
The Author:
G.D. Abson is the author of Motherland, the first in his Senior Investigator Natalya Ivanova series set in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Motherland is a Times/ Sunday Times Crime Club Star Pick and has been shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger.
G.D. (alias Garry David) was born in County Durham, England, and brought up on army bases in Germany and Singapore before returning to the UK. He developed a lifelong obsession with Russia after studying the revolution at school and Russian politics at university as the Soviet Union collapsed.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.gdabson.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/garry_abson
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FROM THE AUTHOR OF SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB STAR PICK MOTHERLAND.
A young woman is found dead on the outskirts of St Petersburg on a freezing January morning. She has no injuries, and heavy snowfall has buried all trace of an attacker.
Government security services immediately shut down the case, and Natalya suspects the authorities have something to hide. When the dead woman is revealed to be an anti-Putin activist, Natalya has to go undercover to expose the truth.
But with her career at stake and her own family in danger, how far is she prepared to go?
A captivating, pacy thriller that plunges right into the beating heart of Putin’s Russia.
The Author:
G.D. Abson is the author of Motherland, the first in his Senior Investigator Natalya Ivanova series set in Vladimir Putin's Russia.
Motherland is a Times/ Sunday Times Crime Club Star Pick and has been shortlisted for a Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger.
G.D. (alias Garry David) was born in County Durham, England, and brought up on army bases in Germany and Singapore before returning to the UK. He developed a lifelong obsession with Russia after studying the revolution at school and Russian politics at university as the Soviet Union collapsed.
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Trevor Wood
Trevor Wood
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Title: One Way Street
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://trevorwoodauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrevorWoodWrite
The Book;
The second gritty Newcastle-set thriller in this unforgettable series about a homeless veteran turned local sleuth and vigilante. Follow up to the highly acclaimed The Man on the Street.
A series of bizarre drug-related deaths among runaway teenagers has set the North East’s homeless community on edge.
The word on the street is that a rogue batch of Spice – the zombie drug sweeping the inner cities – is to blame, but when one of Jimmy’s few close friends is caught up in the carnage loyalty compels him to find out what’s really going on.
One Way Street sees the welcome return of Jimmy Mullen, the homeless, PTSD-suffering, veteran as he attempts to rebuild his life following the events in The Man on the Street.
As his probation officer constantly reminds him: all he needs to do is keep out of trouble. Sadly for him, trouble seems to have a habit of tracking Jimmy down.
The Author:
Trevor Wood has lived in Newcastle for 25 years and considers himself an adopted Geordie, though he still can’t speak the language. He's a successful playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City Council. Prior to that he served in the Royal Navy for 16 years joining, presciently, as a Writer. Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from UEA. His first novel, The Man on the Street, won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, the Crimefest Specsavers Best Crime Debut Award and has been shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His second, One Way Street, is now out in hardback, e-book and audiobook. He is represented by Oli Munson at AM Heath.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://trevorwoodauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TrevorWoodWrite
The Book;
The second gritty Newcastle-set thriller in this unforgettable series about a homeless veteran turned local sleuth and vigilante. Follow up to the highly acclaimed The Man on the Street.
A series of bizarre drug-related deaths among runaway teenagers has set the North East’s homeless community on edge.
The word on the street is that a rogue batch of Spice – the zombie drug sweeping the inner cities – is to blame, but when one of Jimmy’s few close friends is caught up in the carnage loyalty compels him to find out what’s really going on.
One Way Street sees the welcome return of Jimmy Mullen, the homeless, PTSD-suffering, veteran as he attempts to rebuild his life following the events in The Man on the Street.
As his probation officer constantly reminds him: all he needs to do is keep out of trouble. Sadly for him, trouble seems to have a habit of tracking Jimmy down.
The Author:
Trevor Wood has lived in Newcastle for 25 years and considers himself an adopted Geordie, though he still can’t speak the language. He's a successful playwright who has also worked as a journalist and spin-doctor for the City Council. Prior to that he served in the Royal Navy for 16 years joining, presciently, as a Writer. Trevor holds an MA in Creative Writing (Crime Fiction) from UEA. His first novel, The Man on the Street, won the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger, the Crimefest Specsavers Best Crime Debut Award and has been shortlisted for the Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. His second, One Way Street, is now out in hardback, e-book and audiobook. He is represented by Oli Munson at AM Heath.
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Rhiannon Ward
Rhiannon Ward
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Title: The Quickening
Genre: Gothic Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://crimepieces.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahrward1
The Book;
England, 1925. Louisa Drew lost her husband in the First World War and her six-year-old twin sons in the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. Newly re-married and seven months pregnant, Louisa is asked by her employer to travel to Clewer Hall in Sussex where she is to photograph the contents of the house for auction.
She learns Clewer Hall was host to an infamous séance in 1896, and that the lady of the house has asked those who gathered back then to come together once more to recreate the evening.
When a mysterious child appears on the grounds, Louisa finds herself compelled to investigate and becomes embroiled in the strange happenings of the house. Gradually, she unravels the long-held secrets of the inhabitants and what really happened thirty years before... and discovers her own fate is entwined with that of Clewer Hall's.
For fans of The Silent Companions, The Little Stranger and The Familiars, an exquisitely crafted and compelling mystery that invites the reader in to the crumbling Clewer Hall to help unlock its secrets.
The Author:
Rhiannon Ward is the pseudonym for Sarah Ward, the Amazon bestselling and critically acclaimed crime author.
Sarah has a masters degree in Religious History and has long been fascinated by the long tradition of spiritualism in England. A member of the Society of Psychical Research, Sarah has also studied Conan Doyle's passion for spiritualism. Sarah is a crime reviewer and book blogger at Crimepieces.
Genre: Gothic Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://crimepieces.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahrward1
The Book;
England, 1925. Louisa Drew lost her husband in the First World War and her six-year-old twin sons in the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. Newly re-married and seven months pregnant, Louisa is asked by her employer to travel to Clewer Hall in Sussex where she is to photograph the contents of the house for auction.
She learns Clewer Hall was host to an infamous séance in 1896, and that the lady of the house has asked those who gathered back then to come together once more to recreate the evening.
When a mysterious child appears on the grounds, Louisa finds herself compelled to investigate and becomes embroiled in the strange happenings of the house. Gradually, she unravels the long-held secrets of the inhabitants and what really happened thirty years before... and discovers her own fate is entwined with that of Clewer Hall's.
For fans of The Silent Companions, The Little Stranger and The Familiars, an exquisitely crafted and compelling mystery that invites the reader in to the crumbling Clewer Hall to help unlock its secrets.
The Author:
Rhiannon Ward is the pseudonym for Sarah Ward, the Amazon bestselling and critically acclaimed crime author.
Sarah has a masters degree in Religious History and has long been fascinated by the long tradition of spiritualism in England. A member of the Society of Psychical Research, Sarah has also studied Conan Doyle's passion for spiritualism. Sarah is a crime reviewer and book blogger at Crimepieces.
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Diane Setterfield
Diane Setterfield
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Title: Once Upon A River
Genre: Fantasy - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Diane Introduces Her Book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnJZIVbNbnI
Website: https://www.dianesetterfield.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DianeSetterfie1
The Book;
On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on a grievously wounded stranger. In his arms is the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later, the girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? Or can science provide an explanation? These questions have many answers, some of them quite dark indeed.
Those who dwell on the river bank apply all their ingenuity to solving the puzzle of the girl who died and lived again, yet as the days pass the mystery only deepens. The child herself is mute and unable to answer the essential questions: Who is she? Where did she come from? And to whom does she belong? But answers proliferate nonetheless.
Three families are keen to claim her. A wealthy young mother knows the girl is her kidnapped daughter, missing for two years. A farming family reeling from the discovery of their son’s secret liaison, stand ready to welcome their granddaughter. The parson’s housekeeper, humble and isolated, sees in the child the image of her younger sister. But the return of a lost child is not without complications and no matter how heartbreaking the past losses, no matter how precious the child herself, this girl cannot be everyone’s. Each family has mysteries of its own, and many secrets must be revealed before the girl’s identity can be known.
Once Upon a River is a glorious tapestry of a book that combines folklore and science, magic and myth. Suspenseful, romantic, and richly atmospheric, the beginning of this novel will sweep you away on a powerful current of storytelling, transporting you through worlds both real and imagined, to the triumphant conclusion whose depths will continue to give up their treasures long after the last page is turned.
The Author:
“…a mistress of the craft of storytelling.”
The Guardian
Diane Setterfield is a British author. Her bestselling novel, The Thirteenth Tale (2006) was published in 38 countries worldwide and has sold more than three million copies. It was number one in the New York Times hardback fiction list for three weeks and is enjoyed as much for being ‘a love letter to reading’ as for its mystery and style. Her second novel, Bellman & Black (2013 is a genre-defying tale of rooks and Victorian retail. January 2019 sees the publication of her new title, Once Upon a River, which has been called 'bewitching' and 'enchanting'.
Genre: Fantasy - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Diane Introduces Her Book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnJZIVbNbnI
Website: https://www.dianesetterfield.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DianeSetterfie1
The Book;
On a dark midwinter’s night in an ancient inn on the river Thames, an extraordinary event takes place. The regulars are telling stories to while away the dark hours, when the door bursts open on a grievously wounded stranger. In his arms is the lifeless body of a small child. Hours later, the girl stirs, takes a breath and returns to life. Is it a miracle? Is it magic? Or can science provide an explanation? These questions have many answers, some of them quite dark indeed.
Those who dwell on the river bank apply all their ingenuity to solving the puzzle of the girl who died and lived again, yet as the days pass the mystery only deepens. The child herself is mute and unable to answer the essential questions: Who is she? Where did she come from? And to whom does she belong? But answers proliferate nonetheless.
Three families are keen to claim her. A wealthy young mother knows the girl is her kidnapped daughter, missing for two years. A farming family reeling from the discovery of their son’s secret liaison, stand ready to welcome their granddaughter. The parson’s housekeeper, humble and isolated, sees in the child the image of her younger sister. But the return of a lost child is not without complications and no matter how heartbreaking the past losses, no matter how precious the child herself, this girl cannot be everyone’s. Each family has mysteries of its own, and many secrets must be revealed before the girl’s identity can be known.
Once Upon a River is a glorious tapestry of a book that combines folklore and science, magic and myth. Suspenseful, romantic, and richly atmospheric, the beginning of this novel will sweep you away on a powerful current of storytelling, transporting you through worlds both real and imagined, to the triumphant conclusion whose depths will continue to give up their treasures long after the last page is turned.
The Author:
“…a mistress of the craft of storytelling.”
The Guardian
Diane Setterfield is a British author. Her bestselling novel, The Thirteenth Tale (2006) was published in 38 countries worldwide and has sold more than three million copies. It was number one in the New York Times hardback fiction list for three weeks and is enjoyed as much for being ‘a love letter to reading’ as for its mystery and style. Her second novel, Bellman & Black (2013 is a genre-defying tale of rooks and Victorian retail. January 2019 sees the publication of her new title, Once Upon a River, which has been called 'bewitching' and 'enchanting'.
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Eleanor Fitzsimons
Eleanor Fitzsimons
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Title: The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit
Genre: Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://eafitzsimons.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EleanorFitz
The Book;
The first major biography of the trailblazing and controversial children’s author E. Nesbit
Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) is considered the first modern writer for children and the inventor of the children’s adventure story. In The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit, award-winning biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons uncovers the little-known details of her life, introducing readers to the Fabian Society cofounder and fabulous socialite who hosted legendary parties and had admirers by the dozen, including George Bernard Shaw. Through Nesbit’s letters and archival research, Fitzsimons reveals “E.” to have been a prolific lecturer and writer on socialism and shows how Nesbit incorporated these ideas into her writing, thereby influencing a generation of children—an aspect of her literary legacy never before examined. Fitzsimons’s riveting biography brings new light to the life and works of this famed literary icon, a remarkable writer and woman.
The Author:
I am a researcher and writer who specialises in writing about historical and current feminist issues. I have an MA in Women, Gender and Society from University College Dublin. My work has been published in a range of newspapers and journals including The Sunday Times, The Guardian, History Today and The Irish Times, and I am a regular radio and television contributor. My book Wilde’s Women was published by Duckworth Overlook in October 2015. My new biography, The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit, was published in October 2019.
Genre: Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://eafitzsimons.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EleanorFitz
The Book;
The first major biography of the trailblazing and controversial children’s author E. Nesbit
Edith Nesbit (1858–1924) is considered the first modern writer for children and the inventor of the children’s adventure story. In The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit, award-winning biographer Eleanor Fitzsimons uncovers the little-known details of her life, introducing readers to the Fabian Society cofounder and fabulous socialite who hosted legendary parties and had admirers by the dozen, including George Bernard Shaw. Through Nesbit’s letters and archival research, Fitzsimons reveals “E.” to have been a prolific lecturer and writer on socialism and shows how Nesbit incorporated these ideas into her writing, thereby influencing a generation of children—an aspect of her literary legacy never before examined. Fitzsimons’s riveting biography brings new light to the life and works of this famed literary icon, a remarkable writer and woman.
The Author:
I am a researcher and writer who specialises in writing about historical and current feminist issues. I have an MA in Women, Gender and Society from University College Dublin. My work has been published in a range of newspapers and journals including The Sunday Times, The Guardian, History Today and The Irish Times, and I am a regular radio and television contributor. My book Wilde’s Women was published by Duckworth Overlook in October 2015. My new biography, The Life and Loves of E. Nesbit, was published in October 2019.
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G.R. Dix
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Title: Brian Briackbrick and the Hazard of Harry Hatman
Genre: Children (Chapter Book)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GRDixAuthor
The Book;
Brian Brackbrick is ten years old, and the one-hundred and thirty-eighth cleverest person in the whole world.
Oh, and he might be a little bit obsessed with hats.
But - is Brian Brackbrick clever enough to work out why Old Mr. Hatston has suddenly gone missing, and Harry Hatman has appeared in his place overnight?
What does Harry Hatman want with Brian Brackbrick? Where is Old Mr. Hatston?
Who is the mysterious Mr. Sparker?
Does Charlie Chipchase really wear his grandad's old pants?
Join Brian Brackbrick and his best friend George Bum, as they search for the answers amongst the quirky characters and strange goings-on in their town!
This is the first book in an exciting new series for children from author GR Dix, who invites you to jump into the world of Brian Brackbrick and stay for fun, silliness, hats, cakes, books and mysteries!
The Author:
GR Dix lives an exciting double life as both a scientific consultant and an author of children’s books.
His passion for writing was awakened through exploring children’s books – both classic and new – with his three grandchildren.
GR strongly believes in the importance of chapter books for children, both for eager younger readers and for encouraging reluctant older readers. He enjoys school visits, which always provide a stimulating experience for the children, and has built up a supportive network of teachers and other authors.
In his day job, GR provides chemical compliance services to companies on a freelance basis, specialising in chemical classification and safety information and assessments. If you look closely some of these scientific methods and concepts may sneak into his writing.
GR lives with his wife in the Midlands, UK, and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Humanists UK and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSc). He is proudly represented by @CWLAgency.
You can contact GR on Twitter, @brianbrackbrick, or through his Facebook author page, GR Dix Author.
Genre: Children (Chapter Book)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GRDixAuthor
The Book;
Brian Brackbrick is ten years old, and the one-hundred and thirty-eighth cleverest person in the whole world.
Oh, and he might be a little bit obsessed with hats.
But - is Brian Brackbrick clever enough to work out why Old Mr. Hatston has suddenly gone missing, and Harry Hatman has appeared in his place overnight?
What does Harry Hatman want with Brian Brackbrick? Where is Old Mr. Hatston?
Who is the mysterious Mr. Sparker?
Does Charlie Chipchase really wear his grandad's old pants?
Join Brian Brackbrick and his best friend George Bum, as they search for the answers amongst the quirky characters and strange goings-on in their town!
This is the first book in an exciting new series for children from author GR Dix, who invites you to jump into the world of Brian Brackbrick and stay for fun, silliness, hats, cakes, books and mysteries!
The Author:
GR Dix lives an exciting double life as both a scientific consultant and an author of children’s books.
His passion for writing was awakened through exploring children’s books – both classic and new – with his three grandchildren.
GR strongly believes in the importance of chapter books for children, both for eager younger readers and for encouraging reluctant older readers. He enjoys school visits, which always provide a stimulating experience for the children, and has built up a supportive network of teachers and other authors.
In his day job, GR provides chemical compliance services to companies on a freelance basis, specialising in chemical classification and safety information and assessments. If you look closely some of these scientific methods and concepts may sneak into his writing.
GR lives with his wife in the Midlands, UK, and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Humanists UK and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSc). He is proudly represented by @CWLAgency.
You can contact GR on Twitter, @brianbrackbrick, or through his Facebook author page, GR Dix Author.
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Chris Whitaker
Chris Whitaker
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Title: We Begin At The End
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://chriswhitaker.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhittyAuthor
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There are two kinds of families: the ones we are born into and the ones we create.
Walk has never left the coastal California town where he grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but he’s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released.
Duchess is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Her mother, Star, grew up with Walk and Vincent. Walk is in overdrive trying to protect them, but Vincent and Star seem bent on sliding deeper into self-destruction. Star always burned bright, but recently that light has dimmed, leaving Duchess to parent not only her mother but her five-year-old brother. At school the other kids make fun of Duchess―her clothes are torn, her hair a mess. But let them throw their sticks, because she’ll throw stones. Rules are for other people. She’s just trying to survive and keep her family together.
A fortysomething-year-old sheriff and a thirteen-year-old girl may not seem to have a lot in common. But they both have come to expect that people will disappoint you, loved ones will leave you, and if you open your heart it will be broken. So when trouble arrives with Vincent King, Walk and Duchess find they will be unable to do anything but usher it in, arms wide closed.
Chris Whitaker has written an extraordinary novel about people who deserve so much more than life serves them. At times devastating, with flashes of humor and hope throughout, it is ultimately an inspiring tale of how the human spirit prevails and how, in the end, love―in all its different guises―wins.
The Author:
Chris Whitaker is the award-winning author of Tall Oaks, All the Wicked Girls, We Begin at the End, and The Forevers (YA).
His debut Tall Oaks won the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award.
An instant New York Times bestseller and the #1 Indie Next Pick, We Begin at the End was also a Waterstones Thriller of the Month, a Barnes & Noble Book Club Pick and a Good Morning America Buzz Pick. It won the CWA Gold Dagger Award, and the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year.
We Begin At The End has been translated into twenty-three languages, with screen rights going to Disney.
When not writing, Chris works at his local library, where he gets to surround himself with books
Chris lives in the UK with his wife and three children.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://chriswhitaker.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WhittyAuthor
The Book;
There are two kinds of families: the ones we are born into and the ones we create.
Walk has never left the coastal California town where he grew up. He may have become the chief of police, but he’s still trying to heal the old wound of having given the testimony that sent his best friend, Vincent King, to prison decades before. Now, thirty years later, Vincent is being released.
Duchess is a thirteen-year-old self-proclaimed outlaw. Her mother, Star, grew up with Walk and Vincent. Walk is in overdrive trying to protect them, but Vincent and Star seem bent on sliding deeper into self-destruction. Star always burned bright, but recently that light has dimmed, leaving Duchess to parent not only her mother but her five-year-old brother. At school the other kids make fun of Duchess―her clothes are torn, her hair a mess. But let them throw their sticks, because she’ll throw stones. Rules are for other people. She’s just trying to survive and keep her family together.
A fortysomething-year-old sheriff and a thirteen-year-old girl may not seem to have a lot in common. But they both have come to expect that people will disappoint you, loved ones will leave you, and if you open your heart it will be broken. So when trouble arrives with Vincent King, Walk and Duchess find they will be unable to do anything but usher it in, arms wide closed.
Chris Whitaker has written an extraordinary novel about people who deserve so much more than life serves them. At times devastating, with flashes of humor and hope throughout, it is ultimately an inspiring tale of how the human spirit prevails and how, in the end, love―in all its different guises―wins.
The Author:
Chris Whitaker is the award-winning author of Tall Oaks, All the Wicked Girls, We Begin at the End, and The Forevers (YA).
His debut Tall Oaks won the CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award.
An instant New York Times bestseller and the #1 Indie Next Pick, We Begin at the End was also a Waterstones Thriller of the Month, a Barnes & Noble Book Club Pick and a Good Morning America Buzz Pick. It won the CWA Gold Dagger Award, and the Theakston Crime Novel of the Year.
We Begin At The End has been translated into twenty-three languages, with screen rights going to Disney.
When not writing, Chris works at his local library, where he gets to surround himself with books
Chris lives in the UK with his wife and three children.
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Andrew Powell-Thomas
Andrew Powell-Thomas
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Title: Alfie's Adventures in Ancient Rome
Genre: Children (age 7-9)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://andrewpowell-thomas.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorAPT
The Book;
The start of a new school term is anything but ordinary as Alfie somehow finds himself on the cobbled streets of ancient Rome. With local boy Diocles offering to help him, they are soon accused of stealing, leaving them with two choices... surrender to the Roman army or run! After sneaking through glorious villas and sprinting through crowds, they are eventually captured by the soldiers and taken to the Colosseum. Faced against a mighty gladiator, have they met their match or can they escape?
With beautiful illustrations and an informative factual section (that contains some startling revelations about the book!), any young reader will soon be researching the Roman empire for themselves.
Reading for pleasure at its best, this is a page turning adventure story that with inspire and engage young readers.
The Author:
Somerset based author Andrew Powell-Thomas writes children’s fiction, military history and local heritage books.
“Not many people write both fiction and non-fiction but I enjoy the challenge of writing in two very different styles. As a children’s author I want to produce books that are inspiring, entertaining, easy to read and tell a great story! As a historical writer, research is paramount, I try and view the different aspects with fresh eyes whilst being factually accurate.”
Genre: Children (age 7-9)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://andrewpowell-thomas.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorAPT
The Book;
The start of a new school term is anything but ordinary as Alfie somehow finds himself on the cobbled streets of ancient Rome. With local boy Diocles offering to help him, they are soon accused of stealing, leaving them with two choices... surrender to the Roman army or run! After sneaking through glorious villas and sprinting through crowds, they are eventually captured by the soldiers and taken to the Colosseum. Faced against a mighty gladiator, have they met their match or can they escape?
With beautiful illustrations and an informative factual section (that contains some startling revelations about the book!), any young reader will soon be researching the Roman empire for themselves.
Reading for pleasure at its best, this is a page turning adventure story that with inspire and engage young readers.
The Author:
Somerset based author Andrew Powell-Thomas writes children’s fiction, military history and local heritage books.
“Not many people write both fiction and non-fiction but I enjoy the challenge of writing in two very different styles. As a children’s author I want to produce books that are inspiring, entertaining, easy to read and tell a great story! As a historical writer, research is paramount, I try and view the different aspects with fresh eyes whilst being factually accurate.”
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John Marrs
John Marrs
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Title: The One
Genre: psychological thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.johnmarrsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnmarrs1
The Book;
A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner the one you are genetically made for.
That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been matched. But the discovery has its downsides: test results have led to the breakup of countless relationships and upended the traditional ideas of dating, romance and love.
Now five very different people have received the notification that they’ve been “Matched.” They’re each about to meet their one true love. But “happily ever after” isn’t guaranteed for everyone. Because even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking than others…
A word-of-mouth hit in the United Kingdom, The One is a fascinating novel that shows how even the simplest discoveries can have complicated consequences.
The Author:
John Marrs is the author of #1 Best Sellers The One, The Good Samaritan, When You Disappeared, Welcome to Wherever You Are, Her Last Move, The Passengers, The Minders and What Lies Between Us.
The One has been translated into 30 different languages and has been turned into an eight-part Netflix series.
After working as a journalist for 25-years interviewing celebrities from the world of television, film and music for national newspapers and magazines, he is now a full-time writer.
Genre: psychological thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.johnmarrsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnmarrs1
The Book;
A simple DNA test is all it takes. Just a quick mouth swab and soon you’ll be matched with your perfect partner the one you are genetically made for.
That’s the promise made by Match Your DNA. A decade ago, the company announced that they had found the gene that pairs each of us with our soul mate. Since then, millions of people around the world have been matched. But the discovery has its downsides: test results have led to the breakup of countless relationships and upended the traditional ideas of dating, romance and love.
Now five very different people have received the notification that they’ve been “Matched.” They’re each about to meet their one true love. But “happily ever after” isn’t guaranteed for everyone. Because even soul mates have secrets. And some are more shocking than others…
A word-of-mouth hit in the United Kingdom, The One is a fascinating novel that shows how even the simplest discoveries can have complicated consequences.
The Author:
John Marrs is the author of #1 Best Sellers The One, The Good Samaritan, When You Disappeared, Welcome to Wherever You Are, Her Last Move, The Passengers, The Minders and What Lies Between Us.
The One has been translated into 30 different languages and has been turned into an eight-part Netflix series.
After working as a journalist for 25-years interviewing celebrities from the world of television, film and music for national newspapers and magazines, he is now a full-time writer.
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Rob Biddulph
Rob Biddulph
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Title: Draw With Rob: Monster Madness
Genre: Children - Art and Activity
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Reveal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pre6KnY3fwM
Website: http://www.robbiddulph.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobBiddulph
The Book;
At home and wondering what to do? Pick up your pencils and join thousands of children around the world and #DrawWithRob – now filled with marvellous monsters for you to draw and enjoy!
The first DRAW WITH ROB activity book went to Number One in the charts and was named ‘Book of the Year’ at the 2020 Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards! Now every family can share this monstrous new art activity book. Join Rob and learn to draw magnificent monsters with his easy step-by-step instructions, and help children learn about feelings, and how to deal with them, along the way. This perfect present is packed with art activities and family fun.
The bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator Rob Biddulph is the genius behind the phenomenal, viral sensation that is DRAW WITH ROB and the accompanying activity book, and now the sensational DRAW WITH ROB: STORY TIME – bringing joy to families everywhere with his easy to follow instructions and warm-hearted humour. So whether you’re in home education, home-schooling, learning to draw or just having fun, let Rob show you that anyone can learn to #DrawWithRob!
*WITH PERFORATED PAGES SO YOU CAN EASILY TEAR OUT AND DISPLAY YOUR ART!*
Rob’s original hit videos are also available at http://www.robbiddulph.com, and on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, with Rob appearing on TV to talk about them too.
Perfect stay-at-home fun for boys, girls, and everyone aged three to one hundred and three, and a wonderful introduction to Rob Biddulph’s bestselling picture book range – including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize-winning Blown Away, Odd Dog Out, and many more! Available in all good bookstores and online retailers, and perfect for children who are learning to read – or just love to!
The Author:
In a previous life, author/illustrator Rob was the art director of publications such as the Observer Magazine, NME and Just Seventeen. Now he spends his time making up stories for his three daughters and drawing pictures to go with them. He is the official World Book Day Illustrator for 2019, 2020 and 2021.
His first picture book, Blown Away, was published in 2014 and was only the second illustrated book in history to win the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. It was read as a CBeebies Bedtime Story by Mark Bonnar in 2017. His second book, GRRRRR!, was nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and was read as a CBeebies Bedtime Story by Chris Kamara in 2019. His third, Odd Dog Out, was nominated for a total of eight literary prizes, winning the BSC Festival of Literature Picture Book Award and the UKLA Student Shadower’s Vote Book Award. It was read as a CBeebies Bedtime Story by Tom Hardy in 2017. His fourth, Sunk!, was nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for The People's Book Award and Oscar's Book Prize.
Genre: Children - Art and Activity
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Reveal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pre6KnY3fwM
Website: http://www.robbiddulph.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobBiddulph
The Book;
At home and wondering what to do? Pick up your pencils and join thousands of children around the world and #DrawWithRob – now filled with marvellous monsters for you to draw and enjoy!
The first DRAW WITH ROB activity book went to Number One in the charts and was named ‘Book of the Year’ at the 2020 Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards! Now every family can share this monstrous new art activity book. Join Rob and learn to draw magnificent monsters with his easy step-by-step instructions, and help children learn about feelings, and how to deal with them, along the way. This perfect present is packed with art activities and family fun.
The bestselling and award-winning author/illustrator Rob Biddulph is the genius behind the phenomenal, viral sensation that is DRAW WITH ROB and the accompanying activity book, and now the sensational DRAW WITH ROB: STORY TIME – bringing joy to families everywhere with his easy to follow instructions and warm-hearted humour. So whether you’re in home education, home-schooling, learning to draw or just having fun, let Rob show you that anyone can learn to #DrawWithRob!
*WITH PERFORATED PAGES SO YOU CAN EASILY TEAR OUT AND DISPLAY YOUR ART!*
Rob’s original hit videos are also available at http://www.robbiddulph.com, and on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, with Rob appearing on TV to talk about them too.
Perfect stay-at-home fun for boys, girls, and everyone aged three to one hundred and three, and a wonderful introduction to Rob Biddulph’s bestselling picture book range – including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize-winning Blown Away, Odd Dog Out, and many more! Available in all good bookstores and online retailers, and perfect for children who are learning to read – or just love to!
The Author:
In a previous life, author/illustrator Rob was the art director of publications such as the Observer Magazine, NME and Just Seventeen. Now he spends his time making up stories for his three daughters and drawing pictures to go with them. He is the official World Book Day Illustrator for 2019, 2020 and 2021.
His first picture book, Blown Away, was published in 2014 and was only the second illustrated book in history to win the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. It was read as a CBeebies Bedtime Story by Mark Bonnar in 2017. His second book, GRRRRR!, was nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and was read as a CBeebies Bedtime Story by Chris Kamara in 2019. His third, Odd Dog Out, was nominated for a total of eight literary prizes, winning the BSC Festival of Literature Picture Book Award and the UKLA Student Shadower’s Vote Book Award. It was read as a CBeebies Bedtime Story by Tom Hardy in 2017. His fourth, Sunk!, was nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and shortlisted for The People's Book Award and Oscar's Book Prize.
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Kate Weston
Kate Weston
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Title: Diary of a Confused Feminist
Genre: Comedy - Y/A
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Quick-fire questions with Kate Weston, author of Diary of a Confused Feminist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkLEVW5Xiko
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/kate-weston
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kateelizweston
The Book;
Kat wants to do GOOD FEMINISM, although she's not always sure what that means. She also wants to be a writer, get together with Hot Josh (is this a feminist ambition?), win at her coursework and not make a TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT of herself at all times.
But the path to true feminism is filled with mortifying incidents and when everything at school starts to get a bit too much, Kat knows she's lost her way, and the only way forward is to ask for help . . .
Join Kat AKA the Confused Feminist as she navigates EVERYTHING from menstrual cups and mental health to Instagram likes and #TimesUp in her HILARIOUS, OUTRAGEOUS and VERY EMBARRASSING diary.
The Author:
Kate is an ex-stand-up comedian (never won any awards) and a bookseller (never won any awards at that either). She now works as a marketeer in publishing, and in her spare time writes books for teenagers. Her debut will be published by Hodder Children's in February 2020.
Genre: Comedy - Y/A
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Quick-fire questions with Kate Weston, author of Diary of a Confused Feminist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkLEVW5Xiko
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/kate-weston
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kateelizweston
The Book;
Kat wants to do GOOD FEMINISM, although she's not always sure what that means. She also wants to be a writer, get together with Hot Josh (is this a feminist ambition?), win at her coursework and not make a TOTAL EMBARRASSMENT of herself at all times.
But the path to true feminism is filled with mortifying incidents and when everything at school starts to get a bit too much, Kat knows she's lost her way, and the only way forward is to ask for help . . .
Join Kat AKA the Confused Feminist as she navigates EVERYTHING from menstrual cups and mental health to Instagram likes and #TimesUp in her HILARIOUS, OUTRAGEOUS and VERY EMBARRASSING diary.
The Author:
Kate is an ex-stand-up comedian (never won any awards) and a bookseller (never won any awards at that either). She now works as a marketeer in publishing, and in her spare time writes books for teenagers. Her debut will be published by Hodder Children's in February 2020.
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Fay Keenan
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Title: Just For The Summer
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://faykeenan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/faykeenan
The Book;
'A gorgeous rural romance full of warmth and charm.'
When Kate Harris accepts the job of redecorating her brother Aidan’s house in the picturesque town of Willowbury, she knows it’s just a stop gap before she has to decide what to do with the rest of her life. While her three sons spend the summer holiday with their father, Kate has an opportunity to prove to herself that there is a new life, after her divorce.
Harry Sinclair is the owner of Vale Volumes book shop on Willowbury High Street. Content, if a little bored with his lot, his shop, as well as his life, could do with freshening up. When Kate offers to spruce up Vale Volumes ready for the visit of a famous author, they find they have a lot more in common than colour schemes.
But both have secrets and responsibilities, and when the trials of family life threaten their burgeoning friendship, can they overcome the experiences of their pasts? Will Somerset’s most magical town cast its spell on them? Or will Kate and Harry have to concede that their friendship really is just for the summer?
Let Fay Keenan transport you to the perfect British summertime, with beautiful countryside, an unforgettable romance, and just the right dose of escapism. Perfect for all fans of Cathy Bramley, Fern Britton and Katie Fforde.
The Author:
Fay Keenan was born in Surrey and raised in Hampshire, before finally settling in the West Country. When Fay is not chasing her children around or writing, she teaches English at a local secondary school. She lives with her husband of fourteen years, two daughters, a cat, two chickens and a Weimaraner called Bertie in a village in Somerset, which may or may not have provided the inspiration for Little Somerby.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://faykeenan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/faykeenan
The Book;
'A gorgeous rural romance full of warmth and charm.'
When Kate Harris accepts the job of redecorating her brother Aidan’s house in the picturesque town of Willowbury, she knows it’s just a stop gap before she has to decide what to do with the rest of her life. While her three sons spend the summer holiday with their father, Kate has an opportunity to prove to herself that there is a new life, after her divorce.
Harry Sinclair is the owner of Vale Volumes book shop on Willowbury High Street. Content, if a little bored with his lot, his shop, as well as his life, could do with freshening up. When Kate offers to spruce up Vale Volumes ready for the visit of a famous author, they find they have a lot more in common than colour schemes.
But both have secrets and responsibilities, and when the trials of family life threaten their burgeoning friendship, can they overcome the experiences of their pasts? Will Somerset’s most magical town cast its spell on them? Or will Kate and Harry have to concede that their friendship really is just for the summer?
Let Fay Keenan transport you to the perfect British summertime, with beautiful countryside, an unforgettable romance, and just the right dose of escapism. Perfect for all fans of Cathy Bramley, Fern Britton and Katie Fforde.
The Author:
Fay Keenan was born in Surrey and raised in Hampshire, before finally settling in the West Country. When Fay is not chasing her children around or writing, she teaches English at a local secondary school. She lives with her husband of fourteen years, two daughters, a cat, two chickens and a Weimaraner called Bertie in a village in Somerset, which may or may not have provided the inspiration for Little Somerby.
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Nicci French
Nicci French
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Title: House of Correction
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrenchNicci
The Book;
‘So,’ said Mora Piozzi, her lawyer, looking down at her laptop. ‘In brief: you are charged with the murder of Stuart Robert Rees, on December 21st, between the hours of ten-forty in the morning and half-past three o’clock in the afternoon.’
Tabitha is accused of murder. She is in prison awaiting trial.
There is a strong case against her, and she can’t remember what happened on December 21st.
She is alone, frightened and confused.
But somehow, from the confines of her cell, she needs to prove everyone wrong.
The Author:
Nicci Gerrard was born in June 1958 in Worcestershire. After graduating with a first class honours degree in English Literature from Oxford University, she began her first job, working with emotionally disturbed children in Sheffield. In that same year she married journalist Colin Hughes.
In the early eighties she taught English Literature in Sheffield, London and Los Angeles, but moved into publishing in 1985 with the launch of Women's Review, a magazine for women on art, literature and female issues.
In 1987 Nicci had a son, Edgar, followed by a daughter, Anna, in 1988, but a year later her marriage to Colin Hughes broke down.
In 1989 she became acting literary editor at the New Statesman, before moving to the Observer, where she was deputy literary editor for five years, and then a feature writer and executive editor.
It was while she was at the New Statesman that she met Sean French.
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FrenchNicci
The Book;
‘So,’ said Mora Piozzi, her lawyer, looking down at her laptop. ‘In brief: you are charged with the murder of Stuart Robert Rees, on December 21st, between the hours of ten-forty in the morning and half-past three o’clock in the afternoon.’
Tabitha is accused of murder. She is in prison awaiting trial.
There is a strong case against her, and she can’t remember what happened on December 21st.
She is alone, frightened and confused.
But somehow, from the confines of her cell, she needs to prove everyone wrong.
The Author:
Nicci Gerrard was born in June 1958 in Worcestershire. After graduating with a first class honours degree in English Literature from Oxford University, she began her first job, working with emotionally disturbed children in Sheffield. In that same year she married journalist Colin Hughes.
In the early eighties she taught English Literature in Sheffield, London and Los Angeles, but moved into publishing in 1985 with the launch of Women's Review, a magazine for women on art, literature and female issues.
In 1987 Nicci had a son, Edgar, followed by a daughter, Anna, in 1988, but a year later her marriage to Colin Hughes broke down.
In 1989 she became acting literary editor at the New Statesman, before moving to the Observer, where she was deputy literary editor for five years, and then a feature writer and executive editor.
It was while she was at the New Statesman that she met Sean French.
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Natalie Reeves Billing
Natalie Reeves Billing
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The Monstrous Me Series:
Title 1: My Mummy is a Monster/My Children are Monsters
Title 2: My Daddy is a Monster/My Kids are Monsters
Title 3: My Brother is a Monster/My Sister is a Monster
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Flip Picture Books (Limited Editions)
Dedications: Available
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Website: https://www.nataliereevesbilling.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillingReeves
Book 1: My Mummy is a Monster/My Children are Monsters
Two Books in 1! The Monstrous Me series is a split perspective book looking at situations from another point of view to help children develop a sense of balance, roundedness and wellbeing. Readers can literally and figuratively, turn the story on its head, and look at the very same situations from different angles. In this first book, ‘My Mummy’s a Monster’ an inquisitive little girl is convinced her mum is a monster. But, is she really? When we look through her mummy’s eyes, we see a very different story.
Book 2: My Daddy is a Monster/My Kids are Monsters
Two Books in 1! The Monstrous Me series is a split perspective book looking at situations from another point of view to help children develop a sense of balance, roundedness and wellbeing. Readers can turn the story on its head and look at the very same situations from different angles. In this book, ‘My Daddy is a Monster’ an inquisitive little boy is convinced his dad is a monster. But, is he really? When we look through his daddy's eyes, we see a very different story.
Book 3: My Brother is a Monster/My Sister is a Monster
Two Books in 1! The Monstrous Me Collection are split perspective books looking at situations from other points of view, helping children develop a sense of balance, roundedness and wellbeing. Readers can literally and figuratively, turn the story on its head, and look at the very same situations from different angles. In this book, a brother and sister are convinced the other is a monster. But, are they really? When we look at the story from the other side, we see a very different story.
The Author:
Natalie Reeves Billing is a Liverpool lass with a wicked sense of humour. She writes fantastical stories for young audiences and dabbles in poetry and fiction. Natalie enjoys map making, pranking people, and munching on jelly beans. She lives in an old farmhouse in Merseyside with her husband, children, and fluffy dog, Scoobs.
Title 1: My Mummy is a Monster/My Children are Monsters
Title 2: My Daddy is a Monster/My Kids are Monsters
Title 3: My Brother is a Monster/My Sister is a Monster
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Flip Picture Books (Limited Editions)
Dedications: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.nataliereevesbilling.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillingReeves
Book 1: My Mummy is a Monster/My Children are Monsters
Two Books in 1! The Monstrous Me series is a split perspective book looking at situations from another point of view to help children develop a sense of balance, roundedness and wellbeing. Readers can literally and figuratively, turn the story on its head, and look at the very same situations from different angles. In this first book, ‘My Mummy’s a Monster’ an inquisitive little girl is convinced her mum is a monster. But, is she really? When we look through her mummy’s eyes, we see a very different story.
Book 2: My Daddy is a Monster/My Kids are Monsters
Two Books in 1! The Monstrous Me series is a split perspective book looking at situations from another point of view to help children develop a sense of balance, roundedness and wellbeing. Readers can turn the story on its head and look at the very same situations from different angles. In this book, ‘My Daddy is a Monster’ an inquisitive little boy is convinced his dad is a monster. But, is he really? When we look through his daddy's eyes, we see a very different story.
Book 3: My Brother is a Monster/My Sister is a Monster
Two Books in 1! The Monstrous Me Collection are split perspective books looking at situations from other points of view, helping children develop a sense of balance, roundedness and wellbeing. Readers can literally and figuratively, turn the story on its head, and look at the very same situations from different angles. In this book, a brother and sister are convinced the other is a monster. But, are they really? When we look at the story from the other side, we see a very different story.
The Author:
Natalie Reeves Billing is a Liverpool lass with a wicked sense of humour. She writes fantastical stories for young audiences and dabbles in poetry and fiction. Natalie enjoys map making, pranking people, and munching on jelly beans. She lives in an old farmhouse in Merseyside with her husband, children, and fluffy dog, Scoobs.
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Sara Grant
Sara Grant
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Two Books
Title 1: Dark Parties
Genre: Sci- Fi, Romance, Young Adult
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Half Lives
Genre: Sci- Fi , Romance, Young Adult
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.sara-grant.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorSaraGrant
Book 1: Dark Parties
Sixteen-year-old Neva has been trapped since birth. She was born and raised under the Protectosphere, in an isolated nation ruled by fear, lies, and xenophobia. A shield "protects" them from the outside world, but also locks the citizens inside. But there's nothing left on the outside, ever since the world collapsed from violent warfare. Or so the government says...
Neva and her best friend Sanna believe the government is lying and stage a "dark party" to recruit members for their underground rebellion. But as Neva begins to uncover the truth, she realizes she must question everything she's ever known, including the people she loves the most.
Book 2: Half Lives
Present day: Icie is a typical high school teenager - until disaster strikes and her parents send her to find shelter inside a mountain near Las Vegas.
The future: Beckett lives on The Mountain - a sacred place devoted to the Great I AM. He must soon become the leader of his people. But Beckett is forced to break one of the sacred laws, and when the Great I AM does not strike him down, Beckett finds himself starting to question his beliefs.
As Beckett investigates The Mountain's history, Icie's story is revealed - along with the terrifying truth of what lies at the heart of The Mountain.
Sara Grant's HALF LIVES is a dystopian chronicle of the journeys of two unlikely heroes in their race against time to save future generations
The Author:
Sara writes and edits fiction for children and teens. Her new series Chasing Danger is an action-adventure series for tweens. Dark Parties, her first young adult novel, won the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award for Europe. As a freelance editor of series fiction, she has worked on twelve different series and edited nearly 100 books. She has given writing workshops in the US, UK and Europe as part of Book Bound (www.bookboundretreat.com) and teaches a master’s class on writing for children/teens at Goldsmiths University. She co-founded Undiscovered Voices – which has launched the writing careers of thirty-two authors, who now have written more than 120 children’s books. (www.undiscoveredvoices.com) She is also a member of The Edge, eight UK-based authors working together writing a blog and running events across the country.
Title 1: Dark Parties
Genre: Sci- Fi, Romance, Young Adult
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Half Lives
Genre: Sci- Fi , Romance, Young Adult
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.sara-grant.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorSaraGrant
Book 1: Dark Parties
Sixteen-year-old Neva has been trapped since birth. She was born and raised under the Protectosphere, in an isolated nation ruled by fear, lies, and xenophobia. A shield "protects" them from the outside world, but also locks the citizens inside. But there's nothing left on the outside, ever since the world collapsed from violent warfare. Or so the government says...
Neva and her best friend Sanna believe the government is lying and stage a "dark party" to recruit members for their underground rebellion. But as Neva begins to uncover the truth, she realizes she must question everything she's ever known, including the people she loves the most.
Book 2: Half Lives
Present day: Icie is a typical high school teenager - until disaster strikes and her parents send her to find shelter inside a mountain near Las Vegas.
The future: Beckett lives on The Mountain - a sacred place devoted to the Great I AM. He must soon become the leader of his people. But Beckett is forced to break one of the sacred laws, and when the Great I AM does not strike him down, Beckett finds himself starting to question his beliefs.
As Beckett investigates The Mountain's history, Icie's story is revealed - along with the terrifying truth of what lies at the heart of The Mountain.
Sara Grant's HALF LIVES is a dystopian chronicle of the journeys of two unlikely heroes in their race against time to save future generations
The Author:
Sara writes and edits fiction for children and teens. Her new series Chasing Danger is an action-adventure series for tweens. Dark Parties, her first young adult novel, won the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Crystal Kite Award for Europe. As a freelance editor of series fiction, she has worked on twelve different series and edited nearly 100 books. She has given writing workshops in the US, UK and Europe as part of Book Bound (www.bookboundretreat.com) and teaches a master’s class on writing for children/teens at Goldsmiths University. She co-founded Undiscovered Voices – which has launched the writing careers of thirty-two authors, who now have written more than 120 children’s books. (www.undiscoveredvoices.com) She is also a member of The Edge, eight UK-based authors working together writing a blog and running events across the country.
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Jane Isaac
Jane Isaac
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Title: A Deathly Silence
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://janeisaac.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneIsaacAuthor
The Book;
When the mutilated body of a police officer is found in a derelict factory, the Hamptonshire police force is shocked to the core.
DCI Helen Lavery returns from injury leave and is immediately plunged into an investigation like no other. Is this a random attack or is someone targeting the force? Organised crime groups or a lone killer?
As the net draws in, Helen finds the truth lies closer than she could have imagined, and trusts no one.
But Helen is facing a twisted killer who will stop at nothing to ensure their secrets remain hidden. And time is running out...
A gripping thriller perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, S.J. Watson, B A Paris and Sophie Hannah
The Author:
Jane Isaac is married to a serving detective and they live in rural Northamptonshire, UK with their daughter and dogs.
Jane is author of three bestselling detective series: DCI Helen Lavery, DI Will Jackman (based in Stratford upon Avon), and DC Beth Chamberlain (a Family Liaison Officer). Her novels have been nominated as best mystery in the 'eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook awards' and selected as 'Thriller of the Month' by E-thriller.com.
2021 sees Jane's first foray into psychological suspense with the release of One Good Lie in June. A further psychological suspense novel will follow in 2022, along with a new DCI Helen Lavery book.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://janeisaac.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneIsaacAuthor
The Book;
When the mutilated body of a police officer is found in a derelict factory, the Hamptonshire police force is shocked to the core.
DCI Helen Lavery returns from injury leave and is immediately plunged into an investigation like no other. Is this a random attack or is someone targeting the force? Organised crime groups or a lone killer?
As the net draws in, Helen finds the truth lies closer than she could have imagined, and trusts no one.
But Helen is facing a twisted killer who will stop at nothing to ensure their secrets remain hidden. And time is running out...
A gripping thriller perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn, S.J. Watson, B A Paris and Sophie Hannah
The Author:
Jane Isaac is married to a serving detective and they live in rural Northamptonshire, UK with their daughter and dogs.
Jane is author of three bestselling detective series: DCI Helen Lavery, DI Will Jackman (based in Stratford upon Avon), and DC Beth Chamberlain (a Family Liaison Officer). Her novels have been nominated as best mystery in the 'eFestival of Words Best of the Independent eBook awards' and selected as 'Thriller of the Month' by E-thriller.com.
2021 sees Jane's first foray into psychological suspense with the release of One Good Lie in June. A further psychological suspense novel will follow in 2022, along with a new DCI Helen Lavery book.
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Emma Hornby
Emma Hornby
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Title 1: The Maid's Disgrace
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Her Wartime Secret
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.emmahornby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmaHornbyBooks
Book 1; The Maid's Disgrace
Manchester, 1842
Phoebe Parsons is a liar...a shameless harlot with unscrupulous morals...
Phoebe Parsons is destitute, disgraced, and alone. After her mistress tragically dies, Phoebe is forced back onto the poverty-ridden streets of Manchester by her unforgiving new master. Desperately searching for work as a domestic maid, Phoebe soon discovers her reputation is in ruins.
Fearing for her future and haunted by the harshness of her abandonment, Phoebe finds herself living with thieves and drunks in the smog and squalor - until she meets Victor Hayes. An officer removed from his duty and shamed by a cruel lie, Mr Hayes is a kind face among the uncertain threats of living in the alleyways. But Phoebe soon realises the sacrifices she must make to rebuild from the ground up...
As their two worlds collide, can they make a new life from the wreckage? Or will the judgement of their peers make a pauper of Phoebe?
Book 2; Her Wartime Secret
Bolton, Lancashire: 1940
A family torn apart by war, held together by a secret . . .
Janie and her husband James have a strong, loving marriage. A move from an inner-city slum to a peaceful new estate outside of Bolton should have been a fresh start for them and their three children. But when war is declared and James announces he has signed up, Janie fears it's the beginning of the end.
Waving goodbye to their menfolk is a sacrifice that families are making all over the country and Janie does her best to make do, forging friendships in her new community.
But when James comes home on leave a traumatised and desperate man, then goes AWOL, Janie's heart goes out to him. Determined to keep him safe, she plans to hide him in their new house. But how long can they keep the secret, and what threats lie ahead if they're found out?
A page-turning new wartime saga about love, friendship and secrets, for fans of Katie Flynn and Rosie Goodwin.
The Author:
Mother-of-three Emma Hornby was born and raised in Bolton, England.
History has always been her passion and she grew up with her nose buried in sagas. Before pursuing a career as a novelist, she had a variety of jobs, from care assistant for the elderly to working in a Blackpool rock factory. She later wrote short stories and non-fiction pieces for the internet, print and stage and also worked as a freelance poet.
Emma's books are gritty historicals set in Victorian and WWII Bolton and Manchester, which she began writing after researching her family history. The colourful folk she unearthed gave her plenty of inspiration; like the characters in her novels, many generations of her family eked out life amidst the squalor and poverty of Lancashire's slums. Her first book, A Shilling for a Wife, was the bestselling debut saga novel of 2017. Her subsequent titles regularly appear in the official bestsellers' charts.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Her Wartime Secret
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.emmahornby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmmaHornbyBooks
Book 1; The Maid's Disgrace
Manchester, 1842
Phoebe Parsons is a liar...a shameless harlot with unscrupulous morals...
Phoebe Parsons is destitute, disgraced, and alone. After her mistress tragically dies, Phoebe is forced back onto the poverty-ridden streets of Manchester by her unforgiving new master. Desperately searching for work as a domestic maid, Phoebe soon discovers her reputation is in ruins.
Fearing for her future and haunted by the harshness of her abandonment, Phoebe finds herself living with thieves and drunks in the smog and squalor - until she meets Victor Hayes. An officer removed from his duty and shamed by a cruel lie, Mr Hayes is a kind face among the uncertain threats of living in the alleyways. But Phoebe soon realises the sacrifices she must make to rebuild from the ground up...
As their two worlds collide, can they make a new life from the wreckage? Or will the judgement of their peers make a pauper of Phoebe?
Book 2; Her Wartime Secret
Bolton, Lancashire: 1940
A family torn apart by war, held together by a secret . . .
Janie and her husband James have a strong, loving marriage. A move from an inner-city slum to a peaceful new estate outside of Bolton should have been a fresh start for them and their three children. But when war is declared and James announces he has signed up, Janie fears it's the beginning of the end.
Waving goodbye to their menfolk is a sacrifice that families are making all over the country and Janie does her best to make do, forging friendships in her new community.
But when James comes home on leave a traumatised and desperate man, then goes AWOL, Janie's heart goes out to him. Determined to keep him safe, she plans to hide him in their new house. But how long can they keep the secret, and what threats lie ahead if they're found out?
A page-turning new wartime saga about love, friendship and secrets, for fans of Katie Flynn and Rosie Goodwin.
The Author:
Mother-of-three Emma Hornby was born and raised in Bolton, England.
History has always been her passion and she grew up with her nose buried in sagas. Before pursuing a career as a novelist, she had a variety of jobs, from care assistant for the elderly to working in a Blackpool rock factory. She later wrote short stories and non-fiction pieces for the internet, print and stage and also worked as a freelance poet.
Emma's books are gritty historicals set in Victorian and WWII Bolton and Manchester, which she began writing after researching her family history. The colourful folk she unearthed gave her plenty of inspiration; like the characters in her novels, many generations of her family eked out life amidst the squalor and poverty of Lancashire's slums. Her first book, A Shilling for a Wife, was the bestselling debut saga novel of 2017. Her subsequent titles regularly appear in the official bestsellers' charts.
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Barbara Copperthwaite
Barbara Copperthwaite
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Title: The Girl in the Missing Poster
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.barbaracopperthwaite.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCopperthwait
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24 June, 1994 – Nineteen-year-old Leila Hawkins runs from her father’s birthday party into the stormy night wearing her sister Stella’s long red coat. Some say she was crying, others swear they saw her get into a passing car. Nobody ever saw her again.
Present – This time every year, on the anniversary of that fateful night, Stella decorates the small seaside town she grew up in with pictures of her beautiful missing sister. But after twenty-five years, is it even worth hoping someone will come forward? Perhaps the upcoming documentary will spark people’s memories by reuniting all the guests who were there the night Leila went missing.
As old friends gather and long-buried secrets begin to surface, the last thing Stella ever expects is a direct response from someone claiming they took Leila. They want private details of Stella’s life in return for answers. But as the true events of the night of the party play out once again, who is lying? And who is next?
From the bestselling author of The Perfect Friend, this absolutely gripping psychological thriller will keep you up all night and leave you sleeping with the light on. If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Wife Between Us this book is for you!
The Author:
What people say about Barbara's books:
"Will have you looking over your shoulder and under your bed... Original, gripping, with a deep psychological impact," Sunday Mirror
"Enthralling, tense and moving," Real People magazine
"Totally gripping, and scarily believable," Bella magazine
Having spent over twenty years as a national newspaper and magazine journalist, Barbara has interviewed the real victims of crime - and also those who have carried those crimes out. She is fascinated by creating realistic, complex characters, and taking them apart before the readers' eyes in order to discover just how much it takes to push a person over a line.
When not writing feverishly, she is often found hiding behind a camera, taking wildlife photographs.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.barbaracopperthwaite.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCopperthwait
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24 June, 1994 – Nineteen-year-old Leila Hawkins runs from her father’s birthday party into the stormy night wearing her sister Stella’s long red coat. Some say she was crying, others swear they saw her get into a passing car. Nobody ever saw her again.
Present – This time every year, on the anniversary of that fateful night, Stella decorates the small seaside town she grew up in with pictures of her beautiful missing sister. But after twenty-five years, is it even worth hoping someone will come forward? Perhaps the upcoming documentary will spark people’s memories by reuniting all the guests who were there the night Leila went missing.
As old friends gather and long-buried secrets begin to surface, the last thing Stella ever expects is a direct response from someone claiming they took Leila. They want private details of Stella’s life in return for answers. But as the true events of the night of the party play out once again, who is lying? And who is next?
From the bestselling author of The Perfect Friend, this absolutely gripping psychological thriller will keep you up all night and leave you sleeping with the light on. If you loved Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train and The Wife Between Us this book is for you!
The Author:
What people say about Barbara's books:
"Will have you looking over your shoulder and under your bed... Original, gripping, with a deep psychological impact," Sunday Mirror
"Enthralling, tense and moving," Real People magazine
"Totally gripping, and scarily believable," Bella magazine
Having spent over twenty years as a national newspaper and magazine journalist, Barbara has interviewed the real victims of crime - and also those who have carried those crimes out. She is fascinated by creating realistic, complex characters, and taking them apart before the readers' eyes in order to discover just how much it takes to push a person over a line.
When not writing feverishly, she is often found hiding behind a camera, taking wildlife photographs.
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Sandie Jones
Sandie Jones
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Title: The Guilt Trip
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://sandiejones.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/realsandiejones
The Book;
In the vein of The Other Woman, Sandie Jones’s explosive new novel The Guilt Trip will have readers gripped to the very last page.
Six friends.
Rachel and Noah have been friends since they met at university. While they once thought that they might be something more, now, twenty years later, they are each happily married to other people, Jack and Paige respectively. Jack’s brother Will is getting married, to the dazzling, impulsive Ali, and the group of six travel to Portugal for their destination weekend.
Three couples.
As they arrive at a gorgeous villa perched on a cliff-edge, overlooking towering waves that crash on the famous surfing beaches below at Nazaré, they try to settle into a weekend of fun. While Rachel is looking forward to getting to know her future sister-in-law Ali better, Ali can’t help but rub many of the group up the wrong way: Rachel’s best friend Paige thinks Ali is attention-seeking and childish, and while Jack is trying to support his brother Will’s choice of wife, he is also finding plenty to disagree with Noah about.
One fatal misunderstanding . . .
But when Rachel discovers something about Ali that she can hardly believe, everything changes. As the wedding weekend unfolds, the secrets each of them hold begin to spill, and friendships and marriages threaten to unravel. Soon, jumping to conclusions becomes the difference between life and death.
The Author:
Sandie Jones has been a freelance journalist for over 20 years, interviewing celebrities for Hello, Woman's Weekly and the national daily newspapers. Amongst her favourite people to talk to are Paul O'Grady, Joanna Lumley, Julie Walters and the late Bruce Forsyth.
Her debut novel, The Other Woman, is a psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a woman and her partner's mother.
If Sandie wasn't an author she'd be an interior designer as she has an unhealthy obsession with cushions!
She lives in London with her husband and three children.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://sandiejones.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/realsandiejones
The Book;
In the vein of The Other Woman, Sandie Jones’s explosive new novel The Guilt Trip will have readers gripped to the very last page.
Six friends.
Rachel and Noah have been friends since they met at university. While they once thought that they might be something more, now, twenty years later, they are each happily married to other people, Jack and Paige respectively. Jack’s brother Will is getting married, to the dazzling, impulsive Ali, and the group of six travel to Portugal for their destination weekend.
Three couples.
As they arrive at a gorgeous villa perched on a cliff-edge, overlooking towering waves that crash on the famous surfing beaches below at Nazaré, they try to settle into a weekend of fun. While Rachel is looking forward to getting to know her future sister-in-law Ali better, Ali can’t help but rub many of the group up the wrong way: Rachel’s best friend Paige thinks Ali is attention-seeking and childish, and while Jack is trying to support his brother Will’s choice of wife, he is also finding plenty to disagree with Noah about.
One fatal misunderstanding . . .
But when Rachel discovers something about Ali that she can hardly believe, everything changes. As the wedding weekend unfolds, the secrets each of them hold begin to spill, and friendships and marriages threaten to unravel. Soon, jumping to conclusions becomes the difference between life and death.
The Author:
Sandie Jones has been a freelance journalist for over 20 years, interviewing celebrities for Hello, Woman's Weekly and the national daily newspapers. Amongst her favourite people to talk to are Paul O'Grady, Joanna Lumley, Julie Walters and the late Bruce Forsyth.
Her debut novel, The Other Woman, is a psychological thriller about the destructive relationship between a woman and her partner's mother.
If Sandie wasn't an author she'd be an interior designer as she has an unhealthy obsession with cushions!
She lives in London with her husband and three children.
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Nuala O'Connor
Nuala O'Connor
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Title: Nora
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
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Website: https://nualaoconnor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NualaNiC
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Dublin, 1904. Nora Joseph Barnacle is a twenty-year-old from Galway working as a maid at Finn’s Hotel. She enjoys the liveliness of her adopted city and on June 16—Bloomsday—her life is changed when she meets Dubliner James Joyce, a fateful encounter that turns into a lifelong love. Despite his hesitation to marry, Nora follows Joyce in pursuit of a life beyond Ireland, and they surround themselves with a buoyant group of friends that grows to include Samuel Beckett, Peggy Guggenheim, and Sylvia Beach.
But as their life unfolds, Nora finds herself in conflict between their intense desire for each other and the constant anxiety of living in poverty throughout Europe. She desperately wants literary success for Jim, believing in his singular gift and knowing that he thrives on being the toast of the town, and it eventually provides her with a security long lacking in her life and his work. So even when Jim writes, drinks, and gambles his way to literary acclaim, Nora provides unflinching support and inspiration, but at a cost to her own happiness and that of their children.
With gorgeous and emotionally resonant prose, Nora is a heartfelt portrayal of love, ambition, and the quiet power of an ordinary woman who was, in fact, extraordinary.
The Author:
Nuala O’Connor lives in County Galway, Ireland. Her fifth novel, NORA, is about Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce, out January 2021 in the USA with Harper Collins and Ireland in April 2021 with New Island. Her chapbook of historical flash fiction, Birdie, was recently published by Arlen House. Nuala is editor at flash e-zine Splonk.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
A short reading by Nuala:
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Website: https://nualaoconnor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NualaNiC
The Book;
Dublin, 1904. Nora Joseph Barnacle is a twenty-year-old from Galway working as a maid at Finn’s Hotel. She enjoys the liveliness of her adopted city and on June 16—Bloomsday—her life is changed when she meets Dubliner James Joyce, a fateful encounter that turns into a lifelong love. Despite his hesitation to marry, Nora follows Joyce in pursuit of a life beyond Ireland, and they surround themselves with a buoyant group of friends that grows to include Samuel Beckett, Peggy Guggenheim, and Sylvia Beach.
But as their life unfolds, Nora finds herself in conflict between their intense desire for each other and the constant anxiety of living in poverty throughout Europe. She desperately wants literary success for Jim, believing in his singular gift and knowing that he thrives on being the toast of the town, and it eventually provides her with a security long lacking in her life and his work. So even when Jim writes, drinks, and gambles his way to literary acclaim, Nora provides unflinching support and inspiration, but at a cost to her own happiness and that of their children.
With gorgeous and emotionally resonant prose, Nora is a heartfelt portrayal of love, ambition, and the quiet power of an ordinary woman who was, in fact, extraordinary.
The Author:
Nuala O’Connor lives in County Galway, Ireland. Her fifth novel, NORA, is about Nora Barnacle, wife and muse to James Joyce, out January 2021 in the USA with Harper Collins and Ireland in April 2021 with New Island. Her chapbook of historical flash fiction, Birdie, was recently published by Arlen House. Nuala is editor at flash e-zine Splonk.
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Darren Shan
Darren Shan
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Title: Cirque Du Freak Manga Omnibus Volume 1
(Contains books 1 and 2 of the Manga series)
Genre: Fantasy - TV & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
cirque du freak manga 1 chapter 1/3:
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Website: https://darrenshan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darrenshan
The Book;
Darren Shan's an ordinary schoolboy, until he and his best friend Steve get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a bizarre freak show featuring such arcane performers as Hans Hands, Gertha Teeth, the Wolf Man and Rhamus Twobellies. In the midst of the ghoulish excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognises that one of the performers -- Mr Crepsley -- is in fact a vampire!
Steve remains after the show finishes, to confront the vampire -- but his motives are anything but ordinary! In the shadows of a crumbling theatre, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea.
Later, in a moment of insane daring, Darren sets out to steal the vampire's magnificent performing tarantula, an act which will have severe, tragic consequences for both Darren and Steve. Their lives will never be the same again...
The Author:
Darren Shan's real name is Darren O’Shaughnessy. Although he is Irish, he was born on July 2, 1972, in St. Thomas’ Hospital, London — directly across the river from the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, which may explain his fascination with evil bloodsuckers! He lived in South East London, near the Elephant & Castle. He started school at the early age of three (he was such a wild child, no pre-school facility would have him!), in English Martyrs. At the age of six, he moved to Limerick in Ireland, with his parents and younger brother, and has lived there ever since.
(Contains books 1 and 2 of the Manga series)
Genre: Fantasy - TV & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
cirque du freak manga 1 chapter 1/3:
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Website: https://darrenshan.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darrenshan
The Book;
Darren Shan's an ordinary schoolboy, until he and his best friend Steve get tickets to the Cirque Du Freak, a bizarre freak show featuring such arcane performers as Hans Hands, Gertha Teeth, the Wolf Man and Rhamus Twobellies. In the midst of the ghoulish excitement, true terror raises its head when Steve recognises that one of the performers -- Mr Crepsley -- is in fact a vampire!
Steve remains after the show finishes, to confront the vampire -- but his motives are anything but ordinary! In the shadows of a crumbling theatre, a horrified Darren eavesdrops on his friend and the vampire, and is witness to a monstrous, disturbing plea.
Later, in a moment of insane daring, Darren sets out to steal the vampire's magnificent performing tarantula, an act which will have severe, tragic consequences for both Darren and Steve. Their lives will never be the same again...
The Author:
Darren Shan's real name is Darren O’Shaughnessy. Although he is Irish, he was born on July 2, 1972, in St. Thomas’ Hospital, London — directly across the river from the Houses of Parliament in Westminster, which may explain his fascination with evil bloodsuckers! He lived in South East London, near the Elephant & Castle. He started school at the early age of three (he was such a wild child, no pre-school facility would have him!), in English Martyrs. At the age of six, he moved to Limerick in Ireland, with his parents and younger brother, and has lived there ever since.
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Simon Hart
Simon Hart
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Title: Here We Go
Genre: Sport
Format: Paperback
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Postage: Free Uk only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simon22ph
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UEFAcomSimonH
The Toffees in the 80s: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oge4M0wscrw
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For Everton FC, the 1980s were the most successful decade in the club’s history. It was a time when Wembley became a second home for Howard Kendall’s band of brothers as they stepped out from Liverpool’s long shadow to take their neighbours’ mantle as the country’s best team, winning two league titles, an FA Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
In Here We Go, Simon Hart interviews some of the Blues’ best-loved players from that era – along with the most controversial and the unsung heroes too – to provide a vivid, colourful portrait of a period when a group of unheralded young footballers came together to achieve something special with a rare, intoxicating mix of raw talent and team spirit.
The players featured include Kevin Ratcliffe, Adrian Heath, Gary Lineker, Pat van den Hauwe, Mark Higgins, Kevin Richardson, Paul Power and Pat Nevin, along with Colin Harvey, Kendall’s No2 during the glory days and subsequently manager himself by the decade’s end.
Thirty years on from Everton’s last championship-winning campaign of 1986/87, they remember the Wembley highs and heartbreaks, and the epic derby duels in an age when Merseyside, for all its troubles, stood at the very forefront of English football. They also recall the boozy nights, the bold pranks and the bad haircuts, and their recollections capture just what it meant to be a footballer in a dramatic decade for the English game.
Together they explain not only the Blues’ rise to greatness but the decline that gradually set in after their European exile; they also offer a nostalgia-laden celebration of the teambuilding skills of the man who made it possible: the late, great Howard Kendall.
The Author:
Simon Hart has been working in sports journalism since the late 1990s. He has reported on European football for more than a decade for UEFA.com, and worked for the Independent and the Independent on Sunday newspapers from 2010-16, writing interviews, features and a weekly column. Born in Liverpool, he is a lifelong Evertonian. Here We Go is his first book.
Genre: Sport
Format: Paperback
Dedication Available
Postage: Free Uk only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simon22ph
Twitter: https://twitter.com/UEFAcomSimonH
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The Book:
For Everton FC, the 1980s were the most successful decade in the club’s history. It was a time when Wembley became a second home for Howard Kendall’s band of brothers as they stepped out from Liverpool’s long shadow to take their neighbours’ mantle as the country’s best team, winning two league titles, an FA Cup and the European Cup Winners’ Cup.
In Here We Go, Simon Hart interviews some of the Blues’ best-loved players from that era – along with the most controversial and the unsung heroes too – to provide a vivid, colourful portrait of a period when a group of unheralded young footballers came together to achieve something special with a rare, intoxicating mix of raw talent and team spirit.
The players featured include Kevin Ratcliffe, Adrian Heath, Gary Lineker, Pat van den Hauwe, Mark Higgins, Kevin Richardson, Paul Power and Pat Nevin, along with Colin Harvey, Kendall’s No2 during the glory days and subsequently manager himself by the decade’s end.
Thirty years on from Everton’s last championship-winning campaign of 1986/87, they remember the Wembley highs and heartbreaks, and the epic derby duels in an age when Merseyside, for all its troubles, stood at the very forefront of English football. They also recall the boozy nights, the bold pranks and the bad haircuts, and their recollections capture just what it meant to be a footballer in a dramatic decade for the English game.
Together they explain not only the Blues’ rise to greatness but the decline that gradually set in after their European exile; they also offer a nostalgia-laden celebration of the teambuilding skills of the man who made it possible: the late, great Howard Kendall.
The Author:
Simon Hart has been working in sports journalism since the late 1990s. He has reported on European football for more than a decade for UEFA.com, and worked for the Independent and the Independent on Sunday newspapers from 2010-16, writing interviews, features and a weekly column. Born in Liverpool, he is a lifelong Evertonian. Here We Go is his first book.
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Lizzie Page
Lizzie Page
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Title: The Orphanage
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/lizzie-page
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizziePagewrite
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Shilling Grange Orphanage, England, 1948. She was their only hope. Now they are hers. A gritty, heartbreaking and unforgettable story of love and hope in the darkest of times.
Clara Newton is the new Housemother of Shilling Grange Orphanage. Many of the children have been bombed out of their homes and left without families, their lives torn apart by the war, just like Clara’s. Devastated by the loss of her fiancé, a brave American pilot, she is just looking for a place to start again.
But the orphans are in desperate need of her help. Funds are short, children cry out in the night, and tearful Rita tells Clara terrible stories about the nuns who previously ran Shilling Grange. Clara cannot bear to see them suffer, but what does she know about how to look after eight little ones?
Clara can’t get anything right, and then she accidentally ruins Rita’s only memento of her mother. Overwhelmed, she wonders if they’d be better off without her. But she’s not completely alone. Living next door is Ivor: ex-Shilling Grange resident, war hero, and handyman with deep brown eyes. He doesn’t trust Clara and she is fiercely independent, but he has a way with the children. And with his support and the help of other locals, Clara begins to find her way.
As she heals from her grief and adjusts to her new life, Clara wonders if she has finally found her home and family among the orphans. Can she find the strength to fight for them when nobody else will? And dare she open her heart to love again?
A heart-wrenching and totally gripping read. Fans of Before We Were Yours, Diney Costeloe and The Orphan Sisters won’t be able to put this book down.
The Author:
Lizzie Page lives in a seaside town in Essex, England where she grew up. After studying politics at University, she worked as an English teacher, first in Paris and then in Tokyo, for five years. Back in England, she tried and failed various jobs, before enjoying studying a masters in creative writing at Goldsmiths College. Lizzie loves reading historical and modern fiction, watching films, and travelling. Her husband Steve, three lovely children, and Lenny the cockapoo all conspire to stop her writing!
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/lizzie-page
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizziePagewrite
The Book;
Shilling Grange Orphanage, England, 1948. She was their only hope. Now they are hers. A gritty, heartbreaking and unforgettable story of love and hope in the darkest of times.
Clara Newton is the new Housemother of Shilling Grange Orphanage. Many of the children have been bombed out of their homes and left without families, their lives torn apart by the war, just like Clara’s. Devastated by the loss of her fiancé, a brave American pilot, she is just looking for a place to start again.
But the orphans are in desperate need of her help. Funds are short, children cry out in the night, and tearful Rita tells Clara terrible stories about the nuns who previously ran Shilling Grange. Clara cannot bear to see them suffer, but what does she know about how to look after eight little ones?
Clara can’t get anything right, and then she accidentally ruins Rita’s only memento of her mother. Overwhelmed, she wonders if they’d be better off without her. But she’s not completely alone. Living next door is Ivor: ex-Shilling Grange resident, war hero, and handyman with deep brown eyes. He doesn’t trust Clara and she is fiercely independent, but he has a way with the children. And with his support and the help of other locals, Clara begins to find her way.
As she heals from her grief and adjusts to her new life, Clara wonders if she has finally found her home and family among the orphans. Can she find the strength to fight for them when nobody else will? And dare she open her heart to love again?
A heart-wrenching and totally gripping read. Fans of Before We Were Yours, Diney Costeloe and The Orphan Sisters won’t be able to put this book down.
The Author:
Lizzie Page lives in a seaside town in Essex, England where she grew up. After studying politics at University, she worked as an English teacher, first in Paris and then in Tokyo, for five years. Back in England, she tried and failed various jobs, before enjoying studying a masters in creative writing at Goldsmiths College. Lizzie loves reading historical and modern fiction, watching films, and travelling. Her husband Steve, three lovely children, and Lenny the cockapoo all conspire to stop her writing!
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Claire Sheldon
Claire Sheldon
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Title: Perfect Lie
Genre: Crime Thriller - Police Procedural
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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* Claire is happy to name a character in her next book in the 'Lisa Carter' series after her successful bidder*
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The Book;
What is ‘perfect’ trying to hide?
Jen Garner tries her best to be ‘wife and mother of the year’. She helps organise school plays and accompanies her husband to company dinners, all with a big smile on her face.
But Jen has started to receive strange gifts in the post ... first flowers, then a sympathy card.
It could just be a joke; that’s what she tells herself. But then the final ‘gift’ arrives, and Jen has to question why somebody is so intent on shattering her life into pieces ...
The Author:
Claire lives in Nottingham with her family, a cat called Whiskers and a dog called Podrick.
She suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and as a result of the disease had to reduce her hours working in insurance for an Insolvency Insurer. This spare time enabled her to study a creative writing course which inspired her to write her debut, Perfect Lie and later A Silent Child.
When Claire isn't working she enjoys reading crime novels and listening to music - the band Jimmy Eat World is her biggest muse! Claire is also an avid reader and book blogger. The inspiration for her novels comes from the hours spent watching The Bill with her grandparents and auntie; then later, Spooks and other detective programmes like Morse, A Touch of Frost and Midsummer Murders.
Genre: Crime Thriller - Police Procedural
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://csheldonblog.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaireEESheldon
The Book;
What is ‘perfect’ trying to hide?
Jen Garner tries her best to be ‘wife and mother of the year’. She helps organise school plays and accompanies her husband to company dinners, all with a big smile on her face.
But Jen has started to receive strange gifts in the post ... first flowers, then a sympathy card.
It could just be a joke; that’s what she tells herself. But then the final ‘gift’ arrives, and Jen has to question why somebody is so intent on shattering her life into pieces ...
The Author:
Claire lives in Nottingham with her family, a cat called Whiskers and a dog called Podrick.
She suffers from Multiple Sclerosis and as a result of the disease had to reduce her hours working in insurance for an Insolvency Insurer. This spare time enabled her to study a creative writing course which inspired her to write her debut, Perfect Lie and later A Silent Child.
When Claire isn't working she enjoys reading crime novels and listening to music - the band Jimmy Eat World is her biggest muse! Claire is also an avid reader and book blogger. The inspiration for her novels comes from the hours spent watching The Bill with her grandparents and auntie; then later, Spooks and other detective programmes like Morse, A Touch of Frost and Midsummer Murders.
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Kelly Clayton
Kelly Clayton
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Title 1: Blood In The Sand
Title 2: Blood Ties
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.kellyclaytonbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyclayton01
Book1; Blood In The Sand
Be careful what you wish for, it just might come true. DCI Jack Le Claire has left London, the Metropolitan Police and, for the most part, his recent troubles far behind him. Returning home to Jersey in the Channel Islands, and bored of run-of-the-mill cases, Le Claire cannot help but miss his days at the Met and secretly longs for something more challenging. A chance file review throws up more than anyone could have expected. How far would you go to claim your birth-right? When family tragedy strikes, New York lawyer Grace Howard travels to Jersey. However, all is not as it first appears in this island community and before long Grace is caught up in a murder enquiry. In her time of greatest need Grace doesn't know who she can trust. The island's wealthy inhabitants hide their secrets well. Everyone has something to hide, don't they? Running from his own past, and struggling to prove he is up to the job, Le Claire battles against a web of lies and half-truths as he tries to stop an elusive killer. Does Jersey + inheritance = murder? Find out in Blood In The Sand.
Book2:
Obsession, secrets, desire . . . And murder.
Ana Zielinska has relocated to the island of Jersey in search of her late mother’s family, but not everyone is welcoming. She’s stuck living in low-level accommodation and her best friend has left without a backward glance.
DCI Jack Le Claire is juggling several cases and trying to get his personal life back on track while attempting to keep his past at bay. Le Claire’s investigations take him from high-society parties to the seedier, and decidedly steamier, side of island life.
A tragic event further isolates Ana from her relatives and introduces her to a man from a very different world. It soon becomes apparent that someone is out to harm Ana. Will they succeed?
Circumstances take Le Claire to his old hunting ground in London where past and present collide to threaten his marriage, his reputation and Ana’s life.
Can he save all three?
The Author:
I was born in Scotland but have lived for most of my life in the beautiful Channel Island of Jersey. A tiny 9 miles by 5 miles, the island is home to 100,000 people. With sandy beaches, rocky inlets, pretty villages, rolling fields and a buzzing main town, Jersey provides plenty of inspiration. I live with my husband and our three cats in a house by the sea. Yes, three cats – however one of them just decided to move in with us and wouldn’t go away so that’s not really my fault! (His previous human carer signed him over to me – honest.)
I am an avid reader, and love a variety of genres. Reading translated into a desire to write.
People ask me why I write in multiple genres, and the simple answer would be-because I can. I love the freedom of being able to tell different types of stories-and not being forced into genre-specific pigeon-holes.
Title 2: Blood Ties
Genre: Crime Thrillers
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.kellyclaytonbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyclayton01
Book1; Blood In The Sand
Be careful what you wish for, it just might come true. DCI Jack Le Claire has left London, the Metropolitan Police and, for the most part, his recent troubles far behind him. Returning home to Jersey in the Channel Islands, and bored of run-of-the-mill cases, Le Claire cannot help but miss his days at the Met and secretly longs for something more challenging. A chance file review throws up more than anyone could have expected. How far would you go to claim your birth-right? When family tragedy strikes, New York lawyer Grace Howard travels to Jersey. However, all is not as it first appears in this island community and before long Grace is caught up in a murder enquiry. In her time of greatest need Grace doesn't know who she can trust. The island's wealthy inhabitants hide their secrets well. Everyone has something to hide, don't they? Running from his own past, and struggling to prove he is up to the job, Le Claire battles against a web of lies and half-truths as he tries to stop an elusive killer. Does Jersey + inheritance = murder? Find out in Blood In The Sand.
Book2:
Obsession, secrets, desire . . . And murder.
Ana Zielinska has relocated to the island of Jersey in search of her late mother’s family, but not everyone is welcoming. She’s stuck living in low-level accommodation and her best friend has left without a backward glance.
DCI Jack Le Claire is juggling several cases and trying to get his personal life back on track while attempting to keep his past at bay. Le Claire’s investigations take him from high-society parties to the seedier, and decidedly steamier, side of island life.
A tragic event further isolates Ana from her relatives and introduces her to a man from a very different world. It soon becomes apparent that someone is out to harm Ana. Will they succeed?
Circumstances take Le Claire to his old hunting ground in London where past and present collide to threaten his marriage, his reputation and Ana’s life.
Can he save all three?
The Author:
I was born in Scotland but have lived for most of my life in the beautiful Channel Island of Jersey. A tiny 9 miles by 5 miles, the island is home to 100,000 people. With sandy beaches, rocky inlets, pretty villages, rolling fields and a buzzing main town, Jersey provides plenty of inspiration. I live with my husband and our three cats in a house by the sea. Yes, three cats – however one of them just decided to move in with us and wouldn’t go away so that’s not really my fault! (His previous human carer signed him over to me – honest.)
I am an avid reader, and love a variety of genres. Reading translated into a desire to write.
People ask me why I write in multiple genres, and the simple answer would be-because I can. I love the freedom of being able to tell different types of stories-and not being forced into genre-specific pigeon-holes.
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Title: Fortunes Hostage
Genre: Romantic, Suspense, Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.kellyclaytonbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyclayton01
The Book;
England, 1813 Greed, deception and lust
Miss Eloise Camarthon is in the midst of her first London Season, which has been delayed by several years due to the untimely death of her parents. No ordinary debutante, she wants to live her life on her own terms, as promised by her uncle, the Duke of Westbury who is also her guardian. But Eloise is wealthy in her own right and a target for those with her fortune in their sights.
Benedict Warrington, the Earl of Rothsea, has come to London in search of answers to a family tragedy. His investigation takes him to Westbury's country seat, where he meets the beguiling Eloise, and a dangerous chain of events is set in motion.
Who can you trust when something is worth killing for?
Circumstances force an ultimatum, which threatens to change the course of Eloise's future. Will she be sought only for her fortune, or for herself? And which would be worse? Benedict is on the trail of a vicious murderer but finds more than he bargained for as the deaths mount up. Can he protect Eloise, or will Benedict be the killer's next victim?
The Author:
Julia Hardy writes romance, but not your usual romance. Yes, there's attraction, seduction, will-they/won't they, but her stories are also mysteries and whodunnits.
The setting is Regency England, and a cast of vivid characters awaits you in Fortune's Hostage. A second book in the series, Scandal With A Duke, is due in Summer 2021.
Julia also writes contemporary crime and thrillers as Kelly Clayton
Genre: Romantic, Suspense, Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.kellyclaytonbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyclayton01
The Book;
England, 1813 Greed, deception and lust
Miss Eloise Camarthon is in the midst of her first London Season, which has been delayed by several years due to the untimely death of her parents. No ordinary debutante, she wants to live her life on her own terms, as promised by her uncle, the Duke of Westbury who is also her guardian. But Eloise is wealthy in her own right and a target for those with her fortune in their sights.
Benedict Warrington, the Earl of Rothsea, has come to London in search of answers to a family tragedy. His investigation takes him to Westbury's country seat, where he meets the beguiling Eloise, and a dangerous chain of events is set in motion.
Who can you trust when something is worth killing for?
Circumstances force an ultimatum, which threatens to change the course of Eloise's future. Will she be sought only for her fortune, or for herself? And which would be worse? Benedict is on the trail of a vicious murderer but finds more than he bargained for as the deaths mount up. Can he protect Eloise, or will Benedict be the killer's next victim?
The Author:
Julia Hardy writes romance, but not your usual romance. Yes, there's attraction, seduction, will-they/won't they, but her stories are also mysteries and whodunnits.
The setting is Regency England, and a cast of vivid characters awaits you in Fortune's Hostage. A second book in the series, Scandal With A Duke, is due in Summer 2021.
Julia also writes contemporary crime and thrillers as Kelly Clayton
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Ross Montgomery
Ross Montgomery
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Title: Ten Delicious Teachers
Genre: Children (Age 3+)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Ten Delicious Teachers - Reading by Ross:
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Website: http://rossmontgomery.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mossmontmomery
The Book;
An irreverent and zany counting book that is gently thrilling and written in a deliciously infectious rhyme with witty and whimsical illustrations.
Ten silly teachers have missed the last bus home. But LOOK – a shortcut through the forest! They'll be back in time for tea! Off they skip, unaware that in the woods a hungry horde of mischievous and hilariously goofy monsters is waiting… An irreverent and zany counting book that is gently thrilling with witty and whimsical illustrations.
The Author:
Ross Montgomery has worked as a pig farmer, a postman and a primary school teacher, so writing books was the next logical step. He spent his childhood reading everything he could get his hands on, from Jacqueline Wilson to Beano annuals, and it taught him pretty much everything that's worth knowing. If you looked through his pockets you'd find empty crisp packets, lists of things to do, and a bottle of that stuff you put on your nails to stop you biting them. He lives in London with his girlfriend, a cat called Fun Bobby, and a cactus on every available surface.
Genre: Children (Age 3+)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Ten Delicious Teachers - Reading by Ross:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6fJ_JGPOXs
Website: http://rossmontgomery.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mossmontmomery
The Book;
An irreverent and zany counting book that is gently thrilling and written in a deliciously infectious rhyme with witty and whimsical illustrations.
Ten silly teachers have missed the last bus home. But LOOK – a shortcut through the forest! They'll be back in time for tea! Off they skip, unaware that in the woods a hungry horde of mischievous and hilariously goofy monsters is waiting… An irreverent and zany counting book that is gently thrilling with witty and whimsical illustrations.
The Author:
Ross Montgomery has worked as a pig farmer, a postman and a primary school teacher, so writing books was the next logical step. He spent his childhood reading everything he could get his hands on, from Jacqueline Wilson to Beano annuals, and it taught him pretty much everything that's worth knowing. If you looked through his pockets you'd find empty crisp packets, lists of things to do, and a bottle of that stuff you put on your nails to stop you biting them. He lives in London with his girlfriend, a cat called Fun Bobby, and a cactus on every available surface.
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Jamie Jackson
Jamie Jackson
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Title: The Red Apprentice
Genre: Biography - Sport
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jamiejackson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamieJackson___
The Book;
When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer returned to Old Trafford as caretaker manager midway through the 2018-19 season, he breathed new life into a team that was drifting. In this new and definitive biography, Jamie Jackson investigates why he was the perfect man for the job to bring back the glory days.
After the confusion under David Moyes, the stagnation of Louis van Gaal and the growing trauma under Jose Mourinho, Manchester United were a club increasingly struggling to challenge for major honours, something the fans had been accustomed to during the reign of Sir Alex Ferguson. So when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, a match-winning hero of the Reds' great Treble-winning side returned to Old Trafford on 19 December 2018 as caretaker manager, he was welcomed with open arms. Here was a man who understood what it was that the fans demanded, and he had a plan to give it to them. They went on a record-breaking run of victories that secured him the position on a permanent basis, before old frailties re-emerged, showing the scale of the job he had always dreamed of taking on. During the summer transfer window, he began a dramatic reshaping of the team's personnel to set them up for the 2019-20 season.
The Red Apprentice, Jamie Jackson's fascinating biography of Solskjaer, takes the reader back to the Norwegian's early days to discover the making of the man, relives the highlights of a stunning playing career - and that Champions League-clinching goal in 1999 - and explains why he is the natural choice for United in the future.
The Author:
JAMIE JACKSON is the Guardian and Observer's Manchester football correspondent, and has been reporting for the papers since 2002. Jamie has a BA in Film and Theatre and an MA in Journalism, he lives in Manchester.
Genre: Biography - Sport
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/jamiejackson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamieJackson___
The Book;
When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer returned to Old Trafford as caretaker manager midway through the 2018-19 season, he breathed new life into a team that was drifting. In this new and definitive biography, Jamie Jackson investigates why he was the perfect man for the job to bring back the glory days.
After the confusion under David Moyes, the stagnation of Louis van Gaal and the growing trauma under Jose Mourinho, Manchester United were a club increasingly struggling to challenge for major honours, something the fans had been accustomed to during the reign of Sir Alex Ferguson. So when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, a match-winning hero of the Reds' great Treble-winning side returned to Old Trafford on 19 December 2018 as caretaker manager, he was welcomed with open arms. Here was a man who understood what it was that the fans demanded, and he had a plan to give it to them. They went on a record-breaking run of victories that secured him the position on a permanent basis, before old frailties re-emerged, showing the scale of the job he had always dreamed of taking on. During the summer transfer window, he began a dramatic reshaping of the team's personnel to set them up for the 2019-20 season.
The Red Apprentice, Jamie Jackson's fascinating biography of Solskjaer, takes the reader back to the Norwegian's early days to discover the making of the man, relives the highlights of a stunning playing career - and that Champions League-clinching goal in 1999 - and explains why he is the natural choice for United in the future.
The Author:
JAMIE JACKSON is the Guardian and Observer's Manchester football correspondent, and has been reporting for the papers since 2002. Jamie has a BA in Film and Theatre and an MA in Journalism, he lives in Manchester.
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Joe Dunthorne
Joe Dunthorne
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Title: O Positive
Genre: Poetry
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.joedunthorne.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joedunthorne
The Book;
O Positive is the long-awaited debut collection of poetry from Joe Dunthorne, and it has all the appeal of his widely acclaimed fiction.
Adopting a sunny, genial tone, Dunthorne lures the reader to darker places, exploring death and dread, failure and regret - the 'lounge of our suffering'. Often, he catches us off-guard: a 'whiplash' effect where poems shift from laughter to slaughter in a moment. Impertinent owls, an immersive theatre troupe, ancient men from the Great War and idiot balloonists - such characters dramatise our human fancies and foibles, joining the protagonist in scenarios both humorously bizarre and all-too-familiar. These performances serve to probe and unpeel the layers of the self - all the way down to the raw.
The Author:
Joe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea, and is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's Creative Writing MA, where he was awarded the Curtis Brown prize.
His poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies and has featured on Channel 4, and BBC Radio 3 and 4. A pamphlet collection, Joe Dunthorne: Faber New Poets 5 was published in 2010.
His first novel, Submarine, the story of a dysfunctional family in Swansea narrated by Oliver Tate, aged 15, was published in 2008.
Genre: Poetry
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.joedunthorne.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joedunthorne
The Book;
O Positive is the long-awaited debut collection of poetry from Joe Dunthorne, and it has all the appeal of his widely acclaimed fiction.
Adopting a sunny, genial tone, Dunthorne lures the reader to darker places, exploring death and dread, failure and regret - the 'lounge of our suffering'. Often, he catches us off-guard: a 'whiplash' effect where poems shift from laughter to slaughter in a moment. Impertinent owls, an immersive theatre troupe, ancient men from the Great War and idiot balloonists - such characters dramatise our human fancies and foibles, joining the protagonist in scenarios both humorously bizarre and all-too-familiar. These performances serve to probe and unpeel the layers of the self - all the way down to the raw.
The Author:
Joe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea, and is a graduate of the University of East Anglia's Creative Writing MA, where he was awarded the Curtis Brown prize.
His poetry has been published in magazines and anthologies and has featured on Channel 4, and BBC Radio 3 and 4. A pamphlet collection, Joe Dunthorne: Faber New Poets 5 was published in 2010.
His first novel, Submarine, the story of a dysfunctional family in Swansea narrated by Oliver Tate, aged 15, was published in 2008.
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Tracy Borman
Tracy Borman
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Title: The Devil's Slave
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.tracyborman.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TracyBorman
The Book;
At the end of The King's Witch, the first book in Tracy Borman's Stuart-era trilogy, Frances Gorges was pregnant with the child of her dead lover, Thomas Wintour, executed for his role as a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Now, in The Devil's Slave, Frances is compelled to return to the dissolute and dangerous court where she has been suspected of witchcraft.Catholics have gone underground in the new Puritan regime of King James I, and yet whispers of conspiracies continue to echo behind closed doors and down the halls of the royal palaces. Against this perilous backdrop, accompanied by her son George and her husband Sir Thomas Tyringham--whom she married conveniently to mask the true identity of her son's father--Frances reunites with her former mistress, the Princess Elizabeth, now of marriageable age, as well as other less friendly members of the court: Prince Henry, heir to the crown who emulates his father's brutality without scruple; Lord Cecil, eager to persecute Frances as a witch even as his own health rapidly declines; and King James himself, ever more paranoid and cruel towards alleged heretics and traitors. Yet a surprising ally emerges in the person of Sir Walter Raleigh, himself a prisoner in the Tower of London. With more lives than merely her own on the line, Frances soon finds herself caught in a spider's web of secrets, promises, and plots.
Tracy Borman brings to life vivid characters from history, recreating the ever-treacherous court of the first Stuart king, and a historical period that has fascinated readers for centuries.
The Author:
Tracy Borman, PhD, FRHistS, FSA is a historian and author from Scothern, United Kingdom. She is most widely known as the author of Elizabeth's Women.
Borman was born and brought up in the village of Scothern, England near Lincoln. She was educated at Scothern Primary School (now Ellison Boulters School), William Farr School, Welton, and Yarborough School, Lincoln. She taught history at the University of Hull, where she was awarded a Ph.D in 1997. Elizabeth's Women was serialized and became a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week in September 2009. Tracy Borman appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, also in September 2009
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.tracyborman.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TracyBorman
The Book;
At the end of The King's Witch, the first book in Tracy Borman's Stuart-era trilogy, Frances Gorges was pregnant with the child of her dead lover, Thomas Wintour, executed for his role as a conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. Now, in The Devil's Slave, Frances is compelled to return to the dissolute and dangerous court where she has been suspected of witchcraft.Catholics have gone underground in the new Puritan regime of King James I, and yet whispers of conspiracies continue to echo behind closed doors and down the halls of the royal palaces. Against this perilous backdrop, accompanied by her son George and her husband Sir Thomas Tyringham--whom she married conveniently to mask the true identity of her son's father--Frances reunites with her former mistress, the Princess Elizabeth, now of marriageable age, as well as other less friendly members of the court: Prince Henry, heir to the crown who emulates his father's brutality without scruple; Lord Cecil, eager to persecute Frances as a witch even as his own health rapidly declines; and King James himself, ever more paranoid and cruel towards alleged heretics and traitors. Yet a surprising ally emerges in the person of Sir Walter Raleigh, himself a prisoner in the Tower of London. With more lives than merely her own on the line, Frances soon finds herself caught in a spider's web of secrets, promises, and plots.
Tracy Borman brings to life vivid characters from history, recreating the ever-treacherous court of the first Stuart king, and a historical period that has fascinated readers for centuries.
The Author:
Tracy Borman, PhD, FRHistS, FSA is a historian and author from Scothern, United Kingdom. She is most widely known as the author of Elizabeth's Women.
Borman was born and brought up in the village of Scothern, England near Lincoln. She was educated at Scothern Primary School (now Ellison Boulters School), William Farr School, Welton, and Yarborough School, Lincoln. She taught history at the University of Hull, where she was awarded a Ph.D in 1997. Elizabeth's Women was serialized and became a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week in September 2009. Tracy Borman appeared on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour, also in September 2009
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Dr Sara Read
Dr Sara Read
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Title: The Gossips' Choice
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Website: http://www.sararead.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/saralread
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Respected midwife Lucie Smith is married to Jasper, the town apothecary. They've lived happily together at the shop with the sign of the three doves for almost three decades. But 1665 is proving a troublesome year. Lucie is called to a birth at the local Manor, and Jasper is uneasy at her involvement with their former opponents in the English Civil War. Their only surviving son Simon flees plague-ridden London for his country hometown, only to argue with his father. Lucie is shaken to learn their loyal maid has been keeping a secret, and knows when Jasper finds out he will be furious. How could she have missed the signs?
As the year draws to a close, Lucie is accused of serious negligence in her care of one of her mothers which could see her not only lose her licence but face excommunication.
The Author:
Sara Read is a lecturer in English at Loughborough University in the Midlands, England.
She teaches English literature from all eras but mainly that which was written in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Her academic research has a focus on the literary and cultural representation of the female reproductive body. She has written articles for a variety of history magazines such as History Today, Who Do You Think You Are?, Discover Your Ancestors, Your Family History and others.
Sara is the co-editor of http://www.earlymodernmedicine.com and has her own website at sararead.co.uk
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.sararead.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/saralread
The Book;
Respected midwife Lucie Smith is married to Jasper, the town apothecary. They've lived happily together at the shop with the sign of the three doves for almost three decades. But 1665 is proving a troublesome year. Lucie is called to a birth at the local Manor, and Jasper is uneasy at her involvement with their former opponents in the English Civil War. Their only surviving son Simon flees plague-ridden London for his country hometown, only to argue with his father. Lucie is shaken to learn their loyal maid has been keeping a secret, and knows when Jasper finds out he will be furious. How could she have missed the signs?
As the year draws to a close, Lucie is accused of serious negligence in her care of one of her mothers which could see her not only lose her licence but face excommunication.
The Author:
Sara Read is a lecturer in English at Loughborough University in the Midlands, England.
She teaches English literature from all eras but mainly that which was written in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Her academic research has a focus on the literary and cultural representation of the female reproductive body. She has written articles for a variety of history magazines such as History Today, Who Do You Think You Are?, Discover Your Ancestors, Your Family History and others.
Sara is the co-editor of http://www.earlymodernmedicine.com and has her own website at sararead.co.uk
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Emily Brand
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Title: The Fall of the House of Byron
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.emilybrand.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EJBrand
The Book;
In the early eighteenth century, Newstead Abbey was among the most admired aristocratic homes in England. It was the abode of William, 4th Baron Byron - a popular amateur composer and artist - and his teenage wife Frances. But by the end of the century, the building had become a crumbling and ill-cared-for ruin. Surrounded by wreckage of his inheritance, the 4th Baron's dissipated son and heir William, 5th Baron Byron - known to history as the 'Wicked Lord' - lay on his deathbed alongside a handful of remaining servants and amidst a thriving population of crickets.
This was the home that a small, pudgy boy of ten from Aberdeen - who the world would later come to know as Lord Byron, the Romantic poet, soldier, and adventurer - would inherit in 1798. His family, he would come to learn, had in recent decades become known for almost unfathomable levels of scandal and impropriety, from elopement, murder, and kidnapping to adultery, coercion, and thrilling near-death experiences at sea. Just as it had shocked the society of Georgian London, the outlandish and scandalous story of the Byrons - and the myths that began to rise around it - would his influence his life and poetry for posterity.
The Fall of the House of Byron follows the fates of Lord Byron's ancestors over three generations in a drama that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentlemen's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France. A compelling story of a prominent and controversial characters, it is a sumptuous family portrait and an electrifying work of social history.
The Author:
Emily is an author & historian specialising in the long eighteenth century, especially the trials and tribulations of romantic (and not-so-romantic) relationships in England.
Her first major work of history, THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BYRON, is a sweeping history of the 18th century through the eyes of one notorious family, and is published by John Murray. Following the fates of the poet's ancestors over three generations, it is a saga that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentlemen's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France. It was selected as BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week and was shortlisted for the 2020 Elma Dangerfield Prize.
Emily worked for some years as a senior editor of academic history, trade history and classic literature for Oxford University. Her early published work on the history of love and sex delved into courtship techniques, 18th-century brothels, and royal weddings. She has since written for national and international media including BBC History magazine, The Times, The Telegraph, the Radio Times and the Washington Post, and featured on numerous podcasts and radio shows including Dan Snow's History Hit, BBC History Extra and ABC Radio
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.emilybrand.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EJBrand
The Book;
In the early eighteenth century, Newstead Abbey was among the most admired aristocratic homes in England. It was the abode of William, 4th Baron Byron - a popular amateur composer and artist - and his teenage wife Frances. But by the end of the century, the building had become a crumbling and ill-cared-for ruin. Surrounded by wreckage of his inheritance, the 4th Baron's dissipated son and heir William, 5th Baron Byron - known to history as the 'Wicked Lord' - lay on his deathbed alongside a handful of remaining servants and amidst a thriving population of crickets.
This was the home that a small, pudgy boy of ten from Aberdeen - who the world would later come to know as Lord Byron, the Romantic poet, soldier, and adventurer - would inherit in 1798. His family, he would come to learn, had in recent decades become known for almost unfathomable levels of scandal and impropriety, from elopement, murder, and kidnapping to adultery, coercion, and thrilling near-death experiences at sea. Just as it had shocked the society of Georgian London, the outlandish and scandalous story of the Byrons - and the myths that began to rise around it - would his influence his life and poetry for posterity.
The Fall of the House of Byron follows the fates of Lord Byron's ancestors over three generations in a drama that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentlemen's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France. A compelling story of a prominent and controversial characters, it is a sumptuous family portrait and an electrifying work of social history.
The Author:
Emily is an author & historian specialising in the long eighteenth century, especially the trials and tribulations of romantic (and not-so-romantic) relationships in England.
Her first major work of history, THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF BYRON, is a sweeping history of the 18th century through the eyes of one notorious family, and is published by John Murray. Following the fates of the poet's ancestors over three generations, it is a saga that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentlemen's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France. It was selected as BBC Radio 4's Book of the Week and was shortlisted for the 2020 Elma Dangerfield Prize.
Emily worked for some years as a senior editor of academic history, trade history and classic literature for Oxford University. Her early published work on the history of love and sex delved into courtship techniques, 18th-century brothels, and royal weddings. She has since written for national and international media including BBC History magazine, The Times, The Telegraph, the Radio Times and the Washington Post, and featured on numerous podcasts and radio shows including Dan Snow's History Hit, BBC History Extra and ABC Radio
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Title: Murder Served Cold
Genre: Cosy Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://paulawilliamswriter.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulaWilliams44
The Book;
A quiet English village where nothing ever happens. Until…
After her boyfriend runs out on her with the contents of their joint bank account, Kat Latcham has no choice but to return to the tiny Somerset village of Much Winchmoor, where she grew up. A place, she reckons, that is not so much sleepy as comatose, and she longs for something exciting to happen to lessen the boredom of living with her parents.
But when she and her childhood friend, Will Manning, discover a body, and Will's father, John, is arrested for the murder, Kat suddenly realises she should have heeded the saying "be careful what you wish for”.
Much Winchmoor is a hotbed of gossip, and everyone is convinced John Manning is guilty. Only Kat and Will believe he's innocent. When there's a second murder, Kat is sure she knows the identity of the murderer – and sets out to prove it. But in doing so, she almost becomes the murderer's third victim.
Readers of Sue Grafton might enjoy the Much Winchmoor series of cosy murder mysteries spiked with humour and sprinkled with romance.
The Author:
Paula Williams has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil but she's been making up stories since she was old enough to speak, although her early attempts were more of the "It wasn't me, Mum, honest. It was him" genre.
Her first 'serious' effort was a pageant she wrote at the age of nine to celebrate St George's Day.Many years later, this pageant became the inspiration for her first publishable short story, Angels on Oil Drums, which she sold to the UK magazine Woman's Weekly. Since then she's had over four hundred short stories and serials published in the UK and overseas. She also has a number of novels in large print which are available in libraries.
With the changing face of the magazine market, Paula now focuses her attention on her first love, crime fiction and is busy planning and writing a whole series of Much Winchmoor mysteries. She is a proud member of both the Crime Writers' Association and the Romantic Novelists' Association. She also writes a monthly column, Ideas Store, for the UK writers' magazine, Writers' Forum and for the last five years has written the pantomime for her local village Theatre Group. She still hasn't run out of things to write about and is waiting for someone to invent the thirty hour day.
Genre: Cosy Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://paulawilliamswriter.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PaulaWilliams44
The Book;
A quiet English village where nothing ever happens. Until…
After her boyfriend runs out on her with the contents of their joint bank account, Kat Latcham has no choice but to return to the tiny Somerset village of Much Winchmoor, where she grew up. A place, she reckons, that is not so much sleepy as comatose, and she longs for something exciting to happen to lessen the boredom of living with her parents.
But when she and her childhood friend, Will Manning, discover a body, and Will's father, John, is arrested for the murder, Kat suddenly realises she should have heeded the saying "be careful what you wish for”.
Much Winchmoor is a hotbed of gossip, and everyone is convinced John Manning is guilty. Only Kat and Will believe he's innocent. When there's a second murder, Kat is sure she knows the identity of the murderer – and sets out to prove it. But in doing so, she almost becomes the murderer's third victim.
Readers of Sue Grafton might enjoy the Much Winchmoor series of cosy murder mysteries spiked with humour and sprinkled with romance.
The Author:
Paula Williams has been writing since she was old enough to hold a pencil but she's been making up stories since she was old enough to speak, although her early attempts were more of the "It wasn't me, Mum, honest. It was him" genre.
Her first 'serious' effort was a pageant she wrote at the age of nine to celebrate St George's Day.Many years later, this pageant became the inspiration for her first publishable short story, Angels on Oil Drums, which she sold to the UK magazine Woman's Weekly. Since then she's had over four hundred short stories and serials published in the UK and overseas. She also has a number of novels in large print which are available in libraries.
With the changing face of the magazine market, Paula now focuses her attention on her first love, crime fiction and is busy planning and writing a whole series of Much Winchmoor mysteries. She is a proud member of both the Crime Writers' Association and the Romantic Novelists' Association. She also writes a monthly column, Ideas Store, for the UK writers' magazine, Writers' Forum and for the last five years has written the pantomime for her local village Theatre Group. She still hasn't run out of things to write about and is waiting for someone to invent the thirty hour day.
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Andrea Stewart
Andrea Stewart
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Title: The Bone Shard Daughter
Genre: Fantasy (LGBT)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Writing Fantasy with Andrea Stewart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GgDnM7vM8M
Website: http://www.andreagstewart.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaGStewart
The Book;
The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands.
Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic.
Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright - and save her people.
The Author:
Andrea Stewart is the daughter of immigrants, and was raised in a number of places across the United States. Her parents always emphasized science and education, so she spent her childhood immersed in Star Trek and odd-smelling library books. When her (admittedly ambitious) dreams of becoming a dragon slayer didn't pan out, she instead turned to writing books. She now lives in sunny California, and in addition to writing, can be found herding cats, looking at birds, and falling down research rabbit holes.
She is represented by Juliet Mushens of Caskie Mushens.
Genre: Fantasy (LGBT)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Writing Fantasy with Andrea Stewart:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GgDnM7vM8M
Website: http://www.andreagstewart.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaGStewart
The Book;
The emperor's reign has lasted for decades, his mastery of bone shard magic powering the animal-like constructs that maintain law and order. But now his rule is failing, and revolution is sweeping across the Empire's many islands.
Lin is the emperor's daughter and spends her days trapped in a palace of locked doors and dark secrets. When her father refuses to recognise her as heir to the throne, she vows to prove her worth by mastering the forbidden art of bone shard magic.
Yet such power carries a great cost, and when the revolution reaches the gates of the palace, Lin must decide how far she is willing to go to claim her birthright - and save her people.
The Author:
Andrea Stewart is the daughter of immigrants, and was raised in a number of places across the United States. Her parents always emphasized science and education, so she spent her childhood immersed in Star Trek and odd-smelling library books. When her (admittedly ambitious) dreams of becoming a dragon slayer didn't pan out, she instead turned to writing books. She now lives in sunny California, and in addition to writing, can be found herding cats, looking at birds, and falling down research rabbit holes.
She is represented by Juliet Mushens of Caskie Mushens.
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Jill Dawson
Jill Dawson
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Title 1: Fred and Edie
Genre: Crime - Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Wild Boy
Genre: Crime - Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: The Language of Birds
Genre: Crime - Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jilldawson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JDawsonwriter
Book 1; Fred and Edie
In the winter of 1922 Edith Thompson and her younger lover, Freddy Bywaters, were found guilty of murdering Percy Thompson, Edith's boorish husband. The two lovers were executed in a whirl of publicity in 1923. The case caused a sensation, a crime of passion that gripped the nation's imagination and became the raw material for Jill Dawson's sensual and captivating novel Fred and Edie, a fictional account of the lovers' romance and their subsequent trial, predominantly told through Edie's imaginary letters addressed to her lover, "Darlint Freddie". This is a remarkable novel, that brilliantly evokes the suburban world of 1920s London (T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, published the same year as the trial, runs like a leitmotif throughout the novel). Edie, viewed from the public gallery as "silly, vain" is a superb literary creation--sensual, intelligent, articulate and liberated, bitterly denouncing in her letters to Freddy a world that denies "that our love might be a real love, on a par with other great loves. That just because you are from Norwood and work as a ship's laundry man and I grew up in Stamford Hill and read a certain kind of novel, we are not capable of true emotions, of having feelings and experiences that matter".
Book 2; Wild Boy
Paris at the dawn of the nineteenth century is ablaze with the story of a wild child, a boy captured by huntsmen who has been living wild in the woods of Southern France, a mute boy of twelve believed at first to be deaf; a ferocious boy who bites all who approach him; a boy rumoured to have lived alone since the age of five, and to have been suckled by wolves. The boy is brought to the Deaf-Mute Institute in Paris, where a young and ambitious doctor, Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, is appointed to be the child’s tutor, staking his career on an astonishing claim: that he, Itard, will bring the child from savagery to civilization. He alone will teach the boy to speak.
Based on a true story this bewitching novel explores the enigma of Victor, the wild boy of Aveyron, and the effect he has on the people closest to him. In an act of brilliant literary license Jill Dawson poses an enquiry that has a powerful resonance in contemporary debates around the mysteries of the autistic condition; weaving three stories together into a mesmerizing tale of savagery, love and obsession.
Book 3: The Language of Birds
In the summer of 1974, Mandy River arrives in London to make a fresh start and begins working as nanny to the children of one Lady Morven. She quickly finds herself in the midst of a bitter custody battle and the house under siege: Lord Morven is having his wife watched. According to Lady Morven, her estranged husband also has a violent streak, yet she doesn't seem the most reliable witness. Should Mandy believe her?
As Mandy tries to shield her young charges from harm, her friend Rosemary watches from the wings - an odd girl with her own painful past and a rare gift. This time, though, she misreads the signs.
Drawing on the infamous Lord Lucan affair, this compelling novel explores the roots of a shocking murder from a fresh perspective and brings to vivid life an era when women's voices all too often went unheard.
The Author:
Jill Dawson is the author of TRICK OF THE LIGHT, MAGPIE, FRED AND EDIE, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and the Orange Prize, WILD BOY, WATCH ME DISAPPEAR, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize, THE GREAT LOVER, a Richard & Judy Summer Read and THE TELL TALE HEART, which was nominated for the Folio Prize. Her most recent novel, THE CRIME WRITER, was published by Sceptre in 2016. In addition she has edited six anthologies of short stories and poetry and won prizes for short stories.
Born in Durham, Jill Dawson grew up in Yorkshire. She has held many Fellowships, including the Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia, where she taught on the MA in Creative Writing course. In 2006 she received an honorary doctorate in recognition of her work. She lives in the Fens with her husband, two sons and foster daughter, and runs Gold Dust a mentoring scheme for writers http://www.gold-dust.org.uk.
Genre: Crime - Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Wild Boy
Genre: Crime - Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: The Language of Birds
Genre: Crime - Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jilldawson.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JDawsonwriter
Book 1; Fred and Edie
In the winter of 1922 Edith Thompson and her younger lover, Freddy Bywaters, were found guilty of murdering Percy Thompson, Edith's boorish husband. The two lovers were executed in a whirl of publicity in 1923. The case caused a sensation, a crime of passion that gripped the nation's imagination and became the raw material for Jill Dawson's sensual and captivating novel Fred and Edie, a fictional account of the lovers' romance and their subsequent trial, predominantly told through Edie's imaginary letters addressed to her lover, "Darlint Freddie". This is a remarkable novel, that brilliantly evokes the suburban world of 1920s London (T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land, published the same year as the trial, runs like a leitmotif throughout the novel). Edie, viewed from the public gallery as "silly, vain" is a superb literary creation--sensual, intelligent, articulate and liberated, bitterly denouncing in her letters to Freddy a world that denies "that our love might be a real love, on a par with other great loves. That just because you are from Norwood and work as a ship's laundry man and I grew up in Stamford Hill and read a certain kind of novel, we are not capable of true emotions, of having feelings and experiences that matter".
Book 2; Wild Boy
Paris at the dawn of the nineteenth century is ablaze with the story of a wild child, a boy captured by huntsmen who has been living wild in the woods of Southern France, a mute boy of twelve believed at first to be deaf; a ferocious boy who bites all who approach him; a boy rumoured to have lived alone since the age of five, and to have been suckled by wolves. The boy is brought to the Deaf-Mute Institute in Paris, where a young and ambitious doctor, Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard, is appointed to be the child’s tutor, staking his career on an astonishing claim: that he, Itard, will bring the child from savagery to civilization. He alone will teach the boy to speak.
Based on a true story this bewitching novel explores the enigma of Victor, the wild boy of Aveyron, and the effect he has on the people closest to him. In an act of brilliant literary license Jill Dawson poses an enquiry that has a powerful resonance in contemporary debates around the mysteries of the autistic condition; weaving three stories together into a mesmerizing tale of savagery, love and obsession.
Book 3: The Language of Birds
In the summer of 1974, Mandy River arrives in London to make a fresh start and begins working as nanny to the children of one Lady Morven. She quickly finds herself in the midst of a bitter custody battle and the house under siege: Lord Morven is having his wife watched. According to Lady Morven, her estranged husband also has a violent streak, yet she doesn't seem the most reliable witness. Should Mandy believe her?
As Mandy tries to shield her young charges from harm, her friend Rosemary watches from the wings - an odd girl with her own painful past and a rare gift. This time, though, she misreads the signs.
Drawing on the infamous Lord Lucan affair, this compelling novel explores the roots of a shocking murder from a fresh perspective and brings to vivid life an era when women's voices all too often went unheard.
The Author:
Jill Dawson is the author of TRICK OF THE LIGHT, MAGPIE, FRED AND EDIE, which was shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and the Orange Prize, WILD BOY, WATCH ME DISAPPEAR, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize, THE GREAT LOVER, a Richard & Judy Summer Read and THE TELL TALE HEART, which was nominated for the Folio Prize. Her most recent novel, THE CRIME WRITER, was published by Sceptre in 2016. In addition she has edited six anthologies of short stories and poetry and won prizes for short stories.
Born in Durham, Jill Dawson grew up in Yorkshire. She has held many Fellowships, including the Creative Writing Fellowship at the University of East Anglia, where she taught on the MA in Creative Writing course. In 2006 she received an honorary doctorate in recognition of her work. She lives in the Fens with her husband, two sons and foster daughter, and runs Gold Dust a mentoring scheme for writers http://www.gold-dust.org.uk.
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Justine Laismith
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Title: Secrets of the Great Fire Tree
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://justinelaismith.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustineLaismith
The Book;
A Boy.His Pendant.A Magical Tree. In rural China during the New Year celebrations, Kai receives devastating news. A poor harvest spells disaster unless his mother accepts a job in the city caring for a wealthy family. Abandoned in his mountainous village, Kai is desperate to bring his mother home. He gives in to superstition and unlocks the secrets of the Great Fire Tree. The Great Fire Tree will grant Kai’s wish—for a terrible price. With the help of his new friend Xinying and his trusted piglet, Kai will make a sacrifice to make his family whole. Justine Laismith weaves together Chinese mystique and rural charm in an enchanting tale of an antidote that kills and an amulet that curses.
The Author:
Justine grew up in Singapore and studied Chemistry in London. Since completing her PhD, she has worked in the pharmaceutical, chemicals and education sectors. In 2010, she returned to Singapore, where ST Press Books published her chapter book about two women in STEM. When she is out and about, she takes far too many pictures on her phone. Her excuse? They inspire her stories, like her debut middle-grade book. Published by Aurelia Leo, she penned it in Singapore after a trip to China. She is now back in England living with a talking budgie.
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://justinelaismith.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustineLaismith
The Book;
A Boy.His Pendant.A Magical Tree. In rural China during the New Year celebrations, Kai receives devastating news. A poor harvest spells disaster unless his mother accepts a job in the city caring for a wealthy family. Abandoned in his mountainous village, Kai is desperate to bring his mother home. He gives in to superstition and unlocks the secrets of the Great Fire Tree. The Great Fire Tree will grant Kai’s wish—for a terrible price. With the help of his new friend Xinying and his trusted piglet, Kai will make a sacrifice to make his family whole. Justine Laismith weaves together Chinese mystique and rural charm in an enchanting tale of an antidote that kills and an amulet that curses.
The Author:
Justine grew up in Singapore and studied Chemistry in London. Since completing her PhD, she has worked in the pharmaceutical, chemicals and education sectors. In 2010, she returned to Singapore, where ST Press Books published her chapter book about two women in STEM. When she is out and about, she takes far too many pictures on her phone. Her excuse? They inspire her stories, like her debut middle-grade book. Published by Aurelia Leo, she penned it in Singapore after a trip to China. She is now back in England living with a talking budgie.
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Justine Laismith
Justine Laismith
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Title: The Magic Mixer
Genre: Children (Age 6-9)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://justinelaismith.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustineLaismith
The Book;
This is a story about Mrs Dabble, who is bringing up three children: Billy, who is a pleasant and polite; Melanie, a toddler who likes to do things for herself; and Ruby, a baby.
On a typical day, Mrs Dabble finds herself going from one crisis to another. She really needs some help, but where can she get it from?
Meet Dr Patsy Gerlaxi and her Magic Mixer. This machine takes unique and useful features from any animal and inserts them into humans!
So begins Mrs Dabble's adventure to getting more help with the assistance of the Magic Mixer ...
The Author:
Justine grew up in Singapore and studied Chemistry in London. Since completing her PhD, she has worked in the pharmaceutical, chemicals and education sectors. In 2010, she returned to Singapore, where ST Press Books published her chapter book about two women in STEM. When she is out and about, she takes far too many pictures on her phone. Her excuse? They inspire her stories, like her debut middle-grade book. Published by Aurelia Leo, she penned it in Singapore after a trip to China. She is now back in England living with a talking budgie.
Genre: Children (Age 6-9)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://justinelaismith.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustineLaismith
The Book;
This is a story about Mrs Dabble, who is bringing up three children: Billy, who is a pleasant and polite; Melanie, a toddler who likes to do things for herself; and Ruby, a baby.
On a typical day, Mrs Dabble finds herself going from one crisis to another. She really needs some help, but where can she get it from?
Meet Dr Patsy Gerlaxi and her Magic Mixer. This machine takes unique and useful features from any animal and inserts them into humans!
So begins Mrs Dabble's adventure to getting more help with the assistance of the Magic Mixer ...
The Author:
Justine grew up in Singapore and studied Chemistry in London. Since completing her PhD, she has worked in the pharmaceutical, chemicals and education sectors. In 2010, she returned to Singapore, where ST Press Books published her chapter book about two women in STEM. When she is out and about, she takes far too many pictures on her phone. Her excuse? They inspire her stories, like her debut middle-grade book. Published by Aurelia Leo, she penned it in Singapore after a trip to China. She is now back in England living with a talking budgie.
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Imran Mahmood
Imran Mahmood
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Title: I Know What I Saw
Genre: Crime Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/author/7704/Imran-Mahmood.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/imranmahmood777
The Book;
I saw it. He smothered her, pressing his hands on her face. The police don't believe me, they say it's impossible - but I know what I saw.
Xander Shute - once a wealthy banker, now living on the streets - shelters for the night in an empty Mayfair flat. When he hears the occupants returning home, he scrambles to hide. Trapped in his hiding place, he hears the couple argue, and he soon finds himself witnessing a vicious murder.
But who was the dead woman, who the police later tell him can't have been there? And why is the man Xander saw her with evading justice?
As Xander searches for answers, his memory of the crime comes under scrutiny, forcing him to confront his long-buried past and the stories he's told about himself.
How much he is willing to risk to understand the brutal truth?
The Author:
Imran Mahmood was born in Liverpool in 1969 to first generation Pakistani parents. He has been working on the criminal bar in London for over 20 years and regularly appears in jury trials across the country dealing in serious and complex criminal cases.
He now lives in South East London with his wife and is currently plotting a second novel.
Genre: Crime Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/author/7704/Imran-Mahmood.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/imranmahmood777
The Book;
I saw it. He smothered her, pressing his hands on her face. The police don't believe me, they say it's impossible - but I know what I saw.
Xander Shute - once a wealthy banker, now living on the streets - shelters for the night in an empty Mayfair flat. When he hears the occupants returning home, he scrambles to hide. Trapped in his hiding place, he hears the couple argue, and he soon finds himself witnessing a vicious murder.
But who was the dead woman, who the police later tell him can't have been there? And why is the man Xander saw her with evading justice?
As Xander searches for answers, his memory of the crime comes under scrutiny, forcing him to confront his long-buried past and the stories he's told about himself.
How much he is willing to risk to understand the brutal truth?
The Author:
Imran Mahmood was born in Liverpool in 1969 to first generation Pakistani parents. He has been working on the criminal bar in London for over 20 years and regularly appears in jury trials across the country dealing in serious and complex criminal cases.
He now lives in South East London with his wife and is currently plotting a second novel.
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Tilly Tennant
Tilly Tennant
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Title: The Mill on Magnolia Lane
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://tillytennant.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TillyTenWriter
The Book;
The sky is cornflower blue, the air is scented with the smell of fresh apple blossom and Lizzie Lovell can’t wait to start her new life in the mill on Magnolia Lane. But is she just about to fall in love with someone she shouldn’t?
When Lizzie loses her larger-than-life dad she doesn’t know how to move forward. Encouraged by a childhood dream she shared with her beloved father, she is determined to continue his legacy and moves to the old Mill on Magnolia lane, a place he had always longed to own.
Restoring the old windmill is a much bigger job than Lizzie bargained for, especially when she is distracted by her new next door neighbour Jude, who has temptingly twinkly eyes and a body to die for. But when Jude’s ex- girlfriend Harriet arrives back on the scene, Lizzie begins to wonder if life wasn’t far simpler before she moved to the mill. Especially when it emerges that Harriet knows something about Jude’s past, something that could shatter her new start and her heart into smithereens …
The Author:
Tilly Tennant was born in Dorset, the oldest of four children, but now lives in Staffordshire with a family of her own. After years of dismal and disastrous jobs, including paper plate stacking, shop girl, newspaper promotions and waitressing (she never could carry a bowl of soup without spilling a bit), she decided to indulge her passion for the written word by embarking on a degree in English and creative writing, graduating in 2009 with first class honours. She wrote her first novel in 2007 during her first summer break at university and has not stopped writing since. She also works as a freelance fiction editor, and considers herself very lucky that this enables her to read many wonderful books before the rest of the world gets them.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://tillytennant.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TillyTenWriter
The Book;
The sky is cornflower blue, the air is scented with the smell of fresh apple blossom and Lizzie Lovell can’t wait to start her new life in the mill on Magnolia Lane. But is she just about to fall in love with someone she shouldn’t?
When Lizzie loses her larger-than-life dad she doesn’t know how to move forward. Encouraged by a childhood dream she shared with her beloved father, she is determined to continue his legacy and moves to the old Mill on Magnolia lane, a place he had always longed to own.
Restoring the old windmill is a much bigger job than Lizzie bargained for, especially when she is distracted by her new next door neighbour Jude, who has temptingly twinkly eyes and a body to die for. But when Jude’s ex- girlfriend Harriet arrives back on the scene, Lizzie begins to wonder if life wasn’t far simpler before she moved to the mill. Especially when it emerges that Harriet knows something about Jude’s past, something that could shatter her new start and her heart into smithereens …
The Author:
Tilly Tennant was born in Dorset, the oldest of four children, but now lives in Staffordshire with a family of her own. After years of dismal and disastrous jobs, including paper plate stacking, shop girl, newspaper promotions and waitressing (she never could carry a bowl of soup without spilling a bit), she decided to indulge her passion for the written word by embarking on a degree in English and creative writing, graduating in 2009 with first class honours. She wrote her first novel in 2007 during her first summer break at university and has not stopped writing since. She also works as a freelance fiction editor, and considers herself very lucky that this enables her to read many wonderful books before the rest of the world gets them.
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Claire Huston
Claire Huston
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Title: Elle's A to Z of Love
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://clairehuston.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaraVal
The Book;
Haileybrook, a beautiful village in the peaceful Cotswolds countryside, is most people’s idea of heaven on earth.
Born and raised in this small slice of paradise, Elle Bea can’t wait to leave.
It should be easy, but every time she packs her bags for exotic adventures, old loves and loyalties pull her back.
Will Elle be forced to forget her dreams of far-flung places and epic romance, or can she grab one last chance to have it all?
An uplifting, romantic story about friends, family and the relationships that make a place a home.
The Author:
Claire Huston lives in Warwickshire, UK, with her husband and two children. She writes uplifting modern love stories about characters who are meant for each other but sometimes need a little help to realise it.
A keen amateur baker, she enjoys making cakes, biscuits and brownies almost as much as eating them. You can find recipes for all the cakes mentioned in Art and Soul at http://clairehuston.co.uk along with over 100 other recipes. This is also where she talks about and reviews books.
As well as her website, you can find her on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Goodreads: http://linktr.ee/clairehuston_author
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://clairehuston.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClaraVal
The Book;
Haileybrook, a beautiful village in the peaceful Cotswolds countryside, is most people’s idea of heaven on earth.
Born and raised in this small slice of paradise, Elle Bea can’t wait to leave.
It should be easy, but every time she packs her bags for exotic adventures, old loves and loyalties pull her back.
Will Elle be forced to forget her dreams of far-flung places and epic romance, or can she grab one last chance to have it all?
An uplifting, romantic story about friends, family and the relationships that make a place a home.
The Author:
Claire Huston lives in Warwickshire, UK, with her husband and two children. She writes uplifting modern love stories about characters who are meant for each other but sometimes need a little help to realise it.
A keen amateur baker, she enjoys making cakes, biscuits and brownies almost as much as eating them. You can find recipes for all the cakes mentioned in Art and Soul at http://clairehuston.co.uk along with over 100 other recipes. This is also where she talks about and reviews books.
As well as her website, you can find her on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram and Goodreads: http://linktr.ee/clairehuston_author
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Frances Quinn
Frances Quinn
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Title: The Smallest Man
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/frances-quinn-2
Twitter: https://twitter.com/franquinn
The Book;
My name is Nat Davy. Perhaps you’ve heard of me? There was a time when people up and down the land knew my name. To explain why, I need to take you back to 1625.
You see, that was when I realised that the stares and whispers I had endured growing up never would stop – I would never fit in. It was also the year that a single shilling changed my life. And so it happened that I, a butcher’s son from Oakham, ended up in a pie, and was presented as a gift to the new young queen of England.
After that day, I became known as the queen’s dwarf. And shortly after, they turned the world upside down. I was there, in the middle of everything, when the people of England turned against their king. I may even have saved the queen’s life. Of course, that’s not what I’m remembered for. But to every story there is more than meets the eye.
Inspired by a true story, and spanning two decades that changed England for ever, The Smallest Man is a heartwarming tale about one mans’ extraordinary life. It is about finding your place in the world and fighting for what you believe in – against all odds. But most of all, it is about how all that unites us always will be more powerful than our differences.
The Author:
Frances Quinn grew up in London and read English at King’s College, Cambridge, realising too late that the course would require more than lying around reading novels for three years. After snatching a degree from the jaws of laziness, she became a journalist, writing for magazines including Prima, Good Housekeeping, She, Woman’s Weekly and Ideal Home, and later branched out into copywriting, producing words for everything from Waitrose pizza packaging to the EasyJet in-flight brochure. In 2013, she won a place on the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course, and started work on her first novel. The Smallest Man will be published by Orion. She lives in Brighton, with her husband and two Tonkinese cats.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/frances-quinn-2
Twitter: https://twitter.com/franquinn
The Book;
My name is Nat Davy. Perhaps you’ve heard of me? There was a time when people up and down the land knew my name. To explain why, I need to take you back to 1625.
You see, that was when I realised that the stares and whispers I had endured growing up never would stop – I would never fit in. It was also the year that a single shilling changed my life. And so it happened that I, a butcher’s son from Oakham, ended up in a pie, and was presented as a gift to the new young queen of England.
After that day, I became known as the queen’s dwarf. And shortly after, they turned the world upside down. I was there, in the middle of everything, when the people of England turned against their king. I may even have saved the queen’s life. Of course, that’s not what I’m remembered for. But to every story there is more than meets the eye.
Inspired by a true story, and spanning two decades that changed England for ever, The Smallest Man is a heartwarming tale about one mans’ extraordinary life. It is about finding your place in the world and fighting for what you believe in – against all odds. But most of all, it is about how all that unites us always will be more powerful than our differences.
The Author:
Frances Quinn grew up in London and read English at King’s College, Cambridge, realising too late that the course would require more than lying around reading novels for three years. After snatching a degree from the jaws of laziness, she became a journalist, writing for magazines including Prima, Good Housekeeping, She, Woman’s Weekly and Ideal Home, and later branched out into copywriting, producing words for everything from Waitrose pizza packaging to the EasyJet in-flight brochure. In 2013, she won a place on the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course, and started work on her first novel. The Smallest Man will be published by Orion. She lives in Brighton, with her husband and two Tonkinese cats.
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Caroline Roberts
Caroline Roberts
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Two Books:
Title1: The Cosy Teashop in the Castle
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title2: The Cosy Christmas Teashop
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/caroline-roberts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_caroroberts
Book 1; The Cosy Teashop in the Castle
When Ellie Hall lands her dream job running the little teashop in the beautiful but crumbling Claverham Castle, it’s the perfect escape from her humdrum job in the city. Life is definitely on the rise as Ellie replaces spreadsheets for scones, and continues her Nanna’s brilliant baking legacy.
When Lord Henry, the stick-in-the-mud owner, threatens to burst her baking bubble with his old-fashioned ways, Ellie wonders if she might have bitten off more than she can chew. But cupcake by cupcake she wins the locals over, including teashop stalwart, Doris, and Ellie’s showstopping bakes look set to go down in castle history!
Now all that’s missing in Ellie’s life is a slice of romance – can Joe, the brooding estate manager, be the one to put the cherry on the top of Ellie’s dream?
Book 2: The Cosy Christmas Teashop
‘Cakes, castles and oodles of charm: this book is huge fun and pure escapism’ Cathy Bramley
From sleigh bells to wedding bells . . .
After a rocky start, Ellie Hall baked her way into everyone’s hearts at Claverham Castle – even the miserly Lord Henry was won over – and the run-down teashop regained its old sparkle.
Now Ellie has upgraded cupcakes for fairytale masterpieces as the proud caterer for an ever-growing list of weddings at the castle. The teashop team love baking to the tune of happy ever afters, but can they pull together when a certain bridezilla pushes them all to boiling point?
Christmas is just around the corner, and a last minute booking threatens to snow the team under. Ellie and her hunky hubby Joe have their own Christmas dreams to chase, but they’re determined to pull through and give this special couple the winter wonderland wedding they deserve.
Will Christmas at the Cosy Teashop be a showstopper to remember?
The Author:
Family, friends, food, a glass of bubbly and, of course, a good book make me smile. I love writing emotional stories about love, loss, betrayal, and family, that explore how complex and yet beautiful love can be. I also like to write romantic comedy, letting the characters have a bit of flirty fun too! I believe in following your dreams and working hard towards them, which led me to Harper Impulse (Harper Collins) and a publishing deal (woop!) after many years of writing. Stunning Northumberland is my home – sandy beaches, castles and gorgeous countryside that have inspired my writing.
Title1: The Cosy Teashop in the Castle
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title2: The Cosy Christmas Teashop
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/r/caroline-roberts
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_caroroberts
Book 1; The Cosy Teashop in the Castle
When Ellie Hall lands her dream job running the little teashop in the beautiful but crumbling Claverham Castle, it’s the perfect escape from her humdrum job in the city. Life is definitely on the rise as Ellie replaces spreadsheets for scones, and continues her Nanna’s brilliant baking legacy.
When Lord Henry, the stick-in-the-mud owner, threatens to burst her baking bubble with his old-fashioned ways, Ellie wonders if she might have bitten off more than she can chew. But cupcake by cupcake she wins the locals over, including teashop stalwart, Doris, and Ellie’s showstopping bakes look set to go down in castle history!
Now all that’s missing in Ellie’s life is a slice of romance – can Joe, the brooding estate manager, be the one to put the cherry on the top of Ellie’s dream?
Book 2: The Cosy Christmas Teashop
‘Cakes, castles and oodles of charm: this book is huge fun and pure escapism’ Cathy Bramley
From sleigh bells to wedding bells . . .
After a rocky start, Ellie Hall baked her way into everyone’s hearts at Claverham Castle – even the miserly Lord Henry was won over – and the run-down teashop regained its old sparkle.
Now Ellie has upgraded cupcakes for fairytale masterpieces as the proud caterer for an ever-growing list of weddings at the castle. The teashop team love baking to the tune of happy ever afters, but can they pull together when a certain bridezilla pushes them all to boiling point?
Christmas is just around the corner, and a last minute booking threatens to snow the team under. Ellie and her hunky hubby Joe have their own Christmas dreams to chase, but they’re determined to pull through and give this special couple the winter wonderland wedding they deserve.
Will Christmas at the Cosy Teashop be a showstopper to remember?
The Author:
Family, friends, food, a glass of bubbly and, of course, a good book make me smile. I love writing emotional stories about love, loss, betrayal, and family, that explore how complex and yet beautiful love can be. I also like to write romantic comedy, letting the characters have a bit of flirty fun too! I believe in following your dreams and working hard towards them, which led me to Harper Impulse (Harper Collins) and a publishing deal (woop!) after many years of writing. Stunning Northumberland is my home – sandy beaches, castles and gorgeous countryside that have inspired my writing.
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Daisy James
Daisy James
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Trilogy: Paradise Cookery School
Title 1: Sunshine & Secrets
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Confetti & Confusion
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Mistletoe & Mystery
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/j/daisy-james
Twitter: https://twitter.com/daisyjamesbooks
Book 1: Sunshine & Secrets
When newly heartbroken, michelin-starred chef Millie Harper is offered a job overseeing the setup of The Paradise Cookery School she jumps at the opportunity. Leaving London and her memories of heartbreak behind she hops on a plane to the hilltop cocoa plantation in St Lucia.
But this beautiful island break might be more work than she’d expected…. With only two weeks to have the kitchen installed, cocoa pods going missing from the plantation and the notoriously relaxed island workmen to contend with, she’s going to need some help. Gruff but charming estate manager Zach Baxter, is only too happy to offer his opinions. As the two clash heads can they remain focussed on the job in hand and get the cookery school finished in time?
Pack your bags and jump right into the sun and secrets of The Paradise Cookery School. Perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan, Jenny Oliver and Kat French.
Book 2; Confetti & Confusion
The Paradise Cookery School is officially open!
Stepping in for a celebrity chef, Millie Harper is feeling the pressure to make the first ever Paradise Cookery School classes are a dazzling success and ensure that bride-to-be Imogen and friends have an unforgettable experience.
Meanwhile, Millie is trying to play it cool around handsome estate manager Zach Barker. But whenever he is near Millie cannot fail to notice the chemistry between them – until someone from Zach’s past arrives and any potential romance seems out of the question.
When disaster strikes and the wedding is in jeopardy, Millie realises she may have to go above and beyond to make sure the school is a success. Can Millie manage to create a day that dreams are made of, and will she find a way to tell Zach how she feels?
Allow yourself to be transported to the balmy St Lucian sunshine by his uplifting summer read.
Book 3: Mistletoe & Mystery
Welcome to the Cotswolds Festive Feast cookery course...
Fresh off the successful opening of the Paradise Cookery School in St Lucia, Millie Harper is headed to the Cotswolds for Christmas!
Co-presenting Claudia Croft’s famous Festive Feast cookery course at Stonelea Manor is a dream come true for Millie…as is reuniting with gorgeous estate manager Zach Barker.
But arriving in a winter wonderland Millie learns the manor is under a mysterious threat. It’ll take a holiday miracle, but Millie is determined to save the school and get Zach under the mistletoe to finally finish what they started in the Caribbean!
Cosy up with this fun, festive visit to the Cotswolds premier cookery school!
The Author:
Daisy James loves writing stories with strong heroines and swift-flowing plot-lines. She especially likes to create sunshine-filled settings in exotic locations - the Caribbean, Tuscany, Cornwall, Provence - so she can spend her time envisioning her characters enjoying the fabulous scenery and sampling the local food and drink.
When not scribbling away in her peppermint-and-green summerhouse (garden shed), she spends her time sifting flour and sprinkling sugar and edible glitter. She loves gossiping with friends over a glass of something fizzy or indulging in a spot of afternoon tea - china plates and teacups are a must.
Title 1: Sunshine & Secrets
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Confetti & Confusion
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Mistletoe & Mystery
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/j/daisy-james
Twitter: https://twitter.com/daisyjamesbooks
Book 1: Sunshine & Secrets
When newly heartbroken, michelin-starred chef Millie Harper is offered a job overseeing the setup of The Paradise Cookery School she jumps at the opportunity. Leaving London and her memories of heartbreak behind she hops on a plane to the hilltop cocoa plantation in St Lucia.
But this beautiful island break might be more work than she’d expected…. With only two weeks to have the kitchen installed, cocoa pods going missing from the plantation and the notoriously relaxed island workmen to contend with, she’s going to need some help. Gruff but charming estate manager Zach Baxter, is only too happy to offer his opinions. As the two clash heads can they remain focussed on the job in hand and get the cookery school finished in time?
Pack your bags and jump right into the sun and secrets of The Paradise Cookery School. Perfect for fans of Sarah Morgan, Jenny Oliver and Kat French.
Book 2; Confetti & Confusion
The Paradise Cookery School is officially open!
Stepping in for a celebrity chef, Millie Harper is feeling the pressure to make the first ever Paradise Cookery School classes are a dazzling success and ensure that bride-to-be Imogen and friends have an unforgettable experience.
Meanwhile, Millie is trying to play it cool around handsome estate manager Zach Barker. But whenever he is near Millie cannot fail to notice the chemistry between them – until someone from Zach’s past arrives and any potential romance seems out of the question.
When disaster strikes and the wedding is in jeopardy, Millie realises she may have to go above and beyond to make sure the school is a success. Can Millie manage to create a day that dreams are made of, and will she find a way to tell Zach how she feels?
Allow yourself to be transported to the balmy St Lucian sunshine by his uplifting summer read.
Book 3: Mistletoe & Mystery
Welcome to the Cotswolds Festive Feast cookery course...
Fresh off the successful opening of the Paradise Cookery School in St Lucia, Millie Harper is headed to the Cotswolds for Christmas!
Co-presenting Claudia Croft’s famous Festive Feast cookery course at Stonelea Manor is a dream come true for Millie…as is reuniting with gorgeous estate manager Zach Barker.
But arriving in a winter wonderland Millie learns the manor is under a mysterious threat. It’ll take a holiday miracle, but Millie is determined to save the school and get Zach under the mistletoe to finally finish what they started in the Caribbean!
Cosy up with this fun, festive visit to the Cotswolds premier cookery school!
The Author:
Daisy James loves writing stories with strong heroines and swift-flowing plot-lines. She especially likes to create sunshine-filled settings in exotic locations - the Caribbean, Tuscany, Cornwall, Provence - so she can spend her time envisioning her characters enjoying the fabulous scenery and sampling the local food and drink.
When not scribbling away in her peppermint-and-green summerhouse (garden shed), she spends her time sifting flour and sprinkling sugar and edible glitter. She loves gossiping with friends over a glass of something fizzy or indulging in a spot of afternoon tea - china plates and teacups are a must.
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Jo Lodge
Jo Lodge
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Title: It's Lunchtime, Monkey
Genre: Children Education
Format: Board Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhnxmDEHzx8
Website: http://www.jolodge.com/www.jolodge.com/Home.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jolodge1
The Book;
Bold, googly eyes and a sliding mechanism bring this adorable monkey to life, while children share the simple story and point at the bright pictures.
An ideal book for babies, this title combines bright illustrations, a simple story and first words – perfect as an introduction to meal time routines for your little one!
The Author:
Jo Lodge is an illustrator and paper engineer and was greatly influenced by her artistic parents – her mother, Maureen Roffey, an illustrator, and her father Bernard Lodge, a graphic designer. Jo graduated with a fashion degree from Kingston University and worked for a knitwear company designing their main collection and consulting on projects for Next, Marks & Spencer and Saks Fifth Avenue. Her distinctive bright colours and appealing animal characters have been used across a range of children's books including Baby's First Playbook: Farm, and Pounce! Little Kitten. She lives in West Sussex.
Genre: Children Education
Format: Board Book
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Website: http://www.jolodge.com/www.jolodge.com/Home.html
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The Book;
Bold, googly eyes and a sliding mechanism bring this adorable monkey to life, while children share the simple story and point at the bright pictures.
An ideal book for babies, this title combines bright illustrations, a simple story and first words – perfect as an introduction to meal time routines for your little one!
The Author:
Jo Lodge is an illustrator and paper engineer and was greatly influenced by her artistic parents – her mother, Maureen Roffey, an illustrator, and her father Bernard Lodge, a graphic designer. Jo graduated with a fashion degree from Kingston University and worked for a knitwear company designing their main collection and consulting on projects for Next, Marks & Spencer and Saks Fifth Avenue. Her distinctive bright colours and appealing animal characters have been used across a range of children's books including Baby's First Playbook: Farm, and Pounce! Little Kitten. She lives in West Sussex.
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Duncan Swindells
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Two Books: The Scott Hunter Spy Series
Title 1: Birth of a Spy
Genre: Espionage Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Absent Friends
Genre: Espionage Thriller
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/dafswindells
Book 1: Birth of a Spy
Out of work Cambridge graduate Scott Hunter breaks Second World War Enigma codes… for fun. His girlfriend's desperate for him to find a job and settle down, so when a fresh code lands unexpectedly on Scott’s doorstep, he promises it will be his last, little realising that revealing the dark secrets it has protected for over fifty years will shatter their lives forever.
Book 2: Absent Friends
When all your friends have gone, who can you really trust?
Istanbul on the eve of the millennium and a pair of British spies are sent to rendezvous with the most valuable asset out of the East since the Second World War. But when a dismembered corpse washes up on the banks of the Bosphorus and one of Britain’s finest young agents defects, heads must roll.
Twenty years on and with the events of that night long forgotten, Scott Hunter is suddenly ordered to Hong Kong to find an American journalist and track down a traitor believed by many to be dead. All he knows; that Landslide is the key to everything.
Absent Friends is the sequel to Birth of a Spy and the second book in the Scott Hunter Series. In his first assignment for the mysterious “service” Scott Hunter travels the world in this high-paced thriller laced with espionage and intrigue.
The Author:
Born in 1969 and a 5th generation classical musician, Duncan Swindells studied clarinet at the Royal Academy of Music before pursuing a successful career freelancing in London. In 2002 he took up his current position as Principal Bass Clarinet with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He lives in a small village outside Stirling with his wife, two sons and a pair of black and white cats.
Birth of a Spy, is his debut novel and is currently available on Amazon where it receives almost unanimous 5 star reviews. Readers have said; "a modern take on the classic spy novel,” “crying out for a sequel,” “gripping page turner,” “fast paced thriller,” with one reader even likening it to a John le Carré. Duncan has been interviewed about the book for BBC Radio and Keith Bruce at The Herald wrote a double page spread in the paper’s Arts Supplement. Birth of a Spy is the first in a series, with the second book in its final stages. Absent Friends is set in London, Istanbul, Moscow, Hong Kong and Caithness with Scott Hunter embarking on his first assignment.
Title 1: Birth of a Spy
Genre: Espionage Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Absent Friends
Genre: Espionage Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dafswindells
Book 1: Birth of a Spy
Out of work Cambridge graduate Scott Hunter breaks Second World War Enigma codes… for fun. His girlfriend's desperate for him to find a job and settle down, so when a fresh code lands unexpectedly on Scott’s doorstep, he promises it will be his last, little realising that revealing the dark secrets it has protected for over fifty years will shatter their lives forever.
Book 2: Absent Friends
When all your friends have gone, who can you really trust?
Istanbul on the eve of the millennium and a pair of British spies are sent to rendezvous with the most valuable asset out of the East since the Second World War. But when a dismembered corpse washes up on the banks of the Bosphorus and one of Britain’s finest young agents defects, heads must roll.
Twenty years on and with the events of that night long forgotten, Scott Hunter is suddenly ordered to Hong Kong to find an American journalist and track down a traitor believed by many to be dead. All he knows; that Landslide is the key to everything.
Absent Friends is the sequel to Birth of a Spy and the second book in the Scott Hunter Series. In his first assignment for the mysterious “service” Scott Hunter travels the world in this high-paced thriller laced with espionage and intrigue.
The Author:
Born in 1969 and a 5th generation classical musician, Duncan Swindells studied clarinet at the Royal Academy of Music before pursuing a successful career freelancing in London. In 2002 he took up his current position as Principal Bass Clarinet with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He lives in a small village outside Stirling with his wife, two sons and a pair of black and white cats.
Birth of a Spy, is his debut novel and is currently available on Amazon where it receives almost unanimous 5 star reviews. Readers have said; "a modern take on the classic spy novel,” “crying out for a sequel,” “gripping page turner,” “fast paced thriller,” with one reader even likening it to a John le Carré. Duncan has been interviewed about the book for BBC Radio and Keith Bruce at The Herald wrote a double page spread in the paper’s Arts Supplement. Birth of a Spy is the first in a series, with the second book in its final stages. Absent Friends is set in London, Istanbul, Moscow, Hong Kong and Caithness with Scott Hunter embarking on his first assignment.
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Kate Thompson
Kate Thompson
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Title: Secrets of the Lavender Girls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
A selection of photos during Kate's research for her novel 'Secrets of the Lavender Girls'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlmyr-k988w
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/t/kate-thompson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katethompson380
The Book;
Nell Gunn, Snowball and Esther will be back, along with more characters from Britain's biggest beauty factory, as they battle the twists and turns of war in Stratford.
Will Nell find lasting love? Will Snowball reveal what forced him onto the streets? And will Esther be able to tame the wild child she takes under her wing as part of her new bursary? As flowers and vegetables blossom in the Shoot's new Dig for Victory allotment, can the inhabitants really bury their pasts?
The Author:
Kate Thompson was born in London in 1974, and worked as a journalist for twenty years on women's magazines and national newspapers. She now lives in Sunbury with her husband, two young sons and a soppy Jack Russell called Twinkle. After ghost writing five memoirs, Kate moved into fiction. The Wedding Girls is out March 2017, and Kate is currently working on her fourth book for Pan Macmillan
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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A selection of photos during Kate's research for her novel 'Secrets of the Lavender Girls'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlmyr-k988w
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/t/kate-thompson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katethompson380
The Book;
Nell Gunn, Snowball and Esther will be back, along with more characters from Britain's biggest beauty factory, as they battle the twists and turns of war in Stratford.
Will Nell find lasting love? Will Snowball reveal what forced him onto the streets? And will Esther be able to tame the wild child she takes under her wing as part of her new bursary? As flowers and vegetables blossom in the Shoot's new Dig for Victory allotment, can the inhabitants really bury their pasts?
The Author:
Kate Thompson was born in London in 1974, and worked as a journalist for twenty years on women's magazines and national newspapers. She now lives in Sunbury with her husband, two young sons and a soppy Jack Russell called Twinkle. After ghost writing five memoirs, Kate moved into fiction. The Wedding Girls is out March 2017, and Kate is currently working on her fourth book for Pan Macmillan
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Prof. Frank McDonough
Prof. Frank McDonough
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Title: The Hitler Years: Disaster 1940-1945
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://proffrankmcdonough.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FXMC1957
The Book;
A new narrative of the rise and catastrophic fall of the Nazi regime: a twelve-year descent into barbarism, genocide and aggressive war that cost over 50 million lives.
The second volume in a new, immensely readable narrative of the rise and catastrophic fall of the Nazi regime by a respected expert on the Third Reich. At the beginning of 1940 Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat. Hitler had failed to achieve his aim of making Germany a super power and had left her people to cope with the endless shame of the Holocaust. In The Hitler Years Disaster 1940-1945 , Professor Frank McDonough charts the dramatic change of fortune for the Third Reich, and challenges long-held accounts of the Holocaust and Germany's ultimate defeat. Despite Hitler's grand ambitions and the successful early stages of the Third Reich's advances into Europe, Frank McDonough argues that Germany was only ever a middle-ranking power and never truly stood a chance against the combined forces of the Allies.
The Author:
Professor Frank McDonough is a British historian of 20th century Germany and International History. Born in Liverpool, England, he worked as a shipping clerk and an insurance clerk before he joined Liverpool John Moores University as a Professor of International History in the School of Humanities and Social Science.
His major areas of research are: international history, particularly Anglo-German relations in the 20th century, the history of the Third Reich, including the Holocaust and the life of the leading anti-Nazi resistance heroine: Sophie Scholl, who was executed by the Nazi regime on 22 February 1943. She was the subject of the Oscar nominated German film called: "Sophie Scholl: The Last Days", in 2005.
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://proffrankmcdonough.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FXMC1957
The Book;
A new narrative of the rise and catastrophic fall of the Nazi regime: a twelve-year descent into barbarism, genocide and aggressive war that cost over 50 million lives.
The second volume in a new, immensely readable narrative of the rise and catastrophic fall of the Nazi regime by a respected expert on the Third Reich. At the beginning of 1940 Germany was at the pinnacle of its power. By May 1945 Hitler was dead and Germany had suffered a disastrous defeat. Hitler had failed to achieve his aim of making Germany a super power and had left her people to cope with the endless shame of the Holocaust. In The Hitler Years Disaster 1940-1945 , Professor Frank McDonough charts the dramatic change of fortune for the Third Reich, and challenges long-held accounts of the Holocaust and Germany's ultimate defeat. Despite Hitler's grand ambitions and the successful early stages of the Third Reich's advances into Europe, Frank McDonough argues that Germany was only ever a middle-ranking power and never truly stood a chance against the combined forces of the Allies.
The Author:
Professor Frank McDonough is a British historian of 20th century Germany and International History. Born in Liverpool, England, he worked as a shipping clerk and an insurance clerk before he joined Liverpool John Moores University as a Professor of International History in the School of Humanities and Social Science.
His major areas of research are: international history, particularly Anglo-German relations in the 20th century, the history of the Third Reich, including the Holocaust and the life of the leading anti-Nazi resistance heroine: Sophie Scholl, who was executed by the Nazi regime on 22 February 1943. She was the subject of the Oscar nominated German film called: "Sophie Scholl: The Last Days", in 2005.
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Mary Paulson-Ellis
Mary Paulson-Ellis
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Title: Emily's Noble Disgrace
Genre: Historical Fiction - Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.marypaulsonellis.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mspaulsonellis
The Book;
When extreme cleaner Essie Pound makes a gruesome discovery in a derelict Edinburgh boarding house, her path crosses with a young police officer, Emily Noble who has her own reasons to solve the case.
As the two women embark on a journey into the heart of a forgotten family, the investigation prompts fragmented memories of their own traumatic histories – something Emily has spent a lifetime attempting to bury, and Essie a lifetime trying to lay bare.
The third novel in my series exploring the world in Edinburgh of those who die with no next of kin, Emily Noble’s Disgrace digs into the the question of who cleans up once the worst has happened, and what that process might reveal.
The Author:
I live in Edinburgh, Scotland where I write dual-timeline detective novels about the world of those who die with no next of kin.
My debut, The Other Mrs Walker was a Times bestseller and Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year. My second, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing was long-listed for the McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime novel and a Historical Writers Association Gold Crown. Emily Noble’s Disgrace is my third novel.
My short stories and non-fiction have featured on BBC Radio 4 and in the Guardian Weekend Magazine, as well as various anthologies. In 2019 I was selected by Val McDermid as one of the UK’s ten most compelling LGBTQI+ writers working today.
I have an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow where, on graduating, I was awarded the inaugural Curtis Brown Prize for Fiction in 2009.
In 2017 I was Highly Commended as a Rising Star in the DIVA Literary Awards and shortlisted as a Breakthrough Author in the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. In 2016 I was named an Amazon Rising Star. I am a Hawthornden and Brownsbank Fellow.
In the past I have worked as a script-editor, arts administrator and tour guide. From 2010-2014 I was Writer in Residence at the Royal High School in Edinburgh, on behalf of the Edinburgh International Festival, and I have taught creative writing for other organisations including the National Galleries of Scotland.
I am represented by Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander Associates. For press enquiries please contact Rosie Wilson at Pan Macmillan. Author biog and photos available from the Press Kit.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.marypaulsonellis.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mspaulsonellis
The Book;
When extreme cleaner Essie Pound makes a gruesome discovery in a derelict Edinburgh boarding house, her path crosses with a young police officer, Emily Noble who has her own reasons to solve the case.
As the two women embark on a journey into the heart of a forgotten family, the investigation prompts fragmented memories of their own traumatic histories – something Emily has spent a lifetime attempting to bury, and Essie a lifetime trying to lay bare.
The third novel in my series exploring the world in Edinburgh of those who die with no next of kin, Emily Noble’s Disgrace digs into the the question of who cleans up once the worst has happened, and what that process might reveal.
The Author:
I live in Edinburgh, Scotland where I write dual-timeline detective novels about the world of those who die with no next of kin.
My debut, The Other Mrs Walker was a Times bestseller and Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year. My second, The Inheritance of Solomon Farthing was long-listed for the McIlvanney Prize for best Scottish crime novel and a Historical Writers Association Gold Crown. Emily Noble’s Disgrace is my third novel.
My short stories and non-fiction have featured on BBC Radio 4 and in the Guardian Weekend Magazine, as well as various anthologies. In 2019 I was selected by Val McDermid as one of the UK’s ten most compelling LGBTQI+ writers working today.
I have an MLitt in Creative Writing from the University of Glasgow where, on graduating, I was awarded the inaugural Curtis Brown Prize for Fiction in 2009.
In 2017 I was Highly Commended as a Rising Star in the DIVA Literary Awards and shortlisted as a Breakthrough Author in the Books Are My Bag Readers Awards. In 2016 I was named an Amazon Rising Star. I am a Hawthornden and Brownsbank Fellow.
In the past I have worked as a script-editor, arts administrator and tour guide. From 2010-2014 I was Writer in Residence at the Royal High School in Edinburgh, on behalf of the Edinburgh International Festival, and I have taught creative writing for other organisations including the National Galleries of Scotland.
I am represented by Clare Alexander at Aitken Alexander Associates. For press enquiries please contact Rosie Wilson at Pan Macmillan. Author biog and photos available from the Press Kit.
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Richard Roper
Richard Roper
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Title: When We Were Young
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://richardroperauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardroper
The Book;
Joel and Theo haven't spoken since the summer they turned sixteen, but that's about to change.
From the outside Joel looks like the picture of success: a TV scriptwriter with a smash hit who's still together and in love with his teenage sweetheart, Amber. But he's falling apart at the seams. He's headed home to reconnect with best friend Theo--to get back to the start of it all.
Theo has been living in his parents' shed, nursing a broken heart and a wounded ego, convinced life can't get any worse. Then he gets evicted on his 30th birthday. He thinks he's done with the real world - until it shows up on his doorstep...
One of them is keeping a secret, and the other is living a lie. But can the promise they once made to walk all 184 miles of the Thames Path help them find their way back to the truth--and to their friendship?
The Author:
"I am an author and editor. I grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and now live in London. Something To Live For (previously published as How Not To Die Alone in hardback the US), is my first novel. It has been translated into 19 languages. My second novel, When We Were Young, is out now. I commission non-fiction books at Headline publishers, and do a bit of editing/proofreading over at Reedsy."
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://richardroperauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardroper
The Book;
Joel and Theo haven't spoken since the summer they turned sixteen, but that's about to change.
From the outside Joel looks like the picture of success: a TV scriptwriter with a smash hit who's still together and in love with his teenage sweetheart, Amber. But he's falling apart at the seams. He's headed home to reconnect with best friend Theo--to get back to the start of it all.
Theo has been living in his parents' shed, nursing a broken heart and a wounded ego, convinced life can't get any worse. Then he gets evicted on his 30th birthday. He thinks he's done with the real world - until it shows up on his doorstep...
One of them is keeping a secret, and the other is living a lie. But can the promise they once made to walk all 184 miles of the Thames Path help them find their way back to the truth--and to their friendship?
The Author:
"I am an author and editor. I grew up in Stratford-upon-Avon and now live in London. Something To Live For (previously published as How Not To Die Alone in hardback the US), is my first novel. It has been translated into 19 languages. My second novel, When We Were Young, is out now. I commission non-fiction books at Headline publishers, and do a bit of editing/proofreading over at Reedsy."
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Cressida Cowell M.B.E
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Title: Wizards of Once Never and Forever
Genre: Fantasy - TV & Film
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Preview:
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Website: https://www.cressidacowell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CressidaCowell
The Book;
The final book in the Wizards of Once quartet - the No.1 bestselling series from the author of How to Train Your Dragon. Warriors and Wizards combine forces against the dreadful power of the Kingwitch, whose searing evil threatens not only the Wildwoods, but all its creatures.
Xar and Wish are on the final leg of their journey. First stop: The Mines of Unhappiness. Here, starvation is never far away for the Magical creatures who toil in its horrible depths. Xar and Wish must escape and fast; Xar needs to take control of his ever-growing Witchstain, and Wish must achieve her Destiny. But the Tazzelwurm is in their way, a grotesque monster who threatens to block every entrance.
Time is not on their side, but the forests are calling them. Will their combined strength be enough for the BIGGEST quest so far; to defeat the Kingwitch once and for all?
The Author:
Cressida Cowell grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland. She was convinced that there were dragons living on this island, and has been fascinated by dragons ever since. She has a BA in English Literature from Oxford University, a BA in Graphic Design from St Martin's and an MA in Narrative Illustration from Brighton. Cressida loves illustrating her own work, but also loves writing books for other people to illustrate as the end result can be so unexpected and inspiring. Cressida has written and illustrated eight books in the popular Hiccup series. The unique blend of child centred humour and sublime prose made Hiccup an instant hit. How to Train Your Dragon is now published in over 30 languages. A DreamWorks Animation feature film is out in March 2010. Also the author of picture books, Cressida has won the Nestle Children's Book Prize 2006 and has been shortlisted for many others. Cressida lives in Hammersmith with her husband and three children.
Genre: Fantasy - TV & Film
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSP4lDxXufM
Website: https://www.cressidacowell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CressidaCowell
The Book;
The final book in the Wizards of Once quartet - the No.1 bestselling series from the author of How to Train Your Dragon. Warriors and Wizards combine forces against the dreadful power of the Kingwitch, whose searing evil threatens not only the Wildwoods, but all its creatures.
Xar and Wish are on the final leg of their journey. First stop: The Mines of Unhappiness. Here, starvation is never far away for the Magical creatures who toil in its horrible depths. Xar and Wish must escape and fast; Xar needs to take control of his ever-growing Witchstain, and Wish must achieve her Destiny. But the Tazzelwurm is in their way, a grotesque monster who threatens to block every entrance.
Time is not on their side, but the forests are calling them. Will their combined strength be enough for the BIGGEST quest so far; to defeat the Kingwitch once and for all?
The Author:
Cressida Cowell grew up in London and on a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Scotland. She was convinced that there were dragons living on this island, and has been fascinated by dragons ever since. She has a BA in English Literature from Oxford University, a BA in Graphic Design from St Martin's and an MA in Narrative Illustration from Brighton. Cressida loves illustrating her own work, but also loves writing books for other people to illustrate as the end result can be so unexpected and inspiring. Cressida has written and illustrated eight books in the popular Hiccup series. The unique blend of child centred humour and sublime prose made Hiccup an instant hit. How to Train Your Dragon is now published in over 30 languages. A DreamWorks Animation feature film is out in March 2010. Also the author of picture books, Cressida has won the Nestle Children's Book Prize 2006 and has been shortlisted for many others. Cressida lives in Hammersmith with her husband and three children.
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Francesca Simon
Francesca Simon
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Title: Horrid Henry Rules the World
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.francescasimon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simon_francesca
The Book;
In his dreams Henry is King Henry the Horrible and everyone does just what he says, but he knows that life's not like that. This title features ten side-splitting stories revolving around Henry's school days as he tries to sabotage Miss Impatience Tutu's dance class and star in the Christmas play, among other things.
The Author:
Francesca Simon grew up in California and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where she specialised in Medieval Studies. How this prepared her to write children’s books she cannot imagine, but it did give her a thorough grounding in alliteration.
She then threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US). After her son Joshua was born in 1989, she started writing children’s books full time. One of the UK’s best-selling children’s writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over twelve million copies.
Francesca won the Children’s Book of the Year in 2008 at the British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. HORRID HENRY is published in 24 countries and is also an animated CITV series. She lives in London with her husband, son, and Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.francescasimon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simon_francesca
The Book;
In his dreams Henry is King Henry the Horrible and everyone does just what he says, but he knows that life's not like that. This title features ten side-splitting stories revolving around Henry's school days as he tries to sabotage Miss Impatience Tutu's dance class and star in the Christmas play, among other things.
The Author:
Francesca Simon grew up in California and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where she specialised in Medieval Studies. How this prepared her to write children’s books she cannot imagine, but it did give her a thorough grounding in alliteration.
She then threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US). After her son Joshua was born in 1989, she started writing children’s books full time. One of the UK’s best-selling children’s writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over twelve million copies.
Francesca won the Children’s Book of the Year in 2008 at the British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. HORRID HENRY is published in 24 countries and is also an animated CITV series. She lives in London with her husband, son, and Tibetan Spaniel, Shanti.
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Peter James
Peter James
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Title: Left You Dead
Genre: Crime Thriller - T.V. & Film
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylhGHXwr09k
Website: https://www.peterjames.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peterjamesuk
The Book;
Niall and Eden Paternoster start their Sunday the same way they always do – with a long drive, a visit to a country house and a quick stop at the local supermarket on the way home.
But this Sunday ends differently – because while Niall waits and waits in the car park for Eden to pick up supplies, Eden never returns. She’s not waiting for him at home, and none of their family or friends have heard from her.
Gone without a trace, Niall is arrested on suspicion of her murder. When DS Roy Grace is called in to investigate, it doesn’t take long to realize that nothing is quite as it seems – and this might be his most mysterious case yet . . .
Sunday Times number one bestseller Peter James returns with the latest installment in his award-winning Roy Grace novels – now a major TV series.
The Author:
Peter James is a global bestselling author, best known for writing crime and thriller novels, and the creator of the much-loved Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. With a total of 16 Sunday Times No. 1s under his belt, he has achieved global book sales of over 20 million copies to date and has been translated into 37 languages.
Synonymous with plot-twisting page-turners, Peter has garnered an army of loyal fans throughout his storytelling career – which also included stints writing for TV and producing films. He has won over 40 awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award, Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger and a BAFTA nomination for The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons for which he was an Executive Producer. Many of Peter’s novels have been adapted for film, TV and stage
Genre: Crime Thriller - T.V. & Film
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylhGHXwr09k
Website: https://www.peterjames.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peterjamesuk
The Book;
Niall and Eden Paternoster start their Sunday the same way they always do – with a long drive, a visit to a country house and a quick stop at the local supermarket on the way home.
But this Sunday ends differently – because while Niall waits and waits in the car park for Eden to pick up supplies, Eden never returns. She’s not waiting for him at home, and none of their family or friends have heard from her.
Gone without a trace, Niall is arrested on suspicion of her murder. When DS Roy Grace is called in to investigate, it doesn’t take long to realize that nothing is quite as it seems – and this might be his most mysterious case yet . . .
Sunday Times number one bestseller Peter James returns with the latest installment in his award-winning Roy Grace novels – now a major TV series.
The Author:
Peter James is a global bestselling author, best known for writing crime and thriller novels, and the creator of the much-loved Detective Superintendent Roy Grace. With a total of 16 Sunday Times No. 1s under his belt, he has achieved global book sales of over 20 million copies to date and has been translated into 37 languages.
Synonymous with plot-twisting page-turners, Peter has garnered an army of loyal fans throughout his storytelling career – which also included stints writing for TV and producing films. He has won over 40 awards for his work, including the WHSmith Best Crime Author of All Time Award, Crime Writers’ Association Diamond Dagger and a BAFTA nomination for The Merchant of Venice starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons for which he was an Executive Producer. Many of Peter’s novels have been adapted for film, TV and stage
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Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman
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Two Books
Title 1: Boys Don't Cry
Genre: Contemporary - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Noughts and Crosses
Genre: Young Adult - Sci-Fi -TV and Film - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Malorie Blackman introduces her book Boys Don't Cry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcDupTpxXM8
Noughts & Crosses Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0B0YUUuzQQ
Website: https://www.malorieblackman.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/malorieblackman
The Book 1; Boys Don't Cry
What if YOU were left holding the baby?
You’re waiting for the postman – he’s bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist – a glittering future lies ahead. But when the doorbell rings it’s your old girlfriend; and she’s carrying a baby.
You’re fine to look after it, for an hour or two, while she does some shopping. Then she doesn’t come back and your future suddenly looks very different…
Book 2:
Sephy is a Cross – a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought – a ‘colourless’ member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses.
The two have been friends since early childhood. But that’s as far as it can go. Until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into Cross schools… Against a background of prejudice and distrust, intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity by Noughts, a romance builds between Sephy and Callum – a romance that is to lead both of them into terrible danger…
What if YOU were left holding the baby?
You’re waiting for the postman – he’s bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist – a glittering future lies ahead. But when the doorbell rings it’s your old girlfriend; and she’s carrying a baby.
You’re fine to look after it, for an hour or two, while she does some shopping. Then she doesn’t come back and your future suddenly looks very different…
The Author:
Malorie had her book "New Windmills Spring" sold out within a week of publishing it. Ever since, she has written more than 60 children's books, including novels and short story collections, and also television scripts and a stage play.
Her work has won over 15 awards.
Blackman's award-winning Noughts & Crosses series, exploring love, racism and violence, is set in a fictional dystopia. Explaining her choice of title, in a 2007 interview for the BBC's Blast website, Blackman said that noughts and crosses is "one of those games that nobody ever plays after childhood, because nobody ever wins".
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
In June 2013, Blackman was announced as the new Children's Laureate.
Title 1: Boys Don't Cry
Genre: Contemporary - Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Noughts and Crosses
Genre: Young Adult - Sci-Fi -TV and Film - Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Malorie Blackman introduces her book Boys Don't Cry:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcDupTpxXM8
Noughts & Crosses Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0B0YUUuzQQ
Website: https://www.malorieblackman.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/malorieblackman
The Book 1; Boys Don't Cry
What if YOU were left holding the baby?
You’re waiting for the postman – he’s bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist – a glittering future lies ahead. But when the doorbell rings it’s your old girlfriend; and she’s carrying a baby.
You’re fine to look after it, for an hour or two, while she does some shopping. Then she doesn’t come back and your future suddenly looks very different…
Book 2:
Sephy is a Cross – a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought – a ‘colourless’ member of the underclass who were once slaves to the Crosses.
The two have been friends since early childhood. But that’s as far as it can go. Until the first steps are taken towards more social equality and a limited number of Noughts are allowed into Cross schools… Against a background of prejudice and distrust, intensely highlighted by violent terrorist activity by Noughts, a romance builds between Sephy and Callum – a romance that is to lead both of them into terrible danger…
What if YOU were left holding the baby?
You’re waiting for the postman – he’s bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist – a glittering future lies ahead. But when the doorbell rings it’s your old girlfriend; and she’s carrying a baby.
You’re fine to look after it, for an hour or two, while she does some shopping. Then she doesn’t come back and your future suddenly looks very different…
The Author:
Malorie had her book "New Windmills Spring" sold out within a week of publishing it. Ever since, she has written more than 60 children's books, including novels and short story collections, and also television scripts and a stage play.
Her work has won over 15 awards.
Blackman's award-winning Noughts & Crosses series, exploring love, racism and violence, is set in a fictional dystopia. Explaining her choice of title, in a 2007 interview for the BBC's Blast website, Blackman said that noughts and crosses is "one of those games that nobody ever plays after childhood, because nobody ever wins".
She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours.
In June 2013, Blackman was announced as the new Children's Laureate.
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Kate Mosse
Kate Mosse
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Title: An Extra Pair of Hands: A story of Caring, Ageing and Everyday Acts of Love
Genre: non-fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Kate Mosse on An Extra Pair of Hands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZqgjcFqUE
Website: https://www.katemosse.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katemosse
The Book;
As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones - some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together.
Here, Kate Mosse tells her own personal story of finding herself a carer in middle age: first, helping her heroic mother care for her beloved father through Parkinson's, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as 'an extra pair of hands' for her 90-year-old mother-in-law.
This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It's about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we're exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently - and think differently about ageing.
But most of all, it's a story about love.
The Author:
Kate Mosse is an international bestselling author with sales of more than five million copies in 42 languages. Her fiction includes the novels Labyrinth (2005), Sepulchre (2007), The Winter Ghosts (2009), and Citadel (2012), as well as an acclaimed collection of short stories, The Mistletoe Bride & Other Haunting Tales (2013). Kate’s new novel, The Taxidermist’s Daughter is out now.
Kate is the Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction (previously the Orange Prize) and in June 2013, was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to literature. She lives in Sussex.
Genre: non-fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Kate Mosse on An Extra Pair of Hands:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlZqgjcFqUE
Website: https://www.katemosse.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/katemosse
The Book;
As our population ages, more and more of us find ourselves caring for parents and loved ones - some 8.8 million people in the UK. An invisible army of carers holding families together.
Here, Kate Mosse tells her own personal story of finding herself a carer in middle age: first, helping her heroic mother care for her beloved father through Parkinson's, then supporting her mother in widowhood, and finally as 'an extra pair of hands' for her 90-year-old mother-in-law.
This is a story about the gentle heroism of our carers, about small everyday acts of tenderness, and finding joy in times of crisis. It's about juggling priorities, mind-numbing repetition, about guilt and powerlessness, about grief, and the solace of nature when we're exhausted or at a loss. It is also about celebrating older people, about learning to live differently - and think differently about ageing.
But most of all, it's a story about love.
The Author:
Kate Mosse is an international bestselling author with sales of more than five million copies in 42 languages. Her fiction includes the novels Labyrinth (2005), Sepulchre (2007), The Winter Ghosts (2009), and Citadel (2012), as well as an acclaimed collection of short stories, The Mistletoe Bride & Other Haunting Tales (2013). Kate’s new novel, The Taxidermist’s Daughter is out now.
Kate is the Co-Founder and Chair of the Board of the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction (previously the Orange Prize) and in June 2013, was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to literature. She lives in Sussex.
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Nigella Lawson
Nigella Lawson
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Title: Cook, Eat, Repeat
Genre: Food and Drink - T.V. & Film
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGnYnQQGUI
Website: https://www.nigella.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nigella_Lawson
The Book;
“Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning, and beauty…More than just a mantra, ‘cook, eat, repeat’ is the story of my life.”
Cook, Eat, Repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella Lawson’s engaging and insightful prose. Whether asking “what is a recipe?” or declaring death to the “guilty pleasure,” Nigella brings her wisdom about food and life to the fore while sharing new recipes that readers will want to return to again and again.
Within these chapters are more than a hundred new recipes for all seasons and tastes from Burnt Onion and Eggplant Dip to Chicken with Garlic Cream Sauce; from Beef Cheeks with Port and Chestnuts to Ginger and Beetroot Yogurt Sauce. Those with a sweet tooth will delight in desserts including Rhubarb and Custard Trifle; Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake; and Cherry and Almond Crumble.
“The recipes I write come from my life, my home,” says Nigella, and in Cook, Eat, Repeat she reveals the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through recipes that make the most of her favorite ingredients, with inspiration for family dinners, vegan feasts, and solo suppers, as well as new ideas for cooking during the holidays.
The Author:
Nigella Lawson is one of the UK's most influential food writers, with a growing international reputation and several bestselling books to her name as well as the television series, Nigella Bites.
Nigella read Medieval and Modern Languages at Oxford and went on to pursue a successful career in journalism, becoming Deputy Literary Editor of The Sunday Times. This was followed by a successful freelance career writing for a range of publications, from The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Times Magazine in the UK to Gourmet and Bon Appetit in the USA.
Nigella's love of cooking and food started at home, becoming part of her working life when she started the restaurant column in The Spectator and later wrote the food column for Vogue. Her first book, How To Eat: The pleasures and principles of good food was published to critical acclaim in 1998. It established Nigella's relaxed attitude to food and eating and won her a wide and dedicated audience.
Nigella has now sold more than 3 million cookery books worldwide.
Genre: Food and Drink - T.V. & Film
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNGnYnQQGUI
Website: https://www.nigella.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nigella_Lawson
The Book;
“Food, for me, is a constant pleasure: I like to think greedily about it, reflect deeply on it, learn from it; it provides comfort, inspiration, meaning, and beauty…More than just a mantra, ‘cook, eat, repeat’ is the story of my life.”
Cook, Eat, Repeat is a delicious and delightful combination of recipes intertwined with narrative essays about food, all written in Nigella Lawson’s engaging and insightful prose. Whether asking “what is a recipe?” or declaring death to the “guilty pleasure,” Nigella brings her wisdom about food and life to the fore while sharing new recipes that readers will want to return to again and again.
Within these chapters are more than a hundred new recipes for all seasons and tastes from Burnt Onion and Eggplant Dip to Chicken with Garlic Cream Sauce; from Beef Cheeks with Port and Chestnuts to Ginger and Beetroot Yogurt Sauce. Those with a sweet tooth will delight in desserts including Rhubarb and Custard Trifle; Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake; and Cherry and Almond Crumble.
“The recipes I write come from my life, my home,” says Nigella, and in Cook, Eat, Repeat she reveals the rhythms and rituals of her kitchen through recipes that make the most of her favorite ingredients, with inspiration for family dinners, vegan feasts, and solo suppers, as well as new ideas for cooking during the holidays.
The Author:
Nigella Lawson is one of the UK's most influential food writers, with a growing international reputation and several bestselling books to her name as well as the television series, Nigella Bites.
Nigella read Medieval and Modern Languages at Oxford and went on to pursue a successful career in journalism, becoming Deputy Literary Editor of The Sunday Times. This was followed by a successful freelance career writing for a range of publications, from The Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Times Magazine in the UK to Gourmet and Bon Appetit in the USA.
Nigella's love of cooking and food started at home, becoming part of her working life when she started the restaurant column in The Spectator and later wrote the food column for Vogue. Her first book, How To Eat: The pleasures and principles of good food was published to critical acclaim in 1998. It established Nigella's relaxed attitude to food and eating and won her a wide and dedicated audience.
Nigella has now sold more than 3 million cookery books worldwide.
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Cath Staincliffe
Cath Staincliffe
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Title: Quiet Acts of Violence
Genre: Young Adult - Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.cathstaincliffe.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CathStaincliffe
The Book;
A dead baby. A missing mother. A cradle of secrets.
Has the woman killed her child? Is she a risk to herself? Someone in the neighbourhood of old terraced streets has the answers. But detectives Donna Bell and Jade Bradshaw find lies and obstruction at every turn, in a community living on the edge, ground down by austerity. A place of broken dreams. Of desperation. And murder.
When a stranger crashes into Jade’s life, her past comes hurtling back, threatening to destroy her and the world she has carved out for herself.
The Author:
Cath Staincliffe is a best-selling, award-winning novelist, radio playwright and the creator of ITV's hit series, Blue Murder, starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis. Cath's books have been short-listed for the British Crime Writers Association best first novel award, for the Dagger in the Library and selected as Le Masque de l'Année. In 2012 Cath won the CWA Short Story Dagger for Laptop, sharing the prize with Margaret Murphy with her story The Message. Cath was shortlisted again with Night Nurse in 2014. Cath's Sal Kilkenny private eye series features a single-parent sleuth working the mean streets of Manchester. Trio, a stand-alone novel moved away from crime to explore adoption and growing up in the 1960s, inspired by Cath's own experience. Letters To My Daughter's Killer was selected for Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club in 2014 and featured on ITV3s Crime Thriller Club. Cath also writes the Scott & Bailey novels based on the popular UK TV series. Cath's latest stand alone book, The Girl in the Green Dress, was inspired by her experience as the parent of a transgender child. It tells the story of a transphobic hate crime and asks the question: how far would you go to protect your child? Cath is one of the founding members of Murder Squad - a group of Northern crime writers who give readings, talks and signings around the country. Cath was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK and now lives in Manchester, Lancashire with her family.
Genre: Young Adult - Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.cathstaincliffe.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CathStaincliffe
The Book;
A dead baby. A missing mother. A cradle of secrets.
Has the woman killed her child? Is she a risk to herself? Someone in the neighbourhood of old terraced streets has the answers. But detectives Donna Bell and Jade Bradshaw find lies and obstruction at every turn, in a community living on the edge, ground down by austerity. A place of broken dreams. Of desperation. And murder.
When a stranger crashes into Jade’s life, her past comes hurtling back, threatening to destroy her and the world she has carved out for herself.
The Author:
Cath Staincliffe is a best-selling, award-winning novelist, radio playwright and the creator of ITV's hit series, Blue Murder, starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis. Cath's books have been short-listed for the British Crime Writers Association best first novel award, for the Dagger in the Library and selected as Le Masque de l'Année. In 2012 Cath won the CWA Short Story Dagger for Laptop, sharing the prize with Margaret Murphy with her story The Message. Cath was shortlisted again with Night Nurse in 2014. Cath's Sal Kilkenny private eye series features a single-parent sleuth working the mean streets of Manchester. Trio, a stand-alone novel moved away from crime to explore adoption and growing up in the 1960s, inspired by Cath's own experience. Letters To My Daughter's Killer was selected for Specsavers Crime Thriller Book Club in 2014 and featured on ITV3s Crime Thriller Club. Cath also writes the Scott & Bailey novels based on the popular UK TV series. Cath's latest stand alone book, The Girl in the Green Dress, was inspired by her experience as the parent of a transgender child. It tells the story of a transphobic hate crime and asks the question: how far would you go to protect your child? Cath is one of the founding members of Murder Squad - a group of Northern crime writers who give readings, talks and signings around the country. Cath was born in Bradford, Yorkshire, UK and now lives in Manchester, Lancashire with her family.
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Title: Putin's People:- How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West
Genre: Politics
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Catherine discusses Putin's People:
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/CatherineBelton
The Book;
Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine. In recent years, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has waged a concerted campaign to expand its influence and undermine Western institutions. But how and why did all this come about, and who has orchestrated it?
In Putin’s People, the investigative journalist and former Moscow correspondent Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and the small group of KGB men surrounding him rose to power and looted their country. Delving deep into the workings of Putin’s Kremlin, Belton accesses key inside players to reveal how Putin replaced the freewheeling tycoons of the Yeltsin era with a new generation of loyal oligarchs, who in turn subverted Russia’s economy and legal system and extended the Kremlin's reach into the United States and Europe. The result is a chilling and revelatory exposé of the KGB’s revanche―a story that begins in the murk of the Soviet collapse, when networks of operatives were able to siphon billions of dollars out of state enterprises and move their spoils into the West. Putin and his allies subsequently completed the agenda, reasserting Russian power while taking control of the economy for themselves, suppressing independent voices, and launching covert influence operations abroad.
Ranging from Moscow and London to Switzerland and Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach―and assembling a colorful cast of characters to match―Putin’s People is the definitive account of how hopes for the new Russia went astray, with stark consequences for its inhabitants and, increasingly, the world.
The Author:
Catherine Belton is the former long-serving Moscow Correspondent for the Financial Times. She has previously reported on Russia for Moscow Times and Business Week. In 2008, she was shortlisted for Business Journalist of the year at the British Press Awards. She lives in London.
Genre: Politics
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Catherine discusses Putin's People:
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/CatherineBelton
The Book;
Interference in American elections. The sponsorship of extremist politics in Europe. War in Ukraine. In recent years, Vladimir Putin’s Russia has waged a concerted campaign to expand its influence and undermine Western institutions. But how and why did all this come about, and who has orchestrated it?
In Putin’s People, the investigative journalist and former Moscow correspondent Catherine Belton reveals the untold story of how Vladimir Putin and the small group of KGB men surrounding him rose to power and looted their country. Delving deep into the workings of Putin’s Kremlin, Belton accesses key inside players to reveal how Putin replaced the freewheeling tycoons of the Yeltsin era with a new generation of loyal oligarchs, who in turn subverted Russia’s economy and legal system and extended the Kremlin's reach into the United States and Europe. The result is a chilling and revelatory exposé of the KGB’s revanche―a story that begins in the murk of the Soviet collapse, when networks of operatives were able to siphon billions of dollars out of state enterprises and move their spoils into the West. Putin and his allies subsequently completed the agenda, reasserting Russian power while taking control of the economy for themselves, suppressing independent voices, and launching covert influence operations abroad.
Ranging from Moscow and London to Switzerland and Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach―and assembling a colorful cast of characters to match―Putin’s People is the definitive account of how hopes for the new Russia went astray, with stark consequences for its inhabitants and, increasingly, the world.
The Author:
Catherine Belton is the former long-serving Moscow Correspondent for the Financial Times. She has previously reported on Russia for Moscow Times and Business Week. In 2008, she was shortlisted for Business Journalist of the year at the British Press Awards. She lives in London.
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Peter Bunzl
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Two Books
Title 1: Shadowsea
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Featherlight
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
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The Book 1: Shadowsea
Swept into the bright hustle and bustle of New York, Lily, Robert and Malkin discover shadowy secrets lie beneath its surface. For there are chilling goings-on in their hotel…
A strange boy held captive, haunted by an undersea mystery; and a revengeful villain with a treacherous plan. Searching for clues, Robert and Lily are plunged into deep water… But can they reveal the deadly truth before the secrets submerge them?
Join Lily, Robert and Malkin on a fantastic voyage of terror and triumph, in this fourth Cogheart Adventure.
The Book 2: Featherlight
Deryn’s father is the lighthouse keeper on Featherstone Island, keeping the lantern lit to protect passing boats from the treacherous rocky coastline. But when an emergency arises and her parents have to travel to the mainland for help, Deryn is left alone to keep watch over the lighthouse, and she finds herself in a terrible situation when the lamp runs out of oil during a wild storm. With a fishing boa t in peril on the sea, and time running out to rescue those on board, Deryn seeks help from an unusual source.
The Author:
Peter Bunzl grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with three cats, two dogs, one little sister, an antique dealer dad, and an artist mum. As a child he found inspiration visiting TV and film sets, where his mum worked as a costume designer.
After art college and film school, Peter worked as an animator on commercials, pop videos, and two BAFTA-winning children’s TV shows, and wrote and directed several successful short films.
Peter’s debut novel Cogheart was a Waterstones Book of the Month. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award. Moonlocket was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award. Cogheart, Skycircus and Shadowsea were nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Peter lives in North London with his partner, a fox who visits their garden, and a clutter of house spiders.
Title 1: Shadowsea
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Featherlight
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.peterbunzl.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/peterbunzl
The Book 1: Shadowsea
Swept into the bright hustle and bustle of New York, Lily, Robert and Malkin discover shadowy secrets lie beneath its surface. For there are chilling goings-on in their hotel…
A strange boy held captive, haunted by an undersea mystery; and a revengeful villain with a treacherous plan. Searching for clues, Robert and Lily are plunged into deep water… But can they reveal the deadly truth before the secrets submerge them?
Join Lily, Robert and Malkin on a fantastic voyage of terror and triumph, in this fourth Cogheart Adventure.
The Book 2: Featherlight
Deryn’s father is the lighthouse keeper on Featherstone Island, keeping the lantern lit to protect passing boats from the treacherous rocky coastline. But when an emergency arises and her parents have to travel to the mainland for help, Deryn is left alone to keep watch over the lighthouse, and she finds herself in a terrible situation when the lamp runs out of oil during a wild storm. With a fishing boa t in peril on the sea, and time running out to rescue those on board, Deryn seeks help from an unusual source.
The Author:
Peter Bunzl grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with three cats, two dogs, one little sister, an antique dealer dad, and an artist mum. As a child he found inspiration visiting TV and film sets, where his mum worked as a costume designer.
After art college and film school, Peter worked as an animator on commercials, pop videos, and two BAFTA-winning children’s TV shows, and wrote and directed several successful short films.
Peter’s debut novel Cogheart was a Waterstones Book of the Month. It was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award. Moonlocket was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Readers Award. Cogheart, Skycircus and Shadowsea were nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Peter lives in North London with his partner, a fox who visits their garden, and a clutter of house spiders.
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Will Burns
Will Burns
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Title: The Paper Lantern
Genre: Poetry
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://willburns.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TroubledStriker
The Book:
In THE PAPER LANTERN, a single speaker charts and interrogates the shifts in mood and understanding that have defined a surreal, transformative period in both his own history and that of the surrounding area. Set in a shuttered pub – The Paper Lantern – in a village in the very middle of the country adjacent to the Chequers estate, the narrator embarks on a series of walks in the Chiltern Hills, which become the landscape for evocations of a past scarred with trauma and a present lacking compass. From local raves in secret valleys and the history of landmarks such as Halton House, to the fallout of the lockdown period, climate change and capitalism, THE PAPER LANTERN creates a tangible, lived-in, complicated rendering of a place.
The Author:
Will was born in London and lives in Buckinghamshire. He likes gardening, sports and birds and is Poet-In-Residence at Caught By The River.
He was named as one of the 4 Faber & Faber New Poets for 2014 with his debut pamphlet, praised in The Guardian for its ‘quiet intelligence and subtle ways of seeing’, in that series published in October 2014.
2019 saw the release of Chalk Hill Blue, a collaborative recording made with the composer Hannah Peel, which set his poems to her music. The pair toured extensively, finishing the run with a sold-out night at the Barbican, which also featured a contribution from esteemed the sound artist Chris Watson.
Will’s first full collection, Country Music, was published with Offord Road Books in 2020, and his debut novel, The Paper Lantern, will be published in July 2021 with Weidenfeld & Nicholson. He was named as one of The Observer’s Top 10 Debut Novelists of 2021.
Genre: Poetry
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://willburns.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TroubledStriker
The Book:
In THE PAPER LANTERN, a single speaker charts and interrogates the shifts in mood and understanding that have defined a surreal, transformative period in both his own history and that of the surrounding area. Set in a shuttered pub – The Paper Lantern – in a village in the very middle of the country adjacent to the Chequers estate, the narrator embarks on a series of walks in the Chiltern Hills, which become the landscape for evocations of a past scarred with trauma and a present lacking compass. From local raves in secret valleys and the history of landmarks such as Halton House, to the fallout of the lockdown period, climate change and capitalism, THE PAPER LANTERN creates a tangible, lived-in, complicated rendering of a place.
The Author:
Will was born in London and lives in Buckinghamshire. He likes gardening, sports and birds and is Poet-In-Residence at Caught By The River.
He was named as one of the 4 Faber & Faber New Poets for 2014 with his debut pamphlet, praised in The Guardian for its ‘quiet intelligence and subtle ways of seeing’, in that series published in October 2014.
2019 saw the release of Chalk Hill Blue, a collaborative recording made with the composer Hannah Peel, which set his poems to her music. The pair toured extensively, finishing the run with a sold-out night at the Barbican, which also featured a contribution from esteemed the sound artist Chris Watson.
Will’s first full collection, Country Music, was published with Offord Road Books in 2020, and his debut novel, The Paper Lantern, will be published in July 2021 with Weidenfeld & Nicholson. He was named as one of The Observer’s Top 10 Debut Novelists of 2021.
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Christina Courtenay
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Book Series: Runes
Title 1: Echoes of the Runes
Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Runes of Destiny
Genre: Historical fiction/Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Whispers of the Runes
Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.christinacourtenay.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PiaCCourtenay
Book 1; Echoes of the Runes
Their love was forbidden. But echoed in eternity.
When Mia inherits her beloved grandmother's summer cottage, Birch Thorpe, in Sweden, she faces a dilemma. Her fiance Charles urges her to sell and buy a swanky London home, but Mia cannot let it go easily. The request to carry out an archaeological dig for more Viking artefacts like the gold ring Mia's grandmother also left her, offers her a reprieve from a decision―and from Charles.
Whilst Mia becomes absorbed in the dig's discoveries, she finds herself drawn to archaeologist Haakon Berger. Like her, he can sense the past inhabitants whose lives are becoming more vivid every day. Trying to resist the growing attraction between them, Mia and Haakon begin to piece together the story of a Welsh noblewoman, Ceri, and the mysterious Viking, known as the 'White Hawk', who stole her away from her people in 869 AD.
As the present begins to echo the past, and enemies threaten Birch Thorpe's inhabitants, they will all have to fight to protect what has become most precious to each of them...
The pacy, evocative and romantic new dual-time novel from Christina Courtenay is perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Diana Gabaldon and Vikings.
Book 2; The Runes of Destiny
Separated by time. Brought together by fate.
Indulging her fascination for the Viking language and losing herself in an archaeological dig is just what Linnea Berger needs after her recent trauma. Uncovering an exquisite brooch, she blacks out reading the runic inscription, only to come to, surrounded by men in Viking costume, who seem to take re-enactment very seriously.
Lost and confused, Linnea finds herself in the power of Hrafn, a Viking warrior who claims her as his thrall and takes her on a treacherous journey across the seas to sell her for profit. Setting sail, she confronts the unthinkable: she has travelled back to the ninth century.
Linnea is determined to find a way back to her own time, but there's a connection forming with Hrafn that she can't shake. Underneath his hard exterior, he is brave, clever and caring―not to mention attractive. Can she resist the call of the runes and accept her destiny lies here with Hrafn?
Book 3; Whispers of the Runes
Time is no barrier for a love that is destined to be.
When jewellery designer Sara Mattsson is propelled back to the ninth century, after cutting herself on a Viking knife she uncovers at an archaeological dig, she is quick to accept what has happened to her. For this is not the first Sara has heard of time travel.
Although acutely aware of the danger she faces when she loses the knife - and with it her way to return to her own time—this is also the opportunity of a lifetime. What better way to add authenticity to the Viking and Anglo-Saxon motifs used in her designs?
As luck has it, the first person Sara encounters is Rurik Eskilsson, a fellow silversmith, who is also no stranger to the concept of time travel. Agreeing that Sara can accompany him to Jorvik, they embark on a journey even more perilous than one through time. But Fate has brought these two kindred spirits together across the ages for a reason...
The Author:
Christina Courtenay writes historical romance, time slip and time travel stories, and lives in Herefordshire (near the Welsh border) in the UK. Although born in England, she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden – hence her abiding interest in the Vikings. Christina is a former chairman of the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association and has won several awards, including the RoNA for Best Historical Romantic Novel twice with Highland Storms (2012) and The Gilded Fan (2014) and the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel of the year 2021 with Echoes of the Runes. Christina is a keen amateur genealogist and loves history and archaeology (the armchair variety).
Title 1: Echoes of the Runes
Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Runes of Destiny
Genre: Historical fiction/Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Whispers of the Runes
Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinacourtenay.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PiaCCourtenay
Book 1; Echoes of the Runes
Their love was forbidden. But echoed in eternity.
When Mia inherits her beloved grandmother's summer cottage, Birch Thorpe, in Sweden, she faces a dilemma. Her fiance Charles urges her to sell and buy a swanky London home, but Mia cannot let it go easily. The request to carry out an archaeological dig for more Viking artefacts like the gold ring Mia's grandmother also left her, offers her a reprieve from a decision―and from Charles.
Whilst Mia becomes absorbed in the dig's discoveries, she finds herself drawn to archaeologist Haakon Berger. Like her, he can sense the past inhabitants whose lives are becoming more vivid every day. Trying to resist the growing attraction between them, Mia and Haakon begin to piece together the story of a Welsh noblewoman, Ceri, and the mysterious Viking, known as the 'White Hawk', who stole her away from her people in 869 AD.
As the present begins to echo the past, and enemies threaten Birch Thorpe's inhabitants, they will all have to fight to protect what has become most precious to each of them...
The pacy, evocative and romantic new dual-time novel from Christina Courtenay is perfect for fans of Barbara Erskine, Diana Gabaldon and Vikings.
Book 2; The Runes of Destiny
Separated by time. Brought together by fate.
Indulging her fascination for the Viking language and losing herself in an archaeological dig is just what Linnea Berger needs after her recent trauma. Uncovering an exquisite brooch, she blacks out reading the runic inscription, only to come to, surrounded by men in Viking costume, who seem to take re-enactment very seriously.
Lost and confused, Linnea finds herself in the power of Hrafn, a Viking warrior who claims her as his thrall and takes her on a treacherous journey across the seas to sell her for profit. Setting sail, she confronts the unthinkable: she has travelled back to the ninth century.
Linnea is determined to find a way back to her own time, but there's a connection forming with Hrafn that she can't shake. Underneath his hard exterior, he is brave, clever and caring―not to mention attractive. Can she resist the call of the runes and accept her destiny lies here with Hrafn?
Book 3; Whispers of the Runes
Time is no barrier for a love that is destined to be.
When jewellery designer Sara Mattsson is propelled back to the ninth century, after cutting herself on a Viking knife she uncovers at an archaeological dig, she is quick to accept what has happened to her. For this is not the first Sara has heard of time travel.
Although acutely aware of the danger she faces when she loses the knife - and with it her way to return to her own time—this is also the opportunity of a lifetime. What better way to add authenticity to the Viking and Anglo-Saxon motifs used in her designs?
As luck has it, the first person Sara encounters is Rurik Eskilsson, a fellow silversmith, who is also no stranger to the concept of time travel. Agreeing that Sara can accompany him to Jorvik, they embark on a journey even more perilous than one through time. But Fate has brought these two kindred spirits together across the ages for a reason...
The Author:
Christina Courtenay writes historical romance, time slip and time travel stories, and lives in Herefordshire (near the Welsh border) in the UK. Although born in England, she has a Swedish mother and was brought up in Sweden – hence her abiding interest in the Vikings. Christina is a former chairman of the UK’s Romantic Novelists’ Association and has won several awards, including the RoNA for Best Historical Romantic Novel twice with Highland Storms (2012) and The Gilded Fan (2014) and the RNA Fantasy Romantic Novel of the year 2021 with Echoes of the Runes. Christina is a keen amateur genealogist and loves history and archaeology (the armchair variety).
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Two Book Series: Music, the Food of Love
Title 1: When the Music Stops: DC Al Fine
Genre: Humorous Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Then Play On
Genre: Humorous Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Book 1: When the Music Stops: DC Al Fine
The expanded version of When The Music Stops (a Kindle short story).
Juliet is a young woman. Her ex-boyfriend was a ... well he is ex! The firm she works for is about to close or something, which means that everything is about to change one way or another ... just how much!
You can now read what happened during the rest of the summer in this extended version. (Includes the original short story!)
Book 2: Then Play On
Juliet is a Singer, a Legal Eagle and easing back into her comfort zone!
Juliet is a nice young woman.
She works as a solicitor. Her boss has big expectations of her, although she doesn't know why.
She sings in an all-girl barbershop quartet, called, logically enough, The Coiffeuses. She has set up a gig for the group ... at a naturist resort.
Oh ... and she is in a relationship with her boss's son.
The Author:
"I was born in London, lived most of my life in the south of England. I only say that to excuse writing with a Sarff Lundin acsint.
After a lifetime of not knowing what to do, RAF Officer, TV delivery driver, drug rep, trainer, computer guy … I'd even spent three summers running a naturist resort in Portugal. I decided to try something new and retired.
During the long evenings of the winter in the South of France, a novella started to take shape, “The Uncovered Policeman.” This was my first book, the first in a series of over 12 novellas, in which the central characters first meet, was published on Valentine’s Day 2016. A light, cosy mystery with a cast of pleasant happy people, with quirky characters."
Title 1: When the Music Stops: DC Al Fine
Genre: Humorous Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Then Play On
Genre: Humorous Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.tvhost.co.uk
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Mr_Ted_Bun
Book 1: When the Music Stops: DC Al Fine
The expanded version of When The Music Stops (a Kindle short story).
Juliet is a young woman. Her ex-boyfriend was a ... well he is ex! The firm she works for is about to close or something, which means that everything is about to change one way or another ... just how much!
You can now read what happened during the rest of the summer in this extended version. (Includes the original short story!)
Book 2: Then Play On
Juliet is a Singer, a Legal Eagle and easing back into her comfort zone!
Juliet is a nice young woman.
She works as a solicitor. Her boss has big expectations of her, although she doesn't know why.
She sings in an all-girl barbershop quartet, called, logically enough, The Coiffeuses. She has set up a gig for the group ... at a naturist resort.
Oh ... and she is in a relationship with her boss's son.
The Author:
"I was born in London, lived most of my life in the south of England. I only say that to excuse writing with a Sarff Lundin acsint.
After a lifetime of not knowing what to do, RAF Officer, TV delivery driver, drug rep, trainer, computer guy … I'd even spent three summers running a naturist resort in Portugal. I decided to try something new and retired.
During the long evenings of the winter in the South of France, a novella started to take shape, “The Uncovered Policeman.” This was my first book, the first in a series of over 12 novellas, in which the central characters first meet, was published on Valentine’s Day 2016. A light, cosy mystery with a cast of pleasant happy people, with quirky characters."
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Iona Grey
Iona Grey
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Title: The Glittering Hour
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/iona-grey
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Iona_Grey
The Book;
An unforgettable historical novel about true love found and lost and the secrets we keep from one another from an award-winning author
Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side of scandal, all while running from the life her parents would choose for her.
Lawrence Weston is a penniless painter who stumbles into Selina's orbit one night and can never let her go even while knowing someone of her stature could never end up with someone of his. Except Selina falls hard for Lawrence, envisioning a life of true happiness. But when tragedy strikes, Selina finds herself choosing what's safe over what's right.
Spanning two decades and a seismic shift in British history as World War II approaches, Iona Grey's The Glittering Hour is an epic novel of passion, heartache and loss.
The Author:
Iona Grey has a degree in English Literature and Language from Manchester University, an obsession with history and an enduring fascination with the lives of women in the twentieth century. She lives in the rural North West of England with her husband and three daughters. She is the award-winning author of Letters to the Lost, and her new book The Glittering Hour is on sale October 17 2019 (UK) and December 10, 2019 (US)
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/iona-grey
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Iona_Grey
The Book;
An unforgettable historical novel about true love found and lost and the secrets we keep from one another from an award-winning author
Selina Lennox is a Bright Young Thing. Her life is a whirl of parties and drinking, pursued by the press and staying on just the right side of scandal, all while running from the life her parents would choose for her.
Lawrence Weston is a penniless painter who stumbles into Selina's orbit one night and can never let her go even while knowing someone of her stature could never end up with someone of his. Except Selina falls hard for Lawrence, envisioning a life of true happiness. But when tragedy strikes, Selina finds herself choosing what's safe over what's right.
Spanning two decades and a seismic shift in British history as World War II approaches, Iona Grey's The Glittering Hour is an epic novel of passion, heartache and loss.
The Author:
Iona Grey has a degree in English Literature and Language from Manchester University, an obsession with history and an enduring fascination with the lives of women in the twentieth century. She lives in the rural North West of England with her husband and three daughters. She is the award-winning author of Letters to the Lost, and her new book The Glittering Hour is on sale October 17 2019 (UK) and December 10, 2019 (US)
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John Nichol
John Nichol
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Title: Tornado: In the Eye of the Storm
Genre: History Military
Format: Hardback
Postage: Free UK only.
John talks about his latest book Tornado: In The Eye Of The Storm and how he came to write it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZtLQFTpRc4
Website: http://www.johnnichol.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnNicholRAF
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‘We were doing about 620 miles-per-hour, 200 feet above the desert, in total darkness. Everything was running on rails as we approached the target. Then all hell broke loose. I remember the missile being fired at us; I broke left and shouted, “Chaff!”
‘ All I could see was a flame, like a very large firework, coming towards me. Then there was a huge white flash. I remember an enormous wind and then I was knocked unconscious. My last thoughts were that I was going to die. ’
In 1990, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighbouring Kuwait, setting in motion a chain of events that had unimaginable political, military and personal repercussions, which still reverberate around the globe today.
This is the story of the aircrew at the heart of Operation Desert Storm, almost none of whom had any prior experience of armed combat. It is the story of the Tornado’s missions, of those who did not return - and of the families who watched and waited as one of the most complex conflicts in recent history unfolded live on television. It is a story of untold fear and suffering, and astounding courage in the face of hitherto unimaginable adversity.
The Author:
During 15 years’ service in the Royal Air Force John Nichol flew Tornadoes in both the Air Defence and Ground Attack roles. On active duty during the first Gulf war in 1991 he was shot down on the first low-level, daylight raid of the conflict. Captured and tortured, he was paraded on television provoking worldwide condemnation and leaving one of the enduring images of that war. He returned to active duty and was involved in policing the exclusion zone as part of the UN force maintaining the fragile peace in Bosnia. He has served around the world from the Nevada Desert to the Middle East and Norway to the Falkland Islands.
John has written for all of the UK national newspapers including The Times, The Mail on Sunday and The Guardian and is a widely quoted commentator on military affairs. He has also been a consultant and presenter for Newsnight, BBC News, CNN, World in Action, ITN, Sky News and Cutting Edge. He devised and presented 2 series of Survivors, interviewing newsmakers who have been through life changing experiences. John is a patron of the British Ex-service Wheelchair Sports Association. He is also a very poor golfer.
Genre: History Military
Format: Hardback
Postage: Free UK only.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZtLQFTpRc4
Website: http://www.johnnichol.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnNicholRAF
The Book;
‘We were doing about 620 miles-per-hour, 200 feet above the desert, in total darkness. Everything was running on rails as we approached the target. Then all hell broke loose. I remember the missile being fired at us; I broke left and shouted, “Chaff!”
‘ All I could see was a flame, like a very large firework, coming towards me. Then there was a huge white flash. I remember an enormous wind and then I was knocked unconscious. My last thoughts were that I was going to die. ’
In 1990, Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighbouring Kuwait, setting in motion a chain of events that had unimaginable political, military and personal repercussions, which still reverberate around the globe today.
This is the story of the aircrew at the heart of Operation Desert Storm, almost none of whom had any prior experience of armed combat. It is the story of the Tornado’s missions, of those who did not return - and of the families who watched and waited as one of the most complex conflicts in recent history unfolded live on television. It is a story of untold fear and suffering, and astounding courage in the face of hitherto unimaginable adversity.
The Author:
During 15 years’ service in the Royal Air Force John Nichol flew Tornadoes in both the Air Defence and Ground Attack roles. On active duty during the first Gulf war in 1991 he was shot down on the first low-level, daylight raid of the conflict. Captured and tortured, he was paraded on television provoking worldwide condemnation and leaving one of the enduring images of that war. He returned to active duty and was involved in policing the exclusion zone as part of the UN force maintaining the fragile peace in Bosnia. He has served around the world from the Nevada Desert to the Middle East and Norway to the Falkland Islands.
John has written for all of the UK national newspapers including The Times, The Mail on Sunday and The Guardian and is a widely quoted commentator on military affairs. He has also been a consultant and presenter for Newsnight, BBC News, CNN, World in Action, ITN, Sky News and Cutting Edge. He devised and presented 2 series of Survivors, interviewing newsmakers who have been through life changing experiences. John is a patron of the British Ex-service Wheelchair Sports Association. He is also a very poor golfer.
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Patience Agbabi
Patience Agbabi
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Two Books
Title 1: The Infinite
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Time-Thief
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://theleapcycle.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PatienceAgbabi
Book 1: The Infinite
Leaplings, children born on the 29th of February, are very rare. Rarer still are Leaplings with The Gift – the ability to leap through time.
Elle Bíbi-Imbelé Ifíè has The Gift, but she’s never used it. Until now. On her twelfth birthday, Elle and her best friend Big Ben travel to the Time Squad Centre in 2048. Elle has received a mysterious warning from the future. Other Leaplings are disappearing in time – and not everyone at the centre can be trusted.
Soon Elle’s adventure becomes more than a race through time. It’s a race against time. She must fight to save the world as she knows it – before it ceases to exist . . .
Book 2: The Time-Thief
Elle is back! This time she's leaping almost three whole centuries back in time, to catch a thief, help her friend and save our future
It's mid-summer's day and thirteen-year-old Elle and her Leapling classmates are visiting the Museum of the Past, the Present and the Future. But on the day of the school trip, disaster strikes, and the most unique and valuable piece in the museum, the Infinity-Glass, is stolen! And worse still, Elle's friend and fellow Infinite, MC² is arrested for the crime!
To prove his innocence Elle must leap back centuries in time, to a London very different from today. Along the way she will meet new friends, face dangers unlike any she has ever known, and face an old enemy who is determined to destroy her. Can Elle find the missing Infinity-Glass and return it to its rightful home before it's too late?
The Author:
Patience Agbabi (born 1965) is a British poet, author and performer. In 2017 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Patience Agbabi was born in London to Nigerian parents, and from a young age was privately fostered by a white English family, who when she was 12 years old moved from Sussex to North Wales, where Agbabi was raised in Colwyn Bay. She studied English language and literature at Pembroke College, Oxford.
She earned an MA in Creative Writing, the Arts and Education from the University of Sussex in 2002, and in September that year was appointed Associate Creative Writing Lecturer at the University of Wales, Cardiff.
Agbabi was Canterbury Festival's Laureate in 2010. In 2018 she was Writer In Residence at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
Title 1: The Infinite
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Time-Thief
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://theleapcycle.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PatienceAgbabi
Book 1: The Infinite
Leaplings, children born on the 29th of February, are very rare. Rarer still are Leaplings with The Gift – the ability to leap through time.
Elle Bíbi-Imbelé Ifíè has The Gift, but she’s never used it. Until now. On her twelfth birthday, Elle and her best friend Big Ben travel to the Time Squad Centre in 2048. Elle has received a mysterious warning from the future. Other Leaplings are disappearing in time – and not everyone at the centre can be trusted.
Soon Elle’s adventure becomes more than a race through time. It’s a race against time. She must fight to save the world as she knows it – before it ceases to exist . . .
Book 2: The Time-Thief
Elle is back! This time she's leaping almost three whole centuries back in time, to catch a thief, help her friend and save our future
It's mid-summer's day and thirteen-year-old Elle and her Leapling classmates are visiting the Museum of the Past, the Present and the Future. But on the day of the school trip, disaster strikes, and the most unique and valuable piece in the museum, the Infinity-Glass, is stolen! And worse still, Elle's friend and fellow Infinite, MC² is arrested for the crime!
To prove his innocence Elle must leap back centuries in time, to a London very different from today. Along the way she will meet new friends, face dangers unlike any she has ever known, and face an old enemy who is determined to destroy her. Can Elle find the missing Infinity-Glass and return it to its rightful home before it's too late?
The Author:
Patience Agbabi (born 1965) is a British poet, author and performer. In 2017 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Patience Agbabi was born in London to Nigerian parents, and from a young age was privately fostered by a white English family, who when she was 12 years old moved from Sussex to North Wales, where Agbabi was raised in Colwyn Bay. She studied English language and literature at Pembroke College, Oxford.
She earned an MA in Creative Writing, the Arts and Education from the University of Sussex in 2002, and in September that year was appointed Associate Creative Writing Lecturer at the University of Wales, Cardiff.
Agbabi was Canterbury Festival's Laureate in 2010. In 2018 she was Writer In Residence at the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
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Helen Edwards
Helen Edwards
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Title: Bringing Up A Puppy & The Post Puppy Years
Genre: Non-Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://helen-edwards.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helibedw
The Book;
Are you thinking about getting a puppy?
Have you just brought home your furry friend and are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or just plain exhausted? You’re not alone. There’s no doubt your new best friend is going to be cute, funny, loveable, and hard work!
Knowing what to expect is half the battle. In this collection, Helen shares her experience of bringing up her puppy, Archie, as well as revealing what life is like with a young adult dog as Archie grows. You’ll also hear from other puppy and dog parents, and not forgetting Archie himself, who wants to add a little doggy perspective.
The Archie Collection combines the previously published All About Archie: Bringing Up A Puppy, and More About Archie: The Post Puppy Years, and includes new interviews, new stories from Archie, plus new photographs!
The Author:
Originally from North Wales, Helen currently lives in Shropshire with her husband and their dog.
Helen worked for many years in the public sector and has an administrative background. She writes both fiction and non-fiction. As well as being an indie author, Helen is a self-publishing assistant, offering editorial, self-publishing, and writing services.
Genre: Non-Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://helen-edwards.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helibedw
The Book;
Are you thinking about getting a puppy?
Have you just brought home your furry friend and are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or just plain exhausted? You’re not alone. There’s no doubt your new best friend is going to be cute, funny, loveable, and hard work!
Knowing what to expect is half the battle. In this collection, Helen shares her experience of bringing up her puppy, Archie, as well as revealing what life is like with a young adult dog as Archie grows. You’ll also hear from other puppy and dog parents, and not forgetting Archie himself, who wants to add a little doggy perspective.
The Archie Collection combines the previously published All About Archie: Bringing Up A Puppy, and More About Archie: The Post Puppy Years, and includes new interviews, new stories from Archie, plus new photographs!
The Author:
Originally from North Wales, Helen currently lives in Shropshire with her husband and their dog.
Helen worked for many years in the public sector and has an administrative background. She writes both fiction and non-fiction. As well as being an indie author, Helen is a self-publishing assistant, offering editorial, self-publishing, and writing services.
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Paul Heasman
Paul Heasman
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Title: The ABC of the RAF
Genre: Children Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABCofRAF
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AirTwoAir
The Book:
Written by a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot, The ABC of the RAF was created to inspire the next generation of the Royal Air Force. The book is the ideal gift for any child or young adult with an interest in aviation or the Royal Air Force. The ABC of the RAF is packed with high quality colour images, many taken by the author during his time in the Royal Air Force. The book guides the reader through the equipment, tactics, force structure and operational considerations of the modern Royal Air Force. Younger readers will enjoy looking at the exciting colour images, while older readers will enjoy learning about the use of callsigns, the phonetic alphabet and the aircraft employed by the service.
The Author:
Paul was interested in aviation from the outset and was a member of Hartlepool Air Cadets until the age of 18.
Paul graduated from Loughborough University in 1999 with a BSc in physics and was commissioned into the RAF after graduating from RAF College Cranwell, in Lincolnshire, in February, 2000.
He completed his fast jet flying training and carried out a frontline tour on the Tornado F3 at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire.
The serviceman was selected for instructional duties at RAF Valley in 2006 and was part of the team that introduced the Hawk T2 into RAF Service in 2009.
Genre: Children Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ABCofRAF
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AirTwoAir
The Book:
Written by a former Royal Air Force fighter pilot, The ABC of the RAF was created to inspire the next generation of the Royal Air Force. The book is the ideal gift for any child or young adult with an interest in aviation or the Royal Air Force. The ABC of the RAF is packed with high quality colour images, many taken by the author during his time in the Royal Air Force. The book guides the reader through the equipment, tactics, force structure and operational considerations of the modern Royal Air Force. Younger readers will enjoy looking at the exciting colour images, while older readers will enjoy learning about the use of callsigns, the phonetic alphabet and the aircraft employed by the service.
The Author:
Paul was interested in aviation from the outset and was a member of Hartlepool Air Cadets until the age of 18.
Paul graduated from Loughborough University in 1999 with a BSc in physics and was commissioned into the RAF after graduating from RAF College Cranwell, in Lincolnshire, in February, 2000.
He completed his fast jet flying training and carried out a frontline tour on the Tornado F3 at RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire.
The serviceman was selected for instructional duties at RAF Valley in 2006 and was part of the team that introduced the Hawk T2 into RAF Service in 2009.
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Jo Fenton
Jo Fenton
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Title: Paparazzi
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://jofenton137.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jl_fenton
The Book;
A stalker. A popstar’s family murdered. A terrified photographer.
It’s thirty years since Becky White joined the police. Now, six months after leaving the force, she is suffering from PTSD, when an old friend turns up with a tempting offer.
Following the creation of The White Knight Detective Agency, their first client is a press photographer – a member of the Paparazzi – a young woman with a mysterious and troublesome stalker.
But as the case develops, Becky and Joanna find themselves embroiled in murder. When they are unable to prevent further deaths, their investigation takes them down an unexpected path.
But can they trust their instinct? And will they identify the killer in time to save a child’s life?
Paparazzi, the second instalment in the bestselling Becky White Thriller series. takes you on a journey into the deceptive world of superstars – and those who follow them!
The Author:
Jo Fenton grew up in Hertfordshire, UK. She devoured books from an early age, particularly enjoying adventure books, school stories and fantasy. She wanted to be a scientist from aged six after being given a wonderful book titled “Science Can Be Fun”. At eleven, she discovered Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer, and now has an eclectic and much loved book collection cluttering her home office.
Jo combines an exciting career in Clinical Research with an equally exciting but very different career as a writer of psychological thrillers.
When not working, she runs (very slowly), and chats to lots of people. She lives in Manchester with her husband, two sons, a Corgi and a tankful of tropical fish. She is an active and enthusiastic member of two writing groups and a reading group.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jofenton137.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jl_fenton
The Book;
A stalker. A popstar’s family murdered. A terrified photographer.
It’s thirty years since Becky White joined the police. Now, six months after leaving the force, she is suffering from PTSD, when an old friend turns up with a tempting offer.
Following the creation of The White Knight Detective Agency, their first client is a press photographer – a member of the Paparazzi – a young woman with a mysterious and troublesome stalker.
But as the case develops, Becky and Joanna find themselves embroiled in murder. When they are unable to prevent further deaths, their investigation takes them down an unexpected path.
But can they trust their instinct? And will they identify the killer in time to save a child’s life?
Paparazzi, the second instalment in the bestselling Becky White Thriller series. takes you on a journey into the deceptive world of superstars – and those who follow them!
The Author:
Jo Fenton grew up in Hertfordshire, UK. She devoured books from an early age, particularly enjoying adventure books, school stories and fantasy. She wanted to be a scientist from aged six after being given a wonderful book titled “Science Can Be Fun”. At eleven, she discovered Agatha Christie and Georgette Heyer, and now has an eclectic and much loved book collection cluttering her home office.
Jo combines an exciting career in Clinical Research with an equally exciting but very different career as a writer of psychological thrillers.
When not working, she runs (very slowly), and chats to lots of people. She lives in Manchester with her husband, two sons, a Corgi and a tankful of tropical fish. She is an active and enthusiastic member of two writing groups and a reading group.
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Carmen Radtke
Carmen Radtke
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Title: Walking in the Shadow
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.carmenradtke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarmenRadtke1
The Book;
Jimmy Kokupe is the miracle man.
1909, Quail Island. On a small, wind-blasted island off the east coast of New Zealand a small colony of leprosy patients is isolated but not abandoned, left to live out their days in relative peace thanks to the charity of the townspeople and the compassion of the local doctor and matron of the hospital.
Jimmy Kokupe is a miracle: he’s been cured. But he still carries the stigma, which makes life back on the mainland dangerous and lonely. To find a refuge, he’s returned to the camp to
care for his friend, fellow patient old Will, and disturbed young Charley. Healed of his physical ailments and dreaming of the girl he once planned to follow to a new life in Australia, Jimmy meets ‘the lady’, the island caretaker’s beautiful but troubled wife who brings their food. Can she help Jimmy forget his difficult past and overcome his own prejudices towards his mixed parentage, and find the courage to risk living in freedom?
The Author:
I was born in Hamburg, Germany, a city best known for its part in the rise of the Beatles, and designers Karl Lagerfeld and Jil Sander.
Like so many journalists and creative writers, I longed to see the world. In 2005 I packed suitcases, young child and husband and went off to Christchurch, New Zealand.
Fast forward almost 8 years, two novels and thousands of earthquakes later, and you find me in the United Kingdom, hard at work as a fledgling novelist and screenwriter. Throw in the occasional attempt at stage plays, and you get the picture.
When I'm not busy arguing with characters in my head or pounding on the keyboard, I'll be fussing over the cat, or browsing in a bookstore, or sitting in a cinema.
Or I might be busy throwing a few things into a suitcase and exploring some more.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.carmenradtke.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarmenRadtke1
The Book;
Jimmy Kokupe is the miracle man.
1909, Quail Island. On a small, wind-blasted island off the east coast of New Zealand a small colony of leprosy patients is isolated but not abandoned, left to live out their days in relative peace thanks to the charity of the townspeople and the compassion of the local doctor and matron of the hospital.
Jimmy Kokupe is a miracle: he’s been cured. But he still carries the stigma, which makes life back on the mainland dangerous and lonely. To find a refuge, he’s returned to the camp to
care for his friend, fellow patient old Will, and disturbed young Charley. Healed of his physical ailments and dreaming of the girl he once planned to follow to a new life in Australia, Jimmy meets ‘the lady’, the island caretaker’s beautiful but troubled wife who brings their food. Can she help Jimmy forget his difficult past and overcome his own prejudices towards his mixed parentage, and find the courage to risk living in freedom?
The Author:
I was born in Hamburg, Germany, a city best known for its part in the rise of the Beatles, and designers Karl Lagerfeld and Jil Sander.
Like so many journalists and creative writers, I longed to see the world. In 2005 I packed suitcases, young child and husband and went off to Christchurch, New Zealand.
Fast forward almost 8 years, two novels and thousands of earthquakes later, and you find me in the United Kingdom, hard at work as a fledgling novelist and screenwriter. Throw in the occasional attempt at stage plays, and you get the picture.
When I'm not busy arguing with characters in my head or pounding on the keyboard, I'll be fussing over the cat, or browsing in a bookstore, or sitting in a cinema.
Or I might be busy throwing a few things into a suitcase and exploring some more.
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Rachael Blok
Rachael Blok
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Title: Into the Fire
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.rachaelblok.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsRachaelBlok
The Book;
Eleven guests. Three nights. One murderer.
In a crumbling old mansion in the English countryside, eleven people gather, each one famous in their field. They have been invited for a three-day house party, to celebrate the launch of a groundbreaking virtual reality game that promises to unite the worlds of technology, politics and the environment.
DCI Maarten Jansen has been summoned to join the house party. His instructions are to offer police protection in case of an outside attack. Instead, he finds simmering tensions, long-buried secrets – and a murderer in their midst...
The Author:
Rachael Blok is a best-selling author of the UK crime series set in the cathedral city of St Albans. Here, DCI Maarten Jansen struggles against his plain-speaking Dutch upbringing when faced with the seemingly polite world of the picturesque city. Under the Ice and The Scorched Earth are out now. Into The Fire is coming November 2020.
About writing, she has said: 'I'm constantly surprised how differently stories turn out on paper than in their original planning. Fiction has a life of its own'.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.rachaelblok.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsRachaelBlok
The Book;
Eleven guests. Three nights. One murderer.
In a crumbling old mansion in the English countryside, eleven people gather, each one famous in their field. They have been invited for a three-day house party, to celebrate the launch of a groundbreaking virtual reality game that promises to unite the worlds of technology, politics and the environment.
DCI Maarten Jansen has been summoned to join the house party. His instructions are to offer police protection in case of an outside attack. Instead, he finds simmering tensions, long-buried secrets – and a murderer in their midst...
The Author:
Rachael Blok is a best-selling author of the UK crime series set in the cathedral city of St Albans. Here, DCI Maarten Jansen struggles against his plain-speaking Dutch upbringing when faced with the seemingly polite world of the picturesque city. Under the Ice and The Scorched Earth are out now. Into The Fire is coming November 2020.
About writing, she has said: 'I'm constantly surprised how differently stories turn out on paper than in their original planning. Fiction has a life of its own'.
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Title: The Dark
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.emmahaughton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Emma_Haughton
The Book;
ONE DEAD BODY. TWELVE SUSPECTS. TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR DARKNESS.
In the most inhospitable environment on earth – cut off from the rest of the world – there’s a killer on the loose.
A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when she’s offered the opportunity to be an emergency replacement at the UN research station in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance. The previous doctor, Jean-Luc, died in a tragic accident while out on the ice.
The move seems an ideal solution for Kate: no one knows about her past; no one is checking up on her. But as total darkness descends for the winter, she begins to suspect that Jean-Luc’s death wasn’t accidental at all.
And the more questions she asks, the more dangerous it becomes . . .
The Author:
Emma Haughton grew up in Sussex; after a stint au pairing in Paris and a couple of half-hearted attempts to backpack across Europe, she studied English at Oxford University then trained in journalism. During her career as a journalist, she wrote many articles for national newspapers, including regular pieces for the Times Travel section.
Following publication of her picture book, Rainy Day, Emma wrote three YA novels. Her first, Now You See Me, was an Amazon bestseller and nominated for the Carnegie and Amazing Book Awards. Better Left Buried, her second, was one of the best YA reads for 2015 in the Sunday Express. Her third YA novel, Cruel Heart Broken, was picked by The Bookseller as a top YA read for July 2016.
The Dark, Emma’s chilling new thriller for adults, was published by Hodder in August 2021.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.emmahaughton.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Emma_Haughton
The Book;
ONE DEAD BODY. TWELVE SUSPECTS. TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR DARKNESS.
In the most inhospitable environment on earth – cut off from the rest of the world – there’s a killer on the loose.
A&E doctor Kate North has been knocked out of her orbit by a personal tragedy. So when she’s offered the opportunity to be an emergency replacement at the UN research station in Antarctica, she jumps at the chance. The previous doctor, Jean-Luc, died in a tragic accident while out on the ice.
The move seems an ideal solution for Kate: no one knows about her past; no one is checking up on her. But as total darkness descends for the winter, she begins to suspect that Jean-Luc’s death wasn’t accidental at all.
And the more questions she asks, the more dangerous it becomes . . .
The Author:
Emma Haughton grew up in Sussex; after a stint au pairing in Paris and a couple of half-hearted attempts to backpack across Europe, she studied English at Oxford University then trained in journalism. During her career as a journalist, she wrote many articles for national newspapers, including regular pieces for the Times Travel section.
Following publication of her picture book, Rainy Day, Emma wrote three YA novels. Her first, Now You See Me, was an Amazon bestseller and nominated for the Carnegie and Amazing Book Awards. Better Left Buried, her second, was one of the best YA reads for 2015 in the Sunday Express. Her third YA novel, Cruel Heart Broken, was picked by The Bookseller as a top YA read for July 2016.
The Dark, Emma’s chilling new thriller for adults, was published by Hodder in August 2021.
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Louise Mangos
Louise Mangos
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Title: Strangers on a Bridge
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Europe and UK only.
Website: https://louisemangos.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseMangos
The Book;
She should never have saved him.
When Alice Reed goes on her regular morning jog in the peaceful Swiss Alps, she doesn’t expect to save a man from suicide. But she does. And it is her first mistake.
Adamant they have an instant connection, Manfred’s charming exterior grows darker and his obsession with Alice grows stronger.
In a country far from home, where the police don’t believe her, the locals don’t trust her and even her husband questions the truth about Manfred, Alice has nowhere to turn.
To what lengths will Alice go to protect herself and her family?
The Author:
Louise Mangos writes novels, short stories and flash fiction, which have won prizes, placed on shortlists, and have been read out on BBC radio. She has published two full-length suspense novels with Harper Collins and another – “The Beaten Track” – will publish in spring 2022 from Red Dog Press. Her short fiction has appeared in more than twenty print anthologies and magazines. She lives on a Swiss Alp with her Kiwi husband and two sons.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://louisemangos.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouiseMangos
The Book;
She should never have saved him.
When Alice Reed goes on her regular morning jog in the peaceful Swiss Alps, she doesn’t expect to save a man from suicide. But she does. And it is her first mistake.
Adamant they have an instant connection, Manfred’s charming exterior grows darker and his obsession with Alice grows stronger.
In a country far from home, where the police don’t believe her, the locals don’t trust her and even her husband questions the truth about Manfred, Alice has nowhere to turn.
To what lengths will Alice go to protect herself and her family?
The Author:
Louise Mangos writes novels, short stories and flash fiction, which have won prizes, placed on shortlists, and have been read out on BBC radio. She has published two full-length suspense novels with Harper Collins and another – “The Beaten Track” – will publish in spring 2022 from Red Dog Press. Her short fiction has appeared in more than twenty print anthologies and magazines. She lives on a Swiss Alp with her Kiwi husband and two sons.
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Zehra Hicks
Zehra Hicks
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Title: Cheeky Monkey
Genre: Children (Toddlers)
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.zehrahicks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zehrahicks
The Book;
Cheeky Monkey is ready to play! But oh dear - Monkey's games are a bit too boisterous for the other animals. Maybe Lion will play with Monkey, but is it a good idea to wake Lion up during nap time? A sweet and funny tale about learning to play nicely, from the creator of Pug Hug.
The Author:
Zehra Hicks is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator whose books have been translated in over 20 languages around the world. Zehra does love a bit of humour, so most of her picture books are guaranteed to make you chuckle. They are ideal for children aged 1-5 and make super presents.
Zehra is also a tutor at Chelsea College of Arts, where she completed a short course in Book Illustration in 2009. Since then, she has been highly commended for the Macmillan Prize for Illustration, winner of the Heart of Hawick Award, named Lovereading4Kids Debut of the Year in 2011, shortlisted for the Read It Again! Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award and nominated for the Kate Greenaway.
Genre: Children (Toddlers)
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.zehrahicks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zehrahicks
The Book;
Cheeky Monkey is ready to play! But oh dear - Monkey's games are a bit too boisterous for the other animals. Maybe Lion will play with Monkey, but is it a good idea to wake Lion up during nap time? A sweet and funny tale about learning to play nicely, from the creator of Pug Hug.
The Author:
Zehra Hicks is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator whose books have been translated in over 20 languages around the world. Zehra does love a bit of humour, so most of her picture books are guaranteed to make you chuckle. They are ideal for children aged 1-5 and make super presents.
Zehra is also a tutor at Chelsea College of Arts, where she completed a short course in Book Illustration in 2009. Since then, she has been highly commended for the Macmillan Prize for Illustration, winner of the Heart of Hawick Award, named Lovereading4Kids Debut of the Year in 2011, shortlisted for the Read It Again! Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award and nominated for the Kate Greenaway.
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Rebecca Ley
Rebecca Ley
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Title: For When I'm Gone
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/rebecca-ley
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebeccahelenley
The Book;
A life cut short. A grieving family. A mother's guide to surviving without her...
On the surface Sylvia and Paul's marriage is perfection: she is beautiful, alluringly spiky and brilliantly clever, he is a devoted and doting husband and father to their two young children, Megan and Jude.
When Sylvia is diagnosed with terminal cancer at 38, she knows that she must help Paul navigate the chaos of family life in her absence and that the time has come for a secret she has kept from him throughout their marriage to finally be aired. Sylvia starts to write a manual: a guidebook to their shared domesticity.
As Paul learns to live and love without Sylvia, he realises the extent of her legacy and finds himself indebted once more to his extraordinary, difficult wife, for saving them from an even greater tragedy...
FOR WHEN I'M GONE is about what it means to leave life unfinished, as well as the compromises of a marriage and motherhood. Inspiring and heart-breaking in equal measure, this debut marks Rebecca Ley out as a stunning new talent.
The Author:
Rebecca Ley is a journalist who wrote a column for The Guardian, Doing it for Dad, about her father's dementia. She has previously worked at the Times, The Sun and The Daily Mail. "For When I'm Gone" is her debut novel.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/rebecca-ley
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rebeccahelenley
The Book;
A life cut short. A grieving family. A mother's guide to surviving without her...
On the surface Sylvia and Paul's marriage is perfection: she is beautiful, alluringly spiky and brilliantly clever, he is a devoted and doting husband and father to their two young children, Megan and Jude.
When Sylvia is diagnosed with terminal cancer at 38, she knows that she must help Paul navigate the chaos of family life in her absence and that the time has come for a secret she has kept from him throughout their marriage to finally be aired. Sylvia starts to write a manual: a guidebook to their shared domesticity.
As Paul learns to live and love without Sylvia, he realises the extent of her legacy and finds himself indebted once more to his extraordinary, difficult wife, for saving them from an even greater tragedy...
FOR WHEN I'M GONE is about what it means to leave life unfinished, as well as the compromises of a marriage and motherhood. Inspiring and heart-breaking in equal measure, this debut marks Rebecca Ley out as a stunning new talent.
The Author:
Rebecca Ley is a journalist who wrote a column for The Guardian, Doing it for Dad, about her father's dementia. She has previously worked at the Times, The Sun and The Daily Mail. "For When I'm Gone" is her debut novel.
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Carol Thomas
Carol Thomas
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Title: Maybe Baby
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Unofficial Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ZVaeAPkq0
Website: https://t.co/Mqr3OkhXf4?amp=1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carol_thomas2
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Just when you thought you had it all worked out …
Best friends Lisa and Felicity think – maybe, just maybe – they finally have everything sorted out in their lives.
Lisa is in a happy relationship with her old flame, and busy mum Felicity has managed to reignite the passion with her husband, Pete, after a romantic getaway.
But when Lisa walks in on a half-naked woman in her boyfriend’s flat and Felicity is left reeling from a shocking discovery, it becomes clear that life is nothing but full of surprises…
The Author:
In the summer of 2017, Carol Thomas was delighted to gain a publishing contract with Ruby Fiction, an imprint of the award-winning, romance publishers Choc Lit.
Carol writes for both adults and children: Her contemporary romance novels, have relatable heroines whose stories are layered with emotion, sprinkled with laughter and topped with irresistible male leads; while her children’s books have irresistibly cute, generally furry characters young children can relate to.
Carol lives on the south coast of England with her husband, four children and lively Labrador. She has been a playgroup supervisor and has taught in primary schools for over twenty years. Carol is a volunteer at her local Cancer Research UK shop and has a passion for reading, writing and people watching. When not teaching, she can often be found loitering in local cafes working on her next book.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Unofficial Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04ZVaeAPkq0
Website: https://t.co/Mqr3OkhXf4?amp=1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/carol_thomas2
The Book;
Just when you thought you had it all worked out …
Best friends Lisa and Felicity think – maybe, just maybe – they finally have everything sorted out in their lives.
Lisa is in a happy relationship with her old flame, and busy mum Felicity has managed to reignite the passion with her husband, Pete, after a romantic getaway.
But when Lisa walks in on a half-naked woman in her boyfriend’s flat and Felicity is left reeling from a shocking discovery, it becomes clear that life is nothing but full of surprises…
The Author:
In the summer of 2017, Carol Thomas was delighted to gain a publishing contract with Ruby Fiction, an imprint of the award-winning, romance publishers Choc Lit.
Carol writes for both adults and children: Her contemporary romance novels, have relatable heroines whose stories are layered with emotion, sprinkled with laughter and topped with irresistible male leads; while her children’s books have irresistibly cute, generally furry characters young children can relate to.
Carol lives on the south coast of England with her husband, four children and lively Labrador. She has been a playgroup supervisor and has taught in primary schools for over twenty years. Carol is a volunteer at her local Cancer Research UK shop and has a passion for reading, writing and people watching. When not teaching, she can often be found loitering in local cafes working on her next book.
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Deborah Install
Deborah Install
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Title: A Robot in the Garden
Genre: Science Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://andrewnurnberg.com/book-author/deborah-install
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeborahInstall
The Book;
Warm-hearted fable of a stay-at-home husband who learns an important lesson in life when an unusual creature enters his life.
With all the charm and humour of THE ROSIE PROJECT and ABOUT A BOY mingled with the heart-swelling warmth of PADDINGTON BEAR MOVIE.
A story of the greatest friendship ever assembled.
Ben Chambers wakes up to find something rusty and lost underneath the willow tree in his garden. Refusing to throw it on the skip as his wife Amy advises, he takes it home.
The Author:
Deborah Install has been writing fiction since childhood, submitting her first book to a publisher at the age of 8. Her love of writing persisted, leading to a number of jobs, including web journalism and her most recent role as copywriter at a design and marketing agency. She lives in Birmingham, UK, with her husband, toddler and affectionate but imperious cat. Her debut novel, A ROBOT IN THE GARDEN, is inspired by her own young son, and is backed up by copious technological research.
Genre: Science Fiction - Humour
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://andrewnurnberg.com/book-author/deborah-install
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeborahInstall
The Book;
Warm-hearted fable of a stay-at-home husband who learns an important lesson in life when an unusual creature enters his life.
With all the charm and humour of THE ROSIE PROJECT and ABOUT A BOY mingled with the heart-swelling warmth of PADDINGTON BEAR MOVIE.
A story of the greatest friendship ever assembled.
Ben Chambers wakes up to find something rusty and lost underneath the willow tree in his garden. Refusing to throw it on the skip as his wife Amy advises, he takes it home.
The Author:
Deborah Install has been writing fiction since childhood, submitting her first book to a publisher at the age of 8. Her love of writing persisted, leading to a number of jobs, including web journalism and her most recent role as copywriter at a design and marketing agency. She lives in Birmingham, UK, with her husband, toddler and affectionate but imperious cat. Her debut novel, A ROBOT IN THE GARDEN, is inspired by her own young son, and is backed up by copious technological research.
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Leonie Roberts
Leonie Roberts
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Title: My Colourful Chameleon
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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* Leonie is donating 5 copies of her book to her successful bidder *
My Colorful Chameleon Read Aloud:
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Website: https://leonieroberts.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/leonierobertsuk
The Book;
A pet chameleon is causing havoc at home and getting her owner into all sorts of trouble - he keeps hiding and is almost impossible to find! What is the best way to spot the playful pet, and what will convince mum the clever creature can stay?
The Author:
Leonie Roberts (1984) was born in Plymouth and raised in South Liverpool. Although as a child she did not enjoy reading herself, Leonie has always been mesmerised by listening to wonderful stories. She grew up with the tales of Roald Dahl, The Pongwiffy series by Kaye Umansky and classics such as "Stig of the dump" by Clive King.
Around the age of seventeen, Leonie’s love of reading began and she went on to study English Literature and Language at university. Since then, Leonie has trained as a Primary school teacher and has spent three wonderful years living and teaching in Italy. It was there in 2013 that she began writing for children.
Leonie is now back living in Liverpool with her new writing companion, Chester the dog. She has written a number of picture book stories and can be often found in local libraries sitting on small chairs, making her way through a giant pile of picture books (whilst trying to blend in).
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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My Colorful Chameleon Read Aloud:
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Website: https://leonieroberts.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/leonierobertsuk
The Book;
A pet chameleon is causing havoc at home and getting her owner into all sorts of trouble - he keeps hiding and is almost impossible to find! What is the best way to spot the playful pet, and what will convince mum the clever creature can stay?
The Author:
Leonie Roberts (1984) was born in Plymouth and raised in South Liverpool. Although as a child she did not enjoy reading herself, Leonie has always been mesmerised by listening to wonderful stories. She grew up with the tales of Roald Dahl, The Pongwiffy series by Kaye Umansky and classics such as "Stig of the dump" by Clive King.
Around the age of seventeen, Leonie’s love of reading began and she went on to study English Literature and Language at university. Since then, Leonie has trained as a Primary school teacher and has spent three wonderful years living and teaching in Italy. It was there in 2013 that she began writing for children.
Leonie is now back living in Liverpool with her new writing companion, Chester the dog. She has written a number of picture book stories and can be often found in local libraries sitting on small chairs, making her way through a giant pile of picture books (whilst trying to blend in).
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Alice Hunter
Alice Hunter
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Title: The Serial Killer's Wife
Genre: Crime - Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alice_Hunter_1
The Book:
Beth and Tom Hardcastle are the envy of their neighbourhood – they have the perfect marriage, the perfect house, the perfect family.
When the police knock on their door one evening, Beth panics. Tom should be back from work by now – what if he’s crashed his car? She fears the worst.
But the worst is beyond imagining.
As the interrogation begins, Beth will find herself questioning everything she believed about her husband.
They’re husband and wife – till death do them part…
The Author:
After completing a psychology degree, Alice Hunter became an interventions facilitator in a prison. There, she was part of a team offering rehabilitation programmes to men serving sentences for a wide range of offences, often working with prisoners who'd committed serious violent crimes. Previously, Alice had been a nurse, working in the NHS. She now puts her experiences to good use in fiction. THE SERIAL KILLER'S WIFE draws heavily on her knowledge of psychology and the criminal mind.
Genre: Crime - Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alice_Hunter_1
The Book:
Beth and Tom Hardcastle are the envy of their neighbourhood – they have the perfect marriage, the perfect house, the perfect family.
When the police knock on their door one evening, Beth panics. Tom should be back from work by now – what if he’s crashed his car? She fears the worst.
But the worst is beyond imagining.
As the interrogation begins, Beth will find herself questioning everything she believed about her husband.
They’re husband and wife – till death do them part…
The Author:
After completing a psychology degree, Alice Hunter became an interventions facilitator in a prison. There, she was part of a team offering rehabilitation programmes to men serving sentences for a wide range of offences, often working with prisoners who'd committed serious violent crimes. Previously, Alice had been a nurse, working in the NHS. She now puts her experiences to good use in fiction. THE SERIAL KILLER'S WIFE draws heavily on her knowledge of psychology and the criminal mind.
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Una McCormack
Una McCormack
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Title: The Autobiography of Mr Spock
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://unamccormack.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/unamccormack
The Book:
Fictional autobiography of the iconic Star Trek character, told in his own words and telling the story of his life, including his difficult childhood, his adventures on the Enterprise, and his death and resurrection on the Genesis Planet.
"The Autobiography of Mr. Spock" tells the story of one of Starfleet's finest officers, and one the Federations most celebrated citizens. Half human and half Vulcan, the book, written in Spock's own words, follows his difficult childhood on the planet Vulcan; his controversial enrollment at Starfleet Academy; his adventures with Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise; his diplomatic triumphs with the Klingons and Romulans; and his death and amazing resurrection on the Genesis Planet. We meet the friends he's made, the women he loved, and experience the triumphs and tragedies of a life and career that spanned a century. Despite his alien blood, his struggle to find his place in the universe is one we can all relate to.
The Author:
Una McCormack is a British writer and the author of several Star Trek novels and stories.
She has also written a number of Doctor Who novels and short stories.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://unamccormack.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/unamccormack
The Book:
Fictional autobiography of the iconic Star Trek character, told in his own words and telling the story of his life, including his difficult childhood, his adventures on the Enterprise, and his death and resurrection on the Genesis Planet.
"The Autobiography of Mr. Spock" tells the story of one of Starfleet's finest officers, and one the Federations most celebrated citizens. Half human and half Vulcan, the book, written in Spock's own words, follows his difficult childhood on the planet Vulcan; his controversial enrollment at Starfleet Academy; his adventures with Captain Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise; his diplomatic triumphs with the Klingons and Romulans; and his death and amazing resurrection on the Genesis Planet. We meet the friends he's made, the women he loved, and experience the triumphs and tragedies of a life and career that spanned a century. Despite his alien blood, his struggle to find his place in the universe is one we can all relate to.
The Author:
Una McCormack is a British writer and the author of several Star Trek novels and stories.
She has also written a number of Doctor Who novels and short stories.
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Charles Spencer
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Title: The White Ship
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://charles-spencer.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspencer1508
The Book;
The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Times bestselling author Charles Spencer tells the real story behind the legend to show how one cataclysmic shipwreck changed England’s course.
In 1120, the White Ship was known as the fastest ship afloat. When it sank sailing from Normandy to England it was carrying aboard the only legitimate heir to King Henry I, William of Ætheling. The raucous, arrogant young prince had made a party of the voyage, carousing with his companions and pushing wine into the eager hands of the crew. It was the middle of the night when the drunken helmsman rammed the ship into rocks.
The next day only one of the three hundred who had boarded the ship was alive to describe the horrors of the slow shipwreck. William, the face of England’s future had drowned along with scores of the social elite. The royal line severed and with no obvious heir to the crown, a civil war of untold violence erupted. Known fittingly as ‘The Anarchy’, this game of thrones saw families turned in on each other, with English barons, rebellious Welsh leaders and Scottish invaders all playing a part in the bloody, desperate scrum for power.
One incredible shipwreck and two decades of violent uncertainty; England’s course had changed forever
The Author:
Charles Spencer was educated at Eton College and obtained his degree in Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was a reporter on NBC's Today show from 1986 until 1995, and is the author of seven books, including the Sunday Times bestsellers Blenheim: Battle for Europe (shortlisted for History Book of the Year, National Book Awards) and Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://charles-spencer.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cspencer1508
The Book;
The sinking of the White Ship is one of the greatest disasters in English history. Here, Sunday Times bestselling author Charles Spencer tells the real story behind the legend to show how one cataclysmic shipwreck changed England’s course.
In 1120, the White Ship was known as the fastest ship afloat. When it sank sailing from Normandy to England it was carrying aboard the only legitimate heir to King Henry I, William of Ætheling. The raucous, arrogant young prince had made a party of the voyage, carousing with his companions and pushing wine into the eager hands of the crew. It was the middle of the night when the drunken helmsman rammed the ship into rocks.
The next day only one of the three hundred who had boarded the ship was alive to describe the horrors of the slow shipwreck. William, the face of England’s future had drowned along with scores of the social elite. The royal line severed and with no obvious heir to the crown, a civil war of untold violence erupted. Known fittingly as ‘The Anarchy’, this game of thrones saw families turned in on each other, with English barons, rebellious Welsh leaders and Scottish invaders all playing a part in the bloody, desperate scrum for power.
One incredible shipwreck and two decades of violent uncertainty; England’s course had changed forever
The Author:
Charles Spencer was educated at Eton College and obtained his degree in Modern History at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was a reporter on NBC's Today show from 1986 until 1995, and is the author of seven books, including the Sunday Times bestsellers Blenheim: Battle for Europe (shortlisted for History Book of the Year, National Book Awards) and Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I.
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Molly Gartland
Molly Gartland
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Title: The Girl from the Hermitage
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.mollygartland.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/molbobolly
The Book;
It is December 1941, and eight-year-old Galina and her friend Katya are caught in the siege of Leningrad, eating soup made of wallpaper, with the occasional luxury of a dead rat. Galina’s artist father Mikhail has been kept away from the front to help save the treasures of the Hermitage. Its cellars could now provide a safe haven, provided Mikhail can navigate the perils of a portrait commission from one of Stalin’s colonels. Nearly 40 years later, Galina herself is a teacher at the Leningrad Art Institute. What ought to be a celebratory weekend at her forest dacha turns sour when she makes an unwelcome discovery. The painting she embarks upon that day will hold a grim significance for the rest of her life, as the old Soviet Union makes way for the new Russia and Galina’s familiar world changes out of all recognition. Warm, wise and utterly enthralling, Molly Gartland’s debut novel guides us from the old communist world, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, into the glitz and bling of 21st-century St. Petersburg. Galina’s story is at once a compelling page-turner and an insightful meditation on ageing and nostalgia.
The Author:
Originally from Michigan, Molly Gartland worked in Moscow from 1994 to 2000 and has been fascinated by Russian culture ever since. The manuscript for her debut novel The Girl from the Hermitage was shortlisted for the Impress Prize and longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition, the Bath Novel Award and Grindstone Novel Award.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.mollygartland.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/molbobolly
The Book;
It is December 1941, and eight-year-old Galina and her friend Katya are caught in the siege of Leningrad, eating soup made of wallpaper, with the occasional luxury of a dead rat. Galina’s artist father Mikhail has been kept away from the front to help save the treasures of the Hermitage. Its cellars could now provide a safe haven, provided Mikhail can navigate the perils of a portrait commission from one of Stalin’s colonels. Nearly 40 years later, Galina herself is a teacher at the Leningrad Art Institute. What ought to be a celebratory weekend at her forest dacha turns sour when she makes an unwelcome discovery. The painting she embarks upon that day will hold a grim significance for the rest of her life, as the old Soviet Union makes way for the new Russia and Galina’s familiar world changes out of all recognition. Warm, wise and utterly enthralling, Molly Gartland’s debut novel guides us from the old communist world, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, into the glitz and bling of 21st-century St. Petersburg. Galina’s story is at once a compelling page-turner and an insightful meditation on ageing and nostalgia.
The Author:
Originally from Michigan, Molly Gartland worked in Moscow from 1994 to 2000 and has been fascinated by Russian culture ever since. The manuscript for her debut novel The Girl from the Hermitage was shortlisted for the Impress Prize and longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition, the Bath Novel Award and Grindstone Novel Award.
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Jemma Hatt
Jemma Hatt
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Title: The Adventurers and the Jungle of Jeopardy
Genre: Action & Adventure (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.jemmahatt.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JemmaHatt
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A TV show has turned into a dangerous game... can six young challengers succeed against the odds?
Join Lara, Rufus and the gang on their most perilous adventure yet. Travelling across the Costa Rican rainforest, they must stay ahead of menacing TV executives and elite adventuring teams from around the world. The race is on to discover Teo's treasure, but the jungle has obstacles to overcome!
The Author:
Jemma Hatt is an award-winning children's author whose books include 'The Adventurers Series'.
Growing up near Sevenoaks in South East England, Jemma developed with a passion for reading and writing short stories, which ultimately led to a degree in English Literature from the University of Exeter.
The Adventurers Series was inspired by many family holidays to Devon and Cornwall as well as the mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
After having lived and worked in London, New York and Delaware, Jemma is living in Kent and working on the next Adventurers stories as well as other writing projects.
Genre: Action & Adventure (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.jemmahatt.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JemmaHatt
The Book;
A TV show has turned into a dangerous game... can six young challengers succeed against the odds?
Join Lara, Rufus and the gang on their most perilous adventure yet. Travelling across the Costa Rican rainforest, they must stay ahead of menacing TV executives and elite adventuring teams from around the world. The race is on to discover Teo's treasure, but the jungle has obstacles to overcome!
The Author:
Jemma Hatt is an award-winning children's author whose books include 'The Adventurers Series'.
Growing up near Sevenoaks in South East England, Jemma developed with a passion for reading and writing short stories, which ultimately led to a degree in English Literature from the University of Exeter.
The Adventurers Series was inspired by many family holidays to Devon and Cornwall as well as the mysteries of Ancient Egypt.
After having lived and worked in London, New York and Delaware, Jemma is living in Kent and working on the next Adventurers stories as well as other writing projects.
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Ella Matthews
Ella Matthews
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Title: The Warrior Knight And The Widow
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.ellamatthews.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellamattauthor
The Book;
Racing cross-country pursued by danger, widow Lady Ellena Swein isn t best pleased to be taken back to her father s castle. But with his knight The Beast Sir Braeden Leofric as her captor, she has little choice! Ellena is surprised by his honour and protective nature, even if she shouldn t trust him. When all conspires against them, Braeden s secret could either extinguish the spark between them or make it burn brighter
The Author:
Ella Matthews lives and works in beautiful South Wales. When not thinking about handsome heroes she can be found walking along the coast with her husband and their two children (probably still thinking about heroes but at least pretending to be interested in everyone else).
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.ellamatthews.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ellamattauthor
The Book;
Racing cross-country pursued by danger, widow Lady Ellena Swein isn t best pleased to be taken back to her father s castle. But with his knight The Beast Sir Braeden Leofric as her captor, she has little choice! Ellena is surprised by his honour and protective nature, even if she shouldn t trust him. When all conspires against them, Braeden s secret could either extinguish the spark between them or make it burn brighter
The Author:
Ella Matthews lives and works in beautiful South Wales. When not thinking about handsome heroes she can be found walking along the coast with her husband and their two children (probably still thinking about heroes but at least pretending to be interested in everyone else).
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Katie Ginger
Katie Ginger
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Title: The Secrets of Meadow Farmhouse.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.keginger.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KatieGAuthor
The Book;
Amelia loves her life in Paris. But with the surprise inheritance of her childhood home, she has no choice but to return to the small village of Meadowbank to restore her great-aunt’s old farmhouse.
However returning to Meadowbank means she has to confront her past, including old flame Adam – the one person she regrets leaving behind.
When Amelia discovers a locket hidden in the farmhouse, containing the picture of a mysterious World War Two soldier, she starts to uncover the secrets of her great-aunt’s past. With Adam on hand to help restore the farmhouse, she’s shocked by his generosity after so many years apart.
As her feelings for her first love reignite, Amelia is suddenly confused as to where she truly belongs.
Can Amelia finally find where her heart truly calls home?
The Author:
Katie is a mystery and romance writer. Her debut novel The Little Theatre on the Seafront, published by HarperCollins, HQ Digital was nominated for the Katie Fforde Debut Novel of the Year Award and some of her books have been Amazon bestsellers. Her most recent series is the Swallowtail Bay series featuring a gloriously quaint seaside town and hunky heroes galore!
As well as writing romance, she also writes cozy mysteries under the pen name K E Coburn.
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Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.keginger.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KatieGAuthor
The Book;
Amelia loves her life in Paris. But with the surprise inheritance of her childhood home, she has no choice but to return to the small village of Meadowbank to restore her great-aunt’s old farmhouse.
However returning to Meadowbank means she has to confront her past, including old flame Adam – the one person she regrets leaving behind.
When Amelia discovers a locket hidden in the farmhouse, containing the picture of a mysterious World War Two soldier, she starts to uncover the secrets of her great-aunt’s past. With Adam on hand to help restore the farmhouse, she’s shocked by his generosity after so many years apart.
As her feelings for her first love reignite, Amelia is suddenly confused as to where she truly belongs.
Can Amelia finally find where her heart truly calls home?
The Author:
Katie is a mystery and romance writer. Her debut novel The Little Theatre on the Seafront, published by HarperCollins, HQ Digital was nominated for the Katie Fforde Debut Novel of the Year Award and some of her books have been Amazon bestsellers. Her most recent series is the Swallowtail Bay series featuring a gloriously quaint seaside town and hunky heroes galore!
As well as writing romance, she also writes cozy mysteries under the pen name K E Coburn.
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S.A. Harris
S.A. Harris
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Title: Haverscroft
Genre: Horror
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.saharrisauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/salharris1
The Book;
Kate Keeling leaves all she knows and moves to Haverscroft House in an attempt to salvage her marriage. Little does she realise, Haverscroft’s dark secrets will drive her to question her sanity, her husband and fatally engulf her family unless she can stop the past repeating itself. Can Kate keep her children safe and escape Haverscroft in time, even if it will end her marriage?
Haverscroft is a gripping and chilling dark tale, a modern ghost story that will keep you turning its pages late into the night.
The Author:
S. A. Harris won The Retreat West Crime Writer Competition in 2017, and was shortlisted for Shortlisted for The Fresher Prize in 2018. Haverscroft is her debut novel, she is now writing her second, a supernatural tale set on the Suffolk coast. She is a family law solicitor and lives in Norwich with her husband and three children.
Genre: Horror
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.saharrisauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/salharris1
The Book;
Kate Keeling leaves all she knows and moves to Haverscroft House in an attempt to salvage her marriage. Little does she realise, Haverscroft’s dark secrets will drive her to question her sanity, her husband and fatally engulf her family unless she can stop the past repeating itself. Can Kate keep her children safe and escape Haverscroft in time, even if it will end her marriage?
Haverscroft is a gripping and chilling dark tale, a modern ghost story that will keep you turning its pages late into the night.
The Author:
S. A. Harris won The Retreat West Crime Writer Competition in 2017, and was shortlisted for Shortlisted for The Fresher Prize in 2018. Haverscroft is her debut novel, she is now writing her second, a supernatural tale set on the Suffolk coast. She is a family law solicitor and lives in Norwich with her husband and three children.
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A.J. Park
A.J. Park
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Two Books
Title 1: The First Lie
Genre: Psychological Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Don't Speak
Genre: Psychological Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Postage: Free Universal.
Website: http://karlvad.com/index.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJParkauthor
Book 1:
We've all had sleepless nights thinking about it.
You're home alone. Someone breaks in.
In defending yourself, you end up killing the intruder.
Now you're the one the police want.
That is the situation that criminal barrister Paul Reeve arrives home to find.
His wife Alice stands in the bedroom, clutching a bloodied letter opener in her shaking hand.
"What have you done, Alice?"
"I didn't have a choice..."
We would all believe the person we love most.
But would we all make the same choice Paul and Alice make next...?
Book 2:
The most gripping domestic suspense thriller you'll read this year - perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards, Claire McGowan and TM Logan...
* * * * * *
DS Amelie Davis is utterly devoted to her husband. After years of abuse at the hands of her father, she thought she would never trust another man. Then Edward came along and proved her wrong.
But one night Amelie receives a phone call from an unknown number. The voice on the other end asks:
Do you really think you know your husband?
Struggling with a difficult murder case at work, and watching her husband's every move with increasing paranoia, Amelie grapples with the fear that her husband is not the man she thought she knew at all. In fact, he might just be the man she's been hunting...
The Author:
Pseudonym for author Karl Vadaszffy.
After studying literature, linguistics and Spanish at university, AJ Park trained as an English teacher and actor. He has edited magazines and taught English, Media Studies and Drama in secondary schools in England.
Title 1: The First Lie
Genre: Psychological Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Don't Speak
Genre: Psychological Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: http://karlvad.com/index.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJParkauthor
Book 1:
We've all had sleepless nights thinking about it.
You're home alone. Someone breaks in.
In defending yourself, you end up killing the intruder.
Now you're the one the police want.
That is the situation that criminal barrister Paul Reeve arrives home to find.
His wife Alice stands in the bedroom, clutching a bloodied letter opener in her shaking hand.
"What have you done, Alice?"
"I didn't have a choice..."
We would all believe the person we love most.
But would we all make the same choice Paul and Alice make next...?
Book 2:
The most gripping domestic suspense thriller you'll read this year - perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards, Claire McGowan and TM Logan...
* * * * * *
DS Amelie Davis is utterly devoted to her husband. After years of abuse at the hands of her father, she thought she would never trust another man. Then Edward came along and proved her wrong.
But one night Amelie receives a phone call from an unknown number. The voice on the other end asks:
Do you really think you know your husband?
Struggling with a difficult murder case at work, and watching her husband's every move with increasing paranoia, Amelie grapples with the fear that her husband is not the man she thought she knew at all. In fact, he might just be the man she's been hunting...
The Author:
Pseudonym for author Karl Vadaszffy.
After studying literature, linguistics and Spanish at university, AJ Park trained as an English teacher and actor. He has edited magazines and taught English, Media Studies and Drama in secondary schools in England.
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Emily Hourican
Emily Hourican
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Title: The Guinness Girls: A Hint of Scandal
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://emilyhourican.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyH71
The Book;
Set at the beginning of the 1930s, this stunning new novel from Emily Hourican, the top ten bestselling author of The Glorious Guinness Girls, follows the three enigmatic Guinness sisters as they out on their married life.
It's the dawn of the 1930s and the three privileged Guinness sisters, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh, settle into becoming wives and mothers: Aileen in Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin, Maureen in Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Oonagh in Rutland Place in London.
But while Britain becomes increasingly politically polarised, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh discover conflict within their own marriages.
Oonagh's dream of romantic love is countered by her husband's lies; the intense nature of Maureen's marriage means passion, but also rows; while Aileen begins to discover that, for her, being married offers far less than she had expected.
Meanwhile, Kathleen, a housemaid from their childhood home in Glenmaroon, travels between the three sisters, helping, listening, watching - even as her own life brings her into conflict with the clash between fascism and communism.
As affairs are uncovered and secrets exposed, the three women begin to realise that their guiled upbringing could not have prepared them for the realities of married life, nor for the scandals that seem to follow them around.
The Author:
Emily Hourican is a journalist and author. She has written features for the Sunday Independent for fifteen years, as well as Image magazine, Conde Nast Traveler and Woman and Home. She was also editor of The Dubliner Magazine. Emily's first book, a memoir titled How To (Really) Be A Mother was published in 2013. She is also the author of novels The Privileged, White Villa, The Outsider and The Blamed. Her first novel about the Guinness sisters The Glorious Guinness Girls was published in 2020. She lives in Dublin with her family.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://emilyhourican.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyH71
The Book;
Set at the beginning of the 1930s, this stunning new novel from Emily Hourican, the top ten bestselling author of The Glorious Guinness Girls, follows the three enigmatic Guinness sisters as they out on their married life.
It's the dawn of the 1930s and the three privileged Guinness sisters, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh, settle into becoming wives and mothers: Aileen in Luttrellstown Castle outside Dublin, Maureen in Clandeboye in Northern Ireland, and Oonagh in Rutland Place in London.
But while Britain becomes increasingly politically polarised, Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh discover conflict within their own marriages.
Oonagh's dream of romantic love is countered by her husband's lies; the intense nature of Maureen's marriage means passion, but also rows; while Aileen begins to discover that, for her, being married offers far less than she had expected.
Meanwhile, Kathleen, a housemaid from their childhood home in Glenmaroon, travels between the three sisters, helping, listening, watching - even as her own life brings her into conflict with the clash between fascism and communism.
As affairs are uncovered and secrets exposed, the three women begin to realise that their guiled upbringing could not have prepared them for the realities of married life, nor for the scandals that seem to follow them around.
The Author:
Emily Hourican is a journalist and author. She has written features for the Sunday Independent for fifteen years, as well as Image magazine, Conde Nast Traveler and Woman and Home. She was also editor of The Dubliner Magazine. Emily's first book, a memoir titled How To (Really) Be A Mother was published in 2013. She is also the author of novels The Privileged, White Villa, The Outsider and The Blamed. Her first novel about the Guinness sisters The Glorious Guinness Girls was published in 2020. She lives in Dublin with her family.
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Antti Tuomainen
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Title: The Rabbit Factor
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/t/antti-tuomainen
Twitter: https://twitter.com/antti_tuomainen
The Book;
An insurance mathematician’s carefully ordered life is turned on its head when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park … with a whole host of problems. A quirky, tense and warmly funny thriller from award-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen.
What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal.
And then, for the first time, Henri is faced with the incalculable. After suddenly losing his job, Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother – its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included. The worst of the financial issues appear to originate from big loans taken from criminal quarters … and some dangerous men are very keen to get their money back.
But what Henri really can’t compute is love. In the adventure park, Henri crosses paths with Laura, an artist with a chequered past, and a joie de vivre and erratic lifestyle that bewilders him. As the criminals go to extreme lengths to collect their debts and as Henri's relationship with Laura deepens, he finds himself faced with situations and emotions that simply cannot be pinned down on his spreadsheets…
Warmly funny, rich with quirky characters and absurd situations, The Rabbit Factor is a triumph of a dark thriller, its tension matched only by its ability to make us rejoice in the beauty and random nature of life.
The Author:
Antti Tuomainen (b. 1971) is one of Finland’s most acclaimed and award-winning crime fiction writers. To date, Tuomainen’s works have been translated into more than 25 languages. Crowned “The King of Helsinki Noir,” Tuomainen’s piercing and evocative style has never stopped evolving.
In The Man Who Died, Tuomainen displays a new side of his authorship and unveils his multifaceted ability in full. The novel, which combines Tuomainen’s trademark suspense with a darkly tinged humor, has won the hearts of readers and critics alike, and secured him the new title of King of Noir Comedy. The Man Who Died also became an international bestseller, shortlisting for the Petrona and Last Laugh Awards.
Palm Beach Finland was an immense success, with Marcel Berlins (The Times) calling Tuomainen 'the funniest writer in Europe'.
His latest thriller, Little Siberia, was shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger, the Amazon Publishing/Capital Crime Awards and the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award, and won the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/t/antti-tuomainen
Twitter: https://twitter.com/antti_tuomainen
The Book;
An insurance mathematician’s carefully ordered life is turned on its head when he unexpectedly loses his job and inherits an adventure park … with a whole host of problems. A quirky, tense and warmly funny thriller from award-winning Finnish author Antti Tuomainen.
What makes life perfect? Insurance mathematician Henri Koskinen knows the answer because he calculates everything down to the very last decimal.
And then, for the first time, Henri is faced with the incalculable. After suddenly losing his job, Henri inherits an adventure park from his brother – its peculiar employees and troubling financial problems included. The worst of the financial issues appear to originate from big loans taken from criminal quarters … and some dangerous men are very keen to get their money back.
But what Henri really can’t compute is love. In the adventure park, Henri crosses paths with Laura, an artist with a chequered past, and a joie de vivre and erratic lifestyle that bewilders him. As the criminals go to extreme lengths to collect their debts and as Henri's relationship with Laura deepens, he finds himself faced with situations and emotions that simply cannot be pinned down on his spreadsheets…
Warmly funny, rich with quirky characters and absurd situations, The Rabbit Factor is a triumph of a dark thriller, its tension matched only by its ability to make us rejoice in the beauty and random nature of life.
The Author:
Antti Tuomainen (b. 1971) is one of Finland’s most acclaimed and award-winning crime fiction writers. To date, Tuomainen’s works have been translated into more than 25 languages. Crowned “The King of Helsinki Noir,” Tuomainen’s piercing and evocative style has never stopped evolving.
In The Man Who Died, Tuomainen displays a new side of his authorship and unveils his multifaceted ability in full. The novel, which combines Tuomainen’s trademark suspense with a darkly tinged humor, has won the hearts of readers and critics alike, and secured him the new title of King of Noir Comedy. The Man Who Died also became an international bestseller, shortlisting for the Petrona and Last Laugh Awards.
Palm Beach Finland was an immense success, with Marcel Berlins (The Times) calling Tuomainen 'the funniest writer in Europe'.
His latest thriller, Little Siberia, was shortlisted for the CWA International Dagger, the Amazon Publishing/Capital Crime Awards and the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award, and won the Petrona Award for Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year.
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Will Carver
Will Carver
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Title: The Beresford
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
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Website: http://www.willcarver.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/will_carver
The Book;
Everything stays the same for the tenants of The Beresford, a grand old apartment building just outside the city…until the doorbell rings… Will Carver returns with an eerie, deliciously and uncomfortably dark standalone thriller.
Just outside the city—any city, every city—is a grand, spacious, but affordable apartment building called The Beresford. There’s a routine at The Beresford. For Mrs. May, every day’s the same: a cup of cold, black coffee in the morning, pruning roses, checking on her tenants, wine, prayer, and an afternoon nap. She never leaves the building.
Abe Schwartz also lives at The Beresford. His housemate, Sythe, no longer does. Because Abe just killed him. In exactly sixty seconds, Blair Conroy will ring the doorbell to her new home and Abe will answer the door. They will become friends. Perhaps lovers. And, when the time comes for one of them to die, as is always the case at The Beresford, there will be sixty seconds to move the body before the next unknowing soul arrives at the door. Because nothing changes at The Beresford, until the doorbell rings…
Eerie, dark, superbly twisted and majestically plotted, The Beresford is the stunning standalone thriller from one of crime fiction’s most exciting names.
The Author:
Will Carver is the bestselling author of the January Series - Girl 4 (2011), The Two (2012), The Killer Inside (2013), Dead Set (2013) - and the critically acclaimed Detective Pace series, which includes Good Samaritans (2018), Nothing Important Happened Today (2019) and Hinton Hollow Death Trip (2020), all of which were selected as books of the year in mainstream international press. The books in this series have also been longlisted/shortlisted for the Amazon Readers Independent Voice Award, Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, Not The Booker Prize and the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award. Will spent his early years living in Germany, but returned at age eleven. He studied theatre and television at King Alfred's Winchester, where he set up a successful theatre company. He currently runs his own fitness and nutrition business and lives in Reading with his children.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Official trailer for The Beresford - Will Carver:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxlp-Al5jhY
Website: http://www.willcarver.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/will_carver
The Book;
Everything stays the same for the tenants of The Beresford, a grand old apartment building just outside the city…until the doorbell rings… Will Carver returns with an eerie, deliciously and uncomfortably dark standalone thriller.
Just outside the city—any city, every city—is a grand, spacious, but affordable apartment building called The Beresford. There’s a routine at The Beresford. For Mrs. May, every day’s the same: a cup of cold, black coffee in the morning, pruning roses, checking on her tenants, wine, prayer, and an afternoon nap. She never leaves the building.
Abe Schwartz also lives at The Beresford. His housemate, Sythe, no longer does. Because Abe just killed him. In exactly sixty seconds, Blair Conroy will ring the doorbell to her new home and Abe will answer the door. They will become friends. Perhaps lovers. And, when the time comes for one of them to die, as is always the case at The Beresford, there will be sixty seconds to move the body before the next unknowing soul arrives at the door. Because nothing changes at The Beresford, until the doorbell rings…
Eerie, dark, superbly twisted and majestically plotted, The Beresford is the stunning standalone thriller from one of crime fiction’s most exciting names.
The Author:
Will Carver is the bestselling author of the January Series - Girl 4 (2011), The Two (2012), The Killer Inside (2013), Dead Set (2013) - and the critically acclaimed Detective Pace series, which includes Good Samaritans (2018), Nothing Important Happened Today (2019) and Hinton Hollow Death Trip (2020), all of which were selected as books of the year in mainstream international press. The books in this series have also been longlisted/shortlisted for the Amazon Readers Independent Voice Award, Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award, Not The Booker Prize and the Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year Award. Will spent his early years living in Germany, but returned at age eleven. He studied theatre and television at King Alfred's Winchester, where he set up a successful theatre company. He currently runs his own fitness and nutrition business and lives in Reading with his children.
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Doug Johnstone
Doug Johnstone
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Three Books: Skelf Series
Title 1: A Dark Matter
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Doug Johnstone reading from A Dark Matter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_8znSsZE1Q
Title 2: The Big Chill
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: The Great Silence
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kexRGW3MUQ
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Website: https://dougjohnstone.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/doug_johnstone
Book 1: A Dark Matter
Three generations of women from the Skelfs family take over the family funeral home and PI businesses in the first book of a taut, gripping page-turning and darkly funny new series.
Meet the Skelfs: well-known Edinburgh family, proprietors of a long-established funeral-home business, and private investigators...
When patriarch Jim dies, it's left to his wife Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah to take charge of both businesses, kicking off an unexpected series of events.
Dorothy discovers mysterious payments to another woman, suggesting that Jim wasn't the husband she thought he was. Hannah's best friend Mel has vanished from university, and the simple adultery case that Jenny takes on leads to something stranger and far darker than any of them could have imagined.
As the women struggle to come to terms with their grief, and the demands of the business threaten to overwhelm them, secrets from the past emerge, which change everything...
Book 2: The Big Chill
Running private investigator and funeral home businesses means trouble is never far away, and the Skelf women take on their most perplexing, chilling cases yet in book two of this darkly funny, devastatingly tense and addictive new series!
Haunted by their past, the Skelf women are hoping for a quieter life. But running both a funeral directors’ and a private investigation business means trouble is never far away, and when a car crashes into the open grave at a funeral that matriarch Dorothy is conducting, she can’t help looking into the dead driver’s shadowy life.
While Dorothy uncovers a dark truth at the heart of Edinburgh society, her daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah have their own struggles. Jenny’s ex-husband Craig is making plans that could shatter the Skelf women’s lives, and the increasingly obsessive Hannah has formed a friendship with an elderly professor that is fast turning deadly.
But something even more sinister emerges when a drumming student of Dorothy’s disappears and suspicion falls on her parents. The Skelf women find themselves sucked into an unbearable darkness – but could the real threat be to themselves?
Book 3: The Great Silence
The discovery of a human foot in an Edinburgh park, the inexplicable circumstances of a dying woman, and the missing daughter of Jenny’s violent ex-husband present the Skelf women with their most challenging – and deadly – cases yet…
Keeping on top of the family funeral directors’ and private-investigation businesses is no easy task for the Skelf women, and when matriarch Dorothy discovers a human foot while walking the dog, a perplexing case presents itself … with potentially deadly results.
Daughter Jenny and grand-daughter Hannah have their hands full too: The mysterious circumstances of a dying woman lead them into an unexpected family drama, Hannah's new astrophysicist colleague claims he's receiving messages from outer space, and the Skelf's teenaged lodger has yet another devastating experience.
Nothing is clear as the women are immersed ever deeper in their most challenging cases yet. But when the daughter of Jenny’s violent and fugitive ex-husband goes missing without trace and a wild animal is spotted roaming Edinburgh's parks, real danger presents itself, and all three Skelfs are in peril.
The Author:
Doug Johnstone is a writer, musician and journalist based in Edinburgh. His fourth novel, Hit & Run, is published by Faber and Faber on March 15th 2012. His previous novel, Smokeheads, was published in March 2011, also by Faber. before that he published two novels with Penguin, Tombstoning (2006) and The Ossians (2008) .Doug is currently writer in residence at the University of Strathclyde. Hes had short stories appear in various publications, and since 1999 he has worked as a freelance arts journalist, primarily covering music and literature.He grew up in Arbroath and lives in Portobello, Edinburgh with his wife and two children. He loves drinking malt whisky and playing football, not necessarily at the same time.
Title 1: A Dark Matter
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Doug Johnstone reading from A Dark Matter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_8znSsZE1Q
Title 2: The Big Chill
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: The Great Silence
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kexRGW3MUQ
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://dougjohnstone.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/doug_johnstone
Book 1: A Dark Matter
Three generations of women from the Skelfs family take over the family funeral home and PI businesses in the first book of a taut, gripping page-turning and darkly funny new series.
Meet the Skelfs: well-known Edinburgh family, proprietors of a long-established funeral-home business, and private investigators...
When patriarch Jim dies, it's left to his wife Dorothy, daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah to take charge of both businesses, kicking off an unexpected series of events.
Dorothy discovers mysterious payments to another woman, suggesting that Jim wasn't the husband she thought he was. Hannah's best friend Mel has vanished from university, and the simple adultery case that Jenny takes on leads to something stranger and far darker than any of them could have imagined.
As the women struggle to come to terms with their grief, and the demands of the business threaten to overwhelm them, secrets from the past emerge, which change everything...
Book 2: The Big Chill
Running private investigator and funeral home businesses means trouble is never far away, and the Skelf women take on their most perplexing, chilling cases yet in book two of this darkly funny, devastatingly tense and addictive new series!
Haunted by their past, the Skelf women are hoping for a quieter life. But running both a funeral directors’ and a private investigation business means trouble is never far away, and when a car crashes into the open grave at a funeral that matriarch Dorothy is conducting, she can’t help looking into the dead driver’s shadowy life.
While Dorothy uncovers a dark truth at the heart of Edinburgh society, her daughter Jenny and granddaughter Hannah have their own struggles. Jenny’s ex-husband Craig is making plans that could shatter the Skelf women’s lives, and the increasingly obsessive Hannah has formed a friendship with an elderly professor that is fast turning deadly.
But something even more sinister emerges when a drumming student of Dorothy’s disappears and suspicion falls on her parents. The Skelf women find themselves sucked into an unbearable darkness – but could the real threat be to themselves?
Book 3: The Great Silence
The discovery of a human foot in an Edinburgh park, the inexplicable circumstances of a dying woman, and the missing daughter of Jenny’s violent ex-husband present the Skelf women with their most challenging – and deadly – cases yet…
Keeping on top of the family funeral directors’ and private-investigation businesses is no easy task for the Skelf women, and when matriarch Dorothy discovers a human foot while walking the dog, a perplexing case presents itself … with potentially deadly results.
Daughter Jenny and grand-daughter Hannah have their hands full too: The mysterious circumstances of a dying woman lead them into an unexpected family drama, Hannah's new astrophysicist colleague claims he's receiving messages from outer space, and the Skelf's teenaged lodger has yet another devastating experience.
Nothing is clear as the women are immersed ever deeper in their most challenging cases yet. But when the daughter of Jenny’s violent and fugitive ex-husband goes missing without trace and a wild animal is spotted roaming Edinburgh's parks, real danger presents itself, and all three Skelfs are in peril.
The Author:
Doug Johnstone is a writer, musician and journalist based in Edinburgh. His fourth novel, Hit & Run, is published by Faber and Faber on March 15th 2012. His previous novel, Smokeheads, was published in March 2011, also by Faber. before that he published two novels with Penguin, Tombstoning (2006) and The Ossians (2008) .Doug is currently writer in residence at the University of Strathclyde. Hes had short stories appear in various publications, and since 1999 he has worked as a freelance arts journalist, primarily covering music and literature.He grew up in Arbroath and lives in Portobello, Edinburgh with his wife and two children. He loves drinking malt whisky and playing football, not necessarily at the same time.
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Catharine Arnold
Catharine Arnold
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Title: Pandemic 1918
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Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Catharine discusses the 1918 Pandemic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc1tDaFb5U0
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Catharine-Arnold/45822094
Twitter: https://twitter.com/London_darkside
The Book;
In the dying months of World War I, Spanish flu suddenly overwhelmed the world, killing between 50 and 100 million people.
German soldiers termed it Blitzkatarrh, British soldiers called it Flanders Grippe, but globally the pandemic gained the notorious title of 'Spanish Flu'.
Nowhere escaped this common enemy: in Britain, 250,000 people died, in the United States it was 750,000, five times its total military fatalities in the war, while European deaths reached over two million. The numbers are staggering. And yet at the time, news of the danger was suppressed for fear of impacting war-time morale. Even today these figures are shocking to many - the war still hiding this terrifying menace in its shadow.
And behind the numbers are human lives, stories of those who suffered and fought it - in the hospitals and laboratories. Catharine Arnold traces the course of the disease, its origins and progress, across the globe via these remarkable people. Some are well known to us, like British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, US President Woodrow Wilson, and writers Robert Graves and Vera Brittain, but many more are unknown. They are the doughboys from the US, gold miners in South Africa, schoolgirls in Great Britain and many others.
Published 100 years after the most devastating pandemic in world history, Pandemic 1918 uses previously unpublished records, memoirs, diaries and government publications to uncover the human story of 1918.
The Author:
Catharine Arnold is a popular historian, author of the London quartert (Necropolis London and its Dead, Bedlam, City of Sin and Underworld London City of Crime). She studied English literature at the University of Cambridge and holds a post graduate diploma in psychology. Catharine was UK Council for Psychotherapy Writer in Residence 2020.
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Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Catharine discusses the 1918 Pandemic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc1tDaFb5U0
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/authors/Catharine-Arnold/45822094
Twitter: https://twitter.com/London_darkside
The Book;
In the dying months of World War I, Spanish flu suddenly overwhelmed the world, killing between 50 and 100 million people.
German soldiers termed it Blitzkatarrh, British soldiers called it Flanders Grippe, but globally the pandemic gained the notorious title of 'Spanish Flu'.
Nowhere escaped this common enemy: in Britain, 250,000 people died, in the United States it was 750,000, five times its total military fatalities in the war, while European deaths reached over two million. The numbers are staggering. And yet at the time, news of the danger was suppressed for fear of impacting war-time morale. Even today these figures are shocking to many - the war still hiding this terrifying menace in its shadow.
And behind the numbers are human lives, stories of those who suffered and fought it - in the hospitals and laboratories. Catharine Arnold traces the course of the disease, its origins and progress, across the globe via these remarkable people. Some are well known to us, like British Prime Minister David Lloyd George, US President Woodrow Wilson, and writers Robert Graves and Vera Brittain, but many more are unknown. They are the doughboys from the US, gold miners in South Africa, schoolgirls in Great Britain and many others.
Published 100 years after the most devastating pandemic in world history, Pandemic 1918 uses previously unpublished records, memoirs, diaries and government publications to uncover the human story of 1918.
The Author:
Catharine Arnold is a popular historian, author of the London quartert (Necropolis London and its Dead, Bedlam, City of Sin and Underworld London City of Crime). She studied English literature at the University of Cambridge and holds a post graduate diploma in psychology. Catharine was UK Council for Psychotherapy Writer in Residence 2020.
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Zara Stoneley
Zara Stoneley
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Title: The First Date
Genre: Contemporary - Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.zarastoneley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZaraStoneley
The Book;
After breaking up with her childhood sweetheart, clueless dater Rosie has found herself in a boyfriend-drought. So when she finally swipes right on a guy who seems interested, she can’t wait to meet up IRL.
Until she’s left standing alone. In a bar. Ghosted.
Enter Noah. Confident, funny … and a serial first dater. Offering to give Rosie a crash course in seduction, this could be just what she needs. Until her matchmaker turns out to be the best date she’s ever had – and Rosie wonders if she wants the fake dates to be the real ones after all …
The Author:
Zara Stoneley is the USA Today bestselling author of The Wedding Date.
Born in a small village in the UK, she wanted to be a female James Herriot, a spy, or an author when she grew up. After many (many) years, and many different jobs, her dream of writing a bestseller came true.
She writes about friendship, dreams, love, and happy ever afters, and hopes that her tales make you laugh a lot, cry a little, and occasionally say 'ahhh'.
Zara now lives in a Cheshire village with her family, a lively cockapoo called Harry, and a very bossy (and slightly evil) cat called Saffron.
Zara’s bestselling novels include 'The Wedding Date', 'The Holiday Swap', 'Summer with the Country Village Vet', 'Blackberry Picking at Jasmine Cottage' and the popular Tippermere series - 'Stable Mates', 'Country Affairs' and 'Country Rivals'.
Genre: Contemporary - Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.zarastoneley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZaraStoneley
The Book;
After breaking up with her childhood sweetheart, clueless dater Rosie has found herself in a boyfriend-drought. So when she finally swipes right on a guy who seems interested, she can’t wait to meet up IRL.
Until she’s left standing alone. In a bar. Ghosted.
Enter Noah. Confident, funny … and a serial first dater. Offering to give Rosie a crash course in seduction, this could be just what she needs. Until her matchmaker turns out to be the best date she’s ever had – and Rosie wonders if she wants the fake dates to be the real ones after all …
The Author:
Zara Stoneley is the USA Today bestselling author of The Wedding Date.
Born in a small village in the UK, she wanted to be a female James Herriot, a spy, or an author when she grew up. After many (many) years, and many different jobs, her dream of writing a bestseller came true.
She writes about friendship, dreams, love, and happy ever afters, and hopes that her tales make you laugh a lot, cry a little, and occasionally say 'ahhh'.
Zara now lives in a Cheshire village with her family, a lively cockapoo called Harry, and a very bossy (and slightly evil) cat called Saffron.
Zara’s bestselling novels include 'The Wedding Date', 'The Holiday Swap', 'Summer with the Country Village Vet', 'Blackberry Picking at Jasmine Cottage' and the popular Tippermere series - 'Stable Mates', 'Country Affairs' and 'Country Rivals'.
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Title: The Dog Sitter
Genre: Contemporary - Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.zarastoneley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZaraStoneley
The Book;
Wanted: someone nice, normal and trustworthy to housesit a beautiful cottage in the Lake District while the owner is away on a business trip. Must like dogs.
Wanting to escape from crap bosses and useless boyfriends, Becky jumps at the chance of the perfect escape – rest, relaxation and dog-sitting a very cute pooch called Bella!
But looking after Bella comes with a catch, namely gorgeous, brooding, Chris Hemsworth-worthy Ash James, who claims Bella is his dog and will stop at nothing to get her back!
Becky’s not about to hand over lovely Bella to any Tom, Dick or Ash. She’s determined to watch every move Ash James makes…even if it gets her very hot under the collar.
The Author:
Zara Stoneley is the USA Today bestselling author of The Wedding Date.
Born in a small village in the UK, she wanted to be a female James Herriot, a spy, or an author when she grew up. After many (many) years, and many different jobs, her dream of writing a bestseller came true.
She writes about friendship, dreams, love, and happy ever afters, and hopes that her tales make you laugh a lot, cry a little, and occasionally say 'ahhh'.
Zara now lives in a Cheshire village with her family, a lively cockapoo called Harry, and a very bossy (and slightly evil) cat called Saffron.
Zara’s bestselling novels include 'The Wedding Date', 'The Holiday Swap', 'Summer with the Country Village Vet', 'Blackberry Picking at Jasmine Cottage' and the popular Tippermere series - 'Stable Mates', 'Country Affairs' and 'Country Rivals'.
Genre: Contemporary - Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.zarastoneley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZaraStoneley
The Book;
Wanted: someone nice, normal and trustworthy to housesit a beautiful cottage in the Lake District while the owner is away on a business trip. Must like dogs.
Wanting to escape from crap bosses and useless boyfriends, Becky jumps at the chance of the perfect escape – rest, relaxation and dog-sitting a very cute pooch called Bella!
But looking after Bella comes with a catch, namely gorgeous, brooding, Chris Hemsworth-worthy Ash James, who claims Bella is his dog and will stop at nothing to get her back!
Becky’s not about to hand over lovely Bella to any Tom, Dick or Ash. She’s determined to watch every move Ash James makes…even if it gets her very hot under the collar.
The Author:
Zara Stoneley is the USA Today bestselling author of The Wedding Date.
Born in a small village in the UK, she wanted to be a female James Herriot, a spy, or an author when she grew up. After many (many) years, and many different jobs, her dream of writing a bestseller came true.
She writes about friendship, dreams, love, and happy ever afters, and hopes that her tales make you laugh a lot, cry a little, and occasionally say 'ahhh'.
Zara now lives in a Cheshire village with her family, a lively cockapoo called Harry, and a very bossy (and slightly evil) cat called Saffron.
Zara’s bestselling novels include 'The Wedding Date', 'The Holiday Swap', 'Summer with the Country Village Vet', 'Blackberry Picking at Jasmine Cottage' and the popular Tippermere series - 'Stable Mates', 'Country Affairs' and 'Country Rivals'.
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Helen Pollard
Helen Pollard
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Title: The Little Shop in Cornwall
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/helen-pollard
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helenpollard147
The Book;
Come and spend the summer in a charming village by the sea. Breathe in the crisp, salty air, slip off your shoes and feel the golden sand beneath your feet…
Claudia has never regretted leaving her corporate city life behind and escaping to this piece of coastal paradise. With her cheeky cat Pudding by her side, she has built a community of loyal friends who feel more like family. Her shop at the end of the beach road is full of things that bring joy to locals and visitors alike. Life has finally settled into a perfect, comfortable rhythm.
That is until widower Jason moves to town with his teenage daughter Millie, looking for a new start for both of them. Millie is instantly drawn to the delights of Claudia’s shop and her free-spirited way of life. However, practical architect Jason is less than thrilled about his daughter’s new interests. He doesn’t shy away from telling Claudia exactly what he thinks and sparks fly every time they meet.
But Jason and Millie aren’t the only newcomers this summer and life in the harbour, especially Claudia’s, is about to change in more ways than one. As circumstances throw Claudia into Jason’s path in increasingly unexpected ways, she begins to glimpse what lies beneath his fiery temper and sharp tongue. Claudia was sure her life was complete, but could something have been missing after all?
The only book you need in your beach bag this summer. Fans of Sarah Morgan, Cathy Bramley and Phillipa Ashley will be charmed by this seaside romance filled with warmth, humour and heart.
The Author:
As a child, Helen had a vivid imagination fuelled by her love of reading, so she started to create her own stories in a notebook.
Now a bestselling author of contemporary romance, she believes that good characterisation is the key to a successful book and loves infusing her writing with humour and heart.
Helen is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and The Society of Authors.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/helen-pollard
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helenpollard147
The Book;
Come and spend the summer in a charming village by the sea. Breathe in the crisp, salty air, slip off your shoes and feel the golden sand beneath your feet…
Claudia has never regretted leaving her corporate city life behind and escaping to this piece of coastal paradise. With her cheeky cat Pudding by her side, she has built a community of loyal friends who feel more like family. Her shop at the end of the beach road is full of things that bring joy to locals and visitors alike. Life has finally settled into a perfect, comfortable rhythm.
That is until widower Jason moves to town with his teenage daughter Millie, looking for a new start for both of them. Millie is instantly drawn to the delights of Claudia’s shop and her free-spirited way of life. However, practical architect Jason is less than thrilled about his daughter’s new interests. He doesn’t shy away from telling Claudia exactly what he thinks and sparks fly every time they meet.
But Jason and Millie aren’t the only newcomers this summer and life in the harbour, especially Claudia’s, is about to change in more ways than one. As circumstances throw Claudia into Jason’s path in increasingly unexpected ways, she begins to glimpse what lies beneath his fiery temper and sharp tongue. Claudia was sure her life was complete, but could something have been missing after all?
The only book you need in your beach bag this summer. Fans of Sarah Morgan, Cathy Bramley and Phillipa Ashley will be charmed by this seaside romance filled with warmth, humour and heart.
The Author:
As a child, Helen had a vivid imagination fuelled by her love of reading, so she started to create her own stories in a notebook.
Now a bestselling author of contemporary romance, she believes that good characterisation is the key to a successful book and loves infusing her writing with humour and heart.
Helen is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and The Society of Authors.
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S.E. Durrant
S.E. Durrant
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Title: Running on Empty
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://nosycrow.com/contributor/s-e-durrant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SEDurrant
The Book;
AJ’s grandfather has always been the one to keep his unusual family together, so when he dies things start to unravel at the edges. AJ is worried about his parents but they don’t really seem to notice. In order to deal with his grief and to keep his anxiety at bay, AJ does what he and his grandfather did best: running. Round and round the Olympic Park, aiming for the cross country trials. Running to escape, AJ only seems to be heading ever closer to disaster.
Running On Empty is a beautiful book about false starts and emotional journeys, with hope as the ultimate finishing line.
Winner of the Student Vote, UKLA Book Award 2019
Highly Commended, UKLA Teachers Book Award 2019
Nominated for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal
Shortlisted for the 2018 North Somerset Teachers’ Book Awards
Shortlisted for the Little Rebels Award 2019
Shortlisted for the Warwickshire Book Award 2019
Shortlisted for the Tower Hamlets Book Award 2019
The Author:
S.E. Durrant has wanted to be a writer since she was a child and has always squeezed writing in around the edges of her life. She spent her childhood in Scotland before moving to Leicestershire when she was twelve. She studied Fine Art (painting) and then travelled widely before settling in south London. She has taken on many jobs including working on a stall at Covent Garden market, selling paintings in Venice and teaching art to children. For many years she worked on research bids at the University of London. She now lives in Brighton with her partner and two teenage children, all of whom are taller than she is.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://nosycrow.com/contributor/s-e-durrant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SEDurrant
The Book;
AJ’s grandfather has always been the one to keep his unusual family together, so when he dies things start to unravel at the edges. AJ is worried about his parents but they don’t really seem to notice. In order to deal with his grief and to keep his anxiety at bay, AJ does what he and his grandfather did best: running. Round and round the Olympic Park, aiming for the cross country trials. Running to escape, AJ only seems to be heading ever closer to disaster.
Running On Empty is a beautiful book about false starts and emotional journeys, with hope as the ultimate finishing line.
Winner of the Student Vote, UKLA Book Award 2019
Highly Commended, UKLA Teachers Book Award 2019
Nominated for the 2019 CILIP Carnegie Medal
Shortlisted for the 2018 North Somerset Teachers’ Book Awards
Shortlisted for the Little Rebels Award 2019
Shortlisted for the Warwickshire Book Award 2019
Shortlisted for the Tower Hamlets Book Award 2019
The Author:
S.E. Durrant has wanted to be a writer since she was a child and has always squeezed writing in around the edges of her life. She spent her childhood in Scotland before moving to Leicestershire when she was twelve. She studied Fine Art (painting) and then travelled widely before settling in south London. She has taken on many jobs including working on a stall at Covent Garden market, selling paintings in Venice and teaching art to children. For many years she worked on research bids at the University of London. She now lives in Brighton with her partner and two teenage children, all of whom are taller than she is.
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Title: Little Bits of Sky
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://nosycrow.com/contributor/s-e-durrant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SEDurrant
The Book:
I’ve put this story together from the diaries I kept when Zac and I were children. I wrote them because I felt we were almost invisible and I wanted to make sure our story was told, and also in the hope that life would get better for the small unloved girl that was me, and my even smaller unloved brother. And if life didn’t get better or at least more interesting I was going to make it up – to put in witches and castles and rides in fast cars. But I didn’t need to. Life got exciting all by itself…
It’s 1987 and Ira and Zac are being uprooted once again, this time to Skilly House, a home for social care children. Their lives over the next few years are beautifully realised amongst the antipathy of the authorities, the drama of the poll tax riots and the moments of peace and hope Ira finds at Skilly and further afield. This is a memorable and moving tale about growing up, making friends and finding a home.
The Author:
S.E. Durrant has wanted to be a writer since she was a child and has always squeezed writing in around the edges of her life. She spent her childhood in Scotland before moving to Leicestershire when she was twelve. She studied Fine Art (painting) and then travelled widely before settling in south London. She has taken on many jobs including working on a stall at Covent Garden market, selling paintings in Venice and teaching art to children. For many years she worked on research bids at the University of London. She now lives in Brighton with her partner and two teenage children, all of whom are taller than she is.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://nosycrow.com/contributor/s-e-durrant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SEDurrant
The Book:
I’ve put this story together from the diaries I kept when Zac and I were children. I wrote them because I felt we were almost invisible and I wanted to make sure our story was told, and also in the hope that life would get better for the small unloved girl that was me, and my even smaller unloved brother. And if life didn’t get better or at least more interesting I was going to make it up – to put in witches and castles and rides in fast cars. But I didn’t need to. Life got exciting all by itself…
It’s 1987 and Ira and Zac are being uprooted once again, this time to Skilly House, a home for social care children. Their lives over the next few years are beautifully realised amongst the antipathy of the authorities, the drama of the poll tax riots and the moments of peace and hope Ira finds at Skilly and further afield. This is a memorable and moving tale about growing up, making friends and finding a home.
The Author:
S.E. Durrant has wanted to be a writer since she was a child and has always squeezed writing in around the edges of her life. She spent her childhood in Scotland before moving to Leicestershire when she was twelve. She studied Fine Art (painting) and then travelled widely before settling in south London. She has taken on many jobs including working on a stall at Covent Garden market, selling paintings in Venice and teaching art to children. For many years she worked on research bids at the University of London. She now lives in Brighton with her partner and two teenage children, all of whom are taller than she is.
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Melody Razak
Melody Razak
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Title: Moth
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/imaginearoad
The Book;
Melody’s debut novel, Moth, tells the heart-rending story of a Brahmin family living in 1940’s Delhi during India’s Independence and subsequent Partition. It explores the impact of disproportionate violence on the lives of the women who carry so much of the emotional labour during times of political unrest. It probes the structures of an already fractious society, examines who the ‘other’ is, and what it means to be free. It looks too at the domestic sphere, at different types of love and is ultimately a celebration of the human spirit. UK & Commonwealth rights sold at auction to Weidenfeld & Nicholson, for publication in June, and Melody was selected as one of the Observer’s ‘Ten Debut Novelists’ of 2021.
The Author:
I am a British Iranian writer from London, with an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck. I have had short stories published in the Mechanics Institute Review, the Bath Short Story Anthology and the Brick Lane Short Story Prize. Previous to writing, I owned treacle&co, a cafe in Brighton and more recently worked in the kitchens of Honey and Co in London as a pastry chef.
The inspiration for Moth came one evening when I was at work at the cafe, probably icing a cake, and listening to a Radio 4 program called 'Partition Voices.' The raw emotion behind the words of the survivors interviewed struck my heart. I started to think about the nature of story telling, of oral history telling, the differences between historical fact and the most intimate memories of the individual. It seemed to me that the unreliable stories passed down through memory were as important, in piecing together a moment in time, as the statistics. There was something behind the said words - especially those of the women interviewed, the nuances of what they didn't say, the silences - that stayed with me.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/imaginearoad
The Book;
Melody’s debut novel, Moth, tells the heart-rending story of a Brahmin family living in 1940’s Delhi during India’s Independence and subsequent Partition. It explores the impact of disproportionate violence on the lives of the women who carry so much of the emotional labour during times of political unrest. It probes the structures of an already fractious society, examines who the ‘other’ is, and what it means to be free. It looks too at the domestic sphere, at different types of love and is ultimately a celebration of the human spirit. UK & Commonwealth rights sold at auction to Weidenfeld & Nicholson, for publication in June, and Melody was selected as one of the Observer’s ‘Ten Debut Novelists’ of 2021.
The Author:
I am a British Iranian writer from London, with an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck. I have had short stories published in the Mechanics Institute Review, the Bath Short Story Anthology and the Brick Lane Short Story Prize. Previous to writing, I owned treacle&co, a cafe in Brighton and more recently worked in the kitchens of Honey and Co in London as a pastry chef.
The inspiration for Moth came one evening when I was at work at the cafe, probably icing a cake, and listening to a Radio 4 program called 'Partition Voices.' The raw emotion behind the words of the survivors interviewed struck my heart. I started to think about the nature of story telling, of oral history telling, the differences between historical fact and the most intimate memories of the individual. It seemed to me that the unreliable stories passed down through memory were as important, in piecing together a moment in time, as the statistics. There was something behind the said words - especially those of the women interviewed, the nuances of what they didn't say, the silences - that stayed with me.
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Francesca Gibbons
Francesca Gibbons
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Title: A Clock of Stars: Beyond the Mountains
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://francesca-gibbons.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fran_gibbons
The Book;
The thrilling sequel to the best-selling middle-grade debut of Autumn 2020
Imogen and Marie return through the hole in the tree to a whole new Yaroslav.
Miro is king, but hates it. Anneshka is no longer Queen. . . and hates it.
When Anneshka hears a prophecy that she will be Queen of the Greatest Kingdom, she seizes Marie, believing her to be key to the fulfilling of it, and heads over the mountains. Imogen and Miro chase after them, in hot pursuit. But what they find in the valley beyond will change everything again, and see them facing dangers they could never have imagined, both human and otherwise. . .
Exciting and funny, the Clock of Stars trilogy is a timeless fantasy from the most astonishing new voice in middle grade.
The Author:
Francesca Gibbons worked as a copywriter at a marketing agency before leaving to focus on her career as a children's author. The Shadow Moth is her debut novel. It was inspired by the gardens she visited as a child, and her love of folklore and monsters. It is the first book in the Clock of Stars trilogy.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://francesca-gibbons.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fran_gibbons
The Book;
The thrilling sequel to the best-selling middle-grade debut of Autumn 2020
Imogen and Marie return through the hole in the tree to a whole new Yaroslav.
Miro is king, but hates it. Anneshka is no longer Queen. . . and hates it.
When Anneshka hears a prophecy that she will be Queen of the Greatest Kingdom, she seizes Marie, believing her to be key to the fulfilling of it, and heads over the mountains. Imogen and Miro chase after them, in hot pursuit. But what they find in the valley beyond will change everything again, and see them facing dangers they could never have imagined, both human and otherwise. . .
Exciting and funny, the Clock of Stars trilogy is a timeless fantasy from the most astonishing new voice in middle grade.
The Author:
Francesca Gibbons worked as a copywriter at a marketing agency before leaving to focus on her career as a children's author. The Shadow Moth is her debut novel. It was inspired by the gardens she visited as a child, and her love of folklore and monsters. It is the first book in the Clock of Stars trilogy.
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Liz Martinson
Liz Martinson
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Three Books
Title 1: Ullandale
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Counterpoint
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Title 3: Takeover
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://lizmartinson.wixsite.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizMartinson3
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The Book 1: Ullandale
Returning from abroad, Kate finds her dream job at an upmarket Scottish castle hotel. She silences her inner voice of doubt regarding the owner of the hotel, the Earl of Ullandale. Kate has learned not to like or trust those who live lives of privilege and entitlement.
Prepared to concentrate solely on her work, Kate’s plans are almost immediately thrown into turmoil when she meets Euan, the good-looking factor of the estate, and finds herself deeply attracted to him, almost against her will.
The charismatic Euan, tall and lean, jean-clad with wind-swept and tousled hair, seems to be everywhere, offering help and advice, and working all hours at any job which need doing. He sees Kate and instantly knows without doubt that she is his future.
But mystery surrounds his relationship with Liz, the daughter of the late Earl of Ullandale. And mystery surrounds the whereabouts of the new Earl.
Will Kate finally accept Euan’s love, despite the constant presence of Liz in his life, and will she change her opinion about the mysterious Earl, in this entrancing, exciting and romantic novel, which takes us through her first year at Ullandale? Start reading now to find the answers!
The Book 2: Counterpoint
Two characters, as different as night is to day. Two worlds, one rock, one classical. Can they ever successfully combine? Can their relationship overcome the concerns and fears both of them feel? And, for the chance of building a future together, can they survive a tragedy that at first unites them and then forces them apart again?
The Book 3: Takeover
A beautiful young Chief Executive Officer has pulled an ailing computer firm round into a resounding success and is therefore shocked and dismayed to be sacked by email.
The new owner is full of anger about the firm, where in the past he was humiliated on a daily basis by his father.
He's also full of anger about the CEO. He's been told, in quarterly reports, that she is merely a passenger in the firm and was only appointed because she'd been his father's mistress.
Are the reports the truth or are they all lies?
Can they work their way through all the problems and pitfalls and end up together?
The Author:
Liz Martinson is an author of three novels, several short stories and some poetry. She uses her wide experiences of travel in the UK and Europe to fuel her writing, and in her spare time enjoys a wide range of activities which include walking, cycling, kayaking, reading, taking photographs, cooking and music. Her experiences in outdoor activities also help to provide interest in her novels.
She has a background in teaching and Special Needs Education, and holds a Master's Degree from the University of Leeds and a distinction from the University of Lancaster after completing a Creative Writing course.
Liz lives in North Yorkshire with her husband, her children having now left home.
Title 1: Ullandale
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Counterpoint
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Takeover
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lizmartinson.wixsite.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LizMartinson3
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The Book 1: Ullandale
Returning from abroad, Kate finds her dream job at an upmarket Scottish castle hotel. She silences her inner voice of doubt regarding the owner of the hotel, the Earl of Ullandale. Kate has learned not to like or trust those who live lives of privilege and entitlement.
Prepared to concentrate solely on her work, Kate’s plans are almost immediately thrown into turmoil when she meets Euan, the good-looking factor of the estate, and finds herself deeply attracted to him, almost against her will.
The charismatic Euan, tall and lean, jean-clad with wind-swept and tousled hair, seems to be everywhere, offering help and advice, and working all hours at any job which need doing. He sees Kate and instantly knows without doubt that she is his future.
But mystery surrounds his relationship with Liz, the daughter of the late Earl of Ullandale. And mystery surrounds the whereabouts of the new Earl.
Will Kate finally accept Euan’s love, despite the constant presence of Liz in his life, and will she change her opinion about the mysterious Earl, in this entrancing, exciting and romantic novel, which takes us through her first year at Ullandale? Start reading now to find the answers!
The Book 2: Counterpoint
Two characters, as different as night is to day. Two worlds, one rock, one classical. Can they ever successfully combine? Can their relationship overcome the concerns and fears both of them feel? And, for the chance of building a future together, can they survive a tragedy that at first unites them and then forces them apart again?
The Book 3: Takeover
A beautiful young Chief Executive Officer has pulled an ailing computer firm round into a resounding success and is therefore shocked and dismayed to be sacked by email.
The new owner is full of anger about the firm, where in the past he was humiliated on a daily basis by his father.
He's also full of anger about the CEO. He's been told, in quarterly reports, that she is merely a passenger in the firm and was only appointed because she'd been his father's mistress.
Are the reports the truth or are they all lies?
Can they work their way through all the problems and pitfalls and end up together?
The Author:
Liz Martinson is an author of three novels, several short stories and some poetry. She uses her wide experiences of travel in the UK and Europe to fuel her writing, and in her spare time enjoys a wide range of activities which include walking, cycling, kayaking, reading, taking photographs, cooking and music. Her experiences in outdoor activities also help to provide interest in her novels.
She has a background in teaching and Special Needs Education, and holds a Master's Degree from the University of Leeds and a distinction from the University of Lancaster after completing a Creative Writing course.
Liz lives in North Yorkshire with her husband, her children having now left home.
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Helen Pugh
Helen Pugh
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Title: Inca-tastic Tales
Genre: Children (Folk Tales), Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPieb6o6IqY
Website: https://helencpugh.allauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IntrepidDudette
The Book;
Join the goddess Pachamama and the rainbow Cuychi on an epic journey through Inca-tastic history! You'll get to meet gods, goddesses, a magician, queens, kings, princes, princesses, kidnappers, warriors, conquerors, treasure hunters, explorers, heroes and 2 volcanoes who are in love.
Buckle your seat belt and come along on this cultural and educational adventure in South America!
12 well-researched Inca-tastic stories to share with your kids! 8 beautiful legends and 4 narratives based on historical accounts. 9 well-loved stories adapted for children from narratives in 'Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire' and 3 brand-new tales!
For ages 8 to 80.
The Author:
Helen Pugh has long believed that it's important to rescue historical women from obscurity and make sure that "herstory" is taught alongside "history"!
Her interest in South America and the Incas began in 2006, when she first went to Ecuador. Then, from 2011 she lived there for 7 continuous years, 6 in the Amazon Region and 1 in Quito. She experienced domestic violence and very long and traumatic legal battles there so can relate to some of the women in 'Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire' on that front.
Helen studied Spanish and Italian at University and has a lifelong passion for history, especially that of historical women who made history, but have been sidelined.
Genre: Children (Folk Tales), Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPieb6o6IqY
Website: https://helencpugh.allauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IntrepidDudette
The Book;
Join the goddess Pachamama and the rainbow Cuychi on an epic journey through Inca-tastic history! You'll get to meet gods, goddesses, a magician, queens, kings, princes, princesses, kidnappers, warriors, conquerors, treasure hunters, explorers, heroes and 2 volcanoes who are in love.
Buckle your seat belt and come along on this cultural and educational adventure in South America!
12 well-researched Inca-tastic stories to share with your kids! 8 beautiful legends and 4 narratives based on historical accounts. 9 well-loved stories adapted for children from narratives in 'Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire' and 3 brand-new tales!
For ages 8 to 80.
The Author:
Helen Pugh has long believed that it's important to rescue historical women from obscurity and make sure that "herstory" is taught alongside "history"!
Her interest in South America and the Incas began in 2006, when she first went to Ecuador. Then, from 2011 she lived there for 7 continuous years, 6 in the Amazon Region and 1 in Quito. She experienced domestic violence and very long and traumatic legal battles there so can relate to some of the women in 'Intrepid Dudettes of the Inca Empire' on that front.
Helen studied Spanish and Italian at University and has a lifelong passion for history, especially that of historical women who made history, but have been sidelined.
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Title: Life According to Liam
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free International.
Website: https://www.vllocey.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/vllocey
The Book;
There’s always that chance that your heart’s desire is one click away.
Someone needs to pinch web designer/humor blogger/Pittsburgh Ravens mega fan Mike Kneller. Hard. For years, Mike has been living his life for his younger sister Kelly and his four-year-old nephew Liam. He’d opened up his home to Kelly when she found herself pregnant at sixteen and facing having a baby alone. Sure, his days are filled with skinned knees, snotty noses, and the occasional mishap with stuffed superheroes, but he’s perfectly happy because he loves Liam as much as he loves his baby sister. Giving up a social life and going to bed alone is a small price to pay. Little does he know that someone on the Ravens is about to show Ravens goalie Bryn Mettler one of his vlog posts. Of course he’s not going to believe it when his phone rings and the world-famous netminder—and his goalie crush—is on the other end. I mean, life doesn’t work that way for ordinary, hardworking uncles like Mike. Does it?
Bryn Mettler is a superstar athlete and a major part of the Pittsburgh sports society. He seems to have it all. He’s well-dressed, handsome, wealthy, an elite goaltender, a famed philanthropist, and the holder of numerous medals and trophies. To date, there are two things that have avoided him: lifting that big shiny silver cup over his head and finding a man to settle down with. Now that he’s over thirty, Bryn is finding the gay club scene is wearing thin. His teammates’ wives have decided it’s their duty to the team—and to Bryn—to find him Mr. Right. He’s relatively sure the man who’ll capture his heart surely won’t be found on a humor blog. Funny how life likes to take the things that you’re most certain about and flip them—and you—on its ear. When Bryn meets Mike, he is instantly drawn to the warm, funny, sexy man who shares his hectic days with thousands of Pittsburgh natives. Now he just has to convince Mike he is who he says he is so he can get to know him better. Thankfully, Bryn isn’t a quitter. But does he have what it takes to leap into life with Mike, Kelly, and Liam?
The Author:
V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, Dr. Who, Torchwood, belly laughs, yoga, reading and writing lusty tales, walking, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.)
She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, and a flock of assorted domestic fowl.
When not writing lusty tales, she can be found enjoying her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, fresh cup of java in hand.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free International.
Website: https://www.vllocey.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/vllocey
The Book;
There’s always that chance that your heart’s desire is one click away.
Someone needs to pinch web designer/humor blogger/Pittsburgh Ravens mega fan Mike Kneller. Hard. For years, Mike has been living his life for his younger sister Kelly and his four-year-old nephew Liam. He’d opened up his home to Kelly when she found herself pregnant at sixteen and facing having a baby alone. Sure, his days are filled with skinned knees, snotty noses, and the occasional mishap with stuffed superheroes, but he’s perfectly happy because he loves Liam as much as he loves his baby sister. Giving up a social life and going to bed alone is a small price to pay. Little does he know that someone on the Ravens is about to show Ravens goalie Bryn Mettler one of his vlog posts. Of course he’s not going to believe it when his phone rings and the world-famous netminder—and his goalie crush—is on the other end. I mean, life doesn’t work that way for ordinary, hardworking uncles like Mike. Does it?
Bryn Mettler is a superstar athlete and a major part of the Pittsburgh sports society. He seems to have it all. He’s well-dressed, handsome, wealthy, an elite goaltender, a famed philanthropist, and the holder of numerous medals and trophies. To date, there are two things that have avoided him: lifting that big shiny silver cup over his head and finding a man to settle down with. Now that he’s over thirty, Bryn is finding the gay club scene is wearing thin. His teammates’ wives have decided it’s their duty to the team—and to Bryn—to find him Mr. Right. He’s relatively sure the man who’ll capture his heart surely won’t be found on a humor blog. Funny how life likes to take the things that you’re most certain about and flip them—and you—on its ear. When Bryn meets Mike, he is instantly drawn to the warm, funny, sexy man who shares his hectic days with thousands of Pittsburgh natives. Now he just has to convince Mike he is who he says he is so he can get to know him better. Thankfully, Bryn isn’t a quitter. But does he have what it takes to leap into life with Mike, Kelly, and Liam?
The Author:
V.L. Locey loves worn jeans, Dr. Who, Torchwood, belly laughs, yoga, reading and writing lusty tales, walking, Greek mythology, the New York Rangers, comic books, and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.)
She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, and a flock of assorted domestic fowl.
When not writing lusty tales, she can be found enjoying her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania, fresh cup of java in hand.
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Jean Fullerton
Jean Fullerton
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Title: A Ration Book Daughter
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://twitter.com/JeanFullerton_
Twitter: http://jeanfullerton.com
The Book;
Cathy was a happy, blushing bride when Britain went to war with Germany three years ago. But her youthful dreams were crushed by her violent husband Stanley's involvement with the fascist black-shirts, and even when he's conscripted to fight she knows it's only a brief respite - divorce is not an option. Cathy's only solace is her little son Peter.
When a telegram arrives declaring that her husband is missing in action, Cathy can finally allow herself to hope - she only has to wait 6 months before she is legally a widow and can move on with her life. But in the meantime she has to keep Peter safe and fed. So she advertises for a lodger, and Sergeant Archie McIntosh of the Royal Engineers' Bomb Disposal Squad turns up. Kind, clever and thoughtful, their mutual attraction is instant. But with Stanley's fate still unclear, and the Blitz still raging in London's East End, will Cathy ever have the love she deserves?
The Author:
I was born into a large, East End family and grew up in the overcrowded streets clustered around the Tower of London. I still live in East London, just five miles from where I was born. I feel that it is that my background that gives my historical East London stories their distinctive authenticity.
I first fell in love with history at school when I read Anya Seton’s book Katherine. Since then I have read everything I can about English history but I am particularly fascinated by the 18th and 19th century and my books are set in this period. I just love my native city and the East End in particular which is why I write stories to bring that vibrant area of London alive.
I am also passionate about historical accuracy and I enjoy researching the details almost as much as weaving the story. If one of my characters walks down a street you can be assured that that street actually existed. Take a look at Jean’s East End and see the actual location where my characters played out their stories.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://twitter.com/JeanFullerton_
Twitter: http://jeanfullerton.com
The Book;
Cathy was a happy, blushing bride when Britain went to war with Germany three years ago. But her youthful dreams were crushed by her violent husband Stanley's involvement with the fascist black-shirts, and even when he's conscripted to fight she knows it's only a brief respite - divorce is not an option. Cathy's only solace is her little son Peter.
When a telegram arrives declaring that her husband is missing in action, Cathy can finally allow herself to hope - she only has to wait 6 months before she is legally a widow and can move on with her life. But in the meantime she has to keep Peter safe and fed. So she advertises for a lodger, and Sergeant Archie McIntosh of the Royal Engineers' Bomb Disposal Squad turns up. Kind, clever and thoughtful, their mutual attraction is instant. But with Stanley's fate still unclear, and the Blitz still raging in London's East End, will Cathy ever have the love she deserves?
The Author:
I was born into a large, East End family and grew up in the overcrowded streets clustered around the Tower of London. I still live in East London, just five miles from where I was born. I feel that it is that my background that gives my historical East London stories their distinctive authenticity.
I first fell in love with history at school when I read Anya Seton’s book Katherine. Since then I have read everything I can about English history but I am particularly fascinated by the 18th and 19th century and my books are set in this period. I just love my native city and the East End in particular which is why I write stories to bring that vibrant area of London alive.
I am also passionate about historical accuracy and I enjoy researching the details almost as much as weaving the story. If one of my characters walks down a street you can be assured that that street actually existed. Take a look at Jean’s East End and see the actual location where my characters played out their stories.
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Suzy Henderson
Suzy Henderson
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Two Books
Title 1: Madame Fiocca
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Madame Fiocca Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnmBEYBnGvM
Title 2: The Beauty Shop
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
The Beauty Shop Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uElgEt6xf8E
Website: https://suzyhendersonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Suzy_Henderson
The Book 1:
A gripping tale of love and espionage in Occupied France, based on true events.
February 1933: When her aunt gifts her two hundred pounds, twenty-year-old Nancy Wake embarks on a world cruise. Afterwards, she becomes a journalist and finds work in Paris. The city is glamorous, brimming with journalists, artists, and refugees.
While travelling across Europe on assignments, she catches the eye of wealthy industrialist Henri Fiocca, and destiny intervenes.
But as clouds of war swarm over Europe, German troops are on the march. Horrified when she witnesses Nazis whipping Jews on Vienna’s streets, Nancy vows to stop them if she ever has the chance.
When Paris falls, an encounter with a British officer draws her into the heart of an escape network. Soon she is caught in a deadly game of espionage.
As the iron fist of the enemy tightens, Nancy and Henri face a heart-breaking decision.
What happens when doing right is the road to ruin?
A must-read gripping adventure based on the true story of Nancy Wake, Gestapo’s most wanted in World War Two France.
The Book 2:
England, 1942. After three years of WWII, Britain is showing the scars. But in this darkest of days, three lives intertwine, changing their destinies and those of many more.
Dr Archibald McIndoe, a New Zealand plastic surgeon with unorthodox methods, is on a mission to treat and rehabilitate badly burned airmen – their bodies and souls. With the camaraderie and support of the Guinea Pig Club, his boys battle to overcome disfigurement, pain, and prejudice to learn to live again.
John ‘Mac’ Mackenzie of the US Air Force is aware of the odds. He has one chance in five of surviving the war. Flying bombing missions through hell and back, he’s fighting more than the Luftwaffe. Fear and doubt stalk him on the ground and in the air, and he’s torn between his duty and his conscience.
Shy, decent and sensible Stella Charlton’s future seems certain until war breaks out. As a new recruit to the WAAF, she meets an American pilot on New Year’s Eve. After just one dance, she falls head over heels for the handsome airman. But when he survives a crash, she realises her own battle has only just begun.
Based on a true story, "The Beauty Shop" is a moving tale of love, compassion, and determination against a backdrop of wartime tragedy.
The Author:
The Beauty Shop, my debut novel, was awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion. It is based on the true story of Sir Archibald McIndoe and the Guinea Pig Club - an exclusive club for RAF pilots and airmen who required plastic surgery as a result of their war injuries and were under the care of this enigmatic New Zealander and pioneering plastic surgeon.
My second novel, Madame Fiocca, was released in 2019. Based on a true story, this gripping adventure follows the tempestuous life of Nancy Wake before and during the Second World War.
Spitfire, a short story, was released in 2020 and is set during WW2.
To receive all my latest book news, do join the mailing list here: https://suzyhendersonauthor.com/sign-up/
I live with my family on the edge of the Lake District, an area that has always inspired me. After a career in healthcare, I studied creative writing and English at The Open University and fell in love with writing. Armed with a pen, a love of reading and a growing obsession with military and aviation history, I slipped seamlessly into writing historical fiction.
Title 1: Madame Fiocca
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Madame Fiocca Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnmBEYBnGvM
Title 2: The Beauty Shop
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
The Beauty Shop Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uElgEt6xf8E
Website: https://suzyhendersonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Suzy_Henderson
The Book 1:
A gripping tale of love and espionage in Occupied France, based on true events.
February 1933: When her aunt gifts her two hundred pounds, twenty-year-old Nancy Wake embarks on a world cruise. Afterwards, she becomes a journalist and finds work in Paris. The city is glamorous, brimming with journalists, artists, and refugees.
While travelling across Europe on assignments, she catches the eye of wealthy industrialist Henri Fiocca, and destiny intervenes.
But as clouds of war swarm over Europe, German troops are on the march. Horrified when she witnesses Nazis whipping Jews on Vienna’s streets, Nancy vows to stop them if she ever has the chance.
When Paris falls, an encounter with a British officer draws her into the heart of an escape network. Soon she is caught in a deadly game of espionage.
As the iron fist of the enemy tightens, Nancy and Henri face a heart-breaking decision.
What happens when doing right is the road to ruin?
A must-read gripping adventure based on the true story of Nancy Wake, Gestapo’s most wanted in World War Two France.
The Book 2:
England, 1942. After three years of WWII, Britain is showing the scars. But in this darkest of days, three lives intertwine, changing their destinies and those of many more.
Dr Archibald McIndoe, a New Zealand plastic surgeon with unorthodox methods, is on a mission to treat and rehabilitate badly burned airmen – their bodies and souls. With the camaraderie and support of the Guinea Pig Club, his boys battle to overcome disfigurement, pain, and prejudice to learn to live again.
John ‘Mac’ Mackenzie of the US Air Force is aware of the odds. He has one chance in five of surviving the war. Flying bombing missions through hell and back, he’s fighting more than the Luftwaffe. Fear and doubt stalk him on the ground and in the air, and he’s torn between his duty and his conscience.
Shy, decent and sensible Stella Charlton’s future seems certain until war breaks out. As a new recruit to the WAAF, she meets an American pilot on New Year’s Eve. After just one dance, she falls head over heels for the handsome airman. But when he survives a crash, she realises her own battle has only just begun.
Based on a true story, "The Beauty Shop" is a moving tale of love, compassion, and determination against a backdrop of wartime tragedy.
The Author:
The Beauty Shop, my debut novel, was awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion. It is based on the true story of Sir Archibald McIndoe and the Guinea Pig Club - an exclusive club for RAF pilots and airmen who required plastic surgery as a result of their war injuries and were under the care of this enigmatic New Zealander and pioneering plastic surgeon.
My second novel, Madame Fiocca, was released in 2019. Based on a true story, this gripping adventure follows the tempestuous life of Nancy Wake before and during the Second World War.
Spitfire, a short story, was released in 2020 and is set during WW2.
To receive all my latest book news, do join the mailing list here: https://suzyhendersonauthor.com/sign-up/
I live with my family on the edge of the Lake District, an area that has always inspired me. After a career in healthcare, I studied creative writing and English at The Open University and fell in love with writing. Armed with a pen, a love of reading and a growing obsession with military and aviation history, I slipped seamlessly into writing historical fiction.
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Sam Baker
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Title: The Shift
Genre: Non-Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Sam introduces The Shift:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qC7-amf8M
Website: https://www.sambaker.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamBaker
The Book;
The essential manifesto for any woman staring the second half of their lives in the face and wondering, WTF is going on?
* Invisible to society now you're past child-bearing age?
* Tired of being disregarded, overlooked and underestimated?
* Wondering what the hell is happening to your body, mind and internal thermostat?
Women over forty are the most ignored demographic in society. And yet this is the time when you are likely to have the most freedom, power, confidence and self knowledge than ever before. Some serious life has been lived: there have been great loves, heartbreaks, births, marriages, careers, betrayals, bereavements and survival.
So what now? What happens when the narrative given to you by society - husband, babies, house - runs out and you become storyless? Including chapters on menopause, sex, culture, work, rage and freedom, writer and journalist Sam Baker shares her experiences of life post 40 and shows how women to create their own story. This needn't herald the era of loose clothing and hair dye; or hot flashes and bad sleep (though there is that too). It's time women north of 40 took a leaf out of the millennial handbook and reinvented things our way. Sam hosts a podcast of the same name, now with over 50 thousand downloads. Harness your energy, opinions and power and create a liberating new narrative for the second half of life.
The Author:
Sam Baker grew up in Hampshire and after a degree in politics at Birmingham University became a journalist, going on to edit some of the UK's biggest magazines. For six years she was Editor in Chief of Red magazine, where she set up the Red Hot Women Awards recognising achievement across politics, science, tech, the arts, media and charity, as well as championing support for Refuge, the charity for victims of domestic abuse.
In 2015 she co-founded and launched The Pool with Lauren Laverne, the online platform that makes inspiring and original content for busy women.
Sam is married to the novelist Jon Courtenay Grimwood and lives in Winchester. When she’s not working or writing she escapes by devouring crime novels or watching box sets.
Genre: Non-Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Sam introduces The Shift:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7qC7-amf8M
Website: https://www.sambaker.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamBaker
The Book;
The essential manifesto for any woman staring the second half of their lives in the face and wondering, WTF is going on?
* Invisible to society now you're past child-bearing age?
* Tired of being disregarded, overlooked and underestimated?
* Wondering what the hell is happening to your body, mind and internal thermostat?
Women over forty are the most ignored demographic in society. And yet this is the time when you are likely to have the most freedom, power, confidence and self knowledge than ever before. Some serious life has been lived: there have been great loves, heartbreaks, births, marriages, careers, betrayals, bereavements and survival.
So what now? What happens when the narrative given to you by society - husband, babies, house - runs out and you become storyless? Including chapters on menopause, sex, culture, work, rage and freedom, writer and journalist Sam Baker shares her experiences of life post 40 and shows how women to create their own story. This needn't herald the era of loose clothing and hair dye; or hot flashes and bad sleep (though there is that too). It's time women north of 40 took a leaf out of the millennial handbook and reinvented things our way. Sam hosts a podcast of the same name, now with over 50 thousand downloads. Harness your energy, opinions and power and create a liberating new narrative for the second half of life.
The Author:
Sam Baker grew up in Hampshire and after a degree in politics at Birmingham University became a journalist, going on to edit some of the UK's biggest magazines. For six years she was Editor in Chief of Red magazine, where she set up the Red Hot Women Awards recognising achievement across politics, science, tech, the arts, media and charity, as well as championing support for Refuge, the charity for victims of domestic abuse.
In 2015 she co-founded and launched The Pool with Lauren Laverne, the online platform that makes inspiring and original content for busy women.
Sam is married to the novelist Jon Courtenay Grimwood and lives in Winchester. When she’s not working or writing she escapes by devouring crime novels or watching box sets.
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Glenda Young
Glenda Young
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Title: The Paper Mill Girl
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
The Paper Mill Girl - A talk by author Glenda Young for Gateshead Libraries 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02KUfA_UW68
Website: https://www.glendayoungbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flaming_nora
The Book;
Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works, with her younger sister Bea, and spends her free time caring for their ailing parents. Their meagre income barely covers their needs, so when Bea reveals that she is pregnant out of wedlock, Ruth knows even tougher times are ahead.
Ruth's hard work at the mill does not go unnoticed and it looks as though her luck might turn when she's promoted. But when the arrival of Bea's baby girl ends in tragedy, Ruth is left with no choice but to bring up her niece herself. However, news of Ruth's plan brings a threatening menace close.
Although Ruth's friendship with the girls at the mill, and the company of charming railway man, Mick Carson, sustain her, ultimately Ruth bears the responsibility for keeping her family safe. Will she ever find happiness of her own?
The Author:
I'm a novelist with Headline, writing historical sagas set in the northeast mining village of Ryhope, which is where I grew up. My books feature feisty females and are wonderfully dramatic, written with a touch of humour. I also write fun, cosy crimes with Headline and these are set in modern-day Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast.
I’m a prize-winning short story writer too. My short fiction has appeared in magazines including Take a Break, My Weekly, The People's Friend and The People's Friend Fiction Special. And I am the author of the first ever weekly soap opera, Riverside, for The People's Friend magazine - the longest running women's magazine in the world.
A life-long fan of the soap opera Coronation Street, I run two Coronation Street fan websites. The Coronation Street Blog is praised by the Manchester Evening News as 'Excellent' and 'Essential Reading for Street Fans'. The site was a finalist in the UK Blog Awards 2016 and 2018.
I also run and own the internet's first and original Coronation Street fan website http://www.corrie.net, online since 1995.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
The Paper Mill Girl - A talk by author Glenda Young for Gateshead Libraries 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02KUfA_UW68
Website: https://www.glendayoungbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/flaming_nora
The Book;
Seventeen-year-old Ruth Hardy works long hours at Grange Paper Works, with her younger sister Bea, and spends her free time caring for their ailing parents. Their meagre income barely covers their needs, so when Bea reveals that she is pregnant out of wedlock, Ruth knows even tougher times are ahead.
Ruth's hard work at the mill does not go unnoticed and it looks as though her luck might turn when she's promoted. But when the arrival of Bea's baby girl ends in tragedy, Ruth is left with no choice but to bring up her niece herself. However, news of Ruth's plan brings a threatening menace close.
Although Ruth's friendship with the girls at the mill, and the company of charming railway man, Mick Carson, sustain her, ultimately Ruth bears the responsibility for keeping her family safe. Will she ever find happiness of her own?
The Author:
I'm a novelist with Headline, writing historical sagas set in the northeast mining village of Ryhope, which is where I grew up. My books feature feisty females and are wonderfully dramatic, written with a touch of humour. I also write fun, cosy crimes with Headline and these are set in modern-day Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast.
I’m a prize-winning short story writer too. My short fiction has appeared in magazines including Take a Break, My Weekly, The People's Friend and The People's Friend Fiction Special. And I am the author of the first ever weekly soap opera, Riverside, for The People's Friend magazine - the longest running women's magazine in the world.
A life-long fan of the soap opera Coronation Street, I run two Coronation Street fan websites. The Coronation Street Blog is praised by the Manchester Evening News as 'Excellent' and 'Essential Reading for Street Fans'. The site was a finalist in the UK Blog Awards 2016 and 2018.
I also run and own the internet's first and original Coronation Street fan website http://www.corrie.net, online since 1995.
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Amanda Jennings
Amanda Jennings
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Title: The Storm
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.amandajennings.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MandaJJennings
The Book;
Doesn't every marriage have a dark side?
‘Beautifully written, chilling and absorbing’ Adele Parks, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of Lies Lies Lies
‘Her best novel yet… Twisty, malevolent and gripping’ Lisa Jewell, No. 1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs
To the outside world Hannah married the perfect man. Behind the closed doors of their imposing home it’s a very different story. Nathan controls everything Hannah does. He chooses her clothes, checks her receipts, and keeps her passport locked away. But why does she let him? Years before, in the midst of a relentless storm, the tragic events of one night changed everything. And Hannah has been living with the consequences ever since. Keeping Nathan happy. Doing as she’s told.
But the past is about to catch up with them.
Set against the unforgiving backdrop of a Cornish fishing port in the ‘90s, this is a devastating exploration of the power of coercive control in a marriage where nothing is quite as it seems…
The Author:
Amanda is mother to three daughters and lives in chaotic contentment just outside Henley-on-Thames with a houseful of pets and a husband. She is the author of five books, Sworn Secret, The Judas Scar, In Her Wake, The Cliff House and The Storm which is coming out in July 2020. She is currently working on her sixth novel. A psychological thriller set on the wilds of Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall. If she isn't by the sea then she would like to be.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.amandajennings.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MandaJJennings
The Book;
Doesn't every marriage have a dark side?
‘Beautifully written, chilling and absorbing’ Adele Parks, Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of Lies Lies Lies
‘Her best novel yet… Twisty, malevolent and gripping’ Lisa Jewell, No. 1 bestselling author of The Family Upstairs
To the outside world Hannah married the perfect man. Behind the closed doors of their imposing home it’s a very different story. Nathan controls everything Hannah does. He chooses her clothes, checks her receipts, and keeps her passport locked away. But why does she let him? Years before, in the midst of a relentless storm, the tragic events of one night changed everything. And Hannah has been living with the consequences ever since. Keeping Nathan happy. Doing as she’s told.
But the past is about to catch up with them.
Set against the unforgiving backdrop of a Cornish fishing port in the ‘90s, this is a devastating exploration of the power of coercive control in a marriage where nothing is quite as it seems…
The Author:
Amanda is mother to three daughters and lives in chaotic contentment just outside Henley-on-Thames with a houseful of pets and a husband. She is the author of five books, Sworn Secret, The Judas Scar, In Her Wake, The Cliff House and The Storm which is coming out in July 2020. She is currently working on her sixth novel. A psychological thriller set on the wilds of Bodmin Moor, in Cornwall. If she isn't by the sea then she would like to be.
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Charlotte Duckworth
Charlotte Duckworth
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Title: The Perfect Father
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.charlotteduckworth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/charduck
The Book;
From the author of Unfollow Me comes a dark, surprising suspense of toxic relationships and family secrets . . .
The perfect husband...
After a difficult pregnancy, Esther is grateful that her forward-thinking husband Robin offers to put his career on hold so that she can return to the job she loves.
The perfect father...
Robin flourishes in his new role of stay-at-home parent, but Esther finds leaving her daughter behind to go to work more challenging than she'd thought, and soon the imbalance in their relationship brings old tensions to the surface.
A perfect lie?
Then one day Esther arrives home from work to find Robin and Riley are missing. As the police investigate their disappearance, it becomes clear that nothing about this modern- day family is what it seems...
Was Robin the perfect father everyone thought he was? Or was it all a perfect lie?
The Author:
Charlotte Duckworth is the USA Today bestselling author of The Rival, Unfollow Me, The Perfect Father and upcoming novel The Sanctuary. She started her career working as an interiors and lifestyle journalist, writing for a wide range of consumer magazines and websites. Alongside writing, she now runs her own website design studio.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.charlotteduckworth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/charduck
The Book;
From the author of Unfollow Me comes a dark, surprising suspense of toxic relationships and family secrets . . .
The perfect husband...
After a difficult pregnancy, Esther is grateful that her forward-thinking husband Robin offers to put his career on hold so that she can return to the job she loves.
The perfect father...
Robin flourishes in his new role of stay-at-home parent, but Esther finds leaving her daughter behind to go to work more challenging than she'd thought, and soon the imbalance in their relationship brings old tensions to the surface.
A perfect lie?
Then one day Esther arrives home from work to find Robin and Riley are missing. As the police investigate their disappearance, it becomes clear that nothing about this modern- day family is what it seems...
Was Robin the perfect father everyone thought he was? Or was it all a perfect lie?
The Author:
Charlotte Duckworth is the USA Today bestselling author of The Rival, Unfollow Me, The Perfect Father and upcoming novel The Sanctuary. She started her career working as an interiors and lifestyle journalist, writing for a wide range of consumer magazines and websites. Alongside writing, she now runs her own website design studio.
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Elisabeth Hobbes
Elisabeth Hobbes
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Title: The Secret Agent
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElisabethHobbes
The Book;
My name is Sylvie Duchene and I am a dancer. There is no network. I am just a dancer. I know nothing. Please…I swear it…
An unknown location, occupied France, 1944
Dropping silently behind enemy lines, Sylvia Crichton, codename Monique, is determined to fight for the country of her birth and save it from its Nazi stranglehold.
As one of the dancers at the nightclub Mirabelle, Sylvie’s mission is to entertain the club’s German clientele and learn their secrets. In a world of deception and lies, she can trust no one. Not even Mirabelle’s enigmatic piano player Felix… a part of the resistance or a collaborator?
But despite her SOE training, nothing can prepare Sylvie for the horrors she is about to face – or the pain of losing those she grows closer to undercover…
The Author:
My writing career began when my husband was working away (before the days of Netflix or none of us would be here reading this) and I started writing a story which I entered into Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write contest in 2013 andwas offered my first two book contract (which meant I had to admit what I'd been doing and why the house was such a tip).
I love historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers and romance and have a fondness for dark haired, bearded heroes, though I try to vary things occasionally by having the odd blonde.
I'm a Reception teacher four days a week. Unlike five year olds, my characters generally do what I ask them (and don't come to me with suspiciously damp shoelaces).
Originally from Yorkshire, I live in Cheshire because the car broke down there in 1999 and I never left. I spend any spare time reading and I'm a pro at cooking one-handed while holding a book. I enjoy skiing, singing, and exploring tourist attractions with my family. My kids are resigned to spending their weekends visiting the past and watching me lean too far over railings to get photos. I love hot and sour soup and ginger mojitos- but not at the same time.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://elisabethhobbes.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElisabethHobbes
The Book;
My name is Sylvie Duchene and I am a dancer. There is no network. I am just a dancer. I know nothing. Please…I swear it…
An unknown location, occupied France, 1944
Dropping silently behind enemy lines, Sylvia Crichton, codename Monique, is determined to fight for the country of her birth and save it from its Nazi stranglehold.
As one of the dancers at the nightclub Mirabelle, Sylvie’s mission is to entertain the club’s German clientele and learn their secrets. In a world of deception and lies, she can trust no one. Not even Mirabelle’s enigmatic piano player Felix… a part of the resistance or a collaborator?
But despite her SOE training, nothing can prepare Sylvie for the horrors she is about to face – or the pain of losing those she grows closer to undercover…
The Author:
My writing career began when my husband was working away (before the days of Netflix or none of us would be here reading this) and I started writing a story which I entered into Harlequin's So You Think You Can Write contest in 2013 andwas offered my first two book contract (which meant I had to admit what I'd been doing and why the house was such a tip).
I love historical fiction, mysteries, thrillers and romance and have a fondness for dark haired, bearded heroes, though I try to vary things occasionally by having the odd blonde.
I'm a Reception teacher four days a week. Unlike five year olds, my characters generally do what I ask them (and don't come to me with suspiciously damp shoelaces).
Originally from Yorkshire, I live in Cheshire because the car broke down there in 1999 and I never left. I spend any spare time reading and I'm a pro at cooking one-handed while holding a book. I enjoy skiing, singing, and exploring tourist attractions with my family. My kids are resigned to spending their weekends visiting the past and watching me lean too far over railings to get photos. I love hot and sour soup and ginger mojitos- but not at the same time.
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Helen Peters
Helen Peters
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Two Books:
Title 1: A Donkey Called Mistletoe
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Foal Called Storm
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.helenpetersbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/farmgirlwriter
Book 1; A Donkey Called Mistletoe
Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a large-animal vet, so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals and keeping them out of trouble. Unfortunately, this often means she gets into hot water herself...
A perfect animal story for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon.
When Jasmine learns that Mr Hobson has grown too old to take care of his pet donkey, Mistletoe, she is determined that they won't be parted. Of course, this means Mistletoe will have to come and live with her. With Christmas coming, how can she convince her parents to give her this most unusual present?
Book 2; A Foal Called Storm
Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a large-animal vet, so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals and keeping them out of trouble. Unfortunately, this often means she gets into hot water herself...
A perfect animal story for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon.
When Jasmine finds a lost foal in her father's field, she can't believe her eyes. Who would abandon such a beautiful creature, especially as it's hurt its leg? With the race on to reunite Storm with his mother, Jasmine is determined to solve the mystery and bring the culprits to justice!
The Author:
Helen Peters is the author of The Secret Hen House Theatre. She grew up on an old-fashioned farm in Sussex, surrounded by family, animals and mud. She spent most of her childhood reading stories and putting on plays in a tumbledown shed that she and her friends turned into a theatre. After university, she realised that she needed to find a job where someone would pay her to read stories and put on plays (though maybe not in a tumbledown shed) and so she became an English and Drama teacher. Several years later, finding herself as a stay-at-home mother of two, she decided to have a go at writing the sort of book she’d so enjoyed as a child. Helen lives with her husband and children in London, and she can still hardly believe that she now gets to call herself a writer.
Title 1: A Donkey Called Mistletoe
Genre: Children - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Foal Called Storm
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.helenpetersbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/farmgirlwriter
Book 1; A Donkey Called Mistletoe
Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a large-animal vet, so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals and keeping them out of trouble. Unfortunately, this often means she gets into hot water herself...
A perfect animal story for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon.
When Jasmine learns that Mr Hobson has grown too old to take care of his pet donkey, Mistletoe, she is determined that they won't be parted. Of course, this means Mistletoe will have to come and live with her. With Christmas coming, how can she convince her parents to give her this most unusual present?
Book 2; A Foal Called Storm
Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a large-animal vet, so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals and keeping them out of trouble. Unfortunately, this often means she gets into hot water herself...
A perfect animal story for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters, with beautiful black-and-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon.
When Jasmine finds a lost foal in her father's field, she can't believe her eyes. Who would abandon such a beautiful creature, especially as it's hurt its leg? With the race on to reunite Storm with his mother, Jasmine is determined to solve the mystery and bring the culprits to justice!
The Author:
Helen Peters is the author of The Secret Hen House Theatre. She grew up on an old-fashioned farm in Sussex, surrounded by family, animals and mud. She spent most of her childhood reading stories and putting on plays in a tumbledown shed that she and her friends turned into a theatre. After university, she realised that she needed to find a job where someone would pay her to read stories and put on plays (though maybe not in a tumbledown shed) and so she became an English and Drama teacher. Several years later, finding herself as a stay-at-home mother of two, she decided to have a go at writing the sort of book she’d so enjoyed as a child. Helen lives with her husband and children in London, and she can still hardly believe that she now gets to call herself a writer.
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Anne Fletcher
Anne Fletcher
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Title: From the Mill to Monte Carlo
Genre: History Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Annecfletcher
The Book;
This is the story of a man who went from Yorkshire mill worker to Monte Carlo millionaire. Joseph Hobson Jagger was not a gentleman or an aristocrat; he was a working class Victorian man who entered the textile mills to work when he was a child. What led a man like this to travel to the entirely alien world of the south of France at a time when most people still lived and died within a few miles of where they were born? The trains that took him to Monte Carlo were relatively new and still dangerous, he did not speak French and he had never before left the north of England. His motivation was strong and desperate. Jagger, his wife and four children, the youngest of whom was only two, faced debtors’ prison, an institution which was brutal and harsh and from which many were never released. His business had failed and the only escape seemed to be a desperate gamble on the roulette tables. Jagger’s legacy is felt in casinos worldwide. The spirit levels on tables and moveable partitions in the wheels that were introduced after he broke the bank make it nearly impossible to win with his methods now, although many still try.
The Author:
Anne Fletcher is an historian and writer. She has a successful career in heritage and has worked at some of the most exciting historic sites in the country including Hampton Court Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Bletchley Park and Tower Bridge. She is the great-great-great niece of Joseph Hobson Jagger, ‘the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo’ and he is the subject of her book From the Mill to Monte Carlo published on 15 July by Amberley Publishing. Her search for his story started with only a photograph, a newspaper article and the lyrics of the famous song.
Genre: History Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Annecfletcher
The Book;
This is the story of a man who went from Yorkshire mill worker to Monte Carlo millionaire. Joseph Hobson Jagger was not a gentleman or an aristocrat; he was a working class Victorian man who entered the textile mills to work when he was a child. What led a man like this to travel to the entirely alien world of the south of France at a time when most people still lived and died within a few miles of where they were born? The trains that took him to Monte Carlo were relatively new and still dangerous, he did not speak French and he had never before left the north of England. His motivation was strong and desperate. Jagger, his wife and four children, the youngest of whom was only two, faced debtors’ prison, an institution which was brutal and harsh and from which many were never released. His business had failed and the only escape seemed to be a desperate gamble on the roulette tables. Jagger’s legacy is felt in casinos worldwide. The spirit levels on tables and moveable partitions in the wheels that were introduced after he broke the bank make it nearly impossible to win with his methods now, although many still try.
The Author:
Anne Fletcher is an historian and writer. She has a successful career in heritage and has worked at some of the most exciting historic sites in the country including Hampton Court Palace, St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Bletchley Park and Tower Bridge. She is the great-great-great niece of Joseph Hobson Jagger, ‘the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo’ and he is the subject of her book From the Mill to Monte Carlo published on 15 July by Amberley Publishing. Her search for his story started with only a photograph, a newspaper article and the lyrics of the famous song.
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Cherry Cobb
Cherry Cobb
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Title: Becky Bloomsfield
Genre: Children (Upper - Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://cherrycobb.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cherryvcobb
The Book;
Ever since Mum died life has been hard for eleven\-year\-old Becky Bloomsfield, but everything gets turned upside down when Dad brings home his new girlfriend, Posh Penny!\n\nNot only does Becky feel like her mum is being replaced, but Dad no longer seems to have time for her either! Everything becomes so much harder when she is accused of stealing and falls out with her best friend Cassie.\n\nWill Becky get her dad and her best friend back? Or has life as Becky knew it changed forever?
The Author:
Cherry Cobb is an author from Somerset, England. She has two cats and a kitten that like to spend their time sitting on her keyboard when she is trying to write. When Cherry isn't writing or daydreaming she can be found underneath several balls of wool which she is determined, with the help of some nifty wooden knitting needles to turn into a scarf for some unfortunate recipient.
Cherry loves nothing more than chatting all things books with children, she is available for school visits, virtual and physical and is happy to respond to fan mail.
Genre: Children (Upper - Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://cherrycobb.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cherryvcobb
The Book;
Ever since Mum died life has been hard for eleven\-year\-old Becky Bloomsfield, but everything gets turned upside down when Dad brings home his new girlfriend, Posh Penny!\n\nNot only does Becky feel like her mum is being replaced, but Dad no longer seems to have time for her either! Everything becomes so much harder when she is accused of stealing and falls out with her best friend Cassie.\n\nWill Becky get her dad and her best friend back? Or has life as Becky knew it changed forever?
The Author:
Cherry Cobb is an author from Somerset, England. She has two cats and a kitten that like to spend their time sitting on her keyboard when she is trying to write. When Cherry isn't writing or daydreaming she can be found underneath several balls of wool which she is determined, with the help of some nifty wooden knitting needles to turn into a scarf for some unfortunate recipient.
Cherry loves nothing more than chatting all things books with children, she is available for school visits, virtual and physical and is happy to respond to fan mail.
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Doc Sarah Lonsdale
Doc Sarah Lonsdale
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Title: Rebel Women Between the Wars:Fearless Writers and Adventurers
Genre: History (Feminist)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8uj0khy_p0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahJLonsdale
The Book;
What did it mean to be a 'rebel woman' in the interwar years? Taking the form of a multiple biography, this book traces the struggles, passions and achievements of a set of 'fearlessly determined' women who stopped at nothing to make their mark in the traditionally masculine environments of mountaineering, politics, engineering and journalism. From the motorist Claudia Parsons to the 'star' reporter Margaret Lane, the mountaineer Dorothy Pilley and the journalist Shiela Grant Duff, the women charted in this book challenged the status quo in all walks of life, alongside writing vivid, eye-witness accounts of their adventures. Recovering their voices across a range of texts including novels, poems, journalism and diaries, Rebel women between the wars reveals their inch by inch gains won through courageous and sometimes controversial and dangerous actions .
The Author:
Sarah Lonsdale is a journalist and writer, living in Whitstable, by the sea, and working at City University, London. She was a reporter on the Observer newspaper, and freelanced for most major newspapers and magazines before studying for her PhD on journalists in fiction in 2009 - 2013. She now teaches journalism at City University and contributes to newspapers and websites.
Genre: History (Feminist)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8uj0khy_p0
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahJLonsdale
The Book;
What did it mean to be a 'rebel woman' in the interwar years? Taking the form of a multiple biography, this book traces the struggles, passions and achievements of a set of 'fearlessly determined' women who stopped at nothing to make their mark in the traditionally masculine environments of mountaineering, politics, engineering and journalism. From the motorist Claudia Parsons to the 'star' reporter Margaret Lane, the mountaineer Dorothy Pilley and the journalist Shiela Grant Duff, the women charted in this book challenged the status quo in all walks of life, alongside writing vivid, eye-witness accounts of their adventures. Recovering their voices across a range of texts including novels, poems, journalism and diaries, Rebel women between the wars reveals their inch by inch gains won through courageous and sometimes controversial and dangerous actions .
The Author:
Sarah Lonsdale is a journalist and writer, living in Whitstable, by the sea, and working at City University, London. She was a reporter on the Observer newspaper, and freelanced for most major newspapers and magazines before studying for her PhD on journalists in fiction in 2009 - 2013. She now teaches journalism at City University and contributes to newspapers and websites.
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Pam Bell
Pam Bell
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Three Books: Emmerdale Series
Title 1: Christmas at Emmerdale
Genre: T.V. & Film Saga
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Spring Comes to Emmerdale
Genre: T.V. & Film Saga
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Emmerdale at War
Genre: T.V. & Film Saga
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorFlora
Book 1; Christmas at Emmerdale
A wonderful Christmas gift for fans of ITV's Emmerdale and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set in wartime.
August 1914, and a terrible war begins, one that will affect the lives of everyone in the village of Beckindale. For Maggie Sugden, left to run Emmerdale Farm on her own while her husband, Joe, is at the front, it will bring grief and loss but also independence and the chance to find a place to belong - and perhaps even to love again.
Christmas At Emmerdale is the first in a sweeping new saga series, exploring the lives of Emmerdale's much-loved families during the run up to the Great War.
Book 2: Spring Comes to Emmerdale
'Enthralling. Spring Comes to Emmerdale is beautifully written and researched' - Lancashire Evening Post
A must for fans of ITV's Emmerdale, and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set during wartime.
'Amazing! All the familiar names here, not least, the Dingles!' - Amazon reviewer, 5 stars World War I wages on, and the families of Emmerdale are trying their best to move on from tragedy, while the effects of war still resonate throughout the village of Beckindale. Though grief and loss permeate, Maggie Sugden, Rose Haywood and the other inhabitants of the village are finding independence, the chance to make their own happiness - and even opening themselves up to find love. Featuring firm fan favourites like the Dingles, The Woolpack Pub and Emmerdale Farm itself, this will be a delight for any Emmerdale fan.'Totally brilliant and gripping - didn't want it to end' - Amazon reviewer on Christmas at Emmerdale Like the first in the series, Christmas At Emmerdale, the second novel explores the lives of Emmerdale's much-loved families during the Great War and beyond, and how the nation's favourite village copes with the loves and lives lost.
Book 3: Emmerdale at War
Emmerdale at War is a must for fans of ITV's Emmerdale, and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set during wartime.
The third novel in the Emmerdale series transports us to the Yorkshire Dales in the midst of World War II, exploring the lives of Emmerdale's much-loved families. Will the nation's favourite village overcome adversity to deal with the loves and lives lost?
The Author:
Pamela Bell began writing over 30 years ago to fund a PhD on waste disposal in Tudor York and has juggled fact and fiction ever since. As Jessica Hart or Pamela Hartshorne, she has written over 70 books, including novels and non-fiction, across a wide range of subjects, from importing cars to royal palaces and from category romance to historical fiction. Pam lives in York and continues to be fascinated by the relationship between the past and the present, whatever she happens to be writing.
Title 1: Christmas at Emmerdale
Genre: T.V. & Film Saga
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Spring Comes to Emmerdale
Genre: T.V. & Film Saga
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Emmerdale at War
Genre: T.V. & Film Saga
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorFlora
Book 1; Christmas at Emmerdale
A wonderful Christmas gift for fans of ITV's Emmerdale and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set in wartime.
August 1914, and a terrible war begins, one that will affect the lives of everyone in the village of Beckindale. For Maggie Sugden, left to run Emmerdale Farm on her own while her husband, Joe, is at the front, it will bring grief and loss but also independence and the chance to find a place to belong - and perhaps even to love again.
Christmas At Emmerdale is the first in a sweeping new saga series, exploring the lives of Emmerdale's much-loved families during the run up to the Great War.
Book 2: Spring Comes to Emmerdale
'Enthralling. Spring Comes to Emmerdale is beautifully written and researched' - Lancashire Evening Post
A must for fans of ITV's Emmerdale, and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set during wartime.
'Amazing! All the familiar names here, not least, the Dingles!' - Amazon reviewer, 5 stars World War I wages on, and the families of Emmerdale are trying their best to move on from tragedy, while the effects of war still resonate throughout the village of Beckindale. Though grief and loss permeate, Maggie Sugden, Rose Haywood and the other inhabitants of the village are finding independence, the chance to make their own happiness - and even opening themselves up to find love. Featuring firm fan favourites like the Dingles, The Woolpack Pub and Emmerdale Farm itself, this will be a delight for any Emmerdale fan.'Totally brilliant and gripping - didn't want it to end' - Amazon reviewer on Christmas at Emmerdale Like the first in the series, Christmas At Emmerdale, the second novel explores the lives of Emmerdale's much-loved families during the Great War and beyond, and how the nation's favourite village copes with the loves and lives lost.
Book 3: Emmerdale at War
Emmerdale at War is a must for fans of ITV's Emmerdale, and readers who love heartwarming and heartbreaking stories set during wartime.
The third novel in the Emmerdale series transports us to the Yorkshire Dales in the midst of World War II, exploring the lives of Emmerdale's much-loved families. Will the nation's favourite village overcome adversity to deal with the loves and lives lost?
The Author:
Pamela Bell began writing over 30 years ago to fund a PhD on waste disposal in Tudor York and has juggled fact and fiction ever since. As Jessica Hart or Pamela Hartshorne, she has written over 70 books, including novels and non-fiction, across a wide range of subjects, from importing cars to royal palaces and from category romance to historical fiction. Pam lives in York and continues to be fascinated by the relationship between the past and the present, whatever she happens to be writing.
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Title: The Cursed Wife
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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The Book;
A gripping historical thriller by the author of Time's Echo, Pamela Hartshorne.
The Cursed Wife is a page-turning, psychological thriller set in Elizabethan London, by the author of Time's Echo, Pamela Hartshorne.
Mary is content with her life as wife to Gabriel Thorne, a wealthy merchant in Elizabethan London. She loves her husband and her family, is a kind mistress to the household and is well-respected in the neighbourhood. She does her best to forget that as a small girl she was cursed for causing the death of a vagrant child, a curse that predicts that she will hang. She tells herself that she is safe.
But Mary's whole life is based on a lie. She is not the woman her husband believes her to be, and when one rainy day she ventures to Cheapside, the past catches up with her and sets her on a path that leads her to the gibbet and the fulfilment of the curse.
The Author:
After a haphazard early career spent working and travelling around the world, I started writing romance in order to fund a PhD in Medieval Studies. Naturally, that didn't turn out to be quite the easy option I thought it would be, but I did in the end complete a thesis on the street and the perception of public space in later medieval and early modern York in 2004. My research formed the basis of TIME'S ECHO, and many of the individuals I encountered in the records of Elizabethan York appear in the novel.
I'm fascinated by the relationship between the past and the present and have always enjoyed 'time slip' novels and how they explore the possibility that it might be possible to go back in time and see what it was "really like". As a trained historian, I know that could never be possible, but as a storyteller, I find the premise irresistible ...
I still live in York and continue to write romances as Jessica Hart in tandem with time slip novels for Pan Macmillan - and yes I *do* often get confused by my split identities!
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorFlora
The Book;
A gripping historical thriller by the author of Time's Echo, Pamela Hartshorne.
The Cursed Wife is a page-turning, psychological thriller set in Elizabethan London, by the author of Time's Echo, Pamela Hartshorne.
Mary is content with her life as wife to Gabriel Thorne, a wealthy merchant in Elizabethan London. She loves her husband and her family, is a kind mistress to the household and is well-respected in the neighbourhood. She does her best to forget that as a small girl she was cursed for causing the death of a vagrant child, a curse that predicts that she will hang. She tells herself that she is safe.
But Mary's whole life is based on a lie. She is not the woman her husband believes her to be, and when one rainy day she ventures to Cheapside, the past catches up with her and sets her on a path that leads her to the gibbet and the fulfilment of the curse.
The Author:
After a haphazard early career spent working and travelling around the world, I started writing romance in order to fund a PhD in Medieval Studies. Naturally, that didn't turn out to be quite the easy option I thought it would be, but I did in the end complete a thesis on the street and the perception of public space in later medieval and early modern York in 2004. My research formed the basis of TIME'S ECHO, and many of the individuals I encountered in the records of Elizabethan York appear in the novel.
I'm fascinated by the relationship between the past and the present and have always enjoyed 'time slip' novels and how they explore the possibility that it might be possible to go back in time and see what it was "really like". As a trained historian, I know that could never be possible, but as a storyteller, I find the premise irresistible ...
I still live in York and continue to write romances as Jessica Hart in tandem with time slip novels for Pan Macmillan - and yes I *do* often get confused by my split identities!
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Flora Harding
Flora Harding
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Title: Before The Crown
Genre: Historical Fiction / Faction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Windsor Castle, 1943
As war rages across the world, Princess Elizabeth comes face to face with the dashing naval officer she first met in London nine years before.
One of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy, Philip represents everything she has always been taught to avoid. Instability. Audacity. Adventure.
But when the king learns of their relationship, the suitability of the foreign prince is questioned by all at court.
He is the risk she has never been allowed to take. The risk not even the shadow of the crown will stop her from taking…
Step through the palace gates and discover a captivating historical novel of royal secrets and forbidden love exploring the tempestuous courtship between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in the wake of WWII.
The Author:
I started writing to fund a PhD on waste disposal in the Elizabethan city and have been juggling fact and fiction ever since. I write across various fiction genres and have written a number of histories and guides, too, on subjects ranging from cathedrals and car distributors to royal palaces. I'm a walker, a traveller, a cook and a card player, and I live in the centre of York, a historic city in the north of England, although I spend a lot of time yearning for the big skies and open horizons of moorland, coast or desert.
Genre: Historical Fiction / Faction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorFlora
The Book;
Windsor Castle, 1943
As war rages across the world, Princess Elizabeth comes face to face with the dashing naval officer she first met in London nine years before.
One of the youngest first lieutenants in the Royal Navy, Philip represents everything she has always been taught to avoid. Instability. Audacity. Adventure.
But when the king learns of their relationship, the suitability of the foreign prince is questioned by all at court.
He is the risk she has never been allowed to take. The risk not even the shadow of the crown will stop her from taking…
Step through the palace gates and discover a captivating historical novel of royal secrets and forbidden love exploring the tempestuous courtship between Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip in the wake of WWII.
The Author:
I started writing to fund a PhD on waste disposal in the Elizabethan city and have been juggling fact and fiction ever since. I write across various fiction genres and have written a number of histories and guides, too, on subjects ranging from cathedrals and car distributors to royal palaces. I'm a walker, a traveller, a cook and a card player, and I live in the centre of York, a historic city in the north of England, although I spend a lot of time yearning for the big skies and open horizons of moorland, coast or desert.
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Rosanna Ley
Rosanna Ley
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Title: The Orange Grove
Genre: Romance Emotional Drama
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmgj1ElW030
Website: https://rosannaley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RosannaLey
The Book;
Holly loves making marmalade. Now she has a chance to leave her stressful city job and pursue her dream - of returning to the Dorset landscape of her childhood to open Bitter Orange, a shop celebrating the fruit that first inspired her.
Holly's mother Ella has always loved Seville. So why is she reluctant to go back there with Holly to source products for the shop? What is she frightened of - and does it have anything to do with the old Spanish recipe for Seville orange and almond cake that Ella keeps hidden from her family?
In Seville, where she was once forced to make the hardest decision of her life, Ella must finally face up to the past, while Holly meets someone who poses a threat to all her plans. Seville is a city full of sunshine and oranges. But it can also be bittersweet. Will love survive the secrets of the orange grove?
The Author:
Rosanna Ley has worked as a creative writing tutor for over 15 years. Affiliated to several colleges and universities in England, she also runs her own writing courses in the UK and abroad. She has worked with community groups in therapeutic settings and completed an MA in creative writing for personal development in order to support this. Her writing holidays and retreats take place in stunning locations in Italy and Spain and whilst not teaching or writing she mentors and appraises the work of new writers. Rosanna has had numerous articles and short stories published in UK magazines, and 12 novels of contemporary fiction published in the U.K, Germany, Greece and the U.S.A under a pseudonym. Her books are inspired by the culture and landscapes of Italy, Sicily and the Canary Islands and feature strong female voices from the past and present, along with an intense undercurrent of mystery and romance. Rosanna spends some time every year travelling around Europe looking for writing inspiration and more tranquil settings for writing holidays. She loves cliff walking and her favourite writing place is somewhere with a sea view. When she is not travelling, Rosanna lives with her artist husband in a Victorian cottage in West Dorset by the sea.
Genre: Romance Emotional Drama
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmgj1ElW030
Website: https://rosannaley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RosannaLey
The Book;
Holly loves making marmalade. Now she has a chance to leave her stressful city job and pursue her dream - of returning to the Dorset landscape of her childhood to open Bitter Orange, a shop celebrating the fruit that first inspired her.
Holly's mother Ella has always loved Seville. So why is she reluctant to go back there with Holly to source products for the shop? What is she frightened of - and does it have anything to do with the old Spanish recipe for Seville orange and almond cake that Ella keeps hidden from her family?
In Seville, where she was once forced to make the hardest decision of her life, Ella must finally face up to the past, while Holly meets someone who poses a threat to all her plans. Seville is a city full of sunshine and oranges. But it can also be bittersweet. Will love survive the secrets of the orange grove?
The Author:
Rosanna Ley has worked as a creative writing tutor for over 15 years. Affiliated to several colleges and universities in England, she also runs her own writing courses in the UK and abroad. She has worked with community groups in therapeutic settings and completed an MA in creative writing for personal development in order to support this. Her writing holidays and retreats take place in stunning locations in Italy and Spain and whilst not teaching or writing she mentors and appraises the work of new writers. Rosanna has had numerous articles and short stories published in UK magazines, and 12 novels of contemporary fiction published in the U.K, Germany, Greece and the U.S.A under a pseudonym. Her books are inspired by the culture and landscapes of Italy, Sicily and the Canary Islands and feature strong female voices from the past and present, along with an intense undercurrent of mystery and romance. Rosanna spends some time every year travelling around Europe looking for writing inspiration and more tranquil settings for writing holidays. She loves cliff walking and her favourite writing place is somewhere with a sea view. When she is not travelling, Rosanna lives with her artist husband in a Victorian cottage in West Dorset by the sea.
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RJ Scott
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Title: Single Dads
Genre: Contemporary Romance (MM)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://rjscott.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rjscott_author
The Book;
Reeling from the painful rejection of a man he thought he loved, Asher is left holding the baby.
Ash wants a family, and is determined to continue with a surrogacy he’d begun with his ex. Bringing baby Mia home, he vows that he will be the best father he can be. Nothing in this world matters more to him than caring for his daughter, not even accidentally falling in lust with the doctor next door. Challenged by his growing attraction to Sean, and confronted by painful memories of his family, Ash has to learn that love is all that matters.
When ER doctor Sean moves in with his friends next door to sexy single father Ash, he falls so quickly it takes his breath away. The sex they have is hot, but Ash is adamant his heart is too full with love for his daughter to let anyone else in. Why is Sean the only one who sees how scared Ash is, and how can he prove to his new lover that he desperately wants the three of them to become a family?
The Author:
RJ Scott is a USA TODAY bestselling author of over 140 romance and suspense novels. From bodyguards to hockey stars, princes to millionaires, cowboys to military, she believes that love is love and every man deserves their own happy ending.
Genre: Contemporary Romance (MM)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://rjscott.co.uk
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The Book;
Reeling from the painful rejection of a man he thought he loved, Asher is left holding the baby.
Ash wants a family, and is determined to continue with a surrogacy he’d begun with his ex. Bringing baby Mia home, he vows that he will be the best father he can be. Nothing in this world matters more to him than caring for his daughter, not even accidentally falling in lust with the doctor next door. Challenged by his growing attraction to Sean, and confronted by painful memories of his family, Ash has to learn that love is all that matters.
When ER doctor Sean moves in with his friends next door to sexy single father Ash, he falls so quickly it takes his breath away. The sex they have is hot, but Ash is adamant his heart is too full with love for his daughter to let anyone else in. Why is Sean the only one who sees how scared Ash is, and how can he prove to his new lover that he desperately wants the three of them to become a family?
The Author:
RJ Scott is a USA TODAY bestselling author of over 140 romance and suspense novels. From bodyguards to hockey stars, princes to millionaires, cowboys to military, she believes that love is love and every man deserves their own happy ending.
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Emma Davies
Emma Davies
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Title: The Little Island Secret
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.emmadaviesauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmDaviesAuthor
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When Abby steps off the ferry and onto the tiny island of Kinlossay, she squeezes her daughter’s hand and prays this trip will be the escape they both so desperately need. For now, at least, Beth is safe from the bullies making her life a misery, and perhaps Abby might find out more about the mysterious man behind the letters she’s been receiving…
Cameron first got in touch to see if Abby’s shop stocked his favourite book. And has written every day since to tell her of his life on his rugged little island, where buttercups dance on rolling fields and the sky never stops moving. The weekend he once came to visit her - singing with Beth in the kitchen, kissing Abby’s lips so tenderly - is a memory she will treasure forever. But then, one day, the messages stopped. Abby received the heartbreaking news that Cameron had passed away.
As she watches her daughter run laughing along the windswept beaches he described so perfectly, Abby wonders if this goodbye trip could also be a new beginning. But then she sees a face across the street that she recognises instantly, and her heart shatters. If Cameron is dead, who is this man? What devastating secrets has this little island been keeping? The truth will change Abby and her daughter’s life forever – but only if they let it…
The Author;
After a varied career, Emma Davies once worked for a design studio where she was asked to provide a fun and humorous (and not necessarily true) anecdote for their website. She wrote the following: 'I am a bestselling novelist currently masquerading as a thirty something mother of three.' Well the job in the design studio didn't work out but she's now a forty something mother of three and is happy to report the rest of her dream came true.
After many years as a finance manager she now writes full time, and is far happier playing with words than numbers. She lives with her husband, three children, and two guinea pigs in rural Shropshire where she writes in all the gaps in between real life. It's a county she adores, her love of its beautiful people and landscapes providing endless inspiration for her books, and in fact the only thing that would make Shropshire more idyllic is if it were by the sea.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.emmadaviesauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmDaviesAuthor
The Book:
When Abby steps off the ferry and onto the tiny island of Kinlossay, she squeezes her daughter’s hand and prays this trip will be the escape they both so desperately need. For now, at least, Beth is safe from the bullies making her life a misery, and perhaps Abby might find out more about the mysterious man behind the letters she’s been receiving…
Cameron first got in touch to see if Abby’s shop stocked his favourite book. And has written every day since to tell her of his life on his rugged little island, where buttercups dance on rolling fields and the sky never stops moving. The weekend he once came to visit her - singing with Beth in the kitchen, kissing Abby’s lips so tenderly - is a memory she will treasure forever. But then, one day, the messages stopped. Abby received the heartbreaking news that Cameron had passed away.
As she watches her daughter run laughing along the windswept beaches he described so perfectly, Abby wonders if this goodbye trip could also be a new beginning. But then she sees a face across the street that she recognises instantly, and her heart shatters. If Cameron is dead, who is this man? What devastating secrets has this little island been keeping? The truth will change Abby and her daughter’s life forever – but only if they let it…
The Author;
After a varied career, Emma Davies once worked for a design studio where she was asked to provide a fun and humorous (and not necessarily true) anecdote for their website. She wrote the following: 'I am a bestselling novelist currently masquerading as a thirty something mother of three.' Well the job in the design studio didn't work out but she's now a forty something mother of three and is happy to report the rest of her dream came true.
After many years as a finance manager she now writes full time, and is far happier playing with words than numbers. She lives with her husband, three children, and two guinea pigs in rural Shropshire where she writes in all the gaps in between real life. It's a county she adores, her love of its beautiful people and landscapes providing endless inspiration for her books, and in fact the only thing that would make Shropshire more idyllic is if it were by the sea.
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Marika Cobbold
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Title: On Hampstead Heath
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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Website: http://www.marikacobbold.com
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Thorn Marsh was raised in a house of whispers, of meaningful glances and half- finished sentences. Now she's a journalist with a passion for truth, more devoted to her work at the London Journal than she ever was to her ex-husband.
When the newspaper is bought by media giant The Goring Group, who value sales figures over fact-checking, Thorn openly questions their methods, and promptly finds herself moved from the news desk to the midweek supplement, reporting heart-warming stories for their new segment, The Bright Side, a job to which she is spectacularly unsuited.
On a final warning and with no heart-warming news in sight, a desperate Thorn fabricates a good-news story of her own. The story, centred on an angelic apparition on Hampstead Heath, goes viral. Caught between her principles and her ambitions, Thorn goes in search of the truth behind her creation, only to find the answers locked away in the unconscious mind of a stranger.
Marika Cobbold returns with her eighth novel, On Hampstead Heath. Sharp, poignant, and infused with dark humour, On Hampstead Heath is an homage to storytelling and to truth; to the tales we tell ourselves, and the stories that save us.
The Author:
Marika Cobbold was born in Sweden to a family of storytellers and journalists. Growing up she successfully diluted the Scandinavian gloom born of Strindberg and Lagerlof by reading the entire oeuvre of PG Wodehouse (in translation). Having resisted following in family footsteps she eventually succumbed and wrote her first novel, Guppies For Tea which was a WH Smith Fresh Talent pick, shortlisted for the Sunday Express Novel of the Year prize and made into a German feature film. Marika now has a number of short stories published in Swedish and British magazines and novels published across Europe and North America.
Marika lives and works in North London, secure now she's finally got British citizenship. (She had to sit an English test; her work having been a set text for GCE English exams was deemed insufficient evidence of proficiency.)
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.marikacobbold.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Marikacobbold
The Book;
Thorn Marsh was raised in a house of whispers, of meaningful glances and half- finished sentences. Now she's a journalist with a passion for truth, more devoted to her work at the London Journal than she ever was to her ex-husband.
When the newspaper is bought by media giant The Goring Group, who value sales figures over fact-checking, Thorn openly questions their methods, and promptly finds herself moved from the news desk to the midweek supplement, reporting heart-warming stories for their new segment, The Bright Side, a job to which she is spectacularly unsuited.
On a final warning and with no heart-warming news in sight, a desperate Thorn fabricates a good-news story of her own. The story, centred on an angelic apparition on Hampstead Heath, goes viral. Caught between her principles and her ambitions, Thorn goes in search of the truth behind her creation, only to find the answers locked away in the unconscious mind of a stranger.
Marika Cobbold returns with her eighth novel, On Hampstead Heath. Sharp, poignant, and infused with dark humour, On Hampstead Heath is an homage to storytelling and to truth; to the tales we tell ourselves, and the stories that save us.
The Author:
Marika Cobbold was born in Sweden to a family of storytellers and journalists. Growing up she successfully diluted the Scandinavian gloom born of Strindberg and Lagerlof by reading the entire oeuvre of PG Wodehouse (in translation). Having resisted following in family footsteps she eventually succumbed and wrote her first novel, Guppies For Tea which was a WH Smith Fresh Talent pick, shortlisted for the Sunday Express Novel of the Year prize and made into a German feature film. Marika now has a number of short stories published in Swedish and British magazines and novels published across Europe and North America.
Marika lives and works in North London, secure now she's finally got British citizenship. (She had to sit an English test; her work having been a set text for GCE English exams was deemed insufficient evidence of proficiency.)
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Sam Carrington
Sam Carrington
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Title: The Open House
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Website: https://samcarringtonauthor.com
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The Book;
Everyone's welcome. But not everyone leaves...
Nick and Amber Miller are splitting up and selling their Devon family home. But despite the desirable location, the house isn't moving. Not a single viewing so far.
When their estate agent suggests an open house event, Amber agrees, even as she worries about their gossiping neighbours attending and snooping around their home.
But Amber has more to worry about than nosy neighbours. Because thirteen people enter her house that afternoon, and only twelve leave.
Someone doesn't want the house to sell, and is willing to do anything to stop it...
The Author:
Sam Carrington lives in Devon with her husband, two border terriers and a cat. She has three adult children and a new grandson! She worked for the NHS for fifteen years, during which time she qualified as a nurse. Following the completion of a psychology degree she went to work for the prison service as an Offending Behaviour Programme Facilitator. Her experiences within this field inspired her writing. She left the service to spend time with her family and to follow her dream of being a novelist.
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The Book;
Everyone's welcome. But not everyone leaves...
Nick and Amber Miller are splitting up and selling their Devon family home. But despite the desirable location, the house isn't moving. Not a single viewing so far.
When their estate agent suggests an open house event, Amber agrees, even as she worries about their gossiping neighbours attending and snooping around their home.
But Amber has more to worry about than nosy neighbours. Because thirteen people enter her house that afternoon, and only twelve leave.
Someone doesn't want the house to sell, and is willing to do anything to stop it...
The Author:
Sam Carrington lives in Devon with her husband, two border terriers and a cat. She has three adult children and a new grandson! She worked for the NHS for fifteen years, during which time she qualified as a nurse. Following the completion of a psychology degree she went to work for the prison service as an Offending Behaviour Programme Facilitator. Her experiences within this field inspired her writing. She left the service to spend time with her family and to follow her dream of being a novelist.
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Noelle Holten
Noelle Holten
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Two Books:
Title 1: Dead Inside
Genre: Thriller
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Title 2: Dead Wrong
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Book 1: Dead Inside
When three domestic abuse offenders are found beaten to death, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she is facing her toughest case yet.
The police suspect that Probation Officer Lucy Sherwood – who is connected to all three victims – is hiding a dark secret. Then a fourth domestic abuser is brutally murdered. And he is Lucy’s husband.
Now the finger of suspicion points at Lucy and the police are running out of time. Can Maggie and her team solve the murders before another person dies? And is Lucy really a cold-blooded killer?
Book 2: Dead Wrong
The serial killer is behind bars. But the murders are just beginning…
DC Maggie Jamieson's past comes back to haunt her in this dark and gripping serial killer thriller.
Three missing women running out of time…
They were abducted years ago. Notorious serial killer Bill Raven admitted to killing them and was sentenced to life.
The case was closed – at least DC Maggie Jamieson thought it was…
But now one of them has been found, dismembered and dumped in a bin bag in town.
Forensics reveal that she died just two days ago, when Raven was behind bars, so Maggie has a second killer to find.
Because even if the other missing women are still alive, one thing’s for certain: they don’t have long left to live…
The Author:
Noelle Holten is an award-winning blogger at http://www.crimebookjunkie.co.uk. She is the PR & Social Media Manager for Bookouture, a leading digital publisher in the UK, and was a regular reviewer on the Two Crime Writers and a Microphone podcast. Noelle worked as a Senior Probation Officer for eighteen years, covering a variety of cases including those involving serious domestic abuse. She has three Hons BA's - Philosophy, Sociology (Crime & Deviance) and Community Justice - and a Masters in Criminology. Noelle's hobbies include reading, author-stalking and sharing the booklove via her blog.
Dead Inside is her debut novel with One More Chapter / Killer Reads/Harper Collins UK and the start of a new series featuring DC Maggie Jamieson.
Title 1: Dead Inside
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Dead Wrong
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/noelle-holten
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nholten40
Book 1: Dead Inside
When three domestic abuse offenders are found beaten to death, DC Maggie Jamieson knows she is facing her toughest case yet.
The police suspect that Probation Officer Lucy Sherwood – who is connected to all three victims – is hiding a dark secret. Then a fourth domestic abuser is brutally murdered. And he is Lucy’s husband.
Now the finger of suspicion points at Lucy and the police are running out of time. Can Maggie and her team solve the murders before another person dies? And is Lucy really a cold-blooded killer?
Book 2: Dead Wrong
The serial killer is behind bars. But the murders are just beginning…
DC Maggie Jamieson's past comes back to haunt her in this dark and gripping serial killer thriller.
Three missing women running out of time…
They were abducted years ago. Notorious serial killer Bill Raven admitted to killing them and was sentenced to life.
The case was closed – at least DC Maggie Jamieson thought it was…
But now one of them has been found, dismembered and dumped in a bin bag in town.
Forensics reveal that she died just two days ago, when Raven was behind bars, so Maggie has a second killer to find.
Because even if the other missing women are still alive, one thing’s for certain: they don’t have long left to live…
The Author:
Noelle Holten is an award-winning blogger at http://www.crimebookjunkie.co.uk. She is the PR & Social Media Manager for Bookouture, a leading digital publisher in the UK, and was a regular reviewer on the Two Crime Writers and a Microphone podcast. Noelle worked as a Senior Probation Officer for eighteen years, covering a variety of cases including those involving serious domestic abuse. She has three Hons BA's - Philosophy, Sociology (Crime & Deviance) and Community Justice - and a Masters in Criminology. Noelle's hobbies include reading, author-stalking and sharing the booklove via her blog.
Dead Inside is her debut novel with One More Chapter / Killer Reads/Harper Collins UK and the start of a new series featuring DC Maggie Jamieson.
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Manda Mellett
Manda Mellett
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Title: Turning Wheels
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/manda_mellett
The Book;
Sophie All I did was try to help my best friend escape her abusive boyfriend. And for that I ended up in a wheelchair. Life's no longer worth living. No man will want me now. Then I find my nightmare is only beginning when Ethan wants me as leverage to get his woman back. I end up under the protection of the Satan's Devils, an outlaw motorcycle club in Arizona. The woman I was would have been in her element among a group of handsome, rugged bikers; the disabled woman I am now feels scared and vulnerable, and soon I find this isn't the safest place to hide. But with a contract out on me, there's nowhere else for me to go. There's one reason for me to stay, the VP of the Satan's Devils who teaches me to feel like a whole woman again. Wraith She doesn't fit into our world. Fuck, even if she wasn't in that damn wheelchair she'd be out of her element. But as soon as I saw her something attracted me to her. From the start I wanted her, but she thinks she's undesirable and is scared of taking a man to her bed as though her disability defines who she is. I'm going to need to teach her she's wrong. But before I can take my chance everything goes to shit. She's under our protection, but we fail to protect her from one of our own.
The Author:
Manda’s life's always seemed a bit weird, starting with a childhood that even today she’s still trying to make sense of, then losing her parents in the late teens. Going from the tragic to the bizarre, who else could be unlucky enough to have had two car accidents, neither her fault, one involving a nun, and another involving a police woman?
There isn’t enough space to list everything that’s happened to Manda, or what she’s learned from it. But by using the rich fabric of her personal life, psychology degree, varied work experiences, and amazing characters she’s met, Manda is able to populate her books with believable in-depth characters and enjoys pitting them against situations which challenge them. Her books are full of suspense, twists and turns and the unexpected.
Manda lives in the beautiful countryside of Essex in the UK, the area’s claim to fame being the Wilkin’s Jam Factory at nearby Tiptree. She can usually find jars of jam which remind her of home wherever she goes. As well as writing books and reading, Manda loves walking her dogs and keeping fit. She lives with her husband of over 30 years, who, along with her son, is her greatest fan and supporter.
Manda is thankful that one of the more unusual, and at the time unpleasant, turns her life took, now enables her to spend her time writing. Confirming, in her view, every cloud has a silver lining.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/manda_mellett
The Book;
Sophie All I did was try to help my best friend escape her abusive boyfriend. And for that I ended up in a wheelchair. Life's no longer worth living. No man will want me now. Then I find my nightmare is only beginning when Ethan wants me as leverage to get his woman back. I end up under the protection of the Satan's Devils, an outlaw motorcycle club in Arizona. The woman I was would have been in her element among a group of handsome, rugged bikers; the disabled woman I am now feels scared and vulnerable, and soon I find this isn't the safest place to hide. But with a contract out on me, there's nowhere else for me to go. There's one reason for me to stay, the VP of the Satan's Devils who teaches me to feel like a whole woman again. Wraith She doesn't fit into our world. Fuck, even if she wasn't in that damn wheelchair she'd be out of her element. But as soon as I saw her something attracted me to her. From the start I wanted her, but she thinks she's undesirable and is scared of taking a man to her bed as though her disability defines who she is. I'm going to need to teach her she's wrong. But before I can take my chance everything goes to shit. She's under our protection, but we fail to protect her from one of our own.
The Author:
Manda’s life's always seemed a bit weird, starting with a childhood that even today she’s still trying to make sense of, then losing her parents in the late teens. Going from the tragic to the bizarre, who else could be unlucky enough to have had two car accidents, neither her fault, one involving a nun, and another involving a police woman?
There isn’t enough space to list everything that’s happened to Manda, or what she’s learned from it. But by using the rich fabric of her personal life, psychology degree, varied work experiences, and amazing characters she’s met, Manda is able to populate her books with believable in-depth characters and enjoys pitting them against situations which challenge them. Her books are full of suspense, twists and turns and the unexpected.
Manda lives in the beautiful countryside of Essex in the UK, the area’s claim to fame being the Wilkin’s Jam Factory at nearby Tiptree. She can usually find jars of jam which remind her of home wherever she goes. As well as writing books and reading, Manda loves walking her dogs and keeping fit. She lives with her husband of over 30 years, who, along with her son, is her greatest fan and supporter.
Manda is thankful that one of the more unusual, and at the time unpleasant, turns her life took, now enables her to spend her time writing. Confirming, in her view, every cloud has a silver lining.
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Adrienne Chinn
Adrienne Chinn
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Title: The English Wife
Genre: Romance, Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.adrienne-chinn.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriennechinn
The Book;
VE Day 1945. As victory bells ring out across the country, war bride Ellie Burgess’ happiness is overshadowed by grief. Her charismatic Newfoundlander husband Thomas is still missing in action.
Until a letter arrives explaining Thomas is back home in Newfoundland recovering from his injuries.
Travelling to a distant country to live with a man she barely knows is the bravest thing Ellie has ever had to do. But nothing can prepare her for the harsh realities of her new home…
September 11th 2001. Sophie Parry is on a plane to New York on the most tragic day in the city’s history. While the world watches the news in horror, Sophie’s flight is rerouted to a tiny town in Newfoundland and she is forced to seek refuge with her estranged aunt Ellie.
Determined to discover what it was that forced her family apart all those years ago, newfound secrets may change her life forever…
The Author:
Adrienne is a novelist, speaker, teacher, interior designer, as well as an avid traveller, photographer, flea market hunter, haiku poet and chocolate-eater.
A voracious reader and creative writer since she can remember, Adrienne always aspired to write novels, and, in 2011 joined Richard Skinner’s novel-writing class at the Faber Academy in London, something she would encourage any aspiring novelist to do. Her debut novel, The Lost Letter From Morocco, was published in 2019, and her second novel, The English Wife, was published in 2020. Both are available for sale on Amazon, Google Play, Apple Books, Kobo. Read more about these books and purchase them here.
Adrienne has been inspired by her love of interior design, writing, and creativity to run inspirational retreats in the UK and abroad. In 2021 she’ll be co-leading, with yoga & meditation leader Alice Bowmaker, a Design & Yoga Retreat in Marrakech at the charming Maison 28 guest house, restored with love and creativity by California artist Melanie Royals in the centre of the historic Marrakech Medina. More information on this retreat can be found here. Watch this space for new dates.
Adrienne develops and teaches short courses at KLC School of Design in Chelsea, London as well as at COHIM College of Design in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Why not join her on one of her upcoming courses in the UK? Have a look at the Retreats, Workshops & Talks page.
When she’s not writing or teaching, Adrienne runs an interior design consultancy. Further information on her rates, and examples of her recent projects, can be found on the Interior
Genre: Romance, Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.adrienne-chinn.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriennechinn
The Book;
VE Day 1945. As victory bells ring out across the country, war bride Ellie Burgess’ happiness is overshadowed by grief. Her charismatic Newfoundlander husband Thomas is still missing in action.
Until a letter arrives explaining Thomas is back home in Newfoundland recovering from his injuries.
Travelling to a distant country to live with a man she barely knows is the bravest thing Ellie has ever had to do. But nothing can prepare her for the harsh realities of her new home…
September 11th 2001. Sophie Parry is on a plane to New York on the most tragic day in the city’s history. While the world watches the news in horror, Sophie’s flight is rerouted to a tiny town in Newfoundland and she is forced to seek refuge with her estranged aunt Ellie.
Determined to discover what it was that forced her family apart all those years ago, newfound secrets may change her life forever…
The Author:
Adrienne is a novelist, speaker, teacher, interior designer, as well as an avid traveller, photographer, flea market hunter, haiku poet and chocolate-eater.
A voracious reader and creative writer since she can remember, Adrienne always aspired to write novels, and, in 2011 joined Richard Skinner’s novel-writing class at the Faber Academy in London, something she would encourage any aspiring novelist to do. Her debut novel, The Lost Letter From Morocco, was published in 2019, and her second novel, The English Wife, was published in 2020. Both are available for sale on Amazon, Google Play, Apple Books, Kobo. Read more about these books and purchase them here.
Adrienne has been inspired by her love of interior design, writing, and creativity to run inspirational retreats in the UK and abroad. In 2021 she’ll be co-leading, with yoga & meditation leader Alice Bowmaker, a Design & Yoga Retreat in Marrakech at the charming Maison 28 guest house, restored with love and creativity by California artist Melanie Royals in the centre of the historic Marrakech Medina. More information on this retreat can be found here. Watch this space for new dates.
Adrienne develops and teaches short courses at KLC School of Design in Chelsea, London as well as at COHIM College of Design in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Why not join her on one of her upcoming courses in the UK? Have a look at the Retreats, Workshops & Talks page.
When she’s not writing or teaching, Adrienne runs an interior design consultancy. Further information on her rates, and examples of her recent projects, can be found on the Interior
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Title: The Lost Letter From Morocco.
Genre: Romance, Historical Fiction, Paranormal, Time Slip
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.adrienne-chinn.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriennechinn
The Book;
A forbidden love affair. A long-buried secret. A journey that will change everything.
Morocco, 1984. High in the Atlas Mountains, Hanane’s love for Irishman Gus is forbidden. Forced to flee her home with the man she loves, Hanane is certain she’s running towards her destiny. But she has made a decision that will haunt her family for years to come.
London, 2009. When Addy discovers a mysterious letter in her late father’s belongings, she journeys to Morocco in search of answers. But instead, she finds secrets – and is quickly pulled into a world that she doesn’t understand.
And when history starts to repeat itself, it seems her journey might just change the person she is forever…
A heartbreaking story of impossible love and dark family secrets that readers of Dinah Jeffries and Tracy Rees will love.
The Author:
Adrienne is a novelist, speaker, teacher, interior designer, as well as an avid traveller, photographer, flea market hunter, haiku poet and chocolate-eater.
A voracious reader and creative writer since she can remember, Adrienne always aspired to write novels, and, in 2011 joined Richard Skinner’s novel-writing class at the Faber Academy in London, something she would encourage any aspiring novelist to do. Her debut novel, The Lost Letter From Morocco, was published in 2019, and her second novel, The English Wife, was published in 2020. Both are available for sale on Amazon, Google Play, Apple Books, Kobo. Read more about these books and purchase them here.
Adrienne has been inspired by her love of interior design, writing, and creativity to run inspirational retreats in the UK and abroad. In 2021 she’ll be co-leading, with yoga & meditation leader Alice Bowmaker, a Design & Yoga Retreat in Marrakech at the charming Maison 28 guest house, restored with love and creativity by California artist Melanie Royals in the centre of the historic Marrakech Medina. More information on this retreat can be found here. Watch this space for new dates.
Adrienne develops and teaches short courses at KLC School of Design in Chelsea, London as well as at COHIM College of Design in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Why not join her on one of her upcoming courses in the UK? Have a look at the Retreats, Workshops & Talks page.
When she’s not writing or teaching, Adrienne runs an interior design consultancy. Further information on her rates, and examples of her recent projects, can be found on the Interior
Genre: Romance, Historical Fiction, Paranormal, Time Slip
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.adrienne-chinn.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/adriennechinn
The Book;
A forbidden love affair. A long-buried secret. A journey that will change everything.
Morocco, 1984. High in the Atlas Mountains, Hanane’s love for Irishman Gus is forbidden. Forced to flee her home with the man she loves, Hanane is certain she’s running towards her destiny. But she has made a decision that will haunt her family for years to come.
London, 2009. When Addy discovers a mysterious letter in her late father’s belongings, she journeys to Morocco in search of answers. But instead, she finds secrets – and is quickly pulled into a world that she doesn’t understand.
And when history starts to repeat itself, it seems her journey might just change the person she is forever…
A heartbreaking story of impossible love and dark family secrets that readers of Dinah Jeffries and Tracy Rees will love.
The Author:
Adrienne is a novelist, speaker, teacher, interior designer, as well as an avid traveller, photographer, flea market hunter, haiku poet and chocolate-eater.
A voracious reader and creative writer since she can remember, Adrienne always aspired to write novels, and, in 2011 joined Richard Skinner’s novel-writing class at the Faber Academy in London, something she would encourage any aspiring novelist to do. Her debut novel, The Lost Letter From Morocco, was published in 2019, and her second novel, The English Wife, was published in 2020. Both are available for sale on Amazon, Google Play, Apple Books, Kobo. Read more about these books and purchase them here.
Adrienne has been inspired by her love of interior design, writing, and creativity to run inspirational retreats in the UK and abroad. In 2021 she’ll be co-leading, with yoga & meditation leader Alice Bowmaker, a Design & Yoga Retreat in Marrakech at the charming Maison 28 guest house, restored with love and creativity by California artist Melanie Royals in the centre of the historic Marrakech Medina. More information on this retreat can be found here. Watch this space for new dates.
Adrienne develops and teaches short courses at KLC School of Design in Chelsea, London as well as at COHIM College of Design in Beijing and Shanghai, China. Why not join her on one of her upcoming courses in the UK? Have a look at the Retreats, Workshops & Talks page.
When she’s not writing or teaching, Adrienne runs an interior design consultancy. Further information on her rates, and examples of her recent projects, can be found on the Interior
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Anna Sugden
Anna Sugden
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Title: Hot on the Ice
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annasugden.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaSugden
The Book;
Lily Eddison is on the way to making it—her personalized, gourmet chocolates are in high demand. She has it all going on...until her landlord pulls the rug out from under her. Now she needs investors but the last person she expects or wants to save the day is the oh-so-hot, but arrogant, pro-hockey player Dante “Fireman” Taylor.
Hockey is Dante’s life and as the Docker’s star defensemen, he has no time for love. An opportunity to invest in Lily’s dream is just business, even though he can’t stop thinking about the gorgeous chocolatier. Despite his reluctance to be in a relationship, Dante and Lily move from partners to friends to lovers and he’s all in… Until an obsessive fan’s revenge tanks their romance and it’s dead on the ice.
Great hockey players know they have to take more shots on goal to score a hat trick and Dante gives it his all to prove to Lily that off the ice, she’s the only one for him.
The Author:
Award-winning, Harlequin SuperRomance author, Anna Sugden, loves reading romance novels and watching films with happy endings. She also loves watching hockey and football, where she prefers a happy ending for her teams (Go Devils, Man UTD, Exeter, ‘Skins!). When she’s not researching hockey players (for her books, of course), she makes craft projects and collects penguins, autographs and memorabilia, and great shoes.
A former marketing executive and primary teacher, Anna lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and two bossy black cats.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annasugden.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaSugden
The Book;
Lily Eddison is on the way to making it—her personalized, gourmet chocolates are in high demand. She has it all going on...until her landlord pulls the rug out from under her. Now she needs investors but the last person she expects or wants to save the day is the oh-so-hot, but arrogant, pro-hockey player Dante “Fireman” Taylor.
Hockey is Dante’s life and as the Docker’s star defensemen, he has no time for love. An opportunity to invest in Lily’s dream is just business, even though he can’t stop thinking about the gorgeous chocolatier. Despite his reluctance to be in a relationship, Dante and Lily move from partners to friends to lovers and he’s all in… Until an obsessive fan’s revenge tanks their romance and it’s dead on the ice.
Great hockey players know they have to take more shots on goal to score a hat trick and Dante gives it his all to prove to Lily that off the ice, she’s the only one for him.
The Author:
Award-winning, Harlequin SuperRomance author, Anna Sugden, loves reading romance novels and watching films with happy endings. She also loves watching hockey and football, where she prefers a happy ending for her teams (Go Devils, Man UTD, Exeter, ‘Skins!). When she’s not researching hockey players (for her books, of course), she makes craft projects and collects penguins, autographs and memorabilia, and great shoes.
A former marketing executive and primary teacher, Anna lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and two bossy black cats.
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Title: A Perfect Distraction, A Perfect Trade & A Perfect Catch
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annasugden.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaSugden
The Books;
A Perfect Distraction
A face-off—head vs. heart For Jake Badoletti, this year is all about his career. He has a rare second chance to make the most of being a pro hockey player, so no parties, no scandals. Too bad he's met a woman who could sideline those plans. Maggie Goodman is not his usual type—right down to being a single mom. Still, the sizzling connection with this gorgeous brunette can't be ignored.
With a little juggling and a lot of focus, Jake manages to have the game and Maggie. Then his performance on the ice suffers and a scandal erupts. Now he can't afford the distraction of Maggie…even if she is perfect for him.
A Perfect Trade
A win-win negotiation?
Truman "Tru" Jelinek's life is pretty much off the rails. With his professional hockey career on thin ice, and his personal life falling apart, he's ready to implement some serious changes. Helping Jenny Martin - the only girl he's ever loved - make her dreams a reality is a good place to start. There's just one problem: Jenny doesn't want his help. She barely wants to speak to him. But Tru is prepared to negotiate a deal that even Jenny can't refuse. As trading favors turns into sharing passion, he has to face the truth that when it comes to Jenny, the game is far from over.
A Perfect Catch
When it comes to romance, Tracy Hayden is not looking for a rematch. She's had epic passion - and problems! - with professional hockey player Ike Jelinek. Brilliant on skates and magic in bed, his too-traditional-for-her views were like a bucket of ice water on their affair.
Then an injury takes Ike out of the game, and everything changes. Suddenly he needs her services-providing business - even though he once claimed it was their biggest problem. Tracy's determined to be professional, despite the sizzling attraction between them that won't go away. Maybe they need a second fling to fix that!
The Author:
Award-winning, Harlequin SuperRomance author, Anna Sugden, loves reading romance novels and watching films with happy endings. She also loves watching hockey and football, where she prefers a happy ending for her teams (Go Devils, Man UTD, Exeter, ‘Skins!). When she’s not researching hockey players (for her books, of course), she makes craft projects and collects penguins, autographs and memorabilia, and great shoes.
A former marketing executive and primary teacher, Anna lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and two bossy black cats.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annasugden.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaSugden
The Books;
A Perfect Distraction
A face-off—head vs. heart For Jake Badoletti, this year is all about his career. He has a rare second chance to make the most of being a pro hockey player, so no parties, no scandals. Too bad he's met a woman who could sideline those plans. Maggie Goodman is not his usual type—right down to being a single mom. Still, the sizzling connection with this gorgeous brunette can't be ignored.
With a little juggling and a lot of focus, Jake manages to have the game and Maggie. Then his performance on the ice suffers and a scandal erupts. Now he can't afford the distraction of Maggie…even if she is perfect for him.
A Perfect Trade
A win-win negotiation?
Truman "Tru" Jelinek's life is pretty much off the rails. With his professional hockey career on thin ice, and his personal life falling apart, he's ready to implement some serious changes. Helping Jenny Martin - the only girl he's ever loved - make her dreams a reality is a good place to start. There's just one problem: Jenny doesn't want his help. She barely wants to speak to him. But Tru is prepared to negotiate a deal that even Jenny can't refuse. As trading favors turns into sharing passion, he has to face the truth that when it comes to Jenny, the game is far from over.
A Perfect Catch
When it comes to romance, Tracy Hayden is not looking for a rematch. She's had epic passion - and problems! - with professional hockey player Ike Jelinek. Brilliant on skates and magic in bed, his too-traditional-for-her views were like a bucket of ice water on their affair.
Then an injury takes Ike out of the game, and everything changes. Suddenly he needs her services-providing business - even though he once claimed it was their biggest problem. Tracy's determined to be professional, despite the sizzling attraction between them that won't go away. Maybe they need a second fling to fix that!
The Author:
Award-winning, Harlequin SuperRomance author, Anna Sugden, loves reading romance novels and watching films with happy endings. She also loves watching hockey and football, where she prefers a happy ending for her teams (Go Devils, Man UTD, Exeter, ‘Skins!). When she’s not researching hockey players (for her books, of course), she makes craft projects and collects penguins, autographs and memorabilia, and great shoes.
A former marketing executive and primary teacher, Anna lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and two bossy black cats.
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Title: Six Short Story Box Set: A Perfect Selection: The New Jersey Ice Cats plus a digital copy of Ice Cats’ novella A Perfect Grey Christmas and digital copy of A Perfect Selection: The Complete Collection
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback and Digital Copies
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annasugden.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaSugden
The Books:
Can you read just one? From award-winning author, Anna Sugden, comes a mouthwatering selection of six holiday-themed, bite-sized romances featuring players from her popular hockey romance series, The New Jersey Ice Cats.
A Perfect Party (Christmas)
Just Good Friends?
Ice Cats defenseman, Taylor ‘Mad Dog’ Madden wants more than friendship from Lizzie Martin. Much more. So when a Christmas party provides the chance to kick their relationship up a gear, should he take it or will he lose her completely?
A Perfect Lucky Charm (St. Patrick’s Day)
There’s no such thing as luck!
Despite his name, Ice Cats’ forward, Patrick ‘Paddy’ Mullroney, isn’t Irish and doesn’t believe in lucky charms. For sure, they won’t help him get out of his scoring slump. But when a shamrock from the ear-ring of a green-eyed beauty drops at his feet, he wonders if St. Patrick’s Day might be lucky for him after all.
A Perfect Disguise (Halloween)
Who’s the lady behind the mask?
Ice Cats’ forward, Jamie ‘Blade’ Wilkinson thinks his neighbour, pretty schoolteacher, Daisy Carturo, is too good for him. She deserves better than a man with his dark past. When he meets sexy Catwoman at a team charity event, he thinks he’s found a more suitable woman to date. So why does she make him think about Daisy? If only he could have the best of both worlds.
A Perfect Reunion (Thanksgiving)
A day of thanksgiving?
When Ice Cats’ defenseman, Troy Davidson, sees his ex-fiancé at his parents’ Thanksgiving party, he’s determined to make things right. He screwed up five years ago, when he ditched their engagement party to elope with a movie star. Now divorced, he realises he’s only ever loved one woman. Charlotte Daniels claims she’s forgiven Troy. But can she trust him enough to take another chance on him and love?
A Perfect Storm (Winter)
Snowbound!
When Ice Cats’ forward, Vladimir ‘Vlad’ Ralinkov, gets caught in a snowstorm, on his way back from a game, he seeks refuge in his favourite diner. Could this be the opportunity he’s been waiting for to heat things up with lovely diner owner, Poppy Lambert, or will she leave him out in the cold?
A Perfect Bouquet (Valentine’s Day)
Anything, but red roses!
Ice Cats’ back-up goaltender, Chaz ‘Monty’ Montgomery, fell in love with florist Kayla DeMarco the first time he met her. Unfortunately, then she was married to one of his former team-mates. Since Kayla’s divorce, Monty has waited patiently, hoping that one day she’ll notice that he’s more than just a great customer. Can he convince her with a special bouquet that Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to take a chance on a different hockey player?
A Perfect Grey Christmas
It’s getting hot in the kitchen!
Concussion issues forced Ryan Grey to give up hockey and his dream of winning the Stanley Cup. Now a successful restauranteur, the former Ice Cat has been shortlisted to compete for the ultimate prize in cooking - the right to cater the Ice Castle Charity Ball this Christmas. If only the event organizer wasn’t his former business partner, the woman he once loved, who left him to marry an English lord.
Even though Lydia Pedley had very good reasons for letting Ryan down, she now has the chance to make things right by helping him win this prestigious contest. Only she didn’t plan on things heating up between them again. Can she convince him to forgive her for the past, so they can have a perfect future together?
The Author:
Award-winning, Harlequin SuperRomance author, Anna Sugden, loves reading romance novels and watching films with happy endings. She also loves watching hockey and football, where she prefers a happy ending for her teams (Go Devils, Man UTD, Exeter, ‘Skins!). When she’s not researching hockey players (for her books, of course), she makes craft projects and collects penguins, autographs and memorabilia, and great shoes.
A former marketing executive and primary teacher, Anna lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and two bossy black cats.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback and Digital Copies
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annasugden.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaSugden
The Books:
Can you read just one? From award-winning author, Anna Sugden, comes a mouthwatering selection of six holiday-themed, bite-sized romances featuring players from her popular hockey romance series, The New Jersey Ice Cats.
A Perfect Party (Christmas)
Just Good Friends?
Ice Cats defenseman, Taylor ‘Mad Dog’ Madden wants more than friendship from Lizzie Martin. Much more. So when a Christmas party provides the chance to kick their relationship up a gear, should he take it or will he lose her completely?
A Perfect Lucky Charm (St. Patrick’s Day)
There’s no such thing as luck!
Despite his name, Ice Cats’ forward, Patrick ‘Paddy’ Mullroney, isn’t Irish and doesn’t believe in lucky charms. For sure, they won’t help him get out of his scoring slump. But when a shamrock from the ear-ring of a green-eyed beauty drops at his feet, he wonders if St. Patrick’s Day might be lucky for him after all.
A Perfect Disguise (Halloween)
Who’s the lady behind the mask?
Ice Cats’ forward, Jamie ‘Blade’ Wilkinson thinks his neighbour, pretty schoolteacher, Daisy Carturo, is too good for him. She deserves better than a man with his dark past. When he meets sexy Catwoman at a team charity event, he thinks he’s found a more suitable woman to date. So why does she make him think about Daisy? If only he could have the best of both worlds.
A Perfect Reunion (Thanksgiving)
A day of thanksgiving?
When Ice Cats’ defenseman, Troy Davidson, sees his ex-fiancé at his parents’ Thanksgiving party, he’s determined to make things right. He screwed up five years ago, when he ditched their engagement party to elope with a movie star. Now divorced, he realises he’s only ever loved one woman. Charlotte Daniels claims she’s forgiven Troy. But can she trust him enough to take another chance on him and love?
A Perfect Storm (Winter)
Snowbound!
When Ice Cats’ forward, Vladimir ‘Vlad’ Ralinkov, gets caught in a snowstorm, on his way back from a game, he seeks refuge in his favourite diner. Could this be the opportunity he’s been waiting for to heat things up with lovely diner owner, Poppy Lambert, or will she leave him out in the cold?
A Perfect Bouquet (Valentine’s Day)
Anything, but red roses!
Ice Cats’ back-up goaltender, Chaz ‘Monty’ Montgomery, fell in love with florist Kayla DeMarco the first time he met her. Unfortunately, then she was married to one of his former team-mates. Since Kayla’s divorce, Monty has waited patiently, hoping that one day she’ll notice that he’s more than just a great customer. Can he convince her with a special bouquet that Valentine’s Day is the perfect time to take a chance on a different hockey player?
A Perfect Grey Christmas
It’s getting hot in the kitchen!
Concussion issues forced Ryan Grey to give up hockey and his dream of winning the Stanley Cup. Now a successful restauranteur, the former Ice Cat has been shortlisted to compete for the ultimate prize in cooking - the right to cater the Ice Castle Charity Ball this Christmas. If only the event organizer wasn’t his former business partner, the woman he once loved, who left him to marry an English lord.
Even though Lydia Pedley had very good reasons for letting Ryan down, she now has the chance to make things right by helping him win this prestigious contest. Only she didn’t plan on things heating up between them again. Can she convince him to forgive her for the past, so they can have a perfect future together?
The Author:
Award-winning, Harlequin SuperRomance author, Anna Sugden, loves reading romance novels and watching films with happy endings. She also loves watching hockey and football, where she prefers a happy ending for her teams (Go Devils, Man UTD, Exeter, ‘Skins!). When she’s not researching hockey players (for her books, of course), she makes craft projects and collects penguins, autographs and memorabilia, and great shoes.
A former marketing executive and primary teacher, Anna lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and two bossy black cats.
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Liz Harris
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Title: Darjeeling Inheritance
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lizharrisauthor.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizharrisauthor
The Book;
Darjeeling, 1930
After eleven years in school in England, Charlotte Lawrence returns to Sundar, the tea plantation owned by her family, and finds an empty house. She learns that her beloved father died a couple of days earlier and that he left her his estate. She learns also that it was his wish that she marry Andrew McAllister, the good-looking younger son from a neighbouring plantation.
Unwilling to commit to a wedding for which she doesn't feel ready, Charlotte pleads with Dan Fitzgerald, the assistant manager of Sundar, to teach her how to run the plantation while she gets to know Andrew. Although reluctant as he knew that a woman would never be accepted as manager by the local merchants and workers, Dan agrees.
Charlotte's chaperone on the journey from England, Ada Eastman, who during the long voyage, has become a friend, has journeyed to Darjeeling to marry Harry Banning, the owner of a neighbouring tea garden.
When Ada marries Harry, she's determined to be a loyal and faithful wife. And to be a good friend to Charlotte. And nothing, but nothing, was going to stand in the way of that.
Darjeeling Inheritance is perfect for readers of the novels of Dinah Jefferies, Fiona Valpy and Kristin Hannah.
The Author:
Born in London, Liz Harris graduated from university with a Law degree, and then moved to California, where she led a varied life, from waitressing on Sunset Strip to working as secretary to the CEO of a large Japanese trading company.
Six years later, she returned to London and completed a degree in English, after which she taught secondary school pupils, first in Berkshire, and then in Cheshire.
In addition to the ten novels she’s had published, she’s had several short stories in anthologies and magazines.
Liz now lives in Oxfordshire. An active member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Historical Novel Society, her interests are travel, the theatre, reading and cryptic crosswords.
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lizharrisauthor.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizharrisauthor
The Book;
Darjeeling, 1930
After eleven years in school in England, Charlotte Lawrence returns to Sundar, the tea plantation owned by her family, and finds an empty house. She learns that her beloved father died a couple of days earlier and that he left her his estate. She learns also that it was his wish that she marry Andrew McAllister, the good-looking younger son from a neighbouring plantation.
Unwilling to commit to a wedding for which she doesn't feel ready, Charlotte pleads with Dan Fitzgerald, the assistant manager of Sundar, to teach her how to run the plantation while she gets to know Andrew. Although reluctant as he knew that a woman would never be accepted as manager by the local merchants and workers, Dan agrees.
Charlotte's chaperone on the journey from England, Ada Eastman, who during the long voyage, has become a friend, has journeyed to Darjeeling to marry Harry Banning, the owner of a neighbouring tea garden.
When Ada marries Harry, she's determined to be a loyal and faithful wife. And to be a good friend to Charlotte. And nothing, but nothing, was going to stand in the way of that.
Darjeeling Inheritance is perfect for readers of the novels of Dinah Jefferies, Fiona Valpy and Kristin Hannah.
The Author:
Born in London, Liz Harris graduated from university with a Law degree, and then moved to California, where she led a varied life, from waitressing on Sunset Strip to working as secretary to the CEO of a large Japanese trading company.
Six years later, she returned to London and completed a degree in English, after which she taught secondary school pupils, first in Berkshire, and then in Cheshire.
In addition to the ten novels she’s had published, she’s had several short stories in anthologies and magazines.
Liz now lives in Oxfordshire. An active member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Historical Novel Society, her interests are travel, the theatre, reading and cryptic crosswords.
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Title: The Best Friend
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lizharrisauthor.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizharrisauthor
The Book;
Confident that the woman with whom Robert, her husband of nine years, has run off, wouldn’t be one of the three girls who’d been her closest friends since they’d started sharing a place in Camden Town eleven years earlier, Caroline walks up to the door of the house where, she’s discovered, Robert is living with the unknown woman, and rings the bell.
Reeling from shock when she hears the voice of the woman inside the house, her mind sweeps back to Camden Town eleven years ago, and the reader follows the story of trainee barrister Emily, would-be actress Terri Lee, PA Louise, and of Caroline herself.
The final chapter returns to the present, and the reader learns which of the three girls has stolen Caroline’s husband.
The Best Friend is perfect for readers of Penny Vincenzi, Danielle Steele, Jilly Cooper, Diane Chamberlain and Barbara Taylor Bradford.
The Author:
Born in London, Liz Harris graduated from university with a Law degree, and then moved to California, where she led a varied life, from waitressing on Sunset Strip to working as secretary to the CEO of a large Japanese trading company.
Six years later, she returned to London and completed a degree in English, after which she taught secondary school pupils, first in Berkshire, and then in Cheshire.
In addition to the ten novels she’s had published, she’s had several short stories in anthologies and magazines.
Liz now lives in Oxfordshire. An active member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Historical Novel Society, her interests are travel, the theatre, reading and cryptic crosswords.
Genre: Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lizharrisauthor.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizharrisauthor
The Book;
Confident that the woman with whom Robert, her husband of nine years, has run off, wouldn’t be one of the three girls who’d been her closest friends since they’d started sharing a place in Camden Town eleven years earlier, Caroline walks up to the door of the house where, she’s discovered, Robert is living with the unknown woman, and rings the bell.
Reeling from shock when she hears the voice of the woman inside the house, her mind sweeps back to Camden Town eleven years ago, and the reader follows the story of trainee barrister Emily, would-be actress Terri Lee, PA Louise, and of Caroline herself.
The final chapter returns to the present, and the reader learns which of the three girls has stolen Caroline’s husband.
The Best Friend is perfect for readers of Penny Vincenzi, Danielle Steele, Jilly Cooper, Diane Chamberlain and Barbara Taylor Bradford.
The Author:
Born in London, Liz Harris graduated from university with a Law degree, and then moved to California, where she led a varied life, from waitressing on Sunset Strip to working as secretary to the CEO of a large Japanese trading company.
Six years later, she returned to London and completed a degree in English, after which she taught secondary school pupils, first in Berkshire, and then in Cheshire.
In addition to the ten novels she’s had published, she’s had several short stories in anthologies and magazines.
Liz now lives in Oxfordshire. An active member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and the Historical Novel Society, her interests are travel, the theatre, reading and cryptic crosswords.
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Victoria Schwab
Victoria Schwab
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Title: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
Genre: T.V. & Film Historical Fiction Y/A
Format: Hardback
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue - Trailer:
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Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.veschwab.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/veschwab
The Book;
A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.
Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.
But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
The Author:
V.E. Schwab is the name Victoria Schwab publishes her adult books under.
Victoria has stated that books published under V.E. Schwab are adult releases and those under Victoria Schwab are YA.
Genre: T.V. & Film Historical Fiction Y/A
Format: Hardback
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The Book;
A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.
France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.
Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.
But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore and he remembers her name.
The Author:
V.E. Schwab is the name Victoria Schwab publishes her adult books under.
Victoria has stated that books published under V.E. Schwab are adult releases and those under Victoria Schwab are YA.
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Jeffrey Archer
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Title: The Short, The Long and the Tall
Genre: Short Stories: Crime - Mystery - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jeffrey_Archer
The Book;
Jeffrey Archer is a master of the short-story form, creating classic tales beloved by his fans. Now the award-winning writer joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories alongside beautifully rendered watercolor illustrations in The Short, The Long and the Tall.
Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders' ambitions.
This will be a must-buy for dedicated fans of the work of both author and illustrator, and includes the following short stories:
"Never Stop on the Motorway"
"Cheap At Half the Price"
"Who Killed the Mayor?"
"It Can't Be October Already"
"Stuck on You"
"The Grass is Always Greener"
"The Queen's Birthday Telegram"
"Clean Sweep Ignatius"
"The First Miracle"
"Caste Off"
"A Wasted Hour"
"Just Good Friends"
"Christina Rosenthal"
"A Gentleman and a Scholar"
"The Road To Damascus"
"Old Love"
"A Good Toss To Lose"
"One Man's Meat"
"Endgame"
"Confession"
The Author:
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English author and former politician.
He was a Member of Parliament and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, and became a life peer in 1992. His political career, having suffered several controversies, ended after a conviction for perverting the course of justice and his subsequent imprisonment. He is married to Mary Archer, a scientist specialising in solar power. Outside politics, he is a novelist, playwright and short story writer.
Genre: Short Stories: Crime - Mystery - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.jeffreyarcher.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jeffrey_Archer
The Book;
Jeffrey Archer is a master of the short-story form, creating classic tales beloved by his fans. Now the award-winning writer joins forces with renowned illustrator Paul Cox to re-imagine twenty of his most popular and fêted short stories alongside beautifully rendered watercolor illustrations in The Short, The Long and the Tall.
Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and ends up falling in love; and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father's wealth changes his life forever. Revel in the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter she will never forget. Discover the haunting story about four men whose characters are tested to the point of death. Finally, a short parable about how pointless war is, and how decent people are caught up in the crossfire of their leaders' ambitions.
This will be a must-buy for dedicated fans of the work of both author and illustrator, and includes the following short stories:
"Never Stop on the Motorway"
"Cheap At Half the Price"
"Who Killed the Mayor?"
"It Can't Be October Already"
"Stuck on You"
"The Grass is Always Greener"
"The Queen's Birthday Telegram"
"Clean Sweep Ignatius"
"The First Miracle"
"Caste Off"
"A Wasted Hour"
"Just Good Friends"
"Christina Rosenthal"
"A Gentleman and a Scholar"
"The Road To Damascus"
"Old Love"
"A Good Toss To Lose"
"One Man's Meat"
"Endgame"
"Confession"
The Author:
Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English author and former politician.
He was a Member of Parliament and deputy chairman of the Conservative Party, and became a life peer in 1992. His political career, having suffered several controversies, ended after a conviction for perverting the course of justice and his subsequent imprisonment. He is married to Mary Archer, a scientist specialising in solar power. Outside politics, he is a novelist, playwright and short story writer.
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Title 1: Stars
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Stars Stealing the Show
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lukejennings.com
Book 1: Stars
Stars is the first title in a brand new performing arts boarding school series for girls of 9+. It has all the warmth of Cathy Cassidy and the behind-the-scenes detail of a dance-world-insider.
Dreams are made and stars are born at the Arcadia School of Performing Arts.
Has Jess got what it takes?
Jessica Bailey's mum has left, her dad's moving abroad for work and Jess is starting over at boarding school. At first she's unsure of herself - then she meets her roommates and begins to feel at home.
But standards at Arcadia are high, and Jess soon starts to doubt her talents. She can't dance like Spike or sing like Ash and she doesn't have Foxy's style . . .
So when an amazing chance comes her way, she knows she has to take it . . .
Book 2: Stars: Stealing the Show
The second book in Stars - the brand new performing arts boarding school series for girls of 9+. Stars has all the warmth of Cathy Cassidy and the behind-the-scenes detail of a dance-world-insider.
Dreams are made and stars are born at the Arcadia School of Performing Arts.
Jess, Ash, Spike and Foxy are four best friends, all dreaming of becoming stars . . .
Whether you're a fan of Ballet Shoes, X-Factor, Glee, or you just love a great story, Stars has something for everyone.
The Author 1: Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings is an author and the dance critic of The Observer. He trained at the Rambert School and was a dancer for ten years before turning to writing.
As a journalist he has written for Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Time, as well as for numerous British titles. He is the author of Blood Knots, a memoir, short-listed for the 2010 Samuel Johnson and William Hill prizes, and of three novels: Breach Candy, Beauty Story, and the Booker Prize-nominated Atlantic. With Deborah Bull, he wrote The Faber Guide to Ballet, and with his daughter Laura, the Stars fiction series for Puffin Books, about teenagers at a stage-school.
The Villanelle titles are the basis for BBC America's widely acclaimed TV series Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer.
The Author 2: Laura Jennings
Laura says, 'At school I was quite sporty but I liked drama best, as I have always enjoyed acting, singing and performing. I love books, and my favourite author is Stephen King'
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Stars Stealing the Show
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lukejennings.com
Book 1: Stars
Stars is the first title in a brand new performing arts boarding school series for girls of 9+. It has all the warmth of Cathy Cassidy and the behind-the-scenes detail of a dance-world-insider.
Dreams are made and stars are born at the Arcadia School of Performing Arts.
Has Jess got what it takes?
Jessica Bailey's mum has left, her dad's moving abroad for work and Jess is starting over at boarding school. At first she's unsure of herself - then she meets her roommates and begins to feel at home.
But standards at Arcadia are high, and Jess soon starts to doubt her talents. She can't dance like Spike or sing like Ash and she doesn't have Foxy's style . . .
So when an amazing chance comes her way, she knows she has to take it . . .
Book 2: Stars: Stealing the Show
The second book in Stars - the brand new performing arts boarding school series for girls of 9+. Stars has all the warmth of Cathy Cassidy and the behind-the-scenes detail of a dance-world-insider.
Dreams are made and stars are born at the Arcadia School of Performing Arts.
Jess, Ash, Spike and Foxy are four best friends, all dreaming of becoming stars . . .
Whether you're a fan of Ballet Shoes, X-Factor, Glee, or you just love a great story, Stars has something for everyone.
The Author 1: Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings is an author and the dance critic of The Observer. He trained at the Rambert School and was a dancer for ten years before turning to writing.
As a journalist he has written for Vanity Fair, the New Yorker and Time, as well as for numerous British titles. He is the author of Blood Knots, a memoir, short-listed for the 2010 Samuel Johnson and William Hill prizes, and of three novels: Breach Candy, Beauty Story, and the Booker Prize-nominated Atlantic. With Deborah Bull, he wrote The Faber Guide to Ballet, and with his daughter Laura, the Stars fiction series for Puffin Books, about teenagers at a stage-school.
The Villanelle titles are the basis for BBC America's widely acclaimed TV series Killing Eve, starring Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer.
The Author 2: Laura Jennings
Laura says, 'At school I was quite sporty but I liked drama best, as I have always enjoyed acting, singing and performing. I love books, and my favourite author is Stephen King'
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Title 1: Dead Mans Prayer
Genre: Crime Thriller (Police Procedural)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Perfect Dead
Genre: Crime Thriller (Police Procedural)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Avenge the Dead
Genre: Crime Thriller (Police Procedural)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jackiebaldwin.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackieMBaldwin1
Book 1; Dead Mans Prayer
Ex-priest DI Frank Farrell has returned to his roots in Dumfries, only to be landed with a disturbing murder case. Even worse, Farrell knows the victim: Father Boyd, the man who forced him out of the priesthood fifteen years earlier.
With no leads, Farrell must delve into the old priest’s past, one that is inextricably linked with his own. But his attention is diverted when twin boys go missing. One twin is recovered in an abandoned church, unharmed. But where is his brother?
As Farrell investigates the two cases he can’t help but feel targeted. Is someone playing a sinister game, or is he seeing patterns that don’t exist? Either way, it’s a game Farrell needs to win before he loses his grip on his sanity, or someone else turns up dead.
Book 2; Perfect Dead
Each murder brings him one step closer to the perfect death.
Ex-priest, DI Farrell is called on to investigate a gruesome death in rural Scotland. All evidence points to suicide, except for one loose end: every light in the cottage was switched off. Why would he kill himself in the dark?
The question sparks a murder investigation that leads to the mysterious Ivy House, home of ‘The Collective,’ a sinister commune of artists who will do anything to keep their twisted secrets hidden.
And when the remains of a young girl are uncovered on a barren stretch of coastline, Farrell realises that there is something rotten in this tight-knit community. Now he must track down a ruthless killer before another person dies, this time much closer to home…
Book 3; Avenge the Dead
DI Frank Farrell and DS Mhairi McLeod must reluctantly return to Dumfries to solve the horrific murder of a local defence solicitor’s wife. The son of another solicitor is also murdered. Both have been stabbed but the knife is not recovered.
The murders start on the tenth anniversary of a horrific fire that claimed the life of a young female solicitor and now it seems that her former friends and colleagues are having those closest to them targeted. No one is safe from the diabolical plan unfurling, even at the highest level of the close knit criminal bar. No one is safe from the all seeing eye.
Under pressure from all sides, DI Farrell and his team must race against the clock to save the last and most precious victim of all even if it means that one of their own might pay the ultimate price.
The Author:
Jackie Baldwin’s debut crime novel, Dead Man’s Prayer, was published by Killer Reads, Harper Collins on 2nd September 2016.
The second in the series, Perfect Dead, was published on 15th June 2018. Finally, the third in the series, Avenge the Dead was published on 28th February 2020.
Married, with two grown up children, she lives with her husband in a village in East Lothian. She worked as a solicitor specialising in criminal and Family law for twenty years before retraining as a hypnotherapist.
When not working, she enjoys long walks along the beautiful coastline and woodlands of East Lothian and having fun with her brand new grandson.
Title 1: Dead Mans Prayer
Genre: Crime Thriller (Police Procedural)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Perfect Dead
Genre: Crime Thriller (Police Procedural)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Avenge the Dead
Genre: Crime Thriller (Police Procedural)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jackiebaldwin.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackieMBaldwin1
Book 1; Dead Mans Prayer
Ex-priest DI Frank Farrell has returned to his roots in Dumfries, only to be landed with a disturbing murder case. Even worse, Farrell knows the victim: Father Boyd, the man who forced him out of the priesthood fifteen years earlier.
With no leads, Farrell must delve into the old priest’s past, one that is inextricably linked with his own. But his attention is diverted when twin boys go missing. One twin is recovered in an abandoned church, unharmed. But where is his brother?
As Farrell investigates the two cases he can’t help but feel targeted. Is someone playing a sinister game, or is he seeing patterns that don’t exist? Either way, it’s a game Farrell needs to win before he loses his grip on his sanity, or someone else turns up dead.
Book 2; Perfect Dead
Each murder brings him one step closer to the perfect death.
Ex-priest, DI Farrell is called on to investigate a gruesome death in rural Scotland. All evidence points to suicide, except for one loose end: every light in the cottage was switched off. Why would he kill himself in the dark?
The question sparks a murder investigation that leads to the mysterious Ivy House, home of ‘The Collective,’ a sinister commune of artists who will do anything to keep their twisted secrets hidden.
And when the remains of a young girl are uncovered on a barren stretch of coastline, Farrell realises that there is something rotten in this tight-knit community. Now he must track down a ruthless killer before another person dies, this time much closer to home…
Book 3; Avenge the Dead
DI Frank Farrell and DS Mhairi McLeod must reluctantly return to Dumfries to solve the horrific murder of a local defence solicitor’s wife. The son of another solicitor is also murdered. Both have been stabbed but the knife is not recovered.
The murders start on the tenth anniversary of a horrific fire that claimed the life of a young female solicitor and now it seems that her former friends and colleagues are having those closest to them targeted. No one is safe from the diabolical plan unfurling, even at the highest level of the close knit criminal bar. No one is safe from the all seeing eye.
Under pressure from all sides, DI Farrell and his team must race against the clock to save the last and most precious victim of all even if it means that one of their own might pay the ultimate price.
The Author:
Jackie Baldwin’s debut crime novel, Dead Man’s Prayer, was published by Killer Reads, Harper Collins on 2nd September 2016.
The second in the series, Perfect Dead, was published on 15th June 2018. Finally, the third in the series, Avenge the Dead was published on 28th February 2020.
Married, with two grown up children, she lives with her husband in a village in East Lothian. She worked as a solicitor specialising in criminal and Family law for twenty years before retraining as a hypnotherapist.
When not working, she enjoys long walks along the beautiful coastline and woodlands of East Lothian and having fun with her brand new grandson.
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Title: Shades of Scarlett
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annefine.co.uk/
The Book;
When Mum gives her the notebook, Scarlet should be happy. It's beautiful, with its shiny scarlet cover and its blank pages full of promise. But Scarlet is absolutely not in the mood for a peace offering. Does Mum really think she can tear their family apart and expect Scarlet to be happy about it? And it's Dad's fault too. Why didn't he fight to keep them all together? Now Scarlet has to start a new life, and none of it was her choice. Scarlet decides there's only one thing she can write in the notebook. The truth, about everything...
The Author:
Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues. Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny." In 1994, this unique combination of humour and realism inspired the hit movie MRS. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams.
Anne is best known in her home country, England, as a writer principally for children, but over the years she has also written eight novels for adult readers. Seven of these she describes as black - or sour - comedies, and the first, THE KILLJOY, simply as "dead black". These novels have proved great favourites with reading groups, causing readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. (It's perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not even more common.)
Anne has written more than sixty books for children and young people. Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. Twice chosen as Children's Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, Anne Fine was also the first novelist to be honoured as Children's Laureate in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Anne became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Her work has been translated into forty five languages.
Anne Fine lives in the north of England and has two grown up daughters.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annefine.co.uk/
The Book;
When Mum gives her the notebook, Scarlet should be happy. It's beautiful, with its shiny scarlet cover and its blank pages full of promise. But Scarlet is absolutely not in the mood for a peace offering. Does Mum really think she can tear their family apart and expect Scarlet to be happy about it? And it's Dad's fault too. Why didn't he fight to keep them all together? Now Scarlet has to start a new life, and none of it was her choice. Scarlet decides there's only one thing she can write in the notebook. The truth, about everything...
The Author:
Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues. Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny." In 1994, this unique combination of humour and realism inspired the hit movie MRS. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams.
Anne is best known in her home country, England, as a writer principally for children, but over the years she has also written eight novels for adult readers. Seven of these she describes as black - or sour - comedies, and the first, THE KILLJOY, simply as "dead black". These novels have proved great favourites with reading groups, causing readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. (It's perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not even more common.)
Anne has written more than sixty books for children and young people. Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. Twice chosen as Children's Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, Anne Fine was also the first novelist to be honoured as Children's Laureate in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Anne became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Her work has been translated into forty five languages.
Anne Fine lives in the north of England and has two grown up daughters.
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Title: The Killer Cat Strikes Back
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annefine.co.uk
The Book;
'Okay, okay. So stick my head in a holly bush.'
Tuffy knows what he likes. And he doesn't like the 'art' that Ellie's mum brings home from her new classes. So what's a cat to do?
A few scratches here just happen to shred a painting. A nudge there somehow slips a vase off a shelf. Dad hope a horribly lumpy clay pot will be next, but Tuffy's having none of it. The killer cat will go his own sweet way!
The Author:
Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues. Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny." In 1994, this unique combination of humour and realism inspired the hit movie MRS. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams.
Anne is best known in her home country, England, as a writer principally for children, but over the years she has also written eight novels for adult readers. Seven of these she describes as black - or sour - comedies, and the first, THE KILLJOY, simply as "dead black". These novels have proved great favourites with reading groups, causing readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. (It's perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not even more common.)
Anne has written more than sixty books for children and young people. Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. Twice chosen as Children's Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, Anne Fine was also the first novelist to be honoured as Children's Laureate in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Anne became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Her work has been translated into forty five languages.
Anne Fine lives in the north of England and has two grown up daughters.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annefine.co.uk
The Book;
'Okay, okay. So stick my head in a holly bush.'
Tuffy knows what he likes. And he doesn't like the 'art' that Ellie's mum brings home from her new classes. So what's a cat to do?
A few scratches here just happen to shred a painting. A nudge there somehow slips a vase off a shelf. Dad hope a horribly lumpy clay pot will be next, but Tuffy's having none of it. The killer cat will go his own sweet way!
The Author:
Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues. Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny." In 1994, this unique combination of humour and realism inspired the hit movie MRS. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams.
Anne is best known in her home country, England, as a writer principally for children, but over the years she has also written eight novels for adult readers. Seven of these she describes as black - or sour - comedies, and the first, THE KILLJOY, simply as "dead black". These novels have proved great favourites with reading groups, causing readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. (It's perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not even more common.)
Anne has written more than sixty books for children and young people. Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. Twice chosen as Children's Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, Anne Fine was also the first novelist to be honoured as Children's Laureate in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Anne became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Her work has been translated into forty five languages.
Anne Fine lives in the north of England and has two grown up daughters.
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Title: How to Write Really Badly
Genre: Childerns
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annefine.co.uk/
The Book;
When Joe chooses HOW TO WRITE NEATLY as his project, clever clogs Chester says to Miss Tate: "I think we're talking high hopes here."
Chester Howard can't believe it! He's been to all sorts of schools as his mother's jobs moved round the world, but never anywhere as awful as Walbottle Manor (Mixed). Everyone's so horribly nice, recommending him for blackboard duty, playing little skipping games at break. It's just awful. And Chester just has to get to work on the boy sitting next to him, Joe Gardener. He knows he's clever - Joe can build incredible models - but he can't get to grips with his school work and his desk is a mess beyond belief.
Miss Tate's 'How to...' projects supply Chester with an opportunity, and he starts Joe on a subversive project 'How to Write Really Badly'. For once, instead of battling through work he just doesn't begin to understand, this is something at which Joe excels. And Chester has his own project - he makes sure Joe's amazing technical abilities get a class award, and creates a book where Joe can mark off every one of the 1646 days he has left of school, before he can be free to do the things he's really good at.
The Author:
Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues. Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny." In 1994, this unique combination of humour and realism inspired the hit movie MRS. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams.
Anne is best known in her home country, England, as a writer principally for children, but over the years she has also written eight novels for adult readers. Seven of these she describes as black - or sour - comedies, and the first, THE KILLJOY, simply as "dead black". These novels have proved great favourites with reading groups, causing readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. (It's perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not even more common.)
Anne has written more than sixty books for children and young people. Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. Twice chosen as Children's Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, Anne Fine was also the first novelist to be honoured as Children's Laureate in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Anne became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Her work has been translated into forty five languages.
Anne Fine lives in the north of England and has two grown up daughters.
Genre: Childerns
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annefine.co.uk/
The Book;
When Joe chooses HOW TO WRITE NEATLY as his project, clever clogs Chester says to Miss Tate: "I think we're talking high hopes here."
Chester Howard can't believe it! He's been to all sorts of schools as his mother's jobs moved round the world, but never anywhere as awful as Walbottle Manor (Mixed). Everyone's so horribly nice, recommending him for blackboard duty, playing little skipping games at break. It's just awful. And Chester just has to get to work on the boy sitting next to him, Joe Gardener. He knows he's clever - Joe can build incredible models - but he can't get to grips with his school work and his desk is a mess beyond belief.
Miss Tate's 'How to...' projects supply Chester with an opportunity, and he starts Joe on a subversive project 'How to Write Really Badly'. For once, instead of battling through work he just doesn't begin to understand, this is something at which Joe excels. And Chester has his own project - he makes sure Joe's amazing technical abilities get a class award, and creates a book where Joe can mark off every one of the 1646 days he has left of school, before he can be free to do the things he's really good at.
The Author:
Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues. Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny." In 1994, this unique combination of humour and realism inspired the hit movie MRS. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams.
Anne is best known in her home country, England, as a writer principally for children, but over the years she has also written eight novels for adult readers. Seven of these she describes as black - or sour - comedies, and the first, THE KILLJOY, simply as "dead black". These novels have proved great favourites with reading groups, causing readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. (It's perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not even more common.)
Anne has written more than sixty books for children and young people. Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. Twice chosen as Children's Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, Anne Fine was also the first novelist to be honoured as Children's Laureate in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Anne became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Her work has been translated into forty five languages.
Anne Fine lives in the north of England and has two grown up daughters.
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Title: Saving Miss Mirabelle
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.annefine.co.uk/
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A classic children’s story from one of our best-loved authors, former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine.
Lancelot’s lovely teacher, Miss Mirabelle, is in big trouble. She’s told a giant whopper and unless she can come up with a brilliant plan, she’s going to look very, very silly. Can Lancelot help this damsel in distress? Little does he know that Ivan will leave a lasting influence, and that he himself will never enjoy listening to nursery rhymes ever again …
Anne Fine’s fun school stories have been delighting children for more than 20 years, winning her awards such as the Smarties Book Award and Carnegie Medal along the way.
The Author:
Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues. Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny." In 1994, this unique combination of humour and realism inspired the hit movie MRS. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams.
Anne is best known in her home country, England, as a writer principally for children, but over the years she has also written eight novels for adult readers. Seven of these she describes as black - or sour - comedies, and the first, THE KILLJOY, simply as "dead black". These novels have proved great favourites with reading groups, causing readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. (It's perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not even more common.)
Anne has written more than sixty books for children and young people. Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. Twice chosen as Children's Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, Anne Fine was also the first novelist to be honoured as Children's Laureate in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Anne became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Her work has been translated into forty five languages.
Anne Fine lives in the north of England and has two grown up daughters.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.annefine.co.uk/
The Book;
A classic children’s story from one of our best-loved authors, former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine.
Lancelot’s lovely teacher, Miss Mirabelle, is in big trouble. She’s told a giant whopper and unless she can come up with a brilliant plan, she’s going to look very, very silly. Can Lancelot help this damsel in distress? Little does he know that Ivan will leave a lasting influence, and that he himself will never enjoy listening to nursery rhymes ever again …
Anne Fine’s fun school stories have been delighting children for more than 20 years, winning her awards such as the Smarties Book Award and Carnegie Medal along the way.
The Author:
Though readers often find themselves inadvertently laughing aloud as they read Anne Fine's novels, as she herself admits, "a lot of my work, even for fairly young readers, raises serious social issues. Growing up is a long and confusing business. I try to show that the battle through the chaos is worthwhile and can, at times, be seen as very funny." In 1994, this unique combination of humour and realism inspired the hit movie MRS. DOUBTFIRE, based on Anne's novel MADAME DOUBTFIRE and starring the late comedic genius Robin Williams.
Anne is best known in her home country, England, as a writer principally for children, but over the years she has also written eight novels for adult readers. Seven of these she describes as black - or sour - comedies, and the first, THE KILLJOY, simply as "dead black". These novels have proved great favourites with reading groups, causing readers to squirm with mingled horror and delight as she peels away the layers in all too familiar family relationships, exposing the tangled threads and conflicts beneath. (It's perhaps not surprising that Anne has openly expressed astonishment at the fact that murder in the domestic setting is not even more common.)
Anne has written more than sixty books for children and young people. Amongst numerous other awards, she is twice winner of both the Carnegie Medal, Britain's most prestigious children's book award, and the Whitbread Award. Twice chosen as Children's Author of the Year in the British Book Awards, Anne Fine was also the first novelist to be honoured as Children's Laureate in the United Kingdom. In 2003, Anne became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Her work has been translated into forty five languages.
Anne Fine lives in the north of England and has two grown up daughters.
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Carole Matthews
Carole Matthews
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Title: Christmas for Beginners
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.carolematthews.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/carolematthews
The Book;
Christmas is fast approaching at the new Hope Farm . . . Owner, Molly Baker, has been convinced to organise an open day to raise some much-needed funds ahead of the New Year, but their nativity tableau is proving challenging. With an anti-social sheep, awkward alpacas and a seriously sequined Santa Claus to assemble, Molly is feeling overwhelmed, and in desperate need of some
Christmas spirit . . .
Despite the chaos of the farm getting in the way of her event planning, Molly is looking forward to spending the holidays with Shelby and Lucas, hopeful that a happy family Christmas is exactly what they need to draw them all together. But while she is busy making plans on the farm, Shelby, it seems, has ideas of his own.
As the nativity draws near, the team are working hard to pull off a spectacular festive fete – and make sure the animals and humans remain on their best behaviour. Will this Christmas be merry and bright, or is there more than one surprise in store for Hope Farm?
The Author:
Carole Matthews is an internationally bestselling author of 34 hugely successful romantic comedy novels. Her unique sense of humour has won her legions of fans and critical acclaim all over the world.
All of her novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers and Happiness for Beginners was number one on the Amazon chart. She has been given an award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association for her Outstanding Contribution to Romantic Fiction and her latest novel, Sunny Days & Sea Breezes won the RNA award for Romantic Comedy novel.
Previously very unlucky in love, she now lives happily ever after in Costa Del Keynes with her husband, Lovely Kev. She likes to drink champagne, eat chocolate and spends too much time on Facebook and Twitter.
Her next latest book, Christmas for Beginners, is out now.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.carolematthews.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/carolematthews
The Book;
Christmas is fast approaching at the new Hope Farm . . . Owner, Molly Baker, has been convinced to organise an open day to raise some much-needed funds ahead of the New Year, but their nativity tableau is proving challenging. With an anti-social sheep, awkward alpacas and a seriously sequined Santa Claus to assemble, Molly is feeling overwhelmed, and in desperate need of some
Christmas spirit . . .
Despite the chaos of the farm getting in the way of her event planning, Molly is looking forward to spending the holidays with Shelby and Lucas, hopeful that a happy family Christmas is exactly what they need to draw them all together. But while she is busy making plans on the farm, Shelby, it seems, has ideas of his own.
As the nativity draws near, the team are working hard to pull off a spectacular festive fete – and make sure the animals and humans remain on their best behaviour. Will this Christmas be merry and bright, or is there more than one surprise in store for Hope Farm?
The Author:
Carole Matthews is an internationally bestselling author of 34 hugely successful romantic comedy novels. Her unique sense of humour has won her legions of fans and critical acclaim all over the world.
All of her novels have been Sunday Times bestsellers and Happiness for Beginners was number one on the Amazon chart. She has been given an award from the Romantic Novelists’ Association for her Outstanding Contribution to Romantic Fiction and her latest novel, Sunny Days & Sea Breezes won the RNA award for Romantic Comedy novel.
Previously very unlucky in love, she now lives happily ever after in Costa Del Keynes with her husband, Lovely Kev. She likes to drink champagne, eat chocolate and spends too much time on Facebook and Twitter.
Her next latest book, Christmas for Beginners, is out now.
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Samantha Lee Howe
Samantha Lee Howe
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Title: Kill or Die
Genre: Crime Thriller, Espionage
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://samanthaleehowe.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamanthaLHowe
The Book;
Killing Eve meets Jason Bourne in the explosive second adventure of your new favourite spy thriller series…
An agent with an agenda. A killer with a conscience. A showdown that brought a global network to its knees…
For disgraced MI5 agent Michael Kensington, the events of the past year have exploded his life like a fist closing around a grenade.
For serial killer and career assassin Neva, they brutally exposed how hers had so irrevocably imploded.
She ran. He didn’t. But he refuses to give up on her.
With a power vacuum gaping at the heart of the conglomerate that almost silenced them and a deadly web of rogue operatives spinning out of control, they soon realise the fight for freedom has only just begun.
Kill or Die is the second gripping instalment in The House of Killers trilogy, an unmissable spy thriller perfect for fans of Mick Herron and David Baldacci.
The Author:
Samantha’s breakaway debut psychological thriller, The Stranger In Our Bed, was released in Febuary 2020 with Harper Collins imprint, One More Chapter. The book rapidly became a USA TODAY bestseller.
In June 2020, Samantha signed a three-book deal with One More Chapter for her explosive spy thriller series, The House of Killers and the first book of the same name was released in March 2021, and will be rapidly followed by Kill or Die and Kill A Spy in May and July of 2021. Pitched as Killing Eve meets Jason Bourne this is a nerve shredding, enemies to lovers tale that is simmering with obsession and espionage.
In August 2020, Samantha signed a deal with production company Buffalo Dragon for the option and screenplay for The Stranger in Our Bed. The feature film went into production in November 2020 and is due for release in Summer 2021.
To date, Samantha has written 20 novels, 3 novellas, 3 collections, over 40 short stories, an audio drama, a Doctor Who spin-off drama that went to DVD, as well as the screenplay for The Stranger in our bed.
A former high school English and Drama teacher, Samantha has a BA (Hons) in English and Writing for Performance, an MA in Creative Writing and a PGCE in English.
Samantha lives in South Yorkshire with her husband David and their two cats Leeloo and Skye. She is the proud mother of a lovely daughter called Linzi.
Genre: Crime Thriller, Espionage
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://samanthaleehowe.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamanthaLHowe
The Book;
Killing Eve meets Jason Bourne in the explosive second adventure of your new favourite spy thriller series…
An agent with an agenda. A killer with a conscience. A showdown that brought a global network to its knees…
For disgraced MI5 agent Michael Kensington, the events of the past year have exploded his life like a fist closing around a grenade.
For serial killer and career assassin Neva, they brutally exposed how hers had so irrevocably imploded.
She ran. He didn’t. But he refuses to give up on her.
With a power vacuum gaping at the heart of the conglomerate that almost silenced them and a deadly web of rogue operatives spinning out of control, they soon realise the fight for freedom has only just begun.
Kill or Die is the second gripping instalment in The House of Killers trilogy, an unmissable spy thriller perfect for fans of Mick Herron and David Baldacci.
The Author:
Samantha’s breakaway debut psychological thriller, The Stranger In Our Bed, was released in Febuary 2020 with Harper Collins imprint, One More Chapter. The book rapidly became a USA TODAY bestseller.
In June 2020, Samantha signed a three-book deal with One More Chapter for her explosive spy thriller series, The House of Killers and the first book of the same name was released in March 2021, and will be rapidly followed by Kill or Die and Kill A Spy in May and July of 2021. Pitched as Killing Eve meets Jason Bourne this is a nerve shredding, enemies to lovers tale that is simmering with obsession and espionage.
In August 2020, Samantha signed a deal with production company Buffalo Dragon for the option and screenplay for The Stranger in Our Bed. The feature film went into production in November 2020 and is due for release in Summer 2021.
To date, Samantha has written 20 novels, 3 novellas, 3 collections, over 40 short stories, an audio drama, a Doctor Who spin-off drama that went to DVD, as well as the screenplay for The Stranger in our bed.
A former high school English and Drama teacher, Samantha has a BA (Hons) in English and Writing for Performance, an MA in Creative Writing and a PGCE in English.
Samantha lives in South Yorkshire with her husband David and their two cats Leeloo and Skye. She is the proud mother of a lovely daughter called Linzi.
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Samantha Lee Howe
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Title: The House of Killers
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://samanthaleehowe.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamanthaLHowe
The Book;
‘One of the deadliest female assassins I’ve ever encountered in fiction’ Brendan DuBois, New York Times-bestselling author of The End with James Patterson
Killing Eve meets Jason Bourne in this nerve-shredding new thriller series simmering with obsession and espionage…
Serial killer Neva has been conditioned not to ask questions of the mysterious Network, to remain perfectly incurious and perennially cold-blooded. She must simply execute the targets they text her and live to bury the tale.
But then she’s tasked with terminating a fellow assassin and glimpses her own future in her colleague’s fate. When she leaves flowers on the gravesite, someone notices.
Agent Michael Kensington knows he’ll have his work cut out for him when he’s recruited by MI5 onto operation Archive to piece together patterns in cold cases.
Nothing could ever have prepared him for Neva…
An assassin obsessed with hell, a fugitive tortured by the secrets of her past, a woman destined to unthread him.
The House of Killers introduces a trail-blazing new voice in spy fiction. An absolute must-read for all fans of spooks past and present, from Bond to Bourne, Smiley to Polastri.
The Author:
Samantha’s breakaway debut psychological thriller, The Stranger In Our Bed, was released in Febuary 2020 with Harper Collins imprint, One More Chapter. The book rapidly became a USA TODAY bestseller.
In June 2020, Samantha signed a three-book deal with One More Chapter for her explosive spy thriller series, The House of Killers and the first book of the same name was released in March 2021, and will be rapidly followed by Kill or Die and Kill A Spy in May and July of 2021. Pitched as Killing Eve meets Jason Bourne this is a nerve shredding, enemies to lovers tale that is simmering with obsession and espionage.
In August 2020, Samantha signed a deal with production company Buffalo Dragon for the option and screenplay for The Stranger in Our Bed. The feature film went into production in November 2020 and is due for release in Summer 2021.
To date, Samantha has written 20 novels, 3 novellas, 3 collections, over 40 short stories, an audio drama, a Doctor Who spin-off drama that went to DVD, as well as the screenplay for The Stranger in our bed.
A former high school English and Drama teacher, Samantha has a BA (Hons) in English and Writing for Performance, an MA in Creative Writing and a PGCE in English.
Samantha lives in South Yorkshire with her husband David and their two cats Leeloo and Skye. She is the proud mother of a lovely daughter called Linzi.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://samanthaleehowe.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamanthaLHowe
The Book;
‘One of the deadliest female assassins I’ve ever encountered in fiction’ Brendan DuBois, New York Times-bestselling author of The End with James Patterson
Killing Eve meets Jason Bourne in this nerve-shredding new thriller series simmering with obsession and espionage…
Serial killer Neva has been conditioned not to ask questions of the mysterious Network, to remain perfectly incurious and perennially cold-blooded. She must simply execute the targets they text her and live to bury the tale.
But then she’s tasked with terminating a fellow assassin and glimpses her own future in her colleague’s fate. When she leaves flowers on the gravesite, someone notices.
Agent Michael Kensington knows he’ll have his work cut out for him when he’s recruited by MI5 onto operation Archive to piece together patterns in cold cases.
Nothing could ever have prepared him for Neva…
An assassin obsessed with hell, a fugitive tortured by the secrets of her past, a woman destined to unthread him.
The House of Killers introduces a trail-blazing new voice in spy fiction. An absolute must-read for all fans of spooks past and present, from Bond to Bourne, Smiley to Polastri.
The Author:
Samantha’s breakaway debut psychological thriller, The Stranger In Our Bed, was released in Febuary 2020 with Harper Collins imprint, One More Chapter. The book rapidly became a USA TODAY bestseller.
In June 2020, Samantha signed a three-book deal with One More Chapter for her explosive spy thriller series, The House of Killers and the first book of the same name was released in March 2021, and will be rapidly followed by Kill or Die and Kill A Spy in May and July of 2021. Pitched as Killing Eve meets Jason Bourne this is a nerve shredding, enemies to lovers tale that is simmering with obsession and espionage.
In August 2020, Samantha signed a deal with production company Buffalo Dragon for the option and screenplay for The Stranger in Our Bed. The feature film went into production in November 2020 and is due for release in Summer 2021.
To date, Samantha has written 20 novels, 3 novellas, 3 collections, over 40 short stories, an audio drama, a Doctor Who spin-off drama that went to DVD, as well as the screenplay for The Stranger in our bed.
A former high school English and Drama teacher, Samantha has a BA (Hons) in English and Writing for Performance, an MA in Creative Writing and a PGCE in English.
Samantha lives in South Yorkshire with her husband David and their two cats Leeloo and Skye. She is the proud mother of a lovely daughter called Linzi.
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Joseph Murphy-James
Joseph Murphy-James
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Title: Beavers Lodge
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.wisegreyowl.co.uk
The Book;
Beavers Lodge - a novel for Children, first in the Dingle Valley Series of Grandpa Joe's Bedtime Stories
Beavers’ Lodge, a colour illustrated novel for children, is from the Dingle Valley series by Joseph Murphy-James and tells of the antics of the animals living in the valley, woods and lakes of the same name. Three beavers arrive, having travelled south from Scotland and settle in Dingle Wood, creating lakes that resemble three fingers, easily seen from the top of Dingle Hill. Not everyone is pleased by the appearance of the beavers, a keystone species, and the flooding of the valley. Led by Spotter the Otter, decisive action is planned and it divides a community causing the respected Archie Badger to reluctantly relinquish his place on the fence.
The Author:
Writing under the pen name Joseph-Murphy James, the author's life of engineering, where problem solving is the order of the day, has given him a mind that conjures up worlds to stimulate the imagination of children through his Dingle Valley Series of novels and adults with his six part Shires of York Fantasy Series set in a Yorkshire populated by dragons, elven, demons, dwarves, goblins and witches.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.wisegreyowl.co.uk
The Book;
Beavers Lodge - a novel for Children, first in the Dingle Valley Series of Grandpa Joe's Bedtime Stories
Beavers’ Lodge, a colour illustrated novel for children, is from the Dingle Valley series by Joseph Murphy-James and tells of the antics of the animals living in the valley, woods and lakes of the same name. Three beavers arrive, having travelled south from Scotland and settle in Dingle Wood, creating lakes that resemble three fingers, easily seen from the top of Dingle Hill. Not everyone is pleased by the appearance of the beavers, a keystone species, and the flooding of the valley. Led by Spotter the Otter, decisive action is planned and it divides a community causing the respected Archie Badger to reluctantly relinquish his place on the fence.
The Author:
Writing under the pen name Joseph-Murphy James, the author's life of engineering, where problem solving is the order of the day, has given him a mind that conjures up worlds to stimulate the imagination of children through his Dingle Valley Series of novels and adults with his six part Shires of York Fantasy Series set in a Yorkshire populated by dragons, elven, demons, dwarves, goblins and witches.
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Victoria Howard
Victoria Howard
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Title: Ring of Lies
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.victoriahoward.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaHoward_
The Book;
When English accountant Daniel Elliott dies in a car accident one rainy night, his widow, Grace, is overcome with grief…and panic. Daniel was controlling and their marriage loveless, but he always took care of the sheltered Grace.
Or so she thought.
She soon discovers Daniel kept secrets: an alias, mob ties, a list of numbers, a mysterious beach house in Florida… and a girlfriend who looks like Grace.
Swallowing her fear, she flies to Miami to claim the house Daniel left her. But the price of her curiosity is peril. Underworld figures stalk her. The other woman has left a damning trail of evidence pointing her way. And handsome, troubled FBI agent Jack West has crossed precarious paths with Grace before. He could be her savior or her damnation. All she knows for certain is that she longs to be in his arms.
With little to go on and danger at every turn, Grace must depend on Jack to help her navigate the criminal world of south Florida, and find the truth behind the Ring of Lies.
The Author:
Victoria Howard is the author of three romantic suspense novels; The House on the Shore, (a 2009 Joan Hessayon Award finalist), Three Weeks Last Spring, and Ring of Lies. She is also the author of several short stories, including the Kindle short, A Little Protection.
Victoria trained as a medical secretary, and subsequently worked for the National Health Service. She spent twenty years living on a croft in the Highlands of Scotland, managing a company involved in the offshore oil and gas industry.
During those rare times when she isn't writing, Victoria can be found curled up with a book, gardening, designing knitwear, walking her Border collie, Rosie, or travelling the world.
Victoria is a member of Romantic Novelists' Association.
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.victoriahoward.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaHoward_
The Book;
When English accountant Daniel Elliott dies in a car accident one rainy night, his widow, Grace, is overcome with grief…and panic. Daniel was controlling and their marriage loveless, but he always took care of the sheltered Grace.
Or so she thought.
She soon discovers Daniel kept secrets: an alias, mob ties, a list of numbers, a mysterious beach house in Florida… and a girlfriend who looks like Grace.
Swallowing her fear, she flies to Miami to claim the house Daniel left her. But the price of her curiosity is peril. Underworld figures stalk her. The other woman has left a damning trail of evidence pointing her way. And handsome, troubled FBI agent Jack West has crossed precarious paths with Grace before. He could be her savior or her damnation. All she knows for certain is that she longs to be in his arms.
With little to go on and danger at every turn, Grace must depend on Jack to help her navigate the criminal world of south Florida, and find the truth behind the Ring of Lies.
The Author:
Victoria Howard is the author of three romantic suspense novels; The House on the Shore, (a 2009 Joan Hessayon Award finalist), Three Weeks Last Spring, and Ring of Lies. She is also the author of several short stories, including the Kindle short, A Little Protection.
Victoria trained as a medical secretary, and subsequently worked for the National Health Service. She spent twenty years living on a croft in the Highlands of Scotland, managing a company involved in the offshore oil and gas industry.
During those rare times when she isn't writing, Victoria can be found curled up with a book, gardening, designing knitwear, walking her Border collie, Rosie, or travelling the world.
Victoria is a member of Romantic Novelists' Association.
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Title: Three Weeks Last Spring
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.victoriahoward.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaHoward_
The Book;
Skye Dunbar needs to get away from London to put a disastrous affair behind her. When she rents a small cabin in Washington State’s San Juan Islands, the last thing she expects is to be accused of computer hacking.
Marine biologist Jedediah Walker is called in to investigate the large number of dead marine life being washed up on the islands beaches. And he has another problem – an unexpected, beautiful and suspicious new tenant renting his cabin. When Walker discovers that the fish contain a high concentration of toxic chemicals, he suspects that the chemicals are being deliberately dumped in Puget Sound. And later, when someone hacks into his computer, he realises it is no coincidence and sets out to find out more about his mysterious new tenant.However, Skye doesn’t like Walker from the moment she lays eyes on him. He feels the same. But that’s about to change.
The Author:
Victoria Howard is the author of three romantic suspense novels; The House on the Shore, (a 2009 Joan Hessayon Award finalist), Three Weeks Last Spring, and Ring of Lies. She is also the author of several short stories, including the Kindle short, A Little Protection.
Victoria trained as a medical secretary, and subsequently worked for the National Health Service. She spent twenty years living on a croft in the Highlands of Scotland, managing a company involved in the offshore oil and gas industry.
During those rare times when she isn't writing, Victoria can be found curled up with a book, gardening, designing knitwear, walking her Border collie, Rosie, or travelling the world.
Victoria is a member of Romantic Novelists' Association.
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.victoriahoward.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaHoward_
The Book;
Skye Dunbar needs to get away from London to put a disastrous affair behind her. When she rents a small cabin in Washington State’s San Juan Islands, the last thing she expects is to be accused of computer hacking.
Marine biologist Jedediah Walker is called in to investigate the large number of dead marine life being washed up on the islands beaches. And he has another problem – an unexpected, beautiful and suspicious new tenant renting his cabin. When Walker discovers that the fish contain a high concentration of toxic chemicals, he suspects that the chemicals are being deliberately dumped in Puget Sound. And later, when someone hacks into his computer, he realises it is no coincidence and sets out to find out more about his mysterious new tenant.However, Skye doesn’t like Walker from the moment she lays eyes on him. He feels the same. But that’s about to change.
The Author:
Victoria Howard is the author of three romantic suspense novels; The House on the Shore, (a 2009 Joan Hessayon Award finalist), Three Weeks Last Spring, and Ring of Lies. She is also the author of several short stories, including the Kindle short, A Little Protection.
Victoria trained as a medical secretary, and subsequently worked for the National Health Service. She spent twenty years living on a croft in the Highlands of Scotland, managing a company involved in the offshore oil and gas industry.
During those rare times when she isn't writing, Victoria can be found curled up with a book, gardening, designing knitwear, walking her Border collie, Rosie, or travelling the world.
Victoria is a member of Romantic Novelists' Association.
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Title: The House on the Shore
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.victoriahoward.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaHoward_
The Book;
This visually magical tale takes the reader on a journey from the remote shores of Loch Hourn in the Scottish Highlands to the singular beauty of Cape Cod. When Anna MacDonald leaves Edinburgh to find peace in the Scottish Highlands, she gets a twofold surprise: a lost sailor teaches her to love again...while a mysterious stranger has plans to kill her. Passed over for promotion by her boss-and boyfriend, Anna walks off the job in anger. But being reactionary has its price. Now she can no longer afford the rent on her Edinburgh apartment. So she retreats to the only place she has ever felt happy - her grandmother's croft on the edge of a Highland loch. With no phone or neighbours, and only two border collies for company, Anna sets out to finally achieve her lifelong dream; to write-and sell-the novel that has burned within her for years. Luke Tallantyre, a renowned Cape Cod artist, has sailed across the Atlantic to escape an artistic dry spell, and come to terms with his dangerous past. When his yacht develops a problem he drops anchor in Loch Hourn. He rows ashore, and knocking on the door of the croft, asks to use the telephone, but the reception he receives is less than welcoming - in fact it's downright frosty. Anna resents the cranky American's intrusion to her seemingly idyllic life. Luke thinks she's an ill-mannered hermit. But an unseen assassin is after one of them. So they unwillingly join forces and embark on an adventure neither ever imagined, including a chance at true love.
The Author:
Victoria Howard is the author of three romantic suspense novels; The House on the Shore, (a 2009 Joan Hessayon Award finalist), Three Weeks Last Spring, and Ring of Lies. She is also the author of several short stories, including the Kindle short, A Little Protection.
Victoria trained as a medical secretary, and subsequently worked for the National Health Service. She spent twenty years living on a croft in the Highlands of Scotland, managing a company involved in the offshore oil and gas industry.
During those rare times when she isn't writing, Victoria can be found curled up with a book, gardening, designing knitwear, walking her Border collie, Rosie, or travelling the world.
Victoria is a member of Romantic Novelists' Association.
Genre: Contemporary Romance, Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.victoriahoward.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VictoriaHoward_
The Book;
This visually magical tale takes the reader on a journey from the remote shores of Loch Hourn in the Scottish Highlands to the singular beauty of Cape Cod. When Anna MacDonald leaves Edinburgh to find peace in the Scottish Highlands, she gets a twofold surprise: a lost sailor teaches her to love again...while a mysterious stranger has plans to kill her. Passed over for promotion by her boss-and boyfriend, Anna walks off the job in anger. But being reactionary has its price. Now she can no longer afford the rent on her Edinburgh apartment. So she retreats to the only place she has ever felt happy - her grandmother's croft on the edge of a Highland loch. With no phone or neighbours, and only two border collies for company, Anna sets out to finally achieve her lifelong dream; to write-and sell-the novel that has burned within her for years. Luke Tallantyre, a renowned Cape Cod artist, has sailed across the Atlantic to escape an artistic dry spell, and come to terms with his dangerous past. When his yacht develops a problem he drops anchor in Loch Hourn. He rows ashore, and knocking on the door of the croft, asks to use the telephone, but the reception he receives is less than welcoming - in fact it's downright frosty. Anna resents the cranky American's intrusion to her seemingly idyllic life. Luke thinks she's an ill-mannered hermit. But an unseen assassin is after one of them. So they unwillingly join forces and embark on an adventure neither ever imagined, including a chance at true love.
The Author:
Victoria Howard is the author of three romantic suspense novels; The House on the Shore, (a 2009 Joan Hessayon Award finalist), Three Weeks Last Spring, and Ring of Lies. She is also the author of several short stories, including the Kindle short, A Little Protection.
Victoria trained as a medical secretary, and subsequently worked for the National Health Service. She spent twenty years living on a croft in the Highlands of Scotland, managing a company involved in the offshore oil and gas industry.
During those rare times when she isn't writing, Victoria can be found curled up with a book, gardening, designing knitwear, walking her Border collie, Rosie, or travelling the world.
Victoria is a member of Romantic Novelists' Association.
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C.J. Tudor
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Title: The Burning Girls
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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The Book;
An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a community haunted by death and disappearances both past and present--and intent on keeping its dark secrets--in this explosive, unsettling thriller from acclaimed author C. J. Tudor.
Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself.
Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start and find some peace. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note quoting scripture. "But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known."
The more Jack and her daughter Flo get acquainted with the town and its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into their rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo is troubled by strange sightings in the old chapel, it becomes apparent that there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.
But uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village where everyone has something to protect, everyone has links with the village's bloody past, and no one trusts an outsider.
The Author:
C. J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives with her partner and young daughter.
She left school at sixteen and has had a variety of jobs over the years, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, shop assistant, ad agency copywriter and voiceover.
In the early nineties, she fell into a job as a television presenter for a show on Channel 4 called Moviewatch. Although a terrible presenter, she got to interview acting legends such as Sigourney Weaver, Michael Douglas, Emma Thompson and Robin Williams. She also annoyed Tim Robbins by asking a question about Susan Sarandon’s breasts and was extremely flattered when Robert Downey Junior showed her his chest.
While writing the Chalk Man she ran a dog-walking business, walking over twenty dogs a week as well as looking after her little girl.
She’s been writing since she was a child but only knuckled down to it properly in her thirties. Her English teacher once told her that if she ‘did not become Prime Minister or a best-selling author’ he would be ‘very disappointed.’
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
The Burning Girls Book Trailer | C.J. Tudor:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/t/c-j-tudor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cjtudor
The Book;
An unconventional vicar moves to a remote corner of the English countryside, only to discover a community haunted by death and disappearances both past and present--and intent on keeping its dark secrets--in this explosive, unsettling thriller from acclaimed author C. J. Tudor.
Welcome to Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, eight protestant martyrs were burned at the stake here. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And two months ago, the vicar of the local parish killed himself.
Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping to make a fresh start and find some peace. Instead, Jack finds a town mired in secrecy and a strange welcome package: an old exorcism kit and a note quoting scripture. "But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed and hidden that will not be known."
The more Jack and her daughter Flo get acquainted with the town and its strange denizens, the deeper they are drawn into their rifts, mysteries, and suspicions. And when Flo is troubled by strange sightings in the old chapel, it becomes apparent that there are ghosts here that refuse to be laid to rest.
But uncovering the truth can be deadly in a village where everyone has something to protect, everyone has links with the village's bloody past, and no one trusts an outsider.
The Author:
C. J. Tudor was born in Salisbury and grew up in Nottingham, where she still lives with her partner and young daughter.
She left school at sixteen and has had a variety of jobs over the years, including trainee reporter, radio scriptwriter, shop assistant, ad agency copywriter and voiceover.
In the early nineties, she fell into a job as a television presenter for a show on Channel 4 called Moviewatch. Although a terrible presenter, she got to interview acting legends such as Sigourney Weaver, Michael Douglas, Emma Thompson and Robin Williams. She also annoyed Tim Robbins by asking a question about Susan Sarandon’s breasts and was extremely flattered when Robert Downey Junior showed her his chest.
While writing the Chalk Man she ran a dog-walking business, walking over twenty dogs a week as well as looking after her little girl.
She’s been writing since she was a child but only knuckled down to it properly in her thirties. Her English teacher once told her that if she ‘did not become Prime Minister or a best-selling author’ he would be ‘very disappointed.’
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Samantha Tonge
Samantha Tonge
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Title: Summer Secrets at Streamside Cottage
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Samantha will be adding a goodie bag along with her signed and dedicated book to her successful bidder *
Website: http://samanthatonge.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamTongeWriter
The Book;
It's been years since Lizzie Lockhart spoke to her parents. But she was safe in the knowledge she knew everything about them. Once upon a time, they were as close as could be. Until they weren't.
After receiving the earth-shattering news of their passing, Lizzie decides it's time to unearth some family secrets and find out just who her parents really were... starting with Streamside Cottage. A cottage Lizzie never knew existed, in a place she's never heard of: the beautiful English village of Leafton.
Leaving behind London, and the tattoo parlour she called home, Lizzie finds herself moving to the countryside. Faced with a tight-lipped community, who have secrets of their own, Lizzie is at a loss for what to do, until her rather handsome neighbour, Ben, steps in to help.
The Author:
Samantha Tonge lives in Manchester and when not writing she loves family time, reading and baking. She has sold many dozens of short stories to women's magazines and writes contemporary romance and women's fiction novels.
In 2015 her summer romance, Game of Scones, hit #5 in the UK Kindle chart and won the Love Stories Awards Best Romantic Ebook category.
In 2020 she won the RNA’s Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award with her novel Knowing You.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* Samantha will be adding a goodie bag along with her signed and dedicated book to her successful bidder *
Website: http://samanthatonge.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamTongeWriter
The Book;
It's been years since Lizzie Lockhart spoke to her parents. But she was safe in the knowledge she knew everything about them. Once upon a time, they were as close as could be. Until they weren't.
After receiving the earth-shattering news of their passing, Lizzie decides it's time to unearth some family secrets and find out just who her parents really were... starting with Streamside Cottage. A cottage Lizzie never knew existed, in a place she's never heard of: the beautiful English village of Leafton.
Leaving behind London, and the tattoo parlour she called home, Lizzie finds herself moving to the countryside. Faced with a tight-lipped community, who have secrets of their own, Lizzie is at a loss for what to do, until her rather handsome neighbour, Ben, steps in to help.
The Author:
Samantha Tonge lives in Manchester and when not writing she loves family time, reading and baking. She has sold many dozens of short stories to women's magazines and writes contemporary romance and women's fiction novels.
In 2015 her summer romance, Game of Scones, hit #5 in the UK Kindle chart and won the Love Stories Awards Best Romantic Ebook category.
In 2020 she won the RNA’s Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award with her novel Knowing You.
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Cathy Bramley
Cathy Bramley
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Three Books
Title 1: White Lies and Wishes
Genre: Contemporary - Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Plumberry School of Comfort Food
Genre: Contemporary - Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Patchwork Family
Genre: Contemporary - Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.cathybramley.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CathyBramley
Book 1: White Lies and Wishes
What happens when what you wish for is only half the story...?
Three strangers and a funeral, that’s all it takes for these women’s lives and wishes to intersect. Death has a funny way of showing you what you really want out of life… or so they say, anyway.
Jo is flirty and a little after thirty, but what she really wants is to get her business back on track and conquer her fear of heights. That’s what she’ll say when asked, anyway. She has things to prove and finding love can always wait…
Sarah has the best of both worlds, baby in one hand and job in the other. All she wants is to get that promotion, then all those missed bath times will be worth it. So she says, anyway. She can’t stop to think about it too long or she might drop something…
All Carrie wants is to shift the excess pounds and look good for summer. Wearing a bikini is all she has ever desired. So she has always said, anyway. But it’s not the only weight she’s carrying, dark secrets from her past are threatening to surface…
So the three unlikely new friends set themselves a deadline to get their lives in order; juggling blokes, babies and bikini bottoms along the way. There’s nothing to stop them from achieving their dreams – except those little white lies we all tell…
Book 2: The Plumberry School of Comfort Food
The Plumberry School of Comfort Food was originally published as a four-part serial. This is the complete story in one package.
Verity Bloom hasn't been interested in cooking anything more complicated than the perfect fish finger sandwich, ever since she lost her best friend and baking companion two years ago.
But an opportunity to help a friend lands her right back in the heart of the kitchen. The Plumberry School of Comfort Food is due to open in a few weeks' time and needs the kind of great ideas that only Verity could cook up. And with new friendships bubbling and a sprinkling of romance in the mix, Verity finally begins to feel like she's home.
But when tragedy strikes at the very heart of the cookery school, can Verity find the magic ingredient for Plumberry while still writing her own recipe for happiness?
Book 3: A Patchwork Family
Love, friendship and family come in all different shapes and sizes...
Gina has been going with the flow for years - she'd rather have an easy life than face any conflict. She runs her childminding business from her cottage at the edge of The Evergreens, a charming Victorian house and home to three octogenarians who have far too much fun for their age.
But when The Evergreens is put up for sale, Gina and the other residents face losing their home. To protect her business and save her elderly friends from eviction, Gina must make a stand and fight for the first time in her life.
As Gina's ideas for saving The Evergreens get bigger and bolder, she starts to believe it might just be possible. The only thing is, does she believe in herself?
The Author:
Cathy Bramley is the author of the best-selling romantic comedies Ivy Lane, Appleby Farm, Wickham Hall, Conditional Love and The Plumberry School of Comfort Food. She lives in a Nottinghamshire village with her family and a dog.
Her recent career as a full-time writer of light-hearted, romantic fiction has come as somewhat of a lovely surprise after spending eighteen years running her own marketing agency. However, she has been always an avid reader, never without a book on the go and now thinks she may have found her dream job!
Title 1: White Lies and Wishes
Genre: Contemporary - Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Plumberry School of Comfort Food
Genre: Contemporary - Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: A Patchwork Family
Genre: Contemporary - Women's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.cathybramley.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CathyBramley
Book 1: White Lies and Wishes
What happens when what you wish for is only half the story...?
Three strangers and a funeral, that’s all it takes for these women’s lives and wishes to intersect. Death has a funny way of showing you what you really want out of life… or so they say, anyway.
Jo is flirty and a little after thirty, but what she really wants is to get her business back on track and conquer her fear of heights. That’s what she’ll say when asked, anyway. She has things to prove and finding love can always wait…
Sarah has the best of both worlds, baby in one hand and job in the other. All she wants is to get that promotion, then all those missed bath times will be worth it. So she says, anyway. She can’t stop to think about it too long or she might drop something…
All Carrie wants is to shift the excess pounds and look good for summer. Wearing a bikini is all she has ever desired. So she has always said, anyway. But it’s not the only weight she’s carrying, dark secrets from her past are threatening to surface…
So the three unlikely new friends set themselves a deadline to get their lives in order; juggling blokes, babies and bikini bottoms along the way. There’s nothing to stop them from achieving their dreams – except those little white lies we all tell…
Book 2: The Plumberry School of Comfort Food
The Plumberry School of Comfort Food was originally published as a four-part serial. This is the complete story in one package.
Verity Bloom hasn't been interested in cooking anything more complicated than the perfect fish finger sandwich, ever since she lost her best friend and baking companion two years ago.
But an opportunity to help a friend lands her right back in the heart of the kitchen. The Plumberry School of Comfort Food is due to open in a few weeks' time and needs the kind of great ideas that only Verity could cook up. And with new friendships bubbling and a sprinkling of romance in the mix, Verity finally begins to feel like she's home.
But when tragedy strikes at the very heart of the cookery school, can Verity find the magic ingredient for Plumberry while still writing her own recipe for happiness?
Book 3: A Patchwork Family
Love, friendship and family come in all different shapes and sizes...
Gina has been going with the flow for years - she'd rather have an easy life than face any conflict. She runs her childminding business from her cottage at the edge of The Evergreens, a charming Victorian house and home to three octogenarians who have far too much fun for their age.
But when The Evergreens is put up for sale, Gina and the other residents face losing their home. To protect her business and save her elderly friends from eviction, Gina must make a stand and fight for the first time in her life.
As Gina's ideas for saving The Evergreens get bigger and bolder, she starts to believe it might just be possible. The only thing is, does she believe in herself?
The Author:
Cathy Bramley is the author of the best-selling romantic comedies Ivy Lane, Appleby Farm, Wickham Hall, Conditional Love and The Plumberry School of Comfort Food. She lives in a Nottinghamshire village with her family and a dog.
Her recent career as a full-time writer of light-hearted, romantic fiction has come as somewhat of a lovely surprise after spending eighteen years running her own marketing agency. However, she has been always an avid reader, never without a book on the go and now thinks she may have found her dream job!
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Sarah Hilary
Sarah Hilary
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Title: Fragile
Genre: Gothic Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://sarahhilary.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarah_hilary
The Book;
Everything she touches breaks . . .
Nell Ballard is a runaway. A former foster child with a dark secret she is desperate to keep, all Nell wants is to find a place she can belong.
So when a job comes up at Starling Villas, home to the enigmatic Robin Wilder, she seizes the opportunity with both hands.
Only her new lodgings may not be the safe haven that she was hoping for. Her employer lives by a set of rigid rules and she soon sees that he is hiding secrets of his own.
But is Nell’s arrival at the Villas really the coincidence it seems? After all, she knows more than most how fragile people can be – and how easy they can be to break . . .
A dark contemporary psychological thriller with a modern Gothic twist from an award winning and critically acclaimed writer who has been compared to Ruth Rendell, PD James and Val McDermid. Rebecca meets The Handmaid’s Tale in Sarah Hilary’s standalone breakout novel, Fragile.
The Author:
Sarah’s debut, Someone Else's Skin, won Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year and was a World Book Night selection. The Observer's Book of the Month ("superbly disturbing”) and a Richard & Judy Book Club bestseller, it was a Silver Falchion and Macavity Award finalist in the US. No Other Darkness, the second in the series was shortlisted for a Barry Award. Her DI Marnie Rome series continued with Tastes Like Fear (longlisted for Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year 2017) and Quieter Than Killing (Observer’s Thriller of the Month). Come and Find Me was published in 2018, with Never Be Broken to come in 2019.
Genre: Gothic Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://sarahhilary.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarah_hilary
The Book;
Everything she touches breaks . . .
Nell Ballard is a runaway. A former foster child with a dark secret she is desperate to keep, all Nell wants is to find a place she can belong.
So when a job comes up at Starling Villas, home to the enigmatic Robin Wilder, she seizes the opportunity with both hands.
Only her new lodgings may not be the safe haven that she was hoping for. Her employer lives by a set of rigid rules and she soon sees that he is hiding secrets of his own.
But is Nell’s arrival at the Villas really the coincidence it seems? After all, she knows more than most how fragile people can be – and how easy they can be to break . . .
A dark contemporary psychological thriller with a modern Gothic twist from an award winning and critically acclaimed writer who has been compared to Ruth Rendell, PD James and Val McDermid. Rebecca meets The Handmaid’s Tale in Sarah Hilary’s standalone breakout novel, Fragile.
The Author:
Sarah’s debut, Someone Else's Skin, won Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year and was a World Book Night selection. The Observer's Book of the Month ("superbly disturbing”) and a Richard & Judy Book Club bestseller, it was a Silver Falchion and Macavity Award finalist in the US. No Other Darkness, the second in the series was shortlisted for a Barry Award. Her DI Marnie Rome series continued with Tastes Like Fear (longlisted for Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year 2017) and Quieter Than Killing (Observer’s Thriller of the Month). Come and Find Me was published in 2018, with Never Be Broken to come in 2019.
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Emma Stonex
Emma Stonex
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Title: The Lamplighters
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Emma talks about her latest book:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/emma-stonex
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StonexEmma
The Book;
They say we'll never know what happened to those men.
They say the sea keeps its secrets...
Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper’s weather log describes a mighty storm, but the skies have been clear all week.
What happened to those three men, out on the tower? The heavy sea whispers their names. The tide shifts beneath the swell, drowning ghosts. Can their secrets ever be recovered from the waves?
Twenty years later, the women they left behind are still struggling to move on. Helen, Jenny and Michelle should have been united by the tragedy, but instead it drove them apart. And then a writer approaches them. He wants to give them a chance to tell their side of the story. But only in confronting their darkest fears can the truth begin to surface . . .
The Lamplighters is a heart-stopping mystery rich with the salty air of the Cornish coast, and an unforgettable story of love and grief that explores the way our fears blur the line between the real and the imagined.
The Author:
Emma Stonex is a novelist who has written several books under a pseudonym. THE LAMPLIGHTERS is her debut under her own name and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Before becoming a writer, she worked as an editor at a major publishing house. She lives in the Southwest with her family.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Emma talks about her latest book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4afDrjdL6w
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/s/emma-stonex
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StonexEmma
The Book;
They say we'll never know what happened to those men.
They say the sea keeps its secrets...
Cornwall, 1972. Three keepers vanish from a remote lighthouse, miles from the shore. The entrance door is locked from the inside. The clocks have stopped. The Principal Keeper’s weather log describes a mighty storm, but the skies have been clear all week.
What happened to those three men, out on the tower? The heavy sea whispers their names. The tide shifts beneath the swell, drowning ghosts. Can their secrets ever be recovered from the waves?
Twenty years later, the women they left behind are still struggling to move on. Helen, Jenny and Michelle should have been united by the tragedy, but instead it drove them apart. And then a writer approaches them. He wants to give them a chance to tell their side of the story. But only in confronting their darkest fears can the truth begin to surface . . .
The Lamplighters is a heart-stopping mystery rich with the salty air of the Cornish coast, and an unforgettable story of love and grief that explores the way our fears blur the line between the real and the imagined.
The Author:
Emma Stonex is a novelist who has written several books under a pseudonym. THE LAMPLIGHTERS is her debut under her own name and has been translated into more than twenty languages. Before becoming a writer, she worked as an editor at a major publishing house. She lives in the Southwest with her family.
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Heather Martin & Lee Child
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Two Books: A Hardback Copy & A Paperback Copy
Title: The Reacher Guy
Genre: Biography
Dedication: Available
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* Signed and dedicated by both Heather and Lee*
Website: https://www.heathermartin.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drheathermartin
The Book;
An exquisitely written and nuanced biography of an exceptional individual and writer who has created the # 1 international bestselling hero Jack Reacher, revered by dedicated and loyal readers worldwide.
Lee Child has a great public persona: he is gracious and generous with readers and fans. But Jim Grant is a reticent and very private man.
This rags-to-riches literary and social biography is based principally on disarmingly frank personal conversations and correspondence with the author since 2016 and privileged access to archival materials. It consists almost entirely of original material, and is the nearest thing the world is likely to get to the autobiography he does not intend to write.
There are a handful of great Lee Child/Reacher stories that have been recycled over and over again. They are so good that no one has bothered to look beyond them. This book revisits (and sometimes revises) those irresistible stories, but goes back further and digs deeper. The emphasis on chronology, accuracy and specificity is unprecedented.
The Lee Child origin myth is much loved. But mostly it sees him springing fully formed from the brow of Granada Television. There are glancing references to Aston Villa and the schoolyard, but no one has examined the social and historical detail or looked closely at where Lee really came from: the people, places and period.
The Author: Heather Martin
Heather Martin was born in West Australia. She grew up in Aix-en-Provence, Paris, and Perth, where she would fall asleep to the sound of the Indian Ocean. She left Australia for England to become a classical guitarist but found herself singing with a Venezuelan folk group and learning to speak Spanish instead. She read Languages at Cambridge, where she also did a PhD in comparative literature, and has held teaching and research positions at Cambridge, Hull, King's College London, and most recently, the Graduate Center, City University New York. Heather is a long-time Reacher fan. While waiting to get her hands on the next in the series, she once read a Lee Child book in Spanish and wound up writing to the author about the fate of his character in translation. 'The Reacher Guy' is her first biography.
The Author: Lee Child
Lee Child is #1 New York Times bestsellling author of the Jack Reacher thrillers and the complete Jack Reacher story collection, No Middle Name. All his novels have been optioned for major motion pictures—including Jack Reacher (based on One Shot) and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. A native of England and a former television director, Child lives in New York City.
Title: The Reacher Guy
Genre: Biography
Dedication: Available
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* Signed and dedicated by both Heather and Lee*
Website: https://www.heathermartin.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drheathermartin
The Book;
An exquisitely written and nuanced biography of an exceptional individual and writer who has created the # 1 international bestselling hero Jack Reacher, revered by dedicated and loyal readers worldwide.
Lee Child has a great public persona: he is gracious and generous with readers and fans. But Jim Grant is a reticent and very private man.
This rags-to-riches literary and social biography is based principally on disarmingly frank personal conversations and correspondence with the author since 2016 and privileged access to archival materials. It consists almost entirely of original material, and is the nearest thing the world is likely to get to the autobiography he does not intend to write.
There are a handful of great Lee Child/Reacher stories that have been recycled over and over again. They are so good that no one has bothered to look beyond them. This book revisits (and sometimes revises) those irresistible stories, but goes back further and digs deeper. The emphasis on chronology, accuracy and specificity is unprecedented.
The Lee Child origin myth is much loved. But mostly it sees him springing fully formed from the brow of Granada Television. There are glancing references to Aston Villa and the schoolyard, but no one has examined the social and historical detail or looked closely at where Lee really came from: the people, places and period.
The Author: Heather Martin
Heather Martin was born in West Australia. She grew up in Aix-en-Provence, Paris, and Perth, where she would fall asleep to the sound of the Indian Ocean. She left Australia for England to become a classical guitarist but found herself singing with a Venezuelan folk group and learning to speak Spanish instead. She read Languages at Cambridge, where she also did a PhD in comparative literature, and has held teaching and research positions at Cambridge, Hull, King's College London, and most recently, the Graduate Center, City University New York. Heather is a long-time Reacher fan. While waiting to get her hands on the next in the series, she once read a Lee Child book in Spanish and wound up writing to the author about the fate of his character in translation. 'The Reacher Guy' is her first biography.
The Author: Lee Child
Lee Child is #1 New York Times bestsellling author of the Jack Reacher thrillers and the complete Jack Reacher story collection, No Middle Name. All his novels have been optioned for major motion pictures—including Jack Reacher (based on One Shot) and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. A native of England and a former television director, Child lives in New York City.
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Title: Freeze
Genre: Paranormal - Mystery
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://chris-priestley.com
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The Book;
When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But as each of the stories is read out in class, Maya grows more and more uncomfortable. She features in each of her friends' creepy tales and they start to feel a little too real. Finally, when a mysterious new girl stands up to read the last story of the day, the light outside dims and it starts to snow. The classroom starts to freeze but everyone is trapped. Can Maya stop the story before the nightmare comes true?
The Author:
His father was in the army and so he moved around a lot as a child and lived in Wales. He was an avid reader of American comics as a child, and when he was eight or nine, and living in Gibraltar, he won a prize in a newspaper story-writing competition. He decided then “that my ambition was to write and illustrate my own book”.
He spent his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, before moving to Manchester, London and then Norfolk. He now lives in Cambridge with his wife and son where he writes, draws, paints, dreams and doodles (not necessarily in that order). Chris worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for twenty years, working mainly for magazines & newspapers (these include The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Economist and the Wall Street Journal) before becoming a writer. He currently has a weekly strip cartoon called 'Payne's Grey' in the New Statesman.
Chris has been a published author since 2000. He has written several books for children & young-adults, both fiction and non-fiction, and
has been nominated for many awards including the Edgar Awards, the UKLA Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. In recent years he has predominantly been writing horror.
Ever since he was a teenager Chris has loved unsettling and creepy stories, with fond memories of buying comics like 'Strange Tales' and 'House of Mystery', watching classic BBC TV adaptations of M R James ghost stories every Christmas and reading assorted weirdness by everyone from Edgar Allen Poe to Ray Bradbury. He hopes Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror will haunt his readers in the way those writers have haunted him.
Genre: Paranormal - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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* Chris has added a unique doodle to his book *
Website: https://chris-priestley.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/crispriestley
The Book;
When Maya and her classmates are asked to write a creepy story with a winter theme, they come up with some brilliant ideas. Rising floodwaters uncover long-buried bodies and ghostly children take to the ice on a frozen canal. But as each of the stories is read out in class, Maya grows more and more uncomfortable. She features in each of her friends' creepy tales and they start to feel a little too real. Finally, when a mysterious new girl stands up to read the last story of the day, the light outside dims and it starts to snow. The classroom starts to freeze but everyone is trapped. Can Maya stop the story before the nightmare comes true?
The Author:
His father was in the army and so he moved around a lot as a child and lived in Wales. He was an avid reader of American comics as a child, and when he was eight or nine, and living in Gibraltar, he won a prize in a newspaper story-writing competition. He decided then “that my ambition was to write and illustrate my own book”.
He spent his teens in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, before moving to Manchester, London and then Norfolk. He now lives in Cambridge with his wife and son where he writes, draws, paints, dreams and doodles (not necessarily in that order). Chris worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for twenty years, working mainly for magazines & newspapers (these include The Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Economist and the Wall Street Journal) before becoming a writer. He currently has a weekly strip cartoon called 'Payne's Grey' in the New Statesman.
Chris has been a published author since 2000. He has written several books for children & young-adults, both fiction and non-fiction, and
has been nominated for many awards including the Edgar Awards, the UKLA Children's Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. In recent years he has predominantly been writing horror.
Ever since he was a teenager Chris has loved unsettling and creepy stories, with fond memories of buying comics like 'Strange Tales' and 'House of Mystery', watching classic BBC TV adaptations of M R James ghost stories every Christmas and reading assorted weirdness by everyone from Edgar Allen Poe to Ray Bradbury. He hopes Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror will haunt his readers in the way those writers have haunted him.
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Mark Haddon
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Title: Porpoise
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
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*Mark will add a unique drawing on the flyleaf of his book*
Website: http://www.markhaddon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mark_haddon
The Book;
‘I really am so very, very sorry about this,’ he says, in an oddly formal voice… They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour.
A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash.
She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world.
When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail…
So begins a wild adventure of a novel, damp with salt spray, blood and tears. A novel that leaps from the modern era to ancient times; a novel that soars, and sails, and burns long and bright; a novel that almost drowns in grief yet swims ashore; in which pirates rampage, a princess wins a wrestler’s hand, and ghost women with lampreys’ teeth drag a man to hell – and in which the members of a shattered family, adrift in a violent world, journey towards a place called home.
The Author:
Mark Haddon is a British novelist and poet, best known for his 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. He was educated at Uppingham School and Merton College, Oxford, where he studied English.
In 2003, Haddon won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and in 2004, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Overall Best First Book for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, a book which is written from the perspective of a boy with Aspergers syndrome. Haddon's knowledge of Aspergers syndrome, a type of autism, comes from his work with autistic people as a young man. In an interview at Powells.com, Haddon claimed that this was the first book that he wrote intentionally for an adult audience; he was surprised when his publisher suggested marketing it to both adult and child audiences. His second adult-novel, A Spot of Bother, was published in September 2006.
Mark Haddon is also known for his series of Agent Z books, one of which, Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars, was made into a 1996 Children's BBC sitcom. He also wrote the screenplay for the BBC television adaptation of Raymond Briggs's story Fungus the Bogeyman, screened on BBC1 in 2004. He also wrote the 2007 BBC television drama Coming Down the Mountain.
Haddon is a vegetarian, and enjoys vegetarian cookery. He describes himself as a 'hard-line atheist'. In an interview with The Observer, Haddon said "I am atheist in a very religious mould". His atheism might be inferred from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time in which the main character declares that those who believe in God are stupid.
Mark Haddon lives in Oxford with his wife Dr. Sos Eltis, a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and their two young sons.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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*Mark will add a unique drawing on the flyleaf of his book*
Website: http://www.markhaddon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mark_haddon
The Book;
‘I really am so very, very sorry about this,’ he says, in an oddly formal voice… They strike the side of a grain silo. They are travelling at seventy miles per hour.
A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash.
She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world.
When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail…
So begins a wild adventure of a novel, damp with salt spray, blood and tears. A novel that leaps from the modern era to ancient times; a novel that soars, and sails, and burns long and bright; a novel that almost drowns in grief yet swims ashore; in which pirates rampage, a princess wins a wrestler’s hand, and ghost women with lampreys’ teeth drag a man to hell – and in which the members of a shattered family, adrift in a violent world, journey towards a place called home.
The Author:
Mark Haddon is a British novelist and poet, best known for his 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. He was educated at Uppingham School and Merton College, Oxford, where he studied English.
In 2003, Haddon won the Whitbread Book of the Year Award and in 2004, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize Overall Best First Book for his novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, a book which is written from the perspective of a boy with Aspergers syndrome. Haddon's knowledge of Aspergers syndrome, a type of autism, comes from his work with autistic people as a young man. In an interview at Powells.com, Haddon claimed that this was the first book that he wrote intentionally for an adult audience; he was surprised when his publisher suggested marketing it to both adult and child audiences. His second adult-novel, A Spot of Bother, was published in September 2006.
Mark Haddon is also known for his series of Agent Z books, one of which, Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars, was made into a 1996 Children's BBC sitcom. He also wrote the screenplay for the BBC television adaptation of Raymond Briggs's story Fungus the Bogeyman, screened on BBC1 in 2004. He also wrote the 2007 BBC television drama Coming Down the Mountain.
Haddon is a vegetarian, and enjoys vegetarian cookery. He describes himself as a 'hard-line atheist'. In an interview with The Observer, Haddon said "I am atheist in a very religious mould". His atheism might be inferred from The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time in which the main character declares that those who believe in God are stupid.
Mark Haddon lives in Oxford with his wife Dr. Sos Eltis, a Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford, and their two young sons.
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Sarah Gristwood
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Title: The Tudors in Love: The Courtly Code Behind the Last Medieval Dynasty
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://sarahgristwood.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahgristwood
The Book;
Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth?
The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet too often they're dismissed as something existing only in books and song - those old legends of King Arthur and chivalric fantasy.
Not so. In this ground-breaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the ‘loyal and most assured servant' of Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth I's poems to her suitors, the Tudors re-enacted the roles of the devoted lovers and capricious mistresses first laid out in the romances of medieval literature. The Tudors in Love dissects the codes of love, desire and power, unveiling romantic obsessions that have shaped the history of this nation. In the #MeToo era, re-examining the history of the social codes behind modern romance has never been more vital.
The Author:
Sarah Gristwood attended Oxford and then worked as a journalist specializing in the arts and women's issues. She has contributed to The Times, Guardian, Independent, and Evening Standard.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://sarahgristwood.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sarahgristwood
The Book;
Why did Henry VIII marry six times? Why did Anne Boleyn have to die? Why did Elizabeth I's courtiers hail her as a goddess come to earth?
The dramas of courtly love have captivated centuries of readers and dreamers. Yet too often they're dismissed as something existing only in books and song - those old legends of King Arthur and chivalric fantasy.
Not so. In this ground-breaking history, Sarah Gristwood reveals the way courtly love made and marred the Tudor dynasty. From Henry VIII declaring himself as the ‘loyal and most assured servant' of Anne Boleyn to Elizabeth I's poems to her suitors, the Tudors re-enacted the roles of the devoted lovers and capricious mistresses first laid out in the romances of medieval literature. The Tudors in Love dissects the codes of love, desire and power, unveiling romantic obsessions that have shaped the history of this nation. In the #MeToo era, re-examining the history of the social codes behind modern romance has never been more vital.
The Author:
Sarah Gristwood attended Oxford and then worked as a journalist specializing in the arts and women's issues. She has contributed to The Times, Guardian, Independent, and Evening Standard.
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Lauren Child
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Title: Clarice Bean, That's Me
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
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Clarice Bean That's Me by Lauren Child: Clarice speaks to Minal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSsvqJobtWQ
Website: https://milkmonitor.me
The Book:
When your annoying little brother shares your room, your older brother is in the tunnel of adolescence, your dad hides in his office eating rocky road ice cream and swaying to Frank Sinatra, and your mother listen to foreign language tapes in a candlelit bathtub, what can you do to get away from it all? Meet the feisty Clarice Bean and sympathize with her search for just a little peace and quiet amidst a family many of us will recognize only too well. In a brilliant picture book debut, Lauren Child's witty text and jazzy illustrations capture the wonderful wacky chaos of a large extended family from the hilarious vantage point of one of its youngest members.
The Author:
Lauren Child MBE is an English author and illustrator. She was the UK Children's Laureate from 2017-19.
Lauren grew up in Wiltshire as the middle child of three sisters and the daughter of two teachers. She has always been interested in the many aspects of childhood, from gazing into toy shop windows to watching American children's shows from the 1960s. After attending two Art Schools, she travelled for six months, still unsure about which career to embark upon.
Before writing and illustrating children's books Child started her own company 'Chandeliers for the People' making lampshades. It was only when she came to write and illustrate the book Clarice Bean, That's Me that she decided to devote her time to writing and illustrating books for children, which combines her fascination for childhood and her talent for designing and creating. Child gets her inspiration from other people's conversations or from seeing something funny happen.
Her book I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato won the 2000 Kate Greenaway Medal. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named it one of the top ten winning works, which comprised the shortlist for a public vote for the nation's favourite. It finished third in the public vote from that shortlist.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Postage: Free UK only.
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Clarice Bean That's Me by Lauren Child: Clarice speaks to Minal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSsvqJobtWQ
Website: https://milkmonitor.me
The Book:
When your annoying little brother shares your room, your older brother is in the tunnel of adolescence, your dad hides in his office eating rocky road ice cream and swaying to Frank Sinatra, and your mother listen to foreign language tapes in a candlelit bathtub, what can you do to get away from it all? Meet the feisty Clarice Bean and sympathize with her search for just a little peace and quiet amidst a family many of us will recognize only too well. In a brilliant picture book debut, Lauren Child's witty text and jazzy illustrations capture the wonderful wacky chaos of a large extended family from the hilarious vantage point of one of its youngest members.
The Author:
Lauren Child MBE is an English author and illustrator. She was the UK Children's Laureate from 2017-19.
Lauren grew up in Wiltshire as the middle child of three sisters and the daughter of two teachers. She has always been interested in the many aspects of childhood, from gazing into toy shop windows to watching American children's shows from the 1960s. After attending two Art Schools, she travelled for six months, still unsure about which career to embark upon.
Before writing and illustrating children's books Child started her own company 'Chandeliers for the People' making lampshades. It was only when she came to write and illustrate the book Clarice Bean, That's Me that she decided to devote her time to writing and illustrating books for children, which combines her fascination for childhood and her talent for designing and creating. Child gets her inspiration from other people's conversations or from seeing something funny happen.
Her book I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato won the 2000 Kate Greenaway Medal. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named it one of the top ten winning works, which comprised the shortlist for a public vote for the nation's favourite. It finished third in the public vote from that shortlist.
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Three Books: His Dark Materials Trilogy
Genre: Fantasy - Young Adult - T.V. & Film
Format: Paperbacks
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His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
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Website: https://www.philip-pullman.com
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Book 1: Northern Lights:
"Without this child, we shall all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world...
Book 2: The Subtle Knife
Will has just killed a man. He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city, and to a girl, Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own, and together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds...
Book 3: The Amber Spyglass
Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been - and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned...
The Author:
Philip Pullman was born in Norwich on 19th October 1946. The early part of his life was spent travelling all over the world, because his father and then his stepfather were both in the Royal Air Force. He spent part of his childhood in Australia, where he first met the wonders of comics, and grew to love Superman and Batman in particular. From the age of 11, he lived in North Wales, having moved back to Britain. It was a time when children were allowed to roam anywhere, to play in the streets, to wander over the hills, and he took full advantage of it. His English teacher, Miss Enid Jones, was a big influence on him, and he still sends her copies of his books.
After he left school he went to Exeter College, Oxford, to read English. He did a number of odd jobs for a while, and then moved back to Oxford to become a teacher. He taught at various middle schools for twelve years, and then moved to Westminster College, Oxford, to be a part-time lecturer. He taught courses on the Victorian novel and on the folk tale, and also a course examining how words and pictures fit together. He eventually left teaching in order to write full-time.
His first published novel was for adults, but he began writing for children when he was a teacher. Some of his novels were based on plays he wrote for his school pupils, such as The Ruby In The Smoke. He is best known for the award winning His Dark Materials series, consisting of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
Genre: Fantasy - Young Adult - T.V. & Film
Format: Paperbacks
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His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEttVXFVZnI
Author Philip Pullman gives his thoughts on His Dark Materials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oce5gKgdPFM
Website: https://www.philip-pullman.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PhilipPullman
Book 1: Northern Lights:
"Without this child, we shall all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world...
Book 2: The Subtle Knife
Will has just killed a man. He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city, and to a girl, Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own, and together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds...
Book 3: The Amber Spyglass
Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been - and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned...
The Author:
Philip Pullman was born in Norwich on 19th October 1946. The early part of his life was spent travelling all over the world, because his father and then his stepfather were both in the Royal Air Force. He spent part of his childhood in Australia, where he first met the wonders of comics, and grew to love Superman and Batman in particular. From the age of 11, he lived in North Wales, having moved back to Britain. It was a time when children were allowed to roam anywhere, to play in the streets, to wander over the hills, and he took full advantage of it. His English teacher, Miss Enid Jones, was a big influence on him, and he still sends her copies of his books.
After he left school he went to Exeter College, Oxford, to read English. He did a number of odd jobs for a while, and then moved back to Oxford to become a teacher. He taught at various middle schools for twelve years, and then moved to Westminster College, Oxford, to be a part-time lecturer. He taught courses on the Victorian novel and on the folk tale, and also a course examining how words and pictures fit together. He eventually left teaching in order to write full-time.
His first published novel was for adults, but he began writing for children when he was a teacher. Some of his novels were based on plays he wrote for his school pupils, such as The Ruby In The Smoke. He is best known for the award winning His Dark Materials series, consisting of Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass.
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Title: The Birthday Duck
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/
The Book;
The classic story of finding fun on the farm from the nation’s favourite storyteller, gorgeously re-illustrated by Sam Usher.
From Sir Michael Morpurgo comes a classic story of one small boy, and one very lucky duck…
Sam is a city boy through and through – and isn’t looking forward to his school trip to Nethercott Farm at all.
But busy days of farm work, animals and learning all about nature weave their magic – and when Sam finds a duck about to be dinner, he is determined to save him. But how?
This warm and magical story is gloriously brought to life by the incredible illustrative talent of Sam Usher, and is set on the real-life Nethercott Farm – a member of Farms for City Children – the charity that offers urban children from all over the country the chance to live and work together on a real farm and experience the magic of the English countryside.
The Author:
Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to youth. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2004. He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity. He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life. Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.michaelmorpurgo.com/
The Book;
The classic story of finding fun on the farm from the nation’s favourite storyteller, gorgeously re-illustrated by Sam Usher.
From Sir Michael Morpurgo comes a classic story of one small boy, and one very lucky duck…
Sam is a city boy through and through – and isn’t looking forward to his school trip to Nethercott Farm at all.
But busy days of farm work, animals and learning all about nature weave their magic – and when Sam finds a duck about to be dinner, he is determined to save him. But how?
This warm and magical story is gloriously brought to life by the incredible illustrative talent of Sam Usher, and is set on the real-life Nethercott Farm – a member of Farms for City Children – the charity that offers urban children from all over the country the chance to live and work together on a real farm and experience the magic of the English countryside.
The Author:
Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to youth. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) in 2004. He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity. He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life. Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books.
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The Secret Diary of a Naughty Cat
Genre: Childrens
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Website: https://www.danielridingauthor.com/
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Ever wonder why cats can be so naughty?
Well why not check out ‘The Secret Diary of a Naughty Cat’ from debut children's author Daniel Riding
Naughty Cat will take you through the many ways a cat can be naughty and how they get away with it all (mostly).
From sleeping to eating, and playing and even pooping, you will find tons of laughs and giggles in this wonderful book about a very naughty cat.
Daniel Riding is a children's author, poet and artist, who currently lives in Liverpool with his husband and two very demanding cats Raja and Oliver. Daniel has always loved playing with words and telling magical and fun stories, so it is no surprise that he ended up as a poet, writer and reader. When not writing and drinking copious amounts of tea, Daniel can often be found reading or generally doing something arty and creative. Daniel is also a bookseller for Waterstones, which after writing is one of the best jobs in the world.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.danielridingauthor.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/danielriding
Ever wonder why cats can be so naughty?
Well why not check out ‘The Secret Diary of a Naughty Cat’ from debut children's author Daniel Riding
Naughty Cat will take you through the many ways a cat can be naughty and how they get away with it all (mostly).
From sleeping to eating, and playing and even pooping, you will find tons of laughs and giggles in this wonderful book about a very naughty cat.
Daniel Riding is a children's author, poet and artist, who currently lives in Liverpool with his husband and two very demanding cats Raja and Oliver. Daniel has always loved playing with words and telling magical and fun stories, so it is no surprise that he ended up as a poet, writer and reader. When not writing and drinking copious amounts of tea, Daniel can often be found reading or generally doing something arty and creative. Daniel is also a bookseller for Waterstones, which after writing is one of the best jobs in the world.
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Unicorn Friends: A Magical Beginning
Genre: Childrens
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Website: https://www.danielridingauthor.com/
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If you were ever lucky enough to find yourself on a magical adventure, there are quite possibly a million places you could end up. But let me tell you about one place in particular. A magical place that I will only tell you about if you promise to keep it a secret.
Can you do that?
Yes? Jolly good.
Now, who am I?
Well, I can’t tell you that because it is all a secret.
You can just call me your storyteller, and I am going to tell a story about a wonderful place.
A place called Starlandia.
Now this place is special, want to know why? Because Starlandia is where the Unicorns live.
Yes, Unicorns do exist. No matter what some grownups may tell you.
You will have to believe in magic if you are to see them.
Do you believe in Unicorn magic?
Can you keep a secret?
Yes? Jolly good.
Well then. Come on in – the Starlandia Unicorns would be very happy to meet you.
Daniel Riding is a children's author, poet and artist, who currently lives in Liverpool with his husband and two very demanding cats Raja and Oliver. Daniel has always loved playing with words and telling magical and fun stories, so it is no surprise that he ended up as a poet, writer and reader. When not writing and drinking copious amounts of tea, Daniel can often be found reading or generally doing something arty and creative. Daniel is also a bookseller for Waterstones, which after writing is one of the best jobs in the world.
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.danielridingauthor.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/danielriding
If you were ever lucky enough to find yourself on a magical adventure, there are quite possibly a million places you could end up. But let me tell you about one place in particular. A magical place that I will only tell you about if you promise to keep it a secret.
Can you do that?
Yes? Jolly good.
Now, who am I?
Well, I can’t tell you that because it is all a secret.
You can just call me your storyteller, and I am going to tell a story about a wonderful place.
A place called Starlandia.
Now this place is special, want to know why? Because Starlandia is where the Unicorns live.
Yes, Unicorns do exist. No matter what some grownups may tell you.
You will have to believe in magic if you are to see them.
Do you believe in Unicorn magic?
Can you keep a secret?
Yes? Jolly good.
Well then. Come on in – the Starlandia Unicorns would be very happy to meet you.
Daniel Riding is a children's author, poet and artist, who currently lives in Liverpool with his husband and two very demanding cats Raja and Oliver. Daniel has always loved playing with words and telling magical and fun stories, so it is no surprise that he ended up as a poet, writer and reader. When not writing and drinking copious amounts of tea, Daniel can often be found reading or generally doing something arty and creative. Daniel is also a bookseller for Waterstones, which after writing is one of the best jobs in the world.
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Pixelville: Sword & Bone
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.danielridingauthor.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/danielriding
When it comes to adventure, Steve isn’t exactly the bravest. In fact, he is what many explorers and adventurers would call a ‘Noob’. His best friend Alex is a super brave and very talented adventurer, and Steve wishes he was as brave as she is.
Together they embark on Steve’s first ever adventure and he is equally as scared as he is excited. Alex suggests a small adventure to an abandoned dungeon just outside of their hometown of Pixelville. But, a small adventure is not what they get. Instead, they end up finding a lot more than they bargained for, and Steve has no choice but to try and let go of his inner Noob and become a brave adventurer like his parents and best friend.
With daring adventure, plenty of danger and excitement, ‘Pixelville: Sword & Bone’ is the first in a brand new fan adventure series for those who love adventure, mystery and of course, Minecraft.
Perfect for fans of DanTDM, StampyCat and Zack Zombie.
Daniel Riding is a children's author, poet and artist, who currently lives in Liverpool with his husband and two very demanding cats Raja and Oliver. Daniel has always loved playing with words and telling magical and fun stories, so it is no surprise that he ended up as a poet, writer and reader. When not writing and drinking copious amounts of tea, Daniel can often be found reading or generally doing something arty and creative. Daniel is also a bookseller for Waterstones, which after writing is one of the best jobs in the world.
Genre: Childrens
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Website: https://www.danielridingauthor.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/danielriding
When it comes to adventure, Steve isn’t exactly the bravest. In fact, he is what many explorers and adventurers would call a ‘Noob’. His best friend Alex is a super brave and very talented adventurer, and Steve wishes he was as brave as she is.
Together they embark on Steve’s first ever adventure and he is equally as scared as he is excited. Alex suggests a small adventure to an abandoned dungeon just outside of their hometown of Pixelville. But, a small adventure is not what they get. Instead, they end up finding a lot more than they bargained for, and Steve has no choice but to try and let go of his inner Noob and become a brave adventurer like his parents and best friend.
With daring adventure, plenty of danger and excitement, ‘Pixelville: Sword & Bone’ is the first in a brand new fan adventure series for those who love adventure, mystery and of course, Minecraft.
Perfect for fans of DanTDM, StampyCat and Zack Zombie.
Daniel Riding is a children's author, poet and artist, who currently lives in Liverpool with his husband and two very demanding cats Raja and Oliver. Daniel has always loved playing with words and telling magical and fun stories, so it is no surprise that he ended up as a poet, writer and reader. When not writing and drinking copious amounts of tea, Daniel can often be found reading or generally doing something arty and creative. Daniel is also a bookseller for Waterstones, which after writing is one of the best jobs in the world.
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Title: Lockdown Life
Genre: Poems
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
The Lockdown Life poetry initiative was run voluntarily by Christina Gabbitas in lockdown.Children and teachers were invited to pen a poem in any style about their life in lockdown. Judges included: Actress, Jenny Agutter who is also Patron of Children's Literature Festivals. Visit the initiative page for details: https://www.childrensliteraurefestivals.com/my-lockdown-poem/
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
Genre: Poems
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
The Lockdown Life poetry initiative was run voluntarily by Christina Gabbitas in lockdown.Children and teachers were invited to pen a poem in any style about their life in lockdown. Judges included: Actress, Jenny Agutter who is also Patron of Children's Literature Festivals. Visit the initiative page for details: https://www.childrensliteraurefestivals.com/my-lockdown-poem/
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
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Title: Mohna Lott
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
Monah's moans are a cry for help. A great way of helping children to learn how to express their feelings, show kindness and realise that we are all different.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
Monah's moans are a cry for help. A great way of helping children to learn how to express their feelings, show kindness and realise that we are all different.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
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Four Books : The Felicity Fly Series
Title 1: Felicity Fly
Title 2: Felicity Fly Meets Veronic Vac
Title 3: Felicity Fly in the Garden
Title 4: Felicity Fly Meets The Dragon Fruit and Friends
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperbacks
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Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com
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Book 1: Felicity Fly
Felicity Fly is a children's book based on childhood fears, for ages four to six. The book introduces characters Felicity Fly, William Washing Machine, Simon Spider, Willamena Woodlouse, Moey Mouse and Sissy Silverfish. These are all creatures and appliances you will find around the home. The book talks about fears children may have, the dark, loud noises from domestic appliances, spiders and creatures around the home. All stories about Felicity Felicity Fly rhyme.
Book 2: Felicity Fly Meets Veronic Vac
This is the second in a series of books, based on childhood fears. This next book introduces new character Veronica Vac, which is quite an adventure. The book introduces the word 'Nocturnal' and is also about individuals, caring and helping one another. There is a CD narration of the story, where the characters are all given different accents. This helps children to understand more about different pronunciation of words. The idea for these books, is to encourage parents reading with children form a young age, to introduce words and make reading fun.
Book 3: Felicity Fly in the Garden
Felicity Fly in the Garden is the third rhyming story in the Felicity Fly children's book series. The story addresses pollination, with some lovely new characters, including a bumblebee, butterfly, ladybird, dragonfly and beetle - a great, fun way for children to learn. All characters are beautifully illustrated. The book is supplied with a narrated CD to help children read along.
Book 4: Felicity Fly Meets The Dragon Fruit and Friends
Felicity flies into the house from the garden after hearing lots of noise coming from inside. Felicity Fly meets Daniella Dragon Fruit from Vietnam, Pablo Pineapple from Caracas, Brassica Broccoli from Italy and Toulouse Tomato. All the characters mention their health benefits. Children are also introduced to different geographical locations and accents with the free downloadable read-along version. The story also has elements which focus on teamwork.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
Title 1: Felicity Fly
Title 2: Felicity Fly Meets Veronic Vac
Title 3: Felicity Fly in the Garden
Title 4: Felicity Fly Meets The Dragon Fruit and Friends
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
Book 1: Felicity Fly
Felicity Fly is a children's book based on childhood fears, for ages four to six. The book introduces characters Felicity Fly, William Washing Machine, Simon Spider, Willamena Woodlouse, Moey Mouse and Sissy Silverfish. These are all creatures and appliances you will find around the home. The book talks about fears children may have, the dark, loud noises from domestic appliances, spiders and creatures around the home. All stories about Felicity Felicity Fly rhyme.
Book 2: Felicity Fly Meets Veronic Vac
This is the second in a series of books, based on childhood fears. This next book introduces new character Veronica Vac, which is quite an adventure. The book introduces the word 'Nocturnal' and is also about individuals, caring and helping one another. There is a CD narration of the story, where the characters are all given different accents. This helps children to understand more about different pronunciation of words. The idea for these books, is to encourage parents reading with children form a young age, to introduce words and make reading fun.
Book 3: Felicity Fly in the Garden
Felicity Fly in the Garden is the third rhyming story in the Felicity Fly children's book series. The story addresses pollination, with some lovely new characters, including a bumblebee, butterfly, ladybird, dragonfly and beetle - a great, fun way for children to learn. All characters are beautifully illustrated. The book is supplied with a narrated CD to help children read along.
Book 4: Felicity Fly Meets The Dragon Fruit and Friends
Felicity flies into the house from the garden after hearing lots of noise coming from inside. Felicity Fly meets Daniella Dragon Fruit from Vietnam, Pablo Pineapple from Caracas, Brassica Broccoli from Italy and Toulouse Tomato. All the characters mention their health benefits. Children are also introduced to different geographical locations and accents with the free downloadable read-along version. The story also has elements which focus on teamwork.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
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Title: Triangular Trev and the Shape Idols
Genre: Childrens
Format: A3 Stitch Bound and Original Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
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Triangular Trev meets up with Isosceles Irene, Perpendicular Peri, Equilateral Eric, Horizontal Horatio, Nonagon Norma and Rectangular Reg. All these mathematical characters play musical instruments, form a band and enter their song into a competition. The sing along song is also in the book.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
Genre: Childrens
Format: A3 Stitch Bound and Original Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
Triangular Trev meets up with Isosceles Irene, Perpendicular Peri, Equilateral Eric, Horizontal Horatio, Nonagon Norma and Rectangular Reg. All these mathematical characters play musical instruments, form a band and enter their song into a competition. The sing along song is also in the book.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
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Title: Believe in the Magic of Blackburn Town Centre
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
The story starts with Heidi, a foster mum, who takes her children Peggy and Imtiaz, both aged ten, to Blackburn Museum. Whilst Heidi sits reading, Peggy and Imtiaz explore the museum and find a secret passage in the Egyptian room. The appearance of a gold coin rolling down the passage captures Peggy's attention. They try to catch the coin, but it keeps on rolling, taking them back in time and outside into the town centre of the 1800s. As they pay visits to King Georges Hall, Fire Station Tower, Blackburn College, Blakey Moor, Blackburn Cathedral, the Market and The Mall, they realise that their journey back in time is about bringing magic to the future.The story was Inspired by the spirit of entrepreneur and philanthropist Edward Hart, who had a love of the written word, books and was an avid coin collector.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
The story starts with Heidi, a foster mum, who takes her children Peggy and Imtiaz, both aged ten, to Blackburn Museum. Whilst Heidi sits reading, Peggy and Imtiaz explore the museum and find a secret passage in the Egyptian room. The appearance of a gold coin rolling down the passage captures Peggy's attention. They try to catch the coin, but it keeps on rolling, taking them back in time and outside into the town centre of the 1800s. As they pay visits to King Georges Hall, Fire Station Tower, Blackburn College, Blakey Moor, Blackburn Cathedral, the Market and The Mall, they realise that their journey back in time is about bringing magic to the future.The story was Inspired by the spirit of entrepreneur and philanthropist Edward Hart, who had a love of the written word, books and was an avid coin collector.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
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Title: Share Some Secrets
Genre: Childrens
Format: A3 wire bound book and original book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
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Share Some Secrets is a book that encourages children to think about the secrets they should and shouldn't keep, encouraging them to speak out without fear by giving praise - a great way of highlighting the difference between good and bad secrets. This is a topic, I feel very passionate about. After conducting research and looking into the market, there are no books for Children aged five to eight that subtly address the issue of possible abuse. I believe that there should be a Share Some Secrets book in every child/school/home setting for children to read freely and read along with the audio. The story isn't graphic in words or pictures, and will be very helpful for parents, carers and teachers alike. There are no words or suggestions that a parent doesn't already use when speaking to their own young children. The story is available to download via http://www.sharesomesecrets.com
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
Genre: Childrens
Format: A3 wire bound book and original book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
Share Some Secrets is a book that encourages children to think about the secrets they should and shouldn't keep, encouraging them to speak out without fear by giving praise - a great way of highlighting the difference between good and bad secrets. This is a topic, I feel very passionate about. After conducting research and looking into the market, there are no books for Children aged five to eight that subtly address the issue of possible abuse. I believe that there should be a Share Some Secrets book in every child/school/home setting for children to read freely and read along with the audio. The story isn't graphic in words or pictures, and will be very helpful for parents, carers and teachers alike. There are no words or suggestions that a parent doesn't already use when speaking to their own young children. The story is available to download via http://www.sharesomesecrets.com
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
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Title: No More Knives or County Lines
Genre: Childrens
Format: A3 size wire bound book as well as A4 comic
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
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Christina was approached by the Police & Crime Commissioners Office Humberside to help educate children aged 10-16 on the dangers of getting involved with county lines and carrying knives.
This is in the style of an illustrated comic strip format magazine.
Some proceeds will be donated to Children's Literature Festivals charity: charity number: 1182443 England & Wales
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
Genre: Childrens
Format: A3 size wire bound book as well as A4 comic
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
Christina was approached by the Police & Crime Commissioners Office Humberside to help educate children aged 10-16 on the dangers of getting involved with county lines and carrying knives.
This is in the style of an illustrated comic strip format magazine.
Some proceeds will be donated to Children's Literature Festivals charity: charity number: 1182443 England & Wales
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
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Title: Save Us
Genre: Childrens
Format: A3 size stitch bound and copy of perfect bound original book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
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'Save Us' is a wonderful story about a Seal, Whale and Sea Turtle that addresses the problem of plastic causing problems to our sea creatures.
The inspiration for writing this story is a result of watching the BBC Blue Planet 2 with David Attenborough. Plastic pollution is set to treble in a decade unless action is taken to deal with the problem. I feel that it is vitally important that we educate our children from a young age to help look after our Oceans and environment.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
Genre: Childrens
Format: A3 size stitch bound and copy of perfect bound original book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.christinagabbitas.com/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ChristiGabbitas
The Book;
'Save Us' is a wonderful story about a Seal, Whale and Sea Turtle that addresses the problem of plastic causing problems to our sea creatures.
The inspiration for writing this story is a result of watching the BBC Blue Planet 2 with David Attenborough. Plastic pollution is set to treble in a decade unless action is taken to deal with the problem. I feel that it is vitally important that we educate our children from a young age to help look after our Oceans and environment.
The Author:
Christina Gabbitas is a children’s author, poet, storyteller and voiceover artist, who always loved to read rhyming books and poetry in my early years. She penned some stories that she stored away in a box file twenty years ago, thinking that one day she would do something with them. Welcome to the World of Felicity Fly was born in 2012. The series has taken her into the final of the People's Book Prize 2014-2018, winning Best Achievement Award in May 2019.
Born in Blackburn, Lancashire where she spent the first twenty two years of her life, before moving to various parts of Yorkshire, where she now lives. (passports for both)
Christina is founder and trustee of Children's Literature Festivals charity, her patrons and ambassadors include musician Michael Bradley of The Undertones and Actress Jenny Agutter.
As a child she loved to read anything that rhymed. One of her earliest recollections of fun poetry was Spike Milligan’s Granny and also On The Ning Nang Nong. She loves Spike Milligan’s book Silly Verse For Kids.
She has always had a love of music and used to help the headmaster of her primary school tune the piano. She spent some of her teenage years playing saxophone and percussion with a band and supported a popular indie band at that time called The Chameleons. They played around venues in Lancashire and admits that she did look at little freaky!
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Title: A Hidden Fire
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://helencannam.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenCannam
The Book;
Devout Catholic widow Katharine Machyn faces a hard life in the County Durham of James I’s England, where simply to practise her religion is against the law. Trying to raise her young children in that faith makes it even harder, especially when her kind neighbours don’t share her beliefs and seem to be leading her son Toby astray.Then her beloved brother comes to visit, after a long absence. Nicholas has left behind the wildness of his youth—who better then to influence her son for the good, to help him stay on the right path? But something about this new Nicholas doesn’t feel quite right. Kate is made uneasy by his rigid demands on her and her family, and Toby takes an immediate dislike to him.Yet when Nicholas offers to take Toby with him to the Northamptonshire household of the charismastic Robert Catesby, it seems to be exactly what her son needs. Kate sets her misgivings aside and gives way to her brother—only to find herself facing agonising choices that threaten to tear her family apart and overturn everything she holds dear.
The Author:
I am a British writer, who first began writing stories at eight years old.
Now a grandmother, I am still writing. Most of my 22 published novels are available in the Kindle Store, some under the pen name Caroline Martin.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://helencannam.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelenCannam
The Book;
Devout Catholic widow Katharine Machyn faces a hard life in the County Durham of James I’s England, where simply to practise her religion is against the law. Trying to raise her young children in that faith makes it even harder, especially when her kind neighbours don’t share her beliefs and seem to be leading her son Toby astray.Then her beloved brother comes to visit, after a long absence. Nicholas has left behind the wildness of his youth—who better then to influence her son for the good, to help him stay on the right path? But something about this new Nicholas doesn’t feel quite right. Kate is made uneasy by his rigid demands on her and her family, and Toby takes an immediate dislike to him.Yet when Nicholas offers to take Toby with him to the Northamptonshire household of the charismastic Robert Catesby, it seems to be exactly what her son needs. Kate sets her misgivings aside and gives way to her brother—only to find herself facing agonising choices that threaten to tear her family apart and overturn everything she holds dear.
The Author:
I am a British writer, who first began writing stories at eight years old.
Now a grandmother, I am still writing. Most of my 22 published novels are available in the Kindle Store, some under the pen name Caroline Martin.
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Helen Cannam
Helen Cannam
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Six Books - Bad Mother Series
Title 1: Bad Mother’s Diary
Title 2: Bad Mother’s Detox
Title 3: Bad Mother’s Holiday
Title 4: Bad Mother’s Christmas
Title 5: Bad Mother’s Virus
Title 6: Bad Mother’s Wedding
Genre: Humour - Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication: Available on all books
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.suzykquinn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuzyKQuinn
Book 1: Bad Mother’s Diary
BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud kindle unlimited romantic comedy, from bestselling romance author, Suzy K Quinn.
If you liked the Unmumsy Mum, a Year in the Life of a Playground Mother and Life Swap, you’ll LOVE this new kindle unlimited feel-good romance.
Juliette Duffy has had a baby. But motherhood isn’t quite how she imagined it.
She doesn’t live in a cottage with roses around the door.
She doesn’t know how to get Daisy to sleep.
She doesn’t own a rolling pin.
And then there’s Daisy’s sh*tbag of a father …
Book 2: Bad Mother’s Detox
UH OH! JULIETTE HAD A BABY WITH THE WRONG MAN. NOW WHAT?
As a mother, I imagined myself somewhere between Mary Poppins and Gwyneth Paltrow.
You know – growing my own courgettes, laughing whilst covered in mud, possibly having my own kiddie clothing range … that sort of thing.
But unforeseen circumstances have thrown me far from vegetable patches and spoonfuls of sugar.
I am currently a single mother, living with my parents. And this New Year, I am in need of a major detox.
What am I detoxing?
Daisy’s father, Nick.
New Year is a time to diet and purify (after, of course, finishing up all the Christmas crap – there’s no point trying to diet with all that still hanging around. Glass of port anyone?).
Mum is losing weight, courtesy of Jaffa cakes and low-fat strawberry angel delight (two of my five a day!). Dad is having a bicycle-clip clear out.
My detox is my feckless, irresponsible former boyfriend.
Alex and I will never work out if I can’t cut Nick out of my life.
But how can I, when he’s Daisy’s dad?
Book 3: Bad Mother’s Holiday
Every mother needs a holiday, right?
Especially from the hormones, headaches and hemorrhoids that come with another pregnancy.
What?
That’s right. Juliette is knocked up. Again.
Can a holiday restore our hero’s sanity?
Book 4: Bad Mother’s Christmas
I will do anything for my little girl. Even spend Christmas with her father …
Life comes with its knocks. And sometimes, ‘you had a baby with a man-child’ knock-out punches. But I’m still getting up and showing up. And now I have a grown-up boyfriend who wants to marry me.
Alex and I are opposites. He hires Christmas stylists for his city and country residences. I buy fairy lights from Aldi. But love will see us through, and this Christmas will be blended family bliss. I’m talking gay laughter in cosy cashmere and PC singing around the Christmas tree.
However, there are a few issues to work through first:
Alex’s mother can’t laugh right now due to extensive cosmetic surgery. Also, we hate each other.
Mum can’t sing a Christmas carol without adding swear words.
And the big one:
Daisy’s father wants to spend Christmas with us.
Oh jingle balls. This blended family Christmas HAS to be perfect. Or no wedding.
Book 5: Bad Mother’s Virus
Juliette declares 2020 the year of health. She's going to get fit, get healthy and FINALLY get married. But you never know what's around the corner. And as the year unfolds, Nana Joan ends up on a quarantined cruise ship and Juliette ends up in a lock down with her ex-partner and his mother. This year is definitely not going to plan ...
Book 6: Bad Mother’s Wedding
When Juliette Duffy became a single mother, she felt like her world had ended. Dreams of rose-covered cottages, rolling pins and two parents living with their own biological child were well and truly shattered.
But now Juliette is engaged to her childhood sweetheart, Alex Dalton, and everything is looking up. Juliette can’t wait to marry Alex and live happily ever after at the Dalton Estate.
The trouble is, Juliette isn’t the only one getting married this year. Her ex-partner, Nick, is getting married too and is trying his hardest to sabotage Juliette’s wedding day. Plus, there’s the small matter of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Will Juliette get the wedding of her dreams? Or will Nick succeed in ruining yet another wedding day?
Wednesday 24th June
Another meeting with our wedding planner today – this time about party favours.
Cressida showed us cute little hangover kits, personalised wine glasses, mini champagne bottles, chocolate truffle boxes, watches, toiletries, all sorts. There was even a monogrammed rum and Coca Cola can and a little treasure chest of sugared almonds, should we choose a Caribbean destination wedding.
When Nick and I got married, all we thought about was drink, food and the church, in that order.
Who knew there was so much sparkle and magic in the wedding world?
The Author:
Suzy K Quinn is a British fiction author, and writes in three different genres: psychological thriller, comedy and romance.
She was first published by Hachette in 2010 with her debut novel Glass Geishas (now Night Girls), then self-published a romance series, the Ivy Lessons, which became an international bestseller and a #1 Kindle romance bestseller in the US and UK.
After her second daughter was born in 2013, she self-published the Bad Mother's Diary series, which also went on to become a #1 Kindle romantic comedy bestseller.
Suzy K Quinn's novels have been translated into 7 languages and her books have sold over ¾ million copies worldwide.
Suzy lives in Wivenhoe, Essex, with her husband Demi and two daughters, and travels to Mexico every year to write and study Mayan story telling.
Title 1: Bad Mother’s Diary
Title 2: Bad Mother’s Detox
Title 3: Bad Mother’s Holiday
Title 4: Bad Mother’s Christmas
Title 5: Bad Mother’s Virus
Title 6: Bad Mother’s Wedding
Genre: Humour - Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication: Available on all books
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.suzykquinn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SuzyKQuinn
Book 1: Bad Mother’s Diary
BRAND NEW laugh-out-loud kindle unlimited romantic comedy, from bestselling romance author, Suzy K Quinn.
If you liked the Unmumsy Mum, a Year in the Life of a Playground Mother and Life Swap, you’ll LOVE this new kindle unlimited feel-good romance.
Juliette Duffy has had a baby. But motherhood isn’t quite how she imagined it.
She doesn’t live in a cottage with roses around the door.
She doesn’t know how to get Daisy to sleep.
She doesn’t own a rolling pin.
And then there’s Daisy’s sh*tbag of a father …
Book 2: Bad Mother’s Detox
UH OH! JULIETTE HAD A BABY WITH THE WRONG MAN. NOW WHAT?
As a mother, I imagined myself somewhere between Mary Poppins and Gwyneth Paltrow.
You know – growing my own courgettes, laughing whilst covered in mud, possibly having my own kiddie clothing range … that sort of thing.
But unforeseen circumstances have thrown me far from vegetable patches and spoonfuls of sugar.
I am currently a single mother, living with my parents. And this New Year, I am in need of a major detox.
What am I detoxing?
Daisy’s father, Nick.
New Year is a time to diet and purify (after, of course, finishing up all the Christmas crap – there’s no point trying to diet with all that still hanging around. Glass of port anyone?).
Mum is losing weight, courtesy of Jaffa cakes and low-fat strawberry angel delight (two of my five a day!). Dad is having a bicycle-clip clear out.
My detox is my feckless, irresponsible former boyfriend.
Alex and I will never work out if I can’t cut Nick out of my life.
But how can I, when he’s Daisy’s dad?
Book 3: Bad Mother’s Holiday
Every mother needs a holiday, right?
Especially from the hormones, headaches and hemorrhoids that come with another pregnancy.
What?
That’s right. Juliette is knocked up. Again.
Can a holiday restore our hero’s sanity?
Book 4: Bad Mother’s Christmas
I will do anything for my little girl. Even spend Christmas with her father …
Life comes with its knocks. And sometimes, ‘you had a baby with a man-child’ knock-out punches. But I’m still getting up and showing up. And now I have a grown-up boyfriend who wants to marry me.
Alex and I are opposites. He hires Christmas stylists for his city and country residences. I buy fairy lights from Aldi. But love will see us through, and this Christmas will be blended family bliss. I’m talking gay laughter in cosy cashmere and PC singing around the Christmas tree.
However, there are a few issues to work through first:
Alex’s mother can’t laugh right now due to extensive cosmetic surgery. Also, we hate each other.
Mum can’t sing a Christmas carol without adding swear words.
And the big one:
Daisy’s father wants to spend Christmas with us.
Oh jingle balls. This blended family Christmas HAS to be perfect. Or no wedding.
Book 5: Bad Mother’s Virus
Juliette declares 2020 the year of health. She's going to get fit, get healthy and FINALLY get married. But you never know what's around the corner. And as the year unfolds, Nana Joan ends up on a quarantined cruise ship and Juliette ends up in a lock down with her ex-partner and his mother. This year is definitely not going to plan ...
Book 6: Bad Mother’s Wedding
When Juliette Duffy became a single mother, she felt like her world had ended. Dreams of rose-covered cottages, rolling pins and two parents living with their own biological child were well and truly shattered.
But now Juliette is engaged to her childhood sweetheart, Alex Dalton, and everything is looking up. Juliette can’t wait to marry Alex and live happily ever after at the Dalton Estate.
The trouble is, Juliette isn’t the only one getting married this year. Her ex-partner, Nick, is getting married too and is trying his hardest to sabotage Juliette’s wedding day. Plus, there’s the small matter of the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Will Juliette get the wedding of her dreams? Or will Nick succeed in ruining yet another wedding day?
Wednesday 24th June
Another meeting with our wedding planner today – this time about party favours.
Cressida showed us cute little hangover kits, personalised wine glasses, mini champagne bottles, chocolate truffle boxes, watches, toiletries, all sorts. There was even a monogrammed rum and Coca Cola can and a little treasure chest of sugared almonds, should we choose a Caribbean destination wedding.
When Nick and I got married, all we thought about was drink, food and the church, in that order.
Who knew there was so much sparkle and magic in the wedding world?
The Author:
Suzy K Quinn is a British fiction author, and writes in three different genres: psychological thriller, comedy and romance.
She was first published by Hachette in 2010 with her debut novel Glass Geishas (now Night Girls), then self-published a romance series, the Ivy Lessons, which became an international bestseller and a #1 Kindle romance bestseller in the US and UK.
After her second daughter was born in 2013, she self-published the Bad Mother's Diary series, which also went on to become a #1 Kindle romantic comedy bestseller.
Suzy K Quinn's novels have been translated into 7 languages and her books have sold over ¾ million copies worldwide.
Suzy lives in Wivenhoe, Essex, with her husband Demi and two daughters, and travels to Mexico every year to write and study Mayan story telling.
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Two Books:
Title: The North Pole Lockdown
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title: The North Pole Lockdown Tier Two
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.daniellecorriganwriting.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielleCorri19
Book 1: The North Pole Lockdown
A mystery virus is spreading the globe, the toy factory has been closed and the elves have been told to work from home.
Rudolph becomes the local delivery man, Flo the elf streams daily P.E sessions and the factory elves are trying to work from home whilst home-schooling their kids... Everyone has had enough!
Luckily, Father Christmas has a plan and with a little bit of hard work, social distancing and some new designer PPE, he's confident the North Pole can save Christmas!
A fun, rhyming Christmas tale about how a community came together even though they had to stay 2 metres apart!
Suitable for kids of all ages.
Book 2: The North Pole Lockdown Tier Two
The Author:
I have spent most of my career working in recruitment, learning & development roles and loved creating engaging, fun training sessions for my colleagues to enjoy. I was made redundant from my role in December 2019 and once I’d got over the worry and stress of not having any real work, I took the opportunity to enjoy my time at home with the kids. Home-schooling was probably one of the toughest jobs I have EVER had but how incredibly special was it to spend so much quality time with Brooke and Louis (they may not feel the same..lol!). When I wrote The North Pole Lockdown, at first it was just going to be for my kids as Iwanted to capture some of those important memories for them to always remember 2020 by. However, with the support of my family and Eloise Attenborough at Book Bubble Press I was able to turn my little story and scruffy drawings into an actual BOOK! I’ve gone on to write a few other children’s stories, some inspired by the pandemic and others based on team work and emotions. I love writing, I love being creative and I love making others happy and I just hope you’ll find my new stories as enjoyable.
Title: The North Pole Lockdown
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title: The North Pole Lockdown Tier Two
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.daniellecorriganwriting.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielleCorri19
Book 1: The North Pole Lockdown
A mystery virus is spreading the globe, the toy factory has been closed and the elves have been told to work from home.
Rudolph becomes the local delivery man, Flo the elf streams daily P.E sessions and the factory elves are trying to work from home whilst home-schooling their kids... Everyone has had enough!
Luckily, Father Christmas has a plan and with a little bit of hard work, social distancing and some new designer PPE, he's confident the North Pole can save Christmas!
A fun, rhyming Christmas tale about how a community came together even though they had to stay 2 metres apart!
Suitable for kids of all ages.
Book 2: The North Pole Lockdown Tier Two
The Author:
I have spent most of my career working in recruitment, learning & development roles and loved creating engaging, fun training sessions for my colleagues to enjoy. I was made redundant from my role in December 2019 and once I’d got over the worry and stress of not having any real work, I took the opportunity to enjoy my time at home with the kids. Home-schooling was probably one of the toughest jobs I have EVER had but how incredibly special was it to spend so much quality time with Brooke and Louis (they may not feel the same..lol!). When I wrote The North Pole Lockdown, at first it was just going to be for my kids as Iwanted to capture some of those important memories for them to always remember 2020 by. However, with the support of my family and Eloise Attenborough at Book Bubble Press I was able to turn my little story and scruffy drawings into an actual BOOK! I’ve gone on to write a few other children’s stories, some inspired by the pandemic and others based on team work and emotions. I love writing, I love being creative and I love making others happy and I just hope you’ll find my new stories as enjoyable.
Kindly donated by
Danielle Corrigan
Danielle Corrigan
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Two Books:
Title 1: The HUG That Had To Hibernate
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Wonders of Winderly Wood
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.daniellecorriganwriting.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielleCorri19
Book 1: The HUG That Had To Hibernate
The Hug That Had To Hibernate is a lovely, heart warming tale about a hug who is told he can no longer wrap his long, fluffy arms around others to give them a cuddle.
With nothing left to do, Hug decides to hibernate and it’s only when he starts dreaming of all the hugs he’s ever given, does he come to realise just how important it is to enjoy he spends sharing a hug embrace... because you just never know when you might not be able to do it again.
A beautiful bedtime story for children to enjoy whilst remembering all the hugs they’ve ever had and how they made them feel.
Suitable for children aged 4-8
Book 2: The Wonders of Winderly Wood
An enchanting children’s rhyming story perfect for promoting mindfulness and relaxation.
Danielle Corrigan’s The Wonders of Winderly Wood is a delightful story about a child and the adventure she takes as her imagination explores the possibilities for what is hiding inside the woods. This enchanting rhyming story of ice castles, a labyrinth of woodland walkways and a dazzling ice castle creates a moment of calm, encouraging mindfulness, visualisations and relaxation in young children.
The story has been brought to life with stunning illustrations, which capture the true beauty of a child’s imagination as they have been drawn by the author’s daughter, Brooke aged 11.
Suitable for children aged 4-8.
The Author:
I have spent most of my career working in recruitment, learning & development roles and loved creating engaging, fun training sessions for my colleagues to enjoy. I was made redundant from my role in December 2019 and once I’d got over the worry and stress of not having any real work, I took the opportunity to enjoy my time at home with the kids. Home-schooling was probably one of the toughest jobs I have EVER had but how incredibly special was it to spend so much quality time with Brooke and Louis (they may not feel the same..lol!). When I wrote The North Pole Lockdown, at first it was just going to be for my kids as Iwanted to capture some of those important memories for them to always remember 2020 by. However, with the support of my family and Eloise Attenborough at Book Bubble Press I was able to turn my little story and scruffy drawings into an actual BOOK! I’ve gone on to write a few other children’s stories, some inspired by the pandemic and others based on team work and emotions. I love writing, I love being creative and I love making others happy and I just hope you’ll find my new stories as enjoyable.
Title 1: The HUG That Had To Hibernate
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Wonders of Winderly Wood
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.daniellecorriganwriting.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DanielleCorri19
Book 1: The HUG That Had To Hibernate
The Hug That Had To Hibernate is a lovely, heart warming tale about a hug who is told he can no longer wrap his long, fluffy arms around others to give them a cuddle.
With nothing left to do, Hug decides to hibernate and it’s only when he starts dreaming of all the hugs he’s ever given, does he come to realise just how important it is to enjoy he spends sharing a hug embrace... because you just never know when you might not be able to do it again.
A beautiful bedtime story for children to enjoy whilst remembering all the hugs they’ve ever had and how they made them feel.
Suitable for children aged 4-8
Book 2: The Wonders of Winderly Wood
An enchanting children’s rhyming story perfect for promoting mindfulness and relaxation.
Danielle Corrigan’s The Wonders of Winderly Wood is a delightful story about a child and the adventure she takes as her imagination explores the possibilities for what is hiding inside the woods. This enchanting rhyming story of ice castles, a labyrinth of woodland walkways and a dazzling ice castle creates a moment of calm, encouraging mindfulness, visualisations and relaxation in young children.
The story has been brought to life with stunning illustrations, which capture the true beauty of a child’s imagination as they have been drawn by the author’s daughter, Brooke aged 11.
Suitable for children aged 4-8.
The Author:
I have spent most of my career working in recruitment, learning & development roles and loved creating engaging, fun training sessions for my colleagues to enjoy. I was made redundant from my role in December 2019 and once I’d got over the worry and stress of not having any real work, I took the opportunity to enjoy my time at home with the kids. Home-schooling was probably one of the toughest jobs I have EVER had but how incredibly special was it to spend so much quality time with Brooke and Louis (they may not feel the same..lol!). When I wrote The North Pole Lockdown, at first it was just going to be for my kids as Iwanted to capture some of those important memories for them to always remember 2020 by. However, with the support of my family and Eloise Attenborough at Book Bubble Press I was able to turn my little story and scruffy drawings into an actual BOOK! I’ve gone on to write a few other children’s stories, some inspired by the pandemic and others based on team work and emotions. I love writing, I love being creative and I love making others happy and I just hope you’ll find my new stories as enjoyable.
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Danielle Corrigan
Danielle Corrigan
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Title: The Last Daughter
Genre: Historical Fiction - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.nicolacornick.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolaCornick
The Book;
A secret hidden in the past.
A family bound by a dark legacy…
Ever since her sister disappeared eleven years ago, Serena Warren has been running from a ghost, haunted by what she can’t remember about that night.
When Caitlin’s body is discovered, Serena returns to her grandfather’s house, nestled beside the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, determined to uncover the truth. But in returning to the place of her childhood summers, Serena stands poised at the brink of a startling discovery – one that will tie her family to a centuries-old secret…
Taking readers from the present day to the Wars of the Roses in the 1400s, and with an enthralling mystery at its heart, The Last Daughter is a spellbinding novel about family secrets.
The Author:
International bestselling author Nicola Cornick writes dual-time historical mysteries that draw on her love for genealogy and local history. She studied History at London and Oxford and worked in academia for a number of years before becoming a full time author. Nicola acts as a guide and researcher at the stunning 17th century hunting lodge, Ashdown House and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Friends of Lydiard Park in Swindon. She gives talks and tours on a variety of historical topics.
Nicola lives near Oxford and loves reading, writing, history, music, wildlife, travel and walking her dog. She also loves hearing from her readers and chatting to them.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.nicolacornick.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolaCornick
The Book;
A secret hidden in the past.
A family bound by a dark legacy…
Ever since her sister disappeared eleven years ago, Serena Warren has been running from a ghost, haunted by what she can’t remember about that night.
When Caitlin’s body is discovered, Serena returns to her grandfather’s house, nestled beside the ruins of Minster Lovell Hall in Oxfordshire, determined to uncover the truth. But in returning to the place of her childhood summers, Serena stands poised at the brink of a startling discovery – one that will tie her family to a centuries-old secret…
Taking readers from the present day to the Wars of the Roses in the 1400s, and with an enthralling mystery at its heart, The Last Daughter is a spellbinding novel about family secrets.
The Author:
International bestselling author Nicola Cornick writes dual-time historical mysteries that draw on her love for genealogy and local history. She studied History at London and Oxford and worked in academia for a number of years before becoming a full time author. Nicola acts as a guide and researcher at the stunning 17th century hunting lodge, Ashdown House and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Friends of Lydiard Park in Swindon. She gives talks and tours on a variety of historical topics.
Nicola lives near Oxford and loves reading, writing, history, music, wildlife, travel and walking her dog. She also loves hearing from her readers and chatting to them.
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Nicola Cornick
Nicola Cornick
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Wendy Dranfield
Wendy Dranfield
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Title: Shadow Falls
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://wendydranfield.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WendyDranfield
The Book;
You thought your little girl was safe at summer camp. You were wrong…
The little girl drags her eyes open, realizing she’s starting to fade. She tries calling out—“Daddy?”—using all her remaining strength. But she’s too late and her voice just isn’t loud enough…
When Detective Madison Harper arrives at a remote summer camp in Shadow Falls, northern California, her heart breaks for Jenny, the sweet little girl last seen splashing in the lake with her friends before she vanished. Peering into the silent cabins filled with rows of neatly made beds, Madison knows this idyllic place is hiding a terrible secret.
The girl’s parents are distraught, and the local police have no leads—they desperately need Madison’s help. She’ll do whatever it takes to crack this case, because it’s the only way back to the son she lost to the care system years ago when she was framed for a crime she didn’t commit.
But with the camp staff keeping tight-lipped and her new partner on the edge of a breakdown, Madison can’t find any truth to her instinct that there is more to Jenny’s perfect parents than meets the eye. Until she discovers a disturbing family portrait Jenny drew at the local library. Was this angelic girl more troubled than anybody knew? Was she in danger from those she trusted most?
One thing is certain, if Madison doesn't find the answers soon, the lives of more innocent children will be at risk…
An absolutely unputdownable crime thriller that will keep you up all night! Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Melinda Leigh. Previously titled Find My Child.
The Author:
Wendy is a former coroner's assistant turned crime writer who lives in the UK with her husband and 3 cats.
Her first novel (The Girl Who Died) was longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition. Since then she has written two crime series – one follows Officer Dean Matheson on his quest to make detective, and the other is her current series which follows Detective Madison Harper as she tries to reclaim her life after spending six years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit.
As well as crime novels Wendy also has short stories published in various anthologies in the UK and the US, and she has been shortlisted and longlisted for various writing competitions.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://wendydranfield.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WendyDranfield
The Book;
You thought your little girl was safe at summer camp. You were wrong…
The little girl drags her eyes open, realizing she’s starting to fade. She tries calling out—“Daddy?”—using all her remaining strength. But she’s too late and her voice just isn’t loud enough…
When Detective Madison Harper arrives at a remote summer camp in Shadow Falls, northern California, her heart breaks for Jenny, the sweet little girl last seen splashing in the lake with her friends before she vanished. Peering into the silent cabins filled with rows of neatly made beds, Madison knows this idyllic place is hiding a terrible secret.
The girl’s parents are distraught, and the local police have no leads—they desperately need Madison’s help. She’ll do whatever it takes to crack this case, because it’s the only way back to the son she lost to the care system years ago when she was framed for a crime she didn’t commit.
But with the camp staff keeping tight-lipped and her new partner on the edge of a breakdown, Madison can’t find any truth to her instinct that there is more to Jenny’s perfect parents than meets the eye. Until she discovers a disturbing family portrait Jenny drew at the local library. Was this angelic girl more troubled than anybody knew? Was she in danger from those she trusted most?
One thing is certain, if Madison doesn't find the answers soon, the lives of more innocent children will be at risk…
An absolutely unputdownable crime thriller that will keep you up all night! Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Robert Dugoni and Melinda Leigh. Previously titled Find My Child.
The Author:
Wendy is a former coroner's assistant turned crime writer who lives in the UK with her husband and 3 cats.
Her first novel (The Girl Who Died) was longlisted for the Mslexia Novel Competition. Since then she has written two crime series – one follows Officer Dean Matheson on his quest to make detective, and the other is her current series which follows Detective Madison Harper as she tries to reclaim her life after spending six years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit.
As well as crime novels Wendy also has short stories published in various anthologies in the UK and the US, and she has been shortlisted and longlisted for various writing competitions.
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Will Dean
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Title: The Last Thing To Burn
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/will-dean
Twitter: https://twitter.com/willrdean
The Book;
A woman being held captive is willing to risk everything to save herself, her unborn child, and her captor’s latest victim in this claustrophobic thriller in the tradition of Misery and Room.
On an isolated farm in the United Kingdom, a woman is trapped by the monster who kidnapped her seven years ago. When she discovers she is pregnant, she resolves to protect her child no matter the cost, and starts to meticulously plan her escape. But when another woman is brought into the fold on the farm, her plans go awry. Can she save herself, her child, and this innocent woman at the same time? Or is she doomed to spend the remainder of her life captive on this farm?
Intense, dark, and utterly gripping The Last Thing to Burn is a breathtaking thriller from an author to watch.
The Author:
Will Dean grew up in the East Midlands, living in nine different villages before the age of eighteen. He was a bookish, daydreaming kid who found comfort in stories and nature (and he still does). After studying Law at the LSE, and working in London, he settled in rural Sweden. He built a wooden house in a boggy clearing at the centre of a vast elk forest, and it's from this base that he compulsively reads and writes. He is the author of Dark Pines.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/will-dean
Twitter: https://twitter.com/willrdean
The Book;
A woman being held captive is willing to risk everything to save herself, her unborn child, and her captor’s latest victim in this claustrophobic thriller in the tradition of Misery and Room.
On an isolated farm in the United Kingdom, a woman is trapped by the monster who kidnapped her seven years ago. When she discovers she is pregnant, she resolves to protect her child no matter the cost, and starts to meticulously plan her escape. But when another woman is brought into the fold on the farm, her plans go awry. Can she save herself, her child, and this innocent woman at the same time? Or is she doomed to spend the remainder of her life captive on this farm?
Intense, dark, and utterly gripping The Last Thing to Burn is a breathtaking thriller from an author to watch.
The Author:
Will Dean grew up in the East Midlands, living in nine different villages before the age of eighteen. He was a bookish, daydreaming kid who found comfort in stories and nature (and he still does). After studying Law at the LSE, and working in London, he settled in rural Sweden. He built a wooden house in a boggy clearing at the centre of a vast elk forest, and it's from this base that he compulsively reads and writes. He is the author of Dark Pines.
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Susan Lewis
Susan Lewis
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Title: I Have Something To Tell You
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://susanlewis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/susanlewisbooks
The Book;
Don’t miss the captivating new book from the internationally bestselling author Susan Lewis!
High-flying lawyer Jessica Wells has it all. A successful career, loving husband Tom and a family she adores. But one case – and one client – will put all that at risk.
Edward Blake. An ordinary life turned upside down – or a man who quietly watched television while his wife was murdered upstairs? With more questions than answers and a case too knotted to unravel, Jessica suspects he’s protecting someone…
Then she comes home one day and her husband utters the words no one ever wants to hear. Sit down… because I've got something to tell you….
Now Jessica must fight not only for the man she defends, but for the man she thought she trusted with her life – her husband.
A page-turning thriller, perfect for fans of Diane Chamberlain and Adele Parks.
The Author:
Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of over forty books across the genres of family drama, thriller, suspense and crime. She is also the author of Just One More Day and One Day at a Time, the moving memoirs of her childhood in Bristol during the 1960s. Following periods of living in Los Angeles and the South of France, she currently lives in Gloucestershire with her husband James, stepsons Michael and Luke, and mischievous dogs Coco and Lulu.
Genre: Crime/Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://susanlewis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/susanlewisbooks
The Book;
Don’t miss the captivating new book from the internationally bestselling author Susan Lewis!
High-flying lawyer Jessica Wells has it all. A successful career, loving husband Tom and a family she adores. But one case – and one client – will put all that at risk.
Edward Blake. An ordinary life turned upside down – or a man who quietly watched television while his wife was murdered upstairs? With more questions than answers and a case too knotted to unravel, Jessica suspects he’s protecting someone…
Then she comes home one day and her husband utters the words no one ever wants to hear. Sit down… because I've got something to tell you….
Now Jessica must fight not only for the man she defends, but for the man she thought she trusted with her life – her husband.
A page-turning thriller, perfect for fans of Diane Chamberlain and Adele Parks.
The Author:
Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of over forty books across the genres of family drama, thriller, suspense and crime. She is also the author of Just One More Day and One Day at a Time, the moving memoirs of her childhood in Bristol during the 1960s. Following periods of living in Los Angeles and the South of France, she currently lives in Gloucestershire with her husband James, stepsons Michael and Luke, and mischievous dogs Coco and Lulu.
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Joanna Hickson
Joanna Hickson
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Title: The Lady of Ravens
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/joanna-hickson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joannahickson
The Book;
My baptismal name may be Giovanna but here in my mother’s adopted country I have become plain Joan; I am not pink-cheeked and golden-haired like the beauties they admire. I have olive skin and dark features – black brows over ebony eyes and hair the colour of a raven’s wing…
When Joan Vaux is sent to live in the shadow of the Tower of London, she must learn to navigate the treacherous waters of this new England under the Tudors. Like the ravens, Joan must use her eyes and her senses, if Henry and his new dynasty are to prosper and thrive.
The Author:
Joanna Hickson became fascinated with history when she studied Shakespeare's history plays at school. However, having taken a degree in Politics and English she took up a career in broadcast journalism with the BBC, presenting and producing news, current affairs and arts programmes on both television and radio. Now she writes full time and has a contract with Harper Collins for three historical novels. The Agincourt Bride is the first. She lives in Scotland in a 200 year old farmhouse and is married with a large extended family and a wayward Irish terrier.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/joanna-hickson
Twitter: https://twitter.com/joannahickson
The Book;
My baptismal name may be Giovanna but here in my mother’s adopted country I have become plain Joan; I am not pink-cheeked and golden-haired like the beauties they admire. I have olive skin and dark features – black brows over ebony eyes and hair the colour of a raven’s wing…
When Joan Vaux is sent to live in the shadow of the Tower of London, she must learn to navigate the treacherous waters of this new England under the Tudors. Like the ravens, Joan must use her eyes and her senses, if Henry and his new dynasty are to prosper and thrive.
The Author:
Joanna Hickson became fascinated with history when she studied Shakespeare's history plays at school. However, having taken a degree in Politics and English she took up a career in broadcast journalism with the BBC, presenting and producing news, current affairs and arts programmes on both television and radio. Now she writes full time and has a contract with Harper Collins for three historical novels. The Agincourt Bride is the first. She lives in Scotland in a 200 year old farmhouse and is married with a large extended family and a wayward Irish terrier.
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Celia Anderson
Celia Anderson
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Title: The Secret Gift of Lucia Lemon
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://celiaandersonauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeliaAnderson1
The Book;
Years of mystery lie inside, just waiting to be unravelled…
After fifty-eight years of playing it safe, Lucia Lemon wants something more from life. If only she knew what…
Until she receives a package in the post from an old friend that will change her life forever. Inside, she finds a bundle of cash, a collection of old maps, and a beautiful compass that no longer points north.
Holding the compass in her hand, Lucia suddenly feels hopeful – for the first time ever, life feels full of possibility and the open road is calling. If only she’s brave enough to answer it…
The Author:
Celia Anderson lives slap bang in the middle of the Midlands and dreams of owning a cottage by the sea, or at the very least on a canal or river. She makes do with living next door to a pond full of ducks but often manages to sneak more impressive watery places into her writing. Celia loves walking, reading, having large bubbly baths, eating and drinking wine. Over the years, she has found that all of these activities bar the first may be done simultaneously, although this can be messy. Previously a teacher and assistant head, she now writes full time and is an enthusiastic member of the Romantic Novelists Association. She spends far too much time on social media and dreams of one day being strong-minded enough to leave the house without her phone.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://celiaandersonauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeliaAnderson1
The Book;
Years of mystery lie inside, just waiting to be unravelled…
After fifty-eight years of playing it safe, Lucia Lemon wants something more from life. If only she knew what…
Until she receives a package in the post from an old friend that will change her life forever. Inside, she finds a bundle of cash, a collection of old maps, and a beautiful compass that no longer points north.
Holding the compass in her hand, Lucia suddenly feels hopeful – for the first time ever, life feels full of possibility and the open road is calling. If only she’s brave enough to answer it…
The Author:
Celia Anderson lives slap bang in the middle of the Midlands and dreams of owning a cottage by the sea, or at the very least on a canal or river. She makes do with living next door to a pond full of ducks but often manages to sneak more impressive watery places into her writing. Celia loves walking, reading, having large bubbly baths, eating and drinking wine. Over the years, she has found that all of these activities bar the first may be done simultaneously, although this can be messy. Previously a teacher and assistant head, she now writes full time and is an enthusiastic member of the Romantic Novelists Association. She spends far too much time on social media and dreams of one day being strong-minded enough to leave the house without her phone.
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Julie Stock
Julie Stock
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Title: A Leap of Faith at the Vineyard in Alsace
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://julie-stock.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wood_beez48
The Book;
It’s winter at The Vineyard in Alsace, and wedding bells are in the air
How do you know when you’re ready for love?
Ellie Robinson has spent her life running from commitment following the breakdown of her parents’ marriage when she was young. She doesn’t believe in happy ever afters and the last thing she wants is to settle down in one place when she could be travelling the world.
Having moved from place to place throughout his childhood, Henri Weiss now calls the vineyard in Alsace home, and he loves the stability the vineyard and the people on it give him. While he enjoys travelling, it’s always good to come home again.
Following an extended travelling trip together, Ellie and Henri find their differences more marked than before, despite their love for each other being even stronger. Then a series of shocks in Ellie’s personal life throws things into turmoil, leaving Ellie unsure as to how to get everything she wants. And Henri facing the loss of the future he has dreamed of.
Can Ellie and Henri reconcile their very different desires and take a leap of faith on their love for each other? Will they get the happy ever after they’ve both been longing for?
Escape to The Vineyard in Alsace once again for this uplifting, romantic read and enjoy Christmas at Domaine des Montagnes.
The Author:
Julie Stock writes contemporary feel-good romance from around the world: novels, novellas and short stories. She published her debut novel, From Here to Nashville, in 2015, after starting to write as an escape from the demands of her day job as a teacher. Starting Over at the Vineyard in Alsace is her latest book, and the second in the Domaine des Montagnes series set on a vineyard.
Julie is now a full-time author, and loves every minute of her writing life. When not writing, she can be found reading, her favourite past-time, running, a new hobby, or cooking up a storm in the kitchen, glass of wine in hand.
Julie is a member of The Society of Authors.
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://julie-stock.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wood_beez48
The Book;
It’s winter at The Vineyard in Alsace, and wedding bells are in the air
How do you know when you’re ready for love?
Ellie Robinson has spent her life running from commitment following the breakdown of her parents’ marriage when she was young. She doesn’t believe in happy ever afters and the last thing she wants is to settle down in one place when she could be travelling the world.
Having moved from place to place throughout his childhood, Henri Weiss now calls the vineyard in Alsace home, and he loves the stability the vineyard and the people on it give him. While he enjoys travelling, it’s always good to come home again.
Following an extended travelling trip together, Ellie and Henri find their differences more marked than before, despite their love for each other being even stronger. Then a series of shocks in Ellie’s personal life throws things into turmoil, leaving Ellie unsure as to how to get everything she wants. And Henri facing the loss of the future he has dreamed of.
Can Ellie and Henri reconcile their very different desires and take a leap of faith on their love for each other? Will they get the happy ever after they’ve both been longing for?
Escape to The Vineyard in Alsace once again for this uplifting, romantic read and enjoy Christmas at Domaine des Montagnes.
The Author:
Julie Stock writes contemporary feel-good romance from around the world: novels, novellas and short stories. She published her debut novel, From Here to Nashville, in 2015, after starting to write as an escape from the demands of her day job as a teacher. Starting Over at the Vineyard in Alsace is her latest book, and the second in the Domaine des Montagnes series set on a vineyard.
Julie is now a full-time author, and loves every minute of her writing life. When not writing, she can be found reading, her favourite past-time, running, a new hobby, or cooking up a storm in the kitchen, glass of wine in hand.
Julie is a member of The Society of Authors.
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Gareth P Jones
Gareth P Jones
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Title: Solve Your Own Mystery: The Monster Maker
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Solve Your Own Mystery - The Monster Maker Trailer by Gareth P Jones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcbtxll4eNk
Website: https://garethwrites.co.uk/home
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonesgarethp
The Book;
Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge of the case.
Dr Franklefink’s precious Monster Maker has gone missing and there are lots of suspects! Along with your yeti partner, it’s up to YOU to find the culprit. Should you trail Bramwell Stoker, the terrifying vampire, or Grundle and Grinola, the mischievous goblin twins? Should you follow up a lead about the cunning witches? Or will investigating the doctor’s monstrous son Monty lead you to the thief? YOU decide!
With hundreds of paths to choose from and no dead ends, you’ll solve the mystery every time!
The Author:
Gareth P. Jones is the author of the Dragon Detective Agency series, The Thornthwaite Inheritance and Space Crime Conspiracy. Gareth's first novel, The Case of the Missing Cats, was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Prize. The Considine Curse is winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2012. Gareth lives in South London with his wife and young son.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Solve Your Own Mystery - The Monster Maker Trailer by Gareth P Jones:
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Website: https://garethwrites.co.uk/home
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jonesgarethp
The Book;
Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge of the case.
Dr Franklefink’s precious Monster Maker has gone missing and there are lots of suspects! Along with your yeti partner, it’s up to YOU to find the culprit. Should you trail Bramwell Stoker, the terrifying vampire, or Grundle and Grinola, the mischievous goblin twins? Should you follow up a lead about the cunning witches? Or will investigating the doctor’s monstrous son Monty lead you to the thief? YOU decide!
With hundreds of paths to choose from and no dead ends, you’ll solve the mystery every time!
The Author:
Gareth P. Jones is the author of the Dragon Detective Agency series, The Thornthwaite Inheritance and Space Crime Conspiracy. Gareth's first novel, The Case of the Missing Cats, was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Book Prize. The Considine Curse is winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2012. Gareth lives in South London with his wife and young son.
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Jen Carney
Jen Carney
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Two Books
Title 1: The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Basically Famous
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://jen-carney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennycarney
Book 1; The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.
Enter the hilarious world of Billie Upton Green . . . The start of an exciting new series full of Billie's laugh-out-loud observations and doodles!
There is a new girl at Billie's school, and Billie takes it upon herself to show her around, teach her the Biscuit Laws, and remind her that yes, two women can get married (after all, Billie's mums' wedding is the event of the year).
But then suspicion sets in.
The new girl seems very close to Billie's best friend Layla. And doesn't she know a little too much about the latest big school heist - the theft of Mrs Robinson's purse...?
Book 2: Basically Famous
It started with The Accidental Diary Of B.U.G. - now get ready for the second hilarious diary of unforgettable Billie Upton Green!
School just got INTERESTING. Not only is Billie's class learning how to P.E.E. in the classroom (don't ask), they now have some very important contacts in the TV world.
So as long as Janey McVey doesn't keep doing the splits for attention, and Billie's mums don't keep distracting her with a huge secret thing they seem to be planning... well watch out, because it's time for B.U.G. to make it BIG!
The Author:
Jen Carney writes contemporary laugh-out-loud middle grade fiction that celebrates diversity and modern families. Although packed with silly nonsense and daft drawings, her books tell important stories with family and friendships at their heart. Jen lives in Lancashire with her family. When not reading, writing or drawing, Jen enjoys eating peanut butter, dragging her family out for forced enjoyment of fresh air, and dismantling biscuits.
Title 1: The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Basically Famous
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jen-carney.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennycarney
Book 1; The Accidental Diary of B.U.G.
Enter the hilarious world of Billie Upton Green . . . The start of an exciting new series full of Billie's laugh-out-loud observations and doodles!
There is a new girl at Billie's school, and Billie takes it upon herself to show her around, teach her the Biscuit Laws, and remind her that yes, two women can get married (after all, Billie's mums' wedding is the event of the year).
But then suspicion sets in.
The new girl seems very close to Billie's best friend Layla. And doesn't she know a little too much about the latest big school heist - the theft of Mrs Robinson's purse...?
Book 2: Basically Famous
It started with The Accidental Diary Of B.U.G. - now get ready for the second hilarious diary of unforgettable Billie Upton Green!
School just got INTERESTING. Not only is Billie's class learning how to P.E.E. in the classroom (don't ask), they now have some very important contacts in the TV world.
So as long as Janey McVey doesn't keep doing the splits for attention, and Billie's mums don't keep distracting her with a huge secret thing they seem to be planning... well watch out, because it's time for B.U.G. to make it BIG!
The Author:
Jen Carney writes contemporary laugh-out-loud middle grade fiction that celebrates diversity and modern families. Although packed with silly nonsense and daft drawings, her books tell important stories with family and friendships at their heart. Jen lives in Lancashire with her family. When not reading, writing or drawing, Jen enjoys eating peanut butter, dragging her family out for forced enjoyment of fresh air, and dismantling biscuits.
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Two Books
Title 1: The Rose Garden
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Darling Blue
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Book 1; The Rose Garden
1895. Hampstead, London.
Olive Westallen lives a privileged, if rather lonely, life in her family’s grand Hampstead home. But she has radical plans for the future of her family – plans that will shock the high-society world she inhabits.
For her new neighbour, twelve-year-old Ottilie Finch, London is an exciting playground to explore. Her family have recently arrived from Durham, under a cloud of scandal that Otty is blissfully unaware of. The only shadow over her days is her mother’s mysterious illness, which keeps her to her room.
When Mabs is offered the chance to become Mrs Finch’s companion, it saves her from a desperate life on the canals. Little does she know that all is not as picture-perfect as it seems. Mabs is about to become tangled in the secrets that chased the Finches from their last home, and trapped in an impossible dilemma . . .
The Rose Garden is an absorbing and moving novel, perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Rachel Hore.
Book 2; Darling Blue
'Tracy Rees writes from the heart' Kathryn Hughes, author of The Letter. Perfect for fans of The Keeper of Lost Things and The Villa in Italy.
Blue lives a charmed life. From her family's townhouse in Richmond, she lives the life of luxury and couldn't want for anything - well, on the surface at least.
Then on the night of her twenty-first birthday her father makes a startling toast: he will give his daughter's hand to whichever man can capture her heart best in the form of a love letter. But Blue has other ideas and, unwilling to play at her father's bewildering games, she sets out on her own path to find her own destiny...
The Author:
Tracy Rees is a Cambridge graduate with a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages. After an eight-year career in nonfiction publishing, she worked as a counselor for people with cancer and their families. Amy Snow is her first novel. She lives in Swansea, Wales.
Title 1: The Rose Garden
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Hardback
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Title 2: Darling Blue
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Website: https://www.tracyrees.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorTracyRees
Book 1; The Rose Garden
1895. Hampstead, London.
Olive Westallen lives a privileged, if rather lonely, life in her family’s grand Hampstead home. But she has radical plans for the future of her family – plans that will shock the high-society world she inhabits.
For her new neighbour, twelve-year-old Ottilie Finch, London is an exciting playground to explore. Her family have recently arrived from Durham, under a cloud of scandal that Otty is blissfully unaware of. The only shadow over her days is her mother’s mysterious illness, which keeps her to her room.
When Mabs is offered the chance to become Mrs Finch’s companion, it saves her from a desperate life on the canals. Little does she know that all is not as picture-perfect as it seems. Mabs is about to become tangled in the secrets that chased the Finches from their last home, and trapped in an impossible dilemma . . .
The Rose Garden is an absorbing and moving novel, perfect for fans of Dinah Jefferies and Rachel Hore.
Book 2; Darling Blue
'Tracy Rees writes from the heart' Kathryn Hughes, author of The Letter. Perfect for fans of The Keeper of Lost Things and The Villa in Italy.
Blue lives a charmed life. From her family's townhouse in Richmond, she lives the life of luxury and couldn't want for anything - well, on the surface at least.
Then on the night of her twenty-first birthday her father makes a startling toast: he will give his daughter's hand to whichever man can capture her heart best in the form of a love letter. But Blue has other ideas and, unwilling to play at her father's bewildering games, she sets out on her own path to find her own destiny...
The Author:
Tracy Rees is a Cambridge graduate with a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages. After an eight-year career in nonfiction publishing, she worked as a counselor for people with cancer and their families. Amy Snow is her first novel. She lives in Swansea, Wales.
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Two Books
Title 1: Haven't They Grown
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Killings at Kingfisher
Genre: Crime Thriller
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Website: https://sophiehannah.com
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Book 1; Haven't They Grown
All Beth has to do is drive her son to his Under-14s away match, watch him play, and bring him home.
Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the football ground, that doesn't mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that, and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn't seen Flora for twelve years. She doesn't want to see her today, or ever again.
But she can't resist. She parks outside the open gates of Newnham House, watches from across the road as Flora and her children Thomas and Emily step out of the car. Except... There's something terribly wrong. Flora looks the same, only older. As Beth would have expected. It's the children. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then.
They are still five and three. They are Thomas and Emily without a doubt - Hilary hears Flora call them by their names - but they haven't changed at all.
They are no taller, no older... Why haven't they grown?
Book 2; The Killings at Kingfisher
The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot—legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile—returns to solve a fiendish new mystery. Hercule Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusive Kingfisher Hill estate, where Richard Devonport has summoned him to prove that his fiancée, Helen, is innocent of the murder of his brother, Frank. But there is a strange condition attached to this request: Poirot must conceal his true reason for being there.
The coach is forced to stop when a distressed woman demands to get off, insisting that if she stays in her seat, she will be murdered. Although the rest of the journey passes without anyone being harmed, Poirot’s curiosity is aroused, and his fears are later confirmed when a body is discovered with a macabre note attached…
Could this new murder and the peculiar incident on the coach be clues to solving the mystery of who killed Frank Devonport? And if Helen is innocent, can Poirot find the true culprit in time to save her from the gallows?
The Author:
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of psychological crime fiction, published in 27 countries. In 2013, her latest novel, The Carrier, won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Two of Sophie’s crime novels, The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives, have been adapted for television and appeared on ITV1 under the series title Case Sensitive in 2011 and 2012. In 2004, Sophie won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her suspense story The Octopus Nest, which is now published in her first collection of short stories, The Fantastic Book of Everybody’s Secrets.
Sophie has also published five collections of poetry. Her fifth, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the 2007 T S Eliot Award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE, A-level and degree level across the UK. From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and between 1999 and 2001 she was a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She is forty-one and lives with her husband and children in Cambridge, where she is a Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. She is currently working on a new challenge for the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective.
Title 1: Haven't They Grown
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Killings at Kingfisher
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://sophiehannah.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophiehannahCB1
Book 1; Haven't They Grown
All Beth has to do is drive her son to his Under-14s away match, watch him play, and bring him home.
Just because she knows her ex-best friend lives near the football ground, that doesn't mean she has to drive past her house and try to catch a glimpse of her. Why would Beth do that, and risk dredging up painful memories? She hasn't seen Flora for twelve years. She doesn't want to see her today, or ever again.
But she can't resist. She parks outside the open gates of Newnham House, watches from across the road as Flora and her children Thomas and Emily step out of the car. Except... There's something terribly wrong. Flora looks the same, only older. As Beth would have expected. It's the children. Twelve years ago, Thomas and Emily were five and three years old. Today, they look precisely as they did then.
They are still five and three. They are Thomas and Emily without a doubt - Hilary hears Flora call them by their names - but they haven't changed at all.
They are no taller, no older... Why haven't they grown?
Book 2; The Killings at Kingfisher
The world’s greatest detective, Hercule Poirot—legendary star of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile—returns to solve a fiendish new mystery. Hercule Poirot is travelling by luxury passenger coach from London to the exclusive Kingfisher Hill estate, where Richard Devonport has summoned him to prove that his fiancée, Helen, is innocent of the murder of his brother, Frank. But there is a strange condition attached to this request: Poirot must conceal his true reason for being there.
The coach is forced to stop when a distressed woman demands to get off, insisting that if she stays in her seat, she will be murdered. Although the rest of the journey passes without anyone being harmed, Poirot’s curiosity is aroused, and his fears are later confirmed when a body is discovered with a macabre note attached…
Could this new murder and the peculiar incident on the coach be clues to solving the mystery of who killed Frank Devonport? And if Helen is innocent, can Poirot find the true culprit in time to save her from the gallows?
The Author:
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of psychological crime fiction, published in 27 countries. In 2013, her latest novel, The Carrier, won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Two of Sophie’s crime novels, The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives, have been adapted for television and appeared on ITV1 under the series title Case Sensitive in 2011 and 2012. In 2004, Sophie won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her suspense story The Octopus Nest, which is now published in her first collection of short stories, The Fantastic Book of Everybody’s Secrets.
Sophie has also published five collections of poetry. Her fifth, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the 2007 T S Eliot Award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE, A-level and degree level across the UK. From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and between 1999 and 2001 she was a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She is forty-one and lives with her husband and children in Cambridge, where she is a Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. She is currently working on a new challenge for the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective.
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Title 1: Happiness, a Mystery
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://sophiehannah.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophiehannahCB1
The Book:
Happiness is one of life's greatest mysteries. But what even is happiness? Why does it mean so many different things to different people? And how can we actually be happier?
Drawing on decades of experience in crime writing, self-help and intensely curious observation of other people, Sophie Hannah sets out to solve the mystery. She lines up her cast of suspects and expert witnesses from ancient philosophers to modern self-help gurus, scientists to ordinary people from all walks of life. Leaving no stone unturned, she scrutinises the clues, evidence, and even the red herrings that unexpectedly lead to happiness. And she uncovers answers - from the secrets of a fulfilling relationship to the joys of boredom, or of the bliss of a cancelled meeting.
Weaving in much-loved poems and hilarious observations from Sophie's own life, this is the ultimate guide to happiness - and the clues that can lead us there.
The Author:
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of psychological crime fiction, published in 27 countries. In 2013, her latest novel, The Carrier, won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Two of Sophie’s crime novels, The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives, have been adapted for television and appeared on ITV1 under the series title Case Sensitive in 2011 and 2012. In 2004, Sophie won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her suspense story The Octopus Nest, which is now published in her first collection of short stories, The Fantastic Book of Everybody’s Secrets.
Sophie has also published five collections of poetry. Her fifth, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the 2007 T S Eliot Award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE, A-level and degree level across the UK. From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and between 1999 and 2001 she was a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She is forty-one and lives with her husband and children in Cambridge, where she is a Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. She is currently working on a new challenge for the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective.
Genre: Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://sophiehannah.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sophiehannahCB1
The Book:
Happiness is one of life's greatest mysteries. But what even is happiness? Why does it mean so many different things to different people? And how can we actually be happier?
Drawing on decades of experience in crime writing, self-help and intensely curious observation of other people, Sophie Hannah sets out to solve the mystery. She lines up her cast of suspects and expert witnesses from ancient philosophers to modern self-help gurus, scientists to ordinary people from all walks of life. Leaving no stone unturned, she scrutinises the clues, evidence, and even the red herrings that unexpectedly lead to happiness. And she uncovers answers - from the secrets of a fulfilling relationship to the joys of boredom, or of the bliss of a cancelled meeting.
Weaving in much-loved poems and hilarious observations from Sophie's own life, this is the ultimate guide to happiness - and the clues that can lead us there.
The Author:
Sophie Hannah is an internationally bestselling writer of psychological crime fiction, published in 27 countries. In 2013, her latest novel, The Carrier, won the Crime Thriller of the Year Award at the Specsavers National Book Awards. Two of Sophie’s crime novels, The Point of Rescue and The Other Half Lives, have been adapted for television and appeared on ITV1 under the series title Case Sensitive in 2011 and 2012. In 2004, Sophie won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her suspense story The Octopus Nest, which is now published in her first collection of short stories, The Fantastic Book of Everybody’s Secrets.
Sophie has also published five collections of poetry. Her fifth, Pessimism for Beginners, was shortlisted for the 2007 T S Eliot Award. Her poetry is studied at GCSE, A-level and degree level across the UK. From 1997 to 1999 she was Fellow Commoner in Creative Arts at Trinity College, Cambridge, and between 1999 and 2001 she was a fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. She is forty-one and lives with her husband and children in Cambridge, where she is a Fellow Commoner at Lucy Cavendish College. She is currently working on a new challenge for the little grey cells of Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie’s famous detective.
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Carola Schmidt
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Two Books:
Title 1: Bald is Beautiful
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Cancer Daily Life
Genre: Children - Education
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Postage: Free Global.
Website: http://kidscancerbooks.com
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Book 1: Bald is Beautiful
"Bald is Beautiful: A letter for a fabulous girl" is an inspiring and lovely illustrated letter for girls of any age who will go or already are bald. It's a perfect gift to send love to a powerful girl who needs to be reminded how beautiful and loved she is. It's not a book that explains scientific conditions, disease, and treatment. It's about love, beauty, happiness, and friendship when going through various changes in our lives.
Bald is Beautiful comes like a hug, and it's the perfect gift for girls aged 4-100 years and up.
Book 2: Cancer Daily Life
Cancer Daily Life is a bittersweet collection of single and double-frame strips that only readers who are highly involved with the C world could relate to. It’s sometimes cute and sweet, sometimes acid, sometimes trivial, sometimes funny, just like daily life.
It’s ideal:
*For adolescents and adults age 12 to 100 years old or older
*As a gift for a friend who received a diagnosis of any type of cancer
*As a gift for a friend who will start or is undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy
*When you have a family member or friend aged 12+ coping with cancer, and you don’t know what to say
*When a friend or family member with cancer feels stressed and needs to know they are not alone in this
The Author:
Pediatric Oncology Pharmacist & Writer
* Writer in the BookAuthority list of "81 Best Leukemia Books of All Time" with "Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer"
* Author of several scientific books on pediatric oncology by Springer Nature
* Children's book author
Title 1: Bald is Beautiful
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Cancer Daily Life
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Website: http://kidscancerbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_CarolaSchmidt
Book 1: Bald is Beautiful
"Bald is Beautiful: A letter for a fabulous girl" is an inspiring and lovely illustrated letter for girls of any age who will go or already are bald. It's a perfect gift to send love to a powerful girl who needs to be reminded how beautiful and loved she is. It's not a book that explains scientific conditions, disease, and treatment. It's about love, beauty, happiness, and friendship when going through various changes in our lives.
Bald is Beautiful comes like a hug, and it's the perfect gift for girls aged 4-100 years and up.
Book 2: Cancer Daily Life
Cancer Daily Life is a bittersweet collection of single and double-frame strips that only readers who are highly involved with the C world could relate to. It’s sometimes cute and sweet, sometimes acid, sometimes trivial, sometimes funny, just like daily life.
It’s ideal:
*For adolescents and adults age 12 to 100 years old or older
*As a gift for a friend who received a diagnosis of any type of cancer
*As a gift for a friend who will start or is undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy
*When you have a family member or friend aged 12+ coping with cancer, and you don’t know what to say
*When a friend or family member with cancer feels stressed and needs to know they are not alone in this
The Author:
Pediatric Oncology Pharmacist & Writer
* Writer in the BookAuthority list of "81 Best Leukemia Books of All Time" with "Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer"
* Author of several scientific books on pediatric oncology by Springer Nature
* Children's book author
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Title 1: Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: When a Brave Bear Fights Cancer: A get well soon gift
Genre: Children - Education
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Book 1: Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer
'Oh man! Go find someone to help you get better. Christmas is around the corner. You know... nobody buys toys after Christmas!' said Superhero when Chubby — a teddy bear with a wool pullover and no pants — felt unwell. Chubby embarks on an adventure through a La La Land toy store, discovering cancer, leukemia, chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation. He surprises us with a fun trip in a yellow toy Beetle, with friends, and his own Happy Ending.
Carola Schmidt, the author, is a Pediatric Oncology Pharmacist, and author of pediatric oncology books by Springer Nature.
Chubby is proud to be in the BookAuthority list of "81 Best Leukemia Books of All Time."
This book simplifies complicated explanations, with no negativity, and is written in a true way. Chubby, with his adventure, leads kids to an understanding of any type of cancer. He helps children to learn about chemotherapy, hair loss, stem cell transplantation, and hospitalization. When read aloud, this book will benefit young kids; and older kids are able to read it by themselves.
Book 2: When a Brave Bear Fights Cancer: A get well soon gift
A whimsical, cuddle up with a cutie furball moment…
Do you or your child need help understanding cancer or coping with treatment? You need a bear hug boost! The strong, positive and trustworthy message in this book—coming from teddy bears you'll want to hug!—is ideal for kids that are going through cancer treatment.
The Author:
Pediatric Oncology Pharmacist & Writer
* Writer in the BookAuthority list of "81 Best Leukemia Books of All Time" with "Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer"
* Author of several scientific books on pediatric oncology by Springer Nature
* Children's book author
Title 1: Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: When a Brave Bear Fights Cancer: A get well soon gift
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: http://kidscancerbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_CarolaSchmidt
Book 1: Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer
'Oh man! Go find someone to help you get better. Christmas is around the corner. You know... nobody buys toys after Christmas!' said Superhero when Chubby — a teddy bear with a wool pullover and no pants — felt unwell. Chubby embarks on an adventure through a La La Land toy store, discovering cancer, leukemia, chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation. He surprises us with a fun trip in a yellow toy Beetle, with friends, and his own Happy Ending.
Carola Schmidt, the author, is a Pediatric Oncology Pharmacist, and author of pediatric oncology books by Springer Nature.
Chubby is proud to be in the BookAuthority list of "81 Best Leukemia Books of All Time."
This book simplifies complicated explanations, with no negativity, and is written in a true way. Chubby, with his adventure, leads kids to an understanding of any type of cancer. He helps children to learn about chemotherapy, hair loss, stem cell transplantation, and hospitalization. When read aloud, this book will benefit young kids; and older kids are able to read it by themselves.
Book 2: When a Brave Bear Fights Cancer: A get well soon gift
A whimsical, cuddle up with a cutie furball moment…
Do you or your child need help understanding cancer or coping with treatment? You need a bear hug boost! The strong, positive and trustworthy message in this book—coming from teddy bears you'll want to hug!—is ideal for kids that are going through cancer treatment.
The Author:
Pediatric Oncology Pharmacist & Writer
* Writer in the BookAuthority list of "81 Best Leukemia Books of All Time" with "Chubby's Tale: The true story of a teddy bear who beat cancer"
* Author of several scientific books on pediatric oncology by Springer Nature
* Children's book author
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Title: Wanderland
Genre: Nature - Travel - Memoir
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.jinireddy.co.uk
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The Book;
Alone on a remote mountaintop one dark night, a woman hears a mysterious voice.
Propelled by the memory and after years of dreaming about it, Jini Reddy dares to delve into the 'wanderlands' of Britain, heading off in search of the magical in the landscape.
A London journalist with multicultural roots and a perennial outsider, she determinedly sets off on this unorthodox path. Serendipity and her inner compass guide her around the country in pursuit of the Other and a connection to Britain's captivating natural world. Where might this lead? And if you know what it is to be Othered yourself, how might this colour your experiences? And what if, in invoking the spirit of the land, 'it' decides to make its presence felt?
Whether following a 'cult' map to a hidden well that refuses to reveal itself, attempting to persuade a labyrinth to spill its secrets, embarking on a coast-to-coast pilgrimage or searching for a mystical land temple, Jini depicts a whimsical, natural Britain. Along the way, she tracks down ephemeral wild art, encounters women who worship The Goddess, falls deeper in love with her birth land and struggles – but mostly fails – to get to grips with its lore. Throughout, she rejoices in the wildness we cannot see and celebrates the natural beauty we can, while offering glimpses of her Canadian childhood and her Indian parents' struggles in apartheid-era South Africa.
Wanderland is a book in which the heart leads, all things are possible and the Other, both wild and human, comes in from the cold. It is a paean to the joy of roaming, both figuratively and imaginatively, and to the joy of finding your place in the world.
The Author:
Jini Reddy is the author of Wanderland, shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Award for Travel Book of the Year and for the Wainwright Prize. She has contributed to anthologies, penned a guidebook, and her texts and poems have been displayed in exhibitions at London’s Southbank Centre and at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. As a travel (and features) writer, she has written widely for national press and in 2019 was named a National Geographic Woman of Impact. In her work, she increasingly occupies a cross-cultural, cross-genre space where place, spirituality and culture meet. Jini was born in Britain to Indian parents from South Africa, and raised in Quebec, Canada. She now makes her home in southwest London.
Genre: Nature - Travel - Memoir
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pF8I_bW1nx8
Website: https://www.jinireddy.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jini_Reddy
The Book;
Alone on a remote mountaintop one dark night, a woman hears a mysterious voice.
Propelled by the memory and after years of dreaming about it, Jini Reddy dares to delve into the 'wanderlands' of Britain, heading off in search of the magical in the landscape.
A London journalist with multicultural roots and a perennial outsider, she determinedly sets off on this unorthodox path. Serendipity and her inner compass guide her around the country in pursuit of the Other and a connection to Britain's captivating natural world. Where might this lead? And if you know what it is to be Othered yourself, how might this colour your experiences? And what if, in invoking the spirit of the land, 'it' decides to make its presence felt?
Whether following a 'cult' map to a hidden well that refuses to reveal itself, attempting to persuade a labyrinth to spill its secrets, embarking on a coast-to-coast pilgrimage or searching for a mystical land temple, Jini depicts a whimsical, natural Britain. Along the way, she tracks down ephemeral wild art, encounters women who worship The Goddess, falls deeper in love with her birth land and struggles – but mostly fails – to get to grips with its lore. Throughout, she rejoices in the wildness we cannot see and celebrates the natural beauty we can, while offering glimpses of her Canadian childhood and her Indian parents' struggles in apartheid-era South Africa.
Wanderland is a book in which the heart leads, all things are possible and the Other, both wild and human, comes in from the cold. It is a paean to the joy of roaming, both figuratively and imaginatively, and to the joy of finding your place in the world.
The Author:
Jini Reddy is the author of Wanderland, shortlisted for the Stanford Dolman Award for Travel Book of the Year and for the Wainwright Prize. She has contributed to anthologies, penned a guidebook, and her texts and poems have been displayed in exhibitions at London’s Southbank Centre and at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. As a travel (and features) writer, she has written widely for national press and in 2019 was named a National Geographic Woman of Impact. In her work, she increasingly occupies a cross-cultural, cross-genre space where place, spirituality and culture meet. Jini was born in Britain to Indian parents from South Africa, and raised in Quebec, Canada. She now makes her home in southwest London.
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Sophie Wills
Sophie Wills
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Two Books
Title 1: The Orphans of St Halibut's
Genre: Children (Age 8-12)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Pamela's Revenge
Genre: Children (Age 8-12)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.sophiewillsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SophsWill
Sophie Wills - The Orphans of St Halibuts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76FQzqq4SJI
Book 1: The Orphans of St Halibut's
Lemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in The Orphans of St Halibut's, a hilarious and quirky middle-grade about orphans, friendship, and the power of the underdog, from debut author Sophie Wills.
There's something fishy going on at St Halibut's Home for Waifs and Strays . . .
Life at St Halibut’s Home has been idyllic for two months, ever since the children buried their matron (don’t look like that – it was an accident!) Helpfully, the not-so-dear departed matron left behind a surprisingly large stash of money, which will keep them in black-market lemon sherbets for the rest of their lives. Tig, Stich and Herc just have to make sure nobody finds out they’re on their own,
But when they find out that St Halibut’s is to be inspected by DEATH (the Department for Education, Assimilation, Training and Health), they start to panic. They’ll need to convince the inspector that everything is peachy or they’ll be sent to the Mending House – where badly-behaved orphans go, never to return. As the big day approaches, the children start to think they might just pull it off. But when the inspector arrives, things don’t just go wrong, they get spectacularly out of hand . . .
Join Tig, Stef and Herc in this hilarious and quirky adventure about friendship and the power of the underdog from debut author Sophie Wills, illustrated throughout by the million-copy bestselling David Tazzyman.
Book 2: Pamela's Revenge
Accidental fires, villainous grown-ups and a mission to rescue a very grumpy goat – don't miss the hilarious second Orphans of St Halibut's adventure from Sophie Wills, illustrated by the million-copy bestselling David Tazzyman. Perfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket.
St Halibut’s has burned to the ground, but there’s no time to mope. With the sinister Ministry of FUN – Forms, Underlining and Notices – on their case, the rag-tag bunch of orphans must make a new home, and protect it from those who want to smash it (and them) to smithereens.
But their tight-knit family is unravelling: Tig and Stef can’t see eye to eye, and all Herc can think about is cooking the perfect marshmallows.
Worst of all, just when they need her sharp horns and unpredictable temper most, is Pamela giving up the fight?
Side-splitting mischief, big trouble and a spectacular cast of quirky characters – dive into the hilarious world of the The Orphans of St Halibut's: Pamela's Revenge.
The Author:
Sophie Wills grew up in Chelmsford, Essex. She failed the 11+, had a weekend job at a boarding kennels where she suffered workplace bullying from a goat and nurtured a dream to have a career she could do in her pyjamas. She worked at two London publishers before finally achieving her ambition by going freelance in 2003. In 2012 she entered a writing competition, and Michael Rosen picked out as a winner her story about a pig-riding sheriff. Since then, she has been writing offbeat and funny stories for 8-12-year-olds, including The Orphans of St Halibut's. She lives on the edge of south-east London with her family.
Title 1: The Orphans of St Halibut's
Genre: Children (Age 8-12)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Pamela's Revenge
Genre: Children (Age 8-12)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.sophiewillsauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SophsWill
Sophie Wills - The Orphans of St Halibuts:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76FQzqq4SJI
Book 1: The Orphans of St Halibut's
Lemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in The Orphans of St Halibut's, a hilarious and quirky middle-grade about orphans, friendship, and the power of the underdog, from debut author Sophie Wills.
There's something fishy going on at St Halibut's Home for Waifs and Strays . . .
Life at St Halibut’s Home has been idyllic for two months, ever since the children buried their matron (don’t look like that – it was an accident!) Helpfully, the not-so-dear departed matron left behind a surprisingly large stash of money, which will keep them in black-market lemon sherbets for the rest of their lives. Tig, Stich and Herc just have to make sure nobody finds out they’re on their own,
But when they find out that St Halibut’s is to be inspected by DEATH (the Department for Education, Assimilation, Training and Health), they start to panic. They’ll need to convince the inspector that everything is peachy or they’ll be sent to the Mending House – where badly-behaved orphans go, never to return. As the big day approaches, the children start to think they might just pull it off. But when the inspector arrives, things don’t just go wrong, they get spectacularly out of hand . . .
Join Tig, Stef and Herc in this hilarious and quirky adventure about friendship and the power of the underdog from debut author Sophie Wills, illustrated throughout by the million-copy bestselling David Tazzyman.
Book 2: Pamela's Revenge
Accidental fires, villainous grown-ups and a mission to rescue a very grumpy goat – don't miss the hilarious second Orphans of St Halibut's adventure from Sophie Wills, illustrated by the million-copy bestselling David Tazzyman. Perfect for fans of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket.
St Halibut’s has burned to the ground, but there’s no time to mope. With the sinister Ministry of FUN – Forms, Underlining and Notices – on their case, the rag-tag bunch of orphans must make a new home, and protect it from those who want to smash it (and them) to smithereens.
But their tight-knit family is unravelling: Tig and Stef can’t see eye to eye, and all Herc can think about is cooking the perfect marshmallows.
Worst of all, just when they need her sharp horns and unpredictable temper most, is Pamela giving up the fight?
Side-splitting mischief, big trouble and a spectacular cast of quirky characters – dive into the hilarious world of the The Orphans of St Halibut's: Pamela's Revenge.
The Author:
Sophie Wills grew up in Chelmsford, Essex. She failed the 11+, had a weekend job at a boarding kennels where she suffered workplace bullying from a goat and nurtured a dream to have a career she could do in her pyjamas. She worked at two London publishers before finally achieving her ambition by going freelance in 2003. In 2012 she entered a writing competition, and Michael Rosen picked out as a winner her story about a pig-riding sheriff. Since then, she has been writing offbeat and funny stories for 8-12-year-olds, including The Orphans of St Halibut's. She lives on the edge of south-east London with her family.
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Zeb Soanes
Zeb Soanes
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Title: Gaspard's Foxtrot
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Gaspard's Foxtrot Teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXpPqVa3iTs
Gaspard's Foxtrot: Behind the scenes with Zeb Soanes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm1z6iqKj-A
Website: http://www.zebsoanes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zebsoanes
The Book;
Gaspard’s friend Finty the dog and her owner Honey are travelling to a classical concert in London’s Hyde Park – if only Gaspard could join them! But while good-naturedly attempting to return Honey’s scarf, the handsomest fox in London suddenly finds himself on a tour through the city’s streets aboard Finty’s bus passing some of London’s best sight-seeing spots such as: Islington Green, Museum Street, Chinatown, the theatres of the West End, Piccadilly and many more.
This latest adventure in the Gaspard the Fox series sees Gaspard thrust literally to centre stage as he becomes a musical inspiration.
The Author:
Zeb Soanes grew up in the seaside town of Lowestoft, surrounded by animals. He now lives in London and, aside from writing books, is a trusted newsreader and reassuring voice of the Shipping Forecast to millions of listeners on BBC Radio 4. Sunday Times readers voted him their favourite male voice on UK radio. On television he launched BBC Four where he presented the BBC Proms. Each September the Last Night of the Proms attracts over 40,000 people to an open air concert in Hyde Park, which inspired his latest book.
He studied Drama and Creative Writing at UEA and has written for The Observer, Country Life and The Literary Review. His first book in the Gaspard series, inspired by his remarkable encounters with a real urban fox, attracted praise for representing foxes more sympathetically than their sly literary predecessors, for which the Mammal Society made him their first patron.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Gaspard's Foxtrot Teaser:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXpPqVa3iTs
Gaspard's Foxtrot: Behind the scenes with Zeb Soanes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm1z6iqKj-A
Website: http://www.zebsoanes.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zebsoanes
The Book;
Gaspard’s friend Finty the dog and her owner Honey are travelling to a classical concert in London’s Hyde Park – if only Gaspard could join them! But while good-naturedly attempting to return Honey’s scarf, the handsomest fox in London suddenly finds himself on a tour through the city’s streets aboard Finty’s bus passing some of London’s best sight-seeing spots such as: Islington Green, Museum Street, Chinatown, the theatres of the West End, Piccadilly and many more.
This latest adventure in the Gaspard the Fox series sees Gaspard thrust literally to centre stage as he becomes a musical inspiration.
The Author:
Zeb Soanes grew up in the seaside town of Lowestoft, surrounded by animals. He now lives in London and, aside from writing books, is a trusted newsreader and reassuring voice of the Shipping Forecast to millions of listeners on BBC Radio 4. Sunday Times readers voted him their favourite male voice on UK radio. On television he launched BBC Four where he presented the BBC Proms. Each September the Last Night of the Proms attracts over 40,000 people to an open air concert in Hyde Park, which inspired his latest book.
He studied Drama and Creative Writing at UEA and has written for The Observer, Country Life and The Literary Review. His first book in the Gaspard series, inspired by his remarkable encounters with a real urban fox, attracted praise for representing foxes more sympathetically than their sly literary predecessors, for which the Mammal Society made him their first patron.
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Chard & Lux
Chard & Lux
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Two Books:
Title 1: Teacup Lives in the Phillipines
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Teacup goes to Guisi Beach
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeacupPh
Book 1: Teacup Lives in the Phillipines
This beautiful and bright children’s picture book brings the story of Teacup's life into your home. Teacup is a real Shih Tzu that lives in the Philippines. This and future books about him, are based on his true life adventures. He lives on the Island of Guimaras and the books give an insight into the lives of a typical Philippine family. The illustrations are fun and interesting and inspire imagination and learning for the reader.
Book 2: Teacup goes to Guisi Beach
This is the second in the series of Teacup's adventures. It tells the story of Teacup's day out with his family to Guisi Beach on Guimaras Island. It provides an insight to one of numerous beautiful locations in the Philippines and the many things you can do there. Teacup's family are typical of one in the Philippines and you can discover how much they can enjoy themselves. The bright and beautiful illustrations and Teacup's adventure give you a glimpse of real life in the Philippines.
The Authors:
Lux is a professional illustrator and has worked for major advertising and PR agencies for many years. Chard fell in love with the Philippines when he first went there and with the help of Lux has put Teacup's real life adventures onto paper. Chard and Lux are both dog lovers and spend a lot of time helping rescue dogs.
Title 1: Teacup Lives in the Phillipines
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Teacup goes to Guisi Beach
Genre: Childrens
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeacupPh
Book 1: Teacup Lives in the Phillipines
This beautiful and bright children’s picture book brings the story of Teacup's life into your home. Teacup is a real Shih Tzu that lives in the Philippines. This and future books about him, are based on his true life adventures. He lives on the Island of Guimaras and the books give an insight into the lives of a typical Philippine family. The illustrations are fun and interesting and inspire imagination and learning for the reader.
Book 2: Teacup goes to Guisi Beach
This is the second in the series of Teacup's adventures. It tells the story of Teacup's day out with his family to Guisi Beach on Guimaras Island. It provides an insight to one of numerous beautiful locations in the Philippines and the many things you can do there. Teacup's family are typical of one in the Philippines and you can discover how much they can enjoy themselves. The bright and beautiful illustrations and Teacup's adventure give you a glimpse of real life in the Philippines.
The Authors:
Lux is a professional illustrator and has worked for major advertising and PR agencies for many years. Chard fell in love with the Philippines when he first went there and with the help of Lux has put Teacup's real life adventures onto paper. Chard and Lux are both dog lovers and spend a lot of time helping rescue dogs.
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Mari Hannah
Mari Hannah
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Title: Without a Trace
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.marihannah.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariwriter
The Book:
A fatal crash ...
A plane on route from London to New York City has disappeared out of the sky. This breaking news dominates every TV channel, every social media platform, and every waking hour of the Metropolitan Police and US Homeland Security.
A private tragedy ...
The love of DCI Kate Daniels' life was on that aircraft, but she has no authority to investigate. This major disaster is outside of her jurisdiction and she's ordered to walk away.
A search for the truth ...
But Kate can't let it lie. She has to find out what happened to that plane - even if it means going off book. No one is safe.
And there are some very dangerous people watching her ...
The Author:
When an injury on duty ended my career as Probation Officer, I began writing. I am the author of the Kate Daniels and Ryan & O’Neil series published by Pan Macmillan and the Stone & Oliver series published by Orion. My debut, The Murder Wall, was written as a TV pilot for a BBC Drama Development Scheme - before the adaption. The novel won the Polari First Book Prize. Before becoming an author, I fell in love with scriptwriting and submitted speculative original dramas to the BBC Writersroom. I've also written a romantic comedy feature film that I hope will find a producer one day. In 2010, I won the Northern Writers' Award for my second novel, Settled Blood. And in 2017, I won the Dagger in the Library for my body of work. I'm represented by AM Heath literary agent, Oli Munson, and live in Northumberland with my partner, a former murder detective.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.marihannah.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariwriter
The Book:
A fatal crash ...
A plane on route from London to New York City has disappeared out of the sky. This breaking news dominates every TV channel, every social media platform, and every waking hour of the Metropolitan Police and US Homeland Security.
A private tragedy ...
The love of DCI Kate Daniels' life was on that aircraft, but she has no authority to investigate. This major disaster is outside of her jurisdiction and she's ordered to walk away.
A search for the truth ...
But Kate can't let it lie. She has to find out what happened to that plane - even if it means going off book. No one is safe.
And there are some very dangerous people watching her ...
The Author:
When an injury on duty ended my career as Probation Officer, I began writing. I am the author of the Kate Daniels and Ryan & O’Neil series published by Pan Macmillan and the Stone & Oliver series published by Orion. My debut, The Murder Wall, was written as a TV pilot for a BBC Drama Development Scheme - before the adaption. The novel won the Polari First Book Prize. Before becoming an author, I fell in love with scriptwriting and submitted speculative original dramas to the BBC Writersroom. I've also written a romantic comedy feature film that I hope will find a producer one day. In 2010, I won the Northern Writers' Award for my second novel, Settled Blood. And in 2017, I won the Dagger in the Library for my body of work. I'm represented by AM Heath literary agent, Oli Munson, and live in Northumberland with my partner, a former murder detective.
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Clare Mackintosh
Clare Mackintosh
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Title: Hostage
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J13XTRYUO40
Website: https://uk.claremackintosh.com/hostage
Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremackint0sh
The Book;
You can save hundreds of lives.
Or the one that matters most . . .
The atmosphere on board the inaugural non-stop flight from London to Sydney is electric. Numerous celebrities are rumoured to be among the passengers in business class and journalists will be waiting on the ground to greet the plane.
Mina is one of a hand-picked team of flight attendants chosen for the landmark journey. She’s trying to focus on the task in hand, and not worry about her troubled five-year-old daughter back at home with her husband. Or the cataclysmic problems in her marriage.
But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane never reaches its destination. Someone who needs Mina’s assistance and who knows exactly how to make her comply.
It’s twenty hours to landing.
A lot can happen in twenty hours . . .
The Author:
With more than two million copies of her books sold worldwide, number one bestseller Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of I Let You Go, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and the fastest-selling title by a new crime writer in 2015. It also won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2016.
Both Clare’s second and third novels, I See You and Let Me Lie, were number one Sunday Times bestsellers. All three of her books were selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club. Clare’s latest novel, After the End, was published in June 2019 and spent seven weeks in the Sunday Times hardback bestseller chart.
Clare’s latest thriller, Hostage, will be published in June 2021.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J13XTRYUO40
Website: https://uk.claremackintosh.com/hostage
Twitter: https://twitter.com/claremackint0sh
The Book;
You can save hundreds of lives.
Or the one that matters most . . .
The atmosphere on board the inaugural non-stop flight from London to Sydney is electric. Numerous celebrities are rumoured to be among the passengers in business class and journalists will be waiting on the ground to greet the plane.
Mina is one of a hand-picked team of flight attendants chosen for the landmark journey. She’s trying to focus on the task in hand, and not worry about her troubled five-year-old daughter back at home with her husband. Or the cataclysmic problems in her marriage.
But the plane has barely taken off when Mina receives a chilling note from an anonymous passenger, someone intent on ensuring the plane never reaches its destination. Someone who needs Mina’s assistance and who knows exactly how to make her comply.
It’s twenty hours to landing.
A lot can happen in twenty hours . . .
The Author:
With more than two million copies of her books sold worldwide, number one bestseller Clare Mackintosh is the multi-award-winning author of I Let You Go, which was a Sunday Times bestseller and the fastest-selling title by a new crime writer in 2015. It also won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year in 2016.
Both Clare’s second and third novels, I See You and Let Me Lie, were number one Sunday Times bestsellers. All three of her books were selected for the Richard & Judy Book Club. Clare’s latest novel, After the End, was published in June 2019 and spent seven weeks in the Sunday Times hardback bestseller chart.
Clare’s latest thriller, Hostage, will be published in June 2021.
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Kate Bradbury
Kate Bradbury
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Title: The Bumblebee Flies Anyway
Genre: Nature - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kate_Bradbury
The Book;
Finding herself in a new home in Brighton, Kate Bradbury sets about transforming her decked, barren backyard into a beautiful wildlife garden. She documents the unbuttoning of the earth and the rebirth of the garden, the rewilding of a tiny urban space. On her own she unscrews, saws, and hammers the decking away, she clears the builders' rubble and rubbish beneath it, and she digs and enriches the soil, gradually planting it up with plants she knows will attract wildlife. She erects bird boxes and bee hotels, hangs feeders and grows nectar- and pollen-rich plants, and slowly brings life back to the garden.
But while she's doing this her neighbors continue to pave and deck their gardens. The wildlife she tries to save is further threatened, and she feels she's fighting an uphill battle. Is there any point in gardening for wildlife when everyone else is drowning the land in poison and cement?
Throughout her story, Kate draws on an eclectic and eccentric cast of friends and colleagues, who donate plants and a greenhouse, tolerate her gawping at butterflies at Gay Pride, and accompany her on trips to visit rare bumblebees and nightingales.
The Author:
Kate Bradbury is an award-winning garden writer, broadcaster and TV presenter, specialising in wildlife gardening. She has written four wildlife gardening books, including Wildlife Gardening for Everyone and Everything, and How to Create a Wildlife Pond. Her garden was featured as part of the Garden Watch campaign for BBC Springwatch, and she presents wildlife gardening VTs on BBC Gardeners’ World. She regularly appears on radio and has taken part in Radio Four’s Saturday Live and Gardeners’ Question Time, and has presented Tweet of the Day. She also regularly appears on the popular RHS gardening podcast and has also appeared on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show.
Genre: Nature - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Kate_Bradbury
The Book;
Finding herself in a new home in Brighton, Kate Bradbury sets about transforming her decked, barren backyard into a beautiful wildlife garden. She documents the unbuttoning of the earth and the rebirth of the garden, the rewilding of a tiny urban space. On her own she unscrews, saws, and hammers the decking away, she clears the builders' rubble and rubbish beneath it, and she digs and enriches the soil, gradually planting it up with plants she knows will attract wildlife. She erects bird boxes and bee hotels, hangs feeders and grows nectar- and pollen-rich plants, and slowly brings life back to the garden.
But while she's doing this her neighbors continue to pave and deck their gardens. The wildlife she tries to save is further threatened, and she feels she's fighting an uphill battle. Is there any point in gardening for wildlife when everyone else is drowning the land in poison and cement?
Throughout her story, Kate draws on an eclectic and eccentric cast of friends and colleagues, who donate plants and a greenhouse, tolerate her gawping at butterflies at Gay Pride, and accompany her on trips to visit rare bumblebees and nightingales.
The Author:
Kate Bradbury is an award-winning garden writer, broadcaster and TV presenter, specialising in wildlife gardening. She has written four wildlife gardening books, including Wildlife Gardening for Everyone and Everything, and How to Create a Wildlife Pond. Her garden was featured as part of the Garden Watch campaign for BBC Springwatch, and she presents wildlife gardening VTs on BBC Gardeners’ World. She regularly appears on radio and has taken part in Radio Four’s Saturday Live and Gardeners’ Question Time, and has presented Tweet of the Day. She also regularly appears on the popular RHS gardening podcast and has also appeared on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show.
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Sarah Goodwin
Sarah Goodwin
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Title: Stranded
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/sarah-goodwin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGoodAuthor
The Book;
Eight strangers.
One island.
A secret you'd kill to keep.
When eight people arrive on the beautiful but remote Buidseach Island, they are ready for the challenge of a lifetime: to live alone for one year.
Eighteen months later, a woman is found in an isolated fishing village. She’s desperate to explain what happened to her: how the group fractured and friends became enemies; how they did what they must to survive until the boat came to collect them; how things turned deadly when the boat didn’t come…
But first Maddy must come to terms with the devastating secret that left them stranded, and her own role in the events that saw eight arrive and only three leave.
A gripping, twisty page-turner about secrets, lies and survival at all costs. Perfect for fans of The Castaways, The Sanitorium and One by One.
The Author:
Sarah Goodwin is a debut author who completed the BA and MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa. She also runs a book review podcast, called Witchfix. She lives in rural Hertfordshire.
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/g/sarah-goodwin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SGoodAuthor
The Book;
Eight strangers.
One island.
A secret you'd kill to keep.
When eight people arrive on the beautiful but remote Buidseach Island, they are ready for the challenge of a lifetime: to live alone for one year.
Eighteen months later, a woman is found in an isolated fishing village. She’s desperate to explain what happened to her: how the group fractured and friends became enemies; how they did what they must to survive until the boat came to collect them; how things turned deadly when the boat didn’t come…
But first Maddy must come to terms with the devastating secret that left them stranded, and her own role in the events that saw eight arrive and only three leave.
A gripping, twisty page-turner about secrets, lies and survival at all costs. Perfect for fans of The Castaways, The Sanitorium and One by One.
The Author:
Sarah Goodwin is a debut author who completed the BA and MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa. She also runs a book review podcast, called Witchfix. She lives in rural Hertfordshire.
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Mary Colwell
Mary Colwell
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Title: Beak, Tooth and Claw: Living with Predators in Britain
Genre: Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.curlewrecovery.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/curlewcalls
The Book;
Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites – Britain and Ireland’s predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination. But many consider them to our competition, even our enemies.
The problem is that predators eat what we farm or use for sport. From foxes and ravens attacking new-born lambs to weasels eating game-bird chicks, predators compete with us, putting them directly into the firing line. Farming, fishing, sport and leisure industries want to see numbers of predators reduced, and conservation organisations also worry that predators are threatening some endangered species. Other people, though, will go to great lengths to protect them from any harm. This clashing of worlds can be intense. So, what do we do? One of the greatest challenges facing conservation today is how, when and where to control predators. It is a highly charged debate.
Mary Colwell travels across the UK and Ireland to encounter the predators face to face. She watches their lives in the wild and discovers how they fit into the landscape. She talks to the scientists studying them and the wildlife lovers who want to protect them. She also meets the people who want to control them to protect their livelihoods or sporting interests.
In this even-handed exploration of the issues, Mary provides a thoughtful and reasoned analysis of the debates surrounding our bittersweet relationship with predators.
The Author:
Mary Colwell is a producer and writer and author of two books, John Muir - The Scotsman who saved America's Wild Places (2014) and Curlew Moon (2018). In 2017 she was awarded the BTO Dilys Breese Medal for outstanding Communication in Science and in 2018 she won the National Gamekeepers Association Bellamy Award for nature conservation for her work on curlews. She has organised four national conferences on curlew conservation which have bought together a wide range of people from across the conservation spectrum. She is listed in the top 50 most influential conservationists in Britain by BBC Wildlife Magazine. She has written for the Guardian, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Country Life and many others. She makes nature documentaries for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and is a public speaker on the natural world and environmental issues.
Genre: Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.curlewrecovery.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/curlewcalls
The Book;
Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites – Britain and Ireland’s predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination. But many consider them to our competition, even our enemies.
The problem is that predators eat what we farm or use for sport. From foxes and ravens attacking new-born lambs to weasels eating game-bird chicks, predators compete with us, putting them directly into the firing line. Farming, fishing, sport and leisure industries want to see numbers of predators reduced, and conservation organisations also worry that predators are threatening some endangered species. Other people, though, will go to great lengths to protect them from any harm. This clashing of worlds can be intense. So, what do we do? One of the greatest challenges facing conservation today is how, when and where to control predators. It is a highly charged debate.
Mary Colwell travels across the UK and Ireland to encounter the predators face to face. She watches their lives in the wild and discovers how they fit into the landscape. She talks to the scientists studying them and the wildlife lovers who want to protect them. She also meets the people who want to control them to protect their livelihoods or sporting interests.
In this even-handed exploration of the issues, Mary provides a thoughtful and reasoned analysis of the debates surrounding our bittersweet relationship with predators.
The Author:
Mary Colwell is a producer and writer and author of two books, John Muir - The Scotsman who saved America's Wild Places (2014) and Curlew Moon (2018). In 2017 she was awarded the BTO Dilys Breese Medal for outstanding Communication in Science and in 2018 she won the National Gamekeepers Association Bellamy Award for nature conservation for her work on curlews. She has organised four national conferences on curlew conservation which have bought together a wide range of people from across the conservation spectrum. She is listed in the top 50 most influential conservationists in Britain by BBC Wildlife Magazine. She has written for the Guardian, BBC Wildlife Magazine, Country Life and many others. She makes nature documentaries for BBC Radio 3 and 4 and is a public speaker on the natural world and environmental issues.
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Bob Van Laerhoven
Bob Van Laerhoven
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Title: Alejandro's Lie
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.bobvanlaerhoven.be
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobvanlaerhoven
The Book;
Terreno, 1983, Latin America. After a dictatorship of ten years, the brutal junta, lead by general Pelarón, seems to waver.
Alejandro Juron, guitarist of the famous poet and folk singer Victor Pérez who's been executed by the junta, is released from the infamous prison “The Last Supper.” The underground resistance wants Alejandro to participate in its fight again. But Alejandro has changed.
Consumed with guilt by the death of his friend Victor, whom he betrayed to his tormentors, Alejandro becomes the unintended center of a web of intrigue that culminates in a catastrophic insurrection, and has to choose between love and escape.
A love story, a thriller and an analysis of the mechanisms that govern a dictatorship, Alejandro’s Lie is a gripping novel about violence, betrayal, resistance, corruption, guilt and love.
The Author:
Flemish author of more than 30 books. You'll find them on my website in three languages: Dutch-French-English. Currently published in The Netherlands, Belgium, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Russia. Winner of the Hercule Poirot Prize for the best crime novel of the year 2007 with "De Wraak van Baudelaire" (Baudelaire's Revenge). Baudelaire's Revenge is published in the US by Pegasus Books in hardcover in 2014. The paperback edition was published in 2015.
"Baudelaire's Revenge" won the USA BEST BOOK AWARD 2014 in the category: Fiction:mystery/suspense.
In April 2015 the Anaphora Literary Press published the collection of short stories, "Dangerous Obsessions," in paperback and e-book version in the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. The collection is translated and published in Italy, Brazil, Sweden. A Spanish translation came out in March 2018. Crime Wave Press (Hong Kong) published the novel "Return to Hiroshima" in May 2018.
Genre: Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.bobvanlaerhoven.be
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bobvanlaerhoven
The Book;
Terreno, 1983, Latin America. After a dictatorship of ten years, the brutal junta, lead by general Pelarón, seems to waver.
Alejandro Juron, guitarist of the famous poet and folk singer Victor Pérez who's been executed by the junta, is released from the infamous prison “The Last Supper.” The underground resistance wants Alejandro to participate in its fight again. But Alejandro has changed.
Consumed with guilt by the death of his friend Victor, whom he betrayed to his tormentors, Alejandro becomes the unintended center of a web of intrigue that culminates in a catastrophic insurrection, and has to choose between love and escape.
A love story, a thriller and an analysis of the mechanisms that govern a dictatorship, Alejandro’s Lie is a gripping novel about violence, betrayal, resistance, corruption, guilt and love.
The Author:
Flemish author of more than 30 books. You'll find them on my website in three languages: Dutch-French-English. Currently published in The Netherlands, Belgium, USA, Canada, France, Italy, Russia. Winner of the Hercule Poirot Prize for the best crime novel of the year 2007 with "De Wraak van Baudelaire" (Baudelaire's Revenge). Baudelaire's Revenge is published in the US by Pegasus Books in hardcover in 2014. The paperback edition was published in 2015.
"Baudelaire's Revenge" won the USA BEST BOOK AWARD 2014 in the category: Fiction:mystery/suspense.
In April 2015 the Anaphora Literary Press published the collection of short stories, "Dangerous Obsessions," in paperback and e-book version in the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK. The collection is translated and published in Italy, Brazil, Sweden. A Spanish translation came out in March 2018. Crime Wave Press (Hong Kong) published the novel "Return to Hiroshima" in May 2018.
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Abigail Dean
Abigail Dean
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Title: Girl A
Genre: Psychological thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.abigail-dean.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/abigailsdean
The Book;
Lex Gracie doesn't want to think about her family. She doesn't want to think about growing up in her parents' House of Horrors. And she doesn't want to think about her identity as Girl A: the girl who escaped, the eldest sister who freed her older brother and four younger siblings. It's been easy enough to avoid her parents--her father never made it out of the House of Horrors he created, and her mother spent the rest of her life behind bars. But when her mother dies in prison and leaves Lex and her siblings the family home, she can't run from her past any longer. Together with her sister, Evie, Lex intends to turn the House of Horrors into a force for good. But first she must come to terms with her siblings - and with the childhood they shared.
The Author:
Abigail Dean was born in Manchester, and grew up in the Peak District. She graduated from Cambridge with a Double First in English. Formerly a Waterstones bookseller, she spent five years as a lawyer in London, and took summer 2018 off to work on her debut novel, Girl A, ahead of her thirtieth birthday. She now works as a lawyer for Google, and is currently writing her second novel, The Conspiracies.
Girl A sold in the UK after a 9-way auction, and also sold at auction in the US. The novel has since been acquired in 27 other territories, and television/film rights have sold to Sony. Johan Renck, director of Chernobyl, is attached to work on the television adaptation of Girl A.
Genre: Psychological thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mso682aC8Nc
Website: https://www.abigail-dean.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/abigailsdean
The Book;
Lex Gracie doesn't want to think about her family. She doesn't want to think about growing up in her parents' House of Horrors. And she doesn't want to think about her identity as Girl A: the girl who escaped, the eldest sister who freed her older brother and four younger siblings. It's been easy enough to avoid her parents--her father never made it out of the House of Horrors he created, and her mother spent the rest of her life behind bars. But when her mother dies in prison and leaves Lex and her siblings the family home, she can't run from her past any longer. Together with her sister, Evie, Lex intends to turn the House of Horrors into a force for good. But first she must come to terms with her siblings - and with the childhood they shared.
The Author:
Abigail Dean was born in Manchester, and grew up in the Peak District. She graduated from Cambridge with a Double First in English. Formerly a Waterstones bookseller, she spent five years as a lawyer in London, and took summer 2018 off to work on her debut novel, Girl A, ahead of her thirtieth birthday. She now works as a lawyer for Google, and is currently writing her second novel, The Conspiracies.
Girl A sold in the UK after a 9-way auction, and also sold at auction in the US. The novel has since been acquired in 27 other territories, and television/film rights have sold to Sony. Johan Renck, director of Chernobyl, is attached to work on the television adaptation of Girl A.
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M Kaye & S Ferguson
M Kaye & S Ferguson
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Two Books:
Title 1: Her Heart for a Compass
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
*Book signed by both Marguerite and Sarah The Duchess of York*
Title 2: The Earl Who Sees Her Beauty
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.margueritekaye.com
Book 1; Her Heart for a Compass
From one of the most famous former members of the British royal family, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York —a mesmerizing novel of a young noblewoman’s coming-of-age that richly details both high society and low in Victorian England.
Queen Victoria’s close friend, the Scottish Duke of Buccleuch, Lady Margaret Montagu Scott is expected to make an advantageous marriage. But Margaret is an impulsive and outspoken girl in a repressive society where women are, quite literally, caged in corsets and required to conform.
When Lady Margaret’s parents arrange a society marriage for her, she tries to reconcile herself to the match. But shortly before her betrothal is announced, Margaret flees, leaving her parents to explain her sudden absence to an opulent ballroom stuffed with two hundred distinguished guests.
Banished from polite society, Margaret throws herself into charitable work and finds strength in a circle of female friends like herself—women intent on breaking the mold, including Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise. Margaret resolves to follow her heart—a journey of self-discovery that will take her to Ireland, America, and then back to Britain where she finds the life she was always meant to lead.
A bold and thoughtful story about a rebellious woman finding herself and her voice in an age of astounding technological change and great social unrest, Her Heart for a Compass is a delicious costume drama rich in atmosphere, history, and color.
Book 2: The Earl Who Sees Her Beauty
Unaware of her beauty…
Until he awakens her.
Prudence Carstairs knows her scars leave her with no romantic prospects—instead, she’s content revolutionizing her employer’s home with her technological marvels. Then he unexpectedly perishes and his mysterious younger brother, dashing Dominic Thorburn, reluctantly takes over. In the new earl, Prudence finally finds someone who meets her gaze without flinching. Might he see the beautiful, intelligent woman beyond her scars?
The Author: Marguerite Kaye
Marguerite Kaye is a prolific historical romance author hailing from Argyll’s West Coast. She is a voracious consumer of books, Scotland’s world-class larder, and the occasional cocktail.
The Author: Sarah Ferguson
Sarah, Duchess of York, is a British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality. She is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Sarah has two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York.
Title 1: Her Heart for a Compass
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
*Book signed by both Marguerite and Sarah The Duchess of York*
Title 2: The Earl Who Sees Her Beauty
Genre: Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MargueriteKaye
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahTheDuchess
Website: https://www.margueritekaye.com
Book 1; Her Heart for a Compass
From one of the most famous former members of the British royal family, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York —a mesmerizing novel of a young noblewoman’s coming-of-age that richly details both high society and low in Victorian England.
Queen Victoria’s close friend, the Scottish Duke of Buccleuch, Lady Margaret Montagu Scott is expected to make an advantageous marriage. But Margaret is an impulsive and outspoken girl in a repressive society where women are, quite literally, caged in corsets and required to conform.
When Lady Margaret’s parents arrange a society marriage for her, she tries to reconcile herself to the match. But shortly before her betrothal is announced, Margaret flees, leaving her parents to explain her sudden absence to an opulent ballroom stuffed with two hundred distinguished guests.
Banished from polite society, Margaret throws herself into charitable work and finds strength in a circle of female friends like herself—women intent on breaking the mold, including Queen Victoria’s daughter Princess Louise. Margaret resolves to follow her heart—a journey of self-discovery that will take her to Ireland, America, and then back to Britain where she finds the life she was always meant to lead.
A bold and thoughtful story about a rebellious woman finding herself and her voice in an age of astounding technological change and great social unrest, Her Heart for a Compass is a delicious costume drama rich in atmosphere, history, and color.
Book 2: The Earl Who Sees Her Beauty
Unaware of her beauty…
Until he awakens her.
Prudence Carstairs knows her scars leave her with no romantic prospects—instead, she’s content revolutionizing her employer’s home with her technological marvels. Then he unexpectedly perishes and his mysterious younger brother, dashing Dominic Thorburn, reluctantly takes over. In the new earl, Prudence finally finds someone who meets her gaze without flinching. Might he see the beautiful, intelligent woman beyond her scars?
The Author: Marguerite Kaye
Marguerite Kaye is a prolific historical romance author hailing from Argyll’s West Coast. She is a voracious consumer of books, Scotland’s world-class larder, and the occasional cocktail.
The Author: Sarah Ferguson
Sarah, Duchess of York, is a British writer, charity patron, public speaker, film producer and television personality. She is the former wife of Prince Andrew, Duke of York. Sarah has two daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie of York.
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Chris Roy
Chris Roy
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Title: Ronin Cleans His Room Like A Ninja
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisRoyCrime
The Book;
Ronin couldn't wait to grow up so people would stop telling him what to do.
His Uncle Max is cool, so Ronin was comfortable talking about ninja stuff with him. While Ronin's parents are away on vacation, Uncle Max shows him what it takes to become a ninja. Combining play with a lesson in discipline, the story and illustrations show kids a different way to think about cleaning their room.
The Author:
Chris Roy is the author of Shocking Circumstances, Sharp as a Razor, Her Name Is Mercie, and a few children's books. He is a published tattoo artist (Rise Tattoo Magazine, ATC Tattoo Books app) and a boxing trainer. Raised in South Mississippi, he lived comfortably with the criminal ventures of his youth until a fistfight in 1999 ended tragically. Since January, 2000, he's been serving a life sentence in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChrisRoyCrime
The Book;
Ronin couldn't wait to grow up so people would stop telling him what to do.
His Uncle Max is cool, so Ronin was comfortable talking about ninja stuff with him. While Ronin's parents are away on vacation, Uncle Max shows him what it takes to become a ninja. Combining play with a lesson in discipline, the story and illustrations show kids a different way to think about cleaning their room.
The Author:
Chris Roy is the author of Shocking Circumstances, Sharp as a Razor, Her Name Is Mercie, and a few children's books. He is a published tattoo artist (Rise Tattoo Magazine, ATC Tattoo Books app) and a boxing trainer. Raised in South Mississippi, he lived comfortably with the criminal ventures of his youth until a fistfight in 1999 ended tragically. Since January, 2000, he's been serving a life sentence in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
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Alan Jones
Alan Jones
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Title: Bloq
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.alanjonesbooks.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alanjonesbooks
The Book:
A father waits in Glasgow's Central Station for his daughter, returning home from London for Christmas. When the last train has pulled in, and she doesn't get off it, he makes a desperate overnight dash to find out why. His search for her takes over his life, costing him his job and, as he withdraws from home, family and friends, he finds himself alone, despairing of ever seeing her again.
This is a gritty crime novel with some sexual content
The Author:
Alan Jones is a Scottish author with three gritty crime stories to his name, the first two set in Glasgow, the third one based in London. He has now switched genres, and his WW2 trilogy will be published in August 2021. It is a Holocaust story set in Northern Germany.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.alanjonesbooks.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alanjonesbooks
The Book:
A father waits in Glasgow's Central Station for his daughter, returning home from London for Christmas. When the last train has pulled in, and she doesn't get off it, he makes a desperate overnight dash to find out why. His search for her takes over his life, costing him his job and, as he withdraws from home, family and friends, he finds himself alone, despairing of ever seeing her again.
This is a gritty crime novel with some sexual content
The Author:
Alan Jones is a Scottish author with three gritty crime stories to his name, the first two set in Glasgow, the third one based in London. He has now switched genres, and his WW2 trilogy will be published in August 2021. It is a Holocaust story set in Northern Germany.
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£ 30
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Karen Hamilton
Karen Hamilton
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Title: The Ex-Husband
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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The Ex Husband Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOq59JS7CtM
Website: https://www.karenhamiltonwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KJHAuthor
The Book:
The Woman in Cabin 10 meets Catch Me If You Can in this gripping new thriller from bestselling author of The Perfect Girlfriend Karen Hamilton.
A con-artist finds the roles are reversed when her former victim seeks revenge...
Charlotte Wilson didn't choose a life of crime. It chose her. Once introduced to the world of wealthy clients and easy money by her ex-husband on board cruise ships, Charlotte was hooked. However, complacency and greed led to a slip-up with devastating consequences. Her ex winds up dead and Charlotte is threatened with exposure.
Attending a wedding party onboard another luxury cruise liner gives Charlotte the perfect guise to return to the scene of her original crimes on a Caribbean island, in order to retrieve hidden evidence. However, trapped out at sea, Charlotte realises that the person threatening her must also be on board. But who? A friend? Charlotte's current lover? Or maybe even her ex-husband's fiancée?
Upon discovering the link between a past victim and her current tormentor, a horrified Charlotte finds the roles reversed - because it turns out that it really does take one to know one - unless she can pull off her biggest con yet by persuading them of her innocence.
The Author:
Karen Hamilton caught the travel bug after an early childhood spent abroad (Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Belgium and Italy) and having worked as cabin crew for a major airline.
In 2006, she and her husband put down roots in Hampshire UK and four years ago, she later gave up flying to raise their three sons and concentrate on her writing.
In 2009, she decided to 'become a writer.'
The Perfect Girlfriend is her first novel (released March 2018).
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
The Ex Husband Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOq59JS7CtM
Website: https://www.karenhamiltonwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KJHAuthor
The Book:
The Woman in Cabin 10 meets Catch Me If You Can in this gripping new thriller from bestselling author of The Perfect Girlfriend Karen Hamilton.
A con-artist finds the roles are reversed when her former victim seeks revenge...
Charlotte Wilson didn't choose a life of crime. It chose her. Once introduced to the world of wealthy clients and easy money by her ex-husband on board cruise ships, Charlotte was hooked. However, complacency and greed led to a slip-up with devastating consequences. Her ex winds up dead and Charlotte is threatened with exposure.
Attending a wedding party onboard another luxury cruise liner gives Charlotte the perfect guise to return to the scene of her original crimes on a Caribbean island, in order to retrieve hidden evidence. However, trapped out at sea, Charlotte realises that the person threatening her must also be on board. But who? A friend? Charlotte's current lover? Or maybe even her ex-husband's fiancée?
Upon discovering the link between a past victim and her current tormentor, a horrified Charlotte finds the roles reversed - because it turns out that it really does take one to know one - unless she can pull off her biggest con yet by persuading them of her innocence.
The Author:
Karen Hamilton caught the travel bug after an early childhood spent abroad (Angola, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Belgium and Italy) and having worked as cabin crew for a major airline.
In 2006, she and her husband put down roots in Hampshire UK and four years ago, she later gave up flying to raise their three sons and concentrate on her writing.
In 2009, she decided to 'become a writer.'
The Perfect Girlfriend is her first novel (released March 2018).
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Two Books featuring Detective Jane Tennison
Title 1: Unholy Murder
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Book Trailer: Unholy Murder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9szv9s6TSI
Title 2: Tennison
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Lynda La Plante introduces TENNISON - WPC Jane Tennison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4zsPXiK1tw&list=PLyK02hpIHfPDmDyzarK9yJJLIs7se-l0H
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Website: https://lyndalaplante.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaPlanteLynda
Book 1: Unholy Murder
'Help me turn the coffin lid over.' Jane Tennison said, grabbing one end.
'What you looking for?' Doctor Pullen asked.
'I want to see the condition of the interior lining.'
'The right hand on the body has a broken fingernails, some are worn down to the fingertips.' Doctor Pullen informed them as they gently turned the lid over. The mouldy white satin lining was torn and hanging loose at the head end. Jane gently brushed it to one side revealing deep fingernail scratch marks on the interior metal.
'Oh my God,' Tennison exclaimed. 'She was buried alive.'
In Unholy Murder, Tennison must lift the lid on the most chilling murder case of her career to date . . .
Book 2: Tennison
From the award-winning writer of PRIME SUSPECT: Tennison comes a brilliant new crime thriller.
1973. After leaving the Metropolitan Police Training Academy, 22 year-old Jane Tennison is placed on a probationary exercise in Hackney, London where criminality thrives. At first she struggles to deal with the shocking situations she faces, receiving no help or sympathy from her superiors. Jane feels out of her depth in this male-dominated, chauvinistic environment. Then she is given her first murder case . . .
The Author:
Lynda La Plante (born Lynda Titchmarsh) is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal), best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
Title 1: Unholy Murder
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Book Trailer: Unholy Murder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9szv9s6TSI
Title 2: Tennison
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Lynda La Plante introduces TENNISON - WPC Jane Tennison:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4zsPXiK1tw&list=PLyK02hpIHfPDmDyzarK9yJJLIs7se-l0H
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lyndalaplante.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaPlanteLynda
Book 1: Unholy Murder
'Help me turn the coffin lid over.' Jane Tennison said, grabbing one end.
'What you looking for?' Doctor Pullen asked.
'I want to see the condition of the interior lining.'
'The right hand on the body has a broken fingernails, some are worn down to the fingertips.' Doctor Pullen informed them as they gently turned the lid over. The mouldy white satin lining was torn and hanging loose at the head end. Jane gently brushed it to one side revealing deep fingernail scratch marks on the interior metal.
'Oh my God,' Tennison exclaimed. 'She was buried alive.'
In Unholy Murder, Tennison must lift the lid on the most chilling murder case of her career to date . . .
Book 2: Tennison
From the award-winning writer of PRIME SUSPECT: Tennison comes a brilliant new crime thriller.
1973. After leaving the Metropolitan Police Training Academy, 22 year-old Jane Tennison is placed on a probationary exercise in Hackney, London where criminality thrives. At first she struggles to deal with the shocking situations she faces, receiving no help or sympathy from her superiors. Jane feels out of her depth in this male-dominated, chauvinistic environment. Then she is given her first murder case . . .
The Author:
Lynda La Plante (born Lynda Titchmarsh) is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal), best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
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Two Books featuring Detective Jack Warr
Title 1: Buried
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Who is Jack Warr?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9QZjiSIyIM&list=PLoTdIhtTQOSDUVJjRDY7_zn_uj_nZC9AN&index=1
Title 2: Judas Horse
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Introducing Judas Horse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edn0KzDFuW8
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lyndalaplante.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaPlanteLynda
Book 1: Buried
Millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes lie untouched in an old Victorian cottage, the hidden legacy of the Dolly Rawlins and her widows.
But the millions are not forgotten. Released from prison, Esther Freeman is determined to retrieve the money. And so too is Mike Withey, Shirley Miller's brother and Audrey's son.
When a fire breaks out at the derelict cottage, with a badly charred body inside along with what looks like thousands of burnt bank notes, it attracts the attention of the police and one young detective in particular, Jack Warr.
Jack's investigation into the fire, and the burnt body inside, coincide with an investigation into his own past. Adopted at birth, Jack discovers his birth father may have been none other than Harry Rawlins, a renowned criminal.
As he finds out the truth about his own identity, Jack finds himself becoming increasingly aggressive, stopping at nothing to find the truth - including breaking the law himself.
Book 2: Judas Horse
Not all killers can be tamed... The thrilling second book in the Sunday Times bestselling Detective Jack Warr crime series.
Wild mustangs are difficult to rope, their lead stallion wary and protective of his herd. To capture that special stallion takes time. He is separated, roped, and lead back to the ranch. Once tamed, he is sent back into the wild. And before long, he will lead the entire herd back to the ranch. He is given the name 'Judas Horse'. When Detective Jack Warr identifies an informer, the terrified man begins to give details of a massive robbery planned by a team of unscrupulous and dangerous men. These men have already orchestrated many audacious robberies, leaving terrified victims in their wake. And they have already killed to get what they want. Detective Jack Warr and his team must use their informant as a 'Judas Horse' to draw in the unsuspecting robbers, so that they go ahead with the planned robbery. However, one false move, and more blood will be spilled . . .
The Author:
Lynda La Plante (born Lynda Titchmarsh) is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal), best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
Title 1: Buried
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Who is Jack Warr?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9QZjiSIyIM&list=PLoTdIhtTQOSDUVJjRDY7_zn_uj_nZC9AN&index=1
Title 2: Judas Horse
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Introducing Judas Horse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edn0KzDFuW8
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lyndalaplante.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaPlanteLynda
Book 1: Buried
Millions of stolen, untraceable bank notes lie untouched in an old Victorian cottage, the hidden legacy of the Dolly Rawlins and her widows.
But the millions are not forgotten. Released from prison, Esther Freeman is determined to retrieve the money. And so too is Mike Withey, Shirley Miller's brother and Audrey's son.
When a fire breaks out at the derelict cottage, with a badly charred body inside along with what looks like thousands of burnt bank notes, it attracts the attention of the police and one young detective in particular, Jack Warr.
Jack's investigation into the fire, and the burnt body inside, coincide with an investigation into his own past. Adopted at birth, Jack discovers his birth father may have been none other than Harry Rawlins, a renowned criminal.
As he finds out the truth about his own identity, Jack finds himself becoming increasingly aggressive, stopping at nothing to find the truth - including breaking the law himself.
Book 2: Judas Horse
Not all killers can be tamed... The thrilling second book in the Sunday Times bestselling Detective Jack Warr crime series.
Wild mustangs are difficult to rope, their lead stallion wary and protective of his herd. To capture that special stallion takes time. He is separated, roped, and lead back to the ranch. Once tamed, he is sent back into the wild. And before long, he will lead the entire herd back to the ranch. He is given the name 'Judas Horse'. When Detective Jack Warr identifies an informer, the terrified man begins to give details of a massive robbery planned by a team of unscrupulous and dangerous men. These men have already orchestrated many audacious robberies, leaving terrified victims in their wake. And they have already killed to get what they want. Detective Jack Warr and his team must use their informant as a 'Judas Horse' to draw in the unsuspecting robbers, so that they go ahead with the planned robbery. However, one false move, and more blood will be spilled . . .
The Author:
Lynda La Plante (born Lynda Titchmarsh) is a British author, screenwriter, and erstwhile actress (her performances in Rentaghost and other programmes were under her stage name of Lynda Marchal), best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.
Her first TV series as a scriptwriter was the six part robbery series Widows, in 1983, in which the widows of four armed robbers carry out a heist planned by their deceased husbands.
In 1991 ITV released Prime Suspect which has now run to seven series and stars Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison. (In the United States Prime Suspect airs on PBS as part of the anthology program Mystery!) In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote at TV movie called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
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Helly Acton
Helly Acton
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Two Books:
Title 1: The Couple
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Shelf
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.hellyacton.com/books
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellyacton
Book 1: The Couple
Millie is a perfectionist. She's happy, she's successful - and, with a great support network of friends and family (and a very grumpy cat) around her, she's never lonely. She has her dream job at a big tech firm and is on track to become the company's youngest ever Innovation Director. The last thing she needs is romance messing up her perfectly organised world.
Besides, normal people just don't have romantic relationships. Everyone knows that being in a couple is a bit . . . well, odd. Sure, everybody has that one coupled-up friend who messes up the numbers at dinner parties, but it's a bit eccentric. You know, like having a pet snake or living off the grid. Why rely on another person for your own happiness? Why risk the humiliation of unrequited love or the agony of a break-up when you can do everything yourself? No, Millie is perfectly happy with her conventional single life.
So when Millie lands a new project at work, launching a pill that stops you falling in love, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. That is, until she starts working with Ben. He's charming and funny, and Millie feels an instant connection with him. Is this the spark that science and society are trying to suppress?
Will Millie sacrifice everything she believes in for love?
Book 2:
Everyone in Amy's life seems to be getting married (or so Instagram tells her), and she feels like she's falling behind.
So, when her boyfriend surprises her with a dream holiday to a mystery destination, she thinks this is it - he's going to finally pop the Big Question. But the dream turns into a nightmare when she finds herself on the set of a Big Brother-style reality television show, The Shelf.
Along with five other women, Amy is dumped live on TV and must compete in a series of humiliating and obnoxious tasks in the hope of being crowned 'The Keeper'. Will Amy's time on the show make her realise there are worse things in life than being left on the shelf?
A funny, feminist and all-too-relatable novel about our obsession with coupling up, settling down and the battle we all have with accepting ourselves, The Shelf introduces the freshest new voice in women's fiction.
The Author:
Helly Acton is a copywriter from London with past lives in Zimbabwe, the Middle East and Australia. She studied Law at King's College London before following a more creative path into advertising. At 26, Helly took a career break to travel in Africa and Asia, before landing in Sydney. Six years and one life-affirming break up later, she returned home and threw herself into online dating in the city. Helly uses this experience as a single woman in her early thirties - torn between settling down and savouring her independence - as a source of inspiration.
Helly currently lives in Berkshire with her husband, Chris, their little boy, Arlo, and their little dog, Milo. Sometimes, she gets their names mixed up.
Title 1: The Couple
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Shelf
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.hellyacton.com/books
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hellyacton
Book 1: The Couple
Millie is a perfectionist. She's happy, she's successful - and, with a great support network of friends and family (and a very grumpy cat) around her, she's never lonely. She has her dream job at a big tech firm and is on track to become the company's youngest ever Innovation Director. The last thing she needs is romance messing up her perfectly organised world.
Besides, normal people just don't have romantic relationships. Everyone knows that being in a couple is a bit . . . well, odd. Sure, everybody has that one coupled-up friend who messes up the numbers at dinner parties, but it's a bit eccentric. You know, like having a pet snake or living off the grid. Why rely on another person for your own happiness? Why risk the humiliation of unrequited love or the agony of a break-up when you can do everything yourself? No, Millie is perfectly happy with her conventional single life.
So when Millie lands a new project at work, launching a pill that stops you falling in love, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. That is, until she starts working with Ben. He's charming and funny, and Millie feels an instant connection with him. Is this the spark that science and society are trying to suppress?
Will Millie sacrifice everything she believes in for love?
Book 2:
Everyone in Amy's life seems to be getting married (or so Instagram tells her), and she feels like she's falling behind.
So, when her boyfriend surprises her with a dream holiday to a mystery destination, she thinks this is it - he's going to finally pop the Big Question. But the dream turns into a nightmare when she finds herself on the set of a Big Brother-style reality television show, The Shelf.
Along with five other women, Amy is dumped live on TV and must compete in a series of humiliating and obnoxious tasks in the hope of being crowned 'The Keeper'. Will Amy's time on the show make her realise there are worse things in life than being left on the shelf?
A funny, feminist and all-too-relatable novel about our obsession with coupling up, settling down and the battle we all have with accepting ourselves, The Shelf introduces the freshest new voice in women's fiction.
The Author:
Helly Acton is a copywriter from London with past lives in Zimbabwe, the Middle East and Australia. She studied Law at King's College London before following a more creative path into advertising. At 26, Helly took a career break to travel in Africa and Asia, before landing in Sydney. Six years and one life-affirming break up later, she returned home and threw herself into online dating in the city. Helly uses this experience as a single woman in her early thirties - torn between settling down and savouring her independence - as a source of inspiration.
Helly currently lives in Berkshire with her husband, Chris, their little boy, Arlo, and their little dog, Milo. Sometimes, she gets their names mixed up.
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Malve von Hassell
Malve von Hassell
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Two Books:
Title 1: Letters from the Tooth Fairy
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Turtle Crossing
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Website: https://www.malvevonhassell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mvonhassell
Book 1: Letters from the Tooth Fairy
Did you ever wonder what the Tooth Fairy does with the teeth she collects? Were you ever curious about the place where the Tooth Fairy lives? What does the Tooth Fairy do when she gets tired of her job? Read these letters and you will find out. The book consists of a total of ten letters from the Tooth Fairy to an eight-year old boy in response to his letters placed under the pillow. The Tooth Fairy describes her world to the boy in response to his attempts to reach out and communicate. A read-aloud picture book to entertain adults and children alike.
Book 2:
Moving from home is hard. It is even harder for young children who cannot imagine a world beyond the one they have always known. Oliver the turtle experiences this first hand. He has some adventures along the way and learns an important lesson in the process. Enjoy this read-aloud picture book with your child. For inquiring minds some interesting facts about turtles are included at the end, answering questions the reader might have about turtles.
The Author:
Malve von Hassell is a freelance writer, researcher, and translator. She holds a Ph. D. in anthropology from the New School for Social Research. Working as an independent scholar, she published several books and journal articles, in particular, The Struggle for Eden: Community Gardens in New York City (Bergin & Garvey 2002) and Homesteading in New York City 1978-1993: The Divided Heart of Loisaida (Bergin & Garvey 1996). She has also edited her grandfather Ulrich von Hassell's memoirs written in prison in 1944, Der Kreis schließt sich - Aufzeichnungen aus der Haft 1944 (Propylaen Verlag 1994). She has taught at Queens College, Baruch College, Pace University, and Suffolk County Community College, while continuing her work as a translator and writer. She has published a children's picture book, Letters from the Tooth Fairy (Mill City Press, 2012), with a new edition published 2020, and her translation and annotation of a German children's classic by Tamara Ramsay, Rennefarre: Dott's Wonderful Travels and Adventures (Two Harbors Press, 2012). The Falconer's Apprentice (namelos editions, 2015) was her first historical fiction novel for young adults. Her most recent releases are Alina: A Song for the Telling (BHC Press, 2020), set in Jerusalem in the time of the crusades, and The Amber Crane (Odyssey Books, 2021), set in Germany in 1645 and 1945. Currently, she is working on a biographical work about a woman coming of age in Nazi Germany.
Title 1: Letters from the Tooth Fairy
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Turtle Crossing
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Website: https://www.malvevonhassell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mvonhassell
Book 1: Letters from the Tooth Fairy
Did you ever wonder what the Tooth Fairy does with the teeth she collects? Were you ever curious about the place where the Tooth Fairy lives? What does the Tooth Fairy do when she gets tired of her job? Read these letters and you will find out. The book consists of a total of ten letters from the Tooth Fairy to an eight-year old boy in response to his letters placed under the pillow. The Tooth Fairy describes her world to the boy in response to his attempts to reach out and communicate. A read-aloud picture book to entertain adults and children alike.
Book 2:
Moving from home is hard. It is even harder for young children who cannot imagine a world beyond the one they have always known. Oliver the turtle experiences this first hand. He has some adventures along the way and learns an important lesson in the process. Enjoy this read-aloud picture book with your child. For inquiring minds some interesting facts about turtles are included at the end, answering questions the reader might have about turtles.
The Author:
Malve von Hassell is a freelance writer, researcher, and translator. She holds a Ph. D. in anthropology from the New School for Social Research. Working as an independent scholar, she published several books and journal articles, in particular, The Struggle for Eden: Community Gardens in New York City (Bergin & Garvey 2002) and Homesteading in New York City 1978-1993: The Divided Heart of Loisaida (Bergin & Garvey 1996). She has also edited her grandfather Ulrich von Hassell's memoirs written in prison in 1944, Der Kreis schließt sich - Aufzeichnungen aus der Haft 1944 (Propylaen Verlag 1994). She has taught at Queens College, Baruch College, Pace University, and Suffolk County Community College, while continuing her work as a translator and writer. She has published a children's picture book, Letters from the Tooth Fairy (Mill City Press, 2012), with a new edition published 2020, and her translation and annotation of a German children's classic by Tamara Ramsay, Rennefarre: Dott's Wonderful Travels and Adventures (Two Harbors Press, 2012). The Falconer's Apprentice (namelos editions, 2015) was her first historical fiction novel for young adults. Her most recent releases are Alina: A Song for the Telling (BHC Press, 2020), set in Jerusalem in the time of the crusades, and The Amber Crane (Odyssey Books, 2021), set in Germany in 1645 and 1945. Currently, she is working on a biographical work about a woman coming of age in Nazi Germany.
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Three Books
Title 1: The Falconer's Apprentice
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Alina: A Song For the Telling
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: The Amber Crane
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Website: https://www.malvevonhassell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mvonhassell
Book 1: The Falconer's Apprentice
”That bird should be destroyed!”
Andreas stared at Ethelbert in shock. Blood from an angry-looking gash on the young lord’s cheek dripped onto his embroidered tunic. Andreas clutched the handles of the basket containing the young peregrine. Perhaps this was a dream—
Andreas, an apprentice falconer at Castle Kragenberg, cannot bear the thought of killing the young female falcon and smuggles her out of the castle. Soon he realizes that his own time there has come to an end, and he stows away, with the bird, in the cart of an itinerant trader, Richard of Brugge. So begins a series of adventures that lead him from an obscure castle in northern Germany to the farthest reaches of Frederick von Hohenstaufen’s Holy Roman Empire, following a path dictated by the wily trader’s mysterious mission.
Andreas continues to improve his falconry skills, but he also learns to pay attention to what is happening around him as he travels through areas fraught with political unrest. Eventually, Richard confides in Andreas, and they conspire to free Enzio, the eldest of the emperor’s illegitimate sons, from imprisonment in Bologna.
The Falconer’s Apprentice is a story of adventure and intrigue set in the intense social and political unrest of the Holy Roman Empire in the thirteenth century.
Book 2: Alina: A Song For the Telling
Alina: A Song For the Telling is a coming-of-age story of a young woman from Provence in the 12th century. Although written for middle grade/young adult, this timeless and classic tale will be enjoyed by readers of all ages, especially those who enjoy books like Anne of Green Gables or Little Women.
“You should be grateful, my girl. You have no dowry, and I am doing everything I can to get you settled. You are hardly any man’s dream.” Alina’s brother, Milos, pulled his face into a perfect copy of Aunt Marci’s sour expression, primly pursing his mouth. He had got her querulous tone just right.
Maybe Alina’s aunt was right. She could not possibly hope to become a musician, a trobairitz—impoverished as she was and without the status of a good marriage. But Alina refuses to accept the life her aunt wants to impose on her. At the first opportunity that presents itself, Alina and her brother embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to escape from their aunt’s and uncle’s strictures.
Their journey east takes them through the Byzantine Empire all the way to Jerusalem, where Alina discovers her passion and finds her voice.
Book 3: The Amber Crane
Chafing at the rules of the amber guild, Peter, an apprentice during the waning years of the Thirty Years’ War, finds and keeps a forbidden piece of amber, despite the risk of severe penalties should his secret be discovered.
Little does he know that this amber has hidden powers, transporting him into a future far beyond anything he could imagine. In dreamlike encounters, Peter witnesses the ravages of the final months of World War II in and around his home. He becomes embroiled in the troubles faced by Lioba, a girl he meets who seeks to escape from the oncoming Russian army.
Peter struggles with the consequences of his actions, endangering his family, his amber master’s reputation, and his own future. How much is Peter prepared to sacrifice to right his wrongs?
The Author:
Malve von Hassell is a freelance writer, researcher, and translator. Working as an independent scholar, she published The Struggle for Eden: Community Gardens in New York City (Bergin & Garvey 2002) and Homesteading in New York City 1978-1993: The Divided Heart of Loisaida (Bergin & Garvey 1996). She has also edited her grandfather Ulrich von Hassell's memoirs written in prison in 1944, Der Kreis schließt sich - Aufzeichnungen aus der Haft 1944 (Propylaen Verlag 1994). She has self-published two children’s picture books, Letters from the Tooth Fairy (Mill City Press, 2012), Turtle Crossing (KDP Amazon, 2021), and her translation and annotation of a German children’s classic by Tamara Ramsay, Rennefarre: Dott’s Wonderful Travels and Adventures (Two Harbors Press, 2012). She has published The Falconer’s Apprentice (namelos, 2015) and Alina: A Song for the Telling (BHC Press, 2020), and The Amber Crane (Odyssey Press, 2021). She is working on a biographical account of a woman coming of age in Germany during World War II and a historical fiction trilogy featuring Adela of Normandy.
Title 1: The Falconer's Apprentice
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Alina: A Song For the Telling
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: The Amber Crane
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global.
Website: https://www.malvevonhassell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mvonhassell
Book 1: The Falconer's Apprentice
”That bird should be destroyed!”
Andreas stared at Ethelbert in shock. Blood from an angry-looking gash on the young lord’s cheek dripped onto his embroidered tunic. Andreas clutched the handles of the basket containing the young peregrine. Perhaps this was a dream—
Andreas, an apprentice falconer at Castle Kragenberg, cannot bear the thought of killing the young female falcon and smuggles her out of the castle. Soon he realizes that his own time there has come to an end, and he stows away, with the bird, in the cart of an itinerant trader, Richard of Brugge. So begins a series of adventures that lead him from an obscure castle in northern Germany to the farthest reaches of Frederick von Hohenstaufen’s Holy Roman Empire, following a path dictated by the wily trader’s mysterious mission.
Andreas continues to improve his falconry skills, but he also learns to pay attention to what is happening around him as he travels through areas fraught with political unrest. Eventually, Richard confides in Andreas, and they conspire to free Enzio, the eldest of the emperor’s illegitimate sons, from imprisonment in Bologna.
The Falconer’s Apprentice is a story of adventure and intrigue set in the intense social and political unrest of the Holy Roman Empire in the thirteenth century.
Book 2: Alina: A Song For the Telling
Alina: A Song For the Telling is a coming-of-age story of a young woman from Provence in the 12th century. Although written for middle grade/young adult, this timeless and classic tale will be enjoyed by readers of all ages, especially those who enjoy books like Anne of Green Gables or Little Women.
“You should be grateful, my girl. You have no dowry, and I am doing everything I can to get you settled. You are hardly any man’s dream.” Alina’s brother, Milos, pulled his face into a perfect copy of Aunt Marci’s sour expression, primly pursing his mouth. He had got her querulous tone just right.
Maybe Alina’s aunt was right. She could not possibly hope to become a musician, a trobairitz—impoverished as she was and without the status of a good marriage. But Alina refuses to accept the life her aunt wants to impose on her. At the first opportunity that presents itself, Alina and her brother embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land to escape from their aunt’s and uncle’s strictures.
Their journey east takes them through the Byzantine Empire all the way to Jerusalem, where Alina discovers her passion and finds her voice.
Book 3: The Amber Crane
Chafing at the rules of the amber guild, Peter, an apprentice during the waning years of the Thirty Years’ War, finds and keeps a forbidden piece of amber, despite the risk of severe penalties should his secret be discovered.
Little does he know that this amber has hidden powers, transporting him into a future far beyond anything he could imagine. In dreamlike encounters, Peter witnesses the ravages of the final months of World War II in and around his home. He becomes embroiled in the troubles faced by Lioba, a girl he meets who seeks to escape from the oncoming Russian army.
Peter struggles with the consequences of his actions, endangering his family, his amber master’s reputation, and his own future. How much is Peter prepared to sacrifice to right his wrongs?
The Author:
Malve von Hassell is a freelance writer, researcher, and translator. Working as an independent scholar, she published The Struggle for Eden: Community Gardens in New York City (Bergin & Garvey 2002) and Homesteading in New York City 1978-1993: The Divided Heart of Loisaida (Bergin & Garvey 1996). She has also edited her grandfather Ulrich von Hassell's memoirs written in prison in 1944, Der Kreis schließt sich - Aufzeichnungen aus der Haft 1944 (Propylaen Verlag 1994). She has self-published two children’s picture books, Letters from the Tooth Fairy (Mill City Press, 2012), Turtle Crossing (KDP Amazon, 2021), and her translation and annotation of a German children’s classic by Tamara Ramsay, Rennefarre: Dott’s Wonderful Travels and Adventures (Two Harbors Press, 2012). She has published The Falconer’s Apprentice (namelos, 2015) and Alina: A Song for the Telling (BHC Press, 2020), and The Amber Crane (Odyssey Press, 2021). She is working on a biographical account of a woman coming of age in Germany during World War II and a historical fiction trilogy featuring Adela of Normandy.
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Title: Robbie Fowler: My Life In Football: Goals, Glory & The Lessons I've Learnt
Genre: Autobiography Sport
Format: Hardback
Website: https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/301
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robbie9Fowler
The Book:
To Liverpool fans, Robbie Fowler was 'God'. He is the sixth-highest goal scorer in the history of the Premier League and notched 183 goals for Liverpool alone.
But before all of that, he was a Liverpool lad who loved the game, the Kop and everything that came with it. My Life In Football is the story of a boy who became a legend.
Born in Liverpool in 1975, Robbie Fowler became a club icon by the time he was 18. Now, he takes us through the games that have shaped his life and football philosophy, over 25 years after he first signed as a professional for Liverpool.
Engaging, personal and revealing, Robbie opens up about his astounding achievements, the price of fame and the regrets and struggles of being a professional footballer. From Hillsborough to Madrid, via the cup treble, that goal line celebration, hundreds of goals, Houllier, Benítez, Klopp and more, Robbie explains his thinking about the modern game. Inviting readers inside the dressing room, he shares stories of legendary teammates like Rush, Owen and Gerrard, as well as his rise to football's top table. How did he get back up so many times after the injuries that blighted his career? What gave him the drive to keep going and pursue his dreams?
Robbie's My Life In Football harks back to a simpler time when fans and players shared the same story, and when the local boy really could dream of scoring a hat-trick for his home club when Saturday came.
The Author:
Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a striker. In a playing career which spanned between 1993 and 2012, Fowler was known for being a natural scorer with an instinctive goal-poaching ability.
Fowler is best remembered for his tenure at Liverpool and is the seventh-highest goalscorer in the history of the Premier League. He scored 183 goals in total for Liverpool, 120 of which were scored in the top tier. He earned the nickname "God" from the Anfield crowd, becoming a club legend due to his finishing. He subsequently played for Leeds United and Manchester City, before returning to Liverpool in January 2006. He relocated to Cardiff City eighteen months later. He played there for a year before transferring to Blackburn Rovers on a short-term deal. In December 2008, he departed Blackburn and forged a career in Australia with North Queensland Fury and Perth Glory. In 2011, he joined Thai side Muangthong United as a player, but later was appointed player-manager which he remained until his retirement in 2012.
He was capped for England 26 times, scoring 7 goals. Fowler was included in England's squads for Euro 1996, Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup.
Genre: Autobiography Sport
Format: Hardback
Website: https://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/301
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Robbie9Fowler
The Book:
To Liverpool fans, Robbie Fowler was 'God'. He is the sixth-highest goal scorer in the history of the Premier League and notched 183 goals for Liverpool alone.
But before all of that, he was a Liverpool lad who loved the game, the Kop and everything that came with it. My Life In Football is the story of a boy who became a legend.
Born in Liverpool in 1975, Robbie Fowler became a club icon by the time he was 18. Now, he takes us through the games that have shaped his life and football philosophy, over 25 years after he first signed as a professional for Liverpool.
Engaging, personal and revealing, Robbie opens up about his astounding achievements, the price of fame and the regrets and struggles of being a professional footballer. From Hillsborough to Madrid, via the cup treble, that goal line celebration, hundreds of goals, Houllier, Benítez, Klopp and more, Robbie explains his thinking about the modern game. Inviting readers inside the dressing room, he shares stories of legendary teammates like Rush, Owen and Gerrard, as well as his rise to football's top table. How did he get back up so many times after the injuries that blighted his career? What gave him the drive to keep going and pursue his dreams?
Robbie's My Life In Football harks back to a simpler time when fans and players shared the same story, and when the local boy really could dream of scoring a hat-trick for his home club when Saturday came.
The Author:
Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English former professional footballer, who played as a striker. In a playing career which spanned between 1993 and 2012, Fowler was known for being a natural scorer with an instinctive goal-poaching ability.
Fowler is best remembered for his tenure at Liverpool and is the seventh-highest goalscorer in the history of the Premier League. He scored 183 goals in total for Liverpool, 120 of which were scored in the top tier. He earned the nickname "God" from the Anfield crowd, becoming a club legend due to his finishing. He subsequently played for Leeds United and Manchester City, before returning to Liverpool in January 2006. He relocated to Cardiff City eighteen months later. He played there for a year before transferring to Blackburn Rovers on a short-term deal. In December 2008, he departed Blackburn and forged a career in Australia with North Queensland Fury and Perth Glory. In 2011, he joined Thai side Muangthong United as a player, but later was appointed player-manager which he remained until his retirement in 2012.
He was capped for England 26 times, scoring 7 goals. Fowler was included in England's squads for Euro 1996, Euro 2000 and the 2002 World Cup.
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Five Books:
Title 1: Starter for Ten
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Understudy
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: One Day
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: Us
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 5: Sweet Sorrow
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidNWriter
Book 1: Starter for Ten
The year is 1985. Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his first term at university. He has a dark secret—a long-held, burning ambition to appear on the wildly popular British TV quiz show University Challenge—and now, finally, it seems the dream is about to become reality. He's made the school team, and they've completed the qualifying rounds and are limbering up for their first televised match. (And, what's more, he's fallen head over heels for one of his teammates, the beautiful, brainy, and intimidatingly posh Alice Harbinson.) Life seems perfect and triumph inevitable—but as his world opens up, Brian learns that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
Book 2: The Understudy
Recently divorced actor Stephen C. McQueen (no relation, unfortunately) seems to have a knack for bad luck. But a failed marriage, a stalled career, a judgmental ex-wife, a distant daughter, a horrid little studio apartment in the far reaches of the London suburbs-all these pathetic elements seem to pale in the chiseled face of his newest tormentor: the Twelfth Sexiest Man in the World, Josh Harper.
Josh is the star of Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know, a biographical play about Lord Byron-and Stephen is his understudy. Not only is Josh fantastically, infuriatingly good-looking, internationally renowned, and remarkably talented, he's also frustratingly healthy. No matter how many all-night booze-and-coke benders Josh goes on, he always shows up at the stage door for his call like clockwork. Stephen doubts he'll ever get his chance to slip on the puffy shirt and tight breeches of Byron and tread the boards in the role that would certainly be the break he's always waited for.
And just when Stephen's sure he couldn't resent Josh more, he meets Josh's witty, restless American wife, Nora . . . and discovers he likes her a little too much. Another man might curse his luck at finding that his potential dream woman is a rival's wife, but at this point, Stephen would expect nothing else. Caught between his stirring feelings for Nora, the demands of an insistent and secretive Josh, and his lifelong desire for a real career in show business, Stephen must make a terrible decision: Will it be the girl or the fame?
A hapless, bumbling bloke in love, an arrogant megastar with a potpourri of addictions, a sexy married woman out of her element in the fast lane-David Nicholls brings them all together in this knockout romantic comedy.
Book 3: One Day
15th July 1988: Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.
So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that?
And every year that follows?
Book 4: Us
Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen-year-old son, Albie; then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce.
The timing couldn’t be worse. Hoping to encourage her son’s artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world’s greatest works of art as a family, and she can’t bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway. Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage and might even help him bond with Albie.
Narrated from Douglas’s endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves and learning how to get closer to a son who’s always felt like a stranger.
Book 5: Sweet Sorrow
One life-changing summer
Charlie meets Fran...
In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread.
Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope.
But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling.
The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare.
Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and the confusion of family life, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, searing explosion of first love that can only be looked at directly after it has burned out.
The Author:
David Nicholls is a British author, screenwriter, and actor. A student of Toynbee Comprehensive school and Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, he Graduated from the University of Bristol having studied English Literature and Drama.
After graduation, he won a scholarship to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, before returning to London in 1991 and finally earning an Equity card. He worked sporadically as an actor for the next eight years, eventually earning a three year stint at the Royal National Theatre, followed by a job at BBC Radio Drama as a script reader/researcher. This led to script-editing jobs at London Weekend Television and Tiger Aspect Productions.
During this period, he began to write, developing an adaptation of Sam Shepard’s stage-play Simpatico with the director Matthew Warchus, an old friend from University. He also wrote his first original script, a situation comedy about frustrated waiters, Waiting, which was later optioned by the BBC.
Simpatico was turned into a feature film in 1999, and this allowed David to start writing full-time. He has been twice nominated for BAFTA awards and his first novel, Starter for Ten was featured on the first Richard and Judy Book Club
Title 1: Starter for Ten
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Understudy
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: One Day
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: Us
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 5: Sweet Sorrow
Genre: Young Adult
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidNWriter
Book 1: Starter for Ten
The year is 1985. Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his first term at university. He has a dark secret—a long-held, burning ambition to appear on the wildly popular British TV quiz show University Challenge—and now, finally, it seems the dream is about to become reality. He's made the school team, and they've completed the qualifying rounds and are limbering up for their first televised match. (And, what's more, he's fallen head over heels for one of his teammates, the beautiful, brainy, and intimidatingly posh Alice Harbinson.) Life seems perfect and triumph inevitable—but as his world opens up, Brian learns that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing.
Book 2: The Understudy
Recently divorced actor Stephen C. McQueen (no relation, unfortunately) seems to have a knack for bad luck. But a failed marriage, a stalled career, a judgmental ex-wife, a distant daughter, a horrid little studio apartment in the far reaches of the London suburbs-all these pathetic elements seem to pale in the chiseled face of his newest tormentor: the Twelfth Sexiest Man in the World, Josh Harper.
Josh is the star of Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know, a biographical play about Lord Byron-and Stephen is his understudy. Not only is Josh fantastically, infuriatingly good-looking, internationally renowned, and remarkably talented, he's also frustratingly healthy. No matter how many all-night booze-and-coke benders Josh goes on, he always shows up at the stage door for his call like clockwork. Stephen doubts he'll ever get his chance to slip on the puffy shirt and tight breeches of Byron and tread the boards in the role that would certainly be the break he's always waited for.
And just when Stephen's sure he couldn't resent Josh more, he meets Josh's witty, restless American wife, Nora . . . and discovers he likes her a little too much. Another man might curse his luck at finding that his potential dream woman is a rival's wife, but at this point, Stephen would expect nothing else. Caught between his stirring feelings for Nora, the demands of an insistent and secretive Josh, and his lifelong desire for a real career in show business, Stephen must make a terrible decision: Will it be the girl or the fame?
A hapless, bumbling bloke in love, an arrogant megastar with a potpourri of addictions, a sexy married woman out of her element in the fast lane-David Nicholls brings them all together in this knockout romantic comedy.
Book 3: One Day
15th July 1988: Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.
So where will they be on this one day next year? And the year after that?
And every year that follows?
Book 4: Us
Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen-year-old son, Albie; then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce.
The timing couldn’t be worse. Hoping to encourage her son’s artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world’s greatest works of art as a family, and she can’t bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway. Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage and might even help him bond with Albie.
Narrated from Douglas’s endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves and learning how to get closer to a son who’s always felt like a stranger.
Book 5: Sweet Sorrow
One life-changing summer
Charlie meets Fran...
In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread.
Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope.
But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling.
The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare.
Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and the confusion of family life, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, searing explosion of first love that can only be looked at directly after it has burned out.
The Author:
David Nicholls is a British author, screenwriter, and actor. A student of Toynbee Comprehensive school and Barton Peveril Sixth Form College, he Graduated from the University of Bristol having studied English Literature and Drama.
After graduation, he won a scholarship to study at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York, before returning to London in 1991 and finally earning an Equity card. He worked sporadically as an actor for the next eight years, eventually earning a three year stint at the Royal National Theatre, followed by a job at BBC Radio Drama as a script reader/researcher. This led to script-editing jobs at London Weekend Television and Tiger Aspect Productions.
During this period, he began to write, developing an adaptation of Sam Shepard’s stage-play Simpatico with the director Matthew Warchus, an old friend from University. He also wrote his first original script, a situation comedy about frustrated waiters, Waiting, which was later optioned by the BBC.
Simpatico was turned into a feature film in 1999, and this allowed David to start writing full-time. He has been twice nominated for BAFTA awards and his first novel, Starter for Ten was featured on the first Richard and Judy Book Club
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Title: Kat Wolfe On Thin Ice
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Mystery - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://laurenstjohn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenstjohn
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The Wolfe Pet Sitting Agency returns to unravel another mystery--and this time, it's a slippery slope for our heroes and their newfound husky-dog sidekicks! Kat Wolfe on Thin Ice is the third book in the middle-grade series about animals and friendship from award-winning author Lauren St. John.
Best friends Kat Wolfe and her American sidekick Harper Lamb can't wait to travel from England to join their parents on a winter vacation in a mountain cabin in the Catskill Mountains. But a series of misadventures leave them alone in the wilderness with eight huskies.
When Kat discovers that an argument she witnessed in New York City holds the key to a major crime, she's certain that it won't be long until the killers come looking for her. With a snow storm moving in and no way out, detectives Wolfe & Lamb will need the help of some exotic animals if they're to survive.
The Author:
Lauren St John grew up on a farm and game reserve in Africa, the inspiration for her acclaimed memoir, Rainbow's End, and her award-winning White Giraffe series for children. Dead Man's Cove, the first in her Laura Marlin mystery series, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award in 2011. Her bestselling One Dollar Horse trilogy for teenagers was followed by The Glory, a breathtaking YA adventure and romance about a long distance horse race across the American West. Formerly a sports and music journalist, Lauren is the author of Seve and Hardcore Troubador: the Life & Near Death of Steve Earle, a superb, gripping biography of an Americana legend. The Obituary Writer, her first adult novel, was published in 2014 and she is currently at work on her second. Both The White Giraffe and The Glory have been optioned for film.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Mystery - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://laurenstjohn.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenstjohn
The Book:
The Wolfe Pet Sitting Agency returns to unravel another mystery--and this time, it's a slippery slope for our heroes and their newfound husky-dog sidekicks! Kat Wolfe on Thin Ice is the third book in the middle-grade series about animals and friendship from award-winning author Lauren St. John.
Best friends Kat Wolfe and her American sidekick Harper Lamb can't wait to travel from England to join their parents on a winter vacation in a mountain cabin in the Catskill Mountains. But a series of misadventures leave them alone in the wilderness with eight huskies.
When Kat discovers that an argument she witnessed in New York City holds the key to a major crime, she's certain that it won't be long until the killers come looking for her. With a snow storm moving in and no way out, detectives Wolfe & Lamb will need the help of some exotic animals if they're to survive.
The Author:
Lauren St John grew up on a farm and game reserve in Africa, the inspiration for her acclaimed memoir, Rainbow's End, and her award-winning White Giraffe series for children. Dead Man's Cove, the first in her Laura Marlin mystery series, won the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award in 2011. Her bestselling One Dollar Horse trilogy for teenagers was followed by The Glory, a breathtaking YA adventure and romance about a long distance horse race across the American West. Formerly a sports and music journalist, Lauren is the author of Seve and Hardcore Troubador: the Life & Near Death of Steve Earle, a superb, gripping biography of an Americana legend. The Obituary Writer, her first adult novel, was published in 2014 and she is currently at work on her second. Both The White Giraffe and The Glory have been optioned for film.
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Dr Megan Rossi
Dr Megan Rossi
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Title: Eat Yourself Healthy
Genre: Food & Drink (Dietetics & Nutrition)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Dr Megan Rossi, The Gut Health Doctor making Blueberry 'Nice' Cream:
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Website: https://www.theguthealthdoctor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheGutHealthDoc
The Book:
An easy-to-digest guide to health and happiness from the inside out.
The go-to lifestyle guide for a happy gut that will transform your health and wellbeing.
Drawing from the latest research and a decade of experience as a dietitian and consultant at The Gut Health Clinic, Dr Megan Rossi explains how to feed your gut for a happier, healthier you using simple, delicious and gut-boosting recipes.
The first book from The Gut Health Doctor is packed with over 50 delicious, easy-to-make meal ideas from delicious breakfast options such as banana, fig and courgette breakfast loaf and chickpea crepes, to crowd-pleasing dinner recipes including creamy pistachio and spinach pesto pasta and mouth-watering satay tofu skewers.
Alongside Megan’s gut-friendly recipes, this book also includes expert advice on how to deal with common complaints such as IBS and bloating, diagnose food intolerances, and manage good gut health with sleep and exercise routines. Supercharge your digestive health and transform your overall wellbeing with this ultimate guide that promises to make you happier and healthier from the inside out.
The Author:
Megan is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist with a PhD in gut health from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia. Megan’s PhD was recognised for its contribution to science receiving the Dean’s Award for excellence. Megan leads research at King’s College London investigating nutrition-based therapies in gut health, including pre- & probiotics, dietary fibres, the low FODMAP diet and food additives. Megan was the recipient of the 2017 British Medical Journal Open Gastroenterology prize ‘Best clinical science abstract for oral presentation’ and the British Nutrition Foundation ‘Drummond Pump Priming Award’ presented by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne. Megan is also an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Queensland Megan also leads The Gut Health Clinic, works in public engagement @TheGutHealthDoctor, is the author of Sunday Times best seller, Eat Yourself Health, and is the co-founder of Bio&Me.
Genre: Food & Drink (Dietetics & Nutrition)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheGutHealthDoc
The Book:
An easy-to-digest guide to health and happiness from the inside out.
The go-to lifestyle guide for a happy gut that will transform your health and wellbeing.
Drawing from the latest research and a decade of experience as a dietitian and consultant at The Gut Health Clinic, Dr Megan Rossi explains how to feed your gut for a happier, healthier you using simple, delicious and gut-boosting recipes.
The first book from The Gut Health Doctor is packed with over 50 delicious, easy-to-make meal ideas from delicious breakfast options such as banana, fig and courgette breakfast loaf and chickpea crepes, to crowd-pleasing dinner recipes including creamy pistachio and spinach pesto pasta and mouth-watering satay tofu skewers.
Alongside Megan’s gut-friendly recipes, this book also includes expert advice on how to deal with common complaints such as IBS and bloating, diagnose food intolerances, and manage good gut health with sleep and exercise routines. Supercharge your digestive health and transform your overall wellbeing with this ultimate guide that promises to make you happier and healthier from the inside out.
The Author:
Megan is a Registered Dietitian and Nutritionist with a PhD in gut health from the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Queensland, Australia. Megan’s PhD was recognised for its contribution to science receiving the Dean’s Award for excellence. Megan leads research at King’s College London investigating nutrition-based therapies in gut health, including pre- & probiotics, dietary fibres, the low FODMAP diet and food additives. Megan was the recipient of the 2017 British Medical Journal Open Gastroenterology prize ‘Best clinical science abstract for oral presentation’ and the British Nutrition Foundation ‘Drummond Pump Priming Award’ presented by Her Royal Highness Princess Anne. Megan is also an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Queensland Megan also leads The Gut Health Clinic, works in public engagement @TheGutHealthDoctor, is the author of Sunday Times best seller, Eat Yourself Health, and is the co-founder of Bio&Me.
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Ed Aarons
Ed Aarons
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Title: Made in Africa
Genre: Sport
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ed-aarons
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ed_aarons
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The signing of Naby Keïta for almost £53m in August 2017 was the third time in the space of 14 months that Liverpool broke the transfer record for an African player. But while Senegal’s Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah of Egypt helped Jürgen Klopp’s side reach the Champions League final in 2018, Guinea midfielder Keïta took time to adapt to his new surroundings. Tracking his first season in English football and featuring interviews with Klopp and those closest to Liverpool’s three biggest African stars, Ed Aarons tells the story of the thrilling 2018/19 campaign that ended with the club’s sixth European crown after just missing out to Manchester City in the thrilling Premier League title race.
Yet the historic season which saw Mané and Salah share the Premier League’s Golden Boot with Arsenal’s Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would not have been possible had it not been for those who blazed the trail before them. From Arthur Wharton - the first player born in Africa to appear in the Football League - to Steve Mokone, Albert Johanneson, Brian and Mark Stein, Peter Ndlovu, Christopher Wreh, Lucas Radebe, Jay Jay Okocha, Didier Drogba, Yaya Touré and Riyad Mahrez, Made in Africa tells the story of the pioneers who changed the face of English football forever.
The Author:
Ed Aarons is a sports journalist for The Guardian who has been an expert on African football for more than a decade. Born in Croydon, south London in 1981, he fell in love with it while watching a Roger Milla‐inspired Cameroon lose to England in the quarter-final of the 1990 World Cup. He has built a reputation for being one of the best of the new generation of football journalists in the country, with particularly close links to African players in the Premier League.
Genre: Sport
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.theguardian.com/profile/ed-aarons
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ed_aarons
The Book:
The signing of Naby Keïta for almost £53m in August 2017 was the third time in the space of 14 months that Liverpool broke the transfer record for an African player. But while Senegal’s Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah of Egypt helped Jürgen Klopp’s side reach the Champions League final in 2018, Guinea midfielder Keïta took time to adapt to his new surroundings. Tracking his first season in English football and featuring interviews with Klopp and those closest to Liverpool’s three biggest African stars, Ed Aarons tells the story of the thrilling 2018/19 campaign that ended with the club’s sixth European crown after just missing out to Manchester City in the thrilling Premier League title race.
Yet the historic season which saw Mané and Salah share the Premier League’s Golden Boot with Arsenal’s Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang would not have been possible had it not been for those who blazed the trail before them. From Arthur Wharton - the first player born in Africa to appear in the Football League - to Steve Mokone, Albert Johanneson, Brian and Mark Stein, Peter Ndlovu, Christopher Wreh, Lucas Radebe, Jay Jay Okocha, Didier Drogba, Yaya Touré and Riyad Mahrez, Made in Africa tells the story of the pioneers who changed the face of English football forever.
The Author:
Ed Aarons is a sports journalist for The Guardian who has been an expert on African football for more than a decade. Born in Croydon, south London in 1981, he fell in love with it while watching a Roger Milla‐inspired Cameroon lose to England in the quarter-final of the 1990 World Cup. He has built a reputation for being one of the best of the new generation of football journalists in the country, with particularly close links to African players in the Premier League.
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Carmel Harrington
Carmel Harrington
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Title: The Moon Over Kilmore Quay
Genre: Contemporary - Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://carmelharrington.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HappyMrsH
The Book:
It’s time to curl up with Carmel…
When your heart belongs in two places, can you ever truly find home?
Brooklyn, New York,
Bea has grown up in the heart of the Irish community, always hearing stories of home. When she discovers a letter from her younger self, written years before, it sends her deep into her own family history.
Kilmore Quay, Ireland.
Years earlier, Lucy Mernagh leaves her much-loved home and family in search of the New York dream. The Big Apple is a world away from the quiet village she grew up in, and the longing for home aches within her.
When Bea uncovers a shocking secret, it takes her back across the water to Kilmore Quay, where – finally – long-buried truths will come to light. But fate has one last twist in store…
The Author:
Carmel Harrington is from Co. Wexford, where she lives with her husband, her children and their rescue dog, George Bailey. An Irish Times bestseller and regular panellist on radio and TV, her warm and emotional storytelling has captured the hearts of readers worldwide. Her books have been translated into nine languages and have sold hundreds of thousands worldwide.
Carmel’s novels have been shortlisted for an Irish Book Award in 2016 & 2017 and her debut won Kindle Book of the Year and Romantic eBook of the Year in 2013. Her ninth novel, The Moon Over Kilmore Quay goes on sale in May 21'. Her recent books include My Pear-Shaped Life, A Thousand Roads Home, and the official ITV novel Cold Feet: The Lost Years.
Genre: Contemporary - Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://carmelharrington.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HappyMrsH
The Book:
It’s time to curl up with Carmel…
When your heart belongs in two places, can you ever truly find home?
Brooklyn, New York,
Bea has grown up in the heart of the Irish community, always hearing stories of home. When she discovers a letter from her younger self, written years before, it sends her deep into her own family history.
Kilmore Quay, Ireland.
Years earlier, Lucy Mernagh leaves her much-loved home and family in search of the New York dream. The Big Apple is a world away from the quiet village she grew up in, and the longing for home aches within her.
When Bea uncovers a shocking secret, it takes her back across the water to Kilmore Quay, where – finally – long-buried truths will come to light. But fate has one last twist in store…
The Author:
Carmel Harrington is from Co. Wexford, where she lives with her husband, her children and their rescue dog, George Bailey. An Irish Times bestseller and regular panellist on radio and TV, her warm and emotional storytelling has captured the hearts of readers worldwide. Her books have been translated into nine languages and have sold hundreds of thousands worldwide.
Carmel’s novels have been shortlisted for an Irish Book Award in 2016 & 2017 and her debut won Kindle Book of the Year and Romantic eBook of the Year in 2013. Her ninth novel, The Moon Over Kilmore Quay goes on sale in May 21'. Her recent books include My Pear-Shaped Life, A Thousand Roads Home, and the official ITV novel Cold Feet: The Lost Years.
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Clare Povey
Clare Povey
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Title: Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.clarepovey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClareFPovey
The Book:
The open door felt like an invitation, or a trap. Bastien wasn't sure which, but with no other choice, he stepped inside...and hoped he'd make it out again alive.
Bastien Bonlivre is a boy with a big imagination, determined to finish the story his parents started, left to him in a red notebook.
On the other side of Paris, bestselling author Olivier Odieux is struggling to complete his latest novel. Along with his villainous brothers, he is masterminding his greatest plot yet...one that will spread fear throughout the city and beyond.
What connects these two stories is a dangerous secret, a hidden mystery and an unexpected race across Paris for the truth. Can Bastien and his friends Alice, Theo and Sami be brave enough to stop Olivier stealing the ending they deserve?
A classic adventure story about friendship, hope, bravery and the power of imagination.
The Author:
Clare Povey is the author of The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre, a middle grade mystery adventure set in 1920's Paris.
Clare grew up on the border of where East London meets Essex. The itch of learning languages first got under her skin when her parents bought her Usborne's 'First Thousand French Words,' and she went on to earn a degree in French and Francophone Studies.
After having lived in Northern France, teaching English in primary schools, she joined the Writers & Artists team at Bloomsbury Publishing to grow their writing and publishing events.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer:
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Website: https://www.clarepovey.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClareFPovey
The Book:
The open door felt like an invitation, or a trap. Bastien wasn't sure which, but with no other choice, he stepped inside...and hoped he'd make it out again alive.
Bastien Bonlivre is a boy with a big imagination, determined to finish the story his parents started, left to him in a red notebook.
On the other side of Paris, bestselling author Olivier Odieux is struggling to complete his latest novel. Along with his villainous brothers, he is masterminding his greatest plot yet...one that will spread fear throughout the city and beyond.
What connects these two stories is a dangerous secret, a hidden mystery and an unexpected race across Paris for the truth. Can Bastien and his friends Alice, Theo and Sami be brave enough to stop Olivier stealing the ending they deserve?
A classic adventure story about friendship, hope, bravery and the power of imagination.
The Author:
Clare Povey is the author of The Unexpected Tale of Bastien Bonlivre, a middle grade mystery adventure set in 1920's Paris.
Clare grew up on the border of where East London meets Essex. The itch of learning languages first got under her skin when her parents bought her Usborne's 'First Thousand French Words,' and she went on to earn a degree in French and Francophone Studies.
After having lived in Northern France, teaching English in primary schools, she joined the Writers & Artists team at Bloomsbury Publishing to grow their writing and publishing events.
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Jessie Childs
Jessie Childs
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Title: God’s Traitors: Terror and Faith in Elizabethan England
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Jesse Childs in conversation with Tom Holland
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXMgi8HvVWI
Website: http://jessiechilds.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/childs_jessie
The Book:
The Catholics of Elizabethan England did not witness a golden age. Their Mass was banned, their priests were outlawed, their faith was criminalised. In an age of assassination and Armada, those Catholics who clung to their faith were increasingly seen as the enemy within. In this superb history, award-winning author Jessie Childs explores the Catholic predicament in Elizabethan England through the eyes of one remarkable family: the Vauxes of Harrowden Hall.
God’s Traitors is a tale of dawn raids and daring escapes, stately homes and torture chambers, ciphers, secrets and lies. From clandestine chapels and side-street inns to exile communities and the corridors of power, it exposes the tensions and insecurities masked by the cult of Gloriana. Above all, it is a timely story of courage and frailty, repression and reaction and the terrible consequences when religion and politics collide.
The Author:
Jessie Childs is an award-winning author, historian and broadcaster. Her first book Henry VIII’s Last Victim won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, and her second, God’s Traitors, won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History in 2015. It was also longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and selected as a Book of the Year in the Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Observer and BBC History Magazine.
Jessie frequently appears on radio and TV, including the RTS Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents (BBC 2 & PBS), and BBC Four’s two recent series on Charles I: Downfall of a King and Killing a King.
She has written and reviewed for many publications, including The Sunday Times, Guardian, Financial Times, Literary Review, TLS and LRB. She was one of the judges of the 2016 PEN Hessell-Tiltman History Prize and is on the editorial advisory board of History Today.
She lives with her husband and two daughters in Hammersmith, not far from a brewery, a distillery and the River Thames.
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Jesse Childs in conversation with Tom Holland
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Website: http://jessiechilds.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/childs_jessie
The Book:
The Catholics of Elizabethan England did not witness a golden age. Their Mass was banned, their priests were outlawed, their faith was criminalised. In an age of assassination and Armada, those Catholics who clung to their faith were increasingly seen as the enemy within. In this superb history, award-winning author Jessie Childs explores the Catholic predicament in Elizabethan England through the eyes of one remarkable family: the Vauxes of Harrowden Hall.
God’s Traitors is a tale of dawn raids and daring escapes, stately homes and torture chambers, ciphers, secrets and lies. From clandestine chapels and side-street inns to exile communities and the corridors of power, it exposes the tensions and insecurities masked by the cult of Gloriana. Above all, it is a timely story of courage and frailty, repression and reaction and the terrible consequences when religion and politics collide.
The Author:
Jessie Childs is an award-winning author, historian and broadcaster. Her first book Henry VIII’s Last Victim won the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, and her second, God’s Traitors, won the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for History in 2015. It was also longlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and selected as a Book of the Year in the Times, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Observer and BBC History Magazine.
Jessie frequently appears on radio and TV, including the RTS Award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Elizabeth I’s Secret Agents (BBC 2 & PBS), and BBC Four’s two recent series on Charles I: Downfall of a King and Killing a King.
She has written and reviewed for many publications, including The Sunday Times, Guardian, Financial Times, Literary Review, TLS and LRB. She was one of the judges of the 2016 PEN Hessell-Tiltman History Prize and is on the editorial advisory board of History Today.
She lives with her husband and two daughters in Hammersmith, not far from a brewery, a distillery and the River Thames.
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Elodie Harper
Elodie Harper
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Title: The Wolf Den
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
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Diving Into The Real World of Pompeii With ELODIE HARPER, Author of "THE WOLF DEN"
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Website: https://www.elodieharper.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElodieITV
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Sold by her mother. Enslaved in Pompeii's brothel. Determined to survive. Her name is Amara. Welcome to the Wolf Den...
Amara was once a beloved daughter, until her father's death plunged her family into penury. Now she is a slave in Pompeii's infamous brothel, owned by a man she despises. Sharp, clever and resourceful, Amara is forced to hide her talents. For as a she-wolf, her only value lies in the desire she can stir in others.
But Amara's spirit is far from broken.
By day, she walks the streets with her fellow she-wolves, finding comfort in the laughter and dreams they share. For the streets of Pompeii are alive with opportunity. Out here, even the lowest slave can secure a reversal in fortune. Amara has learnt that everything in this city has its price. But how much is her freedom going to cost her?
Set in Pompeii's lupanar, The Wolf Den reimagines the lives of women who have long been overlooked.
The Author:
Elodie Harper is a journalist and prize winning short story writer.
Her story 'Wild Swimming' won the 2016 Bazaar of Bad Dreams short story competition, run by The Guardian and Hodder & Stoughton and judged by Stephen King.
She is currently a reporter and presenter at ITV News Anglia, and before that worked as a producer for Channel 4 News.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Diving Into The Real World of Pompeii With ELODIE HARPER, Author of "THE WOLF DEN"
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Website: https://www.elodieharper.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElodieITV
The Book:
Sold by her mother. Enslaved in Pompeii's brothel. Determined to survive. Her name is Amara. Welcome to the Wolf Den...
Amara was once a beloved daughter, until her father's death plunged her family into penury. Now she is a slave in Pompeii's infamous brothel, owned by a man she despises. Sharp, clever and resourceful, Amara is forced to hide her talents. For as a she-wolf, her only value lies in the desire she can stir in others.
But Amara's spirit is far from broken.
By day, she walks the streets with her fellow she-wolves, finding comfort in the laughter and dreams they share. For the streets of Pompeii are alive with opportunity. Out here, even the lowest slave can secure a reversal in fortune. Amara has learnt that everything in this city has its price. But how much is her freedom going to cost her?
Set in Pompeii's lupanar, The Wolf Den reimagines the lives of women who have long been overlooked.
The Author:
Elodie Harper is a journalist and prize winning short story writer.
Her story 'Wild Swimming' won the 2016 Bazaar of Bad Dreams short story competition, run by The Guardian and Hodder & Stoughton and judged by Stephen King.
She is currently a reporter and presenter at ITV News Anglia, and before that worked as a producer for Channel 4 News.
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Jeff Goulding
Jeff Goulding
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Title: The Untouchables
Genre: Sport
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://jeffgoulding.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShanklysBoys1
The Book:
The Untouchables: Anfield's Band of Brothers chronicles the rise and fall of one of the greatest Liverpool teams ever. In 1918 an enlisted man, Tom Bromilow, stepped off the streets of Liverpool and straight into the team. Still in uniform, he was one of tens of thousands of Liverpudlians who fought in World War One. His signing completed a jigsaw that eventually revealed an image of footballing perfection, a team so great they were called 'The Untouchables'. The book brings to life a host of incredible characters, uncovers friendships and rivalries and reveals amazing backstories. Meet men like Bootle-born Walter Wadsworth, tough-talking Irishman Elisha Scott, champion boxer Jock McNab and many other fascinating figures. The Untouchables reveals previously unknown detail and sheds new light on old controversies, including the real reason behind the departure of the club's manager, Dave Ashworth. Meticulously researched and lovingly told, the book breathes new life into a fascinating and long-forgotten story.
The Author:
Jeff Goulding is the author of six books with Pitch Publishing covering the history of Merseyside football. The Red Odyssey trilogy captures the story of Liverpool Football Club from its humble beginnings in the Lancashire League in 1892, to its crowning as champions of England for the 19th time in 2020.The books describe the whole journey through the eyes of those who lived it and in many cases with stunning first person perspective.
Jeff has also penned Stanley Park Story: Life, Love and the Merseyside Derby, in which he weaves together fact, personal experience and fiction to tell the story of the Merseyside derby through the eyes of three generations of Reds and Blues. His fifth book was a collaboration with former Liverpool Reserve during the Shankly era, George Scott. Published on September 21st, 2020, The Lost Shankly Boy is the story of a young boy from a village in Aberdeen, who dreamed of being a footballer, and who rubbed shoulders with some of the greatest names in the game.
Genre: Sport
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://jeffgoulding.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShanklysBoys1
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The Untouchables: Anfield's Band of Brothers chronicles the rise and fall of one of the greatest Liverpool teams ever. In 1918 an enlisted man, Tom Bromilow, stepped off the streets of Liverpool and straight into the team. Still in uniform, he was one of tens of thousands of Liverpudlians who fought in World War One. His signing completed a jigsaw that eventually revealed an image of footballing perfection, a team so great they were called 'The Untouchables'. The book brings to life a host of incredible characters, uncovers friendships and rivalries and reveals amazing backstories. Meet men like Bootle-born Walter Wadsworth, tough-talking Irishman Elisha Scott, champion boxer Jock McNab and many other fascinating figures. The Untouchables reveals previously unknown detail and sheds new light on old controversies, including the real reason behind the departure of the club's manager, Dave Ashworth. Meticulously researched and lovingly told, the book breathes new life into a fascinating and long-forgotten story.
The Author:
Jeff Goulding is the author of six books with Pitch Publishing covering the history of Merseyside football. The Red Odyssey trilogy captures the story of Liverpool Football Club from its humble beginnings in the Lancashire League in 1892, to its crowning as champions of England for the 19th time in 2020.The books describe the whole journey through the eyes of those who lived it and in many cases with stunning first person perspective.
Jeff has also penned Stanley Park Story: Life, Love and the Merseyside Derby, in which he weaves together fact, personal experience and fiction to tell the story of the Merseyside derby through the eyes of three generations of Reds and Blues. His fifth book was a collaboration with former Liverpool Reserve during the Shankly era, George Scott. Published on September 21st, 2020, The Lost Shankly Boy is the story of a young boy from a village in Aberdeen, who dreamed of being a footballer, and who rubbed shoulders with some of the greatest names in the game.
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Three Books: Oozing Magic series Book Series
Title 1: Deadwood Hall
Genre: Children - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: DeepWaters
Genre: Children - Fantasy
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Title 3: Cavern's Fall
Genre: Children - Fantasy
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Website: https://lindajonesukauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LJonesauthor
Book 1: Deadwood Hall
An illustrated magical fantasy adventure. It’s midwinter's eve and everything is about to change for Dylan and his sister Emily. Being shrunk down to three inches is the easy part. They end up racing through underground tunnels – riding on the back of a very angry centipede – and trying to outsmart a whole army of slimy Whivicks. Deadwood Hall is about secrets, friendship, magic, weird creatures and looking out for each other when things go very wrong. This adventure is just the beginning – that’s if Dylan and Emily can survive until midnight!
Book 2: DeepWaters
An illustrated magical fantasy adventure...It’s spring. Nothing magical has happened for ages, then Dylan opens his school desk…Finding a talking hamster is weird enough, but soon Dylan and his sister Emily are caught up in another incredible adventure. This time they have to dive deep into a cold, murky river, avoid being captured by the crafty Aquelsis, or eaten by a terrifying Belfroad.…and all to rescue the school bully! Deep Waters continues the story from Deadwood Hall, as Dylan and Emily begin to discover more about magic and the secrets their grandfather has been hiding.
Book 3: Cavern's Fall
It’s Halloween – which is usually Dylan and Emily’s favourite time of year. But this time there’s going to be a full moon, and the smell of bad magic is in the air. It would be far safer to stay at home, and lock all the doors and windows...Dylan barely has time to set foot inside the 'Spooky Party In The Park' before he and his sister Emily are plunged into another breathtaking adventure. Almost captured by a mysterious veiled Flinyor, they are chased by monstrous flying Begrogs, while they race to try and save their friends Snifflebit and Quintus... and that’s just the beginning! Somewhere deep inside a mountain, the Flinyor have imprisoned their grandfather. Can they outrun the Begrogs and Flinyor guards to find him in time – and will they finally discover the secrets he’s been keeping from them?
The Author:
Once upon a time, when the world was very different - I was a Psychiatric nurse. Now, I'm a storyteller with six books published. As a writer of children's fiction, I enjoy delving into the worlds of fantasy and adventure. Throw in a healthy dollop of science fiction, and I'm very happy.
Originally from South Wales (UK), I have always loved listening to stories and grew up on a rich diet of Welsh and Greek myths and legends, so it isn't so surprising my books are full of weird creatures!
Right now, I'm to be found roosting near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, where the rain tastes and smells pretty much the same as the Welsh valleys.
Title 1: Deadwood Hall
Genre: Children - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: DeepWaters
Genre: Children - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Cavern's Fall
Genre: Children - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://lindajonesukauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LJonesauthor
Book 1: Deadwood Hall
An illustrated magical fantasy adventure. It’s midwinter's eve and everything is about to change for Dylan and his sister Emily. Being shrunk down to three inches is the easy part. They end up racing through underground tunnels – riding on the back of a very angry centipede – and trying to outsmart a whole army of slimy Whivicks. Deadwood Hall is about secrets, friendship, magic, weird creatures and looking out for each other when things go very wrong. This adventure is just the beginning – that’s if Dylan and Emily can survive until midnight!
Book 2: DeepWaters
An illustrated magical fantasy adventure...It’s spring. Nothing magical has happened for ages, then Dylan opens his school desk…Finding a talking hamster is weird enough, but soon Dylan and his sister Emily are caught up in another incredible adventure. This time they have to dive deep into a cold, murky river, avoid being captured by the crafty Aquelsis, or eaten by a terrifying Belfroad.…and all to rescue the school bully! Deep Waters continues the story from Deadwood Hall, as Dylan and Emily begin to discover more about magic and the secrets their grandfather has been hiding.
Book 3: Cavern's Fall
It’s Halloween – which is usually Dylan and Emily’s favourite time of year. But this time there’s going to be a full moon, and the smell of bad magic is in the air. It would be far safer to stay at home, and lock all the doors and windows...Dylan barely has time to set foot inside the 'Spooky Party In The Park' before he and his sister Emily are plunged into another breathtaking adventure. Almost captured by a mysterious veiled Flinyor, they are chased by monstrous flying Begrogs, while they race to try and save their friends Snifflebit and Quintus... and that’s just the beginning! Somewhere deep inside a mountain, the Flinyor have imprisoned their grandfather. Can they outrun the Begrogs and Flinyor guards to find him in time – and will they finally discover the secrets he’s been keeping from them?
The Author:
Once upon a time, when the world was very different - I was a Psychiatric nurse. Now, I'm a storyteller with six books published. As a writer of children's fiction, I enjoy delving into the worlds of fantasy and adventure. Throw in a healthy dollop of science fiction, and I'm very happy.
Originally from South Wales (UK), I have always loved listening to stories and grew up on a rich diet of Welsh and Greek myths and legends, so it isn't so surprising my books are full of weird creatures!
Right now, I'm to be found roosting near Pontefract, West Yorkshire, where the rain tastes and smells pretty much the same as the Welsh valleys.
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Title: Luna The Moon Pig
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brpo-izPQfs
Website: https://allauthor.com/author/SuzyD
Twitter: https://twitter.com/birdwriter7
The Book:
A Family Tale of Caring, Sharing, Rejection, Hope, Fun, Adventure, Happiness, Sadness, Love, Magic, and Self Discovery. Dedicated to Families of Piggies and People Worldwide. Luna Moon Pig is the cutest of pigs, with a moon face, chocolate-drop eyes, and the wiggliest of tails. The Millers adopt her and give her to their daughter, Maria. But Moon Pig longs for her freedom, and she soon escapes! A friendly cardinal bird and a wise owl accompany her on her adventure - a magical journey to a wild wood, and beyond. When Luna returns to her surrogate family, something is different! How has she changed? Who did she meet? She has made a discovery, and has a new philosophy about life! What she knows now will change her life, for good! This is a fairy tale for all ages, that tells of a kind of magic - the magic of self-belief!
The illustrations by Sheila Graber, famous for her animation and illustration of Paddington Bear and family and Rudyard Kipling's "Just So" stories really bring out the story and delight children. The color palette is enchanting, for example with reds and yellows heralding the arrival of the cardinal bird, and happiness at sunrise, and pale grays and blues creating the enchantment of Moonwishes magic, central to the story.
The Author:
Suzy Davies is a Children’s Author, Romance Novelist and Poet. Her new release, Luna The Moon Pig: The Pig Who Hid is illustrated by award-winning world-acclaimed illustrator and animator, Sheila Graber, famed for her work with Paddington Bear and family, Children’s Television and her illustration and animation of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So stories.
Suzy has also published Snugs The Snow Bear, a children’s book, and Johari’s Window, a romance novel.
Suzy has been a writer from an early age. She is a sociologist, and following her first degree at Leicester University, she read for an MA in English Literature at the University of Sussex, in England.
An educationist, Suzy was a Lead English Teacher and Literacy specialist. Suzy is passionate about nurturing future generations of writers, and to this end, she reviews books from time to time, and is an author contributor for The Young Writers’ Newsletter, an international online newsletter which is for young people who wish to write. She is also a regular contributor to The Writers’ newsletter online, where she posts her book reviews.
When Suzy isn’t behind a book, she likes the outdoors and enjoys communing with nature on the beach or by one of Florida’s lakes. She also likes to go to music concerts and enjoys visiting restaurants or mall shopping.
Suzy is married to Craig, who is also a writer. She lives near the world-famous Daytona Beach.
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brpo-izPQfs
Website: https://allauthor.com/author/SuzyD
Twitter: https://twitter.com/birdwriter7
The Book:
A Family Tale of Caring, Sharing, Rejection, Hope, Fun, Adventure, Happiness, Sadness, Love, Magic, and Self Discovery. Dedicated to Families of Piggies and People Worldwide. Luna Moon Pig is the cutest of pigs, with a moon face, chocolate-drop eyes, and the wiggliest of tails. The Millers adopt her and give her to their daughter, Maria. But Moon Pig longs for her freedom, and she soon escapes! A friendly cardinal bird and a wise owl accompany her on her adventure - a magical journey to a wild wood, and beyond. When Luna returns to her surrogate family, something is different! How has she changed? Who did she meet? She has made a discovery, and has a new philosophy about life! What she knows now will change her life, for good! This is a fairy tale for all ages, that tells of a kind of magic - the magic of self-belief!
The illustrations by Sheila Graber, famous for her animation and illustration of Paddington Bear and family and Rudyard Kipling's "Just So" stories really bring out the story and delight children. The color palette is enchanting, for example with reds and yellows heralding the arrival of the cardinal bird, and happiness at sunrise, and pale grays and blues creating the enchantment of Moonwishes magic, central to the story.
The Author:
Suzy Davies is a Children’s Author, Romance Novelist and Poet. Her new release, Luna The Moon Pig: The Pig Who Hid is illustrated by award-winning world-acclaimed illustrator and animator, Sheila Graber, famed for her work with Paddington Bear and family, Children’s Television and her illustration and animation of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So stories.
Suzy has also published Snugs The Snow Bear, a children’s book, and Johari’s Window, a romance novel.
Suzy has been a writer from an early age. She is a sociologist, and following her first degree at Leicester University, she read for an MA in English Literature at the University of Sussex, in England.
An educationist, Suzy was a Lead English Teacher and Literacy specialist. Suzy is passionate about nurturing future generations of writers, and to this end, she reviews books from time to time, and is an author contributor for The Young Writers’ Newsletter, an international online newsletter which is for young people who wish to write. She is also a regular contributor to The Writers’ newsletter online, where she posts her book reviews.
When Suzy isn’t behind a book, she likes the outdoors and enjoys communing with nature on the beach or by one of Florida’s lakes. She also likes to go to music concerts and enjoys visiting restaurants or mall shopping.
Suzy is married to Craig, who is also a writer. She lives near the world-famous Daytona Beach.
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Title: Veneer of Civilisation
Genre: Social Science - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/WillBlackWriter
The Book:
Veneer of Civilisation also considers paradoxes, such as one nation claiming to be the pinnacle of civilisation even as it reduces another to rubble and kills civilians. The impact of the far-right, which exploits the violence of groups like Daesh to justify divisive narratives, is examined in detail.
The Author:
Will Black is an anthrojournalist with a background working in specialist psychiatric services. His recent book, Veneer of Civilisation, brings together anthropology, politics and psychology to examine vulnerabilities of human civilisation. He is also the author of Psychopathic Cultures, which drew on clinical experience and an anthropological perspective, and Beyond the End of the World, which discusses the influence of apocalyptic ideologies within various areas of human culture, including politics.
Genre: Social Science - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WillBlackWriter
The Book:
Veneer of Civilisation also considers paradoxes, such as one nation claiming to be the pinnacle of civilisation even as it reduces another to rubble and kills civilians. The impact of the far-right, which exploits the violence of groups like Daesh to justify divisive narratives, is examined in detail.
The Author:
Will Black is an anthrojournalist with a background working in specialist psychiatric services. His recent book, Veneer of Civilisation, brings together anthropology, politics and psychology to examine vulnerabilities of human civilisation. He is also the author of Psychopathic Cultures, which drew on clinical experience and an anthropological perspective, and Beyond the End of the World, which discusses the influence of apocalyptic ideologies within various areas of human culture, including politics.
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Louise Forshaw
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Title: Solve Your Own Mystery ; The Monster Maker
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcbtxll4eNk
Website: https://www.munkeypants.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Munkey_Pants
The Book:
Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge of the case.
Dr Franklefink’s precious Monster Maker has gone missing and there are lots of suspects! Along with your yeti partner, it’s up to YOU to find the culprit. Should you trail Bramwell Stoker, the terrifying vampire, or Grundle and Grinola, the mischievous goblin twins? Should you follow up a lead about the cunning witches? Or will investigating the doctor’s monstrous son Monty lead you to the thief? YOU decide!
With hundreds of paths to choose from and no dead ends, you’ll solve the mystery every time!
A fantastically imaginative detective story for readers looking for an interactive adventure.
The Illustrator:
Louise Forshaw is an illustrator from the North East, living just outside Newcastle upon Tyne. She works from home in a small studio, supervised by her three noisy and very mischievous Jack Russell Terriers. To date, she has illustrated over 60 books.
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcbtxll4eNk
Website: https://www.munkeypants.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Munkey_Pants
The Book:
Welcome to Haventry, a town where the ordinary and extraordinary collide! With ghosts, werewolves and zombies living side by side, trouble is always brewing. And when a fiendish crime is committed, YOU are the detective in charge of the case.
Dr Franklefink’s precious Monster Maker has gone missing and there are lots of suspects! Along with your yeti partner, it’s up to YOU to find the culprit. Should you trail Bramwell Stoker, the terrifying vampire, or Grundle and Grinola, the mischievous goblin twins? Should you follow up a lead about the cunning witches? Or will investigating the doctor’s monstrous son Monty lead you to the thief? YOU decide!
With hundreds of paths to choose from and no dead ends, you’ll solve the mystery every time!
A fantastically imaginative detective story for readers looking for an interactive adventure.
The Illustrator:
Louise Forshaw is an illustrator from the North East, living just outside Newcastle upon Tyne. She works from home in a small studio, supervised by her three noisy and very mischievous Jack Russell Terriers. To date, she has illustrated over 60 books.
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Roger Morris
Roger Morris
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Title: A Razor Wrapped in Silk
Genre: Crime Thriller Historical
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer:
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Website: http://rogernmorris.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rnmorris
The Book:
St Petersburg. 1870. A child factory worker is mysteriously abducted. A society beauty is sensationally murdered. Two very different crimes show up the deep fissures in Russian society of the late tsarist period. The first is barely noticed by the authorities. The latter draws the full investigative might of St Petersburg’s finest, led by magistrate Porfiry Petrovich.
The dead woman had powerful friends – including at least one member of the Romanov family – so when the tsar’s notorious secret police becomes involved, it seems that both crimes may have a political – not to say revolutionary – aspect. A trail of missing children leads to a shocking discovery that takes Porfiry inside the Winter Palace for a confrontation with the Tsar himself. The usually incisive magistrate grows increasingly unsure what to believe, who to trust and how to proceed. His very life appears to be in danger, though from whom he can’t be sure …
The Author:
He is the author of the St Petersburg Mysteries Series featuring Porfiry Petrovich, the detective from Dostoevsky's masterpiece Crime and Punishment: A Gentle Axe, A Vengeful Longing, A Razor Wrapped in Silk and The Cleansing Flames.
He also wrote the Silas Quinn series, set in London in 1914: Summon Up The Blood, The Mannequin House, The Dark Palace, The Red Hand of Fury, The White Feather Killer and The Music Box Enigma.
He has written a standalone dystopian thriller, Psychotopia and, writing as Roger Morris, the contemporary thriller Taking Comfort.
Genre: Crime Thriller Historical
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDzht6aFwyY
Website: http://rogernmorris.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/rnmorris
The Book:
St Petersburg. 1870. A child factory worker is mysteriously abducted. A society beauty is sensationally murdered. Two very different crimes show up the deep fissures in Russian society of the late tsarist period. The first is barely noticed by the authorities. The latter draws the full investigative might of St Petersburg’s finest, led by magistrate Porfiry Petrovich.
The dead woman had powerful friends – including at least one member of the Romanov family – so when the tsar’s notorious secret police becomes involved, it seems that both crimes may have a political – not to say revolutionary – aspect. A trail of missing children leads to a shocking discovery that takes Porfiry inside the Winter Palace for a confrontation with the Tsar himself. The usually incisive magistrate grows increasingly unsure what to believe, who to trust and how to proceed. His very life appears to be in danger, though from whom he can’t be sure …
The Author:
He is the author of the St Petersburg Mysteries Series featuring Porfiry Petrovich, the detective from Dostoevsky's masterpiece Crime and Punishment: A Gentle Axe, A Vengeful Longing, A Razor Wrapped in Silk and The Cleansing Flames.
He also wrote the Silas Quinn series, set in London in 1914: Summon Up The Blood, The Mannequin House, The Dark Palace, The Red Hand of Fury, The White Feather Killer and The Music Box Enigma.
He has written a standalone dystopian thriller, Psychotopia and, writing as Roger Morris, the contemporary thriller Taking Comfort.
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Title 1: Symbiosis
Genre: Sci-Fi , Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Desa Kincaid Bounty Hunter
Genre: Sci-Fi , Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://site-1894483-4308-9807.mystrikingly.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/keeperssaga
Book 1: Symbiosis
Thousands of years ago, the Overseers scattered humans across the galaxy. Now, one of them has found her way back home. On a mission to recover an escaped alien life form, young Justice Keeper Anna Lenai pursues the felon into uncharted space, and accidentally finds the lost homeworld of her ancestors. While Anna tries to adapt and survive in a strange, hostile environment, she accidentally uncovers a conspiracy that will shake their world to its foundations.
Book 2: Desa Kincaid Bounty Hunter
Desa Kincaid has spent the last ten years in pursuit of a man whose experiments have killed over a dozen people.
Blessed with the power to transform ordinary objects into devastating weapons, she journeys through trading ports, backwater towns, forests, deserts and the haunted remains of a dead city.
But can she stop her enemy before he unleashes something terrible on the world?
The Author:
I grew up in Southern Ontario, and I've been writing fiction since I was 16. When I first started out, I planned on writing epic fantasy in the tradition of J.R.R. Tolkien or Robert Jordan, but i quickly discovered that I don't have the patience to thrive in that genre. I've never been all that fond of describing long treks through the countryside. So I took the characters I love and brought them into a modern setting.
I've always been an advocate of diversity in fiction. I remember noting, at the age of sixteen, that one big problem in epic fantasy is the fact that all the characters are white. So I try to create a cast populated by people of all genders, ethnicities and orientations. If you like genre bending stuff like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you'll love my books.
Genre: Sci-Fi , Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Desa Kincaid Bounty Hunter
Genre: Sci-Fi , Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal.
Website: https://site-1894483-4308-9807.mystrikingly.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/keeperssaga
Book 1: Symbiosis
Thousands of years ago, the Overseers scattered humans across the galaxy. Now, one of them has found her way back home. On a mission to recover an escaped alien life form, young Justice Keeper Anna Lenai pursues the felon into uncharted space, and accidentally finds the lost homeworld of her ancestors. While Anna tries to adapt and survive in a strange, hostile environment, she accidentally uncovers a conspiracy that will shake their world to its foundations.
Book 2: Desa Kincaid Bounty Hunter
Desa Kincaid has spent the last ten years in pursuit of a man whose experiments have killed over a dozen people.
Blessed with the power to transform ordinary objects into devastating weapons, she journeys through trading ports, backwater towns, forests, deserts and the haunted remains of a dead city.
But can she stop her enemy before he unleashes something terrible on the world?
The Author:
I grew up in Southern Ontario, and I've been writing fiction since I was 16. When I first started out, I planned on writing epic fantasy in the tradition of J.R.R. Tolkien or Robert Jordan, but i quickly discovered that I don't have the patience to thrive in that genre. I've never been all that fond of describing long treks through the countryside. So I took the characters I love and brought them into a modern setting.
I've always been an advocate of diversity in fiction. I remember noting, at the age of sixteen, that one big problem in epic fantasy is the fact that all the characters are white. So I try to create a cast populated by people of all genders, ethnicities and orientations. If you like genre bending stuff like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you'll love my books.
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Dr Jo Wimpenny
Dr Jo Wimpenny
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Title: Aesop's Animals: The Science Behind the Fables
Genre: Education - Science
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://jowimpenny.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoWimpenny
The Book:
Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race?
Aesop’s Animals uses the latest scientific knowledge to evaluate whether some of humanity’s best-known animal characters are based in fact or fiction. Covering some of the most exciting topics in animal behaviour research—from tool use to culture, future planning to deception—each chapter weaves together a story that combines cutting-edge science with natural history and expert insights.
The Author:
I’m a zoologist-turned-science writer living in Oxford, UK, and I mainly write about animal behaviour, conservation and the history of science.
I grew up in Monmouthshire and studied Zoology at Bristol University, before researching crow problem-solving for my DPhil at Oxford University. Ever since, I’ve been passionate about corvids and science communication. I pride myself on my ability to craft clear, compelling, science-focused stories, combining history with humour and plenty of fascinating animal facts.
Genre: Education - Science
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jowimpenny.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoWimpenny
The Book:
Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race?
Aesop’s Animals uses the latest scientific knowledge to evaluate whether some of humanity’s best-known animal characters are based in fact or fiction. Covering some of the most exciting topics in animal behaviour research—from tool use to culture, future planning to deception—each chapter weaves together a story that combines cutting-edge science with natural history and expert insights.
The Author:
I’m a zoologist-turned-science writer living in Oxford, UK, and I mainly write about animal behaviour, conservation and the history of science.
I grew up in Monmouthshire and studied Zoology at Bristol University, before researching crow problem-solving for my DPhil at Oxford University. Ever since, I’ve been passionate about corvids and science communication. I pride myself on my ability to craft clear, compelling, science-focused stories, combining history with humour and plenty of fascinating animal facts.
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Elizabeth Day
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Title: Magpie
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.elizabethdayonline.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabday
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She has almost everything. The rest she’ll take.
Marisa may have only known Jake a few months, but she has never felt this certain about anyone. When he asks her to move in with him and they start trying for a baby, she knows she has finally found the steadfast love and support she has been looking for all her life.
But their relationship is tested when they take in a lodger, Kate, who has little regard for personal boundaries and seems to take an uncomfortable interest in Jake – as well as the baby they are hoping to have.
Why is Kate so obsessed with the couple? And, more worryingly, why doesn’t Jake share Marisa's concern?
In her determination to find the answers, Marisa risks losing everything she holds dear…
Magpie is a tense, twisting, brilliantly written novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you’ve ever dreamed of.
The Author:
Elizabeth Day is an author, journalist and broadcaster.
Her memoir, How To Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong is a Sunday Times top 5 bestseller and has been described as 'life-changing' by critics. Her debut novel Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award. Her follow-up, Home Fires was an Observer Book of the Year. Her third, Paradise City was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Observer and the Evening Standard, and was People magazine's Book of the Week. Her fourth novel, The Party was an Amazon bestseller and a Richard and Judy Summer Book Club pick. It has been optioned for television.
Her chart-topping podcast, How To Fail With Elizabeth Day, is a celebration of the things that haven't gone right and won the Rising Star Award at the 2019 British Podcast Awards.
Elizabeth is a columnist for You magazine on the Mail on Sunday and a feature writer for numerous publications in the UK and US including The Telegraph, The Times, the Guardian, New York Magazine, the Observer, Vogue, Grazia and Elle. She is a contributing editor for Harper's Bazaar.
Elizabeth grew up in Northern Ireland and her first job was for The Derry Journal. She won a British Press Award in 2004 for Young Journalist of the Year and was Highly Commended as Feature Writer of the Year in 2013. She has a ginger cat called Huxley who approves this message.
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtV86QDv_lA
Website: https://www.elizabethdayonline.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elizabday
The Book:
She has almost everything. The rest she’ll take.
Marisa may have only known Jake a few months, but she has never felt this certain about anyone. When he asks her to move in with him and they start trying for a baby, she knows she has finally found the steadfast love and support she has been looking for all her life.
But their relationship is tested when they take in a lodger, Kate, who has little regard for personal boundaries and seems to take an uncomfortable interest in Jake – as well as the baby they are hoping to have.
Why is Kate so obsessed with the couple? And, more worryingly, why doesn’t Jake share Marisa's concern?
In her determination to find the answers, Marisa risks losing everything she holds dear…
Magpie is a tense, twisting, brilliantly written novel about mothers and children, envy and possession, and the dangers of getting everything you’ve ever dreamed of.
The Author:
Elizabeth Day is an author, journalist and broadcaster.
Her memoir, How To Fail: Everything I've Ever Learned From Things Going Wrong is a Sunday Times top 5 bestseller and has been described as 'life-changing' by critics. Her debut novel Scissors, Paper, Stone won a Betty Trask Award. Her follow-up, Home Fires was an Observer Book of the Year. Her third, Paradise City was named one of the best novels of 2015 in the Observer and the Evening Standard, and was People magazine's Book of the Week. Her fourth novel, The Party was an Amazon bestseller and a Richard and Judy Summer Book Club pick. It has been optioned for television.
Her chart-topping podcast, How To Fail With Elizabeth Day, is a celebration of the things that haven't gone right and won the Rising Star Award at the 2019 British Podcast Awards.
Elizabeth is a columnist for You magazine on the Mail on Sunday and a feature writer for numerous publications in the UK and US including The Telegraph, The Times, the Guardian, New York Magazine, the Observer, Vogue, Grazia and Elle. She is a contributing editor for Harper's Bazaar.
Elizabeth grew up in Northern Ireland and her first job was for The Derry Journal. She won a British Press Award in 2004 for Young Journalist of the Year and was Highly Commended as Feature Writer of the Year in 2013. She has a ginger cat called Huxley who approves this message.
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Joanne Kavanagh
Joanne Kavanagh
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Title: How The Squirrels Saved Christmas
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global Postage
The Book;
A Christmas story with squirrel photos in the winter. Jack has lost his power to create snow needed for Christmas. In this Story, Santa and his squirrel helpers need to help Jack, to find his back power.
The Author:
Joanne has had a love of Nature and all things magical since childhood.She now combines all these elements in her poems, paintings and stories.
She is currently working on her 12th self published book which will contain 106 poems about the Fairy folk, but she also writes poetry on spirituality and anything else that inspires her - and is now fast approaching a total of 1000 poems!
Her daily poems, which she posts on Facebook to uplift her followers can be found on her page 'The Fairy Wordsmith'.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
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The Book;
A Christmas story with squirrel photos in the winter. Jack has lost his power to create snow needed for Christmas. In this Story, Santa and his squirrel helpers need to help Jack, to find his back power.
The Author:
Joanne has had a love of Nature and all things magical since childhood.She now combines all these elements in her poems, paintings and stories.
She is currently working on her 12th self published book which will contain 106 poems about the Fairy folk, but she also writes poetry on spirituality and anything else that inspires her - and is now fast approaching a total of 1000 poems!
Her daily poems, which she posts on Facebook to uplift her followers can be found on her page 'The Fairy Wordsmith'.
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Jaimie Admans
Jaimie Admans
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Title: The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane
Genre: Romance - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://jaimieadmans.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/be_the_spark
The Book:
It’s the most magical time of year, and anything can happen…
Nia Maddison has always believed that wishes come true on Nutcracker Lane. So, when she gets the opportunity to run her own Christmas gift shop on the most magical street in town, it feels like her wishes have been finally granted.
But working late one night, Nia discovers yet another boyfriend has cheated on her. As she trudges home – alone, again – she passes the (supposedly) magical nutcracker and half-joking thinks a wish can’t hurt. Cracking a nut in its mouth, she wishes to find Prince Charming.
The next day Nia gets to work to find another decoration shop has opened directly across the lane from her own, and she can’t resist having a nose around.
Whilst there, she accidentally backs into a human-sized Nutcracker, knocking it over and breaking it. Mortified, she flees from the store but when she gathers her resolve to go back and apologise, she stumbles across the gorgeous shop owner James, right where she’d left the broken nutcracker…
Could her Christmas wish from the night before really be coming true?
The Author:
Jaimie is a 36-year-old English-sounding Welsh girl with an awkward-to-spell name. She lives in South Wales and enjoys writing, gardening, watching horror movies, and drinking tea, although she’s seriously considering marrying her coffee machine. She loves autumn and winter, and singing songs from musicals despite the fact she’s got the voice of a dying hyena. She hates spiders, hot weather, and cheese & onion crisps. She spends far too much time on Twitter and owns too many pairs of boots.
She will never have time to read all the books she wants to read.
She is the author of several romantic comedies for HarperCollins - The Chateau of Happily Ever Afters, The Little Wedding Island, It's a Wonderful Night, The Little Vintage Carousel by the Sea, Snowflakes at the Little Christmas Tree Farm, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories, The Wishing Tree Beside the Shore, The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane, and The Post Box at the North Pole.
Genre: Romance - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jaimieadmans.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/be_the_spark
The Book:
It’s the most magical time of year, and anything can happen…
Nia Maddison has always believed that wishes come true on Nutcracker Lane. So, when she gets the opportunity to run her own Christmas gift shop on the most magical street in town, it feels like her wishes have been finally granted.
But working late one night, Nia discovers yet another boyfriend has cheated on her. As she trudges home – alone, again – she passes the (supposedly) magical nutcracker and half-joking thinks a wish can’t hurt. Cracking a nut in its mouth, she wishes to find Prince Charming.
The next day Nia gets to work to find another decoration shop has opened directly across the lane from her own, and she can’t resist having a nose around.
Whilst there, she accidentally backs into a human-sized Nutcracker, knocking it over and breaking it. Mortified, she flees from the store but when she gathers her resolve to go back and apologise, she stumbles across the gorgeous shop owner James, right where she’d left the broken nutcracker…
Could her Christmas wish from the night before really be coming true?
The Author:
Jaimie is a 36-year-old English-sounding Welsh girl with an awkward-to-spell name. She lives in South Wales and enjoys writing, gardening, watching horror movies, and drinking tea, although she’s seriously considering marrying her coffee machine. She loves autumn and winter, and singing songs from musicals despite the fact she’s got the voice of a dying hyena. She hates spiders, hot weather, and cheese & onion crisps. She spends far too much time on Twitter and owns too many pairs of boots.
She will never have time to read all the books she wants to read.
She is the author of several romantic comedies for HarperCollins - The Chateau of Happily Ever Afters, The Little Wedding Island, It's a Wonderful Night, The Little Vintage Carousel by the Sea, Snowflakes at the Little Christmas Tree Farm, The Little Bookshop of Love Stories, The Wishing Tree Beside the Shore, The Little Christmas Shop on Nutcracker Lane, and The Post Box at the North Pole.
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Jane Cable
Jane Cable
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Title: The Missing Pieces of Us
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.janecable.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneCable
The Book:
River Hamble, Hampshire
There are three versions of the past – hers, his, and the truth.
When Robin Vail walks back into widow Isobel O’Briain’s life decades after he abruptly left it, the dark days since her husband’s unexpected passing finally know light. Robin has fallen on hard times but Izzie and her teenage daughter Claire quickly remind him what it’s like to have family…and hope.
But Robin and Izzie are no longer those twenty-something lovers, and as they grow closer once more the missing pieces of their past weigh heavy. Now, to stop history repeating, Izzie and Robin must face facts and right wrongs…no matter how painful.
The Author:
I write romance with two hats on; emotional women’s fiction as Eva Glyn for One More Chapter (a division of Harper Collins) and romance a twist for Sapere Books under my own name. While all my books are character driven, to date my inspiration has always been a setting; so far a village in Yorkshire (The Cheesemaker’s House), gorgeous Studland Bay in Dorset (Another You) , rural Lincolnshire (Endless Skies), and my adopted home of Cornwall for The Forgotten Maid. My new book as Eva Glyn, The Olive Grove, is my first novel set outside the UK, on the beautiful Croatian island of Korcula.
I was born and raised in Cardiff but spent most of my adult life living near Chichester before my husband and I upped sticks and moved to Cornwall in 2017, which allowed me to write full time. Now the dramatic north Cornwall coast has become the inspiration for my Cornish Echoes dual timeline books.
I am a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and contributing editor to Frost online magazine. I love travel, walking, wine and the sea.
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.janecable.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneCable
The Book:
River Hamble, Hampshire
There are three versions of the past – hers, his, and the truth.
When Robin Vail walks back into widow Isobel O’Briain’s life decades after he abruptly left it, the dark days since her husband’s unexpected passing finally know light. Robin has fallen on hard times but Izzie and her teenage daughter Claire quickly remind him what it’s like to have family…and hope.
But Robin and Izzie are no longer those twenty-something lovers, and as they grow closer once more the missing pieces of their past weigh heavy. Now, to stop history repeating, Izzie and Robin must face facts and right wrongs…no matter how painful.
The Author:
I write romance with two hats on; emotional women’s fiction as Eva Glyn for One More Chapter (a division of Harper Collins) and romance a twist for Sapere Books under my own name. While all my books are character driven, to date my inspiration has always been a setting; so far a village in Yorkshire (The Cheesemaker’s House), gorgeous Studland Bay in Dorset (Another You) , rural Lincolnshire (Endless Skies), and my adopted home of Cornwall for The Forgotten Maid. My new book as Eva Glyn, The Olive Grove, is my first novel set outside the UK, on the beautiful Croatian island of Korcula.
I was born and raised in Cardiff but spent most of my adult life living near Chichester before my husband and I upped sticks and moved to Cornwall in 2017, which allowed me to write full time. Now the dramatic north Cornwall coast has become the inspiration for my Cornish Echoes dual timeline books.
I am a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and contributing editor to Frost online magazine. I love travel, walking, wine and the sea.
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Jeff Young
Jeff Young
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Title: Ghost Town, A Liverpool Shadowplay
Genre: Memoir - Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: jeffyoung26.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffyoungwriter
The Book:
Liverpool is a city of ghosts. Through the centuries, millions have lived here or come to find a new life, and found safe harbour. More than any other city in Britain its history resonates in the buildings, landscapes and stories that have seeped into the lives of its inhabitants. In Ghost Town, Jeff Young takes us on a journey through the Liverpool of his childhood - down back alleys and through arcades, into vanished tenements and oyster bars, strip tease pubs and theatres. We watch as he turns from schoolboy truant into an artist obsessed with Kafka, Terence Davies and The Fall. Along the way he conjures ghosts and puts hexes on the developers who've ruined the city of his dreams. Layering memoir, history, photography and more this is a highly original approach to this great city.
The Author:
Jeff Young is a Liverpool based scriptwriter, poet and lecturer who has written many scripts for theatre, radio and TV. He also works as a writer and performer in collaboration with other artists and musicians to make installations, site specific events and sound art. Recent work includes ‘Bright Phoenix’ for the Liverpool Everyman; City of Lights’, a large-scale sound and light installation for Liverpool Lantern Company; ‘Kaleidoscope of Muses’ for BBC Radio 3. His memoir, ‘Ghost Town, a Liverpool Shadowplay’ was published in March 2020 by Little Toller.
Genre: Memoir - Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: jeffyoung26.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jeffyoungwriter
The Book:
Liverpool is a city of ghosts. Through the centuries, millions have lived here or come to find a new life, and found safe harbour. More than any other city in Britain its history resonates in the buildings, landscapes and stories that have seeped into the lives of its inhabitants. In Ghost Town, Jeff Young takes us on a journey through the Liverpool of his childhood - down back alleys and through arcades, into vanished tenements and oyster bars, strip tease pubs and theatres. We watch as he turns from schoolboy truant into an artist obsessed with Kafka, Terence Davies and The Fall. Along the way he conjures ghosts and puts hexes on the developers who've ruined the city of his dreams. Layering memoir, history, photography and more this is a highly original approach to this great city.
The Author:
Jeff Young is a Liverpool based scriptwriter, poet and lecturer who has written many scripts for theatre, radio and TV. He also works as a writer and performer in collaboration with other artists and musicians to make installations, site specific events and sound art. Recent work includes ‘Bright Phoenix’ for the Liverpool Everyman; City of Lights’, a large-scale sound and light installation for Liverpool Lantern Company; ‘Kaleidoscope of Muses’ for BBC Radio 3. His memoir, ‘Ghost Town, a Liverpool Shadowplay’ was published in March 2020 by Little Toller.
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Nikki May
Nikki May
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Title: Wahala
Genre: Contemporary Fiction Crime
Format: Rare Proof
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.nikki-may.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikkiOMay
The Book:
Ronke, Simi, Boo are three mixed-race friends living in London. They have the gift of two cultures, Nigerian and English, though they don't all choose to see it that way.
Everyday racism has never held them back, but now in their thirties, they question their future. Ronke wants a husband (he must be Nigerian); Boo enjoys (correction: endures) stay-at-home motherhood; while Simi, full of fashion career dreams, rolls her eyes as her boss refers to her 'urban vibe' yet again.
When Isobel, a lethally glamorous friend from their past arrives in town, she is determined to fix their futures for them.
Cracks in their friendship begin to appear, and it is soon obvious Isobel is not sorting but wrecking. When she is driven to a terrible act, the women are forced to reckon with a crime in their past that may just have repeated itself.
A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on love, race and family, Wahala will have you laughing, crying and gasping in horror. Boldly political about class, colorism and cooking, here is a truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has ever cherished friendship, in all its forms.
The Author:
Born in Bristol, raised in Lagos, NIKKI MAY is Anglo-Nigerian. She ran a successful ad agency before turning to writing. Her debut novel WAHALA was inspired by a long (and loud) lunch with friends. It will be published around the world in January 2022 and is being turned into major BBC TV drama. She lives in Dorset with her husband, two standard schnauzers, and way too many books.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction Crime
Format: Rare Proof
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.nikki-may.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NikkiOMay
The Book:
Ronke, Simi, Boo are three mixed-race friends living in London. They have the gift of two cultures, Nigerian and English, though they don't all choose to see it that way.
Everyday racism has never held them back, but now in their thirties, they question their future. Ronke wants a husband (he must be Nigerian); Boo enjoys (correction: endures) stay-at-home motherhood; while Simi, full of fashion career dreams, rolls her eyes as her boss refers to her 'urban vibe' yet again.
When Isobel, a lethally glamorous friend from their past arrives in town, she is determined to fix their futures for them.
Cracks in their friendship begin to appear, and it is soon obvious Isobel is not sorting but wrecking. When she is driven to a terrible act, the women are forced to reckon with a crime in their past that may just have repeated itself.
A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on love, race and family, Wahala will have you laughing, crying and gasping in horror. Boldly political about class, colorism and cooking, here is a truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has ever cherished friendship, in all its forms.
The Author:
Born in Bristol, raised in Lagos, NIKKI MAY is Anglo-Nigerian. She ran a successful ad agency before turning to writing. Her debut novel WAHALA was inspired by a long (and loud) lunch with friends. It will be published around the world in January 2022 and is being turned into major BBC TV drama. She lives in Dorset with her husband, two standard schnauzers, and way too many books.
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Anne Digby
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Title: The Naughtiest Girl: Naughtiest Girl Helps A Friend
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/anne-digby
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneDigby1
The Book:
In Enid Blyton's bestselling school series Elizabeth Allen is sent away to boarding school and makes up her mind to be the naughtiest pupil there's ever been.
In book six, the school goes camping and the Naughtiest Girl means to be well-behaved. But horrible Arabella is sleeping in the very same tent and busy stirring up trouble for Elizabeth's best friend, Joan...
Between 1940 and 1952, Enid Blyton wrote four novels about Naughtiest Girl, Elizabeth Allen. Books 5-10 are authorised sequels of the series written by Anne Digby in 1999.
Bonus material:
A rare, complete serial story about a very special school.
An interview with Enid Blyton about her school days.
Enid Blyton's experiences as a teacher.
A timeline of the author's life.
Photos from Enid Blyton's younger days.
The Author:
Anne Digby lives in England and her children's books have long been popular. A new chapter book for ages 5+, The Oh!-So-Secret Princess, was published in January 2019. Her Jug Valley Mystery series, for ages 7+, originally published by Puffin Books, is also available on kindle.
She is best known for her Trebizon stories, which follow the progress of Rebecca Mason and a close-knit group of friends growing up together at a famous boarding school, while also including a strong mystery element. Anne's love of mixing mystery with other genres is evident in many of her other books, including the Me, Jill Robinson! family series {highly recommended by The Good Book Guide to Children's Books} and her Further Adventures of the Naughtiest Girl.
Other titles available on Amazon include the author's debut novel, A Horse Called September.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/anne-digby
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneDigby1
The Book:
In Enid Blyton's bestselling school series Elizabeth Allen is sent away to boarding school and makes up her mind to be the naughtiest pupil there's ever been.
In book six, the school goes camping and the Naughtiest Girl means to be well-behaved. But horrible Arabella is sleeping in the very same tent and busy stirring up trouble for Elizabeth's best friend, Joan...
Between 1940 and 1952, Enid Blyton wrote four novels about Naughtiest Girl, Elizabeth Allen. Books 5-10 are authorised sequels of the series written by Anne Digby in 1999.
Bonus material:
A rare, complete serial story about a very special school.
An interview with Enid Blyton about her school days.
Enid Blyton's experiences as a teacher.
A timeline of the author's life.
Photos from Enid Blyton's younger days.
The Author:
Anne Digby lives in England and her children's books have long been popular. A new chapter book for ages 5+, The Oh!-So-Secret Princess, was published in January 2019. Her Jug Valley Mystery series, for ages 7+, originally published by Puffin Books, is also available on kindle.
She is best known for her Trebizon stories, which follow the progress of Rebecca Mason and a close-knit group of friends growing up together at a famous boarding school, while also including a strong mystery element. Anne's love of mixing mystery with other genres is evident in many of her other books, including the Me, Jill Robinson! family series {highly recommended by The Good Book Guide to Children's Books} and her Further Adventures of the Naughtiest Girl.
Other titles available on Amazon include the author's debut novel, A Horse Called September.
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Nydia Hetherington
Nydia Hetherington
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Title: A Girl Made of Air
Genre: Historical Fiction - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Nydia Reads From her Book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN8PM7bDHv8
Website: https://www.nydiahetherington.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NydiaMadeofAir
The Book:
A lyrical and atmospheric homage to the strange and extraordinary, perfect for fans of Angela Carter and Erin Morgenstern.
This is the story of The Greatest Funambulist Who Ever Lived...
Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus.
Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in the hope of finding the child... But will her story be enough to bring the pair together again?
Beautiful and intoxicating, A Girl Made of Air brings the circus to life in all of its grime and glory; Marina, Manu, Serendipity Wilson, Fausto, Big Gen and Mouse will live long in the hearts of readers. As will this story of loss and reconciliation, of storytelling and truth
The Author:
My first memories are of the Isle of Man, where I lived as a small child. When my family relocated to Leeds, I grew up dreaming of fairies and of the sea (I still do). In my early twenties I moved to London to embark on an acting career, then to Paris, where I continued my theatre training before creating a theatre company and becoming a clown (red nose included). Returning to London almost a decade later, I worked in a shoe shop while studying for a creative writing degree at Birkbeck University. To keep the wolf from my door I've had many jobs, including working in shops and cafes and kitchens, sometimes in offices and most recently in an art gallery. These days I live on the edge of London with my husband and our plump (she's got big bones) cat.
My favourite books often have a touch of the magical about them. At the same time, I love fierce writing that reaches into the depths of the human experience.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Nydia Reads From her Book:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN8PM7bDHv8
Website: https://www.nydiahetherington.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NydiaMadeofAir
The Book:
A lyrical and atmospheric homage to the strange and extraordinary, perfect for fans of Angela Carter and Erin Morgenstern.
This is the story of The Greatest Funambulist Who Ever Lived...
Born into a post-war circus family, our nameless star was unwanted and forgotten, abandoned in the shadows of the big top. until the bright light of Serendipity Wilson threw her into focus.
Now an adult, haunted by an incident in which a child was lost from the circus, our narrator, a tightrope artiste, weaves together her spellbinding tales of circus legends, earthy magic and folklore, all in the hope of finding the child... But will her story be enough to bring the pair together again?
Beautiful and intoxicating, A Girl Made of Air brings the circus to life in all of its grime and glory; Marina, Manu, Serendipity Wilson, Fausto, Big Gen and Mouse will live long in the hearts of readers. As will this story of loss and reconciliation, of storytelling and truth
The Author:
My first memories are of the Isle of Man, where I lived as a small child. When my family relocated to Leeds, I grew up dreaming of fairies and of the sea (I still do). In my early twenties I moved to London to embark on an acting career, then to Paris, where I continued my theatre training before creating a theatre company and becoming a clown (red nose included). Returning to London almost a decade later, I worked in a shoe shop while studying for a creative writing degree at Birkbeck University. To keep the wolf from my door I've had many jobs, including working in shops and cafes and kitchens, sometimes in offices and most recently in an art gallery. These days I live on the edge of London with my husband and our plump (she's got big bones) cat.
My favourite books often have a touch of the magical about them. At the same time, I love fierce writing that reaches into the depths of the human experience.
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Julie Newman
Julie Newman
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Three Books:
Title 1: Beware the Cuckoo
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Paperback 1st Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Cast No Shadow
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Paperback 1st Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 3: The Kindness of Strangers
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Paperback 1st Edition
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://julienewmanauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/julesmnewman
Book 1: Beware the Cuckoo
They were reunited at his funeral, school friends with a shared past. A past that is anything but straightforward. A past that harbours secrets and untruths.
Karen has a seemingly perfect life. An adoring husband, two wonderful children and a beautiful home. She has all she has ever wanted, living the dream. She also has a secret.
Sandra's once perfect life is rapidly unravelling. The man who meant everything to her had a dark side and her business is failing. To get her life back on track she needs to reclaim what is rightfully hers. She knows the secret.
As the past meets the present, truths are revealed - and both women understand the true cost of betrayal.
Book 2: Cast No Shadow
Samantha is a journalist who longs to investigate the big stories that will launch her career. In a search for her 'big break' she comes across a little reported press story in India of an hotelier - Amit Joshi - accused of rape but exonerated when 'he' is revealed as a she.
Samantha believes there is more to the story and begins to investigate, helped by colleague Gregory whose brother Simon, works for the British High Commission in Delhi.
But as more pieces of the story come to light Simon is found brutally murdered. Gregory travels to India to discover what happened to his brother and he goes missing. With the authorities seemingly unable to help, Samantha must head to India to search for Gregory and discover the truth behind Amit's story and Simon's murder.
But thrown into a dark underworld with danger at every turn, discovering the truth could prove to be the death of not just the story but Samantha herself....
Book 3: The Kindness of Strangers
Widow Helen is desperate for a perfect family life, and will do everything she can to get what she wants.
A veteran of the Afghanistan conflict Martin is adrift and seemingly without hope - can he ever win back his estranged family?
Pregnant teenager Charley is striking out on her own to create a new life for her unborn child, but her mother Lizzie has other ideas.
When three seemingly disparate lives connect, the past and the present collide to reveal secrets, lies and how far people are willing to go to hide the truth.
Following the gripping and controversial Beware the Cuckoo, Julie Newman's thrilling new novel lifts the lid on the dark past that haunts a seemingly happy household.
The Author:
Julie was born in London but now lives a rural life in a North Essex village. She is married with two grown up children. Her working life has seen her have a variety of jobs including running her own publishing company. As well as her novels, Julie is also the author of the children's book Poppy and the Garden Monster. Most of her time is spent writing, but when not writing she is reading. Her other interests include theatre, music and running. Besides her family the only thing she loves more than books is Bruce Springsteen.
Title 1: Beware the Cuckoo
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Paperback 1st Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Cast No Shadow
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Paperback 1st Edition
Dedication: Available
Title 3: The Kindness of Strangers
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Paperback 1st Edition
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://julienewmanauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/julesmnewman
Book 1: Beware the Cuckoo
They were reunited at his funeral, school friends with a shared past. A past that is anything but straightforward. A past that harbours secrets and untruths.
Karen has a seemingly perfect life. An adoring husband, two wonderful children and a beautiful home. She has all she has ever wanted, living the dream. She also has a secret.
Sandra's once perfect life is rapidly unravelling. The man who meant everything to her had a dark side and her business is failing. To get her life back on track she needs to reclaim what is rightfully hers. She knows the secret.
As the past meets the present, truths are revealed - and both women understand the true cost of betrayal.
Book 2: Cast No Shadow
Samantha is a journalist who longs to investigate the big stories that will launch her career. In a search for her 'big break' she comes across a little reported press story in India of an hotelier - Amit Joshi - accused of rape but exonerated when 'he' is revealed as a she.
Samantha believes there is more to the story and begins to investigate, helped by colleague Gregory whose brother Simon, works for the British High Commission in Delhi.
But as more pieces of the story come to light Simon is found brutally murdered. Gregory travels to India to discover what happened to his brother and he goes missing. With the authorities seemingly unable to help, Samantha must head to India to search for Gregory and discover the truth behind Amit's story and Simon's murder.
But thrown into a dark underworld with danger at every turn, discovering the truth could prove to be the death of not just the story but Samantha herself....
Book 3: The Kindness of Strangers
Widow Helen is desperate for a perfect family life, and will do everything she can to get what she wants.
A veteran of the Afghanistan conflict Martin is adrift and seemingly without hope - can he ever win back his estranged family?
Pregnant teenager Charley is striking out on her own to create a new life for her unborn child, but her mother Lizzie has other ideas.
When three seemingly disparate lives connect, the past and the present collide to reveal secrets, lies and how far people are willing to go to hide the truth.
Following the gripping and controversial Beware the Cuckoo, Julie Newman's thrilling new novel lifts the lid on the dark past that haunts a seemingly happy household.
The Author:
Julie was born in London but now lives a rural life in a North Essex village. She is married with two grown up children. Her working life has seen her have a variety of jobs including running her own publishing company. As well as her novels, Julie is also the author of the children's book Poppy and the Garden Monster. Most of her time is spent writing, but when not writing she is reading. Her other interests include theatre, music and running. Besides her family the only thing she loves more than books is Bruce Springsteen.
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Title: Poppy and the Garden Monster
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://julienewmanauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/julesmnewman
The Book:
Poppy the cat has all the needs, family, shelter and food. But it is not enough, she longs for adventure. One day Poppy leaves the safety of her home, venturing further than ever before and encounters a monster........
Join Poppy on the first of her many adventures.
The Author:
Julie was born in London but now lives a rural life in a North Essex village. She is married with two grown up children. Her working life has seen her have a variety of jobs including running her own publishing company. As well as her novels, Julie is also the author of the children's book Poppy and the Garden Monster. Most of her time is spent writing, but when not writing she is reading. Her other interests include theatre, music and running. Besides her family the only thing she loves more than books is Bruce Springsteen.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://julienewmanauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/julesmnewman
The Book:
Poppy the cat has all the needs, family, shelter and food. But it is not enough, she longs for adventure. One day Poppy leaves the safety of her home, venturing further than ever before and encounters a monster........
Join Poppy on the first of her many adventures.
The Author:
Julie was born in London but now lives a rural life in a North Essex village. She is married with two grown up children. Her working life has seen her have a variety of jobs including running her own publishing company. As well as her novels, Julie is also the author of the children's book Poppy and the Garden Monster. Most of her time is spent writing, but when not writing she is reading. Her other interests include theatre, music and running. Besides her family the only thing she loves more than books is Bruce Springsteen.
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Melanie Backe-Hansen
Melanie Backe-Hansen
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Title: A House Through Time
Genre: History - T.V. & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
House Through Time - Interview with Melanie Backe-Hansen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqpvyPdDN78
Website: http://www.house-historian.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HouseHistorian
The Book:
A very readable history of the British way of life viewed through its homes’ Choice Magazine
In recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already embarked upon that great adventure of genealogical research, and who have encountered their ancestors in the archives and uncovered family secrets, are now turning to the secrets contained within the four walls of their homes and in doing so finding a direct link to earlier generations. And it is ordinary homes, not grand public buildings or the mansions of the rich, that have all the best stories.
As with the television series, A House Through Time offers readers not only the tools to explore the histories of their own homes, but also a vividly readable history of the British city, the forces of industry, disease, mass transportation, crime and class. The rises and falls, the shifts in the fortunes of neighbourhoods and whole cities are here, tracing the often surprising journey one single house can take from an elegant dwelling in a fashionable district to a tenement for society’s rejects.
Packed with remarkable human stories, David Olusoga and Melanie Backe-Hansen give us a phenomenal insight into living history, a history we can see every day on the streets where we live. And it reminds us that it is at home that we are truly ourselves. It is there that the honest face of life can be seen. At home, behind closed doors and drawn curtains, we live out our inner lives and family lives.
The Author:
Melanie Backe-Hansen is an independent historian, writer, and speaker, specialising in the social history of houses across the United Kingdom. Melanie is a research consultant for the popular BBC programme, A House Through Time, and to accompany the series Melanie has co-written the new book, A House Through Time, with historian David Olusoga, released in paperback on 2 September 2021. She was series historical consultant and on-screen expert for Phil Spencer’s History of Britain in 100 Homes (More4). She is also the author of House Histories: The Secrets Behind Your Front Door and Historic Streets and Squares: The Secrets on Your Doorstep.
The main focus of Melanie’s work involves original research for homeowners across the country to provide research reports and bespoke house history books. Melanie regularly contributes to national media and appears on television, radio, and online media. She is also a regular speaker at events and festivals, as well as universities and history groups. Melanie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Member of the Royal Historical Society, and an Honorary Teaching Fellow at the University of Dundee.
Genre: History - T.V. & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
House Through Time - Interview with Melanie Backe-Hansen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqpvyPdDN78
Website: http://www.house-historian.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HouseHistorian
The Book:
A very readable history of the British way of life viewed through its homes’ Choice Magazine
In recent years house histories have become the new frontier of popular, participatory history. People, many of whom have already embarked upon that great adventure of genealogical research, and who have encountered their ancestors in the archives and uncovered family secrets, are now turning to the secrets contained within the four walls of their homes and in doing so finding a direct link to earlier generations. And it is ordinary homes, not grand public buildings or the mansions of the rich, that have all the best stories.
As with the television series, A House Through Time offers readers not only the tools to explore the histories of their own homes, but also a vividly readable history of the British city, the forces of industry, disease, mass transportation, crime and class. The rises and falls, the shifts in the fortunes of neighbourhoods and whole cities are here, tracing the often surprising journey one single house can take from an elegant dwelling in a fashionable district to a tenement for society’s rejects.
Packed with remarkable human stories, David Olusoga and Melanie Backe-Hansen give us a phenomenal insight into living history, a history we can see every day on the streets where we live. And it reminds us that it is at home that we are truly ourselves. It is there that the honest face of life can be seen. At home, behind closed doors and drawn curtains, we live out our inner lives and family lives.
The Author:
Melanie Backe-Hansen is an independent historian, writer, and speaker, specialising in the social history of houses across the United Kingdom. Melanie is a research consultant for the popular BBC programme, A House Through Time, and to accompany the series Melanie has co-written the new book, A House Through Time, with historian David Olusoga, released in paperback on 2 September 2021. She was series historical consultant and on-screen expert for Phil Spencer’s History of Britain in 100 Homes (More4). She is also the author of House Histories: The Secrets Behind Your Front Door and Historic Streets and Squares: The Secrets on Your Doorstep.
The main focus of Melanie’s work involves original research for homeowners across the country to provide research reports and bespoke house history books. Melanie regularly contributes to national media and appears on television, radio, and online media. She is also a regular speaker at events and festivals, as well as universities and history groups. Melanie is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Member of the Royal Historical Society, and an Honorary Teaching Fellow at the University of Dundee.
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Tania Crosse
Tania Crosse
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Title 1: The Harbour Master's Daughter
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The River Girl
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.tania-crosse.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaniaCrosse
Book 1: The Harbour Master's Daughter
Many years ago now, a family visit to the restored Victorian copper port of Morwellham Quay in Devon inspired me to write a novel based on its fascinating history. Throughout that first day, ghosts from its past seemed to be materialising from the walls of the buildings where they had once lived and worked, entreating me to create a picture of their lives at the Quay well over a hundred years before. It was akin to some spiritual plea I could not ignore.
The headstrong daughter of the harbour master, the reserved young artisan at the cooperage and the confident yet vulnerable sea captain headed a complete cast of characters drawn from all the different trades and industries that made up the thriving port. Just as they relied upon each other for their livelihood, I knew that I must weave a compelling tale that mirrored the devastating years that heralded the port's demise. The characters and their personal stories may be fictional, but the circumstances they face are based on real-life events at the quay. I hope that in reading the book, you will feel as entangled with Morwellham's past as I was in writing it
Book 2: The River Girl
Tania was inspired by the wild and savage beauty Dartmoor's of the Tavy valley to write this gripping novel which depicts the harsh reality of farming and mining in the area in Victorian times. She also tackles sensitive subjects which were as rife then as they are now.
When little Elizabeth Thornton's father is killed in a mining accident, she and her mother have no choice but to take refuge on her uncle's humble tenant farm in the Tavy Valley. It is as well that her mother is a skilled herbalist and wise-woman as their lives are governed by the succession of babies her aunt brings into the world.
Inspired by her mother's work, Elizabeth yearns to study medicine and become a doctor, but as a member of the fairer sex in mid-Victorian England, she knows she must be content to follow in her mother's footsteps. Besides which, she could never bring herself to leave the valley she loves so deeply and the tumbling waters of the upper River Tavy.
As she grows into a beautiful young woman, however, her uncle has other plans for her. But out of tragedy comes salvation, and Elizabeth finds peace and security in the most unexpected place. Meanwhile, across the Channel in France, trouble is brewing, and Elizabeth has no idea that a series of events in the Franco-Prussian War will shatter her tranquil existence.
The Author:
Tania is absolutely thrilled and honoured that Book Two of her Banbury Street series, THE STREET OF BROKEN DREAMS, won the prestigious SAGA OF THE YEAR award 2020!
Tania was born in London and lived in Banbury Street, Battersea, which is the setting for her two most recent titles. However, at a very young age the family moved to Surrey where Tania's love of the countryside took root. She always enjoyed reading and has composed stories ever since she could hold a pen. After studying French Literature at university, she devoted twenty years to bringing up her family. But her passion for writing never left her, and side by side with her in-depth research into Victorian social history, she began to pen her novels in earnest as her family grew up.
When Tania discovered Morwellham Quay, the restored Victorian copper port and now living history museum in Devon, she fell in love with this magical place and felt a spiritual compulsion to create a story that would illustrate life there in times gone by. This led to the publication of her debut novel, 'Morwellham's Child', recently republished as The Harbour Master's Daughter, and now Tania has thirteen published titles with which to thrill her readers.
Tania has now written an entire series of novels illustrating the rich history of Tavistock and the surrounding area of Dartmoor from Victorian times to the 1950's. Having completed a series of Twentieth Century stories set in London and the south east, she is now intending to return to Devon for her future novels. She draws very much on her own experiences of life to create her books. She hates being catagorised as a writer of historical romance. The history comes first, she insists, and the human tales develop from her research. The characters lead harsh, demanding lives and their stories are often cruel and harrowing.
Tania has been happily married for forty five years and claims she would never have achieved her success without her husband's support. They have three grown up children, two grandchildren and three grand-dogs!
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The River Girl
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.tania-crosse.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TaniaCrosse
Book 1: The Harbour Master's Daughter
Many years ago now, a family visit to the restored Victorian copper port of Morwellham Quay in Devon inspired me to write a novel based on its fascinating history. Throughout that first day, ghosts from its past seemed to be materialising from the walls of the buildings where they had once lived and worked, entreating me to create a picture of their lives at the Quay well over a hundred years before. It was akin to some spiritual plea I could not ignore.
The headstrong daughter of the harbour master, the reserved young artisan at the cooperage and the confident yet vulnerable sea captain headed a complete cast of characters drawn from all the different trades and industries that made up the thriving port. Just as they relied upon each other for their livelihood, I knew that I must weave a compelling tale that mirrored the devastating years that heralded the port's demise. The characters and their personal stories may be fictional, but the circumstances they face are based on real-life events at the quay. I hope that in reading the book, you will feel as entangled with Morwellham's past as I was in writing it
Book 2: The River Girl
Tania was inspired by the wild and savage beauty Dartmoor's of the Tavy valley to write this gripping novel which depicts the harsh reality of farming and mining in the area in Victorian times. She also tackles sensitive subjects which were as rife then as they are now.
When little Elizabeth Thornton's father is killed in a mining accident, she and her mother have no choice but to take refuge on her uncle's humble tenant farm in the Tavy Valley. It is as well that her mother is a skilled herbalist and wise-woman as their lives are governed by the succession of babies her aunt brings into the world.
Inspired by her mother's work, Elizabeth yearns to study medicine and become a doctor, but as a member of the fairer sex in mid-Victorian England, she knows she must be content to follow in her mother's footsteps. Besides which, she could never bring herself to leave the valley she loves so deeply and the tumbling waters of the upper River Tavy.
As she grows into a beautiful young woman, however, her uncle has other plans for her. But out of tragedy comes salvation, and Elizabeth finds peace and security in the most unexpected place. Meanwhile, across the Channel in France, trouble is brewing, and Elizabeth has no idea that a series of events in the Franco-Prussian War will shatter her tranquil existence.
The Author:
Tania is absolutely thrilled and honoured that Book Two of her Banbury Street series, THE STREET OF BROKEN DREAMS, won the prestigious SAGA OF THE YEAR award 2020!
Tania was born in London and lived in Banbury Street, Battersea, which is the setting for her two most recent titles. However, at a very young age the family moved to Surrey where Tania's love of the countryside took root. She always enjoyed reading and has composed stories ever since she could hold a pen. After studying French Literature at university, she devoted twenty years to bringing up her family. But her passion for writing never left her, and side by side with her in-depth research into Victorian social history, she began to pen her novels in earnest as her family grew up.
When Tania discovered Morwellham Quay, the restored Victorian copper port and now living history museum in Devon, she fell in love with this magical place and felt a spiritual compulsion to create a story that would illustrate life there in times gone by. This led to the publication of her debut novel, 'Morwellham's Child', recently republished as The Harbour Master's Daughter, and now Tania has thirteen published titles with which to thrill her readers.
Tania has now written an entire series of novels illustrating the rich history of Tavistock and the surrounding area of Dartmoor from Victorian times to the 1950's. Having completed a series of Twentieth Century stories set in London and the south east, she is now intending to return to Devon for her future novels. She draws very much on her own experiences of life to create her books. She hates being catagorised as a writer of historical romance. The history comes first, she insists, and the human tales develop from her research. The characters lead harsh, demanding lives and their stories are often cruel and harrowing.
Tania has been happily married for forty five years and claims she would never have achieved her success without her husband's support. They have three grown up children, two grandchildren and three grand-dogs!
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Nina Kaye
Nina Kaye
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Title: Take A Moment
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://ninakaye.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinaKayeAuthor
The Book:
Life is better lived in the moment
Meet Alex. She has a wonderful fiancé, a job she thrives in, and a best friend she's known since childhood. Life's not perfect, but it's pretty fantastic. Until a shock diagnosis suddenly throws everything off course.
But Alex has never been one to back down from a fight. After losing her fiancé and her job, she packs up and moves from her Glasgow hometown to Birmingham for a fresh start. Now, in a new job in a new city, she's learning all over again what's important in life.
Friendship, fun and even romance lie just around the corner - but can Alex get out of her own way and learn to just take a moment, and live?
The Author:
Nina Kaye is a contemporary romance author who writes warm, witty and uplifting reads with a deeper edge.
Nina started writing her first novel when she was seventeen (and locked in her room, supposedly studying for her future). It was a short-lived experience that ended as soon as Nina’s exams did, but the dream of writing never left her.
Nina lives in Edinburgh with her husband and much adored side-kick, James. In addition to writing, Nina enjoys swimming, gin and karaoke (preferably all enjoyed together in a sunny, seaside destination)
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://ninakaye.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinaKayeAuthor
The Book:
Life is better lived in the moment
Meet Alex. She has a wonderful fiancé, a job she thrives in, and a best friend she's known since childhood. Life's not perfect, but it's pretty fantastic. Until a shock diagnosis suddenly throws everything off course.
But Alex has never been one to back down from a fight. After losing her fiancé and her job, she packs up and moves from her Glasgow hometown to Birmingham for a fresh start. Now, in a new job in a new city, she's learning all over again what's important in life.
Friendship, fun and even romance lie just around the corner - but can Alex get out of her own way and learn to just take a moment, and live?
The Author:
Nina Kaye is a contemporary romance author who writes warm, witty and uplifting reads with a deeper edge.
Nina started writing her first novel when she was seventeen (and locked in her room, supposedly studying for her future). It was a short-lived experience that ended as soon as Nina’s exams did, but the dream of writing never left her.
Nina lives in Edinburgh with her husband and much adored side-kick, James. In addition to writing, Nina enjoys swimming, gin and karaoke (preferably all enjoyed together in a sunny, seaside destination)
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Chris Wood
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Title: Famous Last Words : Confessions, Humour and Bravery of the Departing
Genre: History - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.chriswoodwriting.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hewritesatnight
Instagram: https://instagram.com/hewritesatnight/
The Book:
Nothing focuses the mind more starkly than impending death. Its inevitable spectre greets us all; from princes to paupers and nobility to the needy. Prepare to mount the scaffold and share in the final utterings of the condemned; join the stricken in their death beds and witness unburdened tongues wag their closing, and often remarkable confessions as deeply entrenched secrets are finally unshackled in the wake of imminent death.
‘Famous Last Words’ collects a fascinating selection of destinies culminating in their often flamboyant yet always captivating, final utterances before shuffling off this mortal coil.
Revealed inside are tales of sangfroid bravery, astonishing ironies and overdue confessions often betraying grave miscarriages of justice, throughout British history.
Writer and poet Sir Walter Raleigh had some typically forthright and urging words for his executioner as the hesitant axeman displayed fear and reluctance to perform his stately duties. Having felt the sharp edge of the tool that would presently be rained down upon him, rather than fearing his impending doom, Raleigh would offer goading encouragement to his maker.
Were the final words of convicted murderer Ernest Brown a candid confession to another killing he had committed deep in the Northumberland Moors some two years previously which had lay unsolved?
And what of Britain’s first actor to have had a knighthood bestowed upon him? Learn of the staggering irony that saw his final words on stage prophetically turn out to be his last in life…
The Author:
As a freelance writer and researcher, Chris Wood has written for the popular UK True Crime Podcast and is a student of criminology and psychology. This is his debut book around a subject which has captivated him from an early age. He lives in Northumberland with his wife and daughter, where they enjoy exploring the rugged beauty of England’s northernmost county.
Genre: History - Humour
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.chriswoodwriting.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hewritesatnight
Instagram: https://instagram.com/hewritesatnight/
The Book:
Nothing focuses the mind more starkly than impending death. Its inevitable spectre greets us all; from princes to paupers and nobility to the needy. Prepare to mount the scaffold and share in the final utterings of the condemned; join the stricken in their death beds and witness unburdened tongues wag their closing, and often remarkable confessions as deeply entrenched secrets are finally unshackled in the wake of imminent death.
‘Famous Last Words’ collects a fascinating selection of destinies culminating in their often flamboyant yet always captivating, final utterances before shuffling off this mortal coil.
Revealed inside are tales of sangfroid bravery, astonishing ironies and overdue confessions often betraying grave miscarriages of justice, throughout British history.
Writer and poet Sir Walter Raleigh had some typically forthright and urging words for his executioner as the hesitant axeman displayed fear and reluctance to perform his stately duties. Having felt the sharp edge of the tool that would presently be rained down upon him, rather than fearing his impending doom, Raleigh would offer goading encouragement to his maker.
Were the final words of convicted murderer Ernest Brown a candid confession to another killing he had committed deep in the Northumberland Moors some two years previously which had lay unsolved?
And what of Britain’s first actor to have had a knighthood bestowed upon him? Learn of the staggering irony that saw his final words on stage prophetically turn out to be his last in life…
The Author:
As a freelance writer and researcher, Chris Wood has written for the popular UK True Crime Podcast and is a student of criminology and psychology. This is his debut book around a subject which has captivated him from an early age. He lives in Northumberland with his wife and daughter, where they enjoy exploring the rugged beauty of England’s northernmost county.
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Kirsty Gallagher
Kirsty Gallagher
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Title: Lunar Living : Working with The Magic Of The Moon Cycles
Genre: Sport & Leisure - Health & Well Being
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Phillip & Holly Try Lunar Meditation | This Morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ys8bTSUIIw
Website: https://www.kirstygallagher.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lunar_Living_
The Book:
Are there certain days when you feel overly emotional for no apparent reason? Do you have days when you feel exhausted, close to burn out and like you want to hide away from the world?
Lunar Living could be just the answer that you are looking for. Working with the constantly changing phases of the moon helps you to understand yourself like never before, to realign everything in your own life, to understand when you need to rest and self-care and when you need to shine and make things happen. Living back in tune with this natural flow and taking care of you and your needs, even if that's just twice a month will make the biggest difference to how you feel, act and react the rest of the month.
Lunar Living will help you to:
- Feel empowered to make big life decisions
- Understand yourself better
- Tune into your natural cycles
- Improve your sleep, mental health and relationships
- Live a happier, more intentional life
A beautiful hardback, complete with a blue foil finish, this is the perfect toolkit for understanding the moon and the effects it has on us. Lunar Living helps us to work with the moons phases to understand the ever-changing landscape of our emotions and the inner world of our purpose, goals and dreams and tune into this deeper wisdom to make profound shifts in our lives. If you've ever felt stuck, meaningless, overly emotional for no apparent reason or want to come back into alignment with a natural cycle to help you to move forwards in life and achieve your dreams and goals this is the book for you.
The Author:
Kirsty Gallagher is a moon mentor, author, soul alignment and transformation coach, yoga teacher and meditation teacher with an infectious passion for life.
She has been sharing the life-changing benefits of yoga and the moon for over 10 years through classes, workshops, private and corporate sessions and has taught over 80 worldwide retreats.
She is the founder of online sisterhood Lunar Living, which will teach you how to weave the secret and ancient wisdom of the moon into modern, everyday life and author of Lunar Living: Working with the Magic of the Moon Cycles.
Described as down to earth, warm-hearted, compassionate and inspiring to be around she is known for bringing ancient mystical practices and wisdom to real modern day people and life, in a relatable way that anyone and everyone can take something from. She brings her heart, soul and depth of her knowledge to all of her teaching and speaking.
Genre: Sport & Leisure - Health & Well Being
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Phillip & Holly Try Lunar Meditation | This Morning:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ys8bTSUIIw
Website: https://www.kirstygallagher.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lunar_Living_
The Book:
Are there certain days when you feel overly emotional for no apparent reason? Do you have days when you feel exhausted, close to burn out and like you want to hide away from the world?
Lunar Living could be just the answer that you are looking for. Working with the constantly changing phases of the moon helps you to understand yourself like never before, to realign everything in your own life, to understand when you need to rest and self-care and when you need to shine and make things happen. Living back in tune with this natural flow and taking care of you and your needs, even if that's just twice a month will make the biggest difference to how you feel, act and react the rest of the month.
Lunar Living will help you to:
- Feel empowered to make big life decisions
- Understand yourself better
- Tune into your natural cycles
- Improve your sleep, mental health and relationships
- Live a happier, more intentional life
A beautiful hardback, complete with a blue foil finish, this is the perfect toolkit for understanding the moon and the effects it has on us. Lunar Living helps us to work with the moons phases to understand the ever-changing landscape of our emotions and the inner world of our purpose, goals and dreams and tune into this deeper wisdom to make profound shifts in our lives. If you've ever felt stuck, meaningless, overly emotional for no apparent reason or want to come back into alignment with a natural cycle to help you to move forwards in life and achieve your dreams and goals this is the book for you.
The Author:
Kirsty Gallagher is a moon mentor, author, soul alignment and transformation coach, yoga teacher and meditation teacher with an infectious passion for life.
She has been sharing the life-changing benefits of yoga and the moon for over 10 years through classes, workshops, private and corporate sessions and has taught over 80 worldwide retreats.
She is the founder of online sisterhood Lunar Living, which will teach you how to weave the secret and ancient wisdom of the moon into modern, everyday life and author of Lunar Living: Working with the Magic of the Moon Cycles.
Described as down to earth, warm-hearted, compassionate and inspiring to be around she is known for bringing ancient mystical practices and wisdom to real modern day people and life, in a relatable way that anyone and everyone can take something from. She brings her heart, soul and depth of her knowledge to all of her teaching and speaking.
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J.A. Browne
J.A. Browne
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The Earth Chronicles Series
Book One: Hannah and the Hollow Tree
Genre: Fantasy
Paperback
Book Two: Gaia’s Revenge
Genre: Fantasy
Paperback
Dedications are Available
Free Postage: UK Only
Website: https://jabrowne.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JABrowne2017
Book 1; Hannah and the Hollow Tree
Gaia, Mother of All Nature, is dying. Poisoned and polluted. But by whom? Awoken by a phone call in the middle of the night, 13-year-old Hannah Walsingham and her mother Caroline rush to the bedside of her estranged grandmother, Eleanor, who has been keeping a secret. Until now...Is Hannah the one to save Gaia? Will she make it to the Hollow Tree? If not, worlds will crumble...
Book 2: Gaia’s Revenge
Gaia, the Mother of All Nature has been poisoned. Her fevers are wreaking havoc and mass destruction across the worlds.
Hannah has discovered a destiny she knew nothing about. A sacred bloodline under threat. Now, she’ll discover a world and a heritage she could never have imagined. As the heiress to Gaia and with growing power it falls to her and the Elementals, Constance, Jack and Harriet to save Gaia and all of life itself.
As Hannah bids to save Gaia, she makes a terrifying realisation: Gaia will stop at nothing to get her revenge…
The Author:
I’m a Yorkshire girl. Born in Pudsey (a place famous for its Bear!) and named after my late mother Brenda’s favourite Tudor Queen (“But which?” you ask)! I followed in her footsteps and developed a love of literature, history, animals and the outdoors.
The environment and our natural world is something I’m passionate about, but being a busy teacher and writer, all too often I don’t get out into it enough! I love trees and have learned so much about them whilst working on The Earth Chronicles series. I’m a proud member of the Woodland Trust and The Green Party. Climate change is the defining issue of our time and I want to do my part in raising awareness, especially because the young people of this world need the older generations to take responsibility and save this most precious planet of ours.
Last year, I graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from Leeds Trinity:
Book One: Hannah and the Hollow Tree
Genre: Fantasy
Paperback
Book Two: Gaia’s Revenge
Genre: Fantasy
Paperback
Dedications are Available
Free Postage: UK Only
Website: https://jabrowne.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JABrowne2017
Book 1; Hannah and the Hollow Tree
Gaia, Mother of All Nature, is dying. Poisoned and polluted. But by whom? Awoken by a phone call in the middle of the night, 13-year-old Hannah Walsingham and her mother Caroline rush to the bedside of her estranged grandmother, Eleanor, who has been keeping a secret. Until now...Is Hannah the one to save Gaia? Will she make it to the Hollow Tree? If not, worlds will crumble...
Book 2: Gaia’s Revenge
Gaia, the Mother of All Nature has been poisoned. Her fevers are wreaking havoc and mass destruction across the worlds.
Hannah has discovered a destiny she knew nothing about. A sacred bloodline under threat. Now, she’ll discover a world and a heritage she could never have imagined. As the heiress to Gaia and with growing power it falls to her and the Elementals, Constance, Jack and Harriet to save Gaia and all of life itself.
As Hannah bids to save Gaia, she makes a terrifying realisation: Gaia will stop at nothing to get her revenge…
The Author:
I’m a Yorkshire girl. Born in Pudsey (a place famous for its Bear!) and named after my late mother Brenda’s favourite Tudor Queen (“But which?” you ask)! I followed in her footsteps and developed a love of literature, history, animals and the outdoors.
The environment and our natural world is something I’m passionate about, but being a busy teacher and writer, all too often I don’t get out into it enough! I love trees and have learned so much about them whilst working on The Earth Chronicles series. I’m a proud member of the Woodland Trust and The Green Party. Climate change is the defining issue of our time and I want to do my part in raising awareness, especially because the young people of this world need the older generations to take responsibility and save this most precious planet of ours.
Last year, I graduated with an MA in Creative Writing from Leeds Trinity:
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Rukmini Iyer
Rukmini Iyer
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Title: The Sweet Roasting Tin: One Tin Cakes, Cookies & Bakes
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.rukmini-iyer.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/missminifer
The Book:
From crave-worthy cakes and brownies to moreish muffins and loaves, simply pop your ingredients in a tin and let the oven (or for minimum-effort bakes, the fridge!) do the work. Keeping with her ethos of 'minimum effort, maximum flavour', Rukmini Iyer's one-tin bakes are simple to prep, but still offer great-tasting results.
From easy bakes to showstopping sensations, this book is for anyone who wants to bake using everyday ingredients and store cupboard staples.
The Author:
Rukmini is a food stylist and food writer, who enjoys recipe developing and styling for editorial, advertising and commercial clients. Her cookbooks include 'The Roasting Tin' and 'The Green Roasting Tin', and her next cookbook 'The Quick Roasting Tin' is out with Square Peg in June 2019.
Rukmini left the law to retrain as a chef, working for Tom Kitchin at 'The Kitchin' in Edinburgh before moving to London to do what she loves best - food styling, recipe writing and development. Her first two cookbooks, with Parragon and Quadrille, are due out early in 2016. When she's not styling and writing, Rukmini enjoys planning for an extensive organic kitchen garden from the confines of her London balcony, complete with chickens.
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://www.rukmini-iyer.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/missminifer
The Book:
From crave-worthy cakes and brownies to moreish muffins and loaves, simply pop your ingredients in a tin and let the oven (or for minimum-effort bakes, the fridge!) do the work. Keeping with her ethos of 'minimum effort, maximum flavour', Rukmini Iyer's one-tin bakes are simple to prep, but still offer great-tasting results.
From easy bakes to showstopping sensations, this book is for anyone who wants to bake using everyday ingredients and store cupboard staples.
The Author:
Rukmini is a food stylist and food writer, who enjoys recipe developing and styling for editorial, advertising and commercial clients. Her cookbooks include 'The Roasting Tin' and 'The Green Roasting Tin', and her next cookbook 'The Quick Roasting Tin' is out with Square Peg in June 2019.
Rukmini left the law to retrain as a chef, working for Tom Kitchin at 'The Kitchin' in Edinburgh before moving to London to do what she loves best - food styling, recipe writing and development. Her first two cookbooks, with Parragon and Quadrille, are due out early in 2016. When she's not styling and writing, Rukmini enjoys planning for an extensive organic kitchen garden from the confines of her London balcony, complete with chickens.
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Penny Dale
Penny Dale
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Title: Dinosaur Farm
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Dinosaur Farm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCpplgJ_Efg
Website: http://www.pennydale.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PennySDale
The Book:
They've built, they've zoomed, they've rescued, they've flown into space, and they've even fought off pirates, and now our dynamic team of dinosaurs is working hard on the farm! Join them as they plow the stony soil, feed the sheep, harvest the wheat, and much more! But what are they preparing all their animals and crops for? And where are they traveling to in their tractor? Why, it's a farm show! But will they win the grand prize?
The Author:
Penny Dale is an internationally known, bestselling children’s book artist and author who has sold more than four million books with editions in over 20 languages. Career highlights include Ten in the Bed (Walker) selling nearly two million copies and Rosie’s Babies (Walker), with Martin Waddell, winning the Best Book for Babies Award.
Bet You Can’t and Once There Were Giants were included in the UK SATS booklist for many years. Wake Up Mr. B! was commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal 1988. Rosie’s Babies (written by Martin Waddell) was also shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1990. Night Night, Cuddly Bear and Ten in the Bed both won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Jamie and Angus (written by Anne Fine) won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award 2003.
Recent work includes The Boy on the Bus and Jamie and Angus Together, both 2007, as well as Princess, Fairy and Jamie and Angus Forever in 2009.
Dinosaur Dig! (2011, UK Nosy Crow, USA Candlewick) is her bestselling book featuring dinosaurs and diggers. The sequel Dinosaur Zoom! (2012) and Dinosaur Rescue! (2014) received rave reviews and sales success both in the UK and internationally and were followed by Dinosaur Rocket! in 2015 and Dinosaur Pirate! in 2016
Penny is married, has one grown-up daughter and a grandson and lives in South Wales.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Dinosaur Farm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCpplgJ_Efg
Website: http://www.pennydale.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PennySDale
The Book:
They've built, they've zoomed, they've rescued, they've flown into space, and they've even fought off pirates, and now our dynamic team of dinosaurs is working hard on the farm! Join them as they plow the stony soil, feed the sheep, harvest the wheat, and much more! But what are they preparing all their animals and crops for? And where are they traveling to in their tractor? Why, it's a farm show! But will they win the grand prize?
The Author:
Penny Dale is an internationally known, bestselling children’s book artist and author who has sold more than four million books with editions in over 20 languages. Career highlights include Ten in the Bed (Walker) selling nearly two million copies and Rosie’s Babies (Walker), with Martin Waddell, winning the Best Book for Babies Award.
Bet You Can’t and Once There Were Giants were included in the UK SATS booklist for many years. Wake Up Mr. B! was commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal 1988. Rosie’s Babies (written by Martin Waddell) was also shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1990. Night Night, Cuddly Bear and Ten in the Bed both won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award in 2001 and 2002 respectively. Jamie and Angus (written by Anne Fine) won the Boston Globe Horn Book Award 2003.
Recent work includes The Boy on the Bus and Jamie and Angus Together, both 2007, as well as Princess, Fairy and Jamie and Angus Forever in 2009.
Dinosaur Dig! (2011, UK Nosy Crow, USA Candlewick) is her bestselling book featuring dinosaurs and diggers. The sequel Dinosaur Zoom! (2012) and Dinosaur Rescue! (2014) received rave reviews and sales success both in the UK and internationally and were followed by Dinosaur Rocket! in 2015 and Dinosaur Pirate! in 2016
Penny is married, has one grown-up daughter and a grandson and lives in South Wales.
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Bath Arts Workshop
Bath Arts Workshop
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Title: Bath Arts Workshop: Counterculture In The 1970s
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* The book is signed by all seven authors *
Website: https://www.bathartsworkshop.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BAW1970s
The Book:
he Bath Arts Workshop was created just as the swinging 60s gave way to the turbulent 70s. A unique counterculture that sprang up in the city, it was a spectacular flowering of creative activity, community technology and social enterprise.
The authors tell the story, from its birth in a Georgian basement in 1969, to the end of the next decade. The book takes the reader behind the scenes of an organisation that had a significant impact at the time, describing how it worked, the extraordinary range and scale of its activities, and how many of its ideas still resonate today.
Highlights
• An intimate and often hilarious account of how a 1970s counterculture exploded upon an 18th-century city.
• Told by those involved at the time, with contributions from performers, artists, green technology pioneers, and the children and adults who joined in.
• Richly illustrated with full colour photos, drawings and contemporary materials, many published for the first time.
• Essential reading for anyone interested in 1970s counterculture.
The Authors
Brian Popay, Corinne D’Cruz, Jennie Potter-Barrie, Penny Dale, Phil Shepherd, Thornton Kay, Victoria Forbes Adam
The authors worked in the Arts Workshop in the 70s. Since then, Brian has toured the globe with The Natural Theatre and his own company, Fine Artistes. Corinne continued making innovative theatre, touring internationally whilst being based in Germany. Phil specialised in film and media and set up the educational charity Somerset Film. Penny is a well known author and illustrator of children’s books. Thornton is involved in a major EU project to promote the reuse of building materials. Jennie became a specialist teacher of children with different needs, and Victoria has worked mainly in human rights, living at various points in Mexico and Haiti.
The Author:
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* The book is signed by all seven authors *
Website: https://www.bathartsworkshop.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BAW1970s
The Book:
he Bath Arts Workshop was created just as the swinging 60s gave way to the turbulent 70s. A unique counterculture that sprang up in the city, it was a spectacular flowering of creative activity, community technology and social enterprise.
The authors tell the story, from its birth in a Georgian basement in 1969, to the end of the next decade. The book takes the reader behind the scenes of an organisation that had a significant impact at the time, describing how it worked, the extraordinary range and scale of its activities, and how many of its ideas still resonate today.
Highlights
• An intimate and often hilarious account of how a 1970s counterculture exploded upon an 18th-century city.
• Told by those involved at the time, with contributions from performers, artists, green technology pioneers, and the children and adults who joined in.
• Richly illustrated with full colour photos, drawings and contemporary materials, many published for the first time.
• Essential reading for anyone interested in 1970s counterculture.
The Authors
Brian Popay, Corinne D’Cruz, Jennie Potter-Barrie, Penny Dale, Phil Shepherd, Thornton Kay, Victoria Forbes Adam
The authors worked in the Arts Workshop in the 70s. Since then, Brian has toured the globe with The Natural Theatre and his own company, Fine Artistes. Corinne continued making innovative theatre, touring internationally whilst being based in Germany. Phil specialised in film and media and set up the educational charity Somerset Film. Penny is a well known author and illustrator of children’s books. Thornton is involved in a major EU project to promote the reuse of building materials. Jennie became a specialist teacher of children with different needs, and Victoria has worked mainly in human rights, living at various points in Mexico and Haiti.
The Author:
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Title: Finding You
Genre: Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://dawnsdaily.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Torrenstp
The Book:
Eden Marshall catches the eye of the wealthy and mysterious bachelor, Noah Ainsworth. Noah has been hiding away in his ivory tower for far too long. He decides it’s time to start living again. Eden Marshall is his motivation – captivated by her, he begins to trust in love again. Until a dark secret from his past threatens all that he loves…
The Author:
D.G. Torrens is a UK & USA bestselling Author/Poet. D.G. has written and published 19 books to date and is currently penning book 20 - Amnesia due for release summer 2021.
A prolific writer with a deep passion for the written word, D.G is also a founding member of bestsellingreads.com and AuthorCityUK.
D.G is exceptionally driven and throws herself into all the projects that she takes on. D.G is a full-time author. A quote authored by DG, 'Don't tell me to reach for the stars when there is a whole universe out there...' That is how she walks through life.
A quote by D.G. Torrens: "Not everyone will understand your journey what matters is that you do."
D.G. Torrens lives by the motto, "The child first and foremost."
Genre: Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://dawnsdaily.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Torrenstp
The Book:
Eden Marshall catches the eye of the wealthy and mysterious bachelor, Noah Ainsworth. Noah has been hiding away in his ivory tower for far too long. He decides it’s time to start living again. Eden Marshall is his motivation – captivated by her, he begins to trust in love again. Until a dark secret from his past threatens all that he loves…
The Author:
D.G. Torrens is a UK & USA bestselling Author/Poet. D.G. has written and published 19 books to date and is currently penning book 20 - Amnesia due for release summer 2021.
A prolific writer with a deep passion for the written word, D.G is also a founding member of bestsellingreads.com and AuthorCityUK.
D.G is exceptionally driven and throws herself into all the projects that she takes on. D.G is a full-time author. A quote authored by DG, 'Don't tell me to reach for the stars when there is a whole universe out there...' That is how she walks through life.
A quote by D.G. Torrens: "Not everyone will understand your journey what matters is that you do."
D.G. Torrens lives by the motto, "The child first and foremost."
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Sarah Mallory
Sarah Mallory
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Title: Rescued by Her Highland Soldier
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.melindahammond.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahMRomance
The Book:
Her rugged Highlander
Is the gallant son of a laird!
Traveling alone through the treacherous Scottish Highlands, Madeleine d'Evremont is saved by rough-looking soldier Grant Rathmore. Attraction flares between them as he escorts Madeleine on her perilous escape to France, until she discovers he's the heir of a respected laird! Madeleine knows she must let him go. Surely the daughter of a humble adventurer could never be a suitable match for him now...
The Author:
Born in Bristol, England, UK, she grew up telling stories. She would make up adventures to relate to her school friends during break times and lunch hours, and she was once caught scribbling a story instead of listening to the French lesson. As a punishment, her teacher made her translate the story into French! She left school at sixteen and worked in offices as varied as stockbrokers, marine engineers, insurance brokers, biscuit manufacturers and even a quarrying company.
She's published more than a dozen books under this pen name and has won the Reviewers' Choice Award in 2005 from Singletitles.com for Dance for a Diamond. Her novel Gentlemen in Question was a Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice Title in November 2006. In 2012 her novel The Dangerous Lord Darrington won the Love Story of the Year by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She is now concentrating on writing romantic historical adventures for Mills & Boon.
Genre: Historical Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.melindahammond.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarahMRomance
The Book:
Her rugged Highlander
Is the gallant son of a laird!
Traveling alone through the treacherous Scottish Highlands, Madeleine d'Evremont is saved by rough-looking soldier Grant Rathmore. Attraction flares between them as he escorts Madeleine on her perilous escape to France, until she discovers he's the heir of a respected laird! Madeleine knows she must let him go. Surely the daughter of a humble adventurer could never be a suitable match for him now...
The Author:
Born in Bristol, England, UK, she grew up telling stories. She would make up adventures to relate to her school friends during break times and lunch hours, and she was once caught scribbling a story instead of listening to the French lesson. As a punishment, her teacher made her translate the story into French! She left school at sixteen and worked in offices as varied as stockbrokers, marine engineers, insurance brokers, biscuit manufacturers and even a quarrying company.
She's published more than a dozen books under this pen name and has won the Reviewers' Choice Award in 2005 from Singletitles.com for Dance for a Diamond. Her novel Gentlemen in Question was a Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice Title in November 2006. In 2012 her novel The Dangerous Lord Darrington won the Love Story of the Year by the Romantic Novelists' Association. She is now concentrating on writing romantic historical adventures for Mills & Boon.
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Gerald Stratford
Gerald Stratford
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Title: Big Veg
Genre: Food / Garden
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.bigveg.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geraldstratfor3
The Book;
"I am very grateful for all the interest my wonderful friends and followers have taken in my gardening. Now, I hope this book gives you the motivation you need to get out in the garden. Cheers!"
- GERALD
Gerald's book is packed with decades of gardening know-how and fully illustrated with photos from his Cotswolds garden. It includes a helpful month-by-month guide to sowing, planting and harvesting veg, as well as tips on how to grow Gerald's speciality: really big veg.
Full of encouragement and Gerald's infectious enthusiasm, Big Veg makes an ideal companion for anyone keen to grow-your-own.
The Author:
Almost my first memories as a child were helping my dad in the garden and on the allotment. I am the youngest of four brothers and we were all expected to help Dad grow the vegetables for the family. I think my love of veg growing started then.my Dad was a very good gardener and I’ve always strived to emulate him. Sadly, Dad died when I was nineteen.
When I left school, I became apprenticed to a butcher in Oxford for five years and then did three years as an improver.
From the time I was five my Dad and my eldest brother would take me fishing and this became my other love. In fact, for some years I was besotted with fishing
I got married and had my own house and garden to look after and of course always the fishing.
My three young daughters took up plenty of my time as well. by this time, I had left butchery and was working as a Barge Controller on the river Thames I had had enough of working inside I have always loved the outdoors. As the kids grew up and money was not so tight, I went fishing home and abroad
Unfortunately, as so often is the case my marriage finished, and I moved on to a new house and garden and always the fishing
My partner Liz and myself have been living together for the last four years in a beautiful little village in the Cotswolds. we have been good friends for over fifty years and after her husband died in 2010, we started to see more of each other and eventually decided to move in together. We both share a love of gardening and she is the seed grower and flower person and I’m the veg man.
After we moved here, I decided to follow another passion of mine and try to grow big veg.
I started to talk to some big veg grower on Facebook and it was suggested I go on twitter and join like-minded people to talk about our efforts in the veg field.in May of this year I decided to harvest a tub of Rocket potatoes the first time id ever tried growing spuds this way . I asked Liz to take some photos put them on twitter and my whole life changed
Finally, if I may I'd like to quote Franklin D Roosevelt who said
“A nation that destroys it’s soil destroys itself.
Genre: Food / Garden
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: http://www.bigveg.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/geraldstratfor3
The Book;
"I am very grateful for all the interest my wonderful friends and followers have taken in my gardening. Now, I hope this book gives you the motivation you need to get out in the garden. Cheers!"
- GERALD
Gerald's book is packed with decades of gardening know-how and fully illustrated with photos from his Cotswolds garden. It includes a helpful month-by-month guide to sowing, planting and harvesting veg, as well as tips on how to grow Gerald's speciality: really big veg.
Full of encouragement and Gerald's infectious enthusiasm, Big Veg makes an ideal companion for anyone keen to grow-your-own.
The Author:
Almost my first memories as a child were helping my dad in the garden and on the allotment. I am the youngest of four brothers and we were all expected to help Dad grow the vegetables for the family. I think my love of veg growing started then.my Dad was a very good gardener and I’ve always strived to emulate him. Sadly, Dad died when I was nineteen.
When I left school, I became apprenticed to a butcher in Oxford for five years and then did three years as an improver.
From the time I was five my Dad and my eldest brother would take me fishing and this became my other love. In fact, for some years I was besotted with fishing
I got married and had my own house and garden to look after and of course always the fishing.
My three young daughters took up plenty of my time as well. by this time, I had left butchery and was working as a Barge Controller on the river Thames I had had enough of working inside I have always loved the outdoors. As the kids grew up and money was not so tight, I went fishing home and abroad
Unfortunately, as so often is the case my marriage finished, and I moved on to a new house and garden and always the fishing
My partner Liz and myself have been living together for the last four years in a beautiful little village in the Cotswolds. we have been good friends for over fifty years and after her husband died in 2010, we started to see more of each other and eventually decided to move in together. We both share a love of gardening and she is the seed grower and flower person and I’m the veg man.
After we moved here, I decided to follow another passion of mine and try to grow big veg.
I started to talk to some big veg grower on Facebook and it was suggested I go on twitter and join like-minded people to talk about our efforts in the veg field.in May of this year I decided to harvest a tub of Rocket potatoes the first time id ever tried growing spuds this way . I asked Liz to take some photos put them on twitter and my whole life changed
Finally, if I may I'd like to quote Franklin D Roosevelt who said
“A nation that destroys it’s soil destroys itself.
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Edward Yeoman
Edward Yeoman
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Title: Frozen Assets
Genre: Contemporary Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://tvhost.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ted_Yeoman
The Book:
Why did I Spend 2 year in a frozen hellhole? Money, filthy lucre, cash!
The UK was an economic mess when I graduated as a mining engineer. There were no jobs, whole industries in their death throes.
Frightening times!
Was I going to spend my life stuffing greetings cards in cellophane bags?
Or, was I going to take a risk?
To trust in a guy I had met only twice?
To go and work in a mine overseas?
In the frozen Arctic wastes of Northern Norway?
Probably the most important decision in my life ...
A life changing choice!
The Author:
Edward Yeoman is the given name of Ted Bun. Author of the highly successful Uncovered Policeman books and many more 5 star reviewed stories.
I did the school and university thing before having decided what I wanted to do. As a result, I had a bit of a portfolio career, as the jumping from one line of work to another is currently described. Having tried the working lark, I decided to retire. I invented Ted Bun and started writing stories about a naturist policeman.
Other stories followed, most involving naturism, but some not. There was a story, one of several, that I wanted to write that were more serious.
The first of those was "The Last Day of June". It is so different, no naked people, no big laughs, I decided to bring myself out of retirement and publish in my own name.
"Frozen Assets" is the second outing for me and once again it contains serious themes, treated with a light touch.
Genre: Contemporary Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://tvhost.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ted_Yeoman
The Book:
Why did I Spend 2 year in a frozen hellhole? Money, filthy lucre, cash!
The UK was an economic mess when I graduated as a mining engineer. There were no jobs, whole industries in their death throes.
Frightening times!
Was I going to spend my life stuffing greetings cards in cellophane bags?
Or, was I going to take a risk?
To trust in a guy I had met only twice?
To go and work in a mine overseas?
In the frozen Arctic wastes of Northern Norway?
Probably the most important decision in my life ...
A life changing choice!
The Author:
Edward Yeoman is the given name of Ted Bun. Author of the highly successful Uncovered Policeman books and many more 5 star reviewed stories.
I did the school and university thing before having decided what I wanted to do. As a result, I had a bit of a portfolio career, as the jumping from one line of work to another is currently described. Having tried the working lark, I decided to retire. I invented Ted Bun and started writing stories about a naturist policeman.
Other stories followed, most involving naturism, but some not. There was a story, one of several, that I wanted to write that were more serious.
The first of those was "The Last Day of June". It is so different, no naked people, no big laughs, I decided to bring myself out of retirement and publish in my own name.
"Frozen Assets" is the second outing for me and once again it contains serious themes, treated with a light touch.
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Mandy Baggot
Mandy Baggot
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Title: Staying Out For The Summer
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://linktr.ee/mandybaggot
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mandybaggot
The Book:
'A magical meze of sun, fun and heartfelt emotion. A must-read! Yet another side-splitting, sun-soaked Greek adventure from Mandy Baggot' – Nicola May, author of Welcome to Ferry Lane Market
For NHS nurse, Lucie Burrows, it's time to put the past behind her and embrace Greek life.
Finally free from the UK restrictions, Lucie is excited for the summer of 2021. When her best friend, Gavin, finds the perfect Greek island getaway, Lucie is sure that this holiday to Corfu is going to be one to remember.
But when a landslide puts the village into a local lockdown, Lucie is thrown together with Michalis Andino, the super sexy village doctor. It's not quite the escape she had planned, but things could certainly be worse.
As Lucie relaxes into the Greek way of life, she begins to wonder whether this lockdown might just end in a new beginning – and a new love...
The Author:
Mandy Baggot is an international bestselling and award-winning romance writer represented by Tanera Simons of The Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency.
The winner of the Innovation in Romantic Fiction award at the UK’s Festival of Romance, her romantic comedy novel, One Wish in Manhattan, was also shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award in 2016. Mandy's books have so far been translated into German, Italian, Czech and Hungarian.
Mandy loves the Greek island of Corfu where she has a home. Also a singer, she has taken part in ITV1's Who Dares Sings and The X-Factor. Most recently, Mandy took part in BBC1's Ready Steady Cook with Greek celebrity chef, Akis Petretzikis.
Mandy is a member of the Society of Authors and lives near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK with her husband and two children.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://linktr.ee/mandybaggot
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mandybaggot
The Book:
'A magical meze of sun, fun and heartfelt emotion. A must-read! Yet another side-splitting, sun-soaked Greek adventure from Mandy Baggot' – Nicola May, author of Welcome to Ferry Lane Market
For NHS nurse, Lucie Burrows, it's time to put the past behind her and embrace Greek life.
Finally free from the UK restrictions, Lucie is excited for the summer of 2021. When her best friend, Gavin, finds the perfect Greek island getaway, Lucie is sure that this holiday to Corfu is going to be one to remember.
But when a landslide puts the village into a local lockdown, Lucie is thrown together with Michalis Andino, the super sexy village doctor. It's not quite the escape she had planned, but things could certainly be worse.
As Lucie relaxes into the Greek way of life, she begins to wonder whether this lockdown might just end in a new beginning – and a new love...
The Author:
Mandy Baggot is an international bestselling and award-winning romance writer represented by Tanera Simons of The Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency.
The winner of the Innovation in Romantic Fiction award at the UK’s Festival of Romance, her romantic comedy novel, One Wish in Manhattan, was also shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists’ Association Romantic Comedy Novel of the Year award in 2016. Mandy's books have so far been translated into German, Italian, Czech and Hungarian.
Mandy loves the Greek island of Corfu where she has a home. Also a singer, she has taken part in ITV1's Who Dares Sings and The X-Factor. Most recently, Mandy took part in BBC1's Ready Steady Cook with Greek celebrity chef, Akis Petretzikis.
Mandy is a member of the Society of Authors and lives near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK with her husband and two children.
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Johnny Vegas
Johnny Vegas
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Title: Becoming Johnny Vegas
Genre: Autobiography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Michael Pennington interviews Johnny Vegas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y9BNXydeNw
Website: http://www.johnnyvegas.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnnyvegasreal
The Book:
‘My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. I’m often mistaken for one though. You might know him by another name. Johnny Vegas.’
From BBC Dickens adaptations to Benidorm and Ideal to the PG Tips ads, Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain's best-loved comic actors.
But before he'd ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey or made himself the exception that proves the rule in terms of the predictability of TV panel game regulars, Johnny Vegas was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.
How did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become the North West of England’s answer to Lenny Bruce? That’s just one of the many questions answered by this eye-poppingly frank memoir.
Becoming Johnny Vegas establishes its author as the poet laureate of the Pimblett's pie.
Once you've finished this darkly hilarious tale of family, faith and the creative application of alcohol dependency, you'll never look at a copy of the Catholic men's society newsletter the same way again
The Author:
Comedian and TV star Johnny Vegas started life by the name of Michael Pennington and lived in St Helen's, Lancashire. Growing up he entered (and dropped out of) seminary school, trained as a potter and worked as a barman.
In 1996, Pennington made his TV debut as a contestant on Win, Lose or Draw. On air he stated that he wanted to be a comedian with the stage name ‘Johnny Vegas’. A year later, in 1997, he was nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s prestigious Perrier Award – and the rest is history. Johnny has appeared on panel shows, one-off movies, the hugely popular TV sitcoms Benidorm and Ideal – and crowned these achievements with several non-comedic acting roles, to great critical acclaim.
Genre: Autobiography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Michael Pennington interviews Johnny Vegas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y9BNXydeNw
Website: http://www.johnnyvegas.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnnyvegasreal
The Book:
‘My name is Michael Pennington, and I am not a comic character. I’m often mistaken for one though. You might know him by another name. Johnny Vegas.’
From BBC Dickens adaptations to Benidorm and Ideal to the PG Tips ads, Johnny Vegas has become one of Britain's best-loved comic actors.
But before he'd ever drunk tea with a knitted monkey or made himself the exception that proves the rule in terms of the predictability of TV panel game regulars, Johnny Vegas was perhaps the most fearlessly confessional stand-up comedian this country has ever produced.
How did an eleven-year-old Catholic trainee priest from St Helens grow up to become the North West of England’s answer to Lenny Bruce? That’s just one of the many questions answered by this eye-poppingly frank memoir.
Becoming Johnny Vegas establishes its author as the poet laureate of the Pimblett's pie.
Once you've finished this darkly hilarious tale of family, faith and the creative application of alcohol dependency, you'll never look at a copy of the Catholic men's society newsletter the same way again
The Author:
Comedian and TV star Johnny Vegas started life by the name of Michael Pennington and lived in St Helen's, Lancashire. Growing up he entered (and dropped out of) seminary school, trained as a potter and worked as a barman.
In 1996, Pennington made his TV debut as a contestant on Win, Lose or Draw. On air he stated that he wanted to be a comedian with the stage name ‘Johnny Vegas’. A year later, in 1997, he was nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s prestigious Perrier Award – and the rest is history. Johnny has appeared on panel shows, one-off movies, the hugely popular TV sitcoms Benidorm and Ideal – and crowned these achievements with several non-comedic acting roles, to great critical acclaim.
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Susie Violet
Susie Violet
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Two Books:
Title 1: The Little Cockroach
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Right Royal 'Roach Trip!
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Story time with Susie Violet reading The Little Cockroach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi4xHJ6lHI
Website: https://thelittlecockroach.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLilCockroach
Book 1: The Little Cockroach
A hilarious children’s book starring two unlikely yet lovable critters full of action and adventure.’
The Little Cockroach is the first in a series of travel adventures that will teach children about other cultures and travel. The main character is a little cockroach called Pedro. He is brave, lovable and always looking for fun. Pedro loves Mexico but he wants to see the world. Amazing things happen to Pedro and his friend Enrico when they leave Mexico in search of adventure.
A bestselling story about determination, difference, bravery & freedom.
You and your children will read this over and over! Loved by babies, toddlers, pre-school children, adults and grandparents. It has been described as 'having a place on the "children's classics" shelf'.
The opening dedication is:
‘Try and you might, don’t and you certainly won’t’.
This ethos echoes throughout the book as they overcome ‘hitches’ with their cheeky and zany mishaps. The book demonstrates freedom and opportunity for the unlikeliest of mini beasts with the intention of making an unloved creature loved and hopefully less feared. Come and join Pedro and Enrico on their ‘Roach Trips as they discover the world.
Book 2: A Right Royal 'Roach Trip!
‘If you think you are too small to make a big difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room’.
This ethos echoes throughout the book as they explore, ‘fight-crime’ and overcome obstacles with their cheeky and zany mishaps. The book also demonstrates freedom and opportunity for the unlikeliest of mini beasts with the intention of making an unloved creature loved and hopefully less feared. Come and join Pedro and Enrico on their ‘Roach Trips as they discover the world.
The character Pedro in this children’s book is no Disney Princess, nor a cuddly teddy bear. He is resilient and as adaptable as a chameleon. His alien like species is over 55 million years older than the dinosaur. This is a superhero your little tikes will need on their book shelf ready for their story before bed. If you like unique characters such as The Gruffalo or more traditional reads like The Very Hungry Caterpillar this zany adventure book will find you looking for the more unusual zoo animals. It’s adventure time!
The Author:
Susie Violet is an English writer who grew up in the county of Essex. She is an indie author working as a Finance Systems Analyst by day and writing in her spare time. At every available opportunity Susie travels around the UK on 'Roach Trips' in her camper-van reading her book at bookshops, schools & libraries. Susie's writing journey began because she wanted to find a quirky way to reach children, empower them and teach them about the planet. The Little Cockroach is the first in a series of travel adventures that will teach children about tenacity, other cultures and travel.
Title 1: The Little Cockroach
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Title 2: A Right Royal 'Roach Trip!
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Story time with Susie Violet reading The Little Cockroach:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmi4xHJ6lHI
Website: https://thelittlecockroach.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheLilCockroach
Book 1: The Little Cockroach
A hilarious children’s book starring two unlikely yet lovable critters full of action and adventure.’
The Little Cockroach is the first in a series of travel adventures that will teach children about other cultures and travel. The main character is a little cockroach called Pedro. He is brave, lovable and always looking for fun. Pedro loves Mexico but he wants to see the world. Amazing things happen to Pedro and his friend Enrico when they leave Mexico in search of adventure.
A bestselling story about determination, difference, bravery & freedom.
You and your children will read this over and over! Loved by babies, toddlers, pre-school children, adults and grandparents. It has been described as 'having a place on the "children's classics" shelf'.
The opening dedication is:
‘Try and you might, don’t and you certainly won’t’.
This ethos echoes throughout the book as they overcome ‘hitches’ with their cheeky and zany mishaps. The book demonstrates freedom and opportunity for the unlikeliest of mini beasts with the intention of making an unloved creature loved and hopefully less feared. Come and join Pedro and Enrico on their ‘Roach Trips as they discover the world.
Book 2: A Right Royal 'Roach Trip!
‘If you think you are too small to make a big difference, try sleeping with a mosquito in the room’.
This ethos echoes throughout the book as they explore, ‘fight-crime’ and overcome obstacles with their cheeky and zany mishaps. The book also demonstrates freedom and opportunity for the unlikeliest of mini beasts with the intention of making an unloved creature loved and hopefully less feared. Come and join Pedro and Enrico on their ‘Roach Trips as they discover the world.
The character Pedro in this children’s book is no Disney Princess, nor a cuddly teddy bear. He is resilient and as adaptable as a chameleon. His alien like species is over 55 million years older than the dinosaur. This is a superhero your little tikes will need on their book shelf ready for their story before bed. If you like unique characters such as The Gruffalo or more traditional reads like The Very Hungry Caterpillar this zany adventure book will find you looking for the more unusual zoo animals. It’s adventure time!
The Author:
Susie Violet is an English writer who grew up in the county of Essex. She is an indie author working as a Finance Systems Analyst by day and writing in her spare time. At every available opportunity Susie travels around the UK on 'Roach Trips' in her camper-van reading her book at bookshops, schools & libraries. Susie's writing journey began because she wanted to find a quirky way to reach children, empower them and teach them about the planet. The Little Cockroach is the first in a series of travel adventures that will teach children about tenacity, other cultures and travel.
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Title: Arabella and the Magic Pencil
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Lets Read... Arabella and the Magic Pencil with Stephanie Ward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZ0NmhSb1Y
Website: https://stephaniemward.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephMWard
The Book:
Arabella is a beloved only child who has everything a little girl could want. That is, until her brother, Avery, the master of mayhem, comes along. While she certainly loves him, she finds that it’s sometimes very hard to like him. So she spends her days creating marvelous, magnificent things with her magic pencil, and trying to ignore him. But when he spoils her perfectly proper tea party, she decides drastic action is required and she erases him from her life. Oops! But things aren’t the same without him — can she get him back?
Arabella and the Magic Pencil is a charming story, which will appeal to any child coming to terms with a new sibling and to caregivers who are supporting changing family dynamics, as well as those who love fantasy and engaging, alliterative language.
The Author:
Stephanie Ward is the author of Arabella and the Magic Pencil, illustrated by Shaney Hyde, published by EK Books in September 2019. Her next picture book is due for release in 2020, but it's all under wraps at the moment so stay tuned for details!
After many years in marketing, Stephanie now spends her time writing sweet, silly and sidesplitting stories for children. Too old to blame it on youth, she still hasn't settled down and spends her spare time traveling. Originally from Spokane, Washington in the U.S., Stephanie's wanderlust inspired her to visit all seven continents, live in four countries and become a citizen of three. At present, she can be found in London, England with her husband and young son.
Member of SCBWI, ASA, PNWA, #Newin19 debut author group and a former book reviewer for the Children's Book Council of Australia.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Lets Read... Arabella and the Magic Pencil with Stephanie Ward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAZ0NmhSb1Y
Website: https://stephaniemward.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/StephMWard
The Book:
Arabella is a beloved only child who has everything a little girl could want. That is, until her brother, Avery, the master of mayhem, comes along. While she certainly loves him, she finds that it’s sometimes very hard to like him. So she spends her days creating marvelous, magnificent things with her magic pencil, and trying to ignore him. But when he spoils her perfectly proper tea party, she decides drastic action is required and she erases him from her life. Oops! But things aren’t the same without him — can she get him back?
Arabella and the Magic Pencil is a charming story, which will appeal to any child coming to terms with a new sibling and to caregivers who are supporting changing family dynamics, as well as those who love fantasy and engaging, alliterative language.
The Author:
Stephanie Ward is the author of Arabella and the Magic Pencil, illustrated by Shaney Hyde, published by EK Books in September 2019. Her next picture book is due for release in 2020, but it's all under wraps at the moment so stay tuned for details!
After many years in marketing, Stephanie now spends her time writing sweet, silly and sidesplitting stories for children. Too old to blame it on youth, she still hasn't settled down and spends her spare time traveling. Originally from Spokane, Washington in the U.S., Stephanie's wanderlust inspired her to visit all seven continents, live in four countries and become a citizen of three. At present, she can be found in London, England with her husband and young son.
Member of SCBWI, ASA, PNWA, #Newin19 debut author group and a former book reviewer for the Children's Book Council of Australia.
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3 Books: Christmas on Castle Street Series
Title 1: Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
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Title 2: Christmas at Carly's Cupcakes
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Starry Skies Over The Chocolate Pot Cafe
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only
Website: https://www.jessicaredland.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicaredland
Book 1: Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop
When master chocolatier, Charlee, takes the leap to move to the picturesque seaside town of Whitsborough Bay, she is determined to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and set up a chocolate shop.
Luckily, she finds the perfect location for Charlee's Chocolates on beautiful Castle Street... Now she just has to refurbish it in time for Christmas!
With a useless boyfriend and countless DIY disasters, Charlee doesn't know if she'll make it in time. With no 'traditional' family to support her, she feels lost in her new surroundings and the secrets of the past are weighing her down.
But the warmth and festive spirit of the Whitsborough Bay community will surprise her, and when plumber, Matt, comes to the rescue, it might be that all of Charlee's dreams could come true this Christmas, and she could learn what family really means...
Book 2: Christmas at Carly's Cupcakes
Christmas at Carly’s Cupcakes is a cosy heartwarming tale of friendship, family, putting the past behind, and embracing the future.
It’s Christmas in Whitsborough Bay. With fairy lights connecting the shops and cafés on either side of the cobbles, Castle Street seems magical. And in such a magical place, surely Christmas wishes can come true.
Carly Travis, owner of Carly’s Cupcakes, has two Christmas wishes this year. Her first is for her younger sister, Bethany, to focus on the positives in her life, including her Christmas wedding, instead of writing herself off as a failure. Bethany's attempts at cake-decorating aren't going to win any awards, but she’s certainly great with customers. Carly’s second wish is for her best friend, Liam, to come home for Christmas.
When Liam calls to say he’s been granted leave from the army, Carly makes a third Christmas wish. It’s the one she’s made every year since she was a teenager and, if she’s really brave, could this be the year when it finally comes true?
With Liam coming home, the shop having its best year yet, and a wedding to look forward to, it’s shaping up to be the best Christmas ever for Carly. But for Bethany, things are starting to unravel …
Book 3: Starry Skies Over The Chocolate Pot Cafe
A few minutes of courage might change your life…
Emotionally, Tara Porter finds the festive period a challenge. Christmas Day is a reminder of the family she lost, and New Year’s Eve holds bitter memories of the biggest mistake of her life: marrying Garth Tewkesbury. Shunning invitations to celebrate, she seeks refuge in her flat with only her giant house bunny, Hercules, for company.
Professionally, though, it’s the best time of year. Tara’s thriving café, The Chocolate Pot, is always packed. With the café hosting a wedding and engagement party, it’s shaping up to be the café’s best Christmas ever.
When former nemesis, Jed Ferguson, threatens the future of The Chocolate Pot, Tara prepares for a fight. The café is everything to her and she’s not going to let anyone or anything jeopardise that.
Tara badly misjudged ex-husband Garth and, since then, has refused to let anyone in. After all, if you don’t let them in, they can’t hurt you. But has she misjudged Jed too? Is it possible that he’s not the arrogant, deceitful man from whom she bought the café 14 years earlier? Can she find the courage to find out for sure?
The Author:
I was born in Teesside but now live in Scarborough on the stunning North Yorkshire Coast. My home inspired the creation of the fictional seaside town of Whitsborough Bay where I set many of my books although the Hedgehog Hollow series takes readers to a gorgeous new countryside setting in the Yorkshire Wolds.
I live with my husband, our teenage daughter and sprocker spaniel, Ella. I'm a self-confessed stationery addict with a ridiculously large collection of notepads who loves chocolate (although it doesn't love me), hedgehogs, 80s music, collectible teddy bears and lighthouses.
Other than a career detour into retail to set up and run my own teddy bear shop (the inspiration for novel Bear With Me), I've always worked in HR, specialising in resourcing, coaching and L&D. Writing always had to take a back seat to the day job until June 2020 when I left the world of HR to become a full-time author. I'm so very grateful to anyone who has bought or borrowed my books in whatever format, helping me fulfil a long-held dream of writing full-time. I still can't believe I get to spend every day chatting to my fictional friends and making stuff up.
Title 1: Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication:
Title 2: Christmas at Carly's Cupcakes
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Starry Skies Over The Chocolate Pot Cafe
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only
Website: https://www.jessicaredland.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicaredland
Book 1: Christmas Wishes at the Chocolate Shop
When master chocolatier, Charlee, takes the leap to move to the picturesque seaside town of Whitsborough Bay, she is determined to follow in her grandfather's footsteps and set up a chocolate shop.
Luckily, she finds the perfect location for Charlee's Chocolates on beautiful Castle Street... Now she just has to refurbish it in time for Christmas!
With a useless boyfriend and countless DIY disasters, Charlee doesn't know if she'll make it in time. With no 'traditional' family to support her, she feels lost in her new surroundings and the secrets of the past are weighing her down.
But the warmth and festive spirit of the Whitsborough Bay community will surprise her, and when plumber, Matt, comes to the rescue, it might be that all of Charlee's dreams could come true this Christmas, and she could learn what family really means...
Book 2: Christmas at Carly's Cupcakes
Christmas at Carly’s Cupcakes is a cosy heartwarming tale of friendship, family, putting the past behind, and embracing the future.
It’s Christmas in Whitsborough Bay. With fairy lights connecting the shops and cafés on either side of the cobbles, Castle Street seems magical. And in such a magical place, surely Christmas wishes can come true.
Carly Travis, owner of Carly’s Cupcakes, has two Christmas wishes this year. Her first is for her younger sister, Bethany, to focus on the positives in her life, including her Christmas wedding, instead of writing herself off as a failure. Bethany's attempts at cake-decorating aren't going to win any awards, but she’s certainly great with customers. Carly’s second wish is for her best friend, Liam, to come home for Christmas.
When Liam calls to say he’s been granted leave from the army, Carly makes a third Christmas wish. It’s the one she’s made every year since she was a teenager and, if she’s really brave, could this be the year when it finally comes true?
With Liam coming home, the shop having its best year yet, and a wedding to look forward to, it’s shaping up to be the best Christmas ever for Carly. But for Bethany, things are starting to unravel …
Book 3: Starry Skies Over The Chocolate Pot Cafe
A few minutes of courage might change your life…
Emotionally, Tara Porter finds the festive period a challenge. Christmas Day is a reminder of the family she lost, and New Year’s Eve holds bitter memories of the biggest mistake of her life: marrying Garth Tewkesbury. Shunning invitations to celebrate, she seeks refuge in her flat with only her giant house bunny, Hercules, for company.
Professionally, though, it’s the best time of year. Tara’s thriving café, The Chocolate Pot, is always packed. With the café hosting a wedding and engagement party, it’s shaping up to be the café’s best Christmas ever.
When former nemesis, Jed Ferguson, threatens the future of The Chocolate Pot, Tara prepares for a fight. The café is everything to her and she’s not going to let anyone or anything jeopardise that.
Tara badly misjudged ex-husband Garth and, since then, has refused to let anyone in. After all, if you don’t let them in, they can’t hurt you. But has she misjudged Jed too? Is it possible that he’s not the arrogant, deceitful man from whom she bought the café 14 years earlier? Can she find the courage to find out for sure?
The Author:
I was born in Teesside but now live in Scarborough on the stunning North Yorkshire Coast. My home inspired the creation of the fictional seaside town of Whitsborough Bay where I set many of my books although the Hedgehog Hollow series takes readers to a gorgeous new countryside setting in the Yorkshire Wolds.
I live with my husband, our teenage daughter and sprocker spaniel, Ella. I'm a self-confessed stationery addict with a ridiculously large collection of notepads who loves chocolate (although it doesn't love me), hedgehogs, 80s music, collectible teddy bears and lighthouses.
Other than a career detour into retail to set up and run my own teddy bear shop (the inspiration for novel Bear With Me), I've always worked in HR, specialising in resourcing, coaching and L&D. Writing always had to take a back seat to the day job until June 2020 when I left the world of HR to become a full-time author. I'm so very grateful to anyone who has bought or borrowed my books in whatever format, helping me fulfil a long-held dream of writing full-time. I still can't believe I get to spend every day chatting to my fictional friends and making stuff up.
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Title: The Perfect Wife
Genre: Science Fiction - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Book is Signed
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* This lot consists of a signed book by J.P. Delaney along with a basket of goodies *
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/jp-delaney
Website: https://www.tealeavesandreads.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeaLeaves_Reads
The Book:
Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that she is a gifted artist, an avid surfer, a loving mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. He says she had a terrible accident five years ago and that, through a huge technological breakthrough, she has been brought back from the abyss.
She is a miracle of science.
But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins questioning her husband's motives--and his version of events. Can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together forever? And what really happened to Abbie half a decade ago?
Beware the man who calls you . . .
The Author:
JP Delaney is a British writer of psychological suspense. His novel THE GIRL BEFORE was an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller and sold over a million copies in 40 countries. The follow-up, BELIEVE ME, was also an international bestseller, as was his third, THE PERFECT WIFE. His fourth standalone psychological thriller, PLAYING NICE, will be published in summer 2020.
JP Delaney has previously written bestselling fiction under other names. The Carnivia Trilogy, a series of three standalone but interlinked thrillers set in present-day Venice and written under the name Jonathan Holt, was published in more than 20 countries.
Genre: Science Fiction - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Book is Signed
Postage: Free UK only.
* This lot consists of a signed book by J.P. Delaney along with a basket of goodies *
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/d/jp-delaney
Website: https://www.tealeavesandreads.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeaLeaves_Reads
The Book:
Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that she is a gifted artist, an avid surfer, a loving mother to their young son, and the perfect wife. He says she had a terrible accident five years ago and that, through a huge technological breakthrough, she has been brought back from the abyss.
She is a miracle of science.
But as Abbie pieces together memories of her marriage, she begins questioning her husband's motives--and his version of events. Can she trust him when he says he wants them to be together forever? And what really happened to Abbie half a decade ago?
Beware the man who calls you . . .
The Author:
JP Delaney is a British writer of psychological suspense. His novel THE GIRL BEFORE was an instant New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller and sold over a million copies in 40 countries. The follow-up, BELIEVE ME, was also an international bestseller, as was his third, THE PERFECT WIFE. His fourth standalone psychological thriller, PLAYING NICE, will be published in summer 2020.
JP Delaney has previously written bestselling fiction under other names. The Carnivia Trilogy, a series of three standalone but interlinked thrillers set in present-day Venice and written under the name Jonathan Holt, was published in more than 20 countries.
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Title: Maybe This Time
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* This lot consists of a signed book by Jill Mansell along with a basket of goodies *
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDK2Y_VhSow
Website: https://jillmansell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillMansell
Website: https://www.tealeavesandreads.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeaLeaves_Reads
The Book;
When Mimi first visits her dad's new home in the Cotswolds, she quickly falls in love with Goosebrook and its inhabitants. (Well, maybe not rude Henrietta, who lets Mimi walk miles in the rain rather than give her a lift.) There's Paddy, with his flashing eyes and seductive charm. Friendly and funny Lois makes her laugh. And seriously gorgeous Cal is welcoming and charismatic. Mimi would be more than happy to return to Goosebrook if it means bumping into him again...
Time passes and Mimi comes and goes, and concentrates on her career. Yet as their lives continue to intersect over the years and emotions (or relationships) become tangled, it's Cal who makes her feel most welcome whenever she does return to Goosebrook. But if he's The One, will it ever be the right time for them both?
The Author:
Jill Mansell lives with her partner and children in Bristol, and writes full time. Actually that’s not true; she watches TV, eats fruit gums, admires the rugby players training in the sports field behind her house, and spends hours on the internet marvelling at how many other writers have blogs. Only when she’s completely run out of displacement activities does she write.
Jill Mansell's books have sold over ten million copies and her titles include: Making your Mind up, Fast Friends, Good at Games, Sheer Mischief and Solo, among many others.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
* This lot consists of a signed book by Jill Mansell along with a basket of goodies *
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDK2Y_VhSow
Website: https://jillmansell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillMansell
Website: https://www.tealeavesandreads.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TeaLeaves_Reads
The Book;
When Mimi first visits her dad's new home in the Cotswolds, she quickly falls in love with Goosebrook and its inhabitants. (Well, maybe not rude Henrietta, who lets Mimi walk miles in the rain rather than give her a lift.) There's Paddy, with his flashing eyes and seductive charm. Friendly and funny Lois makes her laugh. And seriously gorgeous Cal is welcoming and charismatic. Mimi would be more than happy to return to Goosebrook if it means bumping into him again...
Time passes and Mimi comes and goes, and concentrates on her career. Yet as their lives continue to intersect over the years and emotions (or relationships) become tangled, it's Cal who makes her feel most welcome whenever she does return to Goosebrook. But if he's The One, will it ever be the right time for them both?
The Author:
Jill Mansell lives with her partner and children in Bristol, and writes full time. Actually that’s not true; she watches TV, eats fruit gums, admires the rugby players training in the sports field behind her house, and spends hours on the internet marvelling at how many other writers have blogs. Only when she’s completely run out of displacement activities does she write.
Jill Mansell's books have sold over ten million copies and her titles include: Making your Mind up, Fast Friends, Good at Games, Sheer Mischief and Solo, among many others.
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Jo Lambert
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Title: Shadows on the Water
Genre: Romance- Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jolambertauthor.website
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jolambertwriter
The Book:
After the tragic death of her fiancé, Ava Warren is slowly rebuilding her life. She has a supportive family, great friends and a job she loves, managing holiday letting company Estuary Escapes in her home town of Kingswater. Another relationship is the last thing she wants or needs. Until one evening she meets Alex Penhaligon.
Alex has just returned home from California where he has been working for the past five years. A case of mistaken identity gets them off to a bad start. But discovering his error, Alex is anxious to make amends and soon persuades Ava that he’s not quite as arrogant as she thinks he is. As their friendship begins to turn into something much deeper, Ava wonders whether she can at last put the past behind her and make a new future with Alex.
But someone is watching. A man who not only thinks Ava should be his but also holds a long term grudge against Alex. And he’s determined to get his own way irrespective of the lengths he has to go to or who gets hurt in the process.
Set on the south coast of Cornwall, Shadows on the Water is a story of family ties, lost love and tangled loyalties.
The Author:
Jo Lambert lives on the eastern edge of the city of Bath. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and the Society of Authors. She has been writing since 2008. Her first five books, a set of linked romantic sagas following the lives of several families in rural West Somerset, were followed in 2015 by Summer Moved On, a contemporary romance set in South Devon. A sequel, Watercolours in the Rain was published 2017,
In June 2019 Jo published A Cornish Affair with Choc Lit. Later that year, a major health scare saw her writing put on hold for a while, but in the summer of 2020, the first of a new series of romantic suspense novels was published. Shadows on the Water, set on the south coast of Cornwall, became the first of three stories set in the fictitious town of Kingswater, inspired by the towns of Dartmouth and Fowey).
Genre: Romance- Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://jolambertauthor.website
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jolambertwriter
The Book:
After the tragic death of her fiancé, Ava Warren is slowly rebuilding her life. She has a supportive family, great friends and a job she loves, managing holiday letting company Estuary Escapes in her home town of Kingswater. Another relationship is the last thing she wants or needs. Until one evening she meets Alex Penhaligon.
Alex has just returned home from California where he has been working for the past five years. A case of mistaken identity gets them off to a bad start. But discovering his error, Alex is anxious to make amends and soon persuades Ava that he’s not quite as arrogant as she thinks he is. As their friendship begins to turn into something much deeper, Ava wonders whether she can at last put the past behind her and make a new future with Alex.
But someone is watching. A man who not only thinks Ava should be his but also holds a long term grudge against Alex. And he’s determined to get his own way irrespective of the lengths he has to go to or who gets hurt in the process.
Set on the south coast of Cornwall, Shadows on the Water is a story of family ties, lost love and tangled loyalties.
The Author:
Jo Lambert lives on the eastern edge of the city of Bath. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and the Society of Authors. She has been writing since 2008. Her first five books, a set of linked romantic sagas following the lives of several families in rural West Somerset, were followed in 2015 by Summer Moved On, a contemporary romance set in South Devon. A sequel, Watercolours in the Rain was published 2017,
In June 2019 Jo published A Cornish Affair with Choc Lit. Later that year, a major health scare saw her writing put on hold for a while, but in the summer of 2020, the first of a new series of romantic suspense novels was published. Shadows on the Water, set on the south coast of Cornwall, became the first of three stories set in the fictitious town of Kingswater, inspired by the towns of Dartmouth and Fowey).
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Michelle Harrison
Michelle Harrison
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Title: One Wish
Genre: Fantasy - Magical
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
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Website: https://www.michelleharrisonbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MHarrison13
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Having the ability to see fairies means that Tanya Fairchild's life has never been easy. After all, real fairies are nothing like the ones in books; ones that grant wishes or leave money for teeth. Real fairies don't like to be talked about, and they cast spells if Tanya steps out of line. The most she's ever received in exchange for one of her teeth is a chewed up toffee. Of course, it would help if Tanya knew someone - anyone - else who could see them, too ...When Tanya meets Ratty, she finds not only that can he see fairies, but that he has a fairy friend, Turpin. Turpin is rude and spiteful, but funny and loyal too. When Ratty goes missing, Tanya discovers her new friend has another extraordinary ability; an ability that has the potential to destroy them both ...
The Author:
Michelle Harrison was born in 1979 and lives in Essex. She has a son, Jack, and three cats: Marmite, Sorsha and Widdershins. Before she was published she had various jobs including working in a bar, a bakery and an art gallery, later becoming a children's bookseller at Waterstones. Prior to being a full-time writer, she worked in children's fiction at Oxford University Press.
Michelle is the author of twelve books for children and young adults, and her work has been translated into nineteen languages. Her first, The Thirteen Treasures, won the Waterstones' Children's Book Prize. The Other Alice, won the Calderdale Book of the Year Award.
Michelle is keen to promote reading for pleasure and has delivered talks and workshops in many schools, as well as speaking at high profile literary events including the Edinburgh and Hay festivals.
Genre: Fantasy - Magical
Format: Paperback
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Having the ability to see fairies means that Tanya Fairchild's life has never been easy. After all, real fairies are nothing like the ones in books; ones that grant wishes or leave money for teeth. Real fairies don't like to be talked about, and they cast spells if Tanya steps out of line. The most she's ever received in exchange for one of her teeth is a chewed up toffee. Of course, it would help if Tanya knew someone - anyone - else who could see them, too ...When Tanya meets Ratty, she finds not only that can he see fairies, but that he has a fairy friend, Turpin. Turpin is rude and spiteful, but funny and loyal too. When Ratty goes missing, Tanya discovers her new friend has another extraordinary ability; an ability that has the potential to destroy them both ...
The Author:
Michelle Harrison was born in 1979 and lives in Essex. She has a son, Jack, and three cats: Marmite, Sorsha and Widdershins. Before she was published she had various jobs including working in a bar, a bakery and an art gallery, later becoming a children's bookseller at Waterstones. Prior to being a full-time writer, she worked in children's fiction at Oxford University Press.
Michelle is the author of twelve books for children and young adults, and her work has been translated into nineteen languages. Her first, The Thirteen Treasures, won the Waterstones' Children's Book Prize. The Other Alice, won the Calderdale Book of the Year Award.
Michelle is keen to promote reading for pleasure and has delivered talks and workshops in many schools, as well as speaking at high profile literary events including the Edinburgh and Hay festivals.
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Michelle Harrison
Michelle Harrison
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Francesca Specter
Francesca Specter
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Title: How To Be Alone & Absolutely Own It
Genre: Health & Wellbeing
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://www.alonement.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChezSpecter
The Book:
Being alone has a serious branding issue. We've only ever had negative language to talk about flying solo - but what about when time spent alone is restorative and joyful? What if it's something you crave? What if it's even just an hour you've carved out for yourself in the middle of a hectic week?
Enter: Alonement, Francesca Specter's empowering new word to express valuing your own company and dedicating quality time to yourself, whoever you are and whatever your relationship status.
Between shared homes, social plans and smartphone addictions, most of us don't know how to be alone - yet our life-long relationship with ourselves is the most important one we'll ever have. A reformed 'extreme extrovert' who struggled to spend even an hour on her own, Francesca made the resolution in January 2019 to improve her solitude skills. A year later, facing months of lockdown as a household-of-one, she valued those skills more than ever - and began sharing her wisdom with others on how to cherish time alone.
Packed with practical tips, insights from key experts and lessons from guests of the Alonement podcast - including Alain de Botton, Florence Given, Konnie Huq, Vick Hope and Camilla Thurlow - Francesca reveals how we can all thrive alone, whatever our circumstances, and harness the untapped power of some meaningful time with me, myself and I.
The Author:
Francesca Specter is a London-based journalist and founder of the platform and podcast, Alonement. Prior to launching Alonement in 2019, Francesca was the deputy editor of Yahoo! Lifestyle. She has formerly worked as a reporter at the Daily Express, and her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Telegraph and Grazia. She holds an M.A. degree in Magazine Journalism from City University, London, and she has been nominated for several awards for her work, including the PPA Digital Rising Star award. Alonement is Francesca’s first book.
Genre: Health & Wellbeing
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://www.alonement.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChezSpecter
The Book:
Being alone has a serious branding issue. We've only ever had negative language to talk about flying solo - but what about when time spent alone is restorative and joyful? What if it's something you crave? What if it's even just an hour you've carved out for yourself in the middle of a hectic week?
Enter: Alonement, Francesca Specter's empowering new word to express valuing your own company and dedicating quality time to yourself, whoever you are and whatever your relationship status.
Between shared homes, social plans and smartphone addictions, most of us don't know how to be alone - yet our life-long relationship with ourselves is the most important one we'll ever have. A reformed 'extreme extrovert' who struggled to spend even an hour on her own, Francesca made the resolution in January 2019 to improve her solitude skills. A year later, facing months of lockdown as a household-of-one, she valued those skills more than ever - and began sharing her wisdom with others on how to cherish time alone.
Packed with practical tips, insights from key experts and lessons from guests of the Alonement podcast - including Alain de Botton, Florence Given, Konnie Huq, Vick Hope and Camilla Thurlow - Francesca reveals how we can all thrive alone, whatever our circumstances, and harness the untapped power of some meaningful time with me, myself and I.
The Author:
Francesca Specter is a London-based journalist and founder of the platform and podcast, Alonement. Prior to launching Alonement in 2019, Francesca was the deputy editor of Yahoo! Lifestyle. She has formerly worked as a reporter at the Daily Express, and her work has appeared in the Guardian, the Telegraph and Grazia. She holds an M.A. degree in Magazine Journalism from City University, London, and she has been nominated for several awards for her work, including the PPA Digital Rising Star award. Alonement is Francesca’s first book.
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Siobhan Kalli
Siobhan Kalli
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Title: Something I Should Know
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/somethingishouldknow.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/polikalli
The Book:
Thirteen-year-old Olivia wants to know the truth. She doesn’t want to go through her whole life wondering who her dad is and what it would be like to meet him. But her mum is so secretive about the whole thing: all she will say is that it’s complicated and Olivia is too young to understand.
So, when Olivia’s cousin Charlie suggests they take matters into their own hands and contact reality TV show Find Your Family, where they reunite family members who’ve lost touch, she knows this could be her only chance.
Together, the two girls fill in the online application form – and it all looks so easy! They are invited to appear on the show and travel to Greece to meet Alexandros Papadopoulos, her mum’s ex, Olivia’s dad.
But all is not as it seems. Someone is hiding the truth about Olivia’s real father. Who is he? Where is he? And how will he feel when he discovers the daughter he never knew he had?
The Author:
Siobhan Kalli is a writer and Goldsmiths alumna (MA Children’s Literature, 2019). After graduating in English and Linguistics (BA) from the University of Nottingham, she completed a PGCE at Keele and taught English GCSE and A level in the UK.
Siobhan also taught English in Greece and worked as an editor in an ELT publishing house based in Athens. When she returned to the UK, she worked as an editor at Heinemann ELT, HarperCollins Primary Education and BBC Children’s Books.
After having children, she worked as a freelance feature writer for several publications, including the Evening Standard, Greece magazine, Ms London magazine, and travel, health and fitness/lifestyle publications. She later retrained as an Adult Education Tutor and taught adult literacy courses in FE settings. Siobhan fits creating fiction around the reality of housework, childcare and a pay-the-bills job and currently works in Westminster at the Department for Education, as part of the ministerial communications team.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: http://www.candy-jar.co.uk/books/somethingishouldknow.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/polikalli
The Book:
Thirteen-year-old Olivia wants to know the truth. She doesn’t want to go through her whole life wondering who her dad is and what it would be like to meet him. But her mum is so secretive about the whole thing: all she will say is that it’s complicated and Olivia is too young to understand.
So, when Olivia’s cousin Charlie suggests they take matters into their own hands and contact reality TV show Find Your Family, where they reunite family members who’ve lost touch, she knows this could be her only chance.
Together, the two girls fill in the online application form – and it all looks so easy! They are invited to appear on the show and travel to Greece to meet Alexandros Papadopoulos, her mum’s ex, Olivia’s dad.
But all is not as it seems. Someone is hiding the truth about Olivia’s real father. Who is he? Where is he? And how will he feel when he discovers the daughter he never knew he had?
The Author:
Siobhan Kalli is a writer and Goldsmiths alumna (MA Children’s Literature, 2019). After graduating in English and Linguistics (BA) from the University of Nottingham, she completed a PGCE at Keele and taught English GCSE and A level in the UK.
Siobhan also taught English in Greece and worked as an editor in an ELT publishing house based in Athens. When she returned to the UK, she worked as an editor at Heinemann ELT, HarperCollins Primary Education and BBC Children’s Books.
After having children, she worked as a freelance feature writer for several publications, including the Evening Standard, Greece magazine, Ms London magazine, and travel, health and fitness/lifestyle publications. She later retrained as an Adult Education Tutor and taught adult literacy courses in FE settings. Siobhan fits creating fiction around the reality of housework, childcare and a pay-the-bills job and currently works in Westminster at the Department for Education, as part of the ministerial communications team.
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Loris Owen
Loris Owen
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Title: The Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith
Genre: Fantasy - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer:
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Website: https://quicksmiths.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/writingloris
The Book:
When puzzle-loving Kip Bramley receives a cryptic invitation, delivered by a beetle-shaped drone that appears to be breathing, he has no idea that his world is about to change forever.
Very soon he finds himself at Quicksmiths College of Strange Energy, hunting for riddles set 400 years earlier by a mysterious genius. But this isn't any ordinary treasure hunt: as the clock counts down, Kip will need all the help he can get from his loyal new friends and his faithful pet flying squirrel, Pinky. With danger mounting, it seems much more is at stake for Kip and his family than he could ever have imagined.
Welcome to the dazzling new world of Quicksmiths, where you will encounter Strange Energy, the Mowl, Wormholes, Dark Forces and the tantalising riddle of the Ark of Ideas.
A thrilling debut, full of danger, magic and friendship. First in the Quicksmiths series.
The Author:
Loris Owen grew up loving Roald Dahl, J.R.R. Tolkien, Tove Jansson, C.S. Lewis, Susan Cooper and Lewis Carroll. There’s nothing she enjoys more than adventure stories about other worlds and favourite contemporary MG authors include Philip Pullman and Louis Sachar.
Some interesting facts about Loris: she piloted a plane some time before she first got in the driving seat of a car; her fondest holiday memory is holding hands with a wild green turtle when diving in Oman; and her most-played song is Spanish Flea.
Born in Bolton and made in Zimbabwe, Loris has lived and worked in several countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. She now lives in Kent where she runs a mowl sanctuary and spends her days hunting for interesting combinations of words.
Genre: Fantasy - Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer:
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Website: https://quicksmiths.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/writingloris
The Book:
When puzzle-loving Kip Bramley receives a cryptic invitation, delivered by a beetle-shaped drone that appears to be breathing, he has no idea that his world is about to change forever.
Very soon he finds himself at Quicksmiths College of Strange Energy, hunting for riddles set 400 years earlier by a mysterious genius. But this isn't any ordinary treasure hunt: as the clock counts down, Kip will need all the help he can get from his loyal new friends and his faithful pet flying squirrel, Pinky. With danger mounting, it seems much more is at stake for Kip and his family than he could ever have imagined.
Welcome to the dazzling new world of Quicksmiths, where you will encounter Strange Energy, the Mowl, Wormholes, Dark Forces and the tantalising riddle of the Ark of Ideas.
A thrilling debut, full of danger, magic and friendship. First in the Quicksmiths series.
The Author:
Loris Owen grew up loving Roald Dahl, J.R.R. Tolkien, Tove Jansson, C.S. Lewis, Susan Cooper and Lewis Carroll. There’s nothing she enjoys more than adventure stories about other worlds and favourite contemporary MG authors include Philip Pullman and Louis Sachar.
Some interesting facts about Loris: she piloted a plane some time before she first got in the driving seat of a car; her fondest holiday memory is holding hands with a wild green turtle when diving in Oman; and her most-played song is Spanish Flea.
Born in Bolton and made in Zimbabwe, Loris has lived and worked in several countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. She now lives in Kent where she runs a mowl sanctuary and spends her days hunting for interesting combinations of words.
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Katja Hoyer
Katja Hoyer
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Title: Blood and Iron: The Rise and Fall of the German Empire 1871-1918
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Katja Hoyer Interview: Blood and Iron:
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Website: https://katjahoyer.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hoyer_kat
The Book:
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser, convincing proud Prussians, Bavarians and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France – all without destroying itself in the process? In a unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the German Empire from its violent beginnings to its calamitous defeat in the First World War. It is a dramatic tale of national self-discovery, social upheaval and realpolitik that ended, as it started, in blood and iron.
The Author:
Katja Hoyer is an Anglo-German historian. She was born in East Germany and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her essays have featured in History Today and BBC History Extra. Katja also writes for the Spectator, the Washington Post, UnHerd and other newspapers on current political affairs in Germany and Europe.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Katja Hoyer Interview: Blood and Iron:
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Website: https://katjahoyer.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/hoyer_kat
The Book:
Before 1871, Germany was not a nation but an idea. Its founder, Otto von Bismarck, had a formidable task at hand. How would he bring thirty-nine individual states under the yoke of a single Kaiser, convincing proud Prussians, Bavarians and Rhinelanders to become Germans? Once united, could the young European nation wield enough power to rival the empires of Britain and France – all without destroying itself in the process? In a unique study of five decades that changed the course of modern history, Katja Hoyer tells the story of the German Empire from its violent beginnings to its calamitous defeat in the First World War. It is a dramatic tale of national self-discovery, social upheaval and realpolitik that ended, as it started, in blood and iron.
The Author:
Katja Hoyer is an Anglo-German historian. She was born in East Germany and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her essays have featured in History Today and BBC History Extra. Katja also writes for the Spectator, the Washington Post, UnHerd and other newspapers on current political affairs in Germany and Europe.
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Jill Mansell
Jill Mansell
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Title: Should I Tell You
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback Rare Proof
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://jillmansell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillMansell
The Book;
From the queen of feelgood fiction, an uplifting new novel of friendship, families and finding love . . .
Amber, Lachlan and Raffaele met as teenagers in the seaside home of kind-hearted foster parents. Arriving in glorious Cornwall was the best thing that ever happened to them - and now, as adults, their bond is stronger than ever.
But Amber has a secret. She's in love with Lachlan. She can't confess her feelings because that would never work. Restless Lachlan dates a lot and definitely isn't the settling-down type. Surely it's better to keep him as a friend than to risk losing him for good?
Raffaele has his own dilemma. He had the dream girlfriend in Vee, until it all went horribly wrong . . . and he still can't understand why. Is Vee hiding something from him?
Now their widowed foster dad Teddy thinks he's found love again. Younger, charming and strikingly beautiful, is Olga as perfect as she seems? Or will she end up breaking Teddy's heart?
Against a backdrop of sparkling seas and sunny skies, the unexpected is always just around the corner. Welcome to Lanrock!
The Author:
Jill Mansell lives with her partner and children in Bristol, and writes full time. Actually that’s not true; she watches TV, eats fruit gums, admires the rugby players training in the sports field behind her house, and spends hours on the internet marvelling at how many other writers have blogs. Only when she’s completely run out of displacement activities does she write.
Jill Mansell's books have sold over ten million copies and her titles include: Making your Mind up, Fast Friends, Good at Games, Sheer Mischief and Solo, among many others.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback Rare Proof
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://jillmansell.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillMansell
The Book;
From the queen of feelgood fiction, an uplifting new novel of friendship, families and finding love . . .
Amber, Lachlan and Raffaele met as teenagers in the seaside home of kind-hearted foster parents. Arriving in glorious Cornwall was the best thing that ever happened to them - and now, as adults, their bond is stronger than ever.
But Amber has a secret. She's in love with Lachlan. She can't confess her feelings because that would never work. Restless Lachlan dates a lot and definitely isn't the settling-down type. Surely it's better to keep him as a friend than to risk losing him for good?
Raffaele has his own dilemma. He had the dream girlfriend in Vee, until it all went horribly wrong . . . and he still can't understand why. Is Vee hiding something from him?
Now their widowed foster dad Teddy thinks he's found love again. Younger, charming and strikingly beautiful, is Olga as perfect as she seems? Or will she end up breaking Teddy's heart?
Against a backdrop of sparkling seas and sunny skies, the unexpected is always just around the corner. Welcome to Lanrock!
The Author:
Jill Mansell lives with her partner and children in Bristol, and writes full time. Actually that’s not true; she watches TV, eats fruit gums, admires the rugby players training in the sports field behind her house, and spends hours on the internet marvelling at how many other writers have blogs. Only when she’s completely run out of displacement activities does she write.
Jill Mansell's books have sold over ten million copies and her titles include: Making your Mind up, Fast Friends, Good at Games, Sheer Mischief and Solo, among many others.
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Dr Elinor Cleghorn
Dr Elinor Cleghorn
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Title: Unwell Women: A Journey through Medicine and Myth in a Man-Made World
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://cwagency.co.uk/client/dr-elinor-cleghorn
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elinorcleghorn
The Book:
Women’s bodies have been the primary battleground of female oppression throughout history. In this book, Dr Elinor Cleghorn will unpack the roots of the perpetual misunderstanding, mystification and misdiagnosis of women’s bodies, and trace the journey from the ‘wandering womb’ of ancient Greece to the rise of witch trials across Europe, and from the dawn of Hysteria as a catch-all for difficult-to-diagnose disorders and unspecified female pain to the first forays into autoimmunity and the shifting understanding of hormones, menstruation and the menopause. Packed with character studies of women who have suffered, challenged and rewritten medical orthodoxy – and the men who controlled their fate – this is a ground-breaking examination of the relationship between women, illness and medicine.
Exposing the fundamentally social, cultural and political foundations of medical practice and the long shadow that a troubling legacy of prejudice casts over the development of objective knowledge, this proposal outlines an original and gripping narrative, closely informed by Elinor’s own experience as a sufferer of lupus, which took upwards of seven years to diagnose. Accessible, compellingly delivered and written with warmth, humour and passion, it will be an intersectional feminist history of unwell women, which shines a light on the pockets of resistance to the misguided pathologizing of women’s bodies, and celebrates the ongoing fight for medical justice.
The Author:
Dr Elinor Cleghorn has a background in feminist visual culture and history, and her critical writing has been published in several academic journals including Screen. After receiving her PhD in in 2012, Elinor spent three years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Ruskin School, University of Oxford, working on an interdisciplinary medical humanities project. She has given talks and lectures at the British Film Institute, where she has been a regular contributor to the education programme, Tate Modern, and ICA London, and she has appeared on the BBC Radio 4 discussion show The Forum. In 2017, she was shortlisted for the Fitzcarraldo Editions essay prize. She now works as a freelance writer and researcher, and lives in Sussex. Her non-fiction debut, Unwell Women, will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK and by Dutton in the US in June 2021.
Genre: History
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/elinorcleghorn
The Book:
Women’s bodies have been the primary battleground of female oppression throughout history. In this book, Dr Elinor Cleghorn will unpack the roots of the perpetual misunderstanding, mystification and misdiagnosis of women’s bodies, and trace the journey from the ‘wandering womb’ of ancient Greece to the rise of witch trials across Europe, and from the dawn of Hysteria as a catch-all for difficult-to-diagnose disorders and unspecified female pain to the first forays into autoimmunity and the shifting understanding of hormones, menstruation and the menopause. Packed with character studies of women who have suffered, challenged and rewritten medical orthodoxy – and the men who controlled their fate – this is a ground-breaking examination of the relationship between women, illness and medicine.
Exposing the fundamentally social, cultural and political foundations of medical practice and the long shadow that a troubling legacy of prejudice casts over the development of objective knowledge, this proposal outlines an original and gripping narrative, closely informed by Elinor’s own experience as a sufferer of lupus, which took upwards of seven years to diagnose. Accessible, compellingly delivered and written with warmth, humour and passion, it will be an intersectional feminist history of unwell women, which shines a light on the pockets of resistance to the misguided pathologizing of women’s bodies, and celebrates the ongoing fight for medical justice.
The Author:
Dr Elinor Cleghorn has a background in feminist visual culture and history, and her critical writing has been published in several academic journals including Screen. After receiving her PhD in in 2012, Elinor spent three years as a post-doctoral researcher at the Ruskin School, University of Oxford, working on an interdisciplinary medical humanities project. She has given talks and lectures at the British Film Institute, where she has been a regular contributor to the education programme, Tate Modern, and ICA London, and she has appeared on the BBC Radio 4 discussion show The Forum. In 2017, she was shortlisted for the Fitzcarraldo Editions essay prize. She now works as a freelance writer and researcher, and lives in Sussex. Her non-fiction debut, Unwell Women, will be published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK and by Dutton in the US in June 2021.
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Tim Sullivan
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Title: The Dentist
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://timsullivan.uk/the-dentist
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimJRSullivan
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he body of a homeless man is found on the Downs in the shadow of the Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol, England. He’s been strangled. It’s murder. The police rapidly come to the conclusion that it’s ‘homeless on homeless’ but not DS George Cross. An outsider himself, he is always drawn to cases like this – of the dispossessed or the social outcast – and give them, in death, a voice they didn’t have in life.
The Author:
Film Director. Screenwriter. Novelist.
Tim Sullivan made his first short film before graduating from Cambridge University. His ambition to become a screenwriter was formed not so much by this experience but as an attempt to foil his father’s determination to turn him into a lawyer.
Within weeks of leaving university armed with a law degree Tim had met the film maker Derek Jarman and persuaded him to commission an original screenplay from him entitled BOB UPADOWN and so a career was born.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://timsullivan.uk/the-dentist
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimJRSullivan
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he body of a homeless man is found on the Downs in the shadow of the Clifton suspension bridge in Bristol, England. He’s been strangled. It’s murder. The police rapidly come to the conclusion that it’s ‘homeless on homeless’ but not DS George Cross. An outsider himself, he is always drawn to cases like this – of the dispossessed or the social outcast – and give them, in death, a voice they didn’t have in life.
The Author:
Film Director. Screenwriter. Novelist.
Tim Sullivan made his first short film before graduating from Cambridge University. His ambition to become a screenwriter was formed not so much by this experience but as an attempt to foil his father’s determination to turn him into a lawyer.
Within weeks of leaving university armed with a law degree Tim had met the film maker Derek Jarman and persuaded him to commission an original screenplay from him entitled BOB UPADOWN and so a career was born.
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Christopher Edge
Christopher Edge
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Title: The Longest Night of Charlie Noon
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action and Adventure
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.christopheredge.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/edgechristopher
The Book:
Secrets, spies or maybe even a monster... what lies in the heart of the wood? Charlie, Dizzy and Johnny are determined to find out but when night falls without warning they become impossibly lost. Strange dangers and impossible puzzles lurk in the shadows and, as time plays tricks, Charlie starts to fear for the future... What if this night never ends?
Nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal. Shortlisted for the STEAM Children's Book Prize, the Ealing Junior Book Award and the Reading Rampage Book Award. Longlisted for the BGS Book Award and the Shrewsbury Bookfest Big Book Award.
The Author:
Christopher Edge is an award-winning children’s author whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages.
His novels The Many Worlds of Albie Bright, The Jamie Drake Equation, The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day and The Longest Night of Charlie Noon have all been nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal, and he has also won several awards for his children’s fiction including the STEAM Children’s Book Prize and the Brilliant Book Award. He has been described as ‘A writer of genuine originality’ by The Guardian and his latest novel, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon was selected as The Times Children’s Book of the Week and described by The Sunday Times as “A heart-stopping adventure”. He is also the author of the bestselling How to Write Your Best Story Ever! and How To Be A Young #Writer, inspirational guides to creative writing for children and teenagers and is an experienced teacher of creative writing, running workshops for aspiring children’s authors at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival, as well as leading an online course on writing children's fiction for Writers and Artists.
Christopher has appeared at many literary festivals including the Hay Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, and Cheltenham Literature Festival and was also invited to give the keynote speech at the NATE (National Association for the Teaching of English) conference. He has also authored articles on reading and education for publications such as The Guardian and Teach Primary magazine.
Christopher grew up in Manchester, where he spent most of his childhood in the local library dreaming up stories, but now lives in Gloucestershire where he spends most of his time in the local library dreaming up stories.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action and Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.christopheredge.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/edgechristopher
The Book:
Secrets, spies or maybe even a monster... what lies in the heart of the wood? Charlie, Dizzy and Johnny are determined to find out but when night falls without warning they become impossibly lost. Strange dangers and impossible puzzles lurk in the shadows and, as time plays tricks, Charlie starts to fear for the future... What if this night never ends?
Nominated for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie Medal. Shortlisted for the STEAM Children's Book Prize, the Ealing Junior Book Award and the Reading Rampage Book Award. Longlisted for the BGS Book Award and the Shrewsbury Bookfest Big Book Award.
The Author:
Christopher Edge is an award-winning children’s author whose books have been translated into more than twenty languages.
His novels The Many Worlds of Albie Bright, The Jamie Drake Equation, The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day and The Longest Night of Charlie Noon have all been nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal, and he has also won several awards for his children’s fiction including the STEAM Children’s Book Prize and the Brilliant Book Award. He has been described as ‘A writer of genuine originality’ by The Guardian and his latest novel, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon was selected as The Times Children’s Book of the Week and described by The Sunday Times as “A heart-stopping adventure”. He is also the author of the bestselling How to Write Your Best Story Ever! and How To Be A Young #Writer, inspirational guides to creative writing for children and teenagers and is an experienced teacher of creative writing, running workshops for aspiring children’s authors at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival, as well as leading an online course on writing children's fiction for Writers and Artists.
Christopher has appeared at many literary festivals including the Hay Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, and Cheltenham Literature Festival and was also invited to give the keynote speech at the NATE (National Association for the Teaching of English) conference. He has also authored articles on reading and education for publications such as The Guardian and Teach Primary magazine.
Christopher grew up in Manchester, where he spent most of his childhood in the local library dreaming up stories, but now lives in Gloucestershire where he spends most of his time in the local library dreaming up stories.
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Adam Frost
Adam Frost
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Title: How To Create Your Garden
Genre: Home & Garden
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Uk Only
Website: https://adamfrost.co.uk
The Book:
"Creating a garden doesn't need to be complicated." This is the promise from Adam Frost, BBC Gardeners' World presenter and winner of multiple Chelsea Flower Show gold medals.
Regardless of your experience or budget, with Adam's help and know-how you can design your dream garden, whether it's a small urban garden, a classic cottage garden, a suburban front garden, a low-maintenance space or a city roof terrace. His practical, no-nonsense approach strips away complex garden design concepts and focuses on your needs and preferred garden style to help you plan and build a garden that works for you.
Starting right at the beginning, Adam takes you step by step through the whole process, inspiring you with simple garden design ideas to tackle a full garden makeover or a simple revamp of just one part of your garden, perhaps a tired herbaceous border, a neglected vegetable patch, the patio, or a water feature.
Learn how to design a garden that reflects your practical needs, lifestyle, budget, personality, soil, and climate.
Build it yourself following the clear, uncomplicated step-by-step instructions that show you everything from laying turf to terraces, planting trees or building a raised bed or water feature.
Enjoy it month by month with his simple checklist of what to do when to keep your garden in shape.
RHS How to Create your Garden is about designing an outside space that is real, achievable, and right for you.
The Author:
Adam Frost is a Landscape Designer who is passionate about what he does.
He believes there’s inspiration all around us – in nature, architecture, art, people and food – we just have to take the time to stop and look around.
He draws on memories, special places and people who have been influential to the way he designs.
Adam cares that his garden designs are about creating personal spaces that people can feel comfortable in, places that actually feel ‘real’, as well as being beautiful.
Adam enjoys travelling the world designing gardens and speaking on a wide variety of horticultural topics.
He has written a book entitled ‘Real Gardens’ about the memories and ideas behind his Chelsea Gold Medal winning designs.
Adam is an RHS Ambassador for Education and Community Gardens, Co-Founder of the Homebase Garden Academy and a presenter on BBC television, including Gardeners’ World.
Adam also loves sport and cooking. He lives with his wife Sulina in a picturesque Lincolnshire village, with their four children, one horse, two ponies, two spaniels, one black Labrador and an ancient cat! His 3 acre garden is a work in progress.
Genre: Home & Garden
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Uk Only
Website: https://adamfrost.co.uk
The Book:
"Creating a garden doesn't need to be complicated." This is the promise from Adam Frost, BBC Gardeners' World presenter and winner of multiple Chelsea Flower Show gold medals.
Regardless of your experience or budget, with Adam's help and know-how you can design your dream garden, whether it's a small urban garden, a classic cottage garden, a suburban front garden, a low-maintenance space or a city roof terrace. His practical, no-nonsense approach strips away complex garden design concepts and focuses on your needs and preferred garden style to help you plan and build a garden that works for you.
Starting right at the beginning, Adam takes you step by step through the whole process, inspiring you with simple garden design ideas to tackle a full garden makeover or a simple revamp of just one part of your garden, perhaps a tired herbaceous border, a neglected vegetable patch, the patio, or a water feature.
Learn how to design a garden that reflects your practical needs, lifestyle, budget, personality, soil, and climate.
Build it yourself following the clear, uncomplicated step-by-step instructions that show you everything from laying turf to terraces, planting trees or building a raised bed or water feature.
Enjoy it month by month with his simple checklist of what to do when to keep your garden in shape.
RHS How to Create your Garden is about designing an outside space that is real, achievable, and right for you.
The Author:
Adam Frost is a Landscape Designer who is passionate about what he does.
He believes there’s inspiration all around us – in nature, architecture, art, people and food – we just have to take the time to stop and look around.
He draws on memories, special places and people who have been influential to the way he designs.
Adam cares that his garden designs are about creating personal spaces that people can feel comfortable in, places that actually feel ‘real’, as well as being beautiful.
Adam enjoys travelling the world designing gardens and speaking on a wide variety of horticultural topics.
He has written a book entitled ‘Real Gardens’ about the memories and ideas behind his Chelsea Gold Medal winning designs.
Adam is an RHS Ambassador for Education and Community Gardens, Co-Founder of the Homebase Garden Academy and a presenter on BBC television, including Gardeners’ World.
Adam also loves sport and cooking. He lives with his wife Sulina in a picturesque Lincolnshire village, with their four children, one horse, two ponies, two spaniels, one black Labrador and an ancient cat! His 3 acre garden is a work in progress.
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Lynn Johnson
Lynn Johnson
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Title: The Girl from the Workhouse
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://lynnjohnsonauthor.com
The Book:
Even in the darkest of times, she never gave up hope
Staffordshire, 1911. Ginnie Jones’s childhood is spent in the shadow of the famous Potteries, living with her mother, father and older sister Mabel. But with Father’s eyesight failing, money is in short supply, and too often the family find their bellies aching with hunger. With no hope in sight, Ginnie is sent to Haddon Workhouse.
Separated from everything she has known, Ginnie has to grow up fast, earning her keep by looking after the other children with no families of their own. When she meets Clara and Sam, she hopes that she has made friends for life… until tragedy strikes, snatching away her newfound happiness.
Leaving Haddon three years later, Ginnie finds work as a mouldrunner at the Potteries, but never stops thinking about her friends in the workhouse – especially Sam, now a caring, handsome young man. When Sam and Ginnie are reunited, their bond is as strong as ever – until Sam is sent to fight in WW1. Faced with uncertainty, can Ginnie find the joy that she’s never had? Or will her heart be broken once again?
An emotional, uplifting and nostalgic family saga that will make you smile, while tugging on your heart-strings.
The Author:
Lynn Johnson was born and raised in The Potteries. She went to school in Burslem, the setting for her novels, and left with no qualifications. Like Ginnie, she had ambitions. In her own time she obtained a BA Hons in Humanities with Literature from the Open University, and a Diploma in Management Studies from Staffordshire Polytechnic and became a Human Resources Manager with a large County Council.
She began to research her family tree and it inspired her to write short stories, one of which became the basis for her debut novel, The Girl from the Workhouse, the first of The Potteries Girls series. The second book in the series, Wartime with the Tram Girls was published in March 2021. Lynn is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and the Society of Authors.
Although Lynn still has a close affinity to The Potteries, she now lives in Orkney with her husband and six beautiful cats.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://lynnjohnsonauthor.com
The Book:
Even in the darkest of times, she never gave up hope
Staffordshire, 1911. Ginnie Jones’s childhood is spent in the shadow of the famous Potteries, living with her mother, father and older sister Mabel. But with Father’s eyesight failing, money is in short supply, and too often the family find their bellies aching with hunger. With no hope in sight, Ginnie is sent to Haddon Workhouse.
Separated from everything she has known, Ginnie has to grow up fast, earning her keep by looking after the other children with no families of their own. When she meets Clara and Sam, she hopes that she has made friends for life… until tragedy strikes, snatching away her newfound happiness.
Leaving Haddon three years later, Ginnie finds work as a mouldrunner at the Potteries, but never stops thinking about her friends in the workhouse – especially Sam, now a caring, handsome young man. When Sam and Ginnie are reunited, their bond is as strong as ever – until Sam is sent to fight in WW1. Faced with uncertainty, can Ginnie find the joy that she’s never had? Or will her heart be broken once again?
An emotional, uplifting and nostalgic family saga that will make you smile, while tugging on your heart-strings.
The Author:
Lynn Johnson was born and raised in The Potteries. She went to school in Burslem, the setting for her novels, and left with no qualifications. Like Ginnie, she had ambitions. In her own time she obtained a BA Hons in Humanities with Literature from the Open University, and a Diploma in Management Studies from Staffordshire Polytechnic and became a Human Resources Manager with a large County Council.
She began to research her family tree and it inspired her to write short stories, one of which became the basis for her debut novel, The Girl from the Workhouse, the first of The Potteries Girls series. The second book in the series, Wartime with the Tram Girls was published in March 2021. Lynn is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and the Society of Authors.
Although Lynn still has a close affinity to The Potteries, she now lives in Orkney with her husband and six beautiful cats.
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Onjali Rauf
Onjali Rauf
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Title: The Lion above the Door
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://makingherstory.org.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnjaliRauf
The Book:
Leo and his best friend Sangeetha are the odd ones out in their school. In fact, they seem to be the odd ones out no matter where they go in their small town. But as Leo's dad is always telling him, it's only because he's extra-special, and Sangeetha is extra-extra-special. Only thing is, if they're so special, how come Leo never sees anyone who likes him in the history books he loves to read?
But on a special class trip to a nearby cathedral one day, Leo's attention is drawn to a large marble slab high above the doors of the hall, featuring a short list of names. Because right there, bang in the middle of the list, Leo finds himself staring at his own name...
Hungry to understand how a name like his could feature on a slab commemorating fallen war heroes, Leo and Sangeetha begin a search, and in doing so, uncover a missing story which changed the course of history, one which needs to be put right back into its missing pages.
Touching on themes of historical racism, The Lion Above the Door shines a light on the stories our history books have yet to contain and the power of friendships that can last through generations.
The Author:
Onjali Q. Raúf’s work draws heavily on her own experiences and her work for organisations including Women for Women International and as founder and CEO of the NGO’s Making Herstory - an organisation that helps women and children who are victims of domestic violence, abuse and trafficking - and O’s Refugee Aid Team.
Her first novel, The Boy at the Back of the Class - a moving and very funny story of children befriending a refugee at school - was influenced by her personal experiences working at the border camps in Calais. The novel was a huge hit with Waterstones’ booksellers and the book won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2019. Her other works are: The Star Outside My Window, The Day We Met The Queen (a World Book Day title), The Night Bus Hero, The Great (Food) Bank Heist and The Lion Above the Door.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://makingherstory.org.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/OnjaliRauf
The Book:
Leo and his best friend Sangeetha are the odd ones out in their school. In fact, they seem to be the odd ones out no matter where they go in their small town. But as Leo's dad is always telling him, it's only because he's extra-special, and Sangeetha is extra-extra-special. Only thing is, if they're so special, how come Leo never sees anyone who likes him in the history books he loves to read?
But on a special class trip to a nearby cathedral one day, Leo's attention is drawn to a large marble slab high above the doors of the hall, featuring a short list of names. Because right there, bang in the middle of the list, Leo finds himself staring at his own name...
Hungry to understand how a name like his could feature on a slab commemorating fallen war heroes, Leo and Sangeetha begin a search, and in doing so, uncover a missing story which changed the course of history, one which needs to be put right back into its missing pages.
Touching on themes of historical racism, The Lion Above the Door shines a light on the stories our history books have yet to contain and the power of friendships that can last through generations.
The Author:
Onjali Q. Raúf’s work draws heavily on her own experiences and her work for organisations including Women for Women International and as founder and CEO of the NGO’s Making Herstory - an organisation that helps women and children who are victims of domestic violence, abuse and trafficking - and O’s Refugee Aid Team.
Her first novel, The Boy at the Back of the Class - a moving and very funny story of children befriending a refugee at school - was influenced by her personal experiences working at the border camps in Calais. The novel was a huge hit with Waterstones’ booksellers and the book won the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2019. Her other works are: The Star Outside My Window, The Day We Met The Queen (a World Book Day title), The Night Bus Hero, The Great (Food) Bank Heist and The Lion Above the Door.
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Zanib Mian
Zanib Mian
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Title: Planet Omar Epic Hero Flop
Genre: Children - TV & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.sweetapplebooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Zendibble
The Book:
When Omar's best friend Daniel messes up at school, Omar decides to take the blame to save him from getting in trouble - which makes him feel like a hero!
With this taste of heroism, Omar takes the blame for a couple of small things other kids in the class have done - without realising that when something more serious happens, the signs will point to him since he's been so unusually troublesome.
The teachers are SURE the culprit must be Omar. Can his friends prove his innocence and show that he wasn't responsible for the chaos?
The Author:
Zanib Mian’s books have featured on BBC’s Cbeebies Bedtime Stories and The Guardian for their contribution to diversity in children’s literature. Zanib studied Molecular Cell Biology at University College London and went on to teach Science in secondary schools before she made the decision to give up the career to create change within children’s publishing. She felt that diverse characters from all minorities and backgrounds weren’t being fully represented in books for young children. She launched Sweet Apple Publishers with a clear commitment to publishing inclusive books, many of which she has authored herself. She regularly features in the Bradford Literature Festival, was commissioned to write an opera for The Mahogany Opera Group, and is also on the panel of judges for the prestigious Young Muslim Writers Awards.
Genre: Children - TV & Film
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://www.sweetapplebooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Zendibble
The Book:
When Omar's best friend Daniel messes up at school, Omar decides to take the blame to save him from getting in trouble - which makes him feel like a hero!
With this taste of heroism, Omar takes the blame for a couple of small things other kids in the class have done - without realising that when something more serious happens, the signs will point to him since he's been so unusually troublesome.
The teachers are SURE the culprit must be Omar. Can his friends prove his innocence and show that he wasn't responsible for the chaos?
The Author:
Zanib Mian’s books have featured on BBC’s Cbeebies Bedtime Stories and The Guardian for their contribution to diversity in children’s literature. Zanib studied Molecular Cell Biology at University College London and went on to teach Science in secondary schools before she made the decision to give up the career to create change within children’s publishing. She felt that diverse characters from all minorities and backgrounds weren’t being fully represented in books for young children. She launched Sweet Apple Publishers with a clear commitment to publishing inclusive books, many of which she has authored herself. She regularly features in the Bradford Literature Festival, was commissioned to write an opera for The Mahogany Opera Group, and is also on the panel of judges for the prestigious Young Muslim Writers Awards.
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Four Book Series:
Title 1: My best friend the Suffragette
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: My Best Friend The Evacuee
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: My Best Friend On The Titanic
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: My Best Friend and the Royal Rivals
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://thebrightagency.com/uk/publishing/artists/gareth-conway
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Book 1: My best friend the Suffragette
Join two best friends as history is made in 1913. Eleven-year-old Christine has been taught that a girl's place is at home looking after her family and putting up with BEASTLY BIG BROTHERS. Mary has been taught that a girl's place is learning how to CHANGE THE WORLD. After meeting outside the suffragette headquarters, the girls become fast friends, writing as often as they can. Their letters fly back and forth across London, as the VOTES FOR WOMEN campaign threatens to bring the nation to its knees - buildings BURNING, windows SMASHING, postboxes EXPLODING. Will their friendship survive? Celebrating one hundred years since women first gained the right to vote, My Best Friend the Suffragette is an exciting read for children aged 6+, packed with fascinating historical details.
Book 2: My Best Friend The Evacuee
oin two best friends as history is made in 1941. Teddy and Harriet have been joined at the hip for as long as they can remember - but then the WAR started. Teddy is EVACUATED all the way across the ocean to the United States and Harriet is left in London to face the BLITZ! The pair promise to write to each other as often as they can, but soon Teddy is swept up in his new life, while Harriet feels lonely and frightened whenever the sirens begin to howl... Commemorating eighty years since the start of World War Two, My Best Friend the Evacuee is an exciting read for children aged 6+, packed with fascinating historical details.
Book 3: My Best Friend On The Titanic
Can Dot and Dash's friendship survive when tragedy strikes?
William, known as Dash to his best friend Dot, has been exploring the exciting new world of radio communication.
Dorothy, known as Dot to her best friend Dash, loves learning new languages and dreams of exploring the world.
When the best friends' families decide to leave their lives in Cornwall in hopes of a new start in New York, Dash sets sail first. The friends ready their radios, hoping to message one another until they are reunited. Their messages sail back and forth until Dot embarks on her own journey of a lifetime aboard RMS Titanic. But the maiden voyage doesn't go to plan and Dot's dreams of adventure turn into a nightmare. Join two best friends as history is made in 1912.
Book 4: My Best Friend and the Royal Rivals
Join two best friends as history is made in 1585.
When Nell and Kat - who work in rivalling courts - meet by chance, an unlikely friendship blossoms. But tensions are high and the rivalry between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots is at breaking point... Can Nell and Kat keep their friendship alive and trust one another, even when so many of those around them are losing their heads? Packed with fascinating historical details and fantastic black-and-white line illustrations throughout!
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Title 1: My best friend the Suffragette
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: My Best Friend The Evacuee
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: My Best Friend On The Titanic
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 4: My Best Friend and the Royal Rivals
Genre: Children - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://thebrightagency.com/uk/publishing/artists/gareth-conway
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheGarethConway
Book 1: My best friend the Suffragette
Join two best friends as history is made in 1913. Eleven-year-old Christine has been taught that a girl's place is at home looking after her family and putting up with BEASTLY BIG BROTHERS. Mary has been taught that a girl's place is learning how to CHANGE THE WORLD. After meeting outside the suffragette headquarters, the girls become fast friends, writing as often as they can. Their letters fly back and forth across London, as the VOTES FOR WOMEN campaign threatens to bring the nation to its knees - buildings BURNING, windows SMASHING, postboxes EXPLODING. Will their friendship survive? Celebrating one hundred years since women first gained the right to vote, My Best Friend the Suffragette is an exciting read for children aged 6+, packed with fascinating historical details.
Book 2: My Best Friend The Evacuee
oin two best friends as history is made in 1941. Teddy and Harriet have been joined at the hip for as long as they can remember - but then the WAR started. Teddy is EVACUATED all the way across the ocean to the United States and Harriet is left in London to face the BLITZ! The pair promise to write to each other as often as they can, but soon Teddy is swept up in his new life, while Harriet feels lonely and frightened whenever the sirens begin to howl... Commemorating eighty years since the start of World War Two, My Best Friend the Evacuee is an exciting read for children aged 6+, packed with fascinating historical details.
Book 3: My Best Friend On The Titanic
Can Dot and Dash's friendship survive when tragedy strikes?
William, known as Dash to his best friend Dot, has been exploring the exciting new world of radio communication.
Dorothy, known as Dot to her best friend Dash, loves learning new languages and dreams of exploring the world.
When the best friends' families decide to leave their lives in Cornwall in hopes of a new start in New York, Dash sets sail first. The friends ready their radios, hoping to message one another until they are reunited. Their messages sail back and forth until Dot embarks on her own journey of a lifetime aboard RMS Titanic. But the maiden voyage doesn't go to plan and Dot's dreams of adventure turn into a nightmare. Join two best friends as history is made in 1912.
Book 4: My Best Friend and the Royal Rivals
Join two best friends as history is made in 1585.
When Nell and Kat - who work in rivalling courts - meet by chance, an unlikely friendship blossoms. But tensions are high and the rivalry between Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots is at breaking point... Can Nell and Kat keep their friendship alive and trust one another, even when so many of those around them are losing their heads? Packed with fascinating historical details and fantastic black-and-white line illustrations throughout!
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Title: Bury Them Deep
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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James Oswald introduces BURY THEM DEEP
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Website: http://jamesoswald.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SirBenfro
The Book:
When a member of the Police Scotland team fails to clock-in for work, concern for her whereabouts is immediate... and the discovery of her burnt-out car in remote woodland to the south of Edinburgh sets off a desperate search for the missing woman.
Meanwhile, DCI Tony McLean and the team are preparing for a major anti-corruption operation - one which may raise the ire of more than a few powerful people in the city. Is Anya Renfrew's disappearance a co-incidence or related to the case?
McLean's investigations suggest that perhaps that Anya isn't the first woman to have mysteriously vanished in these ancient hills. Once again, McLean can't shake the feeling that there is a far greater evil at work here...
The Author:
James Oswald is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series of detective mysteries. The first two of these, Natural Causes and The Book of Souls were both short-listed for the prestigious CWA Debut Dagger Award. Set in an Edinburgh not so different to the one we all know, Detective Inspector Tony McLean is the unlucky policeman who can see beneath the surface of ordinary criminal life to the dark, menacing evil that lurks beneath.
James has also introduced the world to Detective Constable Constance 'Con' Fairchild, whose first outing was in the acclaimed No Time To Cry.
As J D Oswald, James has written a classic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfro. Inspired by the language and folklore of Wales, it follows the adventures of a young dragon, Sir Benfro, in a land where his kind have been hunted near to extinction by men. The whole series is now available in print, ebook and audio formats.
James has pursued a varied career - from Wine Merchant to International Carriage Driving Course Builder via Call Centre Operative and professional Sheep Shit Sampler (true). He moved out of the caravan when Storm Gertrude blew the Dutch barn down on top of it, and now lives in a proper house with two dogs, two cats and a long-suffering partner. He farms Highland cows by day, writes disturbing fiction by night.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
James Oswald introduces BURY THEM DEEP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIetDognCyY
Website: http://jamesoswald.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SirBenfro
The Book:
When a member of the Police Scotland team fails to clock-in for work, concern for her whereabouts is immediate... and the discovery of her burnt-out car in remote woodland to the south of Edinburgh sets off a desperate search for the missing woman.
Meanwhile, DCI Tony McLean and the team are preparing for a major anti-corruption operation - one which may raise the ire of more than a few powerful people in the city. Is Anya Renfrew's disappearance a co-incidence or related to the case?
McLean's investigations suggest that perhaps that Anya isn't the first woman to have mysteriously vanished in these ancient hills. Once again, McLean can't shake the feeling that there is a far greater evil at work here...
The Author:
James Oswald is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Inspector McLean series of detective mysteries. The first two of these, Natural Causes and The Book of Souls were both short-listed for the prestigious CWA Debut Dagger Award. Set in an Edinburgh not so different to the one we all know, Detective Inspector Tony McLean is the unlucky policeman who can see beneath the surface of ordinary criminal life to the dark, menacing evil that lurks beneath.
James has also introduced the world to Detective Constable Constance 'Con' Fairchild, whose first outing was in the acclaimed No Time To Cry.
As J D Oswald, James has written a classic fantasy series, The Ballad of Sir Benfro. Inspired by the language and folklore of Wales, it follows the adventures of a young dragon, Sir Benfro, in a land where his kind have been hunted near to extinction by men. The whole series is now available in print, ebook and audio formats.
James has pursued a varied career - from Wine Merchant to International Carriage Driving Course Builder via Call Centre Operative and professional Sheep Shit Sampler (true). He moved out of the caravan when Storm Gertrude blew the Dutch barn down on top of it, and now lives in a proper house with two dogs, two cats and a long-suffering partner. He farms Highland cows by day, writes disturbing fiction by night.
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Peter Doyle
Peter Doyle
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Title: First World War in 100 Objects
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://peterdoyle.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfPeterDoyle
The Book:
Objects allow us to reach out and touch the past and they play a living role in history today. Through them we can understand the experience of men and women during the First World War. They bear witness to the stories of men whose only morning comfort in the trenches was the rum ration, children who grew up with only one photograph of the father that they would never get to know, women who would sacrifice their girlhood in hospitals yards from the frontline, pinning a brooch on to remind themselves of a past life. Weapons like the machine gun and vehicles like the tank that transformed the battlefield; planes that had barely learnt to be flown entangled in dogfights far above the barbed wire of the frontline; German submarines that stalked shipping across the seas. Through these incredible artifacts, Peter Doyle tells the story of the First World War in a whole new light.
The Author:
Peter Doyle is a geologist with a life-long interest in military history. A specialist studying the role that terrain has had to play in two centuries of warfare, his interests nevertheless extend beyond the scientific. He has written extensively on the British experience of warfare in the two world wars - illustrated with artefacts of those wars. He believes that objects have a tale to tell; he has tried to translate that for the general public.
Genre: History
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://peterdoyle.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfPeterDoyle
The Book:
Objects allow us to reach out and touch the past and they play a living role in history today. Through them we can understand the experience of men and women during the First World War. They bear witness to the stories of men whose only morning comfort in the trenches was the rum ration, children who grew up with only one photograph of the father that they would never get to know, women who would sacrifice their girlhood in hospitals yards from the frontline, pinning a brooch on to remind themselves of a past life. Weapons like the machine gun and vehicles like the tank that transformed the battlefield; planes that had barely learnt to be flown entangled in dogfights far above the barbed wire of the frontline; German submarines that stalked shipping across the seas. Through these incredible artifacts, Peter Doyle tells the story of the First World War in a whole new light.
The Author:
Peter Doyle is a geologist with a life-long interest in military history. A specialist studying the role that terrain has had to play in two centuries of warfare, his interests nevertheless extend beyond the scientific. He has written extensively on the British experience of warfare in the two world wars - illustrated with artefacts of those wars. He believes that objects have a tale to tell; he has tried to translate that for the general public.
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Natalie Normann
Natalie Normann
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Two Books : A Very Hygge Holiday Series
Title 1: Summer Island
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Christmas Island
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Uk Only
Website: https://curledupwithagoodbook.co.uk/meet-the-author-natalie-normann
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatalieNormann1
Book 1: Summer Island
He never meant to stay.
He certainly never meant to fall in love…
Summer Island off the coast of Norway was the place London chef Jack Greene should have been from. He’s an outsider in the community that should have been his family, and now he’s setting foot on the strange land he has inherited for the first time.
The welcome is a mix of distrust and strange gifts of food, especially from enigmatic Ninni Toft, his nearest neighbour, who has arrived for the season to get over a broken heart. Her wild spirit and irrepressible enthusiasm for the quirky locals are a heady brew for city-boy Jack, who is discovering the simple pleasures of island life – and what it means to belong. To a place. To a people. To one person in particular…
Home is where the heart is, but is Jack’s heart with the career he left behind in London, or on the wind-swept shores of Summer Island, with Ninni?
Book 2: Christmas Island
Cosy up in front of a fire and discover Christmas the Norwegian way…full of romance, cosy traditions and hygge!
In the bleak midwinter…
A really frosty wind is making Holly’s life absolutely miserable
After all the years of hard work it took Londoner Holly Greene to become a doctor, now it could all be taken away and she only has herself to blame. She’s retreating to her brother’s rustic home on an island off the coast of Norway to lick her wounds. Only, it’s the middle of winter and icy slush plus endless darkness isn’t exactly the cheery, festive getaway she had imagined.
Nearly stumbling off the edge of a cliff in the dark, Holly is saved by Frøy, a yellow-eyed cat of fearsome but fluffy proportions, and his owner – grouchy, bearded recluse, Tor. Tor has his own problems to face but the inexplicable desire to leave a bag of freshly baked gingerbread men on Holly’s doorstep is seriously getting in the way of his hermit routine.
Call it kindness, call it Christmas, but Holly’s arrival means midwinter has never looked less bleak.
The Author:
Natalie Normann grew up in a shipping town on the west-coast of Norway and always wanted to be a writer. Actually, she wanted to smoke cigars and drink whiskey like Hemingway but settled for chocolate and the occasional glass of Baileys.
Her writing journey started with short stories in women’s magazines until her first book was published in 1995.
Christmas Island is her second romance written in English.
Title 1: Summer Island
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Christmas Island
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Uk Only
Website: https://curledupwithagoodbook.co.uk/meet-the-author-natalie-normann
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatalieNormann1
Book 1: Summer Island
He never meant to stay.
He certainly never meant to fall in love…
Summer Island off the coast of Norway was the place London chef Jack Greene should have been from. He’s an outsider in the community that should have been his family, and now he’s setting foot on the strange land he has inherited for the first time.
The welcome is a mix of distrust and strange gifts of food, especially from enigmatic Ninni Toft, his nearest neighbour, who has arrived for the season to get over a broken heart. Her wild spirit and irrepressible enthusiasm for the quirky locals are a heady brew for city-boy Jack, who is discovering the simple pleasures of island life – and what it means to belong. To a place. To a people. To one person in particular…
Home is where the heart is, but is Jack’s heart with the career he left behind in London, or on the wind-swept shores of Summer Island, with Ninni?
Book 2: Christmas Island
Cosy up in front of a fire and discover Christmas the Norwegian way…full of romance, cosy traditions and hygge!
In the bleak midwinter…
A really frosty wind is making Holly’s life absolutely miserable
After all the years of hard work it took Londoner Holly Greene to become a doctor, now it could all be taken away and she only has herself to blame. She’s retreating to her brother’s rustic home on an island off the coast of Norway to lick her wounds. Only, it’s the middle of winter and icy slush plus endless darkness isn’t exactly the cheery, festive getaway she had imagined.
Nearly stumbling off the edge of a cliff in the dark, Holly is saved by Frøy, a yellow-eyed cat of fearsome but fluffy proportions, and his owner – grouchy, bearded recluse, Tor. Tor has his own problems to face but the inexplicable desire to leave a bag of freshly baked gingerbread men on Holly’s doorstep is seriously getting in the way of his hermit routine.
Call it kindness, call it Christmas, but Holly’s arrival means midwinter has never looked less bleak.
The Author:
Natalie Normann grew up in a shipping town on the west-coast of Norway and always wanted to be a writer. Actually, she wanted to smoke cigars and drink whiskey like Hemingway but settled for chocolate and the occasional glass of Baileys.
Her writing journey started with short stories in women’s magazines until her first book was published in 1995.
Christmas Island is her second romance written in English.
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Title: Primrose Park
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://christiebarlow.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristieJBarlow
The Book:
Love Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter what
Vet Molly has always been career driven and focussed on caring for her animals, but when she meets a gorgeous Mystery Man at a conference and their connection is off the charts, well, one night off work won’t hurt anyone…except the next morning he’s vanished and all Molly knows about him is his first name.
Three months later, back in Love Heart Lane, everyone loves the story of Molly's amazing one-night stand. It's so unlike her! But when Mystery Man turns up walking his dog through Primrose Park and their night together seems to mean nothing to him, Molly needs her friends and neighbours more than ever. And especially when she’s left with the most unexpected of surprises…
The Author:
Christie Barlow is the international bestselling author of twelve romantic comedies including the iconic Love Heart Lane Series, A Home at Honeysuckle Farm and Kitty's Countryside Dream. She lives in a ramshackle cottage in a quaint village in the heart of Staffordshire with her four children and two dogs.
Her writing career has come as a lovely surprise when Christie decided to write a book to teach her children a valuable life lesson and show them that they are capable of achieving their dreams. Christie's dream was to become a writer and the book she wrote to prove a point went on to become a #1 international bestseller in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.
When Christie isn't writing she enjoys playing the piano, is a keen gardener and loves to paint and upcycle furniture.
Christie is an ambassador for the @ZuriProject alongside Patron of the charity, Emmerdale's Bhasker Patel. They raise money and awareness for communities in Uganda.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://christiebarlow.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristieJBarlow
The Book:
Love Heart Lane – where friends are there for you no matter what
Vet Molly has always been career driven and focussed on caring for her animals, but when she meets a gorgeous Mystery Man at a conference and their connection is off the charts, well, one night off work won’t hurt anyone…except the next morning he’s vanished and all Molly knows about him is his first name.
Three months later, back in Love Heart Lane, everyone loves the story of Molly's amazing one-night stand. It's so unlike her! But when Mystery Man turns up walking his dog through Primrose Park and their night together seems to mean nothing to him, Molly needs her friends and neighbours more than ever. And especially when she’s left with the most unexpected of surprises…
The Author:
Christie Barlow is the international bestselling author of twelve romantic comedies including the iconic Love Heart Lane Series, A Home at Honeysuckle Farm and Kitty's Countryside Dream. She lives in a ramshackle cottage in a quaint village in the heart of Staffordshire with her four children and two dogs.
Her writing career has come as a lovely surprise when Christie decided to write a book to teach her children a valuable life lesson and show them that they are capable of achieving their dreams. Christie's dream was to become a writer and the book she wrote to prove a point went on to become a #1 international bestseller in the UK, USA, Canada and Australia.
When Christie isn't writing she enjoys playing the piano, is a keen gardener and loves to paint and upcycle furniture.
Christie is an ambassador for the @ZuriProject alongside Patron of the charity, Emmerdale's Bhasker Patel. They raise money and awareness for communities in Uganda.
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Fi Glover & Jane Garvey
Fi Glover & Jane Garvey
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Title: Did I Say That Out Loud? Notes on the Chuff of Life
Genre: Non-Fiction - Humour
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
* Both Fi and Jane will sign their book for their successful bidder *
Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x5pd7/episodes/downloads
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fifiglover
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janegarvey1
The Book:
Award-winning broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey don't claim to have all the answers (what was the question?), but in these hilarious and perceptive essays they take modern life by its elasticated waist and give it a brisk going over with a stiff brush.
They riff together on the chuff of life, from pet deaths to broadcasting hierarchies, via the importance of hair dye, the perils and pleasures of judging other women, and the perplexing overconfidence of chino-wearing middle-aged white men named Roger.
Did I Say That Out Loud? covers essential life skills (never buy an acrylic jumper, always decline the offer of a limoncello), ponders the prudence of orgasm merchandise and suggests the disconcerting possibility that Christmas is a hereditary disease, passed down the maternal line.
At a time of constant uncertainty, what we all need is the wisdom of two women who haven't got a clue what's going on either.
The Author: Fi Glover
Fiona is a British BBC journalist and presenter who currently presents the Fortunately podcast,The Listening Project for BBC Radio 4 and My Perfect Country for the BBC World Service.
Fortunately, which has been downloaded 4.5 million times,was the 2018 winner of the ARIAS (Audio and Radio Industry Awards) Funniest Show and won Silver at the 2019 British Podcast Awards. It is currently No. 5 in the BBC’s most popular podcasts and has been No. 1 in the Apple podcast charts. From January 2021, it is broadcast on a regular slot on BBC Radio 4.
Glover worked at BBC Radio 5 Live for seven years, presenting Sunday Service, with Charlie Whelan and Andrew Pierce, Late Night Live, the Afternoon Show and the mid-morning phone-in programme. In 2004 she moved to BBC Radio 4 as the host of Broadcasting House, before launching Radio 4's Saturday Live, in March 2006.
Her television presenting roles include hosting BBC One's reality history show; 24 Hours in the Past, in 2014. She has made films for Newsnight, and was the presenter of the BBC Two Travel Show from 1997 to 2000.
In 2010, Radio Times readers voted Glover the 9th Most Powerful Voice on Radio and in 2014 she was awarded a fellowship of the Radio Academy, "to recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the industry and/or the Academy."
The Author: Jane Garvey
Garvey's was the first voice on BBC Radio 5 Live when it launched at 5:00 am on 28 March 1994. She became the co-presenter of 5 Live's award-winning breakfast programme in 1994, and also presented the Everywoman programme on the BBC World Service. She was also the presenter of the relaunched Midday show on BBC Radio 5 Live (during which the award-winning Postcards from the Street series by Stan Burridge was broadcast). Her final long-term assignment on 5 Live was as co-presenter of its Drive show on weekday afternoons with Peter Allen. She and Allen have won four Sony Gold Awards, and their relationship on air was described in The Times in 2002 as "a marriage made in radio heaven"
2007 she joined BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme as the second principal presenter, succeeding Martha Kearney in the role.
Jane Garvey broadcast her final Woman's Hour on 31 December 2020.
March 2017, Garvey, with fellow broadcaster Fi Glover, started a weekly podcast series from BBC Radio 4, Fortunately...with Fi and Jane.[10] Fortunately started broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 on 12 January 2021.
In June 2021, Garvey joined the Radio Times as the new weekly television columnist, replacing retiring Alison Graham.
Genre: Non-Fiction - Humour
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04x5pd7/episodes/downloads
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fifiglover
Twitter: https://twitter.com/janegarvey1
The Book:
Award-winning broadcasters Fi Glover and Jane Garvey don't claim to have all the answers (what was the question?), but in these hilarious and perceptive essays they take modern life by its elasticated waist and give it a brisk going over with a stiff brush.
They riff together on the chuff of life, from pet deaths to broadcasting hierarchies, via the importance of hair dye, the perils and pleasures of judging other women, and the perplexing overconfidence of chino-wearing middle-aged white men named Roger.
Did I Say That Out Loud? covers essential life skills (never buy an acrylic jumper, always decline the offer of a limoncello), ponders the prudence of orgasm merchandise and suggests the disconcerting possibility that Christmas is a hereditary disease, passed down the maternal line.
At a time of constant uncertainty, what we all need is the wisdom of two women who haven't got a clue what's going on either.
The Author: Fi Glover
Fiona is a British BBC journalist and presenter who currently presents the Fortunately podcast,The Listening Project for BBC Radio 4 and My Perfect Country for the BBC World Service.
Fortunately, which has been downloaded 4.5 million times,was the 2018 winner of the ARIAS (Audio and Radio Industry Awards) Funniest Show and won Silver at the 2019 British Podcast Awards. It is currently No. 5 in the BBC’s most popular podcasts and has been No. 1 in the Apple podcast charts. From January 2021, it is broadcast on a regular slot on BBC Radio 4.
Glover worked at BBC Radio 5 Live for seven years, presenting Sunday Service, with Charlie Whelan and Andrew Pierce, Late Night Live, the Afternoon Show and the mid-morning phone-in programme. In 2004 she moved to BBC Radio 4 as the host of Broadcasting House, before launching Radio 4's Saturday Live, in March 2006.
Her television presenting roles include hosting BBC One's reality history show; 24 Hours in the Past, in 2014. She has made films for Newsnight, and was the presenter of the BBC Two Travel Show from 1997 to 2000.
In 2010, Radio Times readers voted Glover the 9th Most Powerful Voice on Radio and in 2014 she was awarded a fellowship of the Radio Academy, "to recognise individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the industry and/or the Academy."
The Author: Jane Garvey
Garvey's was the first voice on BBC Radio 5 Live when it launched at 5:00 am on 28 March 1994. She became the co-presenter of 5 Live's award-winning breakfast programme in 1994, and also presented the Everywoman programme on the BBC World Service. She was also the presenter of the relaunched Midday show on BBC Radio 5 Live (during which the award-winning Postcards from the Street series by Stan Burridge was broadcast). Her final long-term assignment on 5 Live was as co-presenter of its Drive show on weekday afternoons with Peter Allen. She and Allen have won four Sony Gold Awards, and their relationship on air was described in The Times in 2002 as "a marriage made in radio heaven"
2007 she joined BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour programme as the second principal presenter, succeeding Martha Kearney in the role.
Jane Garvey broadcast her final Woman's Hour on 31 December 2020.
March 2017, Garvey, with fellow broadcaster Fi Glover, started a weekly podcast series from BBC Radio 4, Fortunately...with Fi and Jane.[10] Fortunately started broadcasting on BBC Radio 4 on 12 January 2021.
In June 2021, Garvey joined the Radio Times as the new weekly television columnist, replacing retiring Alison Graham.
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Title: The Miseducation of Evie Epworth
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://matsontaylor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/matson_taylor_
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July, 1962
Sixteen year-old Evie Epworth stands on the cusp of womanhood. But what kind of a woman will she become?
The fastest milk bottle-delivery girl in East Yorkshire, Evie is tall as a tree and hot as the desert sand. She dreams of an independent life lived under the bright lights of London (or Leeds). The two posters of Adam Faith on her bedroom wall (‘brooding Adam’ and ‘sophisticated Adam’) offer wise counsel about a future beyond rural East Yorkshire. Her role models are Charlotte Bronte, Shirley MacLaine and the Queen. But, before she can decide on a career, she must first deal with the malign presence of her future step-mother, the manipulative and money-grubbing Christine.
If Evie can rescue her bereaved father, Arthur, from Christine’s pink and over-perfumed clutches, and save the farmhouse from being sold off then maybe she can move on with her own life and finally work out exactly who it is she is meant to be.
Moving, inventive and richly comic, The Miseducation of Evie Epworth is the most joyful debut novel of the year and the best thing to have come out of Yorkshire since Wensleydale cheese.
‘Such a joyful and uplifting read. Just the sort of thing that people will want to be reading right now.’ Radio 2 Book Club
'Funny and original with a cast of eccentric characters, this debut novel is a tour de force. Not to be missed.' Sunday Express
'A rich triumph of comic writing.' Waterstones.com
'One of the funniest, wittiest and most joyful books you will read this year.' Lancaster Guardia
The Author:
Matson Taylor grew up in Yorkshire (the flat part not the Brontë part). He comes from farming stock and spent an idyllic childhood surrounded by horses, cows, bicycles, and cheap ice-cream. His father, a York City and Halifax Town footballer, has never forgiven him for getting on the school rugby team but not getting anywhere near the school football team.
Matson now lives in London, where he is a design historian and academic writing tutor at the V&A, Imperial College and the Royal College of Art. Previously, he talked his way into various jobs at universities and museums around the world; he has also worked on Camden Market, appeared in an Italian TV commercial and been a pronunciation coach for Catalan opera singers. He gets back to Yorkshire as much as possible, mainly to see family and friends but also to get a reasonably-priced haircut.
He has always loved telling stories and, after writing academically about beaded flapper dresses and World War 2 glow-in-the-dark fascinators, he decided to enrol on the Faber Academy 'Writing A Novel' course. The Miseducation of Evie Epworth is his first novel.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://matsontaylor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/matson_taylor_
The Book:
July, 1962
Sixteen year-old Evie Epworth stands on the cusp of womanhood. But what kind of a woman will she become?
The fastest milk bottle-delivery girl in East Yorkshire, Evie is tall as a tree and hot as the desert sand. She dreams of an independent life lived under the bright lights of London (or Leeds). The two posters of Adam Faith on her bedroom wall (‘brooding Adam’ and ‘sophisticated Adam’) offer wise counsel about a future beyond rural East Yorkshire. Her role models are Charlotte Bronte, Shirley MacLaine and the Queen. But, before she can decide on a career, she must first deal with the malign presence of her future step-mother, the manipulative and money-grubbing Christine.
If Evie can rescue her bereaved father, Arthur, from Christine’s pink and over-perfumed clutches, and save the farmhouse from being sold off then maybe she can move on with her own life and finally work out exactly who it is she is meant to be.
Moving, inventive and richly comic, The Miseducation of Evie Epworth is the most joyful debut novel of the year and the best thing to have come out of Yorkshire since Wensleydale cheese.
‘Such a joyful and uplifting read. Just the sort of thing that people will want to be reading right now.’ Radio 2 Book Club
'Funny and original with a cast of eccentric characters, this debut novel is a tour de force. Not to be missed.' Sunday Express
'A rich triumph of comic writing.' Waterstones.com
'One of the funniest, wittiest and most joyful books you will read this year.' Lancaster Guardia
The Author:
Matson Taylor grew up in Yorkshire (the flat part not the Brontë part). He comes from farming stock and spent an idyllic childhood surrounded by horses, cows, bicycles, and cheap ice-cream. His father, a York City and Halifax Town footballer, has never forgiven him for getting on the school rugby team but not getting anywhere near the school football team.
Matson now lives in London, where he is a design historian and academic writing tutor at the V&A, Imperial College and the Royal College of Art. Previously, he talked his way into various jobs at universities and museums around the world; he has also worked on Camden Market, appeared in an Italian TV commercial and been a pronunciation coach for Catalan opera singers. He gets back to Yorkshire as much as possible, mainly to see family and friends but also to get a reasonably-priced haircut.
He has always loved telling stories and, after writing academically about beaded flapper dresses and World War 2 glow-in-the-dark fascinators, he decided to enrol on the Faber Academy 'Writing A Novel' course. The Miseducation of Evie Epworth is his first novel.
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All Six Books in the DCI Callanach Series
Title 1: Perfect Remains
Title 2: Perfect Prey
Title 3: Perfect Death
Title 4 Perfect Silence
Title 5: Perfect Crime
Title 6: Perfect Kill
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication: Available On All Books
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://www.helenfields.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Helen_Fields
The Book 1:
On a remote Highland mountain, the body of Elaine Buxton is burning. All that will be left to identify the respected lawyer are her teeth and a fragment of clothing.
In the concealed back room of a house in Edinburgh, the real Elaine Buxton screams into the darkness…
Detective Inspector Luc Callanach has barely set foot in his new office when Elaine’s missing persons case is escalated to a murder investigation. Having left behind a promising career at Interpol, he’s eager to prove himself to his new team. But Edinburgh, he discovers, is a long way from Lyon, and Elaine’s killer has covered his tracks with meticulous care.
It’s not long before another successful woman is abducted from her doorstep, and Callanach finds himself in a race against the clock. Or so he believes … The real fate of the women will prove more twisted than he could have ever imagined.
The Book 2:
Welcome to Edinburgh. Murder capital of Europe.
In the middle of a rock festival, a charity worker is sliced across the stomach. He dies minutes later. In a crowd of thousands, no one saw his attacker.
The following week, the body of a primary school teacher is found in a dumpster in an Edinburgh alley, strangled with her own woollen scarf.
D.I. Ava Turner and D.I. Luc Callanach have no leads and no motive – until around the city, graffitied on buildings, words appear describing each victim.
It’s only when they realise the words are being written before rather than after the murders, that they understand the killer is announcing his next victim…and the more innocent the better.
The Book 3:
There’s no easy way to die…
Unknown to DI Luc Callanach and the newly promoted DCI Ava Turner, a serial killer has Edinburgh firmly in his grip. The killer is taking his victims in the coldest, most calculating way possible – engineering slow and painful deaths by poison, with his victims entirely unaware of the drugs flooding their bloodstream until it’s too late.
But how do you catch a killer who hides in the shadows? A killer whose pleasure comes from watching pain from afar? Faced with their most difficult case yet, Callanach and Turner soon realise they face a seemingly impossible task…
The Book 4:
When silence falls, who will hear their cries?
The body of a young girl is found dumped on the roadside on the outskirts of Edinburgh. When pathologists examine the remains, they make a gruesome discovery: the silhouette of a doll carved in the victim’s skin.
DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach are struggling to find leads in the case, until a doll made of skin is found nestled beside an abandoned baby.
After another young woman is found butchered, Luc and Ava realise the babydoll killer is playing a horrifying game. And it’s only a matter of time before he strikes again. Can they stop another victim from being silenced forever – or is it already too late?
The Book 5:
Stephen Berry is about to jump off a bridge until a suicide prevention counsellor stops him. A week later, Stephen is dead. Found at the bottom of a cliff, DI Luc Callanach and DCI Ava Turner are drafted in to investigate whether he jumped or whether he was pushed…
As they dig deeper, more would-be suicides roll in: a woman found dead in a bath; a man violently electrocuted. But these are carefully curated deaths – nothing like the impulsive suicide attempts they’ve been made out to be.
Little do Callanach and Turner know how close their perpetrator is as, across Edinburgh, a violent and psychopathic killer gains more confidence with every life he takes…
The Book 6:
He had never heard himself scream before. It was terrifying.
Alone, trapped in the darkness and with no way out, Bart Campbell knows that his chances of being found alive are slim.
Drugged and kidnapped, the realisation soon dawns that he’s been locked inside a shipping container far from his Edinburgh home. But what Bart doesn’t yet know is that he’s now heading for France where his unspeakable fate is already sealed…
DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach are working on separate cases that soon collide as it becomes clear that the men and women being shipped to France are being traded for women trafficked into Scotland.
With so many lives at stake, they face an impossible task – but there’s no option of failure when Bart and so many others will soon be dead…
The Author:
An international and Amazon #1 best-selling author, Helen is a former criminal and family law barrister. Every book in the Callanach series has claimed an Amazon #1 bestseller flag. The last book in the series, 'Perfect Kill' was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in 2020, and others have been longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize, Scottish crime novel of the year. Helen also writes as HS Chandler, and has released legal thriller 'Degrees of Guilt'. Her audio book 'Perfect Crime' knocked Michelle Obama off the #1 spot. In 2020 Perfect Remains was shortlisted for the Bronze Bat, Dutch debut crime novel of the year. Now translated into 16 languages, and also selling in the USA, Canada & Australasia, Helen's books have won global recognition. Her historical thriller 'These Lost & Broken Things' came out in May 2020. Her first standalone thriller - The Shadow Man - from HarperColllins will be published on February 4, 2021. She currently commutes between West Sussex, Scotland and California. She lives with her husband and three children. Helen can be found on Twitter @Helen_Fields for up to date news and information or at http://www.helenfields.co.uk.
Title 1: Perfect Remains
Title 2: Perfect Prey
Title 3: Perfect Death
Title 4 Perfect Silence
Title 5: Perfect Crime
Title 6: Perfect Kill
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication: Available On All Books
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: https://www.helenfields.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Helen_Fields
The Book 1:
On a remote Highland mountain, the body of Elaine Buxton is burning. All that will be left to identify the respected lawyer are her teeth and a fragment of clothing.
In the concealed back room of a house in Edinburgh, the real Elaine Buxton screams into the darkness…
Detective Inspector Luc Callanach has barely set foot in his new office when Elaine’s missing persons case is escalated to a murder investigation. Having left behind a promising career at Interpol, he’s eager to prove himself to his new team. But Edinburgh, he discovers, is a long way from Lyon, and Elaine’s killer has covered his tracks with meticulous care.
It’s not long before another successful woman is abducted from her doorstep, and Callanach finds himself in a race against the clock. Or so he believes … The real fate of the women will prove more twisted than he could have ever imagined.
The Book 2:
Welcome to Edinburgh. Murder capital of Europe.
In the middle of a rock festival, a charity worker is sliced across the stomach. He dies minutes later. In a crowd of thousands, no one saw his attacker.
The following week, the body of a primary school teacher is found in a dumpster in an Edinburgh alley, strangled with her own woollen scarf.
D.I. Ava Turner and D.I. Luc Callanach have no leads and no motive – until around the city, graffitied on buildings, words appear describing each victim.
It’s only when they realise the words are being written before rather than after the murders, that they understand the killer is announcing his next victim…and the more innocent the better.
The Book 3:
There’s no easy way to die…
Unknown to DI Luc Callanach and the newly promoted DCI Ava Turner, a serial killer has Edinburgh firmly in his grip. The killer is taking his victims in the coldest, most calculating way possible – engineering slow and painful deaths by poison, with his victims entirely unaware of the drugs flooding their bloodstream until it’s too late.
But how do you catch a killer who hides in the shadows? A killer whose pleasure comes from watching pain from afar? Faced with their most difficult case yet, Callanach and Turner soon realise they face a seemingly impossible task…
The Book 4:
When silence falls, who will hear their cries?
The body of a young girl is found dumped on the roadside on the outskirts of Edinburgh. When pathologists examine the remains, they make a gruesome discovery: the silhouette of a doll carved in the victim’s skin.
DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach are struggling to find leads in the case, until a doll made of skin is found nestled beside an abandoned baby.
After another young woman is found butchered, Luc and Ava realise the babydoll killer is playing a horrifying game. And it’s only a matter of time before he strikes again. Can they stop another victim from being silenced forever – or is it already too late?
The Book 5:
Stephen Berry is about to jump off a bridge until a suicide prevention counsellor stops him. A week later, Stephen is dead. Found at the bottom of a cliff, DI Luc Callanach and DCI Ava Turner are drafted in to investigate whether he jumped or whether he was pushed…
As they dig deeper, more would-be suicides roll in: a woman found dead in a bath; a man violently electrocuted. But these are carefully curated deaths – nothing like the impulsive suicide attempts they’ve been made out to be.
Little do Callanach and Turner know how close their perpetrator is as, across Edinburgh, a violent and psychopathic killer gains more confidence with every life he takes…
The Book 6:
He had never heard himself scream before. It was terrifying.
Alone, trapped in the darkness and with no way out, Bart Campbell knows that his chances of being found alive are slim.
Drugged and kidnapped, the realisation soon dawns that he’s been locked inside a shipping container far from his Edinburgh home. But what Bart doesn’t yet know is that he’s now heading for France where his unspeakable fate is already sealed…
DCI Ava Turner and DI Luc Callanach are working on separate cases that soon collide as it becomes clear that the men and women being shipped to France are being traded for women trafficked into Scotland.
With so many lives at stake, they face an impossible task – but there’s no option of failure when Bart and so many others will soon be dead…
The Author:
An international and Amazon #1 best-selling author, Helen is a former criminal and family law barrister. Every book in the Callanach series has claimed an Amazon #1 bestseller flag. The last book in the series, 'Perfect Kill' was longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Ian Fleming Steel Dagger in 2020, and others have been longlisted for the McIlvanney Prize, Scottish crime novel of the year. Helen also writes as HS Chandler, and has released legal thriller 'Degrees of Guilt'. Her audio book 'Perfect Crime' knocked Michelle Obama off the #1 spot. In 2020 Perfect Remains was shortlisted for the Bronze Bat, Dutch debut crime novel of the year. Now translated into 16 languages, and also selling in the USA, Canada & Australasia, Helen's books have won global recognition. Her historical thriller 'These Lost & Broken Things' came out in May 2020. Her first standalone thriller - The Shadow Man - from HarperColllins will be published on February 4, 2021. She currently commutes between West Sussex, Scotland and California. She lives with her husband and three children. Helen can be found on Twitter @Helen_Fields for up to date news and information or at http://www.helenfields.co.uk.
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Title: The Fields of Anfield Road
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.helenpoole.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helenpoolebooks
The Book:
The Field family love Liverpool FC. They really, really love them. In this rhyming picture book, take a tour of the family's LFC-themed home, meet their pets and discover their match day rituals, before joining them at the Cup Final, where not everything goes to plan, can 'The Fields' save the day and help Liverpool be crowned champions? Or will they go home feeling sad?
The Author:
As a child, Helen Poole was fascinated by childrens books. She enjoyed writing stories and rhymes that she could illustrate. This fascination has lead to a full-time career. Helen graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, where she discovered working digitally and never looked back. Since graduating, her versatility has allowed her to work as a graphic and product designer, as well as an illustrator. She has worked on everything from toys and games to greeting cards and pet products. And lets not forget childrens books! Helen works much better when drinking large amounts of herbal tea and singing loudly to an extremely eclectic music collection (thankfully she works alone).
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.helenpoole.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helenpoolebooks
The Book:
The Field family love Liverpool FC. They really, really love them. In this rhyming picture book, take a tour of the family's LFC-themed home, meet their pets and discover their match day rituals, before joining them at the Cup Final, where not everything goes to plan, can 'The Fields' save the day and help Liverpool be crowned champions? Or will they go home feeling sad?
The Author:
As a child, Helen Poole was fascinated by childrens books. She enjoyed writing stories and rhymes that she could illustrate. This fascination has lead to a full-time career. Helen graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, where she discovered working digitally and never looked back. Since graduating, her versatility has allowed her to work as a graphic and product designer, as well as an illustrator. She has worked on everything from toys and games to greeting cards and pet products. And lets not forget childrens books! Helen works much better when drinking large amounts of herbal tea and singing loudly to an extremely eclectic music collection (thankfully she works alone).
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Title: Messy Malcolm
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.helenpoole.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helenpoolebooks
The Book:
With his hair unbrushed and his collar askew,he was the messiest child that anyone knew...When Malcolm unexpectedly wins a prize at school,he can hardly believe his mud-splattered ears.But can he be trusted to keep it safe?Or will his love of untidiness and dirt get him in a big mess?A fun rhyming picture book from the author and illustrator of Clara's Crazy Curls.
The Author:
As a child, Helen Poole was fascinated by childrens books. She enjoyed writing stories and rhymes that she could illustrate. This fascination has lead to a full-time career. Helen graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, where she discovered working digitally and never looked back. Since graduating, her versatility has allowed her to work as a graphic and product designer, as well as an illustrator. She has worked on everything from toys and games to greeting cards and pet products. And lets not forget childrens books! Helen works much better when drinking large amounts of herbal tea and singing loudly to an extremely eclectic music collection (thankfully she works alone).
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: http://www.helenpoole.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/helenpoolebooks
The Book:
With his hair unbrushed and his collar askew,he was the messiest child that anyone knew...When Malcolm unexpectedly wins a prize at school,he can hardly believe his mud-splattered ears.But can he be trusted to keep it safe?Or will his love of untidiness and dirt get him in a big mess?A fun rhyming picture book from the author and illustrator of Clara's Crazy Curls.
The Author:
As a child, Helen Poole was fascinated by childrens books. She enjoyed writing stories and rhymes that she could illustrate. This fascination has lead to a full-time career. Helen graduated from the University of Central Lancashire, where she discovered working digitally and never looked back. Since graduating, her versatility has allowed her to work as a graphic and product designer, as well as an illustrator. She has worked on everything from toys and games to greeting cards and pet products. And lets not forget childrens books! Helen works much better when drinking large amounts of herbal tea and singing loudly to an extremely eclectic music collection (thankfully she works alone).
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Title: Hunters Moon
Genre: Contemporary Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.renham.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lyndarenham
The Book:
Hunters Moon, set in the little English village of Penlyn, promises to be the dream home for Flora and Adam McIntosh. Adam’s career in politics has taken a turn for the better and the only thing left to complete the couple’s happiness is a baby. Flora believes the new home will help her overcome a recent miscarriage but she soon realises the house is not all it seems. What are the villagers of Penlyn hiding and does Hunters Moon hold a dark secret? Flora soon finds herself entrapped in a web of deceit with no one to turn to. Her dream home becomes her nightmare as Flora fears for her life.
The Author:
Lynda Renham has been writing for as long as she can remember and had her first work published in a magazine at age nine and has continued writing in various forms since. She has had several poems published as well as articles in numerous magazines and newspapers. Recently she has taken part in radio discussions on the BBC.
She has studied literature and creative writing and has a blog on her web page: http://www.renham.co.uk
Lynda lives with her second husband and cat in Oxfordshire, England. She is Associate Editor for the online magazine The Scavenger and contributor to many others. When not writing Lynda can usually be found wasting her time on Facebook.
Genre: Contemporary Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: http://www.renham.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lyndarenham
The Book:
Hunters Moon, set in the little English village of Penlyn, promises to be the dream home for Flora and Adam McIntosh. Adam’s career in politics has taken a turn for the better and the only thing left to complete the couple’s happiness is a baby. Flora believes the new home will help her overcome a recent miscarriage but she soon realises the house is not all it seems. What are the villagers of Penlyn hiding and does Hunters Moon hold a dark secret? Flora soon finds herself entrapped in a web of deceit with no one to turn to. Her dream home becomes her nightmare as Flora fears for her life.
The Author:
Lynda Renham has been writing for as long as she can remember and had her first work published in a magazine at age nine and has continued writing in various forms since. She has had several poems published as well as articles in numerous magazines and newspapers. Recently she has taken part in radio discussions on the BBC.
She has studied literature and creative writing and has a blog on her web page: http://www.renham.co.uk
Lynda lives with her second husband and cat in Oxfordshire, England. She is Associate Editor for the online magazine The Scavenger and contributor to many others. When not writing Lynda can usually be found wasting her time on Facebook.
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Lynda Renham
Lynda Renham
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Title: Pink Wellies and Flay Cas
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.renham.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lyndarenham
The Book:
Alice Lane has everything; a wonderful fiancé, a responsible job and a lovely flat in Chelsea, but after she has a bra fitting, her life goes tits up. Homeless, and with just a sparkling engagement ring as a memory of her previous life, Alice accepts a live-in farm manager s job and discovers that things actually can get worse. Come with Alice as she makes her hilarious career change and struggles to cope with her moody employer, Edward. But can Alice turn her back on romance and resist the dashing Dominic, or will the past come back to surprise her
The Author:
ynda Renham has been writing for as long as she can remember and had her first work published in a magazine at age nine and has continued writing in various forms since. She has had several poems published as well as articles in numerous magazines and newspapers. Recently she has taken part in radio discussions on the BBC.
She has studied literature and creative writing and has a blog on her web page: http://www.renham.co.uk
Lynda lives with her second husband and cat in Oxfordshire, England. She is Associate Editor for the online magazine The Scavenger and contributor to many others. When not writing Lynda can usually be found wasting her time on Facebook.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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Website: http://www.renham.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lyndarenham
The Book:
Alice Lane has everything; a wonderful fiancé, a responsible job and a lovely flat in Chelsea, but after she has a bra fitting, her life goes tits up. Homeless, and with just a sparkling engagement ring as a memory of her previous life, Alice accepts a live-in farm manager s job and discovers that things actually can get worse. Come with Alice as she makes her hilarious career change and struggles to cope with her moody employer, Edward. But can Alice turn her back on romance and resist the dashing Dominic, or will the past come back to surprise her
The Author:
ynda Renham has been writing for as long as she can remember and had her first work published in a magazine at age nine and has continued writing in various forms since. She has had several poems published as well as articles in numerous magazines and newspapers. Recently she has taken part in radio discussions on the BBC.
She has studied literature and creative writing and has a blog on her web page: http://www.renham.co.uk
Lynda lives with her second husband and cat in Oxfordshire, England. She is Associate Editor for the online magazine The Scavenger and contributor to many others. When not writing Lynda can usually be found wasting her time on Facebook.
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Nadia Shireen
Nadia Shireen
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Title: Grimwood
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
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Website: https://www.nadiashireen.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NadiaShireen
The Book:
Laugh your head off with this fully-illustrated new series from award-winning Nadia Shireen.
Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are on the run from Princess Buttons, the scariest street cat in the Big City. They flee for Grimwood, expecting to find refuge in the peaceful countryside. Instead, they are met with thieving eagles, dramatic ducks, riotous rabbits and a whole host of unusual characters. Grimwood is . . . weird. But when Princess Buttons tracks them down, Nancy and Ted and the animals of Grimwood must unite in a mind-bending race against time ...
This memorable, distinctive and warm-hearted comedy series will have kids begging to read more.
The Author:
Nadia Shireen enjoyed making homemade magazines and comics as a child. She studied law at university and then worked in magazine journalism; it was during this time that she started to draw again. After a lifetime of doodling in the sidelines, Nadia decided to pay some attention to drawing and in 2007 was accepted onto an MA course in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Her debut book Good Little Wolf received a mention in the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award and won the UKLA Book Award. Nadia has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She lives in London.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback Picture Book
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.nadiashireen.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NadiaShireen
The Book:
Laugh your head off with this fully-illustrated new series from award-winning Nadia Shireen.
Fox cub siblings Ted and Nancy are on the run from Princess Buttons, the scariest street cat in the Big City. They flee for Grimwood, expecting to find refuge in the peaceful countryside. Instead, they are met with thieving eagles, dramatic ducks, riotous rabbits and a whole host of unusual characters. Grimwood is . . . weird. But when Princess Buttons tracks them down, Nancy and Ted and the animals of Grimwood must unite in a mind-bending race against time ...
This memorable, distinctive and warm-hearted comedy series will have kids begging to read more.
The Author:
Nadia Shireen enjoyed making homemade magazines and comics as a child. She studied law at university and then worked in magazine journalism; it was during this time that she started to draw again. After a lifetime of doodling in the sidelines, Nadia decided to pay some attention to drawing and in 2007 was accepted onto an MA course in Children's Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Her debut book Good Little Wolf received a mention in the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima Award and won the UKLA Book Award. Nadia has been shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. She lives in London.
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Alex Foulkes
Alex Foulkes
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Title: Rules for Vampires
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Humour - Horror
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/foulkeswrites
The Book:
Straighten your cape and sharpen your claws . . . being a vampire is harder than it looks! The deliciously funny debut from Alex Foulkes, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie.
There are highs and lows to being a vampire. On one claw, you get cool powers like beastly strength and hypnotism and the ability to Grimwalk. On the other claw, however, vampires are bound by the Vampiric Laws: rules to protect the balance between the worlds of the Living and the Undead. And unfortunately, 11-year-old Leo has just forgotten rule number one . . . The Rules for Vampires don't tell you what to do when you make a ghostly enemy, or accidentally restart an ancient war. But Leo and her very unusual family are more than up to the job.
A monstrously funny and devilishly dark new adventure from debut talent Alex Foulkes, illustrated throughout by the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, Rules for Vampires is the series that fans of Lemony Snicket and Skulduggery Pleasant will devour for breakfast.
The Author:
Alex Foulkes is from Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands of England, and lives with her boyfriend and their dog, Mac, who is just small enough to sit on the back of a broomstick (very convenient!). She has worked as a teaching assistant and a school librarian. When she's not reading and reading and reading, she's writing her very own stories with chills, thrills, and maybe even a talking spider!
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Humour - Horror
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/foulkeswrites
The Book:
Straighten your cape and sharpen your claws . . . being a vampire is harder than it looks! The deliciously funny debut from Alex Foulkes, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie.
There are highs and lows to being a vampire. On one claw, you get cool powers like beastly strength and hypnotism and the ability to Grimwalk. On the other claw, however, vampires are bound by the Vampiric Laws: rules to protect the balance between the worlds of the Living and the Undead. And unfortunately, 11-year-old Leo has just forgotten rule number one . . . The Rules for Vampires don't tell you what to do when you make a ghostly enemy, or accidentally restart an ancient war. But Leo and her very unusual family are more than up to the job.
A monstrously funny and devilishly dark new adventure from debut talent Alex Foulkes, illustrated throughout by the award-winning Sara Ogilvie, Rules for Vampires is the series that fans of Lemony Snicket and Skulduggery Pleasant will devour for breakfast.
The Author:
Alex Foulkes is from Stoke-on-Trent in the Midlands of England, and lives with her boyfriend and their dog, Mac, who is just small enough to sit on the back of a broomstick (very convenient!). She has worked as a teaching assistant and a school librarian. When she's not reading and reading and reading, she's writing her very own stories with chills, thrills, and maybe even a talking spider!
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Neema Shah
Neema Shah
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Title: Kololo Hill
Genre: Historical Fiction - Cultural African/Indian
Format: Hardback
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Website: https://neemashah.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeemaMShah
The Book:
A devastating decree is issued: all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in ninety days. They must take only what they can carry, give up their money and never return.
For Asha and Pran, married a matter of months, it means abandoning the family business that Pran has worked so hard to save. For his mother, Jaya, it means saying goodbye to the house that has been her home for decades. But violence is escalating in Kampala, and people are disappearing. Will they all make it to safety in Britain and will they be given refuge if they do?
And all the while, a terrible secret about the expulsion hangs over them, threatening to tear the family apart.
From the green hilltops of Kampala, to the terraced houses of London, Neema Shah’s extraordinarily moving debut Kololo Hill explores what it means to leave your home behind, what it takes to start again, and the lengths some will go to protect their loved ones.
The Author:
My debut novel Kololo Hill was chosen as a 2021 Pick for Foyles, The Daily Mail, The Irish Times and Cosmopolitan.
It's partly inspired by my grandparents, who left India for East Africa in the 1940s, as well as those who were expelled from Uganda by brutal ruler Idi Amin.
Before publication, Kololo Hill won The Literary Consultancy Pen Factor Live, came second place in the First Novel Prize and York Festival of Writing Best Opening Chapter, was a finalist in the international Bath Novel Award and was longlisted for the Retreat West Novel Prize, Exeter Novel Prize and SI Leeds Literary Prize.
I was born and raised in London but spent many family holidays in East Africa. My love for travel hasn't diminished and I also once ran away to join a circus in New York, but that’s a story for another time…
Genre: Historical Fiction - Cultural African/Indian
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://neemashah.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeemaMShah
The Book:
A devastating decree is issued: all Ugandan Asians must leave the country in ninety days. They must take only what they can carry, give up their money and never return.
For Asha and Pran, married a matter of months, it means abandoning the family business that Pran has worked so hard to save. For his mother, Jaya, it means saying goodbye to the house that has been her home for decades. But violence is escalating in Kampala, and people are disappearing. Will they all make it to safety in Britain and will they be given refuge if they do?
And all the while, a terrible secret about the expulsion hangs over them, threatening to tear the family apart.
From the green hilltops of Kampala, to the terraced houses of London, Neema Shah’s extraordinarily moving debut Kololo Hill explores what it means to leave your home behind, what it takes to start again, and the lengths some will go to protect their loved ones.
The Author:
My debut novel Kololo Hill was chosen as a 2021 Pick for Foyles, The Daily Mail, The Irish Times and Cosmopolitan.
It's partly inspired by my grandparents, who left India for East Africa in the 1940s, as well as those who were expelled from Uganda by brutal ruler Idi Amin.
Before publication, Kololo Hill won The Literary Consultancy Pen Factor Live, came second place in the First Novel Prize and York Festival of Writing Best Opening Chapter, was a finalist in the international Bath Novel Award and was longlisted for the Retreat West Novel Prize, Exeter Novel Prize and SI Leeds Literary Prize.
I was born and raised in London but spent many family holidays in East Africa. My love for travel hasn't diminished and I also once ran away to join a circus in New York, but that’s a story for another time…
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Awais Khan
Awais Khan
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Title: No Honour
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Pakistan Only
Website: https://aforauthors.co.uk/authors/awais-khan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AwaisKhanAuthor
The Book:
A young woman defies convention in a small Pakistani village, with devastating results for her and her family. A stunning, immense beautiful novel about courage, family and the meaning of love, when everything seems lost…
In sixteen-year-old Abida’s small Pakistani village, there are age-old rules to live by, and her family’s honour to protect. And, yet, her spirit is defiant and she yearns to make a home with the man she loves.
When the unthinkable happens, Abida faces the same fate as other young girls who have chosen unacceptable alliances – certain, public death. Fired by a fierce determination to resist everything she knows to be wrong about the society into which she was born, and aided by her devoted father, Jamil, who puts his own life on the line to help her, she escapes to Lahore and then disappears.
Jamal goes to Lahore in search of Abida – a city where the prejudices that dominate their village take on a new and horrifying form – and father and daughter are caught in a world from which they may never escape.
Moving from the depths of rural Pakistan, riddled with poverty and religious fervour, to the dangerous streets of over-populated Lahore, No Honour is a story of family, of the indomitable spirit of love in its many forms … a story of courage and resilience, when all seems lost, and the inextinguishable fire that lights one young woman’s battle for change.
The Author:
Awais Khan is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and Durham University. He has studied Creative Writing at Faber Academy in London.
He is the author of the critically acclaimed 'In the Company of Strangers' (published by Simon & Schuster, Isis Audio and The Book Guild) and 'No Honour' (published by Orenda Books).
He has appeared on BBC World Service, Dubai Eye, Voice of America, Cambridge Radio, City42, PTV Home, Samaa TV, Indua TV etc. His work has appeared in The Aleph Review, Missing Slate, The Hindu, Daily Times and other publications.
He is the Founding Director of The Writing Institute and has given lectures on Creative Writing at Durham University, American University of Dubai, Canadian University of Dubai, Kinnaird College etc.
He is represented by Annette Crossland at A for Authors Agency Ltd, London.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Pakistan Only
Website: https://aforauthors.co.uk/authors/awais-khan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AwaisKhanAuthor
The Book:
A young woman defies convention in a small Pakistani village, with devastating results for her and her family. A stunning, immense beautiful novel about courage, family and the meaning of love, when everything seems lost…
In sixteen-year-old Abida’s small Pakistani village, there are age-old rules to live by, and her family’s honour to protect. And, yet, her spirit is defiant and she yearns to make a home with the man she loves.
When the unthinkable happens, Abida faces the same fate as other young girls who have chosen unacceptable alliances – certain, public death. Fired by a fierce determination to resist everything she knows to be wrong about the society into which she was born, and aided by her devoted father, Jamil, who puts his own life on the line to help her, she escapes to Lahore and then disappears.
Jamal goes to Lahore in search of Abida – a city where the prejudices that dominate their village take on a new and horrifying form – and father and daughter are caught in a world from which they may never escape.
Moving from the depths of rural Pakistan, riddled with poverty and religious fervour, to the dangerous streets of over-populated Lahore, No Honour is a story of family, of the indomitable spirit of love in its many forms … a story of courage and resilience, when all seems lost, and the inextinguishable fire that lights one young woman’s battle for change.
The Author:
Awais Khan is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario and Durham University. He has studied Creative Writing at Faber Academy in London.
He is the author of the critically acclaimed 'In the Company of Strangers' (published by Simon & Schuster, Isis Audio and The Book Guild) and 'No Honour' (published by Orenda Books).
He has appeared on BBC World Service, Dubai Eye, Voice of America, Cambridge Radio, City42, PTV Home, Samaa TV, Indua TV etc. His work has appeared in The Aleph Review, Missing Slate, The Hindu, Daily Times and other publications.
He is the Founding Director of The Writing Institute and has given lectures on Creative Writing at Durham University, American University of Dubai, Canadian University of Dubai, Kinnaird College etc.
He is represented by Annette Crossland at A for Authors Agency Ltd, London.
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Richard Pickard
Richard Pickard
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Title: The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback (With tentacle sprayed edge)
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.richard-pickard.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardpickard
The Book:
Marina lives in Merlington, a fish-obsessed seaside town. Unfortunately, she doesn't care for fish; she loves telling stories.
Marina finds her best story yet when she explores the ruined, haunted pier: a boy called William with a head of tentacles and crab claws for hands. He has lived on the pier all his life, cared for by a fisherman who has since disappeared and who warned him always to remain hidden.
Together, the pair resolve to unravel the mystery of his past – but danger isn't far away ...
The Author:
Richard has always loved spending time by the sea. Although he grew up in Hertfordshire his grandparents live on the south coast, in Sussex and Dorset, where much of the inspiration for his stories has been found. Whether writing, sunbathing, or sheltering from the rain with a mug of tea, the family beach hut in Bournemouth has always been one of his happiest places.
Richard’s debut novel, The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy, won the inaugural Times/Chicken House Chairman's Choice Award in 2019. His love of storytelling started at a young age, through a passion for literature but also for cinema. Two of his greatest childhood influences were Roald Dahl and Tim Burton, who both possess a wickedly dark sense of humour.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback (With tentacle sprayed edge)
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.richard-pickard.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardpickard
The Book:
Marina lives in Merlington, a fish-obsessed seaside town. Unfortunately, she doesn't care for fish; she loves telling stories.
Marina finds her best story yet when she explores the ruined, haunted pier: a boy called William with a head of tentacles and crab claws for hands. He has lived on the pier all his life, cared for by a fisherman who has since disappeared and who warned him always to remain hidden.
Together, the pair resolve to unravel the mystery of his past – but danger isn't far away ...
The Author:
Richard has always loved spending time by the sea. Although he grew up in Hertfordshire his grandparents live on the south coast, in Sussex and Dorset, where much of the inspiration for his stories has been found. Whether writing, sunbathing, or sheltering from the rain with a mug of tea, the family beach hut in Bournemouth has always been one of his happiest places.
Richard’s debut novel, The Peculiar Tale of the Tentacle Boy, won the inaugural Times/Chicken House Chairman's Choice Award in 2019. His love of storytelling started at a young age, through a passion for literature but also for cinema. Two of his greatest childhood influences were Roald Dahl and Tim Burton, who both possess a wickedly dark sense of humour.
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B. C. Harris
B. C. Harris
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Title: Conspiracy of Cats
Genre: Paranormal - Mystery - Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCHarris64
The Book:
An apprehensive Jos Ferguson travels from Edinburgh to northern Tanzania to visit the house her Uncle Peter built before he died. But Peter isn't as dead as he should be... he was murdered, and he wants his niece to help him exact revenge upon his killer. With a little Maasai magic and a conspiracy of cats, Jos sets out to do exactly that.
A beautiful house. A horrible death. A brilliant revenge.
Who knew death could be so lively?
The Author:
B C Harris is a Scot who, at the time of writing, had just finished renovating a farmhouse in France. A labour of love that began from first sight back in 2016. No sooner had the final length of flooring been laid and the last paintbrush dried, than disaster struck in the form of pandemic. France went into a strict lockdown and, with time to do more than simply daydream about writing books, a new project began to take shape.
Writing began as an escape from the fear and isolation that was soon affecting us all, and quickly flourished to become ‘Conspiracy of Cats'. The global pandemic seems to be receding now, but the passion for writing has taken root.
Genre: Paranormal - Mystery - Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCHarris64
The Book:
An apprehensive Jos Ferguson travels from Edinburgh to northern Tanzania to visit the house her Uncle Peter built before he died. But Peter isn't as dead as he should be... he was murdered, and he wants his niece to help him exact revenge upon his killer. With a little Maasai magic and a conspiracy of cats, Jos sets out to do exactly that.
A beautiful house. A horrible death. A brilliant revenge.
Who knew death could be so lively?
The Author:
B C Harris is a Scot who, at the time of writing, had just finished renovating a farmhouse in France. A labour of love that began from first sight back in 2016. No sooner had the final length of flooring been laid and the last paintbrush dried, than disaster struck in the form of pandemic. France went into a strict lockdown and, with time to do more than simply daydream about writing books, a new project began to take shape.
Writing began as an escape from the fear and isolation that was soon affecting us all, and quickly flourished to become ‘Conspiracy of Cats'. The global pandemic seems to be receding now, but the passion for writing has taken root.
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David Bowmore
David Bowmore
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Two Books:
Title: The Magic of Deben Market
Genre: Contemporary Fiction (Short Stories)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title: Tall Tales & Short Fiction
Genre: Contemporary Fiction (Short Stories)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://s747286217.websitehome.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dbowmore
Book 1: The Magic of Deben Market
It's rare to find a short story collection of such power as this: adjectives such as 'haunting', 'poignant', 'vivid' and 'rich' come to mind, but these are clichés which fail to capture the enigmatic and dynamic magic locked inside this book. Bowmore weaves a complex tale of interwoven characters around the imaginary coastal town of Deben Market on Britain's east coast, but he does this with such skill that you'll immediately find yourself wanting to read these stories again and again. In effect, the book is a kind of quasi-novel, layered, soul-stirring, utterly gripping - at times, wistful, at times comic, and at other times breathtakingly suspenseful and supremely thrilling. Do yourself a favour: come to Deben Market. The magic may never leave you.
Book 2: Tall Tales & Short Fiction
A collection of David Bowmore’s best loved pieces brought together for the first time. Inside, you will find futuristic dog fights, fantasy dragons, hard-bitten detectives, nostalgic romance, time travellers, horrifying butchers, the trenches of the Great War, Old West gunslingers and light-hearted adventurers. Open the book and get to know Corky, a disgraced cop; Morty, a cocktail loving man-about-town; Kruz, an undertaker pilot; Georgette, an adventuress of style and taste; Father Thomas, a priest with a shocking past; and Sally the black-eyed cocker spaniel. From 100 word drabbles to 10,000 word micro-novels you will be spoilt for choice, no matter your preferred genre. Many of the stories have been published by respected independent publishers, but a handful will give the reader a taste for future works David is soon to release.
The Author:
David Bowmore was born in 1972, on a wintery night with the sound of thunder and the flash of lightning welcoming him into the world.
Forty-five years later he started writing fiction. After a steep learning curve, his short stories and flash fiction began to appear in various collections.
Before he started writing, he had been a chef, a teacher and landscape gardener.
He has lived here, there and everywhere including Brisbane, Australia and the Suffolk coast, but now lives in Yorkshire with his wonderful wife and a small white poodle.
He tends to write thrillers and mysteries as well as stories with a touch of the supernatural about them. He focuses on character and the oddities of being a human being, sometimes with humour, sometimes with dark reality.
Many authors have influenced him, some but not all are P.G Wodehouse, Terry Pratchett, Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith and Agatha Christie.
His story, 'Sins of The Father' won best in book, as voted by the readers of the anthology Vortex, published by Clarendon House in June 2018.
He been published by Zombie Pirate Publishing in Flash Fiction Addiction, World War Four, Full Metal Horror 2 and Grievous Bodily Harm.
He has five drabbles in each in the following Black Hare Press Publications, Worlds, Angels, Monsters, Unbound, Unravelled, and Apocalypse. Also for Black Hare Press he has two pieces in Storming Area 51.
In June 2019, his collection of connected short stories was published by Clarendon House - The Magic of Deben Market is available through Amazon.
In December 2020, the book reading theatre group of actors, BookStreamz, enacted The Magic of Deben Market
Title: The Magic of Deben Market
Genre: Contemporary Fiction (Short Stories)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title: Tall Tales & Short Fiction
Genre: Contemporary Fiction (Short Stories)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK Only
Website: http://s747286217.websitehome.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/dbowmore
Book 1: The Magic of Deben Market
It's rare to find a short story collection of such power as this: adjectives such as 'haunting', 'poignant', 'vivid' and 'rich' come to mind, but these are clichés which fail to capture the enigmatic and dynamic magic locked inside this book. Bowmore weaves a complex tale of interwoven characters around the imaginary coastal town of Deben Market on Britain's east coast, but he does this with such skill that you'll immediately find yourself wanting to read these stories again and again. In effect, the book is a kind of quasi-novel, layered, soul-stirring, utterly gripping - at times, wistful, at times comic, and at other times breathtakingly suspenseful and supremely thrilling. Do yourself a favour: come to Deben Market. The magic may never leave you.
Book 2: Tall Tales & Short Fiction
A collection of David Bowmore’s best loved pieces brought together for the first time. Inside, you will find futuristic dog fights, fantasy dragons, hard-bitten detectives, nostalgic romance, time travellers, horrifying butchers, the trenches of the Great War, Old West gunslingers and light-hearted adventurers. Open the book and get to know Corky, a disgraced cop; Morty, a cocktail loving man-about-town; Kruz, an undertaker pilot; Georgette, an adventuress of style and taste; Father Thomas, a priest with a shocking past; and Sally the black-eyed cocker spaniel. From 100 word drabbles to 10,000 word micro-novels you will be spoilt for choice, no matter your preferred genre. Many of the stories have been published by respected independent publishers, but a handful will give the reader a taste for future works David is soon to release.
The Author:
David Bowmore was born in 1972, on a wintery night with the sound of thunder and the flash of lightning welcoming him into the world.
Forty-five years later he started writing fiction. After a steep learning curve, his short stories and flash fiction began to appear in various collections.
Before he started writing, he had been a chef, a teacher and landscape gardener.
He has lived here, there and everywhere including Brisbane, Australia and the Suffolk coast, but now lives in Yorkshire with his wonderful wife and a small white poodle.
He tends to write thrillers and mysteries as well as stories with a touch of the supernatural about them. He focuses on character and the oddities of being a human being, sometimes with humour, sometimes with dark reality.
Many authors have influenced him, some but not all are P.G Wodehouse, Terry Pratchett, Elmore Leonard, Patricia Highsmith and Agatha Christie.
His story, 'Sins of The Father' won best in book, as voted by the readers of the anthology Vortex, published by Clarendon House in June 2018.
He been published by Zombie Pirate Publishing in Flash Fiction Addiction, World War Four, Full Metal Horror 2 and Grievous Bodily Harm.
He has five drabbles in each in the following Black Hare Press Publications, Worlds, Angels, Monsters, Unbound, Unravelled, and Apocalypse. Also for Black Hare Press he has two pieces in Storming Area 51.
In June 2019, his collection of connected short stories was published by Clarendon House - The Magic of Deben Market is available through Amazon.
In December 2020, the book reading theatre group of actors, BookStreamz, enacted The Magic of Deben Market
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Lily Mae Walters
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Title: Josie James and The Teardrops of Summer
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilyMaeWalters1
The Book:
Josie James is an ordinary 13 year old until something extraordinary happens during her summer holidays.
Whilst staying at her great grandmother’s cottage in the country she finds herself swept into the cursed world of Suncroft where it is perpetual winter.
Her new friends believe she could be the Chosen One who it is foretold will lift the curse but there are more pressing matters.
The Teardrops of Summer – magical crystals that render the owner immortal – have been stolen. Along with her telepathic husky-dog Protector Asher and her new friends, Josie must race to find the Teardrops and prevent catastrophe for their world.
The Josie James books is a series of 5 books with Josie aging a year each time. She starts at 13 and will be 18 by the end of the last one. They will all have a similar feel about them, with Josie's end goal of freeing Suncroft from the curse.
The Author:
Lily Mae Walters chose her pen name in honor of her beloved Grandparents who also star in the Josie James series.
She is married with two teenage children and two Huskies who are the inspiration behind Murphy and Asher in the books.
Lily Mae lives in Nuneaton, England and finds herself using local places and even her old school in her stories.
Family and friends mean the world to Lily Mae and many will find themselves popping up throughout the series.
Lily Mae also writes for adults under the name of Florence Keeling.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilyMaeWalters1
The Book:
Josie James is an ordinary 13 year old until something extraordinary happens during her summer holidays.
Whilst staying at her great grandmother’s cottage in the country she finds herself swept into the cursed world of Suncroft where it is perpetual winter.
Her new friends believe she could be the Chosen One who it is foretold will lift the curse but there are more pressing matters.
The Teardrops of Summer – magical crystals that render the owner immortal – have been stolen. Along with her telepathic husky-dog Protector Asher and her new friends, Josie must race to find the Teardrops and prevent catastrophe for their world.
The Josie James books is a series of 5 books with Josie aging a year each time. She starts at 13 and will be 18 by the end of the last one. They will all have a similar feel about them, with Josie's end goal of freeing Suncroft from the curse.
The Author:
Lily Mae Walters chose her pen name in honor of her beloved Grandparents who also star in the Josie James series.
She is married with two teenage children and two Huskies who are the inspiration behind Murphy and Asher in the books.
Lily Mae lives in Nuneaton, England and finds herself using local places and even her old school in her stories.
Family and friends mean the world to Lily Mae and many will find themselves popping up throughout the series.
Lily Mae also writes for adults under the name of Florence Keeling.
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Title: Five Minutes Alfie
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilyMaeWalters1
The Book:
Alfie snuggles down in bed,
dreams still in his little head.
He dreams he's a king going out for a ride.
"A dragon sleeps in front of the gate," they cried.
How will they succeed in waking him up?
By helping each other and lots of luck.
The Author:
Lily Mae Walters chose her pen name in honor of her beloved Grandparents who also star in the Josie James series.
She is married with two teenage children and two Huskies who are the inspiration behind Murphy and Asher in the books.
Lily Mae lives in Nuneaton, England and finds herself using local places and even her old school in her stories.
Family and friends mean the world to Lily Mae and many will find themselves popping up throughout the series.
Lily Mae also writes for adults under the name of Florence Keeling.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LilyMaeWalters1
The Book:
Alfie snuggles down in bed,
dreams still in his little head.
He dreams he's a king going out for a ride.
"A dragon sleeps in front of the gate," they cried.
How will they succeed in waking him up?
By helping each other and lots of luck.
The Author:
Lily Mae Walters chose her pen name in honor of her beloved Grandparents who also star in the Josie James series.
She is married with two teenage children and two Huskies who are the inspiration behind Murphy and Asher in the books.
Lily Mae lives in Nuneaton, England and finds herself using local places and even her old school in her stories.
Family and friends mean the world to Lily Mae and many will find themselves popping up throughout the series.
Lily Mae also writes for adults under the name of Florence Keeling.
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Emae Church
Emae Church
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Title: Earth 101 - Time to Run
Genre: Fantasy , Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Internationally
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgnDgAWaYlE
Website: https://emae.church
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmaeChurch
The Book:
No matter who you are, high school has its highs and lows with memories you'll never forget, but for Jayne, it's memories she is having problems with. Ever since she started dating Aithen, strange things have occurred. Yet, Jayne seems to be the only one that remembers them—like missing classmates…
Jayne is perplexed by the fact that no one seems to remember those who have suddenly disappeared—as if they never existed, but she knows they did—or did they? No, they had to, her best friend had vanished, there was no way all those memories were false.
Truly believing she might be going crazy; Jayne soon discovers her boyfriend Aithen is much more than she could have ever imagined. And knows far more than he is letting on.
Learning the truth that Aithen is not from Earth, Jayne finds herself in a secret and dangerous new world, where one wrong move could have her erased like many others.
Literary Titan Gold Award - July 2021
The Author:
Based in the lovely South-West of England, UK, Emae Church is a solutions manager
for one of the largest global games publishing companies.
Hence, Emae can pursue and deliver fantasy in the day job and in the words they create as a writer.
"Earth 101 - Time to Run" is Emae's debut novel, which has attracted several awards nominations, earned two literary awards and a notable mention from another awards contest.
Genre: Fantasy , Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Internationally
Book Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgnDgAWaYlE
Website: https://emae.church
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmaeChurch
The Book:
No matter who you are, high school has its highs and lows with memories you'll never forget, but for Jayne, it's memories she is having problems with. Ever since she started dating Aithen, strange things have occurred. Yet, Jayne seems to be the only one that remembers them—like missing classmates…
Jayne is perplexed by the fact that no one seems to remember those who have suddenly disappeared—as if they never existed, but she knows they did—or did they? No, they had to, her best friend had vanished, there was no way all those memories were false.
Truly believing she might be going crazy; Jayne soon discovers her boyfriend Aithen is much more than she could have ever imagined. And knows far more than he is letting on.
Learning the truth that Aithen is not from Earth, Jayne finds herself in a secret and dangerous new world, where one wrong move could have her erased like many others.
Literary Titan Gold Award - July 2021
The Author:
Based in the lovely South-West of England, UK, Emae Church is a solutions manager
for one of the largest global games publishing companies.
Hence, Emae can pursue and deliver fantasy in the day job and in the words they create as a writer.
"Earth 101 - Time to Run" is Emae's debut novel, which has attracted several awards nominations, earned two literary awards and a notable mention from another awards contest.
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Larry Hayes
Larry Hayes
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Title: How to Survive Without Grown-Ups
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LarryHayesAuthr
The Book:
Get set for the new hilarious out-of-this-world adventure series for readers aged 8+ – this is the perfect new series for fans of Tom Gates, David Solomons and Star Wars! Highly illustrated throughout by the brilliantly funny Katie Abey.
Mum and Dad have left – gone to Mars, and they’re never coming back . . .
FREEDOM AT LAST!
But this isn’t one of Dad’s weird jokes; it’s REAL. It’s up to ten-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, to find out what’s going on, and launch a rescue . . .
Can they handle vampire squids, a suspicious villain, a secret island full of traps and a trip into space? And – more importantly – will they ever get their parents back?
The funniest, zaniest, most out-of-this-world adventure you’ll read all year!
The Author:
When Larry's not writing, he helps run an investment fund, and is a trustee for a homeless charity. Before lockdown, he home-schooled his two kids every Friday, letting them decide what to study. In the future he hopes to become a treasure hunter, invent a yoghurt that makes you happy, and solve the maths behind the human brain.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Universal
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LarryHayesAuthr
The Book:
Get set for the new hilarious out-of-this-world adventure series for readers aged 8+ – this is the perfect new series for fans of Tom Gates, David Solomons and Star Wars! Highly illustrated throughout by the brilliantly funny Katie Abey.
Mum and Dad have left – gone to Mars, and they’re never coming back . . .
FREEDOM AT LAST!
But this isn’t one of Dad’s weird jokes; it’s REAL. It’s up to ten-year-old Eliza and her genius little brother, Johnnie, to find out what’s going on, and launch a rescue . . .
Can they handle vampire squids, a suspicious villain, a secret island full of traps and a trip into space? And – more importantly – will they ever get their parents back?
The funniest, zaniest, most out-of-this-world adventure you’ll read all year!
The Author:
When Larry's not writing, he helps run an investment fund, and is a trustee for a homeless charity. Before lockdown, he home-schooled his two kids every Friday, letting them decide what to study. In the future he hopes to become a treasure hunter, invent a yoghurt that makes you happy, and solve the maths behind the human brain.
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Pip Stewart
Pip Stewart
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Title: Life Lessons From The Amazon
Genre: True Life Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Video: https://vimeo.com/248136099
Website: https://www.phillippastewart.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PipStewart
The Book:
This is the tale of an epic three-month adventure through unexplored jungle terrain - and it might even change your life
Fuelled by a zest for life and the desire to explore the world around her, Pip Stewart took on a world-first challenge: following Guyana's Essequibo River from source to sea. With the help of guides from the Wai Wai indigenous community, Pip and her teammates journeyed through the rainforest, facing peril every day as they kayaked rapids, traversed waterfalls and hacked their way through the mountainous jungle of the Guiana Shield, before finally reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
Survival skills and a flesh-eating parasite weren't the only things Pip took home from the rainforest. From contending with snakes to learning about the value of community, forgiveness and self-belief, in Life Lessons from the Amazon Pip shares many pearls of wisdom that we can all apply to our own lives. Her hard-won insights invite us to embrace the wildness within ourselves and live more every day.
The Author:
Pip Stewart is a mother, partner, writer and chronic over-thinker. She has a degree in History and Politics from Oxford and a Masters in Journalism from The University of Hong Kong. Pip has cycled halfway around the world and completed a world-first paddle through the Amazon Jungle. On one of her adventures she got a bit too up-close-and-personal with a sandfly and found a flesh-eating parasite munching through her neck as a result. After contracting leishmaniasis, Pip now campaigns to raise awareness of neglected tropical diseases. When not writing, she can usually be found outside with her partner, Charlie, and daughter, Willow.
Genre: True Life Adventure
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Video: https://vimeo.com/248136099
Website: https://www.phillippastewart.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PipStewart
The Book:
This is the tale of an epic three-month adventure through unexplored jungle terrain - and it might even change your life
Fuelled by a zest for life and the desire to explore the world around her, Pip Stewart took on a world-first challenge: following Guyana's Essequibo River from source to sea. With the help of guides from the Wai Wai indigenous community, Pip and her teammates journeyed through the rainforest, facing peril every day as they kayaked rapids, traversed waterfalls and hacked their way through the mountainous jungle of the Guiana Shield, before finally reaching the Atlantic Ocean.
Survival skills and a flesh-eating parasite weren't the only things Pip took home from the rainforest. From contending with snakes to learning about the value of community, forgiveness and self-belief, in Life Lessons from the Amazon Pip shares many pearls of wisdom that we can all apply to our own lives. Her hard-won insights invite us to embrace the wildness within ourselves and live more every day.
The Author:
Pip Stewart is a mother, partner, writer and chronic over-thinker. She has a degree in History and Politics from Oxford and a Masters in Journalism from The University of Hong Kong. Pip has cycled halfway around the world and completed a world-first paddle through the Amazon Jungle. On one of her adventures she got a bit too up-close-and-personal with a sandfly and found a flesh-eating parasite munching through her neck as a result. After contracting leishmaniasis, Pip now campaigns to raise awareness of neglected tropical diseases. When not writing, she can usually be found outside with her partner, Charlie, and daughter, Willow.
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Tim Allman
Tim Allman
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Title: Max Against Extinction
Genre: Children (Aged 8-11)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimAllmanWriter
The Book:
This fun, anarchic series revolves around a boy called Max and his mission to make the world a better place. In each book in the series Max tries to save the planet through positive direct action, with hilarious results but real heart too. Unfortunately, not everyone reacts so positively to Max's methods-but nothing can dampen his passion!
The Author:
Tim Allman has a background in environmental campaigning and is still working for social and climate justice. He has written two children's books in the 'Max' series.
Genre: Children (Aged 8-11)
Format: Paperback
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimAllmanWriter
The Book:
This fun, anarchic series revolves around a boy called Max and his mission to make the world a better place. In each book in the series Max tries to save the planet through positive direct action, with hilarious results but real heart too. Unfortunately, not everyone reacts so positively to Max's methods-but nothing can dampen his passion!
The Author:
Tim Allman has a background in environmental campaigning and is still working for social and climate justice. He has written two children's books in the 'Max' series.
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Nell Pattison
Nell Pattison
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Three Book Series:
Title 1: The Silent House
Title 2: Silent Night
Title 3: The Silent Suspect
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/nell-pattison
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Writer_Nell
Book 1:The Silent House
If someone was in your house, you’d know … Wouldn’t you?
But the Hunter family are deaf, and don’t hear a thing when a shocking crime takes place in the middle of the night. Instead, they wake up to their worst nightmare: the murder of their daughter.
The police call Paige Northwood to the scene to interpret for the witnesses. They’re in shock, but Paige senses the Hunters are hiding something.
One by one, people from Paige’s community start to fall under suspicion. But who would kill a little girl?
Was it an intruder?
Or was the murderer closer to home?
Book 2: Silent Night
What happened while they were sleeping?
A school for the deaf takes an overnight trip to the snowy woods. Five teenagers go to sleep, but only four wake up. Leon is missing, and a teacher’s body is found in the forest…
Sign language interpreter Paige Northwood is brought in to help with interrogations. Everyone at the school has a motive for murder – but they all have an alibi.
As Paige becomes increasingly involved, she suspects there’s something sinister going on. With the clock ticking to find Leon, only one thing is certain: the killer is among them, and ready to strike again…
Book 3: The Silent Suspect
A FIRE. A MURDER. A SILENT SUSPECT…
On a quiet street, one house is burning to the ground…
By the time sign language interpreter Paige Northwood arrives, flames have engulfed her client’s home. Though Lukas is safe, his wife is still inside. But she was dead before the fire started…
Lukas signs to Paige that he knows who killed his wife. But then he goes silent – even when the police charge him with murder.
Is he guilty, or afraid? Only Paige can help him now…
The Author:
Nell Pattison is the USA Today bestselling author of THE SILENT HOUSE, SILENT NIGHT and THE SILENT SUSPECT, the crime thriller series featuring British Sign Language interpreter Paige Northwood.
After studying English at university, Nell Pattison became a teacher and specialised in Deaf education. She has been teaching in the Deaf community for 14 years in both England and Scotland, working with students who use BSL. Nell began losing her hearing in her twenties. She lives in North Lincolnshire, England, with her husband and son.
Title 1: The Silent House
Title 2: Silent Night
Title 3: The Silent Suspect
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperbacks
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/nell-pattison
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Writer_Nell
Book 1:The Silent House
If someone was in your house, you’d know … Wouldn’t you?
But the Hunter family are deaf, and don’t hear a thing when a shocking crime takes place in the middle of the night. Instead, they wake up to their worst nightmare: the murder of their daughter.
The police call Paige Northwood to the scene to interpret for the witnesses. They’re in shock, but Paige senses the Hunters are hiding something.
One by one, people from Paige’s community start to fall under suspicion. But who would kill a little girl?
Was it an intruder?
Or was the murderer closer to home?
Book 2: Silent Night
What happened while they were sleeping?
A school for the deaf takes an overnight trip to the snowy woods. Five teenagers go to sleep, but only four wake up. Leon is missing, and a teacher’s body is found in the forest…
Sign language interpreter Paige Northwood is brought in to help with interrogations. Everyone at the school has a motive for murder – but they all have an alibi.
As Paige becomes increasingly involved, she suspects there’s something sinister going on. With the clock ticking to find Leon, only one thing is certain: the killer is among them, and ready to strike again…
Book 3: The Silent Suspect
A FIRE. A MURDER. A SILENT SUSPECT…
On a quiet street, one house is burning to the ground…
By the time sign language interpreter Paige Northwood arrives, flames have engulfed her client’s home. Though Lukas is safe, his wife is still inside. But she was dead before the fire started…
Lukas signs to Paige that he knows who killed his wife. But then he goes silent – even when the police charge him with murder.
Is he guilty, or afraid? Only Paige can help him now…
The Author:
Nell Pattison is the USA Today bestselling author of THE SILENT HOUSE, SILENT NIGHT and THE SILENT SUSPECT, the crime thriller series featuring British Sign Language interpreter Paige Northwood.
After studying English at university, Nell Pattison became a teacher and specialised in Deaf education. She has been teaching in the Deaf community for 14 years in both England and Scotland, working with students who use BSL. Nell began losing her hearing in her twenties. She lives in North Lincolnshire, England, with her husband and son.
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Ramsey Campbell
Ramsey Campbell
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Title: Obsession
Genre: Horror
Format: Hardback with Dust Cover - (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global
Website: https://knibbworld.com/campbell
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ramseycampbell1
The Book:
The deal seemed too good to be true. Until it came time to pay.
The letters said, “Whatever you most need, I do. The price is something that you do not value and which you may regain.” To four teenagers, it seemed an offer too good to pass up. They filled out the enclosed forms. Indeed, they soon got what they needed most, but in shocking ways they never imagined. Twenty-five years later, they have never been able to forget the horror. But it’s not over yet. In fact, it’s about to get much worse. Now it’s time to pay the price.
The Author:
Ramsey Campbell is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today," while S. T. Joshi has said that "future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood."
Genre: Horror
Format: Hardback with Dust Cover - (First Edition)
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global
Website: https://knibbworld.com/campbell
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ramseycampbell1
The Book:
The deal seemed too good to be true. Until it came time to pay.
The letters said, “Whatever you most need, I do. The price is something that you do not value and which you may regain.” To four teenagers, it seemed an offer too good to pass up. They filled out the enclosed forms. Indeed, they soon got what they needed most, but in shocking ways they never imagined. Twenty-five years later, they have never been able to forget the horror. But it’s not over yet. In fact, it’s about to get much worse. Now it’s time to pay the price.
The Author:
Ramsey Campbell is a British writer considered by a number of critics to be one of the great masters of horror fiction. T. E. D. Klein has written that "Campbell reigns supreme in the field today," while S. T. Joshi has said that "future generations will regard him as the leading horror writer of our generation, every bit the equal of Lovecraft or Blackwood."
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Melanie Hewitt
Melanie Hewitt
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Title: Looking for the Durrells
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelanieHewitt61
The Book:
Fiancés, friends, and other animals. . .
After a year that sees a broken-off engagement and the death of her beloved father, Penny is desperate to get away.
Fulfilling a childhood dream, she sets off on a month-long pilgrimage to Corfu--an island idyll she knows only through the pages of Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals.
On the island, Penny quickly finds herself drawn into the lives of a tight-knit circle of strangers. Exploring--searching for the places the Durrells knew decades before--she makes unexpected discoveries about the hopes, fears, and secrets of the people living there today.
And as strangers start to be friends, lives past and present become entwined in ways none of them could have predicted. . .
The Author:
After deciding she wanted to be a book illustrator, at 18, Melanie Hewitt went to Art College. Halfway through the year, she changed her mind and secured a place at Swansea University to study English. After 18 months, she moved on again to a college just outside her hometown of Doncaster and studied an eclectic mix of linguistics, sociology, and economics.
Then she saw a job advert for a reporter and took up the post at the Doncaster Advertiser, later became Editor, and then worked in PR. She now works in education as Communications Lead for the XP Schools Trust based in Yorkshire and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Looking for the Durrells is Melanie's first novel
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MelanieHewitt61
The Book:
Fiancés, friends, and other animals. . .
After a year that sees a broken-off engagement and the death of her beloved father, Penny is desperate to get away.
Fulfilling a childhood dream, she sets off on a month-long pilgrimage to Corfu--an island idyll she knows only through the pages of Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals.
On the island, Penny quickly finds herself drawn into the lives of a tight-knit circle of strangers. Exploring--searching for the places the Durrells knew decades before--she makes unexpected discoveries about the hopes, fears, and secrets of the people living there today.
And as strangers start to be friends, lives past and present become entwined in ways none of them could have predicted. . .
The Author:
After deciding she wanted to be a book illustrator, at 18, Melanie Hewitt went to Art College. Halfway through the year, she changed her mind and secured a place at Swansea University to study English. After 18 months, she moved on again to a college just outside her hometown of Doncaster and studied an eclectic mix of linguistics, sociology, and economics.
Then she saw a job advert for a reporter and took up the post at the Doncaster Advertiser, later became Editor, and then worked in PR. She now works in education as Communications Lead for the XP Schools Trust based in Yorkshire and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Looking for the Durrells is Melanie's first novel
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Tim Peake - Steve Cole
Tim Peake - Steve Cole
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Title: Swarm Rising
Genre: Children (Middle Grade), Scf-Fi
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global
* Book will be signed and dedicated by Tim *
Website: https://timpeake.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/astro_timpeake
The Book:
When Danny is kidnapped by Adi - who can run through brick walls and make cars drive on water - he realises that all humans are in danger. Adi is part of a super-advanced hive mind, the Swarm, which intends to protect the Earth from the environmental catastrophe caused by the human race.
Adi - Alien Digital Intelligence in the form of a girl - can bend the laws of physics and control digital data, but as a digital being she wants to know what it's like to be human. Which is where Danny comes in.
But what exactly is the 'help' the secretive Swarm is offering? Can Danny and his friend Jamila help Adi stop the Swarm Agents and give humanity a second chance?
The Author: Tim Peake
Tim is a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member.
He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bear a British flag patch (the first was Helen Sharman, who visited Mir as part of Project Juno in 1991), the sixth person born in the United Kingdom to go on board the International Space Station (the first was NASA astronaut Michael Foale in 2003) and the seventh UK-born person in space. He began the ESA's intensive astronaut basic training course in September 2009 and graduated on 22 November 2010.
Author: Steve Cole
Stephen Cole is an English author of children's books and science fiction. He was also in charge of BBC Worldwide's merchandising of the BBC Television series Doctor Who between 1997 and 1999 and as executive producer on the Big Finish Productions range of Doctor Who audio dramas
Genre: Children (Middle Grade), Scf-Fi
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global
* Book will be signed and dedicated by Tim *
Website: https://timpeake.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/astro_timpeake
The Book:
When Danny is kidnapped by Adi - who can run through brick walls and make cars drive on water - he realises that all humans are in danger. Adi is part of a super-advanced hive mind, the Swarm, which intends to protect the Earth from the environmental catastrophe caused by the human race.
Adi - Alien Digital Intelligence in the form of a girl - can bend the laws of physics and control digital data, but as a digital being she wants to know what it's like to be human. Which is where Danny comes in.
But what exactly is the 'help' the secretive Swarm is offering? Can Danny and his friend Jamila help Adi stop the Swarm Agents and give humanity a second chance?
The Author: Tim Peake
Tim is a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member.
He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bear a British flag patch (the first was Helen Sharman, who visited Mir as part of Project Juno in 1991), the sixth person born in the United Kingdom to go on board the International Space Station (the first was NASA astronaut Michael Foale in 2003) and the seventh UK-born person in space. He began the ESA's intensive astronaut basic training course in September 2009 and graduated on 22 November 2010.
Author: Steve Cole
Stephen Cole is an English author of children's books and science fiction. He was also in charge of BBC Worldwide's merchandising of the BBC Television series Doctor Who between 1997 and 1999 and as executive producer on the Big Finish Productions range of Doctor Who audio dramas
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Tracy Curran
Tracy Curran
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Title: Pumpkin's Fairy Tale
Genre: Children
Format: Picturebook
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1esB0cHMik
Website: https://www.tracycurran-littlecornishwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriterCornish
Website: https://www.finalchapterltd.com
The Book:
You may know one side of the tale in this book.
But a new story's sprouted. Go on! Take a look!
There's a character growing. He's full of ambition.
Come and join Pumpkin. He's off on a mission...
The Author:
All my earliest childhood memories come accompanied with a book or a notepad. I wrote and read from a young age, split between an urban suburb in the West Midlands and the coastal wilderness of West Cornwall. At aged sixteen I moved to Cornwall full-time and carved a career working with children in various settings before becoming a fully fledged Primary Teacher. This became my creative outlet, of which storytelling was a big part. I have now put teaching on the back burner to follow my dreams of writing...
Genre: Children
Format: Picturebook
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1esB0cHMik
Website: https://www.tracycurran-littlecornishwriter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WriterCornish
Website: https://www.finalchapterltd.com
The Book:
You may know one side of the tale in this book.
But a new story's sprouted. Go on! Take a look!
There's a character growing. He's full of ambition.
Come and join Pumpkin. He's off on a mission...
The Author:
All my earliest childhood memories come accompanied with a book or a notepad. I wrote and read from a young age, split between an urban suburb in the West Midlands and the coastal wilderness of West Cornwall. At aged sixteen I moved to Cornwall full-time and carved a career working with children in various settings before becoming a fully fledged Primary Teacher. This became my creative outlet, of which storytelling was a big part. I have now put teaching on the back burner to follow my dreams of writing...
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Kay Brelland
Kay Brelland
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Three Books: Bitter Sweet Legacy Series
Title 1: A Sister's Bond
Title 2: A Lonely Heart
Title 3: The Way Home
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
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Website: https://www.kaybrellend.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KayBrellend
Book 1: A Sister's Bond
A heartwarming saga about love, duty and desire by the bestselling author of The Street and East End Angel.
Wood Green, North London, November 1913: The storm clouds of war gather overhead, while one brave girl fights to save her family . . .
After her mother dies, Livvie Bone knows it's down to her to protect her younger siblings from their drunken father. But life on the worst street in London is dark and dangerous, and one night she needs protection herself. When the mysterious Joe Hunter steps in to help her, Livvie's fascinated by him, in spite of his unsavoury reputation.
Then Livvie is offered the chance to work at the Barratt's Sweet Factory. Livvie's fragile beauty hides a formidable strength of character, and it doesn't take long for the factory manager, Lucas, to notice her. He is a sophisticated, wealthy man of the world and he can open doors to the kind of life Livvie has only dreamed of. Suddenly she has a chance to better herself - and to help her family. But time is running out, for war is approaching, sweeping everything and everyone up in its remorseless path.
What life will Livvie choose - and what kind of world will be left to her when the fighting ends?
Based around the WW1 female factory workers at Barratt's Sweet Factory and inspired by true stories from the author's grandmother, A Sister's Bond celebrates the everyday heroism of families who fought to survive against all odds . . .
Book 2: A Lonely Heart
Growing up in fear of their cruel, drunken father, Olivia Bone and her siblings haven't had an easy start in life.
But when Livvie's fiancé Joe is killed at Ypres and he bequeaths her his house in Islington, it seems like the Bone family might finally escape the worst street in north London.
Though their new life is anything but settled, at least Livvie has good friends, and perhaps more than a friend in Lieutenant Lucas Black, her old boss at the Barratt's Sweet Factory. Although they come from very different worlds, he never treats her as anything less than a lady. As they grow closer, she decides to enlist as a war nurse, hoping to help brave men like him in fighting for their country.
Livvie soon realises that her days as a factory girl were nothing compared to the violent bloodshed of the front line. But she is determined to pull through, and soon finds that amongst the rubble and toil of war, unexpected friendships and new purpose have a way of blossoming. When Lucas reappears, Livvie finds herself falling for him more and more deeply. Yet she knows he has secrets that he's still unwilling to share.
With the world at war, should Livvie follow her heart, or her head - before it is too late?
Book 3: The Way Home
North London, 1916. When Olivia Bone and Lieutenant Lucas Black shared a passionate kiss one summer's evening, it seemed as if their love might finally have a chance to bloom.
But their brief happiness is cut short when Lucas is sent to fight on the front line, leaving Livvie uncertain if she'll ever see him again. And after a chance encounter with one of Lucas's old flames, Livvie is left doubting whether an ex-factory girl like her will ever fit into his world - and wondering if she would be better off protecting her heart.
While her friends in London busy themselves with marriage plans and dreams of babies, Livvie returns to France, throwing herself into her work as a war nurse on the Western Front. But when two German prisoners are admitted at the hospital, the dangers of war suddenly feel much closer to home - and Livvie is forced to be braver than she has ever been before . . .
The Author:
Kay Brellend, author of a series of five books set in Campbell Road, Islington AKA The Bunk, due to the proliferation of doss houses there.
I never imagined I would become a writer, certainly not a writer of novels inspired by my own family.
The Campbell Road series of books has been an absorbing journey for me. I have learned much about my ancestors and their toughness and resilience and I feel pride in my roots in the worst street in north London.
Title 1: A Sister's Bond
Title 2: A Lonely Heart
Title 3: The Way Home
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.kaybrellend.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KayBrellend
Book 1: A Sister's Bond
A heartwarming saga about love, duty and desire by the bestselling author of The Street and East End Angel.
Wood Green, North London, November 1913: The storm clouds of war gather overhead, while one brave girl fights to save her family . . .
After her mother dies, Livvie Bone knows it's down to her to protect her younger siblings from their drunken father. But life on the worst street in London is dark and dangerous, and one night she needs protection herself. When the mysterious Joe Hunter steps in to help her, Livvie's fascinated by him, in spite of his unsavoury reputation.
Then Livvie is offered the chance to work at the Barratt's Sweet Factory. Livvie's fragile beauty hides a formidable strength of character, and it doesn't take long for the factory manager, Lucas, to notice her. He is a sophisticated, wealthy man of the world and he can open doors to the kind of life Livvie has only dreamed of. Suddenly she has a chance to better herself - and to help her family. But time is running out, for war is approaching, sweeping everything and everyone up in its remorseless path.
What life will Livvie choose - and what kind of world will be left to her when the fighting ends?
Based around the WW1 female factory workers at Barratt's Sweet Factory and inspired by true stories from the author's grandmother, A Sister's Bond celebrates the everyday heroism of families who fought to survive against all odds . . .
Book 2: A Lonely Heart
Growing up in fear of their cruel, drunken father, Olivia Bone and her siblings haven't had an easy start in life.
But when Livvie's fiancé Joe is killed at Ypres and he bequeaths her his house in Islington, it seems like the Bone family might finally escape the worst street in north London.
Though their new life is anything but settled, at least Livvie has good friends, and perhaps more than a friend in Lieutenant Lucas Black, her old boss at the Barratt's Sweet Factory. Although they come from very different worlds, he never treats her as anything less than a lady. As they grow closer, she decides to enlist as a war nurse, hoping to help brave men like him in fighting for their country.
Livvie soon realises that her days as a factory girl were nothing compared to the violent bloodshed of the front line. But she is determined to pull through, and soon finds that amongst the rubble and toil of war, unexpected friendships and new purpose have a way of blossoming. When Lucas reappears, Livvie finds herself falling for him more and more deeply. Yet she knows he has secrets that he's still unwilling to share.
With the world at war, should Livvie follow her heart, or her head - before it is too late?
Book 3: The Way Home
North London, 1916. When Olivia Bone and Lieutenant Lucas Black shared a passionate kiss one summer's evening, it seemed as if their love might finally have a chance to bloom.
But their brief happiness is cut short when Lucas is sent to fight on the front line, leaving Livvie uncertain if she'll ever see him again. And after a chance encounter with one of Lucas's old flames, Livvie is left doubting whether an ex-factory girl like her will ever fit into his world - and wondering if she would be better off protecting her heart.
While her friends in London busy themselves with marriage plans and dreams of babies, Livvie returns to France, throwing herself into her work as a war nurse on the Western Front. But when two German prisoners are admitted at the hospital, the dangers of war suddenly feel much closer to home - and Livvie is forced to be braver than she has ever been before . . .
The Author:
Kay Brellend, author of a series of five books set in Campbell Road, Islington AKA The Bunk, due to the proliferation of doss houses there.
I never imagined I would become a writer, certainly not a writer of novels inspired by my own family.
The Campbell Road series of books has been an absorbing journey for me. I have learned much about my ancestors and their toughness and resilience and I feel pride in my roots in the worst street in north London.
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Karen Moore
Karen Moore
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Title: Release
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarenMo35731701
The Book:
A threat returns. An attack with fatal consequences. A life lived in fear.
When Hanna’s estranged mafioso husband, Luciano, is released early from a Sicilian prison, she fears he will come after her and her young daughter, Eva.
The revelation leaves her with a dilemma. Invited to Sicily to attend her best friend’s wedding, can she really take the risk?
But even staying at home in North Wales may not be safe. Something strange is going on at her old cottage in the hills. As the lines between Sicily and North Wales blur, Hanna uncovers a criminal operation that leads her to fear for Eva’s life all over again.
Will Hanna ever be able to release herself from Luciano’s grip? Or will her discovery lead her into even deeper danger?
The Author:
Karen Moore is passionate about all things noir – crime, mystery, thrillers – and writes in that genre.
She has been writing all her life, mostly for work purposes, and is now delighted to be able to spend more time developing her own creative work.
Her debut novel, Torn, is a dark tale of intrigue and betrayal set in Sicily and North Wales. Release is the sequel, although it is written as a standalone novel for people who may not have read Torn.
Karen worked as a tour guide across Europe, North America and Canada, followed by a career in PR and marketing. She has lived in France and Italy, and is now based in Cheshire, England. Her cat, Lexi, often appears in her social media feeds.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarenMo35731701
The Book:
A threat returns. An attack with fatal consequences. A life lived in fear.
When Hanna’s estranged mafioso husband, Luciano, is released early from a Sicilian prison, she fears he will come after her and her young daughter, Eva.
The revelation leaves her with a dilemma. Invited to Sicily to attend her best friend’s wedding, can she really take the risk?
But even staying at home in North Wales may not be safe. Something strange is going on at her old cottage in the hills. As the lines between Sicily and North Wales blur, Hanna uncovers a criminal operation that leads her to fear for Eva’s life all over again.
Will Hanna ever be able to release herself from Luciano’s grip? Or will her discovery lead her into even deeper danger?
The Author:
Karen Moore is passionate about all things noir – crime, mystery, thrillers – and writes in that genre.
She has been writing all her life, mostly for work purposes, and is now delighted to be able to spend more time developing her own creative work.
Her debut novel, Torn, is a dark tale of intrigue and betrayal set in Sicily and North Wales. Release is the sequel, although it is written as a standalone novel for people who may not have read Torn.
Karen worked as a tour guide across Europe, North America and Canada, followed by a career in PR and marketing. She has lived in France and Italy, and is now based in Cheshire, England. Her cat, Lexi, often appears in her social media feeds.
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Ray Goggins
Ray Goggins
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Title: Ranger 22: Lessons From The Front
Genre: Biography - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://coreskilltraining.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/goggins_ray
The Book:
'The path I have travelled, the things I have done and the people I have met in crisis situations have given me a window into those qualities that make us perform. My military training created a mindset, an outlook and skills that can be channelled into any situation.'
From the hills of south Lebanon to the monsoon jungles of Southern Asia, Ray Goggins has operated in a life-and-death world. In the suffocating humidity of Liberia, the mountains of Afghanistan and the snow-covered Balkans, Ray has seen the best and worst qualities in himself and others. From conflict zones to terrorist attacks and hostage rescues, Ray has learned the greatest life lessons: how to control fear, how to react calmly and positively, and how to create a strong baseline from which to take action.
In this remarkable book he takes us on an exhilarating journey through his incredible career and draws on the valuable lessons to help all of us deal better with life, whatever the situation.
The Author:
Ray Goggins served in the Irish Army for 26 years, including 17 years in the Army Ranger Wing as an operator and leader in a Tier 1 Special Operations Unit. He is currently chief instructor on RTÉ’s Ultimate Hell Week and director of a training and leadership company, Coreskill, working with various corporate organisations and teams.
Genre: Biography - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://coreskilltraining.org
Twitter: https://twitter.com/goggins_ray
The Book:
'The path I have travelled, the things I have done and the people I have met in crisis situations have given me a window into those qualities that make us perform. My military training created a mindset, an outlook and skills that can be channelled into any situation.'
From the hills of south Lebanon to the monsoon jungles of Southern Asia, Ray Goggins has operated in a life-and-death world. In the suffocating humidity of Liberia, the mountains of Afghanistan and the snow-covered Balkans, Ray has seen the best and worst qualities in himself and others. From conflict zones to terrorist attacks and hostage rescues, Ray has learned the greatest life lessons: how to control fear, how to react calmly and positively, and how to create a strong baseline from which to take action.
In this remarkable book he takes us on an exhilarating journey through his incredible career and draws on the valuable lessons to help all of us deal better with life, whatever the situation.
The Author:
Ray Goggins served in the Irish Army for 26 years, including 17 years in the Army Ranger Wing as an operator and leader in a Tier 1 Special Operations Unit. He is currently chief instructor on RTÉ’s Ultimate Hell Week and director of a training and leadership company, Coreskill, working with various corporate organisations and teams.
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Elaine Everest
Elaine Everest
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Title: A Mother Forever
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.elaineeverest.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElaineEverest
Book: Mother Forever
1905: Ruby Caselton may only be twenty-five years old but she already has the weight of the world on her shoulders. Heavily pregnant with her second child, penniless and exhausted, she is moving her family into a new home. The Caseltons left their last place when they couldn’t pay the rent, but Ruby’s husband Eddie has promised this will be a fresh start for them all. And Ruby desperately hopes that this time he will keep his word.
With five-year-old George at her feet and her mother having a cross word for everyone and everything, life is never dull at number thirteen Alexandra Road. It doesn’t take long before Eddie loses another job and once again hits the bottle. It’s up to Ruby to hold them all together, through thick and thin. She remembers the kind, caring man Eddie once was and just can’t give up on him entirely. What she doesn’t know is that Eddie has a secret, one so dark that he can’t bear to tell even Ruby . . .
Through Ruby’s grit and determination, she keeps food on the table and finds herself a community of neighbours on Alexandra Road. Stella, the matriarch from across the way, soon becomes a friend and confidante. She even dreams that Ruby will ditch the useless Eddie and take up with her eldest son, Frank. But when war breaks out in 1914, the heartbreaks and losses that follow will fracture their community, driving both Stella and Ruby to breaking point. Will their men ever return to them?
A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman’s journey through the worst trials of her life – poverty, grief, betrayal – but through it all is the love and comfort she finds in family: the family we’re connected to through blood, but also the family we make for ourselves with neighbours and friends.
The Author:
Elaine Everest, author of bestselling novels The Woolworths Girls, The Butlins Girls, Christmas at Woolworths and Wartime at Woolworths, was born and brought up in north-west Kent, where many of her books are set. She has been a freelance writer for twenty years and has written widely for women’s magazines and national newspapers, both short stories and features. Her non-fiction books for dog owners have been very popular and led to her broadcasting on radio about our four-legged friends. Elaine has been heard discussing many topics on radio, from canine subjects to living with a husband under her feet when redundancy looms.
When she isn’t writing, Elaine runs The Write Place creative writing school in Hextable, Kent, and has a long list of published students.
Elaine lives with her husband, Michael, and their Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Henry, in Swanley, Kent, and is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Crime Writers’ Association, the Society of Women Writers and Journalists, and the Society of Authors.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.elaineeverest.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElaineEverest
Book: Mother Forever
1905: Ruby Caselton may only be twenty-five years old but she already has the weight of the world on her shoulders. Heavily pregnant with her second child, penniless and exhausted, she is moving her family into a new home. The Caseltons left their last place when they couldn’t pay the rent, but Ruby’s husband Eddie has promised this will be a fresh start for them all. And Ruby desperately hopes that this time he will keep his word.
With five-year-old George at her feet and her mother having a cross word for everyone and everything, life is never dull at number thirteen Alexandra Road. It doesn’t take long before Eddie loses another job and once again hits the bottle. It’s up to Ruby to hold them all together, through thick and thin. She remembers the kind, caring man Eddie once was and just can’t give up on him entirely. What she doesn’t know is that Eddie has a secret, one so dark that he can’t bear to tell even Ruby . . .
Through Ruby’s grit and determination, she keeps food on the table and finds herself a community of neighbours on Alexandra Road. Stella, the matriarch from across the way, soon becomes a friend and confidante. She even dreams that Ruby will ditch the useless Eddie and take up with her eldest son, Frank. But when war breaks out in 1914, the heartbreaks and losses that follow will fracture their community, driving both Stella and Ruby to breaking point. Will their men ever return to them?
A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman’s journey through the worst trials of her life – poverty, grief, betrayal – but through it all is the love and comfort she finds in family: the family we’re connected to through blood, but also the family we make for ourselves with neighbours and friends.
The Author:
Elaine Everest, author of bestselling novels The Woolworths Girls, The Butlins Girls, Christmas at Woolworths and Wartime at Woolworths, was born and brought up in north-west Kent, where many of her books are set. She has been a freelance writer for twenty years and has written widely for women’s magazines and national newspapers, both short stories and features. Her non-fiction books for dog owners have been very popular and led to her broadcasting on radio about our four-legged friends. Elaine has been heard discussing many topics on radio, from canine subjects to living with a husband under her feet when redundancy looms.
When she isn’t writing, Elaine runs The Write Place creative writing school in Hextable, Kent, and has a long list of published students.
Elaine lives with her husband, Michael, and their Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Henry, in Swanley, Kent, and is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Crime Writers’ Association, the Society of Women Writers and Journalists, and the Society of Authors.
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Title: The Patchwork Girls
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.elaineeverest.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElaineEverest
Book: The Patchwork Girls
1939. After the sudden and tragic loss of her husband, Helen is returning home to her mother's house in Biggin Hill, Kent - the one place she vowed she'd never go back to again.
Alone and not knowing where to turn, Helen finds herself joining the local women's sewing circle despite being hopeless with a needle and thread. These resourceful women can not only make do and mend clothes, quilts and woolly hats, but their friendship mends something deeper in Helen too. Lizzie is a natural leader, always ready to lend a helping hand or a listening ear. Effie has uprooted her life from London to keep her two little girls away from the bombing raids, and the sewing circle is a welcome distraction from worries about how to keep a roof over their heads and about her husband too, now serving in active duty overseas.
When the reason for Helen's husband's death comes to light, her world is turned upside down yet again. The investigating officer on the case, Richard, will leave no stone unturned, but it's not long before his interest in Helen goes beyond the professional. As she pieces together old fabrics into a beautiful quilt, will Helen patch up the rifts in her own life?
The Patchwork Girls by Elaine Everest is a moving story about the ties of friends and family, set during the turbulence of the Second World War.
The Author:
Elaine Everest, author of bestselling novels The Woolworths Girls, The Butlins Girls, Christmas at Woolworths and Wartime at Woolworths, was born and brought up in north-west Kent, where many of her books are set. She has been a freelance writer for twenty years and has written widely for women’s magazines and national newspapers, both short stories and features. Her non-fiction books for dog owners have been very popular and led to her broadcasting on radio about our four-legged friends. Elaine has been heard discussing many topics on radio, from canine subjects to living with a husband under her feet when redundancy looms.
When she isn’t writing, Elaine runs The Write Place creative writing school in Hextable, Kent, and has a long list of published students.
Elaine lives with her husband, Michael, and their Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Henry, in Swanley, Kent, and is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Crime Writers’ Association, the Society of Women Writers and Journalists, and the Society of Authors.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.elaineeverest.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ElaineEverest
Book: The Patchwork Girls
1939. After the sudden and tragic loss of her husband, Helen is returning home to her mother's house in Biggin Hill, Kent - the one place she vowed she'd never go back to again.
Alone and not knowing where to turn, Helen finds herself joining the local women's sewing circle despite being hopeless with a needle and thread. These resourceful women can not only make do and mend clothes, quilts and woolly hats, but their friendship mends something deeper in Helen too. Lizzie is a natural leader, always ready to lend a helping hand or a listening ear. Effie has uprooted her life from London to keep her two little girls away from the bombing raids, and the sewing circle is a welcome distraction from worries about how to keep a roof over their heads and about her husband too, now serving in active duty overseas.
When the reason for Helen's husband's death comes to light, her world is turned upside down yet again. The investigating officer on the case, Richard, will leave no stone unturned, but it's not long before his interest in Helen goes beyond the professional. As she pieces together old fabrics into a beautiful quilt, will Helen patch up the rifts in her own life?
The Patchwork Girls by Elaine Everest is a moving story about the ties of friends and family, set during the turbulence of the Second World War.
The Author:
Elaine Everest, author of bestselling novels The Woolworths Girls, The Butlins Girls, Christmas at Woolworths and Wartime at Woolworths, was born and brought up in north-west Kent, where many of her books are set. She has been a freelance writer for twenty years and has written widely for women’s magazines and national newspapers, both short stories and features. Her non-fiction books for dog owners have been very popular and led to her broadcasting on radio about our four-legged friends. Elaine has been heard discussing many topics on radio, from canine subjects to living with a husband under her feet when redundancy looms.
When she isn’t writing, Elaine runs The Write Place creative writing school in Hextable, Kent, and has a long list of published students.
Elaine lives with her husband, Michael, and their Polish Lowland Sheepdog, Henry, in Swanley, Kent, and is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association, the Crime Writers’ Association, the Society of Women Writers and Journalists, and the Society of Authors.
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Alexandra Page
Alexandra Page
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Title: Wishyouwas
Genre: Children(7-12) - Christmas
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Yc1r1x_Xg
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/alexandra-page/wishyouwas.htm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexandrapage
The Book:
It's 1952 in smog-shrouded London. Christmas might be fast approaching, but with her mum away and Uncle Frank busy running the post office, Penny Black is lonelier than ever.
All that changes when Penny discovers a small, fluffy, funny, springy and - most importantly - talking creature in the post office one night, trying to make off with a letter.
But Wishyouwas is no thief. He's a Sorter, and he soon introduces Penny to a fascinating secret world hidden in the tunnels underneath the city's streets. Self-appointed guardians of lost mail, the Sorters have dedicated their lives to rescuing letters that have gone astray and making sure they get delivered to their rightful owners.
Penny is determined to protect the Sorters, but how long will she be able to keep them safe with Stanley Scrawl, the sinister Royal Mail Rat Catcher, on the prowl? Can Penny save the Sorters and deliver a joyful Christmas?
The Author:
Alexandra Page is a writer of picture books and young fiction. Her first novel for children, Wishyouwas, is the first in a duology about the hidden world of the Sorters, set in smoggy 1950s London. The story was shortlisted for the 2019 Times Chicken House prize and won the WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award in the same year. It will be published in September 2021 by Bloomsbury Children’s Books.
Alexandra's debut picture book, The Fire Fox, inspired by the Saami myth of the Northern Lights, will be published in October 2021 by the Two Hoots imprint at Macmillan.
Alexandra spent her childhood being airmailed between England and Zimbabwe and making up stories to entertain her younger sisters and brother. After studying English Literature she settled in London and worked for several years at Penguin, Puffin and Walker Books. She loves travelling to far-flung places, swimming in anything larger than a puddle, and spending time with her husband and daughter.
Genre: Children(7-12) - Christmas
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3Yc1r1x_Xg
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/p/alexandra-page/wishyouwas.htm
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexandrapage
The Book:
It's 1952 in smog-shrouded London. Christmas might be fast approaching, but with her mum away and Uncle Frank busy running the post office, Penny Black is lonelier than ever.
All that changes when Penny discovers a small, fluffy, funny, springy and - most importantly - talking creature in the post office one night, trying to make off with a letter.
But Wishyouwas is no thief. He's a Sorter, and he soon introduces Penny to a fascinating secret world hidden in the tunnels underneath the city's streets. Self-appointed guardians of lost mail, the Sorters have dedicated their lives to rescuing letters that have gone astray and making sure they get delivered to their rightful owners.
Penny is determined to protect the Sorters, but how long will she be able to keep them safe with Stanley Scrawl, the sinister Royal Mail Rat Catcher, on the prowl? Can Penny save the Sorters and deliver a joyful Christmas?
The Author:
Alexandra Page is a writer of picture books and young fiction. Her first novel for children, Wishyouwas, is the first in a duology about the hidden world of the Sorters, set in smoggy 1950s London. The story was shortlisted for the 2019 Times Chicken House prize and won the WriteMentor Children’s Novel Award in the same year. It will be published in September 2021 by Bloomsbury Children’s Books.
Alexandra's debut picture book, The Fire Fox, inspired by the Saami myth of the Northern Lights, will be published in October 2021 by the Two Hoots imprint at Macmillan.
Alexandra spent her childhood being airmailed between England and Zimbabwe and making up stories to entertain her younger sisters and brother. After studying English Literature she settled in London and worked for several years at Penguin, Puffin and Walker Books. She loves travelling to far-flung places, swimming in anything larger than a puddle, and spending time with her husband and daughter.
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Raynor Wynn
Raynor Wynn
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Title: The Wild Science
Genre: Biographical
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/raynor_winn
The Book:
Following the hugely successful Sunday Times Bestseller, Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize nominee and Costa shortlisted, The Salt Path, Raynor Winn returns with her second brilliant book.
This time the narrative explores the difficulties surrounding the return to mainstream life after a period of homelessness.
Recovering self-esteem and trust, in herself and in others, is harder than she expected. Raynor and her husband Moth continue to face his debilitating illness, until an incredible gesture by someone who read The Salt Path changes everything.
This book is about readjusting to life after homelessness, but also about recovering trust and self-belief after a traumatic event - feelings that can translate to many episodes in the life of any of us.
The Author:
Raynor Winn is a British writer and long-distance walker, who has written on nature, homelessness and wild camping.
Her debut book, The Salt Path (2018), tells the story of how Winn and her husband decided to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path, after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness and the couple lost their home as the result of a bad investment. Earning wide critical acclaim as well as becoming an instant bestseller, The Salt Path was shortlisted for both the Wainwright Prize and the Costa Books Awards in 2018 and was chosen as the Waterstones Non-fiction Book of the Month for February 2019.
Winn’s second book The Wild Silence (2020) explores readjusting to life after homelessness.
Genre: Biographical
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/raynor_winn
The Book:
Following the hugely successful Sunday Times Bestseller, Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize nominee and Costa shortlisted, The Salt Path, Raynor Winn returns with her second brilliant book.
This time the narrative explores the difficulties surrounding the return to mainstream life after a period of homelessness.
Recovering self-esteem and trust, in herself and in others, is harder than she expected. Raynor and her husband Moth continue to face his debilitating illness, until an incredible gesture by someone who read The Salt Path changes everything.
This book is about readjusting to life after homelessness, but also about recovering trust and self-belief after a traumatic event - feelings that can translate to many episodes in the life of any of us.
The Author:
Raynor Winn is a British writer and long-distance walker, who has written on nature, homelessness and wild camping.
Her debut book, The Salt Path (2018), tells the story of how Winn and her husband decided to walk the 630-mile South West Coast Path, after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness and the couple lost their home as the result of a bad investment. Earning wide critical acclaim as well as becoming an instant bestseller, The Salt Path was shortlisted for both the Wainwright Prize and the Costa Books Awards in 2018 and was chosen as the Waterstones Non-fiction Book of the Month for February 2019.
Winn’s second book The Wild Silence (2020) explores readjusting to life after homelessness.
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Carrie Weston
Carrie Weston
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Title: Pet Empathisers
Genre: Young Adult - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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* Carrie will include two signed bookmarks along with her book*
Website: https://www.carrieweston.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorWeston
The Book:
Johnathan, once a normal teenage boy, lured into the fae realm by an indescribable beauty ended up the Seelie Queens new PET. Trapped and chained, Johnathan wants nothing more than to go home. So, when fae, claiming they are empathisers to his predicament, offer to help him escape he can’t say no. But with fierce fairies, battle dragons, the Queen’s guards and a portal home to find. Will he make it?
The Author:
A bit about the lady behind the wings. Carrie is a divorcee in her early 30s with a young son and crazy dog. She has completed an Open Study College, fiction writing level 3 course. Since she was a little girl, she dreamt of becoming a fully fledged authoress.
Carrie loves to write fantasy fiction for young adults
Genre: Young Adult - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.carrieweston.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorWeston
The Book:
Johnathan, once a normal teenage boy, lured into the fae realm by an indescribable beauty ended up the Seelie Queens new PET. Trapped and chained, Johnathan wants nothing more than to go home. So, when fae, claiming they are empathisers to his predicament, offer to help him escape he can’t say no. But with fierce fairies, battle dragons, the Queen’s guards and a portal home to find. Will he make it?
The Author:
A bit about the lady behind the wings. Carrie is a divorcee in her early 30s with a young son and crazy dog. She has completed an Open Study College, fiction writing level 3 course. Since she was a little girl, she dreamt of becoming a fully fledged authoress.
Carrie loves to write fantasy fiction for young adults
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Ruth Ware
Ruth Ware
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Title: One by One
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLPBG-wBjPE
Website: https://ruthware.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthWareWriter
The Book:
A LUXURY CHALET. AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.
UNTIL GUESTS START TO DISAPPEAR…
Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers…and you can’t trust any of them?
When an off-site company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration goes utterly wrong and an avalanche hits, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be?
The Author:
Ruth Ware is an international number one bestseller. Her thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, The Death of Mrs Westaway and The Turn of the Key have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the Sunday Times and New York Times. Her books have been optioned for TV and film and she is published in more than 40 languages. Ruth lives near Brighton with her family.
Genre: Psychological Thriller - Mystery
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLPBG-wBjPE
Website: https://ruthware.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RuthWareWriter
The Book:
A LUXURY CHALET. AN OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME.
UNTIL GUESTS START TO DISAPPEAR…
Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of your coworkers…and you can’t trust any of them?
When an off-site company retreat meant to promote mindfulness and collaboration goes utterly wrong and an avalanche hits, the corporate food chain becomes irrelevant and survival trumps togetherness. Come Monday morning, how many members short will the team be?
The Author:
Ruth Ware is an international number one bestseller. Her thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, The Lying Game, The Death of Mrs Westaway and The Turn of the Key have appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the Sunday Times and New York Times. Her books have been optioned for TV and film and she is published in more than 40 languages. Ruth lives near Brighton with her family.
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Jane Fallon
Jane Fallon
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Title: Worst Idea Ever
Genre: Contemporary - Humour
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://janefallonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneFallon
The Book:
Best friends tell each other everything. Or do they?
Georgia and Lydia are so close, they're practically sisters.
So when Lydia starts an online business that struggles, Georgia wants to help her - but Lydia's not the kind to accept a handout. Setting up a fake Twitter account, Georgia hopes to give her friend some anonymous moral support by posing as a potential customer.
But then Lydia starts confiding in her new internet buddy and Georgia discovers she doesn't know her quite as well as she thought. Georgia knows she should reveal the truth - especially when Lydia starts talking about her - but she just can't help herself.
Until Lydia reveals a secret that could not only end their friendship, but also blow-up Georgia's marriage . . .
Georgia's in too deep.
But what can she save?
Her marriage, her friendship - or just herself?
The Author:
Jane Fallon is an English producer and novelist, most famous for her work on popular series Teachers, 20 Things To Do Before You're 30, Eastenders and This Life. She is author of ten novels on the Sunday Times Bestseller List — Getting Rid of Matthew, Got You Back, Foursome, The Ugly Sister, Skeletons, Strictly Between Us, My Sweet Revenge, Faking Friends, Tell Me A Secret, and Queen Bee. In 2011, Foursome was nominated for the Melissa Nathan Award for Romantic Comedy Fiction, and in 2018, Faking Friends was nominated in the popular fiction category of the National Book Awards and in 2019 was long listed for the Comedy Women In Print prize.
Fallon has been in a relationship with popular comedian Ricky Gervais since 1982, after they met while studying together at the University College London. The couple has lived together since 1984 and are based in North London.
Genre: Contemporary - Humour
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: http://janefallonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaneFallon
The Book:
Best friends tell each other everything. Or do they?
Georgia and Lydia are so close, they're practically sisters.
So when Lydia starts an online business that struggles, Georgia wants to help her - but Lydia's not the kind to accept a handout. Setting up a fake Twitter account, Georgia hopes to give her friend some anonymous moral support by posing as a potential customer.
But then Lydia starts confiding in her new internet buddy and Georgia discovers she doesn't know her quite as well as she thought. Georgia knows she should reveal the truth - especially when Lydia starts talking about her - but she just can't help herself.
Until Lydia reveals a secret that could not only end their friendship, but also blow-up Georgia's marriage . . .
Georgia's in too deep.
But what can she save?
Her marriage, her friendship - or just herself?
The Author:
Jane Fallon is an English producer and novelist, most famous for her work on popular series Teachers, 20 Things To Do Before You're 30, Eastenders and This Life. She is author of ten novels on the Sunday Times Bestseller List — Getting Rid of Matthew, Got You Back, Foursome, The Ugly Sister, Skeletons, Strictly Between Us, My Sweet Revenge, Faking Friends, Tell Me A Secret, and Queen Bee. In 2011, Foursome was nominated for the Melissa Nathan Award for Romantic Comedy Fiction, and in 2018, Faking Friends was nominated in the popular fiction category of the National Book Awards and in 2019 was long listed for the Comedy Women In Print prize.
Fallon has been in a relationship with popular comedian Ricky Gervais since 1982, after they met while studying together at the University College London. The couple has lived together since 1984 and are based in North London.
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Darren Simpson
Darren Simpson
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Title: The Memory Thieves
Genre: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://darrensimpsonwrites.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarrenSimpson44
The Book:
What you don't remember can't hurt you...
Cyan has lived at the Elsewhere Sanctuary for as long as he can remember, freed by Dr Haven from dark memories of his past life. But when Cyan finds a mysterious warning carved into the bones of a whale skeleton, he starts to wonder what he had to forget to be so happy.
New resident, Jonquil, begins to resist the sanctuary's treatment, preferring to hold on to her memories - even the bad ones. So when Dr Haven resorts to harsher measures, Cyan embarks on a secret mission to discover the truth about the sanctuary...and himself.
The Author:
Darren Simpson writes vivid, unruly fiction for older children. His latest book is The Memory Thieves. His debut novel, Scavengers, was a Guardian Best Book of the Year, and was selected for the national Summer Reading Challenge and shortlisted for the Northern Ireland Book Award.
Darren lives in Nottingham, where he works with the Literacy Trust to promote reading for pleasure. He loves using otherworldly settings and unconventional characters to explore bravery, self-discovery, and the endless quirks that make up our real lives.
Genre: Middle Grade, Young Adult, Sci-Fi
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
* Darren will be including a signed book mark with his book *
Website: https://darrensimpsonwrites.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DarrenSimpson44
The Book:
What you don't remember can't hurt you...
Cyan has lived at the Elsewhere Sanctuary for as long as he can remember, freed by Dr Haven from dark memories of his past life. But when Cyan finds a mysterious warning carved into the bones of a whale skeleton, he starts to wonder what he had to forget to be so happy.
New resident, Jonquil, begins to resist the sanctuary's treatment, preferring to hold on to her memories - even the bad ones. So when Dr Haven resorts to harsher measures, Cyan embarks on a secret mission to discover the truth about the sanctuary...and himself.
The Author:
Darren Simpson writes vivid, unruly fiction for older children. His latest book is The Memory Thieves. His debut novel, Scavengers, was a Guardian Best Book of the Year, and was selected for the national Summer Reading Challenge and shortlisted for the Northern Ireland Book Award.
Darren lives in Nottingham, where he works with the Literacy Trust to promote reading for pleasure. He loves using otherworldly settings and unconventional characters to explore bravery, self-discovery, and the endless quirks that make up our real lives.
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Sadie Jones
Sadie Jones
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Title: The Snakes
Genre: Mystery - Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1056761/sadie-jones.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatSadieJones
The Book:
Family secrets can be deadly…
Newly-weds Dan and Bea decide to escape London. Driving through France in their beaten-up car they anticipate a long lazy summer, worlds away from their ordinary lives.
But their idyll cannot last. Stopping off to see Bea’s brother at his crumbling hotel, the trio are joined unexpectedly by Bea’s ultra-wealthy parents. Dan has never understood Bea’s deep discomfort around them but living together in such close proximity he begins to sense something is very wrong.
Just as tensions reach breaking point, brutal tragedy strikes, exposing decades of secrets and silence that threaten to destroy them all.
‘A suspenseful, beautifully written thriller about the corruption of money and abuse within a dysfunctional family’ Guardian
The Author:
Sadie Jones is an Anglo-Jamaican novelist, renowned for her mastery of evoking specific eras in prose. Before her debut novel, The Outcast, was published in 2008, Jones worked in a number of jobs in both Paris and London whilst writing film scripts, and something of that cinematic quality shines through in the vivid historical recreations of her novels. The Outcast, set in late 1950s rural Surrey, won the Costa First Book Award in 2008, and was joined by Small Wars the following year. Jones’ third novel, The Uninvited Guests, was something of a change of pace, modelled as it was on Edwardian gothic fiction with darkly wry hints of the supernatural. Her latest book, The Snakes, was released in March 2019.
Genre: Mystery - Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/1056761/sadie-jones.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatSadieJones
The Book:
Family secrets can be deadly…
Newly-weds Dan and Bea decide to escape London. Driving through France in their beaten-up car they anticipate a long lazy summer, worlds away from their ordinary lives.
But their idyll cannot last. Stopping off to see Bea’s brother at his crumbling hotel, the trio are joined unexpectedly by Bea’s ultra-wealthy parents. Dan has never understood Bea’s deep discomfort around them but living together in such close proximity he begins to sense something is very wrong.
Just as tensions reach breaking point, brutal tragedy strikes, exposing decades of secrets and silence that threaten to destroy them all.
‘A suspenseful, beautifully written thriller about the corruption of money and abuse within a dysfunctional family’ Guardian
The Author:
Sadie Jones is an Anglo-Jamaican novelist, renowned for her mastery of evoking specific eras in prose. Before her debut novel, The Outcast, was published in 2008, Jones worked in a number of jobs in both Paris and London whilst writing film scripts, and something of that cinematic quality shines through in the vivid historical recreations of her novels. The Outcast, set in late 1950s rural Surrey, won the Costa First Book Award in 2008, and was joined by Small Wars the following year. Jones’ third novel, The Uninvited Guests, was something of a change of pace, modelled as it was on Edwardian gothic fiction with darkly wry hints of the supernatural. Her latest book, The Snakes, was released in March 2019.
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Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin
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Title: A Song For The Dark Times
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.ianrankin.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beathhigh
The Book:
"He’s gone…"
When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it’s not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days.
Rebus fears the worst – and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.
He wasn’t the best father – the job always came first – but now his daughter needs him more than ever. But is he going as a father or a detective?
As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast – and a small town with big secrets – he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn’t want to find…
The Author:
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987; the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents.
Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow. He is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award, and he received two Dagger Awards for the year's best short story and the Gold Dagger for Fiction. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, and Edinburgh.
A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts, on Channel 4 in 2002. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.ianrankin.net
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Beathhigh
The Book:
"He’s gone…"
When his daughter Samantha calls in the dead of night, John Rebus knows it’s not good news. Her husband has been missing for two days.
Rebus fears the worst – and knows from his lifetime in the police that his daughter will be the prime suspect.
He wasn’t the best father – the job always came first – but now his daughter needs him more than ever. But is he going as a father or a detective?
As he leaves at dawn to drive to the windswept coast – and a small town with big secrets – he wonders whether this might be the first time in his life where the truth is the one thing he doesn’t want to find…
The Author:
Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982 and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first Rebus novel was published in 1987; the Rebus books are now translated into 22 languages and are bestsellers on several continents.
Ian Rankin has been elected a Hawthornden Fellow. He is also a past winner of the Chandler-Fulbright Award, and he received two Dagger Awards for the year's best short story and the Gold Dagger for Fiction. Ian Rankin is also the recipient of honorary degrees from the universities of Abertay, St Andrews, and Edinburgh.
A contributor to BBC2's Newsnight Review, he also presented his own TV series, Ian Rankin's Evil Thoughts, on Channel 4 in 2002. He recently received the OBE for services to literature, and opted to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his partner and two sons.
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Becky Excell
Becky Excell
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Title: How To Make Anything Gluten Free
Genre: Food and Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geKL87hX210
Website: https://glutenfreecuppatea.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beckyexcell
The Book:
Are you avoiding gluten but yearn for fresh bread, all your favorite takeaways or a naan bread with your curry? And for your sweet tooth do you crave jam doughnuts, bakery-style cookies and classic cakes?
How to Make Anything Gluten-Free is the first cookbook that shows you how to unlock all the food you truly miss eating – but nothing tastes or looks "gluten-free".
Becky Excell has spent years developing delicious dishes and sharing them with her followers on Instagram. She is here to show you that a gluten-free life can be exciting and easy, without having to miss out on your favorite foods ever again. Why restrict yourself to the obvious soups, salads and fruit? What you really want are the recipes that you think you can't eat! From proper chicken chow mein to pad thai, doughnuts to lemon drizzle cake, cheesecake to profiteroles, French baguettes to pizza, plus dairy-free, vegan, veggie and low FODMAP options, Becky gives you all the recipes you'll ever need with tips and advice on how to make absolutely anything gluten-free.
The Author:
Becky Excell is a full-time gluten-free food writer with a following of over 350,000 on her social media channels and 1.75 million monthly views on her award-winning blog. She's been eating gluten-free for over 10 years and has written recipes for numerous online publications, as well as doing cooking demos at events including the Cake and Bake Show 2019. She gave up a career working in PR and marketing to focus on food full-time with an aim to develop recipes which reunite her and her followers with the foods they can no longer eat. She lives in Essex, UK.
Genre: Food and Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geKL87hX210
Website: https://glutenfreecuppatea.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beckyexcell
The Book:
Are you avoiding gluten but yearn for fresh bread, all your favorite takeaways or a naan bread with your curry? And for your sweet tooth do you crave jam doughnuts, bakery-style cookies and classic cakes?
How to Make Anything Gluten-Free is the first cookbook that shows you how to unlock all the food you truly miss eating – but nothing tastes or looks "gluten-free".
Becky Excell has spent years developing delicious dishes and sharing them with her followers on Instagram. She is here to show you that a gluten-free life can be exciting and easy, without having to miss out on your favorite foods ever again. Why restrict yourself to the obvious soups, salads and fruit? What you really want are the recipes that you think you can't eat! From proper chicken chow mein to pad thai, doughnuts to lemon drizzle cake, cheesecake to profiteroles, French baguettes to pizza, plus dairy-free, vegan, veggie and low FODMAP options, Becky gives you all the recipes you'll ever need with tips and advice on how to make absolutely anything gluten-free.
The Author:
Becky Excell is a full-time gluten-free food writer with a following of over 350,000 on her social media channels and 1.75 million monthly views on her award-winning blog. She's been eating gluten-free for over 10 years and has written recipes for numerous online publications, as well as doing cooking demos at events including the Cake and Bake Show 2019. She gave up a career working in PR and marketing to focus on food full-time with an aim to develop recipes which reunite her and her followers with the foods they can no longer eat. She lives in Essex, UK.
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Title: How To Bake Anything Gluten Free
Genre: Food a& Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juv0hTnE80w
Website: https://glutenfreecuppatea.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beckyexcell
The Book:
Are you avoiding gluten but yearn for fluffy cakes, fresh bread, filled donuts, game-changing pastries and mind-blowing desserts? The second cookbook from best-selling author Becky Excell, How to Bake Anything Gluten Free is the first book that shows you how turn your kitchen into your own personal gluten-free bakery – but nothing tastes or looks "gluten-free"! Becky has spent years developing delicious recipes and sharing them with her followers on Instagram. She is here to show you that a gluten-free life can be exciting and simple, without having to miss out on your favorite bakes ever again. Ever ordered dessert and ended up with fruit salad? Ever walked into a bakery and realized you can only eat the napkins? Or (worst of all) ever experienced the awkward moment of not being able to eat your own birthday cake?! Well this book is here to change all that – for good. From rainbow cake to smores brownies, red velvet cupcakes to fried donuts, triple-chocolate cookies to strawberry cheesecake, black forest gateau to apple pie, bagels to cinnamon rolls, classic Cornish pasty to mini beef wellingtons, plus a whole chapter dedicated to the ultimate gluten-free Christmas (including dairy-free, veggie and low FODMAP options), Becky gives you all the recipes you'll ever need with tips and advice on how to bake absolutely anything gluten-free.
The Author:
Becky Excell is a full-time gluten-free food writer with a following of over 350,000 on her social media channels and 1.75 million monthly views on her award-winning blog. She's been eating gluten-free for over 10 years and has written recipes for numerous online publications, as well as doing cooking demos at events including the Cake and Bake Show 2019. She gave up a career working in PR and marketing to focus on food full-time with an aim to develop recipes which reunite her and her followers with the foods they can no longer eat. She lives in Essex, UK.
Genre: Food a& Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Juv0hTnE80w
Website: https://glutenfreecuppatea.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/beckyexcell
The Book:
Are you avoiding gluten but yearn for fluffy cakes, fresh bread, filled donuts, game-changing pastries and mind-blowing desserts? The second cookbook from best-selling author Becky Excell, How to Bake Anything Gluten Free is the first book that shows you how turn your kitchen into your own personal gluten-free bakery – but nothing tastes or looks "gluten-free"! Becky has spent years developing delicious recipes and sharing them with her followers on Instagram. She is here to show you that a gluten-free life can be exciting and simple, without having to miss out on your favorite bakes ever again. Ever ordered dessert and ended up with fruit salad? Ever walked into a bakery and realized you can only eat the napkins? Or (worst of all) ever experienced the awkward moment of not being able to eat your own birthday cake?! Well this book is here to change all that – for good. From rainbow cake to smores brownies, red velvet cupcakes to fried donuts, triple-chocolate cookies to strawberry cheesecake, black forest gateau to apple pie, bagels to cinnamon rolls, classic Cornish pasty to mini beef wellingtons, plus a whole chapter dedicated to the ultimate gluten-free Christmas (including dairy-free, veggie and low FODMAP options), Becky gives you all the recipes you'll ever need with tips and advice on how to bake absolutely anything gluten-free.
The Author:
Becky Excell is a full-time gluten-free food writer with a following of over 350,000 on her social media channels and 1.75 million monthly views on her award-winning blog. She's been eating gluten-free for over 10 years and has written recipes for numerous online publications, as well as doing cooking demos at events including the Cake and Bake Show 2019. She gave up a career working in PR and marketing to focus on food full-time with an aim to develop recipes which reunite her and her followers with the foods they can no longer eat. She lives in Essex, UK.
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T.A. Williams
T.A. Williams
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Title: Dreaming of Verona
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://tawilliamsbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TAWilliamsBooks
The Book:
Verona is the City of Love. But will Suzie find romance there or, like Romeo and Juliet, will it all end in tears?
When Suzie is hired to accompany spoiled, abrasive Lady Alexandra Tedburn on an all-expenses paid holiday to Italy, she fears the trip will be a disaster.
But she soon discovers there’s more to Alex than shopping and tantrums, and she’s determined to help her realise her potential – against Alex’s authoritarian father’s wishes.
As they settle in Verona, Suzie can’t stop thinking about local artist Michael, who is still mourning the tragic death of his wife. With Suzie’s future uncertain, and Michael’s past
holding him back, it seems there’s no hope for romance in the city of
star-crossed lovers… or is there?
The Author:
Firstly, my name isn't T A. It's Trevor. I write under the androgynous name T A Williams because 65% of books are read by women. In my first book, "Dirty Minds" one of the (female) characters suggests the imbalance is due to the fact that men spend too much time getting drunk and watching football. I couldn't possibly comment. Ask my wife...
I've written all sorts: thrillers, historical novels, short stories and now I'm enjoying myself hugely writing humour and romance. Romantic comedies are what we all need from time to time. Life isn’t always very fair. It isn’t always a lot of fun, but when it is, we need to embrace it. If my books can put a smile on your face and maybe give your heartstrings a tug, then I know I’ve done my job.
I‘ve lived all over Europe, but now I live in a little village in sleepy Devon, tucked away in south west England. I love the place. That’s why you’ll find leafy lanes and thatched cottages in most of my books. Oh, yes, and a black Labrador.
I've been writing since I was 14 and that is half a century ago. However, underneath this bald, wrinkly exterior, there beats the heart of a youngster. My wife is convinced I will never grow up. I hope she's right.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://tawilliamsbooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TAWilliamsBooks
The Book:
Verona is the City of Love. But will Suzie find romance there or, like Romeo and Juliet, will it all end in tears?
When Suzie is hired to accompany spoiled, abrasive Lady Alexandra Tedburn on an all-expenses paid holiday to Italy, she fears the trip will be a disaster.
But she soon discovers there’s more to Alex than shopping and tantrums, and she’s determined to help her realise her potential – against Alex’s authoritarian father’s wishes.
As they settle in Verona, Suzie can’t stop thinking about local artist Michael, who is still mourning the tragic death of his wife. With Suzie’s future uncertain, and Michael’s past
holding him back, it seems there’s no hope for romance in the city of
star-crossed lovers… or is there?
The Author:
Firstly, my name isn't T A. It's Trevor. I write under the androgynous name T A Williams because 65% of books are read by women. In my first book, "Dirty Minds" one of the (female) characters suggests the imbalance is due to the fact that men spend too much time getting drunk and watching football. I couldn't possibly comment. Ask my wife...
I've written all sorts: thrillers, historical novels, short stories and now I'm enjoying myself hugely writing humour and romance. Romantic comedies are what we all need from time to time. Life isn’t always very fair. It isn’t always a lot of fun, but when it is, we need to embrace it. If my books can put a smile on your face and maybe give your heartstrings a tug, then I know I’ve done my job.
I‘ve lived all over Europe, but now I live in a little village in sleepy Devon, tucked away in south west England. I love the place. That’s why you’ll find leafy lanes and thatched cottages in most of my books. Oh, yes, and a black Labrador.
I've been writing since I was 14 and that is half a century ago. However, underneath this bald, wrinkly exterior, there beats the heart of a youngster. My wife is convinced I will never grow up. I hope she's right.
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Jo Lovett
Jo Lovett
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Title: The House Swap
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/jo-lovett
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoLovettWrites
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Island house off coast of Maine, with private beach, sea views and the occasional farmyard animal, seeks super swanky Central London penthouse overlooking Holland Park, complete with concierge service and spurned ex-lovers…
When thirty-somethings Cassie and James find each other on a home swap website, it feels meant to be. City hotshot James needs a bolthole after a relationship goes sour and Cassie needs to leave the comfort of her little island to research her new book.
Soon, James is living in Cassie’s cute but ramshackle beachside cottage, and Cassie’s living in James’s luxurious London apartment. It’s the perfect solution.
Except James didn’t imagine he’d be sharing his home with eleven chickens and three alpacas, not to mention the unusually friendly neighbours, who seem to find any excuse to drop by. And Cassie is less than impressed when James’s ex-girlfriend turns up at his door, demanding to know where he’s gone.
The more Cassie and James talk, the more the tension between them mounts. But as the insults fly so do the sparks, and when the time finally comes to swap back, Cassie and James find they aren’t quite ready to give each other up.
But there’s more than just distance between them – and when Cassie makes a surprising discovery, the pair are forced to confront their feelings and decide what kind of life they really want.
The Author:
Jo Lovett is the author of three rom coms published by Bookouture: The First Time We Met, The House Swap and The Mistletoe Pact. Her fourth book will be published in March 2022.
Jo was runner-up in the Good Housekeeping/ Orion First Novel Competition 2018 and shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Award 2019.
She lives in London with her family. She started writing romantic comedy when she realised that she was regularly begging her oldest son to let her do his English homework but she wasn't actually that interested in haunted houses or Macbeth. When she can escape her laundry mountain, she enjoys reading, tennis and wine.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/jo-lovett
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoLovettWrites
The Book:
Island house off coast of Maine, with private beach, sea views and the occasional farmyard animal, seeks super swanky Central London penthouse overlooking Holland Park, complete with concierge service and spurned ex-lovers…
When thirty-somethings Cassie and James find each other on a home swap website, it feels meant to be. City hotshot James needs a bolthole after a relationship goes sour and Cassie needs to leave the comfort of her little island to research her new book.
Soon, James is living in Cassie’s cute but ramshackle beachside cottage, and Cassie’s living in James’s luxurious London apartment. It’s the perfect solution.
Except James didn’t imagine he’d be sharing his home with eleven chickens and three alpacas, not to mention the unusually friendly neighbours, who seem to find any excuse to drop by. And Cassie is less than impressed when James’s ex-girlfriend turns up at his door, demanding to know where he’s gone.
The more Cassie and James talk, the more the tension between them mounts. But as the insults fly so do the sparks, and when the time finally comes to swap back, Cassie and James find they aren’t quite ready to give each other up.
But there’s more than just distance between them – and when Cassie makes a surprising discovery, the pair are forced to confront their feelings and decide what kind of life they really want.
The Author:
Jo Lovett is the author of three rom coms published by Bookouture: The First Time We Met, The House Swap and The Mistletoe Pact. Her fourth book will be published in March 2022.
Jo was runner-up in the Good Housekeeping/ Orion First Novel Competition 2018 and shortlisted for the Comedy Women in Print Award 2019.
She lives in London with her family. She started writing romantic comedy when she realised that she was regularly begging her oldest son to let her do his English homework but she wasn't actually that interested in haunted houses or Macbeth. When she can escape her laundry mountain, she enjoys reading, tennis and wine.
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Tasha Harrison
Tasha Harrison
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Title: Clementine Florentine
Genre: Children (Aged 8 - 12)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://tashaharrison.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DotDashTash
The Book:
An ingenious 'reverse Parent Trap', this illustrated comedy centres on Clementine and her school nemesis Callum, who have to join forces to break their respective parents up – before they fall in lurrrve and Clementine and Callum end up as siblings! It's extra high-pressure because they both have a talent for poetry, and are determined to be the best writer. But then an unlikely friendship with an ageing punk icon – along with her chatty pet parrot Viv - helps Clem to start seeing things differently.
Imagine a female Tom Gates, with a touch of a young Adrian Mole and the warmth of Jacqueline Wilson, and you've got Clementine Florentine!
The Author:
Tasha Harrison cut her writing teeth as a sub-editor working on magazines and TV guides. It took eight rejected novels before she found a publisher for her middle grade children’s comedy, Clementine Florentine. She lives on the south coast with her family and extremely greedy Labrador.
Genre: Children (Aged 8 - 12)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://tashaharrison.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DotDashTash
The Book:
An ingenious 'reverse Parent Trap', this illustrated comedy centres on Clementine and her school nemesis Callum, who have to join forces to break their respective parents up – before they fall in lurrrve and Clementine and Callum end up as siblings! It's extra high-pressure because they both have a talent for poetry, and are determined to be the best writer. But then an unlikely friendship with an ageing punk icon – along with her chatty pet parrot Viv - helps Clem to start seeing things differently.
Imagine a female Tom Gates, with a touch of a young Adrian Mole and the warmth of Jacqueline Wilson, and you've got Clementine Florentine!
The Author:
Tasha Harrison cut her writing teeth as a sub-editor working on magazines and TV guides. It took eight rejected novels before she found a publisher for her middle grade children’s comedy, Clementine Florentine. She lives on the south coast with her family and extremely greedy Labrador.
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Amanda Brittany
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Title: I Lie in Wait
Genre: Psychological Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.amandabrittany.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandajbrittany
The Book:
It's one year since her sister vanished. Now, another girl is missing...
One year ago, Amelia Taylor's sister, Lark , disappeared from a family holiday in the Scottish Highlands.
The police are convinced that Lark was abducted, but with no new leads, the case has gone cold. Amelia is certain the answer lies at the holiday cottage and she returns to the place where her sister went missing.
But during her second night at the cottage a shrill scream cuts through the darkness, just as it did a year ago, and a sense of dread engulfs everyone.
Another girl has vanished.
Leading the search, Amelia is convinced that both girls are alive, waiting to be found. But someone is determined to keep her from the truth at all costs ...
Will Amelia be able to find her sister, or is she too about to find herself in danger?
The Author:
Amanda Brittany is the best selling author of psychological crime thrillers HER LAST LIE, TELL THE TRUTH & TRACES OF HER.
I LIE IN WAIT is out NOW, and her fifth thriller will be out in 2021.
Her debut, HER LAST LIE is being made into a film supported by Creative Scotland, and she has raised almost £8500 for Cancer Research UK from eBook royalties in memory of her sister.
Amanda lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and two crazy, cute dogs. When she's not writing, she loves spending time with her family and friends, travelling, walking her dogs, reading & sunny days. She also has a soft spot for snow, which features in HER LAST LIE & I LIE IN WAIT.
She also writes psychological suspense novels with Karen Clarke. Their debut THE SECRET SISTER is out NOW, and their second book will be out in February 2021.
Genre: Psychological Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: http://www.amandabrittany.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/amandajbrittany
The Book:
It's one year since her sister vanished. Now, another girl is missing...
One year ago, Amelia Taylor's sister, Lark , disappeared from a family holiday in the Scottish Highlands.
The police are convinced that Lark was abducted, but with no new leads, the case has gone cold. Amelia is certain the answer lies at the holiday cottage and she returns to the place where her sister went missing.
But during her second night at the cottage a shrill scream cuts through the darkness, just as it did a year ago, and a sense of dread engulfs everyone.
Another girl has vanished.
Leading the search, Amelia is convinced that both girls are alive, waiting to be found. But someone is determined to keep her from the truth at all costs ...
Will Amelia be able to find her sister, or is she too about to find herself in danger?
The Author:
Amanda Brittany is the best selling author of psychological crime thrillers HER LAST LIE, TELL THE TRUTH & TRACES OF HER.
I LIE IN WAIT is out NOW, and her fifth thriller will be out in 2021.
Her debut, HER LAST LIE is being made into a film supported by Creative Scotland, and she has raised almost £8500 for Cancer Research UK from eBook royalties in memory of her sister.
Amanda lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and two crazy, cute dogs. When she's not writing, she loves spending time with her family and friends, travelling, walking her dogs, reading & sunny days. She also has a soft spot for snow, which features in HER LAST LIE & I LIE IN WAIT.
She also writes psychological suspense novels with Karen Clarke. Their debut THE SECRET SISTER is out NOW, and their second book will be out in February 2021.
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Frank Cottrell-Boyce
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Title: Noah's Gold
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/frank-cottrell-boyce
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frankcottrell_b
The Book:
Packed with mystery, adventure and laughs, Noah's Gold is the exciting novel from the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of Millions and Cosmic, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Fully illustrated in black and white throughout by Steven Lenton, this is perfect for readers of 9+.
Being the smallest doesn't stop you having the biggest ideas.
Eleven-year old Noah sneaks along on his big sister's geography field trip. Everything goes wrong! Six kids are marooned on an uninhabited island. Their teacher has vanished. They're hungry. Their phones don't work and Noah has broken the internet. There's no way of contacting home . . . Disaster!
Until Noah discovers a treasure map and the gang goes in search of gold.
'A writer of comic genius - he has something of Roald Dahl’s magic, but more heart' – Sunday Telegraph
The Author:
Frank Cottrell Boyce, father of seven, is an established British screenwriter whose credits include God on Trial, Welcome to Sarajevo, Hilary and Jackie and 24 Hour Party People. He has also scripted an episode of Doctor Who which aired in Autumn 2014. He lives in Merseyside with his family.
Frank’s first book, Millions, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2004 and has been shortlisted for a number of awards, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award 2004. Millions has also been made into a movie directed by Danny Boyle (with the screenplay written by Frank) and was chosen as the Liverpool Reads book for 2005/06.
Frank’s second novel, Framed, was published in September 2005 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Prize. It was also selected as a Booked Up title in 2007 and was made into a feature-length drama, broadcast on BBC1 in August 2009 (with the screenplay written by Frank).
Frank’s third novel, Cosmic, was published in June 2008 and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2008, the CILIP Carnegie Medal and the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
Frank wrote the sequel, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, which was published in October 2011 and was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2012. It was followed by Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time in 2012 and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon in 2013.
Having worked with director Danny Boyle on Millions, Danny asked Frank to be part of the team creating the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Frank worked on the project for two years as the official scriptwriter. The ceremony was met with worldwide acclaim and even included a section inspired by children’s books.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/c/frank-cottrell-boyce
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frankcottrell_b
The Book:
Packed with mystery, adventure and laughs, Noah's Gold is the exciting novel from the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of Millions and Cosmic, Frank Cottrell-Boyce. Fully illustrated in black and white throughout by Steven Lenton, this is perfect for readers of 9+.
Being the smallest doesn't stop you having the biggest ideas.
Eleven-year old Noah sneaks along on his big sister's geography field trip. Everything goes wrong! Six kids are marooned on an uninhabited island. Their teacher has vanished. They're hungry. Their phones don't work and Noah has broken the internet. There's no way of contacting home . . . Disaster!
Until Noah discovers a treasure map and the gang goes in search of gold.
'A writer of comic genius - he has something of Roald Dahl’s magic, but more heart' – Sunday Telegraph
The Author:
Frank Cottrell Boyce, father of seven, is an established British screenwriter whose credits include God on Trial, Welcome to Sarajevo, Hilary and Jackie and 24 Hour Party People. He has also scripted an episode of Doctor Who which aired in Autumn 2014. He lives in Merseyside with his family.
Frank’s first book, Millions, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2004 and has been shortlisted for a number of awards, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award 2004. Millions has also been made into a movie directed by Danny Boyle (with the screenplay written by Frank) and was chosen as the Liverpool Reads book for 2005/06.
Frank’s second novel, Framed, was published in September 2005 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Prize. It was also selected as a Booked Up title in 2007 and was made into a feature-length drama, broadcast on BBC1 in August 2009 (with the screenplay written by Frank).
Frank’s third novel, Cosmic, was published in June 2008 and was shortlisted for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize 2008, the CILIP Carnegie Medal and the inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
Frank wrote the sequel, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again, which was published in October 2011 and was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2012. It was followed by Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the Race Against Time in 2012 and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Over the Moon in 2013.
Having worked with director Danny Boyle on Millions, Danny asked Frank to be part of the team creating the Opening Ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics. Frank worked on the project for two years as the official scriptwriter. The ceremony was met with worldwide acclaim and even included a section inspired by children’s books.
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Louie Stowell
Louie Stowell
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Title: Otherland
Genre: Children's Humorous Fantasy (Age 8+)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://louiestowell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Louiestowell
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Otherland is a dangerous magical underworld – a place where appearances can be deceiving and anything can happen. A world of gods, vampires, and fairies. It’s also… horrible.
When life-long friends Myra and Rohan discover that Rohan’s baby sister Shilpa has been stolen and taken to Otherland, the only way to rescue her is by taking part in a deadly game – three impossible challenges set by the Fairy Queen of Otherland. Win the game, and Rohan and Myra can go home with Shilpa – but lose, and they’ll be trapped in Otherland forever…
The Author:
Louie Stowell started her career writing carefully-researched books about space, ancient Egypt, politics and science but eventually lapsed into just making stuff up. She likes writing about dragons, wizards, vampires, fairies, monsters and parallel worlds.
She lives in London with her wife Karen, her dog Buffy and a creepy puppet that is probably cursed.
Genre: Children's Humorous Fantasy (Age 8+)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://louiestowell.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Louiestowell
The Book:
Otherland is a dangerous magical underworld – a place where appearances can be deceiving and anything can happen. A world of gods, vampires, and fairies. It’s also… horrible.
When life-long friends Myra and Rohan discover that Rohan’s baby sister Shilpa has been stolen and taken to Otherland, the only way to rescue her is by taking part in a deadly game – three impossible challenges set by the Fairy Queen of Otherland. Win the game, and Rohan and Myra can go home with Shilpa – but lose, and they’ll be trapped in Otherland forever…
The Author:
Louie Stowell started her career writing carefully-researched books about space, ancient Egypt, politics and science but eventually lapsed into just making stuff up. She likes writing about dragons, wizards, vampires, fairies, monsters and parallel worlds.
She lives in London with her wife Karen, her dog Buffy and a creepy puppet that is probably cursed.
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Anthony Browne
Anthony Browne
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Title: Voices in the Park
Genre: Children
Format: Picturebook
Dedication: Available
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Website: Website: http://www.anthonybrownebooks.com
The Book:
Four different voices tell their own versions of the same walk in the park. The radically different perspectives give a fascinating depth to this simple story which explores many of the author’s key themes, such as alienation, friendship and the bizarre amid the mundane.
The Author:
Anthony Browne is the acclaimed author and illustrator of such prize-winning bestsellers as Gorilla (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award), Willy the Wizard, My Dad, Voices in the Park (winner of Kurt Maschler Award) and Zoo (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal). In 2009, Anthony was appointed Children's Laureate, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of picture books. Anthony was also the first British winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, one of the highest international honours for illustration. His work has been widely exhibited and his books are published all over the world.
Genre: Children
Format: Picturebook
Dedication: Available
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Website: Website: http://www.anthonybrownebooks.com
The Book:
Four different voices tell their own versions of the same walk in the park. The radically different perspectives give a fascinating depth to this simple story which explores many of the author’s key themes, such as alienation, friendship and the bizarre amid the mundane.
The Author:
Anthony Browne is the acclaimed author and illustrator of such prize-winning bestsellers as Gorilla (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award), Willy the Wizard, My Dad, Voices in the Park (winner of Kurt Maschler Award) and Zoo (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal). In 2009, Anthony was appointed Children's Laureate, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the world of picture books. Anthony was also the first British winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, one of the highest international honours for illustration. His work has been widely exhibited and his books are published all over the world.
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Lucy Vine
Lucy Vine
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Title: Bad Choices
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://lucyvine.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lecv
The Book:
Two friends. Two decades.
One big mistake...
Nat and Zoe have always shared everything.
Hopeless crushes, emergency tampons, messy sex stories, work triumphs, those days where you can't stop crying in the loos, those days where you can't stop dancing on the bar. They even share the same birthday, FFS. The struggle is real, but they'll always have each other.
Except best friends forever is a hard promise to keep...
Eye-wateringly hilarious, tender and true, this a story about growing up, falling apart, and the friendships that hold us together.
The Author:
Lucy Vine is a writer, editor and the bestselling author of novels, Hot Mess, What Fresh Hell, Are We Nearly There Yet?, and Bad Choices - published in June 2021.
Her books have been translated into ten languages around the world, with Hot Mess optioned for a TV series in America.
She's been twice nominated for the Comedy Women In Print Award and is also host of the podcast and live event series, the Hot Mess Clubhouse, celebrating funny women.
Her journalism regularly appears in the likes of Grazia, Stylist, heat, Fabulous, New, Now, marie claire, Glamour Online, Cosmopolitan, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and The Mirror.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://lucyvine.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Lecv
The Book:
Two friends. Two decades.
One big mistake...
Nat and Zoe have always shared everything.
Hopeless crushes, emergency tampons, messy sex stories, work triumphs, those days where you can't stop crying in the loos, those days where you can't stop dancing on the bar. They even share the same birthday, FFS. The struggle is real, but they'll always have each other.
Except best friends forever is a hard promise to keep...
Eye-wateringly hilarious, tender and true, this a story about growing up, falling apart, and the friendships that hold us together.
The Author:
Lucy Vine is a writer, editor and the bestselling author of novels, Hot Mess, What Fresh Hell, Are We Nearly There Yet?, and Bad Choices - published in June 2021.
Her books have been translated into ten languages around the world, with Hot Mess optioned for a TV series in America.
She's been twice nominated for the Comedy Women In Print Award and is also host of the podcast and live event series, the Hot Mess Clubhouse, celebrating funny women.
Her journalism regularly appears in the likes of Grazia, Stylist, heat, Fabulous, New, Now, marie claire, Glamour Online, Cosmopolitan, The Daily Telegraph, The Sun and The Mirror.
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A.H. Proctor
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Four books: The Thumble Tumble series
Title: Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist
Title: Thumble Tumble and the Cauldron of Undry
Title: Thumble Tumble and the Eagalach Cup
Title: Thumble Tumble and the Goblin Pirates
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Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Series Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rme0ttPrNMk
Website: https://www.thumbletumble.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ah_proctor
Book 1: Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist
Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist is a story about a coven of witches set on the magical Isle of Arran. As with all good fairy stories, there is the balance of good and evil.
Follow Thumble Tumble on her escapades with Night Witches and Sea Dragons as she attempts to infiltrate the Great Games. Most of all, follow her adventures to the dark depths of Domhain Loch, where she discovers the secret of the Ollpheist.
Book 2: Thumble Tumble and the Cauldron of Undry
Book two is again set on the magical Isle of Arran, Thumble Tumble’s next adventures take place in and around Brodick Castle and the mysterious Holy Isle.
Thumble Tumble is a little witch who has no idea what dangers she will face when she enters the Devil’s Maze. With time against her and an army of Night Witches hunting her down, she must find a way to get to the mysterious Holy Isle and release the power that lies within an enchanted cauldron.
Book 3: Thumble Tumble and the Eagalach Cup
When Thumble Tumble stumbles upon Mogdred's evil plan to attack the Thistle Pixies at the Eagalach Cup, she is hurtled into her most chilling adventures yet!
Completely unaware of the dangers, the feisty pixies prepare for their "big game" with Thumble Tumble guarding them from the shadows!
Follow her latest adventures as she eludes night walking Creepers and loathsome Tree Trolls on this incredible journey of discovery.
Book 4: Thumble Tumble and the Goblin Pirates
When her friend is taken captive by Mogdred, the supreme Night Witch, Thumble Tumble is forced to join an unlikely Pirate crew on a terrifying journey to World's End! Pursued by a host of menacing monsters, they must find the key that unlocks a magical chest full of deadly treasures! Follow Thumble Tumble through this twisting tale of mystery and adventure on her most incredible journey yet!
The Author:
Title: Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist
Title: Thumble Tumble and the Cauldron of Undry
Title: Thumble Tumble and the Eagalach Cup
Title: Thumble Tumble and the Goblin Pirates
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Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book Series Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rme0ttPrNMk
Website: https://www.thumbletumble.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ah_proctor
Book 1: Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist
Thumble Tumble and the Ollpheist is a story about a coven of witches set on the magical Isle of Arran. As with all good fairy stories, there is the balance of good and evil.
Follow Thumble Tumble on her escapades with Night Witches and Sea Dragons as she attempts to infiltrate the Great Games. Most of all, follow her adventures to the dark depths of Domhain Loch, where she discovers the secret of the Ollpheist.
Book 2: Thumble Tumble and the Cauldron of Undry
Book two is again set on the magical Isle of Arran, Thumble Tumble’s next adventures take place in and around Brodick Castle and the mysterious Holy Isle.
Thumble Tumble is a little witch who has no idea what dangers she will face when she enters the Devil’s Maze. With time against her and an army of Night Witches hunting her down, she must find a way to get to the mysterious Holy Isle and release the power that lies within an enchanted cauldron.
Book 3: Thumble Tumble and the Eagalach Cup
When Thumble Tumble stumbles upon Mogdred's evil plan to attack the Thistle Pixies at the Eagalach Cup, she is hurtled into her most chilling adventures yet!
Completely unaware of the dangers, the feisty pixies prepare for their "big game" with Thumble Tumble guarding them from the shadows!
Follow her latest adventures as she eludes night walking Creepers and loathsome Tree Trolls on this incredible journey of discovery.
Book 4: Thumble Tumble and the Goblin Pirates
When her friend is taken captive by Mogdred, the supreme Night Witch, Thumble Tumble is forced to join an unlikely Pirate crew on a terrifying journey to World's End! Pursued by a host of menacing monsters, they must find the key that unlocks a magical chest full of deadly treasures! Follow Thumble Tumble through this twisting tale of mystery and adventure on her most incredible journey yet!
The Author:
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Title: A Quite Place To Kill
Genre: Crime Thriller- Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://neildaws.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeilDaws59
The Book:
In this tense thriller set on a WW2 airbase, a female pilot faces danger in the sky―and a murderer on the ground.
July 1940. As the Battle of Britain begins, the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary carry out the dangerous task of ferrying warplanes to RAF airbases. But for the ATA detachment sent to the base at Scotney, it’s not only in the skies that they’re a target―it seems a killer is stalking them on the ground…
On the day pilot Lizzie Hayes arrives in the quiet village, one of her new comrades is found murdered. One of the few women in Britain with a psychology PhD, Lizzie thinks she can use her skills to help identify the killer among the military staff and local villagers, but DI Jonathan Kember isn’t convinced. When a second pilot is murdered, Lizzie’s profile of the killer comes into sharper focus―attracting anonymous threats against her own life.
With Kember’s investigation stalling and events at the airbase becoming ever more sinister, Lizzie’s talents are given a chance. But can she and the still-sceptical Kember work together to find the killer before Lizzie becomes the next victim?
The Author:
Born in Croydon, Surrey in 1959, Neil Daws has been a decent waiter, an average baker and a pretty good printer but most notably a diligent Civil Servant, retiring in 2015 after 30 years, 20 spent in security and counter terrorism. Other short-term jobs taken many years ago include enthusiastic tin-rattler for the Royal National Institute for the Blind, a dog-fearing leaflet distributor and a sticker-on of cork tiles in a hotel foyer.
Enthralled by real life tales of adventure and exploration as a boy (Sir Ranulph Fiennes is one of his heroes – although cutting off frostbitten fingers with a hacksaw seems a bit extreme), he is a hiker, skier, lover of travel and a long-standing Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The death of his father and close uncle from heart disease within a year of each other was the catalyst to combine fundraising and hiking which has taken him along the Pennine Way and Inca Trail, across Switzerland and Lapland, up Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Kilimanjaro, and agonisingly along the length of the London Marathon (twice – because it didn’t hurt enough the first time). For this and much more, he was humbled to be awarded an MBE for charitable services in 2006.
He takes pleasure from having been the longest serving parent (thirteen years) on the PTA of his daughters’ school, including five years as its Treasurer and a period as a Parent Governor. More importantly, he has two gorgeous daughters, is proud to have celebrated his Silver Wedding Anniversary in 2017, and lives in his adopted county of Kent.
Now he is finally making use of his OU psychology degree and interest in history, especially the Second World War, to write historical crime novels featuring serial killers and all manner of unsavoury people.
Genre: Crime Thriller- Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: http://neildaws.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NeilDaws59
The Book:
In this tense thriller set on a WW2 airbase, a female pilot faces danger in the sky―and a murderer on the ground.
July 1940. As the Battle of Britain begins, the women of the Air Transport Auxiliary carry out the dangerous task of ferrying warplanes to RAF airbases. But for the ATA detachment sent to the base at Scotney, it’s not only in the skies that they’re a target―it seems a killer is stalking them on the ground…
On the day pilot Lizzie Hayes arrives in the quiet village, one of her new comrades is found murdered. One of the few women in Britain with a psychology PhD, Lizzie thinks she can use her skills to help identify the killer among the military staff and local villagers, but DI Jonathan Kember isn’t convinced. When a second pilot is murdered, Lizzie’s profile of the killer comes into sharper focus―attracting anonymous threats against her own life.
With Kember’s investigation stalling and events at the airbase becoming ever more sinister, Lizzie’s talents are given a chance. But can she and the still-sceptical Kember work together to find the killer before Lizzie becomes the next victim?
The Author:
Born in Croydon, Surrey in 1959, Neil Daws has been a decent waiter, an average baker and a pretty good printer but most notably a diligent Civil Servant, retiring in 2015 after 30 years, 20 spent in security and counter terrorism. Other short-term jobs taken many years ago include enthusiastic tin-rattler for the Royal National Institute for the Blind, a dog-fearing leaflet distributor and a sticker-on of cork tiles in a hotel foyer.
Enthralled by real life tales of adventure and exploration as a boy (Sir Ranulph Fiennes is one of his heroes – although cutting off frostbitten fingers with a hacksaw seems a bit extreme), he is a hiker, skier, lover of travel and a long-standing Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. The death of his father and close uncle from heart disease within a year of each other was the catalyst to combine fundraising and hiking which has taken him along the Pennine Way and Inca Trail, across Switzerland and Lapland, up Ben Nevis, Snowdon and Kilimanjaro, and agonisingly along the length of the London Marathon (twice – because it didn’t hurt enough the first time). For this and much more, he was humbled to be awarded an MBE for charitable services in 2006.
He takes pleasure from having been the longest serving parent (thirteen years) on the PTA of his daughters’ school, including five years as its Treasurer and a period as a Parent Governor. More importantly, he has two gorgeous daughters, is proud to have celebrated his Silver Wedding Anniversary in 2017, and lives in his adopted county of Kent.
Now he is finally making use of his OU psychology degree and interest in history, especially the Second World War, to write historical crime novels featuring serial killers and all manner of unsavoury people.
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Ian Ridley
Ian Ridley
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Title: The Breath of Sadness: On love, grief and cricket
Genre: Autobiography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanRidley1
The Book:
When Ian Ridley's wife, the trailblazing sports reporter Vikki Orvice, died of cancer at the age of 56, he found himself plunged deep into a sadness that he expected and a world of madness that he did not. In an attempt to make sense of it all and seek some solace from the brutality of his grief and anxiety, he embarks on a summer of watching county cricket.
Reliving bitter-sweet memories in places he and Vikki had visited together, he is alternately unnerved and consoled by the ebbs and flows of his mourning. But gradually, against a backdrop of the County Championship's peace and solitude - with the sun on his back and tea, cake and crossword at his side - he finds a way to survive the rhythms and cadences of his grief.
The Breath of Sadness is an unflinching account of how we carry on when we are left behind, and a poignant, tender and candid exploration of love and loss.
The Author:
Genre: Autobiography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/IanRidley1
The Book:
When Ian Ridley's wife, the trailblazing sports reporter Vikki Orvice, died of cancer at the age of 56, he found himself plunged deep into a sadness that he expected and a world of madness that he did not. In an attempt to make sense of it all and seek some solace from the brutality of his grief and anxiety, he embarks on a summer of watching county cricket.
Reliving bitter-sweet memories in places he and Vikki had visited together, he is alternately unnerved and consoled by the ebbs and flows of his mourning. But gradually, against a backdrop of the County Championship's peace and solitude - with the sun on his back and tea, cake and crossword at his side - he finds a way to survive the rhythms and cadences of his grief.
The Breath of Sadness is an unflinching account of how we carry on when we are left behind, and a poignant, tender and candid exploration of love and loss.
The Author:
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P. Grimshaw & E. Anderson
P. Grimshaw & E. Anderson
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Title: The Cat Who Couldn’t Cat
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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Twitter Paul: https://twitter.com/PaulGrimshaw15
Facebook Elizabeth: https://www.facebook.com/artistlizzy/photos/?ref=page_internal
The Book:
It's a book about a cat who could not cat.
The Author:
Paul is many years old. He used to work but doesn’t now. This is his first and best book.
The Illustrator:
Elizabeth Anderson (also known as Lizzie), is a graphic designer who, like many of us, went rogue and started exploring the art field. Her lively animal illustrations can brighten up the gloomiest of days
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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The Book:
It's a book about a cat who could not cat.
The Author:
Paul is many years old. He used to work but doesn’t now. This is his first and best book.
The Illustrator:
Elizabeth Anderson (also known as Lizzie), is a graphic designer who, like many of us, went rogue and started exploring the art field. Her lively animal illustrations can brighten up the gloomiest of days
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Lynette Creswell
Lynette Creswell
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Title: Hoglet's Christmas Magic
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://lynetteswebsiteblog.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/creswelllyn
The Book:
It's Christmas Eve with the hoglets.
Prickles and Primrose are excited. That is until... As they decorate the Christmas tree they discover the star for the top has shattered. Not to be defeated - the brave hoglets set out into the woods to seek a substitute star but stumble across Santa instead.
What adventure will they encounter?
AND... what about the star?
The Author:
Lynette was born in London, but raised in Burnley, Lancashire. From the tender age of five she lived with her grandmother who gave her books to keep her quiet. Lynette found she had a passion for reading and started writing once she began school.
Lynette’s inspiration came from childhood books written by Enid Blyton. The Enchanted Wood and The Faraway Tree were her first taste of fantasy. In adulthood, Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Series captured her own vivid imagination.
Her first novel Sinners of Magic won her acclaim and the story soon turned into a trilogy. With readers begging for more Lynette ended the series with a spin off story featuring a windigo.
Wishing to be a multi-genre author, Lynette turned her pen to romance. Her two novels: Cracks in the Glass and Two Kinds of Truth were a huge hit with readers.
Returning to her love of short story writing, Lynette entered the 2019 SWWJ (Society of Women Writers and Journalists) competition. A Slice of Cake – a light-hearted story about her five year old granddaughter came runner up.
In 2020 Lynette launched a compilation of short stories. Most having won popular writing competitions.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://lynetteswebsiteblog.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/creswelllyn
The Book:
It's Christmas Eve with the hoglets.
Prickles and Primrose are excited. That is until... As they decorate the Christmas tree they discover the star for the top has shattered. Not to be defeated - the brave hoglets set out into the woods to seek a substitute star but stumble across Santa instead.
What adventure will they encounter?
AND... what about the star?
The Author:
Lynette was born in London, but raised in Burnley, Lancashire. From the tender age of five she lived with her grandmother who gave her books to keep her quiet. Lynette found she had a passion for reading and started writing once she began school.
Lynette’s inspiration came from childhood books written by Enid Blyton. The Enchanted Wood and The Faraway Tree were her first taste of fantasy. In adulthood, Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Series captured her own vivid imagination.
Her first novel Sinners of Magic won her acclaim and the story soon turned into a trilogy. With readers begging for more Lynette ended the series with a spin off story featuring a windigo.
Wishing to be a multi-genre author, Lynette turned her pen to romance. Her two novels: Cracks in the Glass and Two Kinds of Truth were a huge hit with readers.
Returning to her love of short story writing, Lynette entered the 2019 SWWJ (Society of Women Writers and Journalists) competition. A Slice of Cake – a light-hearted story about her five year old granddaughter came runner up.
In 2020 Lynette launched a compilation of short stories. Most having won popular writing competitions.
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Anna Kent
Anna Kent
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Title: The House of Whispers
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://annabelkantaria.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BellaKay
The Book:
Once you let her in, she'll never leave...
Abi Allerton is happily married. She lives in a beautiful Victorian semi that she and her husband Rohan have lovingly renovated. Her past is firmly behind her.
When her old university friend Grace gets back in touch, Abi is hesitant. Their friendship was intense and all-consuming. But with Rohan away for work, Abi could use some company, so she agrees to let Grace stay.
Before Abi realises her mistake, it's too late. Grace is back to her old ways and Abi is losing grip on her calm, well-ordered life. Because Grace knows Abi's secret - and she'll never let her forget it.
The Author:
I’m an author, journalist, editor, mother and expat. I’m also through-and-through a sun-worshipper, happiest when floating in the sea with my face in the sun and absolutely nothing in my head. Though that last bit’s never true, is it?
In terms of career (‘Annabel, your ideal job would be tax accountant,’ said the school careers officer), I’ve worked as a non-fiction book editor, produced and presented radio shows, edited a glossy woman’s magazine, run a magazine publishing company, worked as the Telegraph’s Expat blogger and as a magazine columnist, given news anaylsis on the television, and written four published novels (to date – number five is currently in production).
Other jobs I’ve had over the years include perfume saleslady, sales assistant in various shops, child-minder, supermarket cashier, stable hand, German translator (I used to be able to speak at length in German about concrete injection systems, though, hand on heart, those days are gone) and of course I started out with the obligatory paper round, which earned me £3.33 a week for delivering 238 papers.
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://annabelkantaria.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BellaKay
The Book:
Once you let her in, she'll never leave...
Abi Allerton is happily married. She lives in a beautiful Victorian semi that she and her husband Rohan have lovingly renovated. Her past is firmly behind her.
When her old university friend Grace gets back in touch, Abi is hesitant. Their friendship was intense and all-consuming. But with Rohan away for work, Abi could use some company, so she agrees to let Grace stay.
Before Abi realises her mistake, it's too late. Grace is back to her old ways and Abi is losing grip on her calm, well-ordered life. Because Grace knows Abi's secret - and she'll never let her forget it.
The Author:
I’m an author, journalist, editor, mother and expat. I’m also through-and-through a sun-worshipper, happiest when floating in the sea with my face in the sun and absolutely nothing in my head. Though that last bit’s never true, is it?
In terms of career (‘Annabel, your ideal job would be tax accountant,’ said the school careers officer), I’ve worked as a non-fiction book editor, produced and presented radio shows, edited a glossy woman’s magazine, run a magazine publishing company, worked as the Telegraph’s Expat blogger and as a magazine columnist, given news anaylsis on the television, and written four published novels (to date – number five is currently in production).
Other jobs I’ve had over the years include perfume saleslady, sales assistant in various shops, child-minder, supermarket cashier, stable hand, German translator (I used to be able to speak at length in German about concrete injection systems, though, hand on heart, those days are gone) and of course I started out with the obligatory paper round, which earned me £3.33 a week for delivering 238 papers.
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V.B. Grey
V.B. Grey
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Title: Sisterhood
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsabelleGrey
The Book:
Identical twin sisters Freya and Shona take very different paths, leading to long-buried family secrets that reverberate through the generations in this thrilling novel of psychological suspense by the author of Tell Me How It Ends. There are some choices you can't come back from.
It is 1944 in war-battered London. Freya and Shona are identical twins, close despite their different characters. Freya is a newly qualified doctor treating the injured in an East End hospital, while Shona has been recruited by the SOE. The sisters are so physically alike that they can fool people into thinking that one is the other. It's a game they've played since childhood. But when Shona persuades her twin to swap roles to meet her Polish lover, he is angered at being tricked.
Then Shona proposes a far more dangerous swapping of roles. At first Freya refuses but finally she agrees, with consequences that threaten not only the happiness but the lives of both sisters.
Forty-five years later in November 1989 Freya, now aged 69, is watching television with her daughter Kirsty. Freya is gripped as she witnesses crowds of Berliners attempting to knock down their hated Wall. This sight stirs memories of her own and her sister's war, especially the tragedy of the Warsaw Uprising - memories that she has never shared with anyone. Even if she wanted to reveal them now, she can't. She's suffering from a brain tumour and is unable to speak although her reason is unimpaired. And this is what she's thinking: if they succeed in knocking down the Wall, what secrets will come tumbling through? If her own were revealed, it would be devastating for all those close to her, especially her daughter, Kirsty.
The Author:
After many years of writing television crime drama and the D.I Fisher series of contemporary crime novels as Isabelle Grey I wanted to take a different approach to my fiction - so please give a warm welcome to my pseudonym, V. B. Grey.
They say, Write the book you want to read. Well, I've always loved old noir movies and black & white melodramas - as well as their glamorous stars - so 'Tell Me How It Ends' is inspired by my favourite films their strong female characters, played by such legendary actors as Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis or Joan Crawford.
Growing up in the 1960s I was also aware of the long shadow still cast by the Second World War, a subject I explore in both 'Tell Me How It Ends' and my new novel, 'Sisterhood', which was inspired by a tragic mystery in my own family.
I grew up in Manchester, England, and have an English degree from Cambridge. My first job was with a London antique dealer and I spent many years as a freelance journalist and non-fiction author (as Isabelle Anscombe) writing initially about the fascinating world of the art market and the history of decorative arts before going on to contribute features and reviews to national newspapers and magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Country Living and Psychologies. I have also written for film, television and radio drama.
I live and work in north London.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IsabelleGrey
The Book:
Identical twin sisters Freya and Shona take very different paths, leading to long-buried family secrets that reverberate through the generations in this thrilling novel of psychological suspense by the author of Tell Me How It Ends. There are some choices you can't come back from.
It is 1944 in war-battered London. Freya and Shona are identical twins, close despite their different characters. Freya is a newly qualified doctor treating the injured in an East End hospital, while Shona has been recruited by the SOE. The sisters are so physically alike that they can fool people into thinking that one is the other. It's a game they've played since childhood. But when Shona persuades her twin to swap roles to meet her Polish lover, he is angered at being tricked.
Then Shona proposes a far more dangerous swapping of roles. At first Freya refuses but finally she agrees, with consequences that threaten not only the happiness but the lives of both sisters.
Forty-five years later in November 1989 Freya, now aged 69, is watching television with her daughter Kirsty. Freya is gripped as she witnesses crowds of Berliners attempting to knock down their hated Wall. This sight stirs memories of her own and her sister's war, especially the tragedy of the Warsaw Uprising - memories that she has never shared with anyone. Even if she wanted to reveal them now, she can't. She's suffering from a brain tumour and is unable to speak although her reason is unimpaired. And this is what she's thinking: if they succeed in knocking down the Wall, what secrets will come tumbling through? If her own were revealed, it would be devastating for all those close to her, especially her daughter, Kirsty.
The Author:
After many years of writing television crime drama and the D.I Fisher series of contemporary crime novels as Isabelle Grey I wanted to take a different approach to my fiction - so please give a warm welcome to my pseudonym, V. B. Grey.
They say, Write the book you want to read. Well, I've always loved old noir movies and black & white melodramas - as well as their glamorous stars - so 'Tell Me How It Ends' is inspired by my favourite films their strong female characters, played by such legendary actors as Barbara Stanwyck, Bette Davis or Joan Crawford.
Growing up in the 1960s I was also aware of the long shadow still cast by the Second World War, a subject I explore in both 'Tell Me How It Ends' and my new novel, 'Sisterhood', which was inspired by a tragic mystery in my own family.
I grew up in Manchester, England, and have an English degree from Cambridge. My first job was with a London antique dealer and I spent many years as a freelance journalist and non-fiction author (as Isabelle Anscombe) writing initially about the fascinating world of the art market and the history of decorative arts before going on to contribute features and reviews to national newspapers and magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Country Living and Psychologies. I have also written for film, television and radio drama.
I live and work in north London.
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Catrina Davies
Catrina Davies
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Title: Homesick: Why I Live in a Shed
Genre: Autobiography
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://catrinadavies.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CatrinaWriter
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Genre: Autobiography
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Nicola Pryce
Nicola Pryce
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Title: A Cornish Betrothal
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Website: http://nicolapryce.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NPryce_Author
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Cornwall, 1798.
Eighteen months have passed since Midshipman Edmund Melville was declared missing, presumed dead, and Amelia Carew has mended her heart and fallen in love with a young physician, Luke Bohenna. But, on her twenty-fifth birthday, Amelia suddenly receives a letter from Edmund announcing his imminent return. In a state of shock, devastated that she now loves Luke so passionately, she is torn between the two.
When Edmund returns, it is clear that his time away has changed him - he wears scars both mental and physical. Amelia, however, is determined to nurse him back to health and honour his heroic actions in the Navy by renouncing Luke.
But soon, Amelia begins to question what really happened to Edmund while he was missing. As the threads of truth slip through her fingers, she doesn't know who to turn to: Edmund, or Luke?
The Author:
Nicola Pryce trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. She loves literature and history and has an Open University degree in Humanities. She's a qualified adult literacy support volunteer and lives with her husband in the Blackdown Hills in Somerset. She and her husband love sailing and together they sail the south coast of Cornwall in search of adventure. If she's not writing or gardening, you'll find her scrubbing decks.
Pengelly's Daughter is her first novel, then The Captain's Girl, The Cornish Dressmaker, The Cornish Lady, and A Cornish Betrothal. Her next book The Cornish Captive will be published in November 2021.
Nicola is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and The Historical Writers' Association.
Genre: Historical Fiction
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Website: http://nicolapryce.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NPryce_Author
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Cornwall, 1798.
Eighteen months have passed since Midshipman Edmund Melville was declared missing, presumed dead, and Amelia Carew has mended her heart and fallen in love with a young physician, Luke Bohenna. But, on her twenty-fifth birthday, Amelia suddenly receives a letter from Edmund announcing his imminent return. In a state of shock, devastated that she now loves Luke so passionately, she is torn between the two.
When Edmund returns, it is clear that his time away has changed him - he wears scars both mental and physical. Amelia, however, is determined to nurse him back to health and honour his heroic actions in the Navy by renouncing Luke.
But soon, Amelia begins to question what really happened to Edmund while he was missing. As the threads of truth slip through her fingers, she doesn't know who to turn to: Edmund, or Luke?
The Author:
Nicola Pryce trained as a nurse at St Bartholomew's Hospital in London. She loves literature and history and has an Open University degree in Humanities. She's a qualified adult literacy support volunteer and lives with her husband in the Blackdown Hills in Somerset. She and her husband love sailing and together they sail the south coast of Cornwall in search of adventure. If she's not writing or gardening, you'll find her scrubbing decks.
Pengelly's Daughter is her first novel, then The Captain's Girl, The Cornish Dressmaker, The Cornish Lady, and A Cornish Betrothal. Her next book The Cornish Captive will be published in November 2021.
Nicola is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association and The Historical Writers' Association.
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Mich Kenney
Mich Kenney
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Title: Storm Of Ash
Genre: Fantasy Young Adult
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Website: https://michellekenney.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MKenneyPR
The Book:
The brand new novel from Michelle Kenney, author of the Book of Fire and City of Dust! As Talia treks back through the treacherous North Mountains, she knows only three things: Pantheon has stolen nearly everyone she loves; Her blood is the only control over the Voynich's oldest secret; And Cassius won't stop hunting Arafel until every last outsider is destroyed. Will Talia finally face her legacy and defeat Cassius before it is too late?
The Author:
I’m a firm believer in magic, and that ancient doorways to alternate worlds can still be found if we look hard enough. I’m also a hopeless scribbleaholic and, when left to my own devices, like nothing better than dreaming up new fantasy worlds in the back of a dog-eared notebook. Doctors have said they’re unlikely to find a cure any time soon.
In between scribbling, I love reading, attempting to play bluegrass and treasure-hunting on deserted beaches with my young dreamers-in-training. I also hold a LLB (hons) degree, an APD in Public Relations and I’m an Accredited Practitioner with the CIPR (with whom I’ve won a few awards for Magazine & PR work), but I’m definitely happiest, curled up against a rainy window, with my nose in a book.
Genre: Fantasy Young Adult
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Dedication is Available
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Website: https://michellekenney.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MKenneyPR
The Book:
The brand new novel from Michelle Kenney, author of the Book of Fire and City of Dust! As Talia treks back through the treacherous North Mountains, she knows only three things: Pantheon has stolen nearly everyone she loves; Her blood is the only control over the Voynich's oldest secret; And Cassius won't stop hunting Arafel until every last outsider is destroyed. Will Talia finally face her legacy and defeat Cassius before it is too late?
The Author:
I’m a firm believer in magic, and that ancient doorways to alternate worlds can still be found if we look hard enough. I’m also a hopeless scribbleaholic and, when left to my own devices, like nothing better than dreaming up new fantasy worlds in the back of a dog-eared notebook. Doctors have said they’re unlikely to find a cure any time soon.
In between scribbling, I love reading, attempting to play bluegrass and treasure-hunting on deserted beaches with my young dreamers-in-training. I also hold a LLB (hons) degree, an APD in Public Relations and I’m an Accredited Practitioner with the CIPR (with whom I’ve won a few awards for Magazine & PR work), but I’m definitely happiest, curled up against a rainy window, with my nose in a book.
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Alex Miller
Alex Miller
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Title: '91: The inside story of Sheffield Wednesday's historic 1990/91 season
Genre: Sport
Format: Paperback
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.verticaleditions.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerticalEds
The Book:
In May 1990 the unthinkable happened and Sheffield Wednesday were relegated to the second division of English football for the first time in six seasons.
Ron Atkinson's talented squad - blessed with the likes of David Hirst, Carlton Palmer, Roland Nilsson and John Sheridan - could go one of two ways; stick together or fall apart. A year later they were back in the big time and holders of the League Cup having beaten Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United at Wembley.
The collection of huge characters formed one of the most iconic sides in the club's rich history. For the very first time, '91 tells the inside story of that incredible season from those that were there; from training ground crisis talks to terrific goals, laughs, tears and beers on the open-top bus.
The Author:
I’m Alex Miller and I’ve been a Sheffield Wednesday writer at the Sheffield Star for well over 18 months now. Working alongside Joe Crann I cover all things Owls, following them around the country. It’s a dream job.. I’m a lucky bloke!
Genre: Sport
Format: Paperback
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.verticaleditions.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerticalEds
The Book:
In May 1990 the unthinkable happened and Sheffield Wednesday were relegated to the second division of English football for the first time in six seasons.
Ron Atkinson's talented squad - blessed with the likes of David Hirst, Carlton Palmer, Roland Nilsson and John Sheridan - could go one of two ways; stick together or fall apart. A year later they were back in the big time and holders of the League Cup having beaten Sir Alex Ferguson's Manchester United at Wembley.
The collection of huge characters formed one of the most iconic sides in the club's rich history. For the very first time, '91 tells the inside story of that incredible season from those that were there; from training ground crisis talks to terrific goals, laughs, tears and beers on the open-top bus.
The Author:
I’m Alex Miller and I’ve been a Sheffield Wednesday writer at the Sheffield Star for well over 18 months now. Working alongside Joe Crann I cover all things Owls, following them around the country. It’s a dream job.. I’m a lucky bloke!
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John Brekin
John Brekin
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Title: Breck: My Life in Football
Genre: Autobiography - Sport
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.verticaleditions.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbreckin
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To some, he is Mr Rotherham United. To Millers fans, he's a club legend. To everyone, simply - 'Breck'. From toddler fan to Life President, John Breckin's association with the club tops 50 years - starting as an apprentice professional at only 14. Third on the club's appearances list, no one knows The Millers better. Who was the household name throttling him and which two teammates rescued him? The local manager who arranged a clandestine meeting in a darkened car park to try and sign him. The chairman seeking to pick the team and the hardest journey of his life. The abuse from his own supporters and the mental health issues that arose. Breck shows his serious side in two personal, emotional chapters sure to resonate with so many people who will identify with his pain. Typically, it's all in a great cause with profits to Rotherham Hospice, a place close to John's heart.
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Genre: Autobiography - Sport
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.verticaleditions.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnbreckin
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The Book:
To some, he is Mr Rotherham United. To Millers fans, he's a club legend. To everyone, simply - 'Breck'. From toddler fan to Life President, John Breckin's association with the club tops 50 years - starting as an apprentice professional at only 14. Third on the club's appearances list, no one knows The Millers better. Who was the household name throttling him and which two teammates rescued him? The local manager who arranged a clandestine meeting in a darkened car park to try and sign him. The chairman seeking to pick the team and the hardest journey of his life. The abuse from his own supporters and the mental health issues that arose. Breck shows his serious side in two personal, emotional chapters sure to resonate with so many people who will identify with his pain. Typically, it's all in a great cause with profits to Rotherham Hospice, a place close to John's heart.
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Tony Currie
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Title: Imperfect 10: The Man Behind the Magic
Genre: Autobiography - Sport
Format: Hardback
Postage: UK Only
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The Book:
Imperfect 10 is a searingly honest account of the life of a footballing genius, whose character and personality are worlds apart from the on-field extrovert who thrilled the crowds. Tony Currie, the former Watford, Sheffield United, Leeds United and QPR player with outrageous skills and the confidence to sit on the ball during a game or blow kisses to his adoring fans, was so shy that the avoidance of any kind of conflict or facing up to challenging decisions became his natural modus operandi. Sometimes it is almost impossible to believe that the two sides of the man lovingly known as TC belong to the same person.
His private life fell apart, there was a damning relationship at international level and the team trophies he craved eluded him. But he had the crowd on his side throughout. In his autobiography, Currie remembers the magic moments but also the crippling self-doubt and dwindling self-esteem that brought him to his knees as he drifted towards an inevitable retirement and life after football.
If there is a happy ending, it is in the acclaim he still commands from fans at Sheffield United, the club he spent most time with. They initially rescued him, and attracted him back up north for an eventual re-connection with the Blades. Tony Currie is a living legend who almost didn’t have the will to hang around to see it.
The Author:
An instantly recognisable figure on the pitches of the best clubs in the land, largely during the 1970s, Tony Currie often led from centre-stage for Watford, Sheffield United, Leeds United and QPR.
He also won 17 England caps, although to many his swaggering midfield play was criminally underused by the national team - despite being praised by no less an expert than the manager of Brazil.
Currie’s route into the game was equally mystifying as he was rejected on numerous occasions as a youth, but he more than made up for it when he finally got his chance.
A Londoner, he swiftly moved north to become the star turn at Bramall Lane and Elland Road.
Lauded by Sheffield United fans as their club’s greatest ever player, Currie briefly became a director and is now club ambassador.
Genre: Autobiography - Sport
Format: Hardback
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.verticaleditions.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerticalEds
The Book:
Imperfect 10 is a searingly honest account of the life of a footballing genius, whose character and personality are worlds apart from the on-field extrovert who thrilled the crowds. Tony Currie, the former Watford, Sheffield United, Leeds United and QPR player with outrageous skills and the confidence to sit on the ball during a game or blow kisses to his adoring fans, was so shy that the avoidance of any kind of conflict or facing up to challenging decisions became his natural modus operandi. Sometimes it is almost impossible to believe that the two sides of the man lovingly known as TC belong to the same person.
His private life fell apart, there was a damning relationship at international level and the team trophies he craved eluded him. But he had the crowd on his side throughout. In his autobiography, Currie remembers the magic moments but also the crippling self-doubt and dwindling self-esteem that brought him to his knees as he drifted towards an inevitable retirement and life after football.
If there is a happy ending, it is in the acclaim he still commands from fans at Sheffield United, the club he spent most time with. They initially rescued him, and attracted him back up north for an eventual re-connection with the Blades. Tony Currie is a living legend who almost didn’t have the will to hang around to see it.
The Author:
An instantly recognisable figure on the pitches of the best clubs in the land, largely during the 1970s, Tony Currie often led from centre-stage for Watford, Sheffield United, Leeds United and QPR.
He also won 17 England caps, although to many his swaggering midfield play was criminally underused by the national team - despite being praised by no less an expert than the manager of Brazil.
Currie’s route into the game was equally mystifying as he was rejected on numerous occasions as a youth, but he more than made up for it when he finally got his chance.
A Londoner, he swiftly moved north to become the star turn at Bramall Lane and Elland Road.
Lauded by Sheffield United fans as their club’s greatest ever player, Currie briefly became a director and is now club ambassador.
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Title: Old School: A Proper Football Education
Genre: Autobiography - Sport
Format: Paperback
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.verticaleditions.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerticalEds
The Book:
Mark Patterson played almost 500 league games in an 18-year career and, as documented in his funny, down-to-earth and thought-provoking autobiography Old School, his time as a professional footballer straddled two eras. At 18, he played for his hometown team Blackburn Rovers against Kevin Keegan and Newcastle United at a century-old St James' Park. He later battled with Paul Gascoigne at Middlesbrough's shiny new Riverside Stadium, a month before Gazza was sensationally omitted from England's World Cup squad. He played in dilapidated stadiums, with and against proper 'old school' footballers, and later had a taste of the promised land of the 'new school' after helping Bolton Wanderers rise from the third tier and into the Premiership. Patterson played for some of English football's proudest football clubs, including Blackburn, Preston North End, Bolton and Sheffield United, and had two spells at now-defunct Bury. As his career fizzled out, so did his bank balance and marriage. Divorce and bankruptcy followed. But his old school spirit got him through...
The Author:
Mark Patterson is a former professional footballer who made almost 500 league appearances in the 1980s and 90s. He then had a stint in coaching and management, before taking a break to focus on setting up his landscape gardening business. Mark is married with a football-loving step-daughter, and a grown-up son and daughter.
Genre: Autobiography - Sport
Format: Paperback
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.verticaleditions.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VerticalEds
The Book:
Mark Patterson played almost 500 league games in an 18-year career and, as documented in his funny, down-to-earth and thought-provoking autobiography Old School, his time as a professional footballer straddled two eras. At 18, he played for his hometown team Blackburn Rovers against Kevin Keegan and Newcastle United at a century-old St James' Park. He later battled with Paul Gascoigne at Middlesbrough's shiny new Riverside Stadium, a month before Gazza was sensationally omitted from England's World Cup squad. He played in dilapidated stadiums, with and against proper 'old school' footballers, and later had a taste of the promised land of the 'new school' after helping Bolton Wanderers rise from the third tier and into the Premiership. Patterson played for some of English football's proudest football clubs, including Blackburn, Preston North End, Bolton and Sheffield United, and had two spells at now-defunct Bury. As his career fizzled out, so did his bank balance and marriage. Divorce and bankruptcy followed. But his old school spirit got him through...
The Author:
Mark Patterson is a former professional footballer who made almost 500 league appearances in the 1980s and 90s. He then had a stint in coaching and management, before taking a break to focus on setting up his landscape gardening business. Mark is married with a football-loving step-daughter, and a grown-up son and daughter.
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Karen Swan
Karen Swan
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Title: Midnight in the Snow
Genre: Contemporary - Christmas - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/author/2363/Karen-Swan.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarenSwan1
The Book:
Award-winning director Clover Phillips is riding high when she encounters Kit Foley; a surfer and snowboarder as well-known for controversy as he is for winning championships.
Involved in an accident that had devastating consequences for a bitter rival, Kit has never spoken about what really happened that day. Determined to find out the truth, Clover heads to the snowy wilderness of the Austrian Alps, sharing a romantic winter wonderland with a man who can’t stand her.
But as she delves deeper, Clover finds herself both drawn to Kit, and even more convinced he’s hiding something. Is Kit Foley really as cold as he seems?
The Author:
Karen Swan is the Sunday Times Top Three best-selling author of eighteen books and her novels sell all over the world. She writes two books each year - one for the summer period and one for the Christmas season. Previous winter titles include Christmas At Tiffanys, Christmas under The Stars, The Christmas Party, and for summer, The Rome Affair, The Greek Escape and The Spanish Promise.
Her books are known for their evocative locations and Karen sees travel as vital research for each story. She loves to set deep, complicated love stories within twisting plots, sometimes telling two stories in the same book.
Previously a fashion editor, she lives in Sussex with her husband, three children and two dogs.
Genre: Contemporary - Christmas - Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.lovereading.co.uk/author/2363/Karen-Swan.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KarenSwan1
The Book:
Award-winning director Clover Phillips is riding high when she encounters Kit Foley; a surfer and snowboarder as well-known for controversy as he is for winning championships.
Involved in an accident that had devastating consequences for a bitter rival, Kit has never spoken about what really happened that day. Determined to find out the truth, Clover heads to the snowy wilderness of the Austrian Alps, sharing a romantic winter wonderland with a man who can’t stand her.
But as she delves deeper, Clover finds herself both drawn to Kit, and even more convinced he’s hiding something. Is Kit Foley really as cold as he seems?
The Author:
Karen Swan is the Sunday Times Top Three best-selling author of eighteen books and her novels sell all over the world. She writes two books each year - one for the summer period and one for the Christmas season. Previous winter titles include Christmas At Tiffanys, Christmas under The Stars, The Christmas Party, and for summer, The Rome Affair, The Greek Escape and The Spanish Promise.
Her books are known for their evocative locations and Karen sees travel as vital research for each story. She loves to set deep, complicated love stories within twisting plots, sometimes telling two stories in the same book.
Previously a fashion editor, she lives in Sussex with her husband, three children and two dogs.
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Gill Paul
Gill Paul
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Title: The Collector's Daughter
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://gillpaul.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GillPaulAUTHOR
The Book:
Lady Evelyn Herbert was the daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, brought up in stunning Highclere Castle. Popular and pretty, she seemed destined for a prestigious marriage, but she had other ideas. Instead, she left behind the world of society balls and chaperones to travel to the Egyptian desert, where she hoped to become a lady archaeologist, working alongside her father and Howard Carter in the hunt for an undisturbed tomb.
In November 1922, their dreams came true when they discovered the burial place of Tutankhamun, packed full of gold and unimaginable riches, and she was the first person to crawl inside for three thousand years. She called it the “greatest moment” of her life—but soon afterwards everything changed, with a string of tragedies that left her world a darker, sadder place.
Newspapers claimed it was “the curse of Tutankhamun,” but Howard Carter said no rational person would entertain such nonsense. Yet fifty years later, when an Egyptian academic came asking questions about what really happened in the tomb, it unleashed a new chain of events that seemed to threaten the happiness Eve had finally found.
The Author:
Gill Paul’s historical novels have reached the top of the USA Today, Toronto Globe & Mail and UK kindle charts, and been translated into twenty languages. She specializes in relatively recent history, mostly 20th century, and enjoys re-evaluating real historical characters and trying to get inside their heads.
Gill also writes historical non-fiction, including A History of Medicine in 50 Objects and series of Love Stories. Published around the world, this series includes Royal Love Stories, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories.
Gill was born in Scotland and grew up there, apart from an eventful year at school in the US when she was ten. She studied Medicine at Glasgow University, then English Literature and History (she was a student for a long time), before moving to London to work in publishing. Her first novel was written at weekends, but she has now given up the ‘day job’ to write fiction full-time. She also writes short stories for magazines and speaks at libraries and literary festivals about subjects ranging from the British royal family to the Romanovs, and about writing itself.
Gill swims year-round in an open-air pond – “It’s good for you so long as it doesn’t kill you”– and loves travelling whenever and wherever she can.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://gillpaul.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GillPaulAUTHOR
The Book:
Lady Evelyn Herbert was the daughter of the Earl of Carnarvon, brought up in stunning Highclere Castle. Popular and pretty, she seemed destined for a prestigious marriage, but she had other ideas. Instead, she left behind the world of society balls and chaperones to travel to the Egyptian desert, where she hoped to become a lady archaeologist, working alongside her father and Howard Carter in the hunt for an undisturbed tomb.
In November 1922, their dreams came true when they discovered the burial place of Tutankhamun, packed full of gold and unimaginable riches, and she was the first person to crawl inside for three thousand years. She called it the “greatest moment” of her life—but soon afterwards everything changed, with a string of tragedies that left her world a darker, sadder place.
Newspapers claimed it was “the curse of Tutankhamun,” but Howard Carter said no rational person would entertain such nonsense. Yet fifty years later, when an Egyptian academic came asking questions about what really happened in the tomb, it unleashed a new chain of events that seemed to threaten the happiness Eve had finally found.
The Author:
Gill Paul’s historical novels have reached the top of the USA Today, Toronto Globe & Mail and UK kindle charts, and been translated into twenty languages. She specializes in relatively recent history, mostly 20th century, and enjoys re-evaluating real historical characters and trying to get inside their heads.
Gill also writes historical non-fiction, including A History of Medicine in 50 Objects and series of Love Stories. Published around the world, this series includes Royal Love Stories, World War I Love Stories and Titanic Love Stories.
Gill was born in Scotland and grew up there, apart from an eventful year at school in the US when she was ten. She studied Medicine at Glasgow University, then English Literature and History (she was a student for a long time), before moving to London to work in publishing. Her first novel was written at weekends, but she has now given up the ‘day job’ to write fiction full-time. She also writes short stories for magazines and speaks at libraries and literary festivals about subjects ranging from the British royal family to the Romanovs, and about writing itself.
Gill swims year-round in an open-air pond – “It’s good for you so long as it doesn’t kill you”– and loves travelling whenever and wherever she can.
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Simon Conway
Simon Conway
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Title: The Saboteur
Genre: Spy Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.simonconwaybooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simongconway
The Book:
A stunning, apocalyptic standalone sequel to The Stranger.
The terrorist Guy Fowle has escaped from prison.
Jude Lyon of MI-6 has been saved from a Syrian ambush by his lover - and enemy? - Julia Ermolaeva.
A mysterious Russian has been murdered in London and his thumb cut off.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has made an unfortunate social connection at a party, which he hopes he can keep secret.
And suddenly, the world is literally going up in flames.
Jude needs to start putting together the pieces of this jigsaw and quickly, because someone is putting into play a terrifying Russian plan to disable and destroy the UK. Once it has begun, it is designed to be impossible to stop.
Bad enough if that someone is the Russian government. Worse if it is the psychopathic genius Fowle, otherwise known as The Stranger.
Packed with stunning action, political intrigue, authentic tradecraft, emotion, shocks and nail-biting suspense, The Saboteur takes the spy thriller to new heights.
The Author:
Simon Conway is a former British Army officer and international aid worker. With The HALO Trust and later as director of Landmine Action he cleared landmines and unexploded bombs in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
As Co-Chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition he successfully campaigned to achieve an international ban on cluster bombs.In 2014 he returned to The HALO Trust to lead the organisation's effort to address urban conflict in the Middle East.
He lives in Glasgow with his wife the journalist and broadcaster Sarah Smith. He has two daughters.
Genre: Spy Thriller
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.simonconwaybooks.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/simongconway
The Book:
A stunning, apocalyptic standalone sequel to The Stranger.
The terrorist Guy Fowle has escaped from prison.
Jude Lyon of MI-6 has been saved from a Syrian ambush by his lover - and enemy? - Julia Ermolaeva.
A mysterious Russian has been murdered in London and his thumb cut off.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has made an unfortunate social connection at a party, which he hopes he can keep secret.
And suddenly, the world is literally going up in flames.
Jude needs to start putting together the pieces of this jigsaw and quickly, because someone is putting into play a terrifying Russian plan to disable and destroy the UK. Once it has begun, it is designed to be impossible to stop.
Bad enough if that someone is the Russian government. Worse if it is the psychopathic genius Fowle, otherwise known as The Stranger.
Packed with stunning action, political intrigue, authentic tradecraft, emotion, shocks and nail-biting suspense, The Saboteur takes the spy thriller to new heights.
The Author:
Simon Conway is a former British Army officer and international aid worker. With The HALO Trust and later as director of Landmine Action he cleared landmines and unexploded bombs in Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
As Co-Chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition he successfully campaigned to achieve an international ban on cluster bombs.In 2014 he returned to The HALO Trust to lead the organisation's effort to address urban conflict in the Middle East.
He lives in Glasgow with his wife the journalist and broadcaster Sarah Smith. He has two daughters.
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Charlie Carroll
Charlie Carroll
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Title: The Lip
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.charliecarroll.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieCarroll1
The Book:
Away from the hotels and holiday lets, there is an unseen side of Cornwall, where the shifting uncertainties of the future breed resentment and mistrust.
Melody Janie is hidden. She lives alone in a caravan in Bones Break: a small cliff-top on Cornwall's north coast. She spends her time roaming her territory, spying on passing tourists and ramblers, and remembering. She sees everything and yet remains unseen.
However, when a stranger enters her life, she is forced to confront not only him but the terrible tragedies of her past.
The Author:
Charlie Carroll grew up in a small Cornish village. He left to study English and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham and, despite going on to live and travel in various countries around the world, always found himself returning to Cornwall.
His previous books include his non-fiction Travel Trilogy: The Friendship Highway (2014), No Fixed Abode (2013) and On the Edge (2010).
He has twice won the K Blundell Trust Award for 'writers under 40 who aim to raise social awareness with their writing', has written for the likes of the Guardian and the Big Issue, has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and been featured in the Telegraph and National Geographic.
He lives and works in Cornwall.
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.charliecarroll.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CharlieCarroll1
The Book:
Away from the hotels and holiday lets, there is an unseen side of Cornwall, where the shifting uncertainties of the future breed resentment and mistrust.
Melody Janie is hidden. She lives alone in a caravan in Bones Break: a small cliff-top on Cornwall's north coast. She spends her time roaming her territory, spying on passing tourists and ramblers, and remembering. She sees everything and yet remains unseen.
However, when a stranger enters her life, she is forced to confront not only him but the terrible tragedies of her past.
The Author:
Charlie Carroll grew up in a small Cornish village. He left to study English and Philosophy at the University of Nottingham and, despite going on to live and travel in various countries around the world, always found himself returning to Cornwall.
His previous books include his non-fiction Travel Trilogy: The Friendship Highway (2014), No Fixed Abode (2013) and On the Edge (2010).
He has twice won the K Blundell Trust Award for 'writers under 40 who aim to raise social awareness with their writing', has written for the likes of the Guardian and the Big Issue, has appeared on BBC Radio 4 and been featured in the Telegraph and National Geographic.
He lives and works in Cornwall.
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Two Books
Title 1: Tammy and Willow
Title 2: Poppy on Safari
Genre: Children Middle Grade
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.gillianyoungauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CornDollyXx56
Book 1: Tammy and Willow
Hannah Taylor and her border collie, Tammy, have a special bond. They have grown up together and are so close they practically know each other’s thoughts. But when Tammy suddenly falls ill and dies, Hannah is devastated and wonders how she will ever cope with life without her beloved friend.
But life goes on and Hannah must face a new year at high school. Despite the help of her family and friends Hannah misses Tammy so much she loses interest in everything, even the famous summer fayre which occurs every year in the village.
Meanwhile Tammy is also struggling to work out what is happening. After being desperately ill and falling into a deep sleep, she is now feeling better than ever. But Hannah no longer seems able to see or hear her. What’s happened? What’s this limbo Tammy has suddenly found herself in? And what’s this strange light that follows her?
When a cute fluffy collie pup called Willow comes into their lives, Hannah cannot help but grow fond of this little ball of fluff. And even better, this little pup is no ordinary dog, she can actually see Tammy.
Book 2:
Poppy is a crazy cream golden retriever who is loveable yet greedy and spoilt. When her family head to a Safari Park for a fun-filled day out, her day does not go as expected. Instead of meeting new animals, she is left behind at a dog kennel.
Fearing she is being punished for being naughty earlier, Poppy panics. She is also told about a mysterious animal called Cain, the King of the Safari Park, but something has happened to him and nobody at the kennels knows what this is or what he has done.
Poppy is desperate to rejoin her family. She persuades the other dogs to help her escape by promising to find out what has happened to Cain. She meets a puppy called Harley who is also a cream retriever. Harley has lost his family too. Now Poppy not only needs to find her family, but help Harley find his loved ones and also get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding Cain. How is she going to manage this when dogs are not even allowed inside the Safari Park?!
The Author:
Gillian Young was born and raised in Worcestershire, UK.
She's loved reading and writing stories since a very young age. One of her earliest memories was writing plays for her parents and Aunt and Uncle which she'd then perform with her friends who lived in the same cul-de-sac. Happy days!
Following Art College, Gillian worked as a Graphic Artist. When her children were born, she worked in local schools before finally working for a large construction company where she was very happy for nearly 10 years. During this time, she also completed a creative writing course.
But, this quiet and contented period of her life was soon to change - dramatically. Life has a way of pulling the rug from under our feet, especially if you're walking down the wrong path. For her, it was from March 2015 - March 2016. They say things happen in threes, well it certainly did for her...
First, someone very close to her passed away. Secondly, she was left reeling from a shock cancer diagnosis. Third and finally, she lost the job she loved so much at a time when she was too ill to look for work.
But, with the support of her friends and family, she came out of this black hole smiling. Unfortunately, she's still struggling with side effects from the cancer treatment (and probably always will) but she's still here and that's the main thing!
Gillian continues working towards finding a 'new normal.' After being seriously ill, she's realised that physically and emotionally it'll take time to recover and adjust. She believes that, if possible, it's better to turn a negative into a positive and even though there are things she can no longer do, the one thing that hasn't changed is her passion for writing. Looking back, she wonders if this was a huge nudge from up above, telling her to get moving with her undying passion...writing stories; especially children's stories.
Now, enter Poppy and Devon. These two golden retrievers have brought much love and laughter into Gillian and her family's lives. Poppy, is a five-year-old cream retriever and Devon is twelve months old. They provide Gillian with endless inspiration for stories brimming with fun and adventure. Gillian is now embarking on a new chapter of her life - excuse the pun - and goodness knows where this will take her.
Gillian still lives in Worcestershire with her family.
Title 1: Tammy and Willow
Title 2: Poppy on Safari
Genre: Children Middle Grade
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.gillianyoungauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CornDollyXx56
Book 1: Tammy and Willow
Hannah Taylor and her border collie, Tammy, have a special bond. They have grown up together and are so close they practically know each other’s thoughts. But when Tammy suddenly falls ill and dies, Hannah is devastated and wonders how she will ever cope with life without her beloved friend.
But life goes on and Hannah must face a new year at high school. Despite the help of her family and friends Hannah misses Tammy so much she loses interest in everything, even the famous summer fayre which occurs every year in the village.
Meanwhile Tammy is also struggling to work out what is happening. After being desperately ill and falling into a deep sleep, she is now feeling better than ever. But Hannah no longer seems able to see or hear her. What’s happened? What’s this limbo Tammy has suddenly found herself in? And what’s this strange light that follows her?
When a cute fluffy collie pup called Willow comes into their lives, Hannah cannot help but grow fond of this little ball of fluff. And even better, this little pup is no ordinary dog, she can actually see Tammy.
Book 2:
Poppy is a crazy cream golden retriever who is loveable yet greedy and spoilt. When her family head to a Safari Park for a fun-filled day out, her day does not go as expected. Instead of meeting new animals, she is left behind at a dog kennel.
Fearing she is being punished for being naughty earlier, Poppy panics. She is also told about a mysterious animal called Cain, the King of the Safari Park, but something has happened to him and nobody at the kennels knows what this is or what he has done.
Poppy is desperate to rejoin her family. She persuades the other dogs to help her escape by promising to find out what has happened to Cain. She meets a puppy called Harley who is also a cream retriever. Harley has lost his family too. Now Poppy not only needs to find her family, but help Harley find his loved ones and also get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding Cain. How is she going to manage this when dogs are not even allowed inside the Safari Park?!
The Author:
Gillian Young was born and raised in Worcestershire, UK.
She's loved reading and writing stories since a very young age. One of her earliest memories was writing plays for her parents and Aunt and Uncle which she'd then perform with her friends who lived in the same cul-de-sac. Happy days!
Following Art College, Gillian worked as a Graphic Artist. When her children were born, she worked in local schools before finally working for a large construction company where she was very happy for nearly 10 years. During this time, she also completed a creative writing course.
But, this quiet and contented period of her life was soon to change - dramatically. Life has a way of pulling the rug from under our feet, especially if you're walking down the wrong path. For her, it was from March 2015 - March 2016. They say things happen in threes, well it certainly did for her...
First, someone very close to her passed away. Secondly, she was left reeling from a shock cancer diagnosis. Third and finally, she lost the job she loved so much at a time when she was too ill to look for work.
But, with the support of her friends and family, she came out of this black hole smiling. Unfortunately, she's still struggling with side effects from the cancer treatment (and probably always will) but she's still here and that's the main thing!
Gillian continues working towards finding a 'new normal.' After being seriously ill, she's realised that physically and emotionally it'll take time to recover and adjust. She believes that, if possible, it's better to turn a negative into a positive and even though there are things she can no longer do, the one thing that hasn't changed is her passion for writing. Looking back, she wonders if this was a huge nudge from up above, telling her to get moving with her undying passion...writing stories; especially children's stories.
Now, enter Poppy and Devon. These two golden retrievers have brought much love and laughter into Gillian and her family's lives. Poppy, is a five-year-old cream retriever and Devon is twelve months old. They provide Gillian with endless inspiration for stories brimming with fun and adventure. Gillian is now embarking on a new chapter of her life - excuse the pun - and goodness knows where this will take her.
Gillian still lives in Worcestershire with her family.
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Celia Rees
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Two Books:
Title 1: Pirates!
Genre: Young Adult - Action & Adventure - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Sovay
Genre: Young Adult - Action & Adventure - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.celiarees.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeliaRees
Book 1: Pirates
Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live on her family's plantation in Jamaica. Disgusted by the treatment of the slaves and her brother's willingness to marry her off, she and one of the slaves, Minerva, run away and join a band of pirates.
For both girls the pirate life is their only chance for freedom in a society where both are treated like property, rather than individuals. Together they go in search of adventure, love, and a new life that breaks all restrictions of gender, race, and position. Told through Nancy's writings, their adventures will appeal to readers across the spectrum and around the world.
Book 2: Sovay
It's England, 1783. When the rich and beautiful Sovay isn't sitting for portraits, she's donning a man's cloak and robbing travelers—in broad daylight. But in a time when political allegiances between France and England are strained, a rogue bandit is not the only thing travelers fear. Spies abound, and rumors of sedition can quickly lead to disappearances. So when Sovay lifts the wallet of one of England's most powerful and dangerous men, it's not just her own identity she must hide, but that of her father. A dazzling historical saga in which the roles of thieves and gentry, good and bad, and men and women are interchanged to riveting effect.
The Author:
Celia was born in Solihull, West Midlands but now lives in Leamington Spa with her husband. Rees attended University of Warwick and earned a degree in History of Politics. After university, she taught English in Coventry secondary schools for seventeen years, during which time she began to write.
Since then, she has written over twenty YA titles. Her books have been translated into 28 languages. She has been short listed for the Guardian, Whitbread (now Costa) and W.H. Smith Children’s Book Awards. She is a regular tutor for the Arvon Foundation. She has been Chair of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group and on the Society of Authors’ Management Committee.
Title 1: Pirates!
Genre: Young Adult - Action & Adventure - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Sovay
Genre: Young Adult - Action & Adventure - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.celiarees.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CeliaRees
Book 1: Pirates
Nancy Kington, daughter of a rich merchant, suddenly orphaned when her father dies, is sent to live on her family's plantation in Jamaica. Disgusted by the treatment of the slaves and her brother's willingness to marry her off, she and one of the slaves, Minerva, run away and join a band of pirates.
For both girls the pirate life is their only chance for freedom in a society where both are treated like property, rather than individuals. Together they go in search of adventure, love, and a new life that breaks all restrictions of gender, race, and position. Told through Nancy's writings, their adventures will appeal to readers across the spectrum and around the world.
Book 2: Sovay
It's England, 1783. When the rich and beautiful Sovay isn't sitting for portraits, she's donning a man's cloak and robbing travelers—in broad daylight. But in a time when political allegiances between France and England are strained, a rogue bandit is not the only thing travelers fear. Spies abound, and rumors of sedition can quickly lead to disappearances. So when Sovay lifts the wallet of one of England's most powerful and dangerous men, it's not just her own identity she must hide, but that of her father. A dazzling historical saga in which the roles of thieves and gentry, good and bad, and men and women are interchanged to riveting effect.
The Author:
Celia was born in Solihull, West Midlands but now lives in Leamington Spa with her husband. Rees attended University of Warwick and earned a degree in History of Politics. After university, she taught English in Coventry secondary schools for seventeen years, during which time she began to write.
Since then, she has written over twenty YA titles. Her books have been translated into 28 languages. She has been short listed for the Guardian, Whitbread (now Costa) and W.H. Smith Children’s Book Awards. She is a regular tutor for the Arvon Foundation. She has been Chair of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group and on the Society of Authors’ Management Committee.
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Gytha Lodge
Gytha Lodge
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Three Books: DCI Jonah Sheens Series
Title 1: She Lies in Wait
Title 2: Watching from the Dark
Title 3: Lie Beside Me
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Three Signed First Edition Hardbacks
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/gytha-lodge
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegyth
Book 1:
Six friends. One killer. Who do you trust? A teen girl is missing after a night of partying; thirty years later, the discovery of her body reopens a cold case in “a scorching portrait of friendship and its betrayal.” (Nicci French).
“This enjoyably chilling suspense tale . . . conveys both the thrills and the dangers of being a teenager on the brink of adult independence.”—The New York Times Book Review
On a scorching July night in 1983, a group of teenagers goes camping in the forest. When they wake in the morning the youngest of their group, Aurora Jackson, has disappeared. An exhaustive investigation is launched, but no trace of the teenager is ever found.
Thirty years later, Aurora’s body is unearthed in a hideaway that only the six friends knew about, and Jonah Sheens is put in charge of solving the long-cold case. Back in 1983, as a young cop in their small town, he had known the teenagers—including Aurora—personally, even before taking part in the search. Now he’s determined to finally get to the truth of what happened that night. Sheens’s investigation brings the members of the camping party back to the forest, where they will be confronted once again with the events that left one of them dead and all of them profoundly changed forever.
This searing, psychologically captivating novel marks the arrival of a dazzling new talent, and the start of a new series featuring Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens.
Book 2:
ou never saw him. But he saw it all.
When a vibrant young woman is murdered while on a video chat, a small-town detective wades into a circle of friends and lovers with dangerous secrets—from the acclaimed author of the “enjoyably chilling” (The New York Times Book Review) She Lies in Wait.
Aidan Poole logs on to his laptop late at night to Skype his girlfriend, Zoe. To his horror, he realizes that there is someone else in her flat. Aidan can only listen to the sounds of a violent struggle taking place in the bathroom—and then the sound of silence. He is desperate to find out if Zoe is okay. But then why is he so hesitant to call the police?
When Aidan’s cryptic messages finally reach them, Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens and his team take the case—and discover the body. They soon find that no one has a bad word to say about Zoe, a big hearted young artist at the center of a curious web of waifs and strays, each relying on her for support, each hiding dark secrets and buried resentments. Has one of her so-called “friends” been driven to murder? Or does Aidan have the biggest secret of them all?
Book 3:
He’s lying next to you. He’s not breathing. . . . And the killer might have been you.
Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens is on the trail in this explosive crime novel from the acclaimed author of She Lies in Wait and Watching from the Dark.
“Secrets and self-sabotage abound in this gripping psychological thriller.”—The Guardian
Louise wakes up. Her head aches, her mouth is dry, her memory is fuzzy—but she suspects she’s done something bad.
She rolls over toward her husband, Niall. The man who, until recently, made her feel loved.
But it’s not Niall lying beside her. In fact, she’s never seen this man before.
And he’s not breathing. . . .
As Louise desperately struggles to piece her memories back together, it’s clear to Jonah Sheens and his team that she is their prime suspect—though they soon find she’s not the only one with something to hide.
Did she do it? And, if not, can they catch the real killer before they strike again?
In this gripping novel, a young woman finds that trying to make sense of her life’s bad choices might prove the most dangerous reckoning there is.
The Author:
Gytha Lodge is a writer and multi-award-winning playwright who lives in Cambridge. After studying creative writing at UEA, she was shortlisted for the Yeovil Literary Prize and the Arts' Council England fiction awards, and developed a large online following for her young adult and children's writing, with over seven million reads accrued on platform Wattpad. She Lies in Wait, her debut novel, was a Richard & Judy Book Club Pick.
Title 1: She Lies in Wait
Title 2: Watching from the Dark
Title 3: Lie Beside Me
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Three Signed First Edition Hardbacks
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/l/gytha-lodge
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegyth
Book 1:
Six friends. One killer. Who do you trust? A teen girl is missing after a night of partying; thirty years later, the discovery of her body reopens a cold case in “a scorching portrait of friendship and its betrayal.” (Nicci French).
“This enjoyably chilling suspense tale . . . conveys both the thrills and the dangers of being a teenager on the brink of adult independence.”—The New York Times Book Review
On a scorching July night in 1983, a group of teenagers goes camping in the forest. When they wake in the morning the youngest of their group, Aurora Jackson, has disappeared. An exhaustive investigation is launched, but no trace of the teenager is ever found.
Thirty years later, Aurora’s body is unearthed in a hideaway that only the six friends knew about, and Jonah Sheens is put in charge of solving the long-cold case. Back in 1983, as a young cop in their small town, he had known the teenagers—including Aurora—personally, even before taking part in the search. Now he’s determined to finally get to the truth of what happened that night. Sheens’s investigation brings the members of the camping party back to the forest, where they will be confronted once again with the events that left one of them dead and all of them profoundly changed forever.
This searing, psychologically captivating novel marks the arrival of a dazzling new talent, and the start of a new series featuring Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens.
Book 2:
ou never saw him. But he saw it all.
When a vibrant young woman is murdered while on a video chat, a small-town detective wades into a circle of friends and lovers with dangerous secrets—from the acclaimed author of the “enjoyably chilling” (The New York Times Book Review) She Lies in Wait.
Aidan Poole logs on to his laptop late at night to Skype his girlfriend, Zoe. To his horror, he realizes that there is someone else in her flat. Aidan can only listen to the sounds of a violent struggle taking place in the bathroom—and then the sound of silence. He is desperate to find out if Zoe is okay. But then why is he so hesitant to call the police?
When Aidan’s cryptic messages finally reach them, Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens and his team take the case—and discover the body. They soon find that no one has a bad word to say about Zoe, a big hearted young artist at the center of a curious web of waifs and strays, each relying on her for support, each hiding dark secrets and buried resentments. Has one of her so-called “friends” been driven to murder? Or does Aidan have the biggest secret of them all?
Book 3:
He’s lying next to you. He’s not breathing. . . . And the killer might have been you.
Detective Chief Inspector Jonah Sheens is on the trail in this explosive crime novel from the acclaimed author of She Lies in Wait and Watching from the Dark.
“Secrets and self-sabotage abound in this gripping psychological thriller.”—The Guardian
Louise wakes up. Her head aches, her mouth is dry, her memory is fuzzy—but she suspects she’s done something bad.
She rolls over toward her husband, Niall. The man who, until recently, made her feel loved.
But it’s not Niall lying beside her. In fact, she’s never seen this man before.
And he’s not breathing. . . .
As Louise desperately struggles to piece her memories back together, it’s clear to Jonah Sheens and his team that she is their prime suspect—though they soon find she’s not the only one with something to hide.
Did she do it? And, if not, can they catch the real killer before they strike again?
In this gripping novel, a young woman finds that trying to make sense of her life’s bad choices might prove the most dangerous reckoning there is.
The Author:
Gytha Lodge is a writer and multi-award-winning playwright who lives in Cambridge. After studying creative writing at UEA, she was shortlisted for the Yeovil Literary Prize and the Arts' Council England fiction awards, and developed a large online following for her young adult and children's writing, with over seven million reads accrued on platform Wattpad. She Lies in Wait, her debut novel, was a Richard & Judy Book Club Pick.
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Julie Warren
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Title: It’s All In The Mind: The Life and Legacy of Larry Stephens
Genre: Biography
Hardback
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*** Julie will also include a pre-owned 2000 edition of It Had to be Tough: The Origins and Training of the Commandos in World War II by James Dunning for the winning bidder. The book has James Dunning's signed bookplate attached to the title page.***
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VathenaUK
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The Book:
British popular culture would probably be very different had Larry Stephens not been born. We could now be living in a world without the Carry On films or Monty Python and we may never have heard of Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers or Spike Milligan.
For the first time, the life and work of this unsung hero of British comedy has been thoroughly explored. Using unrivalled access to Larry Stephens’ personal archive of letters, photographs and artwork, plus interviews with Stephens’ many notable friends, family members, comrades and colleagues, ‘It's All In The Mind: The Life And Legacy Of Larry Stephens’ tells the story of a boy from the Black Country whose short life had such an enduring impact.
Stephens’ promising career as a jazz pianist was interrupted by the war, and after serving as an officer with the Commandos he moved to London and struck up a friendship with Tony Hancock, becoming the sole writer of Hancock’s stage material. Hancock introduced him to Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Michael Bentine and together they created the Goon Show, arguably the world’s most influential comedy programme. As one of the main writers throughout the Goon Show’s nine-year run, Stephens’ experiences and acquaintances became themes and characters within the show.
He was the first person Peter Sellers attempted to contact beyond the grave; the Best Man at Tony Hancock’s first wedding; a regular writer for one of the most popular television comedies of the 1950s; and wrote for many leading actors and comedians, including supplying one-liners for Ealing Comedy, The Ladykillers.
His marriage to a catwalk model made him the focus of malicious jealousy from those he thought were his friends and that, combined with the pressure of having to come up with funny material week after week, is likely to have contributed to his death from a brain haemorrhage caused by hypertension at the age of just 35.
‘It's All In The Mind: The Life And Legacy Of Larry Stephens’ also includes the ‘lost’ script for Vacant Lot, a proposed Hancock sitcom, and a ‘Goonopedia’ detailing who was responsible for writing each of the Goon Show’s episodes – often different from those who were credited with having done so.
The Author:
Julie Warren is a virtual assistant specialising in research. Her first job was as a turkey-plucker. She lasted approximately 10 minutes in this role and earned 2½ pence. After realising a career removing feathers from poultry wasn’t her thing, she became the communications and community manager for a high street bank where she produced the staff magazine and won a Chairman’s Award for Community and Diversity. After realising a career in banking wasn’t her thing, she spent a number of years living in Greece and this means she is now able to both cook and pronounce kolokythokeftedes. She currently lives in Essex and pretends to channel Larry Stephens on Twitter.
Genre: Biography
Hardback
Signed and dedicated
*** Julie will also include a pre-owned 2000 edition of It Had to be Tough: The Origins and Training of the Commandos in World War II by James Dunning for the winning bidder. The book has James Dunning's signed bookplate attached to the title page.***
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VathenaUK
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lsggbg
The Book:
British popular culture would probably be very different had Larry Stephens not been born. We could now be living in a world without the Carry On films or Monty Python and we may never have heard of Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers or Spike Milligan.
For the first time, the life and work of this unsung hero of British comedy has been thoroughly explored. Using unrivalled access to Larry Stephens’ personal archive of letters, photographs and artwork, plus interviews with Stephens’ many notable friends, family members, comrades and colleagues, ‘It's All In The Mind: The Life And Legacy Of Larry Stephens’ tells the story of a boy from the Black Country whose short life had such an enduring impact.
Stephens’ promising career as a jazz pianist was interrupted by the war, and after serving as an officer with the Commandos he moved to London and struck up a friendship with Tony Hancock, becoming the sole writer of Hancock’s stage material. Hancock introduced him to Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Michael Bentine and together they created the Goon Show, arguably the world’s most influential comedy programme. As one of the main writers throughout the Goon Show’s nine-year run, Stephens’ experiences and acquaintances became themes and characters within the show.
He was the first person Peter Sellers attempted to contact beyond the grave; the Best Man at Tony Hancock’s first wedding; a regular writer for one of the most popular television comedies of the 1950s; and wrote for many leading actors and comedians, including supplying one-liners for Ealing Comedy, The Ladykillers.
His marriage to a catwalk model made him the focus of malicious jealousy from those he thought were his friends and that, combined with the pressure of having to come up with funny material week after week, is likely to have contributed to his death from a brain haemorrhage caused by hypertension at the age of just 35.
‘It's All In The Mind: The Life And Legacy Of Larry Stephens’ also includes the ‘lost’ script for Vacant Lot, a proposed Hancock sitcom, and a ‘Goonopedia’ detailing who was responsible for writing each of the Goon Show’s episodes – often different from those who were credited with having done so.
The Author:
Julie Warren is a virtual assistant specialising in research. Her first job was as a turkey-plucker. She lasted approximately 10 minutes in this role and earned 2½ pence. After realising a career removing feathers from poultry wasn’t her thing, she became the communications and community manager for a high street bank where she produced the staff magazine and won a Chairman’s Award for Community and Diversity. After realising a career in banking wasn’t her thing, she spent a number of years living in Greece and this means she is now able to both cook and pronounce kolokythokeftedes. She currently lives in Essex and pretends to channel Larry Stephens on Twitter.
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Julie Warren
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Caroline Corcoran
Caroline Corcoran
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Title: The Baby Group
Genre: Mystery - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://carolinecorcoranfreelance.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cgcorcoran
The Book:
Scarlett’s golden life suddenly unravels when someone sends a shocking video of her to everyone she knows. The only people who claim they haven’t seen it are the friends in her new mothers’ group: Cora, Emma and Asha.
Scarlett is forced to delve into her past to discover who is out to get her. But as her circle of trust gathers around her, she has to ask – are her friends as innocent as they seem?
The Author:
Caroline Corcoran is an author whose first novel, Through The Wall, came out in October 2019. It was a Sunday Times Bestseller and translated into numerous foreign languages.
Her second book, The Baby Group, was released in September 2020.
As well as writing books, Caroline is a freelance lifestyle and popular culture journalist who has written and edited for most of the top magazines, newspapers and websites in the UK.
Genre: Mystery - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://carolinecorcoranfreelance.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cgcorcoran
The Book:
Scarlett’s golden life suddenly unravels when someone sends a shocking video of her to everyone she knows. The only people who claim they haven’t seen it are the friends in her new mothers’ group: Cora, Emma and Asha.
Scarlett is forced to delve into her past to discover who is out to get her. But as her circle of trust gathers around her, she has to ask – are her friends as innocent as they seem?
The Author:
Caroline Corcoran is an author whose first novel, Through The Wall, came out in October 2019. It was a Sunday Times Bestseller and translated into numerous foreign languages.
Her second book, The Baby Group, was released in September 2020.
As well as writing books, Caroline is a freelance lifestyle and popular culture journalist who has written and edited for most of the top magazines, newspapers and websites in the UK.
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Lesley Berrington
Lesley Berrington
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Four Books: The Hattie & Friends Series
Title 1: A Day at the Zoo
Title 2: A Day at the Farm
Title 3: A Day at the Seaside
Title 4: A Day at the Park
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Books
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://linktr.ee/hattieandfriends
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hattiesfriends
Book 1: A Day at the Zoo
Hattie and Toby enjoy a day at the park with their mummies. They have a train journey, feed the ducks, see other animals and shelter from the rain. Toby is deaf and has a cochlear implant. His disability is not mentioned in the text. Great positive images of disability with educational content. Perfect for meeting EYFS Statutory Framework Guidelines.
Book 2: A Day at the Farm
Part of the Hattie and Friends series of inclusive books for pre-school children, A Day at the Farm features Hattie, Nisha and their mums on a day out to the farm. Nisha wears leg braces and uses walking aids. With clear type and colourful illustrations, A Day at the Farm shows how children of all abilities love to have a day out. A great way to introduce a range of disabilities to children in a child friendly way. A story with positive images of disability for young children and an excellent disability resource for the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1
Book 3: A Day at the Seaside
Part of the Hattie and Friends series of inclusive books for young children, A Day at the Seaside features Hattie, Lucy and their dads on a day out to the seaside. Hatties friend Lucy is blind and uses a cane. With clear type and colourful illustrations, A Day at the Seaside shows how children of all abilities love to have a day out. A great way to introduce a range of disabilities to children in a child friendly way. A story with positive images of disability for pre-school children and an excellent disability resource for the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1.
Book 4:A Day at the Park
Hattie and Toby enjoy a day at the park with their mummies. They have a train journey, feed the ducks, see other animals and shelter from the rain. Toby is deaf and has a cochlear implant. His disability is not mentioned in the text. Great positive images of disability with educational content.
Perfect for meeting EYFS Statutory Framework Guidelines.
The Author:
My name is Lesley Berrington. I am NNEB qualified and the former owner of Stepping Stones Day Care Limited. I opened my first Nursery in 1997 and went on to open 2 more Nurseries and 2 Kids' Clubs within 4 years.
After attending a course about the Disability Discrimination Act I began searching for story books, featuring disability, to use in my Nurseries. It was very difficult to find any and the ones that I did find used the story to explain the disability.
This is not what I wanted in my books. I wanted the child with a disability to be part of the story to introduce the disability to other children, but not to draw attention to it.
All childcare providers are required to promote a positive image of disability as part of an inclusive learning curriculum. There are very few suitable resources available to support them.
I felt inspired to put my ideas into action after attending the Accelerated Business Development Programme, run by Business Link. On this course I met Paul Banton from Ruddocks Printers and was also introduced to Karen Middleton, who has illustrated the books.
Hattie was 'born' in 2006 with 'A Day at the Zoo' featuring George, a wheelchair user. Since then 3 new titles have been published; A Day at the Farm, A Day at the Seaside and A Day at the Park.
Each book features a different disability which is not mentioned in the text.
This means young children easily accept the differences they see and value each character as an individual.
The actual stories are inspired by family days out with my daughter, Harriet. The themes and content appeal to all young children who love to go for a 'day out'.
The 'Hattie and friends' range now includes jigsaws, posters and colouring sheets. It is being used in hundreds of Nurseries across the U.K to promote a positive image of disability.
Title 1: A Day at the Zoo
Title 2: A Day at the Farm
Title 3: A Day at the Seaside
Title 4: A Day at the Park
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Books
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://linktr.ee/hattieandfriends
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Hattiesfriends
Book 1: A Day at the Zoo
Hattie and Toby enjoy a day at the park with their mummies. They have a train journey, feed the ducks, see other animals and shelter from the rain. Toby is deaf and has a cochlear implant. His disability is not mentioned in the text. Great positive images of disability with educational content. Perfect for meeting EYFS Statutory Framework Guidelines.
Book 2: A Day at the Farm
Part of the Hattie and Friends series of inclusive books for pre-school children, A Day at the Farm features Hattie, Nisha and their mums on a day out to the farm. Nisha wears leg braces and uses walking aids. With clear type and colourful illustrations, A Day at the Farm shows how children of all abilities love to have a day out. A great way to introduce a range of disabilities to children in a child friendly way. A story with positive images of disability for young children and an excellent disability resource for the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1
Book 3: A Day at the Seaside
Part of the Hattie and Friends series of inclusive books for young children, A Day at the Seaside features Hattie, Lucy and their dads on a day out to the seaside. Hatties friend Lucy is blind and uses a cane. With clear type and colourful illustrations, A Day at the Seaside shows how children of all abilities love to have a day out. A great way to introduce a range of disabilities to children in a child friendly way. A story with positive images of disability for pre-school children and an excellent disability resource for the Early Years Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1.
Book 4:A Day at the Park
Hattie and Toby enjoy a day at the park with their mummies. They have a train journey, feed the ducks, see other animals and shelter from the rain. Toby is deaf and has a cochlear implant. His disability is not mentioned in the text. Great positive images of disability with educational content.
Perfect for meeting EYFS Statutory Framework Guidelines.
The Author:
My name is Lesley Berrington. I am NNEB qualified and the former owner of Stepping Stones Day Care Limited. I opened my first Nursery in 1997 and went on to open 2 more Nurseries and 2 Kids' Clubs within 4 years.
After attending a course about the Disability Discrimination Act I began searching for story books, featuring disability, to use in my Nurseries. It was very difficult to find any and the ones that I did find used the story to explain the disability.
This is not what I wanted in my books. I wanted the child with a disability to be part of the story to introduce the disability to other children, but not to draw attention to it.
All childcare providers are required to promote a positive image of disability as part of an inclusive learning curriculum. There are very few suitable resources available to support them.
I felt inspired to put my ideas into action after attending the Accelerated Business Development Programme, run by Business Link. On this course I met Paul Banton from Ruddocks Printers and was also introduced to Karen Middleton, who has illustrated the books.
Hattie was 'born' in 2006 with 'A Day at the Zoo' featuring George, a wheelchair user. Since then 3 new titles have been published; A Day at the Farm, A Day at the Seaside and A Day at the Park.
Each book features a different disability which is not mentioned in the text.
This means young children easily accept the differences they see and value each character as an individual.
The actual stories are inspired by family days out with my daughter, Harriet. The themes and content appeal to all young children who love to go for a 'day out'.
The 'Hattie and friends' range now includes jigsaws, posters and colouring sheets. It is being used in hundreds of Nurseries across the U.K to promote a positive image of disability.
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Philippa Carey
Philippa Carey
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Title: The Best Gift For Christmas
Genre: Historical Fiction - Cosy Romance
Format: Large Print Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.pcarey.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PCarey_author
The Book:
It is almost Christmas 1813.
Two small girls are lonely, bored, grumpy, and travelling to their grandmother's house for Christmas.
Their father is a widower, barely able to walk after fighting Napoleon.
Their nursemaid is not very bright.
Their governess has no enthusiasm or imagination.
What they really want for Christmas is ...
The Author:
Philippa Carey graduated from Cambridge University, UK, as a Software Engineer, later becoming an entrepreneur then a driver of heavy goods vehicles. Philippa is now semi-retired, writing and living near Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Cosy Romance
Format: Large Print Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.pcarey.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PCarey_author
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It is almost Christmas 1813.
Two small girls are lonely, bored, grumpy, and travelling to their grandmother's house for Christmas.
Their father is a widower, barely able to walk after fighting Napoleon.
Their nursemaid is not very bright.
Their governess has no enthusiasm or imagination.
What they really want for Christmas is ...
The Author:
Philippa Carey graduated from Cambridge University, UK, as a Software Engineer, later becoming an entrepreneur then a driver of heavy goods vehicles. Philippa is now semi-retired, writing and living near Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
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Tamsin Winter
Tamsin Winter
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Title: Girl (In Real Life)
Genre: Contemporary - Young Adult
Format: Paperback Signed
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjHR3b0e6PI
Website: https://www.tamsinwinter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamsinWrites
The Book:
What's it like to grow up online and have every tantrum, every spot - even your first period - broadcast to hundreds of thousands of followers? A funny and heartfelt novel for fans of Geek Girl, from the award-winning Tamsin Winter: "Fast becoming a favourite for younger teenagers." The Observer Most parents try to limit their kids' online exposure. But not Eva's. Her parents run a hugely successful YouTube channel, and Eva is the star of the show. But Eva is getting sick of being made to pose in stupid mum-and-daughter matching outfits for sponsored posts. The freebies aren't worth the teasing at school. And when an intensely humiliating "period party" post goes viral, Eva is outraged. She's going to find a way to stop the channel, even if she has to sabotage it herself.
The Author:
Tamsin Winter is a multi-award-winning author who writes fresh, funny and heartfelt fiction for readers aged 10+. Tamsin grew up in a Northamptonshire village where she spent her childhood reading books and writing stories. She studied English literature and creative writing at university, and has worked as an English teacher for many years. Tamsin's debut novel Being Miss Nobody won multiple awards including the Awesome Book Award, the Brilliant Book Award, and the Leicester Teen Fiction Book of the Year. Tamsin's second novel, Jemima Small Versus the Universe was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Tamsin is "fast becoming a favourite for young teens" (The Observer).
Genre: Contemporary - Young Adult
Format: Paperback Signed
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjHR3b0e6PI
Website: https://www.tamsinwinter.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TamsinWrites
The Book:
What's it like to grow up online and have every tantrum, every spot - even your first period - broadcast to hundreds of thousands of followers? A funny and heartfelt novel for fans of Geek Girl, from the award-winning Tamsin Winter: "Fast becoming a favourite for younger teenagers." The Observer Most parents try to limit their kids' online exposure. But not Eva's. Her parents run a hugely successful YouTube channel, and Eva is the star of the show. But Eva is getting sick of being made to pose in stupid mum-and-daughter matching outfits for sponsored posts. The freebies aren't worth the teasing at school. And when an intensely humiliating "period party" post goes viral, Eva is outraged. She's going to find a way to stop the channel, even if she has to sabotage it herself.
The Author:
Tamsin Winter is a multi-award-winning author who writes fresh, funny and heartfelt fiction for readers aged 10+. Tamsin grew up in a Northamptonshire village where she spent her childhood reading books and writing stories. She studied English literature and creative writing at university, and has worked as an English teacher for many years. Tamsin's debut novel Being Miss Nobody won multiple awards including the Awesome Book Award, the Brilliant Book Award, and the Leicester Teen Fiction Book of the Year. Tamsin's second novel, Jemima Small Versus the Universe was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Tamsin is "fast becoming a favourite for young teens" (The Observer).
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Fiona Bird
Fiona Bird
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Title: Let Your Kids Go Wild Outside
Genre: Nature - Foraging
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Fiona-Bird/2119510838
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScentedForager
The Book:
Creative ways for children to spend time outdoors and discover nature.
In an era when the iPad is often more appealing than the park, it can be difficult to encourage kids to get off the couch and go outside. In this inspirational book, with ideas for children of all ages, foraging expert Fiona Bird shows the value of playing outside and discovering nature for children and families alike.
First Fiona teaches children about their environment, including conservation guidelines and tips on how to forecast the weather. Armed with this knowledge, the outside adventure goes Into the Woods, in Chapter 1, with outdoor crafts including making leaf art bunting, a dream catcher, and a woodland broom. In Chapter 2, Meadows, Hedgerows, and Hills, ideas include wild face paints, natural dyeing, and making potpourri. Onward to Chapter 3, Seashore, where children learn how to go beachcombing, identify different seaweeds, play beach hopscotch, and make a mollusk wind chime. In Chapter 4, Water and Wetlands, children learn to make their own charcoal and go on an animal track and poop hunt! For those who don’t want to move far from home, there’s plenty to do in My Wild Garden and Kitchen, Chapter 5, such as making a snail holiday village and attracting bugs, as well as developing hunting and gathering skills, with seasonal recipes made from natural ingredients.
So let your kids go wild outside, and enjoy watching them learn and blossom.
The Author:
Fiona is a graduate of The University of St Andrews, mother of six and former BBC Masterchef finalist. She divides her time between the Glens of Angus and the Isle of South Uist, where her husband is the local doctor.She is often seen on her bicycle with a basket full of seaweed or other wild edibles and is usually late for Kirk on a Sunday.
Genre: Nature - Foraging
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Fiona-Bird/2119510838
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScentedForager
The Book:
Creative ways for children to spend time outdoors and discover nature.
In an era when the iPad is often more appealing than the park, it can be difficult to encourage kids to get off the couch and go outside. In this inspirational book, with ideas for children of all ages, foraging expert Fiona Bird shows the value of playing outside and discovering nature for children and families alike.
First Fiona teaches children about their environment, including conservation guidelines and tips on how to forecast the weather. Armed with this knowledge, the outside adventure goes Into the Woods, in Chapter 1, with outdoor crafts including making leaf art bunting, a dream catcher, and a woodland broom. In Chapter 2, Meadows, Hedgerows, and Hills, ideas include wild face paints, natural dyeing, and making potpourri. Onward to Chapter 3, Seashore, where children learn how to go beachcombing, identify different seaweeds, play beach hopscotch, and make a mollusk wind chime. In Chapter 4, Water and Wetlands, children learn to make their own charcoal and go on an animal track and poop hunt! For those who don’t want to move far from home, there’s plenty to do in My Wild Garden and Kitchen, Chapter 5, such as making a snail holiday village and attracting bugs, as well as developing hunting and gathering skills, with seasonal recipes made from natural ingredients.
So let your kids go wild outside, and enjoy watching them learn and blossom.
The Author:
Fiona is a graduate of The University of St Andrews, mother of six and former BBC Masterchef finalist. She divides her time between the Glens of Angus and the Isle of South Uist, where her husband is the local doctor.She is often seen on her bicycle with a basket full of seaweed or other wild edibles and is usually late for Kirk on a Sunday.
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Fiona Bird
Fiona Bird
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Title: Seaweed in The Kitchen
Genre: Nature - Foraging
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Fiona-Bird/2119510838
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScentedForager
The Book:
Although seaweed is now all the rage, because we have been reading about and eating Japanese food, it has long been an important ingredient in Britain too, even if many of us don't recognize it as such. Just think of laverbread. Seaweed suppliers are becoming easier to find, but if you need some really quickly, a walk on your local beach will deliver the goods just as well. Fi Bird is nothing if not enthusiastic. She lives in the Hebrides and has written her own guide to foraging. In addition she is super-keen on teaching children to cook. This, her second book, combines these three elements: the Hebrides because seaweed runs amok there; foraging, because she lives in the midst of a natural larder; teaching, because she has written a fine set of intelligent and properly tested recipes. The book has four strands: an account of seaweed species that flourish here; a discussion of our use of seaweed over time, and in regional cookery; an assessment of the physical properties of seaweed and how they might contribute to a healthful diet; and a set of recipes. These last are not merely for boiling up dulse, or steaming kelp, but offer imaginative solutions to incorporating seaweed into our daily fare: Shony breadsticks, gammon poached and roasted in sugar kelp, sea aster pesto, dried seaweed biscuits, seaweed seasoning powder, water biscuits with rock samphire, bladderwrack and oatmeal stuffing for chicken, and many more.
The Author:
Fiona is a graduate of The University of St Andrews, mother of six and former BBC Masterchef finalist. She divides her time between the Glens of Angus and the Isle of South Uist, where her husband is the local doctor.She is often seen on her bicycle with a basket full of seaweed or other wild edibles and is usually late for Kirk on a Sunday.
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Genre: Nature - Foraging
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Fiona-Bird/2119510838
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScentedForager
The Book:
Although seaweed is now all the rage, because we have been reading about and eating Japanese food, it has long been an important ingredient in Britain too, even if many of us don't recognize it as such. Just think of laverbread. Seaweed suppliers are becoming easier to find, but if you need some really quickly, a walk on your local beach will deliver the goods just as well. Fi Bird is nothing if not enthusiastic. She lives in the Hebrides and has written her own guide to foraging. In addition she is super-keen on teaching children to cook. This, her second book, combines these three elements: the Hebrides because seaweed runs amok there; foraging, because she lives in the midst of a natural larder; teaching, because she has written a fine set of intelligent and properly tested recipes. The book has four strands: an account of seaweed species that flourish here; a discussion of our use of seaweed over time, and in regional cookery; an assessment of the physical properties of seaweed and how they might contribute to a healthful diet; and a set of recipes. These last are not merely for boiling up dulse, or steaming kelp, but offer imaginative solutions to incorporating seaweed into our daily fare: Shony breadsticks, gammon poached and roasted in sugar kelp, sea aster pesto, dried seaweed biscuits, seaweed seasoning powder, water biscuits with rock samphire, bladderwrack and oatmeal stuffing for chicken, and many more.
The Author:
Fiona is a graduate of The University of St Andrews, mother of six and former BBC Masterchef finalist. She divides her time between the Glens of Angus and the Isle of South Uist, where her husband is the local doctor.She is often seen on her bicycle with a basket full of seaweed or other wild edibles and is usually late for Kirk on a Sunday.
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Title: The Forager's Kitchen Handbook
Genre: Nature - Foraging
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Fiona-Bird/2119510838
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScentedForager
The Book:
In The Forager’s Kitchen Handbook, expert forager and cook Fiona Bird shares the knowledge she has gained from years of gathering food from the land.
Whether you live in a large city, in open countryside or by the coast, if you open your eyes and follow Fiona Bird’s advice, you will find more ingredients growing in the wild than you could imagine. Each chapter focuses on a different food type – Flowers and Blossom, Woodland and Hedgerow, Fruits and Berries, Herbs, and Sea and Shore – and includes useful information about where to find it, how to forage and gather it, and how to use it. And once you have brought your bounty home, there are more than 100 recipes for you to try. If you love baking, try the carrot and clover cake, wild hazelnut shortbread or sea lettuce madeleines. Make the most of a hedgerow glut by making honeysuckle jelly or quince and wild thyme sorbet. Try a food-for-free main course of chanterelle puffs or wild mussels steamed with dandelions, or a quick snack of garlic mustard, chickweed and tomato bruschetta. Or indulge your sweet tooth with wild berry and herb marshmallows or a wild cherry panna cotta. Armed with this handbook, head off to the great outdoors and you will be amazed by the sheer quantity of food that is available for free.
The Author:
Fiona is a graduate of The University of St Andrews, mother of six and former BBC Masterchef finalist. She divides her time between the Glens of Angus and the Isle of South Uist, where her husband is the local doctor.She is often seen on her bicycle with a basket full of seaweed or other wild edibles and is usually late for Kirk on a Sunday.
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Genre: Nature - Foraging
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Fiona-Bird/2119510838
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScentedForager
The Book:
In The Forager’s Kitchen Handbook, expert forager and cook Fiona Bird shares the knowledge she has gained from years of gathering food from the land.
Whether you live in a large city, in open countryside or by the coast, if you open your eyes and follow Fiona Bird’s advice, you will find more ingredients growing in the wild than you could imagine. Each chapter focuses on a different food type – Flowers and Blossom, Woodland and Hedgerow, Fruits and Berries, Herbs, and Sea and Shore – and includes useful information about where to find it, how to forage and gather it, and how to use it. And once you have brought your bounty home, there are more than 100 recipes for you to try. If you love baking, try the carrot and clover cake, wild hazelnut shortbread or sea lettuce madeleines. Make the most of a hedgerow glut by making honeysuckle jelly or quince and wild thyme sorbet. Try a food-for-free main course of chanterelle puffs or wild mussels steamed with dandelions, or a quick snack of garlic mustard, chickweed and tomato bruschetta. Or indulge your sweet tooth with wild berry and herb marshmallows or a wild cherry panna cotta. Armed with this handbook, head off to the great outdoors and you will be amazed by the sheer quantity of food that is available for free.
The Author:
Fiona is a graduate of The University of St Andrews, mother of six and former BBC Masterchef finalist. She divides her time between the Glens of Angus and the Isle of South Uist, where her husband is the local doctor.She is often seen on her bicycle with a basket full of seaweed or other wild edibles and is usually late for Kirk on a Sunday.
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Emily Barr
Emily Barr
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Title: Things to Do Before the End of the World
Genre: Young Adult - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.emilybarr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emily_barr
The Book:
Timely and powerful; the new coming-of-age thriller from the bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks.
1. Live your best life.
2. Uncover family secrets.
3. Trust no one
What would you do when you hear the news that humans have done such damage to the earth that there might only be a limited amount of safe air left - a year's worth at most?
You'd work through your bucket list, heal rifts, do everything you've never been brave enough to do before?
Olivia is struggling to do any of this. What it is she truly wants to do? Who do she wants to be?
Then out of the blue comes contact from a long-lost cousin Olivia didn't even know existed. Natasha is everything Olivia wants to be and more.
And as the girls meet up for a long, hot last summer, Olivia finds Natasha's ease and self-confidence having an effect on her.
But Natasha definitely isn't everything she first appears to be . . .
The Author:
Emily started out working as a journalist in London, but always hankered after a quiet room and a book to write. She was commissioned to go travelling for a year, and came home with the beginnings of a novel set in the world of backpackers in Asia. This became Backpack, a thriller which won the WH Smith New Talent Award. She has since written eleven more novels for adults, one novella, a sci-fi horror novel and four book for Young Adults, published in the UK and around the world. She now lives in Cornwall with her husband Craig and their children.
Genre: Young Adult - Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.emilybarr.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/emily_barr
The Book:
Timely and powerful; the new coming-of-age thriller from the bestselling author of The One Memory of Flora Banks.
1. Live your best life.
2. Uncover family secrets.
3. Trust no one
What would you do when you hear the news that humans have done such damage to the earth that there might only be a limited amount of safe air left - a year's worth at most?
You'd work through your bucket list, heal rifts, do everything you've never been brave enough to do before?
Olivia is struggling to do any of this. What it is she truly wants to do? Who do she wants to be?
Then out of the blue comes contact from a long-lost cousin Olivia didn't even know existed. Natasha is everything Olivia wants to be and more.
And as the girls meet up for a long, hot last summer, Olivia finds Natasha's ease and self-confidence having an effect on her.
But Natasha definitely isn't everything she first appears to be . . .
The Author:
Emily started out working as a journalist in London, but always hankered after a quiet room and a book to write. She was commissioned to go travelling for a year, and came home with the beginnings of a novel set in the world of backpackers in Asia. This became Backpack, a thriller which won the WH Smith New Talent Award. She has since written eleven more novels for adults, one novella, a sci-fi horror novel and four book for Young Adults, published in the UK and around the world. She now lives in Cornwall with her husband Craig and their children.
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Pam Lecky
Pam Lecky
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Title: Her Secret War
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global
Website: https://pamlecky.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pamlecky
The Book:
A life-changing moment
May 1941: German bombs drop on Dublin taking Sarah Gillespie’s family and home. Days later, the man she loves leaves Ireland to enlist.
A heart-breaking choice
With nothing to keep her in Ireland and a burning desire to help the war effort, Sarah seeks refuge with relatives in England. But before long, her father’s dark past threatens to catch up with her.
A dangerous mission
Sarah is asked to prove her loyalty to Britain through a special mission. Her courage could save lives. But it could also come at the cost of her own…
The Author:
Pam is an Irish historical fiction author with Avon Books UK/Harper Collins. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society, The Crime Writers’ Association and the Society of Authors. She is represented by Thérèse Coen, at the Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency, London.
October 2021, will see the release of Her Secret War, a WW2 historical thriller with lots of twists and turns. This will be the first book of two with Avon Books UK/Harper Collins and tells the story of an Irish girl who travels to England only to be caught up in the dark world of espionage, where lies and treachery reign.
From an early age, Pam had a particular fascination with all things historical, from food and clothes to architecture and social history, so it is little surprise that her books are set against historical backdrops, from the late Victorian era right up to and including WW2.
June 2019 saw the publication of the first book in Pam’s historical mystery series – The Lucy Lawrence Mysteries. No Stone Unturned is a fast-paced adventure set in 1886 and was awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion. Footprints in the Sand, the second book, set in Egypt, was published in March 2020 and won a Silver Medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Awards 2020. Pam is currently working on the third book in the series.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Global
Website: https://pamlecky.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/pamlecky
The Book:
A life-changing moment
May 1941: German bombs drop on Dublin taking Sarah Gillespie’s family and home. Days later, the man she loves leaves Ireland to enlist.
A heart-breaking choice
With nothing to keep her in Ireland and a burning desire to help the war effort, Sarah seeks refuge with relatives in England. But before long, her father’s dark past threatens to catch up with her.
A dangerous mission
Sarah is asked to prove her loyalty to Britain through a special mission. Her courage could save lives. But it could also come at the cost of her own…
The Author:
Pam is an Irish historical fiction author with Avon Books UK/Harper Collins. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society, The Crime Writers’ Association and the Society of Authors. She is represented by Thérèse Coen, at the Hardman & Swainson Literary Agency, London.
October 2021, will see the release of Her Secret War, a WW2 historical thriller with lots of twists and turns. This will be the first book of two with Avon Books UK/Harper Collins and tells the story of an Irish girl who travels to England only to be caught up in the dark world of espionage, where lies and treachery reign.
From an early age, Pam had a particular fascination with all things historical, from food and clothes to architecture and social history, so it is little surprise that her books are set against historical backdrops, from the late Victorian era right up to and including WW2.
June 2019 saw the publication of the first book in Pam’s historical mystery series – The Lucy Lawrence Mysteries. No Stone Unturned is a fast-paced adventure set in 1886 and was awarded the B.R.A.G. Medallion. Footprints in the Sand, the second book, set in Egypt, was published in March 2020 and won a Silver Medal in the Coffee Pot Book Club Book of the Year Awards 2020. Pam is currently working on the third book in the series.
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Mary T. Bradford
Mary T. Bradford
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Title: To Live with a Stranger
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://marytbradford.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/marytbrad
The Book:
Two strangers, Cathy Reed & Mark Daniels inherit the same country cottage, Cregane Court. Yet someone else wants the cottage and is determined to have it. But who and why? Cathy and Mark have a fight on their hands to keep their new home. Luke and Sno, people they’ve only just met rally to support them. During the struggle to save the cottage, the friends discover more about each other and how the cottage has impacted their lives.
Cregane Court is a place that captures your heart and has you willing Cathy and Mark on as they fight for its survival. Can these two strangers thrown together save their home or will sinister elements within the community work against them and deprive them of Cregane Court?
The Author:
Mary Bradford is the Irish published author of three novels and four novellas. Living now in her native county Cork, she previously lived in Dublin for 20 years. Mary enjoys crochet and crafting which gives her a chance to unwind from stories that may be tumbling around in her mind. Her short stories continue to appear in newspapers, magazines and anthologies.
Her debut novel, My Husband’s Sin introduces The Lacey Taylor Story, and her second novel, Don’t Call Me Mum, continues Lacey’s journey, with the final novel, No More Secrets bringing it all to an end. She plans to bring her fourth novel, To Live with a Stranger, out in the autumn of 2021.
Mary still harbours the dream of owning a home by the sea, be it a tent or a small cottage to which she can escape and read. All her work is available online with Amazon and BuyTheBook.ie. Mary is now a Nana and loves every minute of this new chapter in her life.
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://marytbradford.wordpress.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/marytbrad
The Book:
Two strangers, Cathy Reed & Mark Daniels inherit the same country cottage, Cregane Court. Yet someone else wants the cottage and is determined to have it. But who and why? Cathy and Mark have a fight on their hands to keep their new home. Luke and Sno, people they’ve only just met rally to support them. During the struggle to save the cottage, the friends discover more about each other and how the cottage has impacted their lives.
Cregane Court is a place that captures your heart and has you willing Cathy and Mark on as they fight for its survival. Can these two strangers thrown together save their home or will sinister elements within the community work against them and deprive them of Cregane Court?
The Author:
Mary Bradford is the Irish published author of three novels and four novellas. Living now in her native county Cork, she previously lived in Dublin for 20 years. Mary enjoys crochet and crafting which gives her a chance to unwind from stories that may be tumbling around in her mind. Her short stories continue to appear in newspapers, magazines and anthologies.
Her debut novel, My Husband’s Sin introduces The Lacey Taylor Story, and her second novel, Don’t Call Me Mum, continues Lacey’s journey, with the final novel, No More Secrets bringing it all to an end. She plans to bring her fourth novel, To Live with a Stranger, out in the autumn of 2021.
Mary still harbours the dream of owning a home by the sea, be it a tent or a small cottage to which she can escape and read. All her work is available online with Amazon and BuyTheBook.ie. Mary is now a Nana and loves every minute of this new chapter in her life.
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Michael Mann
Michael Mann
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Title: Ghostcloud
Genre: Action and Adventure - Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.michaelmann.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikebmann
The Book:
Catch the wind. Find your freedom.
A riveting, magical adventure set deep underneath a richly reimagined London for 9+ readers.
Kidnapped and forced to shovel coal underneath a half-bombed, blackened power station, 12-year-old Luke's life is miserable. Then, he discovers he can see things others can't. Ghostly things. Specifically, a ghost-girl named Alma. Alma, who can ride clouds through the night sky and bend their shape to her will, befriends Luke. And with Alma's help, Luke discovers he is in fact a rare being - half-human and half-something else ...
Then Luke learns the terrible truth of why children are being kidnapped and forced to work in the power station, and he becomes even more desperate to escape.
Can Luke find out who he really is ... and find his freedom?
The Author:
By day, I'm a teacher, by night I'm a dad, and I mostly write when I should be sleeping. I owe the idea for Ghostcloud to my coal-mining grandad and a lifelong love of cloudspotting. I'm half-Indian and passionate about diversity in children’s literature, and love books that keep kids turning the page.
I have a first-class degree in anthropology, live in East London with my (very patient) partner and my (less patient) toddler, and can be found playing board games when I'm not busy losing my wallet.
Genre: Action and Adventure - Fantasy
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.michaelmann.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikebmann
The Book:
Catch the wind. Find your freedom.
A riveting, magical adventure set deep underneath a richly reimagined London for 9+ readers.
Kidnapped and forced to shovel coal underneath a half-bombed, blackened power station, 12-year-old Luke's life is miserable. Then, he discovers he can see things others can't. Ghostly things. Specifically, a ghost-girl named Alma. Alma, who can ride clouds through the night sky and bend their shape to her will, befriends Luke. And with Alma's help, Luke discovers he is in fact a rare being - half-human and half-something else ...
Then Luke learns the terrible truth of why children are being kidnapped and forced to work in the power station, and he becomes even more desperate to escape.
Can Luke find out who he really is ... and find his freedom?
The Author:
By day, I'm a teacher, by night I'm a dad, and I mostly write when I should be sleeping. I owe the idea for Ghostcloud to my coal-mining grandad and a lifelong love of cloudspotting. I'm half-Indian and passionate about diversity in children’s literature, and love books that keep kids turning the page.
I have a first-class degree in anthropology, live in East London with my (very patient) partner and my (less patient) toddler, and can be found playing board games when I'm not busy losing my wallet.
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Rose Sgueglia
Rose Sgueglia
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Title: The Real Leonardo Da Vinci
Genre: Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Rose-Sgueglia
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoseSgueglia
The Book:
Leonardo Da Vinci was left-handed. That's probably why he wrote backwards from right to left to avoid smudging ink on his hand as he made notes on his latest works and visionary discoveries. Words could only be read with the help of a mirror making it taxing for anyone but himself to quickly decode his handwriting. There are many theories exploring the reason why he kept using "mirror writing" in all his manuscripts. Some historians say that he was trying to make it more challenging for people to steal his ideas while others claim that it was a clever attempt to hide scientific findings from the intolerant Roman Catholic Church of the Renaissance. Whatever the logic behind this, the constant association with mirror writing and studies on the human body anatomy, made him one of the most enigmatic figures of his and then of our century. This biography investigates Leonardo and his different roles from anatomist to inventor, architect, painter, rumoured to be templar and scientific pioneer. Despite leaving several of his works incomplete, Leonardo managed to influence generations of artists and still today remains a highly regarded figure in both the artistic and scientific sector.
The Author:
Rose Sgueglia is a writer, journalist and marketing consultant based in Cardiff. She is the founder of Miss Squiggles, a digital magazine and content agency. Her work has been published in different publications including GQ, La Repubblica, Yahoo and WI Life (a magazine for members of The Women’s Institute). She holds a BA in Journalism, Film and Media and a Post Graduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism from Cardiff University. She is currently working on her PhD in Media Studies with a research project on the impact material culture and audio-visual material has had on Chanel.
Genre: Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Rose-Sgueglia
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoseSgueglia
The Book:
Leonardo Da Vinci was left-handed. That's probably why he wrote backwards from right to left to avoid smudging ink on his hand as he made notes on his latest works and visionary discoveries. Words could only be read with the help of a mirror making it taxing for anyone but himself to quickly decode his handwriting. There are many theories exploring the reason why he kept using "mirror writing" in all his manuscripts. Some historians say that he was trying to make it more challenging for people to steal his ideas while others claim that it was a clever attempt to hide scientific findings from the intolerant Roman Catholic Church of the Renaissance. Whatever the logic behind this, the constant association with mirror writing and studies on the human body anatomy, made him one of the most enigmatic figures of his and then of our century. This biography investigates Leonardo and his different roles from anatomist to inventor, architect, painter, rumoured to be templar and scientific pioneer. Despite leaving several of his works incomplete, Leonardo managed to influence generations of artists and still today remains a highly regarded figure in both the artistic and scientific sector.
The Author:
Rose Sgueglia is a writer, journalist and marketing consultant based in Cardiff. She is the founder of Miss Squiggles, a digital magazine and content agency. Her work has been published in different publications including GQ, La Repubblica, Yahoo and WI Life (a magazine for members of The Women’s Institute). She holds a BA in Journalism, Film and Media and a Post Graduate Diploma in Magazine Journalism from Cardiff University. She is currently working on her PhD in Media Studies with a research project on the impact material culture and audio-visual material has had on Chanel.
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£ 35
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Elizabeth Lee
Elizabeth Lee
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Title: Cunning Women
Genre: Historical Fiction - Paranormal
Format: Hardback - First Edition
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/elizabeth-lee
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EKLeeWriter
The Book:
Spring of 1620 in a Lancashire fishing community and the memory of the slaughter at Pendle is tight around the neck of Sarah Haworth. A birthmark reveals that Sarah, like her mother, is a witch. Torn between yearning for an ordinary life and desire to discover what dark power she might possess, Sarah’s one hope is that her young sister Annie will be spared this fate.
The Haworth family eke out a meagre existence in the old plague village adjoining a God-fearing community presided over by a seedy magistrate. A society built upon looking the other way, the villagers’ godliness is merely a veneer. But the Haworth women, with their salves and poultices, are judged the real threat to morality.
When Sarah meets lonely farmer’s son Daniel, she begins to dream of a better future. Daniel is in thrall to the wild girl with storms in her eyes, but their bond is tested when a zealous new magistrate vows to root out sins and sinners. In a frenzy of fear and fury, the community begins to turn on one another, and it’s not long before they direct their gaze towards the old plague village … and does Daniel trust that the power Sarah wields over him is truly love, or could it be mere sorcery?
The Author:
Elizabeth Lee lives in Warwickshire. Her work has been selected for the Womentoring Project and Penguin’s WriteNow Live. She won the Curtis Brown Creative Marian Keyes Scholarship. Cunning Women is her first novel.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Paranormal
Format: Hardback - First Edition
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/elizabeth-lee
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EKLeeWriter
The Book:
Spring of 1620 in a Lancashire fishing community and the memory of the slaughter at Pendle is tight around the neck of Sarah Haworth. A birthmark reveals that Sarah, like her mother, is a witch. Torn between yearning for an ordinary life and desire to discover what dark power she might possess, Sarah’s one hope is that her young sister Annie will be spared this fate.
The Haworth family eke out a meagre existence in the old plague village adjoining a God-fearing community presided over by a seedy magistrate. A society built upon looking the other way, the villagers’ godliness is merely a veneer. But the Haworth women, with their salves and poultices, are judged the real threat to morality.
When Sarah meets lonely farmer’s son Daniel, she begins to dream of a better future. Daniel is in thrall to the wild girl with storms in her eyes, but their bond is tested when a zealous new magistrate vows to root out sins and sinners. In a frenzy of fear and fury, the community begins to turn on one another, and it’s not long before they direct their gaze towards the old plague village … and does Daniel trust that the power Sarah wields over him is truly love, or could it be mere sorcery?
The Author:
Elizabeth Lee lives in Warwickshire. Her work has been selected for the Womentoring Project and Penguin’s WriteNow Live. She won the Curtis Brown Creative Marian Keyes Scholarship. Cunning Women is her first novel.
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J.K.Rowling
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Title: The Christmas Pig
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback - First Edition
Postage: Free Global
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FH5oDhGzWw
Website: https://www.jkrowling.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling
The Book:
The Christmas Pig is the brand new J.K. Rowling book - out in October 2021 - an uplifting children's adventure illustrated by the brilliant Jim Field.
This magical story begins on Christmas Eve, when Jack's favourite toy Dur Pig (DP for short!) is missing! Jack is devastated at the loss of his childhood best friend and isn't comforted by his annoying replacement; The Christmas Pig. But on one of the most magical nights of the year - Christmas Eve - Jack's toys come to life, and they're about to embark on a daring plan to rescue DP in time for Christmas.
Beautifully written by J.K. Rowling - one of the world's greatest storytellers - this heart-warming children's tale is full of love, imagination and adventure for the whole family to enjoy. This stunning hardback edition includes gorgeous black and white illustrations and interior artwork by the talented illustrator Jim Field; the perfect gift for young readers to enjoy this Christmas.
The Author:
J.K. Rowling is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She also wrote three short series companion volumes for charity, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which later became the inspiration for a new series of films. Harry's story as a grown-up was later continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany. In 2020, she returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, which she initially published for free online for children in lockdown, later donating all her book royalties to help vulnerable groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honours for her writing, including for her detective series written under the name Robert Galbraith. She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of the children?s care reform charity Lumos. For as long as she can remember, J.K. Rowling wanted to be a writer, and is at her happiest in a room, making things up. She lives in Scotland with her family.
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback - First Edition
Postage: Free Global
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FH5oDhGzWw
Website: https://www.jkrowling.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jk_rowling
The Book:
The Christmas Pig is the brand new J.K. Rowling book - out in October 2021 - an uplifting children's adventure illustrated by the brilliant Jim Field.
This magical story begins on Christmas Eve, when Jack's favourite toy Dur Pig (DP for short!) is missing! Jack is devastated at the loss of his childhood best friend and isn't comforted by his annoying replacement; The Christmas Pig. But on one of the most magical nights of the year - Christmas Eve - Jack's toys come to life, and they're about to embark on a daring plan to rescue DP in time for Christmas.
Beautifully written by J.K. Rowling - one of the world's greatest storytellers - this heart-warming children's tale is full of love, imagination and adventure for the whole family to enjoy. This stunning hardback edition includes gorgeous black and white illustrations and interior artwork by the talented illustrator Jim Field; the perfect gift for young readers to enjoy this Christmas.
The Author:
J.K. Rowling is the author of the seven Harry Potter books, which have sold over 500 million copies, been translated into over 80 languages, and made into eight blockbuster films. She also wrote three short series companion volumes for charity, including Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which later became the inspiration for a new series of films. Harry's story as a grown-up was later continued in a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which J.K. Rowling wrote with playwright Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany. In 2020, she returned to publishing for younger children with the fairy tale The Ickabog, which she initially published for free online for children in lockdown, later donating all her book royalties to help vulnerable groups affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honours for her writing, including for her detective series written under the name Robert Galbraith. She supports a wide number of humanitarian causes through her charitable trust Volant, and is the founder of the children?s care reform charity Lumos. For as long as she can remember, J.K. Rowling wanted to be a writer, and is at her happiest in a room, making things up. She lives in Scotland with her family.
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Robert Pope
Robert Pope
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Title: Becoming Forrest
Genre: Adventure
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://goingthedistancerun.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/runroblarun
The Book:
The remarkable true story of an unrivalled journey to recreate the greatest run in film history: 15,600 miles, five-times across the United States.
Becoming Forrest is the incredible story of Englishman Rob Pope, a veterinarian who left his job in pursuit of a dream - to become the first person ever to complete the epic run undertaken by one of Hollywood's most beloved characters, Forrest Gump. After his momma urged him "to do one thing in life that made a difference", he flew to Alabama, put on his running shoes, and sped off into the wilderness.
To follow in Forrest's footsteps, he undertook a journey of over 15,000 miles, the distance from the North to the South Pole and a third of the way back. Over a gruelling 18 months, braving injuries, blizzards, forest fires and deadly wildlife, he crossed the United States five times. During one of the most turbulent periods in recent American history, witnessing the election of President Trump, the climate emergency and the country's widening societal divide, Rob immersed himself in American life as he struggled across the country step by step.
His time on the open road saw him forever changed, trying to make that difference, in the process of Becoming Forrest.
The Author:
Robert Pope is a British veterinarian, athlete and charity fundraiser. He is an elite distance runner, with a number of successes at the marathon and ultramarathon distances. In 2016 he began a 422-day, 15,700-mile run comprising more than 4 complete crossings of the United States, and became the first person to trace the route run by Tom Hanks' fictional character in the film Forrest Gump. He raised approximately £38,000 for the charities Peace Direct and the World Wildlife Fund.
Genre: Adventure
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: http://goingthedistancerun.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/runroblarun
The Book:
The remarkable true story of an unrivalled journey to recreate the greatest run in film history: 15,600 miles, five-times across the United States.
Becoming Forrest is the incredible story of Englishman Rob Pope, a veterinarian who left his job in pursuit of a dream - to become the first person ever to complete the epic run undertaken by one of Hollywood's most beloved characters, Forrest Gump. After his momma urged him "to do one thing in life that made a difference", he flew to Alabama, put on his running shoes, and sped off into the wilderness.
To follow in Forrest's footsteps, he undertook a journey of over 15,000 miles, the distance from the North to the South Pole and a third of the way back. Over a gruelling 18 months, braving injuries, blizzards, forest fires and deadly wildlife, he crossed the United States five times. During one of the most turbulent periods in recent American history, witnessing the election of President Trump, the climate emergency and the country's widening societal divide, Rob immersed himself in American life as he struggled across the country step by step.
His time on the open road saw him forever changed, trying to make that difference, in the process of Becoming Forrest.
The Author:
Robert Pope is a British veterinarian, athlete and charity fundraiser. He is an elite distance runner, with a number of successes at the marathon and ultramarathon distances. In 2016 he began a 422-day, 15,700-mile run comprising more than 4 complete crossings of the United States, and became the first person to trace the route run by Tom Hanks' fictional character in the film Forrest Gump. He raised approximately £38,000 for the charities Peace Direct and the World Wildlife Fund.
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Title: Into The Volcano
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.jessbutterworth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessBAuthor
The Book:
Vivi and Seb live halfway across the world from each other, living completely separate lives, until a terrible event unexpectedly makes their paths collide.
Seb's best friend Clay was injured in a shooting, and Seb believes there's a rainbow pool in the heart of Yellowstone National Park that will help heal him heal.
Meanwhile, Vivi is feeling lost, wishing she could find a way to honour her grandmother, who didn't survive the same shooting.
When they meet at the memorial and Seb tells Vivi what he wants to do, Vivi is convinced that her grandmother would have wanted her to go with Seb to help his friend.
But the park is filled with dangerous creatures, and when Seb is injured in one of the volcanic springs, it becomes a race for survival as they try and make their wish and find their way out of the wilderness.
The Author
Jess Butterworth spent her childhood between the UK and India, and grew up hearing stories about the Himalayas from her grandmother. Soon, Jess was clambering over the mountains searching for wildlife and imagining that she was on her own adventures in the wilderness.
Jess has always wanted to be a writer. She holds a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, where she won the Bath Spa Writing for Young People Prize 2011, and an MA in Creative Writing for Young People from there too.
Jess began writing Running on the Roof of the World whilst living in the Indian Himalayas in 2013. As part of her research, she trekked into the mountains in search of yaks, met the Dalai Lama after attending his teachings and went up to an altitude of 18400 feet at the Indo - Tibetan border.
She now lives between Louisiana and the UK, with her husband and her two office assistants, Luna and Bo Bo, the Maine Coon kittens. You'll often find her back in the Himalayas too.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Action & Adventure - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.jessbutterworth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessBAuthor
The Book:
Vivi and Seb live halfway across the world from each other, living completely separate lives, until a terrible event unexpectedly makes their paths collide.
Seb's best friend Clay was injured in a shooting, and Seb believes there's a rainbow pool in the heart of Yellowstone National Park that will help heal him heal.
Meanwhile, Vivi is feeling lost, wishing she could find a way to honour her grandmother, who didn't survive the same shooting.
When they meet at the memorial and Seb tells Vivi what he wants to do, Vivi is convinced that her grandmother would have wanted her to go with Seb to help his friend.
But the park is filled with dangerous creatures, and when Seb is injured in one of the volcanic springs, it becomes a race for survival as they try and make their wish and find their way out of the wilderness.
The Author
Jess Butterworth spent her childhood between the UK and India, and grew up hearing stories about the Himalayas from her grandmother. Soon, Jess was clambering over the mountains searching for wildlife and imagining that she was on her own adventures in the wilderness.
Jess has always wanted to be a writer. She holds a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, where she won the Bath Spa Writing for Young People Prize 2011, and an MA in Creative Writing for Young People from there too.
Jess began writing Running on the Roof of the World whilst living in the Indian Himalayas in 2013. As part of her research, she trekked into the mountains in search of yaks, met the Dalai Lama after attending his teachings and went up to an altitude of 18400 feet at the Indo - Tibetan border.
She now lives between Louisiana and the UK, with her husband and her two office assistants, Luna and Bo Bo, the Maine Coon kittens. You'll often find her back in the Himalayas too.
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Jess Butterworth
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Title: The Adventure Club: Red Panda Rescue
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.jessbutterworth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessBAuthor
The Book:
Do you like exploring, animals and adventure? Then join The Adventure Club this summer!
A brand new illustrated series for younger readers about animals and adventure from much-loved author Jess Butterworth – writer of classic adventure stories in vibrantly described settings.
Tilly has no plans for the summer holidays and is dreading months of boredom — that is until she becomes part of The Adventure Club and wins a place to go track and monitor endangered red pandas in Nepal!
In the Himalayas, she meets other members of the club, rides on yaks, plants a bamboo forest and even spots the secretive red panda.
But then the red panda Tilly and her team has been monitoring disappears. Will Tilly be able to help find it, or will her first ever adventure end in disaster?
Packed full of illustrations and set as Tilly’s own diary, this new series is perfect for young readers who are beginning to read on their own.
The Author
Jess Butterworth spent her childhood between the UK and India, and grew up hearing stories about the Himalayas from her grandmother. Soon, Jess was clambering over the mountains searching for wildlife and imagining that she was on her own adventures in the wilderness.
Jess has always wanted to be a writer. She holds a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, where she won the Bath Spa Writing for Young People Prize 2011, and an MA in Creative Writing for Young People from there too.
Jess began writing Running on the Roof of the World whilst living in the Indian Himalayas in 2013. As part of her research, she trekked into the mountains in search of yaks, met the Dalai Lama after attending his teachings and went up to an altitude of 18400 feet at the Indo - Tibetan border.
She now lives between Louisiana and the UK, with her husband and her two office assistants, Luna and Bo Bo, the Maine Coon kittens. You'll often find her back in the Himalayas too.
Genre: Children - Action & Adventure - Education
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.jessbutterworth.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JessBAuthor
The Book:
Do you like exploring, animals and adventure? Then join The Adventure Club this summer!
A brand new illustrated series for younger readers about animals and adventure from much-loved author Jess Butterworth – writer of classic adventure stories in vibrantly described settings.
Tilly has no plans for the summer holidays and is dreading months of boredom — that is until she becomes part of The Adventure Club and wins a place to go track and monitor endangered red pandas in Nepal!
In the Himalayas, she meets other members of the club, rides on yaks, plants a bamboo forest and even spots the secretive red panda.
But then the red panda Tilly and her team has been monitoring disappears. Will Tilly be able to help find it, or will her first ever adventure end in disaster?
Packed full of illustrations and set as Tilly’s own diary, this new series is perfect for young readers who are beginning to read on their own.
The Author
Jess Butterworth spent her childhood between the UK and India, and grew up hearing stories about the Himalayas from her grandmother. Soon, Jess was clambering over the mountains searching for wildlife and imagining that she was on her own adventures in the wilderness.
Jess has always wanted to be a writer. She holds a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University, where she won the Bath Spa Writing for Young People Prize 2011, and an MA in Creative Writing for Young People from there too.
Jess began writing Running on the Roof of the World whilst living in the Indian Himalayas in 2013. As part of her research, she trekked into the mountains in search of yaks, met the Dalai Lama after attending his teachings and went up to an altitude of 18400 feet at the Indo - Tibetan border.
She now lives between Louisiana and the UK, with her husband and her two office assistants, Luna and Bo Bo, the Maine Coon kittens. You'll often find her back in the Himalayas too.
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Laura Pearson
Laura Pearson
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Title: Nobody's Wife
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.laurapearsonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LauraPAuthor
The Book:
‘Of the four of them, only three remained. And there was no going backwards from there.’
Emily and Josephine have always shared everything. They’re sisters, flatmates, and best friends. It’s the two of them against the world.
When Emily has the perfect wedding, and Josephine finds the perfect man, they know things will change forever. But nothing can prepare them for what, or who, one of them is willing to give up for love.
Four people. Three couples. Two sisters. One unforgivable betrayal.
From the best-selling author of Missing Pieces comes a heart-wrenching story about family, loyalty, and obsession that will have you racing to the finish.
The Author:
Laura Pearson has an MA in creative writing from the University of Chichester. She lives in Leicester with her husband and their two children.
he is the author of three novels:
Missing Pieces, Nobody's Wife, and I Wanted You To Know.
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.laurapearsonauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LauraPAuthor
The Book:
‘Of the four of them, only three remained. And there was no going backwards from there.’
Emily and Josephine have always shared everything. They’re sisters, flatmates, and best friends. It’s the two of them against the world.
When Emily has the perfect wedding, and Josephine finds the perfect man, they know things will change forever. But nothing can prepare them for what, or who, one of them is willing to give up for love.
Four people. Three couples. Two sisters. One unforgivable betrayal.
From the best-selling author of Missing Pieces comes a heart-wrenching story about family, loyalty, and obsession that will have you racing to the finish.
The Author:
Laura Pearson has an MA in creative writing from the University of Chichester. She lives in Leicester with her husband and their two children.
he is the author of three novels:
Missing Pieces, Nobody's Wife, and I Wanted You To Know.
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Matt Baker
Matt Baker
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Title: A Year on Our Farm : How the Countryside Made Me
Genre: Memoir - Nature
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattbakerofficial
The Book:
Matt Baker is at his happiest on the farm.
Away from the bright lights of hosting our favourite television programmes, Countryfile, The One Show, Blue Peter and many more, he is often in the company of his family, dogs, array of sheep, Mediterranean miniature donkeys and a whole host of wildlife in the farm's ancient woodland.
Now, following the ever-changing seasons, Matt takes us on a journey with his family on the farm.
We see woodland animals emerge after a long winter of hibernation, hear the dawn chorus in the height of summer and see the preparations unfold for the harsh and wild winter months.
Peppered with hand drawn sketches, unforgettable moments from his TV career and stories of a landscape you'll fall in love with, Matt offers readers a touching insight into life on the farm, and how the power and beauty of the countryside can be an inspiration and source of joy for all of us.
A celebration of the natural year, Matt Baker takes us on a journey through the seasons, his life on the farm and how the power and beauty of the countryside has made him who he is.
The Author:
Matt Baker was a Blue Peter presenter from 1999 until 2006, presenting more than 700 programmes.
Whilst on the children's show he broke the world record for the highest altitude-towed hang gliding launch; and in 2003 and 2004 he won Baftas for being the best children's presenter.
Since Blue Peter, Matt Baker has amassed numerous presenting and reporting credits including Countryfile, City Hospital, Animal Rescue Squad, One Man And His Dog, and Secret Britain.
He also took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2010 finishing as runner-up.
Matt Baker also became one of the regular presenters of Radio 4's Open Country.
and was co-presenter of The One Show from 2011 to 2020
A Year on Our Farm: How the Countryside Made Me is Matt's first book.
Genre: Memoir - Nature
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattbakerofficial
The Book:
Matt Baker is at his happiest on the farm.
Away from the bright lights of hosting our favourite television programmes, Countryfile, The One Show, Blue Peter and many more, he is often in the company of his family, dogs, array of sheep, Mediterranean miniature donkeys and a whole host of wildlife in the farm's ancient woodland.
Now, following the ever-changing seasons, Matt takes us on a journey with his family on the farm.
We see woodland animals emerge after a long winter of hibernation, hear the dawn chorus in the height of summer and see the preparations unfold for the harsh and wild winter months.
Peppered with hand drawn sketches, unforgettable moments from his TV career and stories of a landscape you'll fall in love with, Matt offers readers a touching insight into life on the farm, and how the power and beauty of the countryside can be an inspiration and source of joy for all of us.
A celebration of the natural year, Matt Baker takes us on a journey through the seasons, his life on the farm and how the power and beauty of the countryside has made him who he is.
The Author:
Matt Baker was a Blue Peter presenter from 1999 until 2006, presenting more than 700 programmes.
Whilst on the children's show he broke the world record for the highest altitude-towed hang gliding launch; and in 2003 and 2004 he won Baftas for being the best children's presenter.
Since Blue Peter, Matt Baker has amassed numerous presenting and reporting credits including Countryfile, City Hospital, Animal Rescue Squad, One Man And His Dog, and Secret Britain.
He also took part in Strictly Come Dancing in 2010 finishing as runner-up.
Matt Baker also became one of the regular presenters of Radio 4's Open Country.
and was co-presenter of The One Show from 2011 to 2020
A Year on Our Farm: How the Countryside Made Me is Matt's first book.
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Paul Cope
Paul Cope
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Title: How To Solve Any Problem In Life (The Root Causes Of Everything)
Genre: Education - Personal Development
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.paul7cope.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paul7cope
The Book:
Do you ever feel as though your life isn’t what it was meant to be? Do you ever feel as though no matter what you’ve achieved it’s never enough? As though there’s something missing? A hole deep inside you can’t fill no matter what you do, gently nagging away at you every day?
Do you feel unfulfilled, alone or stuck? Do you feel as though no-one really understands you or knows who you really are? Do you ever worry about what other people think of you or spend your time thinking too much about what those other people are doing?
Do you drink too much alcohol to get you through the week? Do you take drugs or watch too much porn? Do you find yourself compulsively picking up your phone to check for messages or to scroll mindlessly through social media accounts? Do you gamble or work too many hours? Do you struggle to sleep or have stomach problems?
Do you ever explode with anger at what later feels like the smallest thing? Do you lie? Do you cheat? Do you manipulate? Do you need to be in control of everything around you? Do you bite your tongue and not say what you really want to say?
Do you suffer from depression or any other mental-health issues, or do you have any physical health issues the doctors can’t cure?
If you could start your life all over again, would you make different decisions? Would you change the life you have if you could do it without anyone ever knowing how you really feel?
If you answered yes to any one or more of the above questions, I know how you feel. I solved those problems in my life and now help people around the world solve their problems by addressing the root causes rather than treating the symptoms.
Whether it's PTSD, anxiety, depression or something else entirely - I am here to help. Using tried and tested techniquesfrom the worlds of psychology, emotions, human behaviour, and NLP - amongst others - I can help you overcome your phobias, your addictions, and whatever else is holding you back in life. This is not about becoming a billionaire or buying a private jet. It’s not about increasing your financial wealth or boosting your productivity. There are no life hacks in the work I do. This is about transforming your life from the ground up.
In this book, I share everything I've learned that has transformed my life and the lives of people all around the world.
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Genre: Education - Personal Development
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.paul7cope.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/paul7cope
The Book:
Do you ever feel as though your life isn’t what it was meant to be? Do you ever feel as though no matter what you’ve achieved it’s never enough? As though there’s something missing? A hole deep inside you can’t fill no matter what you do, gently nagging away at you every day?
Do you feel unfulfilled, alone or stuck? Do you feel as though no-one really understands you or knows who you really are? Do you ever worry about what other people think of you or spend your time thinking too much about what those other people are doing?
Do you drink too much alcohol to get you through the week? Do you take drugs or watch too much porn? Do you find yourself compulsively picking up your phone to check for messages or to scroll mindlessly through social media accounts? Do you gamble or work too many hours? Do you struggle to sleep or have stomach problems?
Do you ever explode with anger at what later feels like the smallest thing? Do you lie? Do you cheat? Do you manipulate? Do you need to be in control of everything around you? Do you bite your tongue and not say what you really want to say?
Do you suffer from depression or any other mental-health issues, or do you have any physical health issues the doctors can’t cure?
If you could start your life all over again, would you make different decisions? Would you change the life you have if you could do it without anyone ever knowing how you really feel?
If you answered yes to any one or more of the above questions, I know how you feel. I solved those problems in my life and now help people around the world solve their problems by addressing the root causes rather than treating the symptoms.
Whether it's PTSD, anxiety, depression or something else entirely - I am here to help. Using tried and tested techniquesfrom the worlds of psychology, emotions, human behaviour, and NLP - amongst others - I can help you overcome your phobias, your addictions, and whatever else is holding you back in life. This is not about becoming a billionaire or buying a private jet. It’s not about increasing your financial wealth or boosting your productivity. There are no life hacks in the work I do. This is about transforming your life from the ground up.
In this book, I share everything I've learned that has transformed my life and the lives of people all around the world.
The Author:
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Ben Oliver
Ben Oliver
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Title: The Loop
Genre: Young Adult - Science Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Benjamin0liver
The Book:
Life inside The Loop-the futuristic death row for teens under eighteen-is one long repetitive purgatory. But when news of the encroaching chaos in the outside world reaches the inmates and disorder begins to strike, the prison becomes the least of their worries.
It's Luka Kane's sixteenth birthday and he's been inside The Loop for over two years. Every inmate is serving a death sentence with the option to push back their execution date by six months if they opt into "Delays", scientific and medical experiments for the benefit of the elite in the outside world. But rumors of a war on the outside are spreading amongst the inmates, and before they know it, their tortuous routine becomes disrupted. The government issued rain stops falling. Strange things are happening to the guards. And it's not long until the inmates are left alone inside the prison.
Were the chains that shackled Luka to his cell the only instruments left to keep him safe? He must overcome fellow prisoners hell-bent on killing him, the warden losing her mind, the rabid rats in the train tunnels, and a population turned into murderous monsters to try and break out of The Loop, save his family, and discover who is responsible for the chaos that has been inflicted upon the world.
The Author:
Ben Oliver writes books! He began his career plagiarising Roald Dahl books, but don't hold that against him, he was only seven at the time. Since then he has become MUCH more original - writing the award winning Loop series and selling his novels in dozens of countries around the world.
Ben lives in Scotland with his wife and his cat. He plans on writing until he can't come up with any new ideas, then he'll go back to plagiarising Roald Dahl.
Genre: Young Adult - Science Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Benjamin0liver
The Book:
Life inside The Loop-the futuristic death row for teens under eighteen-is one long repetitive purgatory. But when news of the encroaching chaos in the outside world reaches the inmates and disorder begins to strike, the prison becomes the least of their worries.
It's Luka Kane's sixteenth birthday and he's been inside The Loop for over two years. Every inmate is serving a death sentence with the option to push back their execution date by six months if they opt into "Delays", scientific and medical experiments for the benefit of the elite in the outside world. But rumors of a war on the outside are spreading amongst the inmates, and before they know it, their tortuous routine becomes disrupted. The government issued rain stops falling. Strange things are happening to the guards. And it's not long until the inmates are left alone inside the prison.
Were the chains that shackled Luka to his cell the only instruments left to keep him safe? He must overcome fellow prisoners hell-bent on killing him, the warden losing her mind, the rabid rats in the train tunnels, and a population turned into murderous monsters to try and break out of The Loop, save his family, and discover who is responsible for the chaos that has been inflicted upon the world.
The Author:
Ben Oliver writes books! He began his career plagiarising Roald Dahl books, but don't hold that against him, he was only seven at the time. Since then he has become MUCH more original - writing the award winning Loop series and selling his novels in dozens of countries around the world.
Ben lives in Scotland with his wife and his cat. He plans on writing until he can't come up with any new ideas, then he'll go back to plagiarising Roald Dahl.
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Elisabeth Gifford
Elisabeth Gifford
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Title: A Woman Made Of Snow
Genre: Historical Fiction - Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.elisabethgifford.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elisabeth04liz
The Book:
A gorgeous, haunting and captivating novel of a century-long family mystery in the wilds of Scotland, and one woman's hunt for the truth.
Scotland, 1949: Caroline Gillan and her new husband Alasdair have moved back to Kelly Castle, his dilapidated family estate in the middle of nowhere. Stuck caring for their tiny baby, and trying to find her way with an opinionated mother-in-law, Caroline feels adrift, alone and unwelcome.
But when she is tasked with sorting out the family archives, Caroline discovers a century-old mystery that sparks her back to life. There is one Gillan bride who is completely unknown - no photos exist, no records have been kept - the only thing that is certain is that she had a legitimate child. Alasdair's grandmother.
As Caroline uncovers a strange story that stretches as far as the Arctic circle, her desire to find the truth turns obsessive. And when a body is found in the grounds of the castle, her hunt becomes more than just a case of curiosity. What happened all those years ago? Who was the bride? And who is the body...?
The Author:
Elisabeth Gifford studied French literature and world religions at Leeds University. She worked as a dyslexia specialist for several years while raising a family. After studying for a Diploma in Creative Writing from Oxford OUDCE and a Masters degree in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College she was asked to write The House of Hope, a biography of Dr Joyce Hill who opened a rescue centre for abandoned babies in China, published by Monarch Press. She was taken on by literary agent Jenny Hewson and three historical novels followed, published by Corvus. Secrets of the Sea House is set in the Hebrides and is a dark mystery that explores at the very real events behind the frequent mermaid sightings reported in Scotland a century ago. Return to Fourwinds is a sweeping family saga set between England and Spain between the wars. The Good Doctor of Warsaw is the shocking and ultimately inspiring true story of some of the rare survivors of the Warsaw ghetto during WW2, and features the inspiring story of Dr Janusz Korczak who defied the Nazi brutality by creating an oasis of kindness and happiness for children. A sort of Polish-Jewish Dr Barnardo, Dr Korczak helped draft the first international children's bill of rights and his teaching on how to raise children with love and respect is still widely followed today, and where it is, it makes children's lives happier.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: http://www.elisabethgifford.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/elisabeth04liz
The Book:
A gorgeous, haunting and captivating novel of a century-long family mystery in the wilds of Scotland, and one woman's hunt for the truth.
Scotland, 1949: Caroline Gillan and her new husband Alasdair have moved back to Kelly Castle, his dilapidated family estate in the middle of nowhere. Stuck caring for their tiny baby, and trying to find her way with an opinionated mother-in-law, Caroline feels adrift, alone and unwelcome.
But when she is tasked with sorting out the family archives, Caroline discovers a century-old mystery that sparks her back to life. There is one Gillan bride who is completely unknown - no photos exist, no records have been kept - the only thing that is certain is that she had a legitimate child. Alasdair's grandmother.
As Caroline uncovers a strange story that stretches as far as the Arctic circle, her desire to find the truth turns obsessive. And when a body is found in the grounds of the castle, her hunt becomes more than just a case of curiosity. What happened all those years ago? Who was the bride? And who is the body...?
The Author:
Elisabeth Gifford studied French literature and world religions at Leeds University. She worked as a dyslexia specialist for several years while raising a family. After studying for a Diploma in Creative Writing from Oxford OUDCE and a Masters degree in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway College she was asked to write The House of Hope, a biography of Dr Joyce Hill who opened a rescue centre for abandoned babies in China, published by Monarch Press. She was taken on by literary agent Jenny Hewson and three historical novels followed, published by Corvus. Secrets of the Sea House is set in the Hebrides and is a dark mystery that explores at the very real events behind the frequent mermaid sightings reported in Scotland a century ago. Return to Fourwinds is a sweeping family saga set between England and Spain between the wars. The Good Doctor of Warsaw is the shocking and ultimately inspiring true story of some of the rare survivors of the Warsaw ghetto during WW2, and features the inspiring story of Dr Janusz Korczak who defied the Nazi brutality by creating an oasis of kindness and happiness for children. A sort of Polish-Jewish Dr Barnardo, Dr Korczak helped draft the first international children's bill of rights and his teaching on how to raise children with love and respect is still widely followed today, and where it is, it makes children's lives happier.
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Ollie Simmonds
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Title: The Timepiece and the Girl Who Went Astray
Genre: Time Travel/Science Fiction/Adventure
Format: Hardback (With Sleeve & Gold Foiling)
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mEwjx5uJs
Website: https://orsimmonds.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/o_simmonds
The Book:
William Wells, a gifted but risk-averse US college dropout living an unadventurous life in London, stumbles upon a mysterious Timepiece with the ability to alter time. When the Timepiece’s previous owner is brutally murdered by unknown assailants, Will flees, only to see the love of his life, Abigayle, vanish before his eyes when she comes into contact with this remarkable watch.
He soon finds himself alone in an unfamiliar city, wanted for a murder he didn’t commit and the prime suspect in a woman’s disappearance. Whether he knows it or not, Will does have one advantage; control over the most powerful force in the universe; time. The only problem is that he has no idea how to wield it. Those that do, members of a secretive and long-forgotten organisation, are also on his trail and there are no lines they won't cross to recover The Timepiece.
The Author:
O.R. Simmonds is a Writer, Director and Artist working in the Games Industry and author of The Timepiece and the Girl Who Went Astray.
Before working in the games industry, he spent nearly a decade dreaming up deep, detailed worlds with weaving narratives only for them to be 'value engineered' by clients. It was during this time that he decided he no longer wanted to be a frustrated writer and to try to be an actual writer instead.
He ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to help fund the publication of his first novel, The Timepiece and the Girl Who Went Astray, which is out now. His second book is slated for release sometime in 2022.
Ollie lives in Surrey, UK with his wife and two young boys. His eldest son is named after Doc Emmett Brown and the youngest’s middle name is Adventure (yes, really). It's not all that surprising that his debut is a time travel adventure then.
Genre: Time Travel/Science Fiction/Adventure
Format: Hardback (With Sleeve & Gold Foiling)
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mEwjx5uJs
Website: https://orsimmonds.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/o_simmonds
The Book:
William Wells, a gifted but risk-averse US college dropout living an unadventurous life in London, stumbles upon a mysterious Timepiece with the ability to alter time. When the Timepiece’s previous owner is brutally murdered by unknown assailants, Will flees, only to see the love of his life, Abigayle, vanish before his eyes when she comes into contact with this remarkable watch.
He soon finds himself alone in an unfamiliar city, wanted for a murder he didn’t commit and the prime suspect in a woman’s disappearance. Whether he knows it or not, Will does have one advantage; control over the most powerful force in the universe; time. The only problem is that he has no idea how to wield it. Those that do, members of a secretive and long-forgotten organisation, are also on his trail and there are no lines they won't cross to recover The Timepiece.
The Author:
O.R. Simmonds is a Writer, Director and Artist working in the Games Industry and author of The Timepiece and the Girl Who Went Astray.
Before working in the games industry, he spent nearly a decade dreaming up deep, detailed worlds with weaving narratives only for them to be 'value engineered' by clients. It was during this time that he decided he no longer wanted to be a frustrated writer and to try to be an actual writer instead.
He ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to help fund the publication of his first novel, The Timepiece and the Girl Who Went Astray, which is out now. His second book is slated for release sometime in 2022.
Ollie lives in Surrey, UK with his wife and two young boys. His eldest son is named after Doc Emmett Brown and the youngest’s middle name is Adventure (yes, really). It's not all that surprising that his debut is a time travel adventure then.
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Judith Barrow
Judith Barrow
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Two Books
Title 1: The Heart Stone
Genre: Historical Fiction - Family Saga
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Memory
Genre: Contemporary - Family Saga
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Blog: https://judithbarrowblog.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/judithbarrow77
Book 1: The Heart Stone
When war takes Jessie’s love away, she must fight for her own survival
1914 - and everything changes for Jessie on a day trip to Blackpool. She realises her true feelings for her childhood friend, Arthur, then just as they are travelling home from this rare treat, war is declared.
Arthur lies about his age to join his Pals’ Regiment. Jessie’s widowed mother is so frightened of the future, she agrees to marry the vicious Amos Morgan, making Jessie’s home an unsafe place for her. Before he leaves, Arthur and Jessie admit their feelings and promise to wait for each other. Arthur gives Jessie a heart-shaped stone to remember him. But with Arthur far away, their love leaves Jessie with a secret that will see her thrown from her home and terribly abused when she can hide the truth no longer.
Faced with a desperate choice between love and safety, Jessie must fight for survival, whatever the cost.
Book 2: The Memory
Mother and daughter tied together by shame and secrecy, love and hate.
I wait by the bed. I move into her line of vision and it’s as though we’re watching one another, my mother and me; two women – trapped.
Today has been a long time coming. Irene sits at her mother's side waiting for the right moment, for the point at which she will know she is doing the right thing by Rose.
Rose was Irene's little sister, an unwanted embarrassment to their mother Lilian but a treasure to Irene. Rose died thirty years ago, when she was eight, and nobody has talked about the circumstances of her death since. But Irene knows what she saw. Over the course of 24 hours their moving and tragic story is revealed – a story of love and duty, betrayal and loss – as Irene rediscovers the past and finds hope for the future.
The Author:
Judith Barrow,originally from Saddleworth, a group of villages on the edge of the Pennines,has lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for over forty years.
She has an MA in Creative Writing with the University of Wales Trinity St David's College, Carmarthen. BA (Hons) in Literature with the Open University, a Diploma in Drama from Swansea University. She is a Creative Writing tutor for Pembrokeshire County Council and holds private one to one workshops on all genres.
Title 1: The Heart Stone
Genre: Historical Fiction - Family Saga
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: The Memory
Genre: Contemporary - Family Saga
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Blog: https://judithbarrowblog.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/judithbarrow77
Book 1: The Heart Stone
When war takes Jessie’s love away, she must fight for her own survival
1914 - and everything changes for Jessie on a day trip to Blackpool. She realises her true feelings for her childhood friend, Arthur, then just as they are travelling home from this rare treat, war is declared.
Arthur lies about his age to join his Pals’ Regiment. Jessie’s widowed mother is so frightened of the future, she agrees to marry the vicious Amos Morgan, making Jessie’s home an unsafe place for her. Before he leaves, Arthur and Jessie admit their feelings and promise to wait for each other. Arthur gives Jessie a heart-shaped stone to remember him. But with Arthur far away, their love leaves Jessie with a secret that will see her thrown from her home and terribly abused when she can hide the truth no longer.
Faced with a desperate choice between love and safety, Jessie must fight for survival, whatever the cost.
Book 2: The Memory
Mother and daughter tied together by shame and secrecy, love and hate.
I wait by the bed. I move into her line of vision and it’s as though we’re watching one another, my mother and me; two women – trapped.
Today has been a long time coming. Irene sits at her mother's side waiting for the right moment, for the point at which she will know she is doing the right thing by Rose.
Rose was Irene's little sister, an unwanted embarrassment to their mother Lilian but a treasure to Irene. Rose died thirty years ago, when she was eight, and nobody has talked about the circumstances of her death since. But Irene knows what she saw. Over the course of 24 hours their moving and tragic story is revealed – a story of love and duty, betrayal and loss – as Irene rediscovers the past and finds hope for the future.
The Author:
Judith Barrow,originally from Saddleworth, a group of villages on the edge of the Pennines,has lived in Pembrokeshire, Wales, for over forty years.
She has an MA in Creative Writing with the University of Wales Trinity St David's College, Carmarthen. BA (Hons) in Literature with the Open University, a Diploma in Drama from Swansea University. She is a Creative Writing tutor for Pembrokeshire County Council and holds private one to one workshops on all genres.
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Eloise Williams
Eloise Williams
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Three Books
Title 1: Gaslight
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Seaglass
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Wilde
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.eloisewilliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eloisejwilliams
Book 1: Gaslight
899. All Nansi knows is that her mother disappeared on the day she was fished out of Cardiff docks. She can't remember anything else.
Now, with no other family to turn to, she works for Sid at the Empire Theatre, sometimes legally, sometimes thieving to order, trying to earn enough money to hire a detective to find her mother.
Everything changes when Constance and Violet join the theatre, both with their own dark secrets. Nansi is forced to be part of Violet's crooked psychic act. But it's when Constance recognises her, and realises who her mother must be, that Nansi's world is turned upside down forever. She is soon on the run for her life and she will have to risk everything if she's going to find the truth.
Book 2: Seaglass
She will come for you... Lark struggles when her family and their friends go on holiday in a lonely caravan site on the Welsh coast for the autumn half term. Her mother is ill, her little sister has stopped speaking and she has fallen out with her best friend. Is a girl in a green dress following her in the fog? Or is her sister playing tricks on her? When a local woman tells her the girl comes to take sisters, Lark finds herself the only one who can save her family. Seaglass is a chilling contemporary ghost story with a determined 13-year-old heroine defending her family and learning to handle her emotions.
Book 3: Wilde
Being different can be dangerous. Wilde is afraid strange things are happening around her. Are the birds following her? Is she flying in her sleep? Moving to live with her aunt seems to make it all worse. Wilde is desperate to fit in at her new school, but things keep getting stranger. In a fierce heatwave, in rehearsals for a school play telling the old, local legend of a witch called Winter, ‘The Witch’ starts leaving pupils frightening letters cursing them. Can Wilde find out what’s happening before everyone blames her? Or will she always be the outcast?
The Author:
Eloise is the inaugural Children’s Laureate Wales 2019-2021, an initiative run by Literature Wales. Having originally trained in Theatre at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, she went on to work as a performer, theatre maker and creative practitioner for over a decade before studying for a Masters in Creative and Media Writing at Swansea University in 2011. She is the author of Elen's Island, Gaslight, Seaglass and Wilde.
Title 1: Gaslight
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Seaglass
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 3: Wilde
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) - Paranormal
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: http://www.eloisewilliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Eloisejwilliams
Book 1: Gaslight
899. All Nansi knows is that her mother disappeared on the day she was fished out of Cardiff docks. She can't remember anything else.
Now, with no other family to turn to, she works for Sid at the Empire Theatre, sometimes legally, sometimes thieving to order, trying to earn enough money to hire a detective to find her mother.
Everything changes when Constance and Violet join the theatre, both with their own dark secrets. Nansi is forced to be part of Violet's crooked psychic act. But it's when Constance recognises her, and realises who her mother must be, that Nansi's world is turned upside down forever. She is soon on the run for her life and she will have to risk everything if she's going to find the truth.
Book 2: Seaglass
She will come for you... Lark struggles when her family and their friends go on holiday in a lonely caravan site on the Welsh coast for the autumn half term. Her mother is ill, her little sister has stopped speaking and she has fallen out with her best friend. Is a girl in a green dress following her in the fog? Or is her sister playing tricks on her? When a local woman tells her the girl comes to take sisters, Lark finds herself the only one who can save her family. Seaglass is a chilling contemporary ghost story with a determined 13-year-old heroine defending her family and learning to handle her emotions.
Book 3: Wilde
Being different can be dangerous. Wilde is afraid strange things are happening around her. Are the birds following her? Is she flying in her sleep? Moving to live with her aunt seems to make it all worse. Wilde is desperate to fit in at her new school, but things keep getting stranger. In a fierce heatwave, in rehearsals for a school play telling the old, local legend of a witch called Winter, ‘The Witch’ starts leaving pupils frightening letters cursing them. Can Wilde find out what’s happening before everyone blames her? Or will she always be the outcast?
The Author:
Eloise is the inaugural Children’s Laureate Wales 2019-2021, an initiative run by Literature Wales. Having originally trained in Theatre at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, she went on to work as a performer, theatre maker and creative practitioner for over a decade before studying for a Masters in Creative and Media Writing at Swansea University in 2011. She is the author of Elen's Island, Gaslight, Seaglass and Wilde.
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£ 25
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Eve Chase
Eve Chase
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Title: The Glass House
Genre: Historical Fiction - Gothic Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: http://www.evechase.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvePollyChase
The Book:
Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found.
The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They’re grieving a terrible tragedy of their own and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house’s dark, dusty corners.
Desperate not to lose her to the authorities, they keep her secret, suspended in a blissful summer world where normal rules of behaviour – and the law – don’t seem to apply.
But within days a body will lie dead in the grounds.
And their dreams of a perfect family will shatter like glass.
Years later, the truth will need to be put back together again, piece by piece . . .
The Author:
Eve Chase worked as a journalist for women’s magazines and national newspapers for many years and has previously written bestselling contemporary novels under the name Polly Williams. After moving from London to Oxford, she wanted to write a different sort of novel, darker, bigger, layered, weaving the story’s present with its tangled, hidden past. The result was Black Rabbit Hall. She still lives in Oxford with her family, and a very hairy golden retriever, Harry. Her second Eve Chase novel, The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde, was published by Penguin in July 2017, and as The Wildling Sisters by Putnam in the US that same month. This was followed by The Glass House (Penguin) in May 2020, released as The Daughters of Foxcote Manor (Putnam) in the US in July 2020.
Black Rabbit Hall won the Saint Maur en Poche Best Foreign Fiction Novel prize in France, 2019. The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde was longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Prize, 2018.
Genre: Historical Fiction - Gothic Mystery & Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: http://www.evechase.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvePollyChase
The Book:
Outside a remote manor house in an idyllic wood, a baby girl is found.
The Harrington family takes her in and disbelief quickly turns to joy. They’re grieving a terrible tragedy of their own and the beautiful baby fills them with hope, lighting up the house’s dark, dusty corners.
Desperate not to lose her to the authorities, they keep her secret, suspended in a blissful summer world where normal rules of behaviour – and the law – don’t seem to apply.
But within days a body will lie dead in the grounds.
And their dreams of a perfect family will shatter like glass.
Years later, the truth will need to be put back together again, piece by piece . . .
The Author:
Eve Chase worked as a journalist for women’s magazines and national newspapers for many years and has previously written bestselling contemporary novels under the name Polly Williams. After moving from London to Oxford, she wanted to write a different sort of novel, darker, bigger, layered, weaving the story’s present with its tangled, hidden past. The result was Black Rabbit Hall. She still lives in Oxford with her family, and a very hairy golden retriever, Harry. Her second Eve Chase novel, The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde, was published by Penguin in July 2017, and as The Wildling Sisters by Putnam in the US that same month. This was followed by The Glass House (Penguin) in May 2020, released as The Daughters of Foxcote Manor (Putnam) in the US in July 2020.
Black Rabbit Hall won the Saint Maur en Poche Best Foreign Fiction Novel prize in France, 2019. The Vanishing of Audrey Wilde was longlisted for the HWA Gold Crown Prize, 2018.
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Fanny Blake
Fanny Blake
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Title: The Long Way Home
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FannyBlake1
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A family secret, a mysterious legacy, and a journey that will change everything…
When Isla, a 65-year-old grandmother, is left nothing but an old painting in her mother’s will, while her sisters and aunt inherit the estate, she is devastated. Close to retirement, getting ready to live on her own terms, the last thing she expects at this time of her life is such turmoil. So, to find an explanation for her mother’s rejection, she embarks on a road-trip.
But, right at the last moment, she’s forced to take her sullen – and, in her view, impossible – 14-year-old granddaughter Charlie with her. Cramped together in Isla’s car with her smelly old dog, these ill-assorted travelling companions set off to uncover some shattering and life-changing family truths at the same time as learning to love each other…
The Long Way Home is set in the UK and 1950s Paris where the story really begins, spanning four generations of women and the secrets that get passed down through them.
The Author:
Fanny Blake was a publisher for many years, editing fiction and general non-fiction before becoming a freelance journalist and writer. She has written several bestsellers and acted as ghost writer for a number of celebrities. She is also Books Editor of Woman and Home magazine. Her novels include The Secrets Women Keep (Orion) and With a Friend Like You
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FannyBlake1
The Book:
A family secret, a mysterious legacy, and a journey that will change everything…
When Isla, a 65-year-old grandmother, is left nothing but an old painting in her mother’s will, while her sisters and aunt inherit the estate, she is devastated. Close to retirement, getting ready to live on her own terms, the last thing she expects at this time of her life is such turmoil. So, to find an explanation for her mother’s rejection, she embarks on a road-trip.
But, right at the last moment, she’s forced to take her sullen – and, in her view, impossible – 14-year-old granddaughter Charlie with her. Cramped together in Isla’s car with her smelly old dog, these ill-assorted travelling companions set off to uncover some shattering and life-changing family truths at the same time as learning to love each other…
The Long Way Home is set in the UK and 1950s Paris where the story really begins, spanning four generations of women and the secrets that get passed down through them.
The Author:
Fanny Blake was a publisher for many years, editing fiction and general non-fiction before becoming a freelance journalist and writer. She has written several bestsellers and acted as ghost writer for a number of celebrities. She is also Books Editor of Woman and Home magazine. Her novels include The Secrets Women Keep (Orion) and With a Friend Like You
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Anita & Simon Howell
Anita & Simon Howell
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Four Book Series
Title 1: B is for Breast Cancer
Title 2: H is for Haemodialysis
Title 3: P is for Peritoneal Dialysis
Title 4: K is for Kidney Transplant
Genre: Children - Educational
(Appropriate to read with children of any age; they have also been used in hospital and school settings.)
Format: Picture Books
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeetLucy_Jack
Book 1: B is for Breast Cancer
Lucy and Jack have a Mum who has been diagnosed with primary breast cancer and needs to have chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. This book explores a little of the impact on the lives of the family, in a way designed to be helpful and non-threatening to children who may share a similar experience. An Oncology Consultant at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, described the book saying "Every parent with a diagnosis of cancer has the dilemma of how much to share with their children, while trying to protect them. This reassuring and loving book written from personal experience, involves children in the treatment plans and medical vocabulary of the new world the family has entered" Written by a nurse and doctor in order to help explain to their own children, this book will help families talk about some of the issues around primary breast cancer and its treatments.
Book 2: H is for Haemodialysis
Lucy and Jack have a very ill father who needs haemodialysis treatment. This book explores a little of the impact on the lives of the family, in a way designed to be helpful and non-threatening to children who may share a similar experience. The Chief of Surgery at renowned Guy's Hospital, London, described the book saying "This charming book provides clear, simple information for children, with lovely illustrations. It shows the impact that dialysis can have on everyday family life but, more importantly, how a loving, supporting environment can help overcome a chronic illness." Written by a nurse and doctor in order to help explain to their own children, this book will help families talk about some of the issues around renal dialysis.
Book 3: P is for Peritoneal Dialysis
Lucy and Jack have a very ill father who needs Peritoneal Dialysis treatment. This book explores a little of the impact on the lives of the family, in a way designed to be helpful and non-threatening to children who may share a similar experience. The Director of Nephrology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia, described the book saying "I am sure you will find this book helpful when you talk about renal failure and its treatment with children, if it is something that you or your family have to cope with now or in the fiuture." Written by a nurse and doctor in order to help explain to their own children, this book will help families talk about some of the issues around renal dialysis. This edition also contains notes in the back of the book. These notes are aimed at helping adults explain and discuss the story with the child. They also contain practical examples of things that the authors have found helpful for their children.
Book 4: K is for Kidney Transplant
Lucy and Jack have a very ill father who needs a Kidney Transplant. This book explores a little of the impact on the lives of the family, in a way designed to be helpful and non-threatening to children who may share a similar experience. Lisa Burnapp, Lead Nurse Living Donation at NHS Blood and Transplant also Consultant Nurse, Living Donor Kidney Transplantation at Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, described the book saying "This is a delightful addition to the other books that Anita and Simon have written for children about living with kidney disease in the family. By combining simple narrative and beautiful illustrations, they have managed to explain difficult concepts about organ donation and kidney transplantation in a way that speaks to both adults and children. Their personal experiences and insights add a warmth and depth that cannot fail to resonate with anyone who is facing similar challenges. This is not only a book for children, it is a book for families everywhere who are learning to cope with the rigors of kidney disease and its treatments". Written by a nurse and doctor in order to help explain to their own children, this book will help families talk about some of the issues around renal dialysis and transplantation.
The Authors:
Simon Howell is a double kidney transplant recipient and a retired hospital doctor. Anita is his wife and is living with breast cancer. They noticed the need for fun and accurate literature about their own illnesses to share with their own young children. Together they have written these books for children about treatments for kidney disease and primary breast cancer, beautifully illustrated by Sue Roche.
Title 1: B is for Breast Cancer
Title 2: H is for Haemodialysis
Title 3: P is for Peritoneal Dialysis
Title 4: K is for Kidney Transplant
Genre: Children - Educational
(Appropriate to read with children of any age; they have also been used in hospital and school settings.)
Format: Picture Books
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MeetLucy_Jack
Book 1: B is for Breast Cancer
Lucy and Jack have a Mum who has been diagnosed with primary breast cancer and needs to have chemotherapy, surgery, radiotherapy and hormone therapy. This book explores a little of the impact on the lives of the family, in a way designed to be helpful and non-threatening to children who may share a similar experience. An Oncology Consultant at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, described the book saying "Every parent with a diagnosis of cancer has the dilemma of how much to share with their children, while trying to protect them. This reassuring and loving book written from personal experience, involves children in the treatment plans and medical vocabulary of the new world the family has entered" Written by a nurse and doctor in order to help explain to their own children, this book will help families talk about some of the issues around primary breast cancer and its treatments.
Book 2: H is for Haemodialysis
Lucy and Jack have a very ill father who needs haemodialysis treatment. This book explores a little of the impact on the lives of the family, in a way designed to be helpful and non-threatening to children who may share a similar experience. The Chief of Surgery at renowned Guy's Hospital, London, described the book saying "This charming book provides clear, simple information for children, with lovely illustrations. It shows the impact that dialysis can have on everyday family life but, more importantly, how a loving, supporting environment can help overcome a chronic illness." Written by a nurse and doctor in order to help explain to their own children, this book will help families talk about some of the issues around renal dialysis.
Book 3: P is for Peritoneal Dialysis
Lucy and Jack have a very ill father who needs Peritoneal Dialysis treatment. This book explores a little of the impact on the lives of the family, in a way designed to be helpful and non-threatening to children who may share a similar experience. The Director of Nephrology at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Australia, described the book saying "I am sure you will find this book helpful when you talk about renal failure and its treatment with children, if it is something that you or your family have to cope with now or in the fiuture." Written by a nurse and doctor in order to help explain to their own children, this book will help families talk about some of the issues around renal dialysis. This edition also contains notes in the back of the book. These notes are aimed at helping adults explain and discuss the story with the child. They also contain practical examples of things that the authors have found helpful for their children.
Book 4: K is for Kidney Transplant
Lucy and Jack have a very ill father who needs a Kidney Transplant. This book explores a little of the impact on the lives of the family, in a way designed to be helpful and non-threatening to children who may share a similar experience. Lisa Burnapp, Lead Nurse Living Donation at NHS Blood and Transplant also Consultant Nurse, Living Donor Kidney Transplantation at Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, described the book saying "This is a delightful addition to the other books that Anita and Simon have written for children about living with kidney disease in the family. By combining simple narrative and beautiful illustrations, they have managed to explain difficult concepts about organ donation and kidney transplantation in a way that speaks to both adults and children. Their personal experiences and insights add a warmth and depth that cannot fail to resonate with anyone who is facing similar challenges. This is not only a book for children, it is a book for families everywhere who are learning to cope with the rigors of kidney disease and its treatments". Written by a nurse and doctor in order to help explain to their own children, this book will help families talk about some of the issues around renal dialysis and transplantation.
The Authors:
Simon Howell is a double kidney transplant recipient and a retired hospital doctor. Anita is his wife and is living with breast cancer. They noticed the need for fun and accurate literature about their own illnesses to share with their own young children. Together they have written these books for children about treatments for kidney disease and primary breast cancer, beautifully illustrated by Sue Roche.
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T.F. Lince
T.F. Lince
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Two Books
Title 1: Room 119 - The Whitby Trader
Genre: Thriller = Mystery and Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Funicular
Genre: Crime Thriller - Mystery Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://room119.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Room119TFLince
Book 1:Room 119 - The Whitby Trader
High-flying trader Dean Harrison has it all – the London penthouse apartment; the fast car; the beautiful wife. But when the threads of Dean’s life start to unravel, they do so with alarming speed. Following the advice of a frail stranger,
Dean sets off for Welnetham Hall Hotel and is plunged into the mysterious world of Room 119 – a world where nothing makes sense. How does everyone in the hotel know his name? Why does he travel there on a train line that shut down over fifty years ago? And who is the sinister man in black who pursues him wherever he goes?
As he gradually pieces together the puzzle of Welnetham Hall, Dean is forced to re-evaluate his life and realises that nothing is more important to him than his wife and daughter. Desperate to get back to them, he vows he would lay down his life for the people he loves.
It’s a promise he may have to keep.
Book 2:
After his life is threatened, DI Bob Dixon leaves London hoping for the quiet life in the northern village of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. But when he takes on the case of young Lizzy Scraggs, missing since a huge tide hit Saltburn six years earlier, he embarks on an investigation that will push him to the very edge of reason.
Out on the beat, Bob learns the legend of the funicular car that left the top of Saltburn’s famous cliff lift many years ago carrying two passengers, and arrived at the bottom empty save for an abandoned ticket. And every big tide since has seen another local child disappear.
Feeling increasingly manipulated by a shadowy nemesis, Bob struggles to make sense of the seemingly impossible clues before him. How can the dead live again? Who is the tortured man haunting the churchyard in nearby Marske? And with the next massive tide just hours away, can Bob solve the puzzle and bring an end to the tragedy of Saltburn’s missing children?
The Author:
Trev Lince originates from Marske-by-the-Sea on the North East coast of England, but now lives in Darlington with his wife, Claire.
Their daughter, Annie, is a very good guitarist and is setting up a band, playing every pub in the North East that she can. She’s so rock and roll, living the dream while her father is approaching his mid-life crisis.
A keen golfer and frustrated Middlesbrough FC fan, Trev gets to as many matches as work and leisure time allow. He writes in what little spare time he has, when not working as a freelance IT Consultant.
Room 119 – The Whitby Trader is Trev’s first book and he really enjoyed the experience of writing it.
Funicular followed and he is now writing his third novel which will probably be called Reunion.
Title 1: Room 119 - The Whitby Trader
Genre: Thriller = Mystery and Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Title 2: Funicular
Genre: Crime Thriller - Mystery Suspense
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://room119.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Room119TFLince
Book 1:Room 119 - The Whitby Trader
High-flying trader Dean Harrison has it all – the London penthouse apartment; the fast car; the beautiful wife. But when the threads of Dean’s life start to unravel, they do so with alarming speed. Following the advice of a frail stranger,
Dean sets off for Welnetham Hall Hotel and is plunged into the mysterious world of Room 119 – a world where nothing makes sense. How does everyone in the hotel know his name? Why does he travel there on a train line that shut down over fifty years ago? And who is the sinister man in black who pursues him wherever he goes?
As he gradually pieces together the puzzle of Welnetham Hall, Dean is forced to re-evaluate his life and realises that nothing is more important to him than his wife and daughter. Desperate to get back to them, he vows he would lay down his life for the people he loves.
It’s a promise he may have to keep.
Book 2:
After his life is threatened, DI Bob Dixon leaves London hoping for the quiet life in the northern village of Saltburn-by-the-Sea. But when he takes on the case of young Lizzy Scraggs, missing since a huge tide hit Saltburn six years earlier, he embarks on an investigation that will push him to the very edge of reason.
Out on the beat, Bob learns the legend of the funicular car that left the top of Saltburn’s famous cliff lift many years ago carrying two passengers, and arrived at the bottom empty save for an abandoned ticket. And every big tide since has seen another local child disappear.
Feeling increasingly manipulated by a shadowy nemesis, Bob struggles to make sense of the seemingly impossible clues before him. How can the dead live again? Who is the tortured man haunting the churchyard in nearby Marske? And with the next massive tide just hours away, can Bob solve the puzzle and bring an end to the tragedy of Saltburn’s missing children?
The Author:
Trev Lince originates from Marske-by-the-Sea on the North East coast of England, but now lives in Darlington with his wife, Claire.
Their daughter, Annie, is a very good guitarist and is setting up a band, playing every pub in the North East that she can. She’s so rock and roll, living the dream while her father is approaching his mid-life crisis.
A keen golfer and frustrated Middlesbrough FC fan, Trev gets to as many matches as work and leisure time allow. He writes in what little spare time he has, when not working as a freelance IT Consultant.
Room 119 – The Whitby Trader is Trev’s first book and he really enjoyed the experience of writing it.
Funicular followed and he is now writing his third novel which will probably be called Reunion.
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Aisha Bushby
Aisha Bushby
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Two Books: Moonchild Series
Title 1: Moonchild: Voyage of the Lost and Found
Title 2: Moonchild: City of the Sun
Genre: Children Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.aishabushby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aishabushby
Book 1:
The Sahar Peninsula lies just beyond the horizon, but it isn't the easiest place to get to. No maps will take you there, nor can it be charted by gazing up at the stars, or down at a compass...
Twelve year old Amira has only ever known a life at sea with her sea-witch mothers. So when their ship is wrecked in a great storm, Amira is delighted to have an opportunity to explore land – accompanied by her best friend Namur – a jinn in cat form. Amira soon finds a boy who has a jinn like her, and learns that their spirit companions are connected to the mysterious storm that gets stronger each day.
When Namur goes missing Amira discovers she has to visit a magical place; a place where lost things can be found. But will Amira also discover her own destiny, and find out what it truly means to be a Moonchild?
Book 2:
The Sahar Peninsula lies just beyond the horizon, but it isn't the easiest place to get to. No maps will take you there, nor can it be charted by gazing up at the stars, or down at a compass...
Farah is a Moonchild with a very special kind of magic and a jinni of her own. But although she loves her magical animal companion – a lizard called Layla – Farah isn’t entirely convinced that she’s cut out for the life of adventure, which seems to bring endless danger!
When it becomes clear that Farah and her fellow Moonchildren – Leo and Amira – have unlocked moon magic that could destroy the Sahar Peninsula, Farah and her friends are thrust into another accidental adventure. And it takes them to a burning desert and another mysterious city which holds deadly secrets of its own…
The Author:
Aisha Bushby was born in Bahrain and has lived in Kuwait, England and Canada. Now she mostly lives in the worlds of her children’s books. Aisha was a contributing author in the Stripes anthology for BAME writers, A Change is Gonna Come, alongside writers including Patrice Lawrence, Tanya Byrne and Nikesh Shukla. The anthology was awarded a YA Book Prize Special Achievement Award. Aisha’s debut novel A Pocketful of Stars was longlisted for the Carnegie medal and shortlisted for the Branford Boase award. Aisha’s books are always full of heart and have a sprinkling of magic in them.
Title 1: Moonchild: Voyage of the Lost and Found
Title 2: Moonchild: City of the Sun
Genre: Children Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.aishabushby.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/aishabushby
Book 1:
The Sahar Peninsula lies just beyond the horizon, but it isn't the easiest place to get to. No maps will take you there, nor can it be charted by gazing up at the stars, or down at a compass...
Twelve year old Amira has only ever known a life at sea with her sea-witch mothers. So when their ship is wrecked in a great storm, Amira is delighted to have an opportunity to explore land – accompanied by her best friend Namur – a jinn in cat form. Amira soon finds a boy who has a jinn like her, and learns that their spirit companions are connected to the mysterious storm that gets stronger each day.
When Namur goes missing Amira discovers she has to visit a magical place; a place where lost things can be found. But will Amira also discover her own destiny, and find out what it truly means to be a Moonchild?
Book 2:
The Sahar Peninsula lies just beyond the horizon, but it isn't the easiest place to get to. No maps will take you there, nor can it be charted by gazing up at the stars, or down at a compass...
Farah is a Moonchild with a very special kind of magic and a jinni of her own. But although she loves her magical animal companion – a lizard called Layla – Farah isn’t entirely convinced that she’s cut out for the life of adventure, which seems to bring endless danger!
When it becomes clear that Farah and her fellow Moonchildren – Leo and Amira – have unlocked moon magic that could destroy the Sahar Peninsula, Farah and her friends are thrust into another accidental adventure. And it takes them to a burning desert and another mysterious city which holds deadly secrets of its own…
The Author:
Aisha Bushby was born in Bahrain and has lived in Kuwait, England and Canada. Now she mostly lives in the worlds of her children’s books. Aisha was a contributing author in the Stripes anthology for BAME writers, A Change is Gonna Come, alongside writers including Patrice Lawrence, Tanya Byrne and Nikesh Shukla. The anthology was awarded a YA Book Prize Special Achievement Award. Aisha’s debut novel A Pocketful of Stars was longlisted for the Carnegie medal and shortlisted for the Branford Boase award. Aisha’s books are always full of heart and have a sprinkling of magic in them.
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Maria Elia
Maria Elia
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Title: Smashing Plates : Greek Flavours Redefined
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Maria Elia discusses Smashing Plates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqhEBzC-IbA
Website: http://www.thisismariaelia.com/about.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisismariaelia
The Book:
Greek cuisine has a long history- the first ever cookbook was written by Ancient Greek poet Archestratos in 320 BC - and now Maria Elia brings the traditional flavours and ingredients of Greece into the 21st century with her thoroughly modern take on classic dishes. This is not a book for traditionalists, but adventurers ready to explore exciting new flavour combinations and discover what Greek cuisine has to offer. The 120 recipes are a product of a summer spent cooking and experimenting at her father's tavern in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus. From delicious vegetarian dishes such as Carrot Keftedes and Tomato and Runner Bean Baklava to Marinated Lamb with Feta Curd or Courgette-coated Calamari, and a tempting range of sweet dishes including Watermelon Mahalepi and Greek Yogurt and Apple Cake, Maria's inventive recipes will open your eyes to a whole new world of Greek cooking.
The Author:
MARIA ELIA knew she wanted to be a chef at the age of four, citing her father’s Cypriot restaurant as a source of inspiration. Progressing through the culinary world and a rigorous apprenticeship in London including stages at El Bulli and Arzak, Maria then made a name for herself heading up the kitchens at Delfina and The Whitechapel Gallery Dining Room
Head hunted to open a restaurant at five star boutique resort in California, Maria created a unique fresh and eclectic Greek Californian cuisine which gained rave reviews.
After spending time in Rwanda running a successful Supper Club business Maria is now based in the UK where she writes, cooks and teaches and has established herself as a consultant in demand, designing concepts for restaurant start-ups and various projects around the globe.
She is the author of 3 award wining books: The Modern Vegetarian, Full of Flavour and Smashing Plates which draws on her Anglo Greek heritage-redefining Greek cuisine as we know it!
In between projects Maria can be found at various pop ups, where she combines influences from her Greek heritage with the best of British produce to give an eclectic mix of Greek flavours and ingredients.
Instagram: @mariaelia9
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Maria Elia discusses Smashing Plates:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqhEBzC-IbA
Website: http://www.thisismariaelia.com/about.html
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisismariaelia
The Book:
Greek cuisine has a long history- the first ever cookbook was written by Ancient Greek poet Archestratos in 320 BC - and now Maria Elia brings the traditional flavours and ingredients of Greece into the 21st century with her thoroughly modern take on classic dishes. This is not a book for traditionalists, but adventurers ready to explore exciting new flavour combinations and discover what Greek cuisine has to offer. The 120 recipes are a product of a summer spent cooking and experimenting at her father's tavern in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus. From delicious vegetarian dishes such as Carrot Keftedes and Tomato and Runner Bean Baklava to Marinated Lamb with Feta Curd or Courgette-coated Calamari, and a tempting range of sweet dishes including Watermelon Mahalepi and Greek Yogurt and Apple Cake, Maria's inventive recipes will open your eyes to a whole new world of Greek cooking.
The Author:
MARIA ELIA knew she wanted to be a chef at the age of four, citing her father’s Cypriot restaurant as a source of inspiration. Progressing through the culinary world and a rigorous apprenticeship in London including stages at El Bulli and Arzak, Maria then made a name for herself heading up the kitchens at Delfina and The Whitechapel Gallery Dining Room
Head hunted to open a restaurant at five star boutique resort in California, Maria created a unique fresh and eclectic Greek Californian cuisine which gained rave reviews.
After spending time in Rwanda running a successful Supper Club business Maria is now based in the UK where she writes, cooks and teaches and has established herself as a consultant in demand, designing concepts for restaurant start-ups and various projects around the globe.
She is the author of 3 award wining books: The Modern Vegetarian, Full of Flavour and Smashing Plates which draws on her Anglo Greek heritage-redefining Greek cuisine as we know it!
In between projects Maria can be found at various pop ups, where she combines influences from her Greek heritage with the best of British produce to give an eclectic mix of Greek flavours and ingredients.
Instagram: @mariaelia9
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Chloe Perrin
Chloe Perrin
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Title: His Royal Hopeless
Genre: Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Uk Only
Website: https://www.chickenhousebooks.com/authors/chloe-perrin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChloePerrinUK
The Book:
Robbie is born to be evil, or so he thinks – but how do you become the head of an evil dynasty when you're ... nice?
Robbie is heir to the evilest dynasty in the world – the Sinistevils. He can't wait to pledge his heart to the menacing power of the family Sceptre and embark on his bloodthirsty future.
The thing is, Robbie is ... well ... nice. And when he discovers his heart has been swapped for clockwork, he's incapable of believing Mother had dark intentions.
Instead, he embarks on a quest to retrieve his heart, claim his wicked destiny and secure Mother's pride at last. But Mother has other ideas...
The Author:
CHLOË PERRIN is a North Walian writer who currently lives in West London studying Creative Writing at Brunel University.
They love to feed crows, prefers Halloween to Christmas and was frequently told off as a child for reading in class. Chloë has previously worked as a youth worker, drama tutor and professional storyteller, having always believed that the best way to teach anyone anything is through a story.
HIS ROYAL HOPELESS was longlisted for the 2019 Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Prize and is their debut novel.
Genre: Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free Uk Only
Website: https://www.chickenhousebooks.com/authors/chloe-perrin
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChloePerrinUK
The Book:
Robbie is born to be evil, or so he thinks – but how do you become the head of an evil dynasty when you're ... nice?
Robbie is heir to the evilest dynasty in the world – the Sinistevils. He can't wait to pledge his heart to the menacing power of the family Sceptre and embark on his bloodthirsty future.
The thing is, Robbie is ... well ... nice. And when he discovers his heart has been swapped for clockwork, he's incapable of believing Mother had dark intentions.
Instead, he embarks on a quest to retrieve his heart, claim his wicked destiny and secure Mother's pride at last. But Mother has other ideas...
The Author:
CHLOË PERRIN is a North Walian writer who currently lives in West London studying Creative Writing at Brunel University.
They love to feed crows, prefers Halloween to Christmas and was frequently told off as a child for reading in class. Chloë has previously worked as a youth worker, drama tutor and professional storyteller, having always believed that the best way to teach anyone anything is through a story.
HIS ROYAL HOPELESS was longlisted for the 2019 Times/Chicken House Children’s Fiction Prize and is their debut novel.
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£ 12
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Jenny Quintana
Jenny Quintana
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Title: The Hiding Place
Genre: Mystery/Family Drama
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennyquintana95
The Book:
Some houses have their secrets. But so do some people . . .
From the bestselling author of The Missing Girl and Our Dark Secret, comes The Hiding Place: a story about identity, love, long-buried secrets and lies.
Abandoned as a baby in the hallway of a shared house in London, Marina has never known her parents, and the circumstances of her birth still remain a mystery.
Now an adult, Marina has returned to the house where it all started, determined to find out who she really is. But the walls of this house hold more than memories, and Marina’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by the other tenants.
Someone is watching Marina. Someone who knows the truth . . .
The Author:
Jenny Quintana has become the 20th Curtis Brown Creative student to land a publishing deal, just days after her book was sent out to UK publishers by Conville & Walsh’s Sophie Lambert. On the eve of the London Book Fair, UK rights were bought at auction by Mantle Books, an imprint of Macmillan. German rights were snapped up by Goldmann after a hefty pre-empt, and Italian rights have also been sold already. Jenny workshopped her novel on our creative writing courses in Spring 2014, and we’re thrilled with the news of her success.
When Birds Forget to Sing (a title which we’re told may yet change) is the story of Anna, whose sister Gabriella disappeared years before as a teenager. When her mother dies, Anna returns home, reigniting her questions – and her quest to uncover the truth – about what happened to Gabriella. Sam Humphreys, Associate Publisher at Mantle, who bought Jenny’s book, has called it, “… a wonderful, wonderful novel: part whodunnit, part account of a life interrupted – not just Gabriella’s, but also Anna’s.”
Jenny is a teacher and mother of three who taught English in England, Spain and Greece before turning her hand to novel-writing.
Genre: Mystery/Family Drama
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennyquintana95
The Book:
Some houses have their secrets. But so do some people . . .
From the bestselling author of The Missing Girl and Our Dark Secret, comes The Hiding Place: a story about identity, love, long-buried secrets and lies.
Abandoned as a baby in the hallway of a shared house in London, Marina has never known her parents, and the circumstances of her birth still remain a mystery.
Now an adult, Marina has returned to the house where it all started, determined to find out who she really is. But the walls of this house hold more than memories, and Marina’s reappearance hasn’t gone unnoticed by the other tenants.
Someone is watching Marina. Someone who knows the truth . . .
The Author:
Jenny Quintana has become the 20th Curtis Brown Creative student to land a publishing deal, just days after her book was sent out to UK publishers by Conville & Walsh’s Sophie Lambert. On the eve of the London Book Fair, UK rights were bought at auction by Mantle Books, an imprint of Macmillan. German rights were snapped up by Goldmann after a hefty pre-empt, and Italian rights have also been sold already. Jenny workshopped her novel on our creative writing courses in Spring 2014, and we’re thrilled with the news of her success.
When Birds Forget to Sing (a title which we’re told may yet change) is the story of Anna, whose sister Gabriella disappeared years before as a teenager. When her mother dies, Anna returns home, reigniting her questions – and her quest to uncover the truth – about what happened to Gabriella. Sam Humphreys, Associate Publisher at Mantle, who bought Jenny’s book, has called it, “… a wonderful, wonderful novel: part whodunnit, part account of a life interrupted – not just Gabriella’s, but also Anna’s.”
Jenny is a teacher and mother of three who taught English in England, Spain and Greece before turning her hand to novel-writing.
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Dr Nicola Tallis
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Title: Uncrowned Queen
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://nicolatallis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolaTallis
The Book:
The first comprehensive biography in three decades of Margaret Beaufort, the mother of the Tudor Dynasty.
During the bloody and uncertain days of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort was married to the half brother of the Lancastrian king Henry VI. A year later she endured a traumatic birth that brought her and her son close to death. She was just thirteen years old.
As the battle for royal supremacy raged between the houses of Lancaster and York, Margaret, who was descended from Edward III and thus a critical threat, was forced to give up her son – she would be separated from him for fourteen years. But few could match Margaret for her boundless determination and steely courage. Surrounded by enemies and conspiracies in the Yorkist court, Margaret remained steadfast, only just escaping the headman’s axes as she plotted to overthrow Richard III in her efforts to secure her son the throne.
Against all odds, in 1485 Henry Tudor was victorious on the battlefield at Bosworth. Through Margaret’s royal blood Henry was crowned Henry VII, King of England, and Margaret became the most powerful woman in England – Queen in all but name.
The Author:
I'm a British historian who has been interested in English history all of my life. When I was four, my mother made sure that my bedtime story revolved around the tales of Camelot and King Arthur. This progressed to Henry VIII, and I've been hooked on history ever since! For my 14th birthday, my mother even made me an Elizabeth I cake!
I absolutely love the Tudors - doesn't everybody?! But I also love learning about new people and periods. I graduated from Bath Spa University with a first class BA Hons. degree in History in 2011, and from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2013 with an MA in Public History. My dissertation was actually a Tudor mobile phone app, Tudor London Hotspots, which you can download for free on Android and I Phone devices. In 2019 I completed my PhD at the University of Winchester. My thesis, entitled 'All the Queen's Jewels, 1445-1548', examines the jewellery collections of the queens of England during this period - it's such an interesting topic!
I've been fortunate enough to enjoy a varied career as a curator, lecturer, and researcher, and historical research is my passion. I spent five years researching and writing about the Grey family for my first book, and you're most likely to find me delving into documents at the National Archives or the British Library. Although history is my primary interest, I also love musicals and the theatre, and enjoy the odd glass of bubbly!
Genre: History - Biography
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://nicolatallis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NicolaTallis
The Book:
The first comprehensive biography in three decades of Margaret Beaufort, the mother of the Tudor Dynasty.
During the bloody and uncertain days of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort was married to the half brother of the Lancastrian king Henry VI. A year later she endured a traumatic birth that brought her and her son close to death. She was just thirteen years old.
As the battle for royal supremacy raged between the houses of Lancaster and York, Margaret, who was descended from Edward III and thus a critical threat, was forced to give up her son – she would be separated from him for fourteen years. But few could match Margaret for her boundless determination and steely courage. Surrounded by enemies and conspiracies in the Yorkist court, Margaret remained steadfast, only just escaping the headman’s axes as she plotted to overthrow Richard III in her efforts to secure her son the throne.
Against all odds, in 1485 Henry Tudor was victorious on the battlefield at Bosworth. Through Margaret’s royal blood Henry was crowned Henry VII, King of England, and Margaret became the most powerful woman in England – Queen in all but name.
The Author:
I'm a British historian who has been interested in English history all of my life. When I was four, my mother made sure that my bedtime story revolved around the tales of Camelot and King Arthur. This progressed to Henry VIII, and I've been hooked on history ever since! For my 14th birthday, my mother even made me an Elizabeth I cake!
I absolutely love the Tudors - doesn't everybody?! But I also love learning about new people and periods. I graduated from Bath Spa University with a first class BA Hons. degree in History in 2011, and from Royal Holloway, University of London in 2013 with an MA in Public History. My dissertation was actually a Tudor mobile phone app, Tudor London Hotspots, which you can download for free on Android and I Phone devices. In 2019 I completed my PhD at the University of Winchester. My thesis, entitled 'All the Queen's Jewels, 1445-1548', examines the jewellery collections of the queens of England during this period - it's such an interesting topic!
I've been fortunate enough to enjoy a varied career as a curator, lecturer, and researcher, and historical research is my passion. I spent five years researching and writing about the Grey family for my first book, and you're most likely to find me delving into documents at the National Archives or the British Library. Although history is my primary interest, I also love musicals and the theatre, and enjoy the odd glass of bubbly!
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Terence Woods
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Title: Revenge For A Stranger
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerenceWoods17
The Book:
After a traumatic career in the army, Peter Grimes had been enjoying the quiet routine of retirement in his Liverpool suburb until an elderly neighbour, almost a complete stranger to him, is attacked in his own home. Sensing the police won’t act, Peter uses the skills he learned in the SAS to exact revenge. However, giving a couple of thieves a good beating has consequences he couldn’t foresee. When the tangled crosshairs of Britain’s brutal underworld and Merseyside’s top detectives zero in on him, Peter faces the prospect of hurting the only person he cares about. How far will he go to get revenge for a stranger?
The Author:
Hi, my name is Terence Woods and I’m from Liverpool. I first had the idea to write a story about me and my 4 friends from my childhood when I was 15 years old, I never did get to finish it and the notes were lost. At 53 years old and working away from home in the construction industry I decided to start writing again after all them years. The first book called 5 Through Time is a fictional fantasy time travel novel about me and my friends travelling through time in 1981 to 1752. This book was self published by myself with Amazon, this soon caught the attention of a publisher who wanted to re-edit 5 through time but I had already written my second manuscript called Revenge for a stranger and once the publisher checked it, they went ahead with it straight away. I’m 55 now and I am working on a sequel to Revenge for a stranger
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerenceWoods17
The Book:
After a traumatic career in the army, Peter Grimes had been enjoying the quiet routine of retirement in his Liverpool suburb until an elderly neighbour, almost a complete stranger to him, is attacked in his own home. Sensing the police won’t act, Peter uses the skills he learned in the SAS to exact revenge. However, giving a couple of thieves a good beating has consequences he couldn’t foresee. When the tangled crosshairs of Britain’s brutal underworld and Merseyside’s top detectives zero in on him, Peter faces the prospect of hurting the only person he cares about. How far will he go to get revenge for a stranger?
The Author:
Hi, my name is Terence Woods and I’m from Liverpool. I first had the idea to write a story about me and my 4 friends from my childhood when I was 15 years old, I never did get to finish it and the notes were lost. At 53 years old and working away from home in the construction industry I decided to start writing again after all them years. The first book called 5 Through Time is a fictional fantasy time travel novel about me and my friends travelling through time in 1981 to 1752. This book was self published by myself with Amazon, this soon caught the attention of a publisher who wanted to re-edit 5 through time but I had already written my second manuscript called Revenge for a stranger and once the publisher checked it, they went ahead with it straight away. I’m 55 now and I am working on a sequel to Revenge for a stranger
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Title: 5 Through Time
Genre: Young Adult - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerenceWoods17
The Book:
It was the summer of 1981 when five young men from Liverpool, England were chosen by forces unknowing to them for their help in a quest to save a young girl. It started out a normal hot summers day in August 81, playing football in Dovecot park, but things quickly changed for the boys when they were sucked into a strange misty void that transported them to London 1752. They all have to quickly adapt to their new surroundings as they search for their way back home. They soon make new friends and some enemies as well. Watch as the lads deal with things that they only thought existed in books and fantasy. As the story unfolds the more strange it becomes, it includes ,Pirates(sea bandits),Warlocks, Super-human powers, Ancient armies all wanting the special powers of a 14 year old Chinese girl, Mia. So sit back and enjoy the ride as the 5 brave young men battle to save Mia from the clutches of Evil.
The Author:
Hi, my name is Terence Woods and I’m from Liverpool. I first had the idea to write a story about me and my 4 friends from my childhood when I was 15 years old, I never did get to finish it and the notes were lost. At 53 years old and working away from home in the construction industry I decided to start writing again after all them years. The first book called 5 Through Time is a fictional fantasy time travel novel about me and my friends travelling through time in 1981 to 1752. This book was self published by myself with Amazon, this soon caught the attention of a publisher who wanted to re-edit 5 through time but I had already written my second manuscript called Revenge for a stranger and once the publisher checked it, they went ahead with it straight away. I’m 55 now and I am working on a sequel to Revenge for a stranger
Genre: Young Adult - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerenceWoods17
The Book:
It was the summer of 1981 when five young men from Liverpool, England were chosen by forces unknowing to them for their help in a quest to save a young girl. It started out a normal hot summers day in August 81, playing football in Dovecot park, but things quickly changed for the boys when they were sucked into a strange misty void that transported them to London 1752. They all have to quickly adapt to their new surroundings as they search for their way back home. They soon make new friends and some enemies as well. Watch as the lads deal with things that they only thought existed in books and fantasy. As the story unfolds the more strange it becomes, it includes ,Pirates(sea bandits),Warlocks, Super-human powers, Ancient armies all wanting the special powers of a 14 year old Chinese girl, Mia. So sit back and enjoy the ride as the 5 brave young men battle to save Mia from the clutches of Evil.
The Author:
Hi, my name is Terence Woods and I’m from Liverpool. I first had the idea to write a story about me and my 4 friends from my childhood when I was 15 years old, I never did get to finish it and the notes were lost. At 53 years old and working away from home in the construction industry I decided to start writing again after all them years. The first book called 5 Through Time is a fictional fantasy time travel novel about me and my friends travelling through time in 1981 to 1752. This book was self published by myself with Amazon, this soon caught the attention of a publisher who wanted to re-edit 5 through time but I had already written my second manuscript called Revenge for a stranger and once the publisher checked it, they went ahead with it straight away. I’m 55 now and I am working on a sequel to Revenge for a stranger
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Susan Harvey
Susan Harvey
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Title: Tinker Snickels and the Nurture Gnomes
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.green-cat.shop/susan-harvey
Twitter: https://twitter.com/susansartstudio
The Book:
Tinker Snickels is a little gnome who struggles to talk about how he is feeling and doesn’t really understand his emotions.
When he decides to run away, he stumbles across an elderly lady in another village. She gets him to talk openly before sending him safely home with a surprise gift. Tinker Snickels loses the gift … or does he?
What follows is how the gnomes that live near the Crickmore Woods became known as the Nurture Gnomes.
An uplifting children’s story that opens up a discussion on how good it is to talk, general kindness and with a little sprinkle of magic.
The Author:
Susan was born in Berkshire and currently lives there with her husband. They have two adult sons and dog named Kizzy.
For over 20 years, Susan has worked in special needs education and alongside being a mother of an autistic son, is a great advocate for children’s mental health.
After leaving her role as an art tutor and mentor to spend more time at home, she started painting and has sold work all over the UK and abroad.
Being creative Susan recently began crafting and making gnomes which inspired her to write a children’s book about a little gnome. As the story developed, she found a way to incorporate an opening about how important it is to talk about feelings and emotions, along with kindness.
Susan currently works for a charity that supports families with children, and co-hosts an autism parenting course.
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.green-cat.shop/susan-harvey
Twitter: https://twitter.com/susansartstudio
The Book:
Tinker Snickels is a little gnome who struggles to talk about how he is feeling and doesn’t really understand his emotions.
When he decides to run away, he stumbles across an elderly lady in another village. She gets him to talk openly before sending him safely home with a surprise gift. Tinker Snickels loses the gift … or does he?
What follows is how the gnomes that live near the Crickmore Woods became known as the Nurture Gnomes.
An uplifting children’s story that opens up a discussion on how good it is to talk, general kindness and with a little sprinkle of magic.
The Author:
Susan was born in Berkshire and currently lives there with her husband. They have two adult sons and dog named Kizzy.
For over 20 years, Susan has worked in special needs education and alongside being a mother of an autistic son, is a great advocate for children’s mental health.
After leaving her role as an art tutor and mentor to spend more time at home, she started painting and has sold work all over the UK and abroad.
Being creative Susan recently began crafting and making gnomes which inspired her to write a children’s book about a little gnome. As the story developed, she found a way to incorporate an opening about how important it is to talk about feelings and emotions, along with kindness.
Susan currently works for a charity that supports families with children, and co-hosts an autism parenting course.
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Olga Gibbs
Olga Gibbs
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Title: No Child of Mine
Genre: Science Fiction - Dystopia
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://olgagibbs.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/notifications
The Book:
57th Year of the true leadership of The Ordained Liberating Party; or Year 2273 by the old calendar.
"The Collapse" took millions of lives and most of the country's farming lands, bringing the surviving population of the island to the brink of starvation.
Out of the aftermath of the chaos and anarchy, a new state had emerged, known as The Federation Britannia, run by the single and unopposed Ordained Liberating Party.
The division of the country's orphanages for children of "the true citizens" and children of "the enemies of the state" began the clearance of the questionable element, and the bloody years of the Age of Cleansing had finished the purge, leaving behind perfectly obedient electorate that marched every year in the Liberation Day parades, praising the Party's leadership and following the Party's every directive.
The rule of the Party is absolute. Its tool of compliance, the State Security Unit, is feared.
Tom isn't a frightened follower, he is a true believer. He loves the Party with all his heart. He trusts in the Party's wisdom. The Party had raised him, rewarding his devotion and love with a lucrative engineering job, and after the approval for the Procreation licence, it also granted him a family.
But the unexpected midnight visit by the State Security to his flat, questions asked and blood samples collected, unsettles Tom more than he likes to admit, and the following day, whilst investigating the "black uniforms" interest, Tom witnesses the State Security troops, led by the familiar officer, marshalling the children from his daughter's nursery, packing them into trucks and taking them into the unknown.
At that moment Tom is forced to make a decision: either to follow the Party's directive and surrender his child into its plenary care, or to protect what he loves and run.
But there's nowhere to run. There's no escape from the island or from the complete control of the Ordained Liberating Party.
The Author:
Olga Gibbs is a mental health expert who has experience of working with disturbance in adolescents and young people. Using her Masters in Creative Writing, she explores taboo topics such as borderline personality and social effective disorder, effects of abuse and insecure attachment in young people and the inner world which is so rarely spoken about.
She was born and raised in USSR and now lives in UK.
Olga Gibbs is also a creative writing coach and mentor.
Genre: Science Fiction - Dystopia
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://olgagibbs.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/notifications
The Book:
57th Year of the true leadership of The Ordained Liberating Party; or Year 2273 by the old calendar.
"The Collapse" took millions of lives and most of the country's farming lands, bringing the surviving population of the island to the brink of starvation.
Out of the aftermath of the chaos and anarchy, a new state had emerged, known as The Federation Britannia, run by the single and unopposed Ordained Liberating Party.
The division of the country's orphanages for children of "the true citizens" and children of "the enemies of the state" began the clearance of the questionable element, and the bloody years of the Age of Cleansing had finished the purge, leaving behind perfectly obedient electorate that marched every year in the Liberation Day parades, praising the Party's leadership and following the Party's every directive.
The rule of the Party is absolute. Its tool of compliance, the State Security Unit, is feared.
Tom isn't a frightened follower, he is a true believer. He loves the Party with all his heart. He trusts in the Party's wisdom. The Party had raised him, rewarding his devotion and love with a lucrative engineering job, and after the approval for the Procreation licence, it also granted him a family.
But the unexpected midnight visit by the State Security to his flat, questions asked and blood samples collected, unsettles Tom more than he likes to admit, and the following day, whilst investigating the "black uniforms" interest, Tom witnesses the State Security troops, led by the familiar officer, marshalling the children from his daughter's nursery, packing them into trucks and taking them into the unknown.
At that moment Tom is forced to make a decision: either to follow the Party's directive and surrender his child into its plenary care, or to protect what he loves and run.
But there's nowhere to run. There's no escape from the island or from the complete control of the Ordained Liberating Party.
The Author:
Olga Gibbs is a mental health expert who has experience of working with disturbance in adolescents and young people. Using her Masters in Creative Writing, she explores taboo topics such as borderline personality and social effective disorder, effects of abuse and insecure attachment in young people and the inner world which is so rarely spoken about.
She was born and raised in USSR and now lives in UK.
Olga Gibbs is also a creative writing coach and mentor.
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Janice Hallett
Janice Hallett
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Title: The Appeal
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback - First Edition (Limited edition with pink ribbon on cover)
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.sheilland.com/janice-hallett
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaniceHallett
The Book:
In a town full of secrets... Someone was murdered. Someone went to prison. And everyone's a suspect. Can you uncover the truth?
Dear Reader - enclosed are all the documents you need to solve a case. It starts with the arrival of two mysterious newcomers to the small town of Lockwood, and ends with a tragic death. Someone has already been convicted of this brutal murder and is currently in prison, but we suspect they are innocent. What's more, we believe far darker secrets have yet to be revealed.
Throughout the Fairway Players' staging of All My Sons and the charity appeal for little Poppy Reswick's life-saving medical treatment, the murderer hid in plain sight. Yet we believe they gave themselves away. In writing. The evidence is all here, between the lines, waiting to be discovered. Will you accept the challenge? Can you uncover the truth?
The standout debut thriller of 2021 that delivers multiple brilliant twists, and will change the way you think about the modern crime novel.
The Author:
Janice Hallett is a British author, screenwriter and an award-winning journalist, best known for her phenomenally successful debut thriller The Appeal.
Before her breakout entry into the realms of crime fiction, Janice Hallett worked as a journalist, magazine editor and speech writer for the Cabinet Office and Home Office, as well as writing for the stage and screen. Her first feature film Retreat (co-written and directed by Carl Tibbetts) came out in 2011, and she won the award for Best New Screenplay at the 2014 British Independent Film Festival.
In 2021, Hallett published her chart-topping debut thriller The Appeal. Composed of emails, texts, police transcripts and other documents, this unique interactive murder mystery filled with amateur sleuths and thespians was selected as Waterstones Thriller of the Month for July 2021 to phenomenal success. Hallett’s second novel The Twyford Code (2022) revolves around a secret code spotted in a famous children’s author’s work by an English teacher who subsequently disappears, and the former pupil who starts to investigate her fate decades later.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Hardback - First Edition (Limited edition with pink ribbon on cover)
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.sheilland.com/janice-hallett
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JaniceHallett
The Book:
In a town full of secrets... Someone was murdered. Someone went to prison. And everyone's a suspect. Can you uncover the truth?
Dear Reader - enclosed are all the documents you need to solve a case. It starts with the arrival of two mysterious newcomers to the small town of Lockwood, and ends with a tragic death. Someone has already been convicted of this brutal murder and is currently in prison, but we suspect they are innocent. What's more, we believe far darker secrets have yet to be revealed.
Throughout the Fairway Players' staging of All My Sons and the charity appeal for little Poppy Reswick's life-saving medical treatment, the murderer hid in plain sight. Yet we believe they gave themselves away. In writing. The evidence is all here, between the lines, waiting to be discovered. Will you accept the challenge? Can you uncover the truth?
The standout debut thriller of 2021 that delivers multiple brilliant twists, and will change the way you think about the modern crime novel.
The Author:
Janice Hallett is a British author, screenwriter and an award-winning journalist, best known for her phenomenally successful debut thriller The Appeal.
Before her breakout entry into the realms of crime fiction, Janice Hallett worked as a journalist, magazine editor and speech writer for the Cabinet Office and Home Office, as well as writing for the stage and screen. Her first feature film Retreat (co-written and directed by Carl Tibbetts) came out in 2011, and she won the award for Best New Screenplay at the 2014 British Independent Film Festival.
In 2021, Hallett published her chart-topping debut thriller The Appeal. Composed of emails, texts, police transcripts and other documents, this unique interactive murder mystery filled with amateur sleuths and thespians was selected as Waterstones Thriller of the Month for July 2021 to phenomenal success. Hallett’s second novel The Twyford Code (2022) revolves around a secret code spotted in a famous children’s author’s work by an English teacher who subsequently disappears, and the former pupil who starts to investigate her fate decades later.
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£ 13
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Daisy Buchanan
Daisy Buchanan
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Title: Insatiable
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Linked-in: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/daisy-buchanan-9618985a
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotRollergirl
The Book:
Stuck in a dead-end job, broken-hearted, broke and estranged from her best friend: Violet's life is nothing like she thought it would be. She wants more - better friends, better sex, a better job - and she wants it now.
So, when Lottie - who looks like the woman Violet wants to be when she grows up - offers Violet the chance to join her exciting start-up, she bites. Only it soon becomes clear that Lottie and her husband Simon are not only inviting Violet into their company, they are also inviting her into their lives.
Seduced by their townhouse, their expensive candles and their Friday-night sex parties, Violet cannot tear herself away from Lottie, Simon or their friends. But is this really the more Violet yearns for? Will it grant her the satisfaction she is so desperately seeking?
Insatiable is about women and desire - lust, longing and the need to be loved. It is a story about being unable to tell whether you are running towards your future or simply running away from your past. The result is at once tender and sad, funny and hopeful.
The Author:
Daisy Buchanan is an award winning journalist and the author of the critically acclaimed book How To Be A Grown Up. She's a regular contributor to TV and radio, frequently appearing on Woman's Hour, Good Morning Britain, This Morning, Sky News and the Today programme. Daisy writes for a wide range of publications including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Sun, Grazia, Marie Claire and The Pool, covering everything from pop culture to mental health with a feminist perspective. She's a TEDx speaker, giving advice on how to get through the trickiest parts of your twenties in her talk How To Survive A Quarter Life Crisis. Daisy has been Grazia's in house agony aunt, writing the popular Dear Daisy column, and she's currently the title's Reality TV correspondent, covering Made In Chelsea with her tongue firmly in her cheek.
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Linked-in: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/daisy-buchanan-9618985a
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NotRollergirl
The Book:
Stuck in a dead-end job, broken-hearted, broke and estranged from her best friend: Violet's life is nothing like she thought it would be. She wants more - better friends, better sex, a better job - and she wants it now.
So, when Lottie - who looks like the woman Violet wants to be when she grows up - offers Violet the chance to join her exciting start-up, she bites. Only it soon becomes clear that Lottie and her husband Simon are not only inviting Violet into their company, they are also inviting her into their lives.
Seduced by their townhouse, their expensive candles and their Friday-night sex parties, Violet cannot tear herself away from Lottie, Simon or their friends. But is this really the more Violet yearns for? Will it grant her the satisfaction she is so desperately seeking?
Insatiable is about women and desire - lust, longing and the need to be loved. It is a story about being unable to tell whether you are running towards your future or simply running away from your past. The result is at once tender and sad, funny and hopeful.
The Author:
Daisy Buchanan is an award winning journalist and the author of the critically acclaimed book How To Be A Grown Up. She's a regular contributor to TV and radio, frequently appearing on Woman's Hour, Good Morning Britain, This Morning, Sky News and the Today programme. Daisy writes for a wide range of publications including The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Times, The Sun, Grazia, Marie Claire and The Pool, covering everything from pop culture to mental health with a feminist perspective. She's a TEDx speaker, giving advice on how to get through the trickiest parts of your twenties in her talk How To Survive A Quarter Life Crisis. Daisy has been Grazia's in house agony aunt, writing the popular Dear Daisy column, and she's currently the title's Reality TV correspondent, covering Made In Chelsea with her tongue firmly in her cheek.
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Lucy Hope
Lucy Hope
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Title: Fledgling
Genre: Children’s middle-grade historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
A Reading from Fledgling by Lucy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NujNeHiTg6s
Website: https://www.lucy-hope.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucyhope_author
The Book:
A dark, gothic adventure set in the Bavarian forest, with angels and owls and magic and a boy who isn’t all that he seems to be…
A cherub is blown into Cassie Engel’s bedroom during a thunderstorm, triggering a series of terrifying events. Cassie must discover if its arrival was an accident or part of something more sinister.
With a self-obsessed opera singer for a mother, a strange taxidermist father, and a best friend who isn’t quite what he seems, Cassie is forced to unearth the secrets of her family’s past. As the dark forces gather around them, can Cassie protect all that she holds dear?
The Author:
Lucy grew up in an ancient fortified house in North Wales with battlements, arrow slits and a dungeon. Even though it doesn't perch on top of a rock, and isn't in Bavaria, it helped to inspire Cassie's house in Fledgling.
She has done lots of jobs over the years before deciding to be a writer. She has been a product manager, buyer, teaching assistant and web designer. In 2018 she did the MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. Lucy LOVED the course and learned heaps about what it means to be a writer. She made brilliant friends, and wrote Fledgling.
Lucy lives in an old police house in the Cotswolds with her husband, two children and a big shaggy dog called Bronte. She loves cooking and eating with her family and friends, taking long muddy walks in the countryside, eating cup cakes in cafes, reading, and of course thinking up new stories.
Genre: Children’s middle-grade historical fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
A Reading from Fledgling by Lucy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NujNeHiTg6s
Website: https://www.lucy-hope.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lucyhope_author
The Book:
A dark, gothic adventure set in the Bavarian forest, with angels and owls and magic and a boy who isn’t all that he seems to be…
A cherub is blown into Cassie Engel’s bedroom during a thunderstorm, triggering a series of terrifying events. Cassie must discover if its arrival was an accident or part of something more sinister.
With a self-obsessed opera singer for a mother, a strange taxidermist father, and a best friend who isn’t quite what he seems, Cassie is forced to unearth the secrets of her family’s past. As the dark forces gather around them, can Cassie protect all that she holds dear?
The Author:
Lucy grew up in an ancient fortified house in North Wales with battlements, arrow slits and a dungeon. Even though it doesn't perch on top of a rock, and isn't in Bavaria, it helped to inspire Cassie's house in Fledgling.
She has done lots of jobs over the years before deciding to be a writer. She has been a product manager, buyer, teaching assistant and web designer. In 2018 she did the MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University. Lucy LOVED the course and learned heaps about what it means to be a writer. She made brilliant friends, and wrote Fledgling.
Lucy lives in an old police house in the Cotswolds with her husband, two children and a big shaggy dog called Bronte. She loves cooking and eating with her family and friends, taking long muddy walks in the countryside, eating cup cakes in cafes, reading, and of course thinking up new stories.
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Karen Inglis
Karen Inglis
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Title: The Secret Lake
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://kareninglisauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kareninglis
The Book:
A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel and a secret lake. A page-turning time travel adventure for ages 8-11 now enjoyed by over 350,000 young readers in the English language and in translation in eight other languages.
When Stella and her younger brother Tom move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbour’s small dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through?
Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound, and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake.
Who is the boy rowing towards them who looks so terrified? And whose are those children’s voices carried on the wind from beyond the woods?
Stella and Tom soon discover that they have travelled back in time to their home and its gardens almost 100 years earlier. Here they make both friends and enemies, and uncover startling connections between the past and present.
The Author:
I'm an Amazon UK/US bestselling children's author based in London, UK and I write for children from ages 3-11. I have two boys, George and Nick ( all grown up now!) who inspired me to write when they were younger.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade) Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://kareninglisauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/kareninglis
The Book:
A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel and a secret lake. A page-turning time travel adventure for ages 8-11 now enjoyed by over 350,000 young readers in the English language and in translation in eight other languages.
When Stella and her younger brother Tom move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbour’s small dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through?
Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound, and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake.
Who is the boy rowing towards them who looks so terrified? And whose are those children’s voices carried on the wind from beyond the woods?
Stella and Tom soon discover that they have travelled back in time to their home and its gardens almost 100 years earlier. Here they make both friends and enemies, and uncover startling connections between the past and present.
The Author:
I'm an Amazon UK/US bestselling children's author based in London, UK and I write for children from ages 3-11. I have two boys, George and Nick ( all grown up now!) who inspired me to write when they were younger.
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Chris Malone
Chris Malone
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Two Books:
Title 1: #Stop The Glitch
Title 2: #Isolate
Genre: Thriller - Dystopian
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
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Website: https://chrismaloneauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMoiraM
Book 1: #Stop The Glitch
Post-pandemic dependence on tech is shattered by the glitch, a cyber-attack, which temporarily knocks out power and communication networks. Hoping to escape society, securing a peaceful life off grid, Robin is thwarted, becoming stranded in Oxford when an unexpected second glitch strikes. Desperate to make it back to Caernef Camp, Robin recruits three companions and is joined by a mysterious gate-crasher. Through a series of bizarre circumstances, the group is pulled into a conspiracy. Competing gangs challenge assumptions about progress and prosperity. With the future of society again at stake, who holds the key to stop the glitch?
Book 2: #Isolate
Set after the events of #stoptheglitch, in this standalone sequel, Miranda investigates who is behind the series of attacks on national infrastructure. It is a race against time to prevent a total lockdown of technology.
Her arch enemy, Robin, a misfit who is bold enough to speak out, and who lures mavericks into making an ethical stand to challenge the status quo, might be her only hope. Now, framed with murder and on the run from the authorities, Miranda is determined to get as deep into Robin's campaigns as she can, to live and breathe Robin, not only to be her shadow, but to be her.
Meanwhile, #isolate is gaining momentum, playing out in the countryside and the cities against the backdrop of a looming general election. An ingenious algorithm is used to promote #Spoiler: 'Legitimately spoil your ballot paper and be counted. Make a difference!'
The Author:
Having retired at the end of 2018, Chris now focuses on her writing, ably assisted by Ken, her husband, chief critic and proof-reader. ‘Zade’, her first novel, was published by Austin Macauley in May 2020.
Chris is proud of her Open University degree and qualifying as a teacher through the Open University, achieving both while her three children were young.
During her 30-year education career, Chris has worked as a class teacher, a primary school headteacher, and an Ofsted inspector, as well as setting up and managing pre-schools. She was also principal of a Further Education Centre. In 2000 Chris was invited to Buckingham Palace to celebrate her contribution to education.
Over ten years, she occupied a series of senior management roles in county councils, leading on the quality of education in Oxfordshire, and most recently as Head of Education in Warwickshire, with responsibility for early years, primary and secondary schools, through to adult education.
Title 1: #Stop The Glitch
Title 2: #Isolate
Genre: Thriller - Dystopian
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://chrismaloneauthor.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMoiraM
Book 1: #Stop The Glitch
Post-pandemic dependence on tech is shattered by the glitch, a cyber-attack, which temporarily knocks out power and communication networks. Hoping to escape society, securing a peaceful life off grid, Robin is thwarted, becoming stranded in Oxford when an unexpected second glitch strikes. Desperate to make it back to Caernef Camp, Robin recruits three companions and is joined by a mysterious gate-crasher. Through a series of bizarre circumstances, the group is pulled into a conspiracy. Competing gangs challenge assumptions about progress and prosperity. With the future of society again at stake, who holds the key to stop the glitch?
Book 2: #Isolate
Set after the events of #stoptheglitch, in this standalone sequel, Miranda investigates who is behind the series of attacks on national infrastructure. It is a race against time to prevent a total lockdown of technology.
Her arch enemy, Robin, a misfit who is bold enough to speak out, and who lures mavericks into making an ethical stand to challenge the status quo, might be her only hope. Now, framed with murder and on the run from the authorities, Miranda is determined to get as deep into Robin's campaigns as she can, to live and breathe Robin, not only to be her shadow, but to be her.
Meanwhile, #isolate is gaining momentum, playing out in the countryside and the cities against the backdrop of a looming general election. An ingenious algorithm is used to promote #Spoiler: 'Legitimately spoil your ballot paper and be counted. Make a difference!'
The Author:
Having retired at the end of 2018, Chris now focuses on her writing, ably assisted by Ken, her husband, chief critic and proof-reader. ‘Zade’, her first novel, was published by Austin Macauley in May 2020.
Chris is proud of her Open University degree and qualifying as a teacher through the Open University, achieving both while her three children were young.
During her 30-year education career, Chris has worked as a class teacher, a primary school headteacher, and an Ofsted inspector, as well as setting up and managing pre-schools. She was also principal of a Further Education Centre. In 2000 Chris was invited to Buckingham Palace to celebrate her contribution to education.
Over ten years, she occupied a series of senior management roles in county councils, leading on the quality of education in Oxfordshire, and most recently as Head of Education in Warwickshire, with responsibility for early years, primary and secondary schools, through to adult education.
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Liz Nugent
Liz Nugent
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Title: Little Cruelties
Genre: Psychological Suspense
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Eire & UK Only
Website: https://www.liznugent.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizzienugent
The Book:
Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin.
Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother's unequal love. As men, the competition continues - for status, money, fame, women ...
They each betray each other, over and over, until one of them is dead.
But which brother killed him?
The Author:
Liz Nugent worked as a stage manager in theatres in Ireland and toured internationally before writing extensively for radio and television drama.
Unravelling Oliver was published in 2014, hit the number 1 spot for several weeks and won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.
Lying in Wait, published in 2016, went straight to number 1 and was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. It won the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards.
In October 2017, Liz won the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Award in Literature.
Skin Deep was published in 2018. It also went straight to number 1 in the bestsellers charts and scooped two awards at the An Post Irish Book Awards in Nov '18: Crime Novel of the Year AND the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listener's Choice Award.
In March 2020, just as the country went into lockdown after the pandemic of Covid 19 hit Ireland, Our Little Cruelties was published in Ireland. Nevertheless, it retained the number one spot for 12 weeks and remained in the top ten for five months.
It was published in the UK in paperback in January 2021, and was published in the USA and Canada under the title ‘LITTLE CRUELTIES’ in November 2020. The New York Times named Little Cruelties as one of just seven ‘MOST RECOMMENDED THRILLERS OF 2020’. In February 2021 Liz was honoured to accept the James Joyce Medal from the L&H Society of University College Dublin. Previous recipients include Bill Clinton, Seamus Heaney, JK Rowling and Sue Townsend.
Genre: Psychological Suspense
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Eire & UK Only
Website: https://www.liznugent.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lizzienugent
The Book:
Three brothers are at the funeral. One lies in the coffin.
Will, Brian and Luke grow up competing for their mother's unequal love. As men, the competition continues - for status, money, fame, women ...
They each betray each other, over and over, until one of them is dead.
But which brother killed him?
The Author:
Liz Nugent worked as a stage manager in theatres in Ireland and toured internationally before writing extensively for radio and television drama.
Unravelling Oliver was published in 2014, hit the number 1 spot for several weeks and won Crime Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.
Lying in Wait, published in 2016, went straight to number 1 and was chosen for the Richard & Judy Book Club. It won the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listeners Choice Award at the Irish Book Awards.
In October 2017, Liz won the Irish Tatler Woman of the Year Award in Literature.
Skin Deep was published in 2018. It also went straight to number 1 in the bestsellers charts and scooped two awards at the An Post Irish Book Awards in Nov '18: Crime Novel of the Year AND the Radio 1 Ryan Tubridy Listener's Choice Award.
In March 2020, just as the country went into lockdown after the pandemic of Covid 19 hit Ireland, Our Little Cruelties was published in Ireland. Nevertheless, it retained the number one spot for 12 weeks and remained in the top ten for five months.
It was published in the UK in paperback in January 2021, and was published in the USA and Canada under the title ‘LITTLE CRUELTIES’ in November 2020. The New York Times named Little Cruelties as one of just seven ‘MOST RECOMMENDED THRILLERS OF 2020’. In February 2021 Liz was honoured to accept the James Joyce Medal from the L&H Society of University College Dublin. Previous recipients include Bill Clinton, Seamus Heaney, JK Rowling and Sue Townsend.
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Lesley Parr
Lesley Parr
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Title: The Valley Of Lost Secrets
Genre: Children - Historical Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.lesleyparr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WelshDragonParr
The Book:
September 1939.
When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn't be more different from London. Green, quiet and full of strangers, he instantly feels out of place.
But then he finds a skull hidden in a tree, and suddenly the valley is more frightening than the war. Who can Jimmy trust? His brother is too little; his best friend has changed.
Finding an ally in someone he never expects, they set out together to uncover the secrets that lie with the skull. What they discover will change Jimmy - and the village - forever.
The Author:
I grew up in South Wales, at the bottom of a valley and quite near a seaside steelworks. Now I live in the middle of England (almost as far from the sea as it’s possible to get) with my husband and our rescue cat, Angharad. I share my time between writing stories, tutoring adults and teaching at a primary school. Apart from books, rugby union is my favourite thing in the world, especially if Wales is winning. I graduated with distinction from Bath Spa University’s MA in Writing for Young People. The Valley of Lost Secrets is my first book.
Genre: Children - Historical Mystery
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.lesleyparr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WelshDragonParr
The Book:
September 1939.
When Jimmy is evacuated to a small village in Wales, it couldn't be more different from London. Green, quiet and full of strangers, he instantly feels out of place.
But then he finds a skull hidden in a tree, and suddenly the valley is more frightening than the war. Who can Jimmy trust? His brother is too little; his best friend has changed.
Finding an ally in someone he never expects, they set out together to uncover the secrets that lie with the skull. What they discover will change Jimmy - and the village - forever.
The Author:
I grew up in South Wales, at the bottom of a valley and quite near a seaside steelworks. Now I live in the middle of England (almost as far from the sea as it’s possible to get) with my husband and our rescue cat, Angharad. I share my time between writing stories, tutoring adults and teaching at a primary school. Apart from books, rugby union is my favourite thing in the world, especially if Wales is winning. I graduated with distinction from Bath Spa University’s MA in Writing for Young People. The Valley of Lost Secrets is my first book.
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Susan Hughes
Susan Hughes
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Title: Sprout's Surprise
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SproutsSurprise
The Book:
Sprout is a playful little Brussel whose tummy keeps turning greener and greener but he doesn't know why! Puzzled, he asks Scarecrow if he knows the answer. But that's not his only surprise! What big discovery does Sprout make?
As he innocently goes about his day, Sprout somehow seems to end up in mischief and mayhem. A cheeky but loveable little Brussel, his antics will help children to make sense of the world around them. The ethos behind this book is that just like Sprout who is small, little children can learn about big issues too. He may be small in size, but he's big in surprise!
A fun rhyming story with a gentle eco-friendly message, perfect to share at home or in the classroom with preschool/early readers. Includes Sprout's Tips - story questions and themed activity ideas for children and grown-ups to do together.
The Author:
Susan Hughes lives in Derbyshire with her family and two rescue cats. With a background in primary and early years education, Susan is passionate about young children learning through play and for reading and writing to be fun. She loves that light bulb moment when young children pick up a book to 'read' for the first time, even if it is upside down! When young children learn without feeling they have been taught is when Susan feels she has done her job well. This lies at the heart of her writing.
Susan loves to write fun and engaging stories for children and grown-ups to share together which make you laugh, smile or maybe even bring a tear to your eye! Sprout's Surprise is the first in a series of fun escapades to develop children's understanding of the word around them.
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Book
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SproutsSurprise
The Book:
Sprout is a playful little Brussel whose tummy keeps turning greener and greener but he doesn't know why! Puzzled, he asks Scarecrow if he knows the answer. But that's not his only surprise! What big discovery does Sprout make?
As he innocently goes about his day, Sprout somehow seems to end up in mischief and mayhem. A cheeky but loveable little Brussel, his antics will help children to make sense of the world around them. The ethos behind this book is that just like Sprout who is small, little children can learn about big issues too. He may be small in size, but he's big in surprise!
A fun rhyming story with a gentle eco-friendly message, perfect to share at home or in the classroom with preschool/early readers. Includes Sprout's Tips - story questions and themed activity ideas for children and grown-ups to do together.
The Author:
Susan Hughes lives in Derbyshire with her family and two rescue cats. With a background in primary and early years education, Susan is passionate about young children learning through play and for reading and writing to be fun. She loves that light bulb moment when young children pick up a book to 'read' for the first time, even if it is upside down! When young children learn without feeling they have been taught is when Susan feels she has done her job well. This lies at the heart of her writing.
Susan loves to write fun and engaging stories for children and grown-ups to share together which make you laugh, smile or maybe even bring a tear to your eye! Sprout's Surprise is the first in a series of fun escapades to develop children's understanding of the word around them.
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Steve Weatherill
Steve Weatherill
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Title 1: Baby Goz
Title 2: Count on Goz
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Books
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://babygoz.webflow.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveWeatherill
Book 1: Baby Goz
The little gosling finds the nest empty and goes in search of his mummy. Not quite sure what he's looking for, he asks each animal he finds if they are his mummy. He sees part of the animal sticking out from behind each flap. Lifting the flap reveals the whole shape. Baby Goz teaches shape recognition, names of animals, animal sounds and memorising key words by repetition.
This first lift-the-flap book introduces Goz, a very special gosling and helps children recognise familiar animals. An effective story for very young children...the simple text will soon be memorised and the child will be able to enjoy this book alone and read it on their own.
Book 2: Count on Goz
Goz the gosling has just hatched and goes looking for his mum. He sees parts of other animals, such as a long green leg or a wagging brown tail and the reader lifts the flap to see whether the animal is his mum or not. Then he finds her, and it is time for a swim.
The Author:
Steve Weatherill is an author/illustrator and cartoonist best known for the Goz series published by Frances Lincoln. Baby Goz was one of the first 6 books chosen by Bookstart when it began. He has visited over 1000 schools and libraries across Britain and Ireland with his early learning road show.
Title 2: Count on Goz
Genre: Children
Format: Picture Books
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://babygoz.webflow.io
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveWeatherill
Book 1: Baby Goz
The little gosling finds the nest empty and goes in search of his mummy. Not quite sure what he's looking for, he asks each animal he finds if they are his mummy. He sees part of the animal sticking out from behind each flap. Lifting the flap reveals the whole shape. Baby Goz teaches shape recognition, names of animals, animal sounds and memorising key words by repetition.
This first lift-the-flap book introduces Goz, a very special gosling and helps children recognise familiar animals. An effective story for very young children...the simple text will soon be memorised and the child will be able to enjoy this book alone and read it on their own.
Book 2: Count on Goz
Goz the gosling has just hatched and goes looking for his mum. He sees parts of other animals, such as a long green leg or a wagging brown tail and the reader lifts the flap to see whether the animal is his mum or not. Then he finds her, and it is time for a swim.
The Author:
Steve Weatherill is an author/illustrator and cartoonist best known for the Goz series published by Frances Lincoln. Baby Goz was one of the first 6 books chosen by Bookstart when it began. He has visited over 1000 schools and libraries across Britain and Ireland with his early learning road show.
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Two Books: The Malice Series
Prepare yourself for even more mischief than before with this gorgeously gothic series!
This funny, warm-hearted, spooky series – stunningly illustrated by Hannah Peck, and beautifully packaged – will delight and enchant middle-grade readers aged 8+.
Title 1: Malice in Underland
Title 2: A Trick of Time
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Book 1: Malice in Underland
Meet Malice Morbid Malign.
She’s from Underland, land of sorcery, spooks and skulduggery.
But, she and her family live in Topside and mischief is their business . . .
And the business of mischief is a very serious matter!
The Malign family hate books, they hate bathing, and they especially HATE helping.
But when grandad ghosts mysteriously start disappearing, including her own beloved grandad, Malice has no choice but to help.
She partners up with her Uncle Vexatious, to solve the case of the missing grandad-ghosts.
Book 2: A Trick of Time
Malice Morbid Malign isn't like the rest of her family.
But when her younger sister Antipathy-Rose finds a sphere of solid Amber in one of the forbidden swag rooms at Malignant House, and bites right through it, she unwittingly unleashes a world of trouble. Trapped within the Amber sphere is Maniacal Malign’s time-stopping pocket watch.
Maniacal Malign had been in exile for several centuries but the moment Antipathy-Rose’s gnashers crack the Amber, he is summoned back to monstrous action. Malice, Uncle Vex and Seth find themselves on a time-sensitive mission, as they race to retrieve the pocket watch, whilst unravelling Maniacal’s malevolent mischief along the way.
The Author:
Jenni Jennings lives in a small seaside town in the UK with her husband; their children having left home for big adventures.
She went to university aged 39 to study part-time for a degree in Creative and Professional Writing, and for the last 7 years, Jenni has been baking cakes for a coffee shop where she lives. Jenni likes long walks, baking days and is obsessed with stationary. She doesn’t believe in saving things for best and shamelessly wears party dresses to the supermarket.
Malice in Underland is Jenni’s debut middle grade series. Jenni also writes adult fiction under the name Jenny Bayliss.
Prepare yourself for even more mischief than before with this gorgeously gothic series!
This funny, warm-hearted, spooky series – stunningly illustrated by Hannah Peck, and beautifully packaged – will delight and enchant middle-grade readers aged 8+.
Title 1: Malice in Underland
Title 2: A Trick of Time
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Linked-In: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jenni-bayliss-a788a037
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BaylissJenni
Book 1: Malice in Underland
Meet Malice Morbid Malign.
She’s from Underland, land of sorcery, spooks and skulduggery.
But, she and her family live in Topside and mischief is their business . . .
And the business of mischief is a very serious matter!
The Malign family hate books, they hate bathing, and they especially HATE helping.
But when grandad ghosts mysteriously start disappearing, including her own beloved grandad, Malice has no choice but to help.
She partners up with her Uncle Vexatious, to solve the case of the missing grandad-ghosts.
Book 2: A Trick of Time
Malice Morbid Malign isn't like the rest of her family.
But when her younger sister Antipathy-Rose finds a sphere of solid Amber in one of the forbidden swag rooms at Malignant House, and bites right through it, she unwittingly unleashes a world of trouble. Trapped within the Amber sphere is Maniacal Malign’s time-stopping pocket watch.
Maniacal Malign had been in exile for several centuries but the moment Antipathy-Rose’s gnashers crack the Amber, he is summoned back to monstrous action. Malice, Uncle Vex and Seth find themselves on a time-sensitive mission, as they race to retrieve the pocket watch, whilst unravelling Maniacal’s malevolent mischief along the way.
The Author:
Jenni Jennings lives in a small seaside town in the UK with her husband; their children having left home for big adventures.
She went to university aged 39 to study part-time for a degree in Creative and Professional Writing, and for the last 7 years, Jenni has been baking cakes for a coffee shop where she lives. Jenni likes long walks, baking days and is obsessed with stationary. She doesn’t believe in saving things for best and shamelessly wears party dresses to the supermarket.
Malice in Underland is Jenni’s debut middle grade series. Jenni also writes adult fiction under the name Jenny Bayliss.
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Title: Merry Kissmas toYou
Genre: Young Adult - Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
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The Book:
The brand-new feel-good festive rom-com from Jenni Jennings. Perfect for fans of Twelve Dates of Christmas, Love Actually and Last Christmas. Milly, Robert and Sam usually love Christmas. But this year, they're all out of joy. Milly is worried about her dad. Sam is desperately trying to avoid her ex, Nadia. And Robert is convinced he's destined to always fall for girls who don't like him back. As their high-school's Christmas Snow Ball approaches, they are all out of festive fun. But as the snow starts falling and the sleigh bells ring, maybe it's not too late for a sprinkling of Christmas sparkle after all... Will each of them get their magic moment under the mistletoe? For fans of Jenny Han, Beth Garrod and Beth Reekles An uplifting and cosy Christmas read An inclusive contemporary teen romance.
The Author:
Jenni Jennings lives in a small seaside town in the UK with her husband; their children having left home for big adventures.
She went to university aged 39 to study part-time for a degree in Creative and Professional Writing, and for the last 7 years, Jenni has been baking cakes for a coffee shop where she lives. Jenni likes long walks, baking days and is obsessed with stationary. She doesn’t believe in saving things for best and shamelessly wears party dresses to the supermarket.
Malice in Underland is Jenni’s debut middle grade series. Jenni also writes adult fiction under the name Jenny Bayliss.
Genre: Young Adult - Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Linked-In: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jenni-bayliss-a788a037
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BaylissJenni
The Book:
The brand-new feel-good festive rom-com from Jenni Jennings. Perfect for fans of Twelve Dates of Christmas, Love Actually and Last Christmas. Milly, Robert and Sam usually love Christmas. But this year, they're all out of joy. Milly is worried about her dad. Sam is desperately trying to avoid her ex, Nadia. And Robert is convinced he's destined to always fall for girls who don't like him back. As their high-school's Christmas Snow Ball approaches, they are all out of festive fun. But as the snow starts falling and the sleigh bells ring, maybe it's not too late for a sprinkling of Christmas sparkle after all... Will each of them get their magic moment under the mistletoe? For fans of Jenny Han, Beth Garrod and Beth Reekles An uplifting and cosy Christmas read An inclusive contemporary teen romance.
The Author:
Jenni Jennings lives in a small seaside town in the UK with her husband; their children having left home for big adventures.
She went to university aged 39 to study part-time for a degree in Creative and Professional Writing, and for the last 7 years, Jenni has been baking cakes for a coffee shop where she lives. Jenni likes long walks, baking days and is obsessed with stationary. She doesn’t believe in saving things for best and shamelessly wears party dresses to the supermarket.
Malice in Underland is Jenni’s debut middle grade series. Jenni also writes adult fiction under the name Jenny Bayliss.
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Title: The Twelve Dates of Christmas
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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The Book:
'Tis the season for finding romance in this hilarious and uplifting holiday read
When it comes to relationships, thirty-four-year-old Kate Turner is ready to say "Bah, humbug." The sleepy town of Blexford, England, isn't exactly brimming with prospects, and anyway, Kate's found fulfillment in her career as a designer, and in her delicious side job baking for her old friend Matt's neighborhood café. But then her best friend signs her up for a dating agency that promises to help singles find love before the holidays. Twenty-three days until Christmas. Twelve dates with twelve different men. The odds must finally be in her favor . . . right?
Yet with each new date more disastrous than the one before--and the whole town keeping tabs on her misadventures--Kate must remind herself that sometimes love, like mistletoe, shows up where it's least expected. And maybe, just maybe, it's been right under her nose all along. . . .
The Author:
Jenny Bayliss lives in a small seaside town in the UK with her husband, their children having left home for big adventures. After having been a professional cake-baker for many years, she went back to college at age thirty-nine to study part-time for a degree in Creative and Professional Writing. Bayliss likes long walks, baking days, stationery, and shamelessly wearing party dresses to the supermarket. The Twelve Dates of Christmas is her debut novel.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Linked-In: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jenni-bayliss-a788a037
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BaylissJenni
The Book:
'Tis the season for finding romance in this hilarious and uplifting holiday read
When it comes to relationships, thirty-four-year-old Kate Turner is ready to say "Bah, humbug." The sleepy town of Blexford, England, isn't exactly brimming with prospects, and anyway, Kate's found fulfillment in her career as a designer, and in her delicious side job baking for her old friend Matt's neighborhood café. But then her best friend signs her up for a dating agency that promises to help singles find love before the holidays. Twenty-three days until Christmas. Twelve dates with twelve different men. The odds must finally be in her favor . . . right?
Yet with each new date more disastrous than the one before--and the whole town keeping tabs on her misadventures--Kate must remind herself that sometimes love, like mistletoe, shows up where it's least expected. And maybe, just maybe, it's been right under her nose all along. . . .
The Author:
Jenny Bayliss lives in a small seaside town in the UK with her husband, their children having left home for big adventures. After having been a professional cake-baker for many years, she went back to college at age thirty-nine to study part-time for a degree in Creative and Professional Writing. Bayliss likes long walks, baking days, stationery, and shamelessly wearing party dresses to the supermarket. The Twelve Dates of Christmas is her debut novel.
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Title: The Whistling
Genre: Horror - Gothic - Paranormal
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rebecca_Netley
The Book:
Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome takes the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scottish island of Skelthsea.
Her charge, Mary, hasn't uttered a word since the sudden death of her twin, William - just days after their former nanny disappeared.
No one will speak of what happened to William. Just as no one can explain the hypnotic lullabies sung in empty corridors. Nor the strange dolls that appear in abandoned rooms. Nor the faint whistling that comes in the night . . .
As winter draws in and passage to the mainland becomes impossible, Elspeth finds herself trapped.
But is this house haunted by the ghosts of the past?
OR THE SECRETS OF THE LIVING . . . ?
The Author:
Rebecca Netley grew up as part of an eccentric family in a house full of books and music, and these things have fed her passions. Family and writing remain at the heart of Rebecca's life. She lives in Reading with her husband, sons and an over-enthusiastic dog, who gives her writing tips. The Whistling is Rebecca Netley's debut novel and won the Exeter Novel Prize.
Genre: Horror - Gothic - Paranormal
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rebecca_Netley
The Book:
Alone in the world, Elspeth Swansome takes the position of nanny to a family on the remote Scottish island of Skelthsea.
Her charge, Mary, hasn't uttered a word since the sudden death of her twin, William - just days after their former nanny disappeared.
No one will speak of what happened to William. Just as no one can explain the hypnotic lullabies sung in empty corridors. Nor the strange dolls that appear in abandoned rooms. Nor the faint whistling that comes in the night . . .
As winter draws in and passage to the mainland becomes impossible, Elspeth finds herself trapped.
But is this house haunted by the ghosts of the past?
OR THE SECRETS OF THE LIVING . . . ?
The Author:
Rebecca Netley grew up as part of an eccentric family in a house full of books and music, and these things have fed her passions. Family and writing remain at the heart of Rebecca's life. She lives in Reading with her husband, sons and an over-enthusiastic dog, who gives her writing tips. The Whistling is Rebecca Netley's debut novel and won the Exeter Novel Prize.
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Title: The House on the Edge
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AlexFCotter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexFCotter
The Book:
Where has Faith's dad gone? Why has he left his family living in an old house perched on a crumbling cliff top? A crack has appeared in the cliff and Faith watches anxiously as it gets bigger and bigger each day... Her brother is obsessed with the sea ghosts he claims live in the basement, and when he disappears as well, Faith starts to believe in the ghosts too. Can she find her brother and bring her father back before everything she cares about falls into the pitiless sea below?
A great mystery with real heart, from a captivating new voice in middle-grade fiction.
With cover illustration by Kathrin Honesta and neon finishes.
The Author:
Alex Cotter spent most of her childhood living in stories, to escape the perils of being permanent ‘new girl’ in schools across Chester, Luton, Sheffield and Middlesbrough. After studying English at Essex University, Alex went on to make a make a living from words: from bookselling at W.H.Smith and publicising The Booker Prize to copywriting and teaching creative writing.
Alex now lives near Bath with her family in an old, crumbly house, with cobwebs, creaky floorboards and, who knows, possibly also a few ghosts.
THE HOUSE ON THE EDGE is Alex’s debut children’s novel, with another book due soon.
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/AlexFCotter
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexFCotter
The Book:
Where has Faith's dad gone? Why has he left his family living in an old house perched on a crumbling cliff top? A crack has appeared in the cliff and Faith watches anxiously as it gets bigger and bigger each day... Her brother is obsessed with the sea ghosts he claims live in the basement, and when he disappears as well, Faith starts to believe in the ghosts too. Can she find her brother and bring her father back before everything she cares about falls into the pitiless sea below?
A great mystery with real heart, from a captivating new voice in middle-grade fiction.
With cover illustration by Kathrin Honesta and neon finishes.
The Author:
Alex Cotter spent most of her childhood living in stories, to escape the perils of being permanent ‘new girl’ in schools across Chester, Luton, Sheffield and Middlesbrough. After studying English at Essex University, Alex went on to make a make a living from words: from bookselling at W.H.Smith and publicising The Booker Prize to copywriting and teaching creative writing.
Alex now lives near Bath with her family in an old, crumbly house, with cobwebs, creaky floorboards and, who knows, possibly also a few ghosts.
THE HOUSE ON THE EDGE is Alex’s debut children’s novel, with another book due soon.
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Title: SAS Bravo Three Zero: The Explosive Untold Story
Genre: Biograph - History Military
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://damienlewis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authordlewis
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There were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero and Bravo Three Zero. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War and the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam's Scud missiles, the use of which threatened a Third World War.
The men of Bravo One Zero stepped off the chopper, took one look at the flat desert devoid of any cover and decided no way were they deploying into all of that. But Andy NcNab's famed Bravo Two Zero patrol did deploy, with fatal results - all bar one being captured or killed.
And then there was Bravo Three Zero. These men were different. Thought differently. Acted differently. Treating as gospel the SAS's saying 'any fool can be uncomfortable', they deployed with vehicles, and while there was nowhere to hide they could make a dash for the border if desperate.
Even as warnings came in that McNab's patrol was on the run, Bravo Three Zero remained undetected - the furthest Coalition forces behind Iraqi lines. Slipping through enemy positions, a string of targets were taken out. But with the desert turning bitter and snow starting to fall, they were forced to fight a running battle against the elements as much as the enemy.
Though overshadowed by the fate of Bravo Two Zero, the achievements of this highly-decorated patrol are the stuff of elite forces legend. Now, for the first time, SAS veteran Des Powell reveals their story in gritty, blow-by-blow detail. Written with acclaimed military author Damien Lewis, this is a tale of edge-of-the seat daring deep inside enemy lands. Brutal, savage, unrelenting - prepare to be blown away, in a tale that proves utterly the SAS motto - who dares wins.
The Author:
Damien Lewis is a former war reporter and one of the nation's "twenty favourite authors" as declared by World Book Day. He is an acclaimed and award-winning writer, topping bestseller lists worldwide. Many of his books are being made into movies or TV series, and he scripts his own work for films. His widely-acclaimed WWII elite forces series includes The Nazi Hunters, SAS Ghost Patrol, SAS Italian Job/Churchill's Hellraisers and Churchill’s Secret Warriors, which is being developed as a movie series by Paramount Pictures. His military books include the number one bestseller Zero Six Bravo, and his man-and-dog at war stories, including the phenomenally successful War Dog/The Dog Who Could Fly and Judy – A Dog In A Million, both of which are being developed as films. His co-authored war-victim memoirs Slave and Tears of the Desert, have won a string of awards and were top international bestsellers. He also writes thrillers, and his first, Cobra Gold, is being made into a movie by LA-based Safadi Entertainment. He is also an acclaimed public speaker, being hailed by one corporate executive as being “a brilliant natural storyteller.”
He is the patron of various charities connected to his work and has raised tens of thousands of pounds for causes related to his writing.
Genre: Biograph - History Military
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://damienlewis.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/authordlewis
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There were three patrols that fateful January 1991 morning: Bravo One Zero, Bravo Two Zero and Bravo Three Zero. It was the opening hours of the Gulf War and the SAS were flown deep behind enemy lines to hunt down Saddam's Scud missiles, the use of which threatened a Third World War.
The men of Bravo One Zero stepped off the chopper, took one look at the flat desert devoid of any cover and decided no way were they deploying into all of that. But Andy NcNab's famed Bravo Two Zero patrol did deploy, with fatal results - all bar one being captured or killed.
And then there was Bravo Three Zero. These men were different. Thought differently. Acted differently. Treating as gospel the SAS's saying 'any fool can be uncomfortable', they deployed with vehicles, and while there was nowhere to hide they could make a dash for the border if desperate.
Even as warnings came in that McNab's patrol was on the run, Bravo Three Zero remained undetected - the furthest Coalition forces behind Iraqi lines. Slipping through enemy positions, a string of targets were taken out. But with the desert turning bitter and snow starting to fall, they were forced to fight a running battle against the elements as much as the enemy.
Though overshadowed by the fate of Bravo Two Zero, the achievements of this highly-decorated patrol are the stuff of elite forces legend. Now, for the first time, SAS veteran Des Powell reveals their story in gritty, blow-by-blow detail. Written with acclaimed military author Damien Lewis, this is a tale of edge-of-the seat daring deep inside enemy lands. Brutal, savage, unrelenting - prepare to be blown away, in a tale that proves utterly the SAS motto - who dares wins.
The Author:
Damien Lewis is a former war reporter and one of the nation's "twenty favourite authors" as declared by World Book Day. He is an acclaimed and award-winning writer, topping bestseller lists worldwide. Many of his books are being made into movies or TV series, and he scripts his own work for films. His widely-acclaimed WWII elite forces series includes The Nazi Hunters, SAS Ghost Patrol, SAS Italian Job/Churchill's Hellraisers and Churchill’s Secret Warriors, which is being developed as a movie series by Paramount Pictures. His military books include the number one bestseller Zero Six Bravo, and his man-and-dog at war stories, including the phenomenally successful War Dog/The Dog Who Could Fly and Judy – A Dog In A Million, both of which are being developed as films. His co-authored war-victim memoirs Slave and Tears of the Desert, have won a string of awards and were top international bestsellers. He also writes thrillers, and his first, Cobra Gold, is being made into a movie by LA-based Safadi Entertainment. He is also an acclaimed public speaker, being hailed by one corporate executive as being “a brilliant natural storyteller.”
He is the patron of various charities connected to his work and has raised tens of thousands of pounds for causes related to his writing.
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Jessica Redland
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Title: Snowflakes Over The Starfish Cafe
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
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Website: https://www.jessicaredland.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicaredland
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Welcome to The Starfish Café - where you will find stunning views, delicious food and lifelong friendships.
Two broken hearts.
Since she inherited The Starfish Café, Hollie has poured her heart into the business, striving to keep her mother's traditions and warm-hearted spirit alive. But behind closed doors Hollie is searching for true happiness as she grieves the tragic loss of her family who were once the beating heart of the café...
An unexpected meeting.
Jake lives by two rules: don’t let anyone get close and don’t talk about what happened. Little does he know that a chance meeting at The Starfish Café, facilitated by a fluffy lost dog, is about to turn his world upside down...
The chance to love again.
Can Hollie and Jake break down the barriers that have been holding them back from finding love and happiness, before Christmas comes around? After all, with courage, nothing is impossible...
Join top 10 bestseller Jessica Redland for a magical winter at the seaside, where love blossoms and lifelong friendships are made.
The Author:
I was born in Teesside but now live in Scarborough on the stunning North Yorkshire Coast. My home inspired the creation of the fictional seaside town of Whitsborough Bay where I set many of my books although the Hedgehog Hollow series takes readers to a gorgeous new countryside setting in the Yorkshire Wolds.
I live with my husband, our teenage daughter and sprocker spaniel, Ella. I'm a self-confessed stationery addict with a ridiculously large collection of notepads who loves chocolate (although it doesn't love me), hedgehogs, 80s music, collectible teddy bears and lighthouses.
Other than a career detour into retail to set up and run my own teddy bear shop (the inspiration for novel Bear With Me), I've always worked in HR, specialising in resourcing, coaching and L&D. Writing always had to take a back seat to the day job until June 2020 when I left the world of HR to become a full-time author. I'm so very grateful to anyone who has bought or borrowed my books in whatever format, helping me fulfil a long-held dream of writing full-time. I still can't believe I get to spend every day chatting to my fictional friends and making stuff up.
Genre: Contemporary Romance - Christmas
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.jessicaredland.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessicaredland
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Welcome to The Starfish Café - where you will find stunning views, delicious food and lifelong friendships.
Two broken hearts.
Since she inherited The Starfish Café, Hollie has poured her heart into the business, striving to keep her mother's traditions and warm-hearted spirit alive. But behind closed doors Hollie is searching for true happiness as she grieves the tragic loss of her family who were once the beating heart of the café...
An unexpected meeting.
Jake lives by two rules: don’t let anyone get close and don’t talk about what happened. Little does he know that a chance meeting at The Starfish Café, facilitated by a fluffy lost dog, is about to turn his world upside down...
The chance to love again.
Can Hollie and Jake break down the barriers that have been holding them back from finding love and happiness, before Christmas comes around? After all, with courage, nothing is impossible...
Join top 10 bestseller Jessica Redland for a magical winter at the seaside, where love blossoms and lifelong friendships are made.
The Author:
I was born in Teesside but now live in Scarborough on the stunning North Yorkshire Coast. My home inspired the creation of the fictional seaside town of Whitsborough Bay where I set many of my books although the Hedgehog Hollow series takes readers to a gorgeous new countryside setting in the Yorkshire Wolds.
I live with my husband, our teenage daughter and sprocker spaniel, Ella. I'm a self-confessed stationery addict with a ridiculously large collection of notepads who loves chocolate (although it doesn't love me), hedgehogs, 80s music, collectible teddy bears and lighthouses.
Other than a career detour into retail to set up and run my own teddy bear shop (the inspiration for novel Bear With Me), I've always worked in HR, specialising in resourcing, coaching and L&D. Writing always had to take a back seat to the day job until June 2020 when I left the world of HR to become a full-time author. I'm so very grateful to anyone who has bought or borrowed my books in whatever format, helping me fulfil a long-held dream of writing full-time. I still can't believe I get to spend every day chatting to my fictional friends and making stuff up.
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Title: The Red Cross Orphans
Genre: Historical Fiction Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.glynispetersauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_GlynisPeters_
The Book:
A journey into war, but not one she’ll take alone…
Orphan Kitty Pattison is young, naïve and ready to do her bit for the war effort when she volunteers with the Red Cross and pledges to help those most in need. It’s one of the most nerve-wracking moments of her life, but then she meets fellow volunteers Joan Norfolk and Trixie Dunn, and a bond of friendship is forged in the fire of life on the wards during the Blitz.
Days are spent nursing injured soldiers back to life and nights are spent anticipating bombs falling from the sky and then trawling through the wreckage to save who she can, but the light and laughter she finds with Jo and Trix see Kitty through the darkest hours.
And when Kitty starts growing closer to handsome Canadian doctor Michael McCarthy, it’s her friends who help her to find the courage to realise that no matter what has happened or what is to come, we all deserve love…
The Author:
Glynis Peters, lives in, Essex, England.
She married her school sweetheart in 1979. They have three children and four grandchildren.
In 2014, Glynis was short-listed for the Festival of Romantic Fiction New Talent Award.
She is published by One More Chapter / HarperCollins
When Glynis is not writing she enjoys fishing with her husband, cross stitch and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Two of her grandchildren live in Canada, and it is for that reason she introduced Canadian heroes into her books.
Genre: Historical Fiction Romance
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.glynispetersauthor.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/_GlynisPeters_
The Book:
A journey into war, but not one she’ll take alone…
Orphan Kitty Pattison is young, naïve and ready to do her bit for the war effort when she volunteers with the Red Cross and pledges to help those most in need. It’s one of the most nerve-wracking moments of her life, but then she meets fellow volunteers Joan Norfolk and Trixie Dunn, and a bond of friendship is forged in the fire of life on the wards during the Blitz.
Days are spent nursing injured soldiers back to life and nights are spent anticipating bombs falling from the sky and then trawling through the wreckage to save who she can, but the light and laughter she finds with Jo and Trix see Kitty through the darkest hours.
And when Kitty starts growing closer to handsome Canadian doctor Michael McCarthy, it’s her friends who help her to find the courage to realise that no matter what has happened or what is to come, we all deserve love…
The Author:
Glynis Peters, lives in, Essex, England.
She married her school sweetheart in 1979. They have three children and four grandchildren.
In 2014, Glynis was short-listed for the Festival of Romantic Fiction New Talent Award.
She is published by One More Chapter / HarperCollins
When Glynis is not writing she enjoys fishing with her husband, cross stitch and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Two of her grandchildren live in Canada, and it is for that reason she introduced Canadian heroes into her books.
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Eleanor Dixon
Eleanor Dixon
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Title 1: THE GRACEFUL GHOST
Title 2: BALLET SCHOOL BOYS
Title 3: TALLY AND THE ANGEL
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
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Website: https://eleanordixon.com
Book 1: THE GRACEFUL GHOST
Grace has haunted her ancestral home, Amberwood Hall, for 200 years. However, it wasn’t until it became a girls’ ballet school that she discovered her passion for the art. Now she has a burning desire to visit live ballet performances and experience the thrill of thunderous applause. But she can’t leave Amberwood!
Her fellow ghost, former stable boy Rodney (who can go anywhere he wants) has discovered that if Grace can help someone achieve their dream, she will be free of the spell that binds her.
So when twelve-year-old Lauren Mason auditions for a place at the school, Grace decides she’s the one. It seems though that Lauren is so wrapped up in problems she can’t dance, and she won’t let Grace help. Is another year to go by without Grace achieving her own dreams? Or can she break down Lauren’s defences?
Rich with authentic ballet school detail and sparkling with ghostly mischief.
Book 2: BALLET SCHOOL BOYS
Book Two in the Amberwood Hall Ballet School Series by Eleanor Dixon
“For the first time ever, there are boys at Amberwood Hall! Lauren and her friend Grace the ghost are excited to see how things will change. The new students bring some dynamic moves and strong personalities, but not every change is a good one. Lauren is determined to make the boys feel that Amberwood is where they belong. Perhaps some ghostly help is just what she needs!”
Book 3: TALLY AND THE ANGEL
“On the saddest day of her life, Tally discovers the pendant which belonged to her mother is home to the Angel Jophiel. Tally knows that having her very own angel will change her life forever. Solving mysteries and having adventures with an angel in tow is awesome, right? What could go wrong? But being best friends with an angel doesn’t stop Tally from plunging into great danger when she discovers a deadly plot to destroy India with a gigantic flood. In a race against time beneath the beautiful city of Agra, Tally will need all her own courage and strength as well as Jophiel’s mythical sword to save herself and hundreds of kidnapped children.
Each book in this series takes Tally and Jophiel to a different location around the world, where they battle mythical creatures as well as evil of a very humankind.
Inspired by the author Eleanor Dixon’s own travels and her fascination with traditions of angels in all cultures.”
The Author:
My children’s books are full of fantasy and magic, sometimes sprinkled with ballet and/or worldwide travel. My blogs are mostly about my travels and written for family and friends, but you’re welcome to read them if you’re interested. They invariably include my dogs, and sometimes the cat, though he doesn’t travel with us so tends to get left out.
My school days were spent at ballet boarding school which is where I get the inspiration for The Graceful Ghost. After I left, I spent a few years dancing around Europe before I opened my own ballet school in Athens, Greece. Now I live in rural England with my husband and our pets.
Apart from writing, animals are my passion! I’m so lucky to live in the countryside, on a smallholding, where we have hens, sheep, occasionally horses or cattle (we had Highland Cattle for a while) dogs, cats and an abundance of wildlife.
Digit and Mokey, my current dogs, share my office space with me and keep me company with their snores.
Title 2: BALLET SCHOOL BOYS
Title 3: TALLY AND THE ANGEL
Genre: Children (Middle Grade)
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://eleanordixon.com
Book 1: THE GRACEFUL GHOST
Grace has haunted her ancestral home, Amberwood Hall, for 200 years. However, it wasn’t until it became a girls’ ballet school that she discovered her passion for the art. Now she has a burning desire to visit live ballet performances and experience the thrill of thunderous applause. But she can’t leave Amberwood!
Her fellow ghost, former stable boy Rodney (who can go anywhere he wants) has discovered that if Grace can help someone achieve their dream, she will be free of the spell that binds her.
So when twelve-year-old Lauren Mason auditions for a place at the school, Grace decides she’s the one. It seems though that Lauren is so wrapped up in problems she can’t dance, and she won’t let Grace help. Is another year to go by without Grace achieving her own dreams? Or can she break down Lauren’s defences?
Rich with authentic ballet school detail and sparkling with ghostly mischief.
Book 2: BALLET SCHOOL BOYS
Book Two in the Amberwood Hall Ballet School Series by Eleanor Dixon
“For the first time ever, there are boys at Amberwood Hall! Lauren and her friend Grace the ghost are excited to see how things will change. The new students bring some dynamic moves and strong personalities, but not every change is a good one. Lauren is determined to make the boys feel that Amberwood is where they belong. Perhaps some ghostly help is just what she needs!”
Book 3: TALLY AND THE ANGEL
“On the saddest day of her life, Tally discovers the pendant which belonged to her mother is home to the Angel Jophiel. Tally knows that having her very own angel will change her life forever. Solving mysteries and having adventures with an angel in tow is awesome, right? What could go wrong? But being best friends with an angel doesn’t stop Tally from plunging into great danger when she discovers a deadly plot to destroy India with a gigantic flood. In a race against time beneath the beautiful city of Agra, Tally will need all her own courage and strength as well as Jophiel’s mythical sword to save herself and hundreds of kidnapped children.
Each book in this series takes Tally and Jophiel to a different location around the world, where they battle mythical creatures as well as evil of a very humankind.
Inspired by the author Eleanor Dixon’s own travels and her fascination with traditions of angels in all cultures.”
The Author:
My children’s books are full of fantasy and magic, sometimes sprinkled with ballet and/or worldwide travel. My blogs are mostly about my travels and written for family and friends, but you’re welcome to read them if you’re interested. They invariably include my dogs, and sometimes the cat, though he doesn’t travel with us so tends to get left out.
My school days were spent at ballet boarding school which is where I get the inspiration for The Graceful Ghost. After I left, I spent a few years dancing around Europe before I opened my own ballet school in Athens, Greece. Now I live in rural England with my husband and our pets.
Apart from writing, animals are my passion! I’m so lucky to live in the countryside, on a smallholding, where we have hens, sheep, occasionally horses or cattle (we had Highland Cattle for a while) dogs, cats and an abundance of wildlife.
Digit and Mokey, my current dogs, share my office space with me and keep me company with their snores.
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Melissa Oliver
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Title 1: Her Banished Knight's Redemption
Title 2: The Return of Her Lost Knight
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/o/melissa-oliver
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Book 1: Her Banished Knight's Redemption
A lady’s need for protection
A knight’s chance for redemption
Exiled Knight William Geraint answers only to himself. Yet, a mission to reunite lost heiress Lady Isabel de Clancey with her family is Will’s chance to finally atone for the torment of his past. With every rushed mile, their intense attraction becomes dangerously thrilling. He swore to protect Isabel not seduce her, but their desire for each other could threaten the redemption he’s worked so hard to achieve…
Book 2: The Return of Her Lost Knight
Her second chance
With her lost love…
To avoid a forced marriage, Lady Gwenllian plans to escape to a convent. She couldn’t possibly honor another when her heart still belongs to Ralph de Kinnerton, the man she had to betray to save his life—only to hear of his death shortly after. So how is it possible he’s here at this knight’s tournament? Now the pull of their unfinished past forces Gwen to question the choice she’d made for her future…
The Author:
Melissa Oliver is from south-west London where she writes historical romance novels. She lives with her lovely husband and three daughters, who share her passion for decrepit, old castles, grand palaces and all things historical. She is the winner of The Romantic Novelists' Association's Joan Hessayon Award for new writers in 2020 for her debut, The Rebel Heiress and the Knight. When she's not writing she loves to travel, paint and visit museums & art galleries.
Title 2: The Return of Her Lost Knight
Genre: Historical Fiction
Format: Paperbacks
Dedications: Available
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Website: https://www.fantasticfiction.com/o/melissa-oliver
Twitter: https://twitter.com/melissaoauthor
Book 1: Her Banished Knight's Redemption
A lady’s need for protection
A knight’s chance for redemption
Exiled Knight William Geraint answers only to himself. Yet, a mission to reunite lost heiress Lady Isabel de Clancey with her family is Will’s chance to finally atone for the torment of his past. With every rushed mile, their intense attraction becomes dangerously thrilling. He swore to protect Isabel not seduce her, but their desire for each other could threaten the redemption he’s worked so hard to achieve…
Book 2: The Return of Her Lost Knight
Her second chance
With her lost love…
To avoid a forced marriage, Lady Gwenllian plans to escape to a convent. She couldn’t possibly honor another when her heart still belongs to Ralph de Kinnerton, the man she had to betray to save his life—only to hear of his death shortly after. So how is it possible he’s here at this knight’s tournament? Now the pull of their unfinished past forces Gwen to question the choice she’d made for her future…
The Author:
Melissa Oliver is from south-west London where she writes historical romance novels. She lives with her lovely husband and three daughters, who share her passion for decrepit, old castles, grand palaces and all things historical. She is the winner of The Romantic Novelists' Association's Joan Hessayon Award for new writers in 2020 for her debut, The Rebel Heiress and the Knight. When she's not writing she loves to travel, paint and visit museums & art galleries.
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Robin Ince
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Title: The Importance of Being Interested
Genre: Comedy - Educational
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxrAYLO3HKU
Website: https://robinince.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinince
The Book:
Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world's greatest thinkers.
In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn't just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more - as well as charting Robin's own journey with science - The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, this optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure.
The Author:
I am the co-host of the long running Radio Four series The Infinite Monkey Cage with Brian Cox and have been a stand up comic for pretty much my whole adult life. Having written a book about my favourite giant killer crabs novels, edited a couple of horror anthologies and co-written a book on how to build a universe, I decided to write a book on how we end up being the humans we are and how we then go on to deal with those problems. It is not a self help book, but I hope it might be helpful.
I was winner of the Time Out Outstanding Achievement in Comedy award, Francis Crick Science Journalism award, Three Chortle awards, British Comedy Award nominee for best live show and the Infinite Monkey Cage has won the Rose d' Or and Sony Gold awards.
In my spare time I like doing impersonations of Brians, including Brian Sewell, Brian Cox and Brian Blessed.
My favourite quote from a giant killer crab book is "Crabs. CRABS. Crabs the size of beach donkeys."
Genre: Comedy - Educational
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Book Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxrAYLO3HKU
Website: https://robinince.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinince
The Book:
Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, twenty years later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world's greatest thinkers.
In this erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn't just for the professionals. Filled with interviews featuring astronauts, comedians, teachers, quantum physicists, neuroscientists and more - as well as charting Robin's own journey with science - The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, this optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure.
The Author:
I am the co-host of the long running Radio Four series The Infinite Monkey Cage with Brian Cox and have been a stand up comic for pretty much my whole adult life. Having written a book about my favourite giant killer crabs novels, edited a couple of horror anthologies and co-written a book on how to build a universe, I decided to write a book on how we end up being the humans we are and how we then go on to deal with those problems. It is not a self help book, but I hope it might be helpful.
I was winner of the Time Out Outstanding Achievement in Comedy award, Francis Crick Science Journalism award, Three Chortle awards, British Comedy Award nominee for best live show and the Infinite Monkey Cage has won the Rose d' Or and Sony Gold awards.
In my spare time I like doing impersonations of Brians, including Brian Sewell, Brian Cox and Brian Blessed.
My favourite quote from a giant killer crab book is "Crabs. CRABS. Crabs the size of beach donkeys."
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Ashleigh Nugent
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Title: LOCKS: A Story Based on True Events
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/NugentAshleigh
The Book:
"1993 was the year that Stephen Lawrence got murdered by racists, and I became an angry Black lad with a ‘chip on his shoulder’." Aeon is a mixed-race teenager from a middle-class English suburb. At sixteen, he has already been arrested three times for crimes he did not commit. Aeon is desperate to understand the Black identity foisted on him by others. For want of Black role models, Aeon has immersed himself in gangsta rap, grown dreadlocks, and bought some big red boots. And now he’s in Jamaica. Within days of being in Jamaica, Aeon has been mugged and stabbed, arrested and banged up. Aeon has to fight for survival, fight for respect, and fight for his big red boots. And he has to fight for his identity because, here, Aeon is the White boy. Aeon’s cousin, Increase, is from a Birmingham ghetto. He has lived with Aeon’s family since his dad, a Yardie gangster, died during the ‘81 riots. In a bid to be his father’s antithesis, Increase has immersed himself in conservative Christianity, anti-Black ideology, and plaid tank tops. Now Increase is alone in Jamaica. He is being extorted by a criminal gang because of Aeon, and he thinks the owner of their hotel is in on the plot. Once back together, the cousins must attempt to stay alive, atone with their ancestors, and escape from Jamaica illegally.
The Author:
Ashleigh Nugent has been published in academic journals, poetry anthologies, and magazines. His latest work, LOCKS, is a novel based on a true story: the time he spent his 17th birthday in a Jamaican detention centre. LOCKS won the 2013 Commonword Memoir Competition and has had excerpts published by Writing on the Wall and in bido lito magazine. Ashleigh’s one-man-show, based on LOCKS, has won support from SLATE / Eclipse Theatre, and won a bursary from Live Theatre, Newcastle. The show has received rave audience reviews following showings in theatres and prisons throughout the UK. Ashleigh is also a director at RiseUp CiC, where he uses his own life experience, writing, and performance to support prisoners and inspire change.
Genre: Contemporary
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NugentAshleigh
The Book:
"1993 was the year that Stephen Lawrence got murdered by racists, and I became an angry Black lad with a ‘chip on his shoulder’." Aeon is a mixed-race teenager from a middle-class English suburb. At sixteen, he has already been arrested three times for crimes he did not commit. Aeon is desperate to understand the Black identity foisted on him by others. For want of Black role models, Aeon has immersed himself in gangsta rap, grown dreadlocks, and bought some big red boots. And now he’s in Jamaica. Within days of being in Jamaica, Aeon has been mugged and stabbed, arrested and banged up. Aeon has to fight for survival, fight for respect, and fight for his big red boots. And he has to fight for his identity because, here, Aeon is the White boy. Aeon’s cousin, Increase, is from a Birmingham ghetto. He has lived with Aeon’s family since his dad, a Yardie gangster, died during the ‘81 riots. In a bid to be his father’s antithesis, Increase has immersed himself in conservative Christianity, anti-Black ideology, and plaid tank tops. Now Increase is alone in Jamaica. He is being extorted by a criminal gang because of Aeon, and he thinks the owner of their hotel is in on the plot. Once back together, the cousins must attempt to stay alive, atone with their ancestors, and escape from Jamaica illegally.
The Author:
Ashleigh Nugent has been published in academic journals, poetry anthologies, and magazines. His latest work, LOCKS, is a novel based on a true story: the time he spent his 17th birthday in a Jamaican detention centre. LOCKS won the 2013 Commonword Memoir Competition and has had excerpts published by Writing on the Wall and in bido lito magazine. Ashleigh’s one-man-show, based on LOCKS, has won support from SLATE / Eclipse Theatre, and won a bursary from Live Theatre, Newcastle. The show has received rave audience reviews following showings in theatres and prisons throughout the UK. Ashleigh is also a director at RiseUp CiC, where he uses his own life experience, writing, and performance to support prisoners and inspire change.
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Jeanna Louise Skinner
Jeanna Louise Skinner
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Title: The Book Boyfriend
Genre: Paranormal/Time-Travel Romance
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Postage: UK Only
*Jeanna will add a gicleé art print, signed by the artist, of the dual timeline map of Exeter, which appears in the book. One of only two ever printed. She will also add a signed postcard*
Website: https://jeannalouiseskinner.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeannaLStars
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“Let us find solace in the quiet…”
Emmeline always dreamed of being an author, finding comfort in words and between the pages of her beloved romance novels, but a mental health diagnosis leaves her blocked and unable to write. Then she inherits a crumbling, second-hand bookshop from a mysterious old friend and Emmy discovers that magic is real. Maybe her fantasies about the heroes in her favourite historical romances aren’t so far-fetched after all?
Lord Jonathan Dalgliesh is the handsome stranger-wielding a sword as dangerous as his Tudor past-who appears in Emmy’s bookshop asking for help. Together they must race against time itself to lift the curse imprisoning him inside an ancient. book. But when growing threats to Emmy’s safety are proved real and not another symptom of her illness, she must learn to trust her own voice again. Can she find the words to save Jonathan and her shop before tragedy strikes on the fateful final page?
Romance-addict Emmy may be, but this damsel is about to kick distress into the Ever After.
Perfect for fans of Deborah Harkness, Diana Gabaldon and Paula Brackston, THE BOOK BOYFRIEND is an unashamedly romantic tale about the magic of words and the power of discovering one’s voice.
Author:
Jeanna Louise Skinner writes romance with a sprinkling of magic. Her debut novel "The Book Boyfriend" is out in 2021 and she is working on a prequel. She has CRPS and ADHD and she is passionate about writing about people underrepresented in Romance, especially those with disabilities and chronic health conditions. She's also the co-creator of @UKRomChat, a much-lauded, Romance-centric live Twitter chat. She lives in Devon with her husband, their two children and a cat who sounds like a goat.
Genre: Paranormal/Time-Travel Romance
Paperback (signed & dedicated if the winning bidder wishes)
Postage: UK Only
*Jeanna will add a gicleé art print, signed by the artist, of the dual timeline map of Exeter, which appears in the book. One of only two ever printed. She will also add a signed postcard*
Website: https://jeannalouiseskinner.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeannaLStars
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“Let us find solace in the quiet…”
Emmeline always dreamed of being an author, finding comfort in words and between the pages of her beloved romance novels, but a mental health diagnosis leaves her blocked and unable to write. Then she inherits a crumbling, second-hand bookshop from a mysterious old friend and Emmy discovers that magic is real. Maybe her fantasies about the heroes in her favourite historical romances aren’t so far-fetched after all?
Lord Jonathan Dalgliesh is the handsome stranger-wielding a sword as dangerous as his Tudor past-who appears in Emmy’s bookshop asking for help. Together they must race against time itself to lift the curse imprisoning him inside an ancient. book. But when growing threats to Emmy’s safety are proved real and not another symptom of her illness, she must learn to trust her own voice again. Can she find the words to save Jonathan and her shop before tragedy strikes on the fateful final page?
Romance-addict Emmy may be, but this damsel is about to kick distress into the Ever After.
Perfect for fans of Deborah Harkness, Diana Gabaldon and Paula Brackston, THE BOOK BOYFRIEND is an unashamedly romantic tale about the magic of words and the power of discovering one’s voice.
Author:
Jeanna Louise Skinner writes romance with a sprinkling of magic. Her debut novel "The Book Boyfriend" is out in 2021 and she is working on a prequel. She has CRPS and ADHD and she is passionate about writing about people underrepresented in Romance, especially those with disabilities and chronic health conditions. She's also the co-creator of @UKRomChat, a much-lauded, Romance-centric live Twitter chat. She lives in Devon with her husband, their two children and a cat who sounds like a goat.
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Jordan Wylie
Jordan Wylie
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Title: Power of The Paddle
Genre: Sport - Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAxlc79MuBM
Website: https://www.jordanwylie.org
The Book:
Djibouti, a tiny country on the Horn of Africa at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden, has become a refuge for people fleeing from neighbouring war zones. It’s here that former soldier and extreme adventurer Jordan Wylie visited various refugee camps and orphanages and saw first-hand the grim lives of many of the children, deprived of so many of the basic things which most children in the U.K. simply take for granted.
Determined to raise funds and awareness to build a new school for some of these children, Jordan embarked on a series of extraordinary adventures, becoming the first person to row solo and unsupported across the pirate invested Bab-El-Mandeb Straits between Yemen and the Horn of Africa; running a series of extreme marathons in ice-cold climates around the world and by Stand Up Paddle boarding for longer and further than anyone ever had before at sea, in an attempt to circumnavigate mainland Great Britain, where he faced angry fisherman, busy shipping lanes, military firing ranges, crazy teenagers on jet-skis, psychotic jelly-fish and, finally, Covid-19.
This is the inspirational true story of the lengths one man took to fulfil a dream and keep his promise of making a positive contribution to the lives of the people, especially children, in the war-torn countries he’d come to know so well through his travels.
The Author:
Jordan Wylie is a bestselling author, extreme adventurer and charity fundraiser. He is one of the stars of Channel 4's award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Hunted and Celebrity Hunted, and he appears regularly on platforms such as Sky News, the BBC and ITV. He is the United Kingdom's national ambassador for the Army Cadet Force, in which capacity he is a frequent motivational speaker to young people in schools and colleges, as well as to businesses all over the world. Jordan is also a multiple Guinness World Record holder and the author of Citadel (Mirror Books, 2017), which details his life experiences from a council estate in Blackpool to the battlefield and beyond, and Running For My Life (Biteback, 2019), which illustrates how he ran through the most dangerous countries in the world to help inspire children.
Genre: Sport - Biography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAxlc79MuBM
Website: https://www.jordanwylie.org
The Book:
Djibouti, a tiny country on the Horn of Africa at the entrance to the Gulf of Aden, has become a refuge for people fleeing from neighbouring war zones. It’s here that former soldier and extreme adventurer Jordan Wylie visited various refugee camps and orphanages and saw first-hand the grim lives of many of the children, deprived of so many of the basic things which most children in the U.K. simply take for granted.
Determined to raise funds and awareness to build a new school for some of these children, Jordan embarked on a series of extraordinary adventures, becoming the first person to row solo and unsupported across the pirate invested Bab-El-Mandeb Straits between Yemen and the Horn of Africa; running a series of extreme marathons in ice-cold climates around the world and by Stand Up Paddle boarding for longer and further than anyone ever had before at sea, in an attempt to circumnavigate mainland Great Britain, where he faced angry fisherman, busy shipping lanes, military firing ranges, crazy teenagers on jet-skis, psychotic jelly-fish and, finally, Covid-19.
This is the inspirational true story of the lengths one man took to fulfil a dream and keep his promise of making a positive contribution to the lives of the people, especially children, in the war-torn countries he’d come to know so well through his travels.
The Author:
Jordan Wylie is a bestselling author, extreme adventurer and charity fundraiser. He is one of the stars of Channel 4's award-winning and BAFTA-nominated Hunted and Celebrity Hunted, and he appears regularly on platforms such as Sky News, the BBC and ITV. He is the United Kingdom's national ambassador for the Army Cadet Force, in which capacity he is a frequent motivational speaker to young people in schools and colleges, as well as to businesses all over the world. Jordan is also a multiple Guinness World Record holder and the author of Citadel (Mirror Books, 2017), which details his life experiences from a council estate in Blackpool to the battlefield and beyond, and Running For My Life (Biteback, 2019), which illustrates how he ran through the most dangerous countries in the world to help inspire children.
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£ 12
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Maria Whitehead
Maria Whitehead
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Title: Embellish With Relish
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.hawksheadrelish.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/embellishrelish
The Book:
In 2019 Hawkshead Relish celebrates its 20th anniversary and a range of over 120 chutneys, pickles, preserves, jams, ketchups and sauces. This book celebrates the inspiring story behind the small but hugely successfully family-run business, and brings together a collection of recipes that show how easy it is to make exciting food at home. From hearty hotpots to aromatic curries, there are simple but satisfying meals packed full of flavour as well as sweet treats including salted caramel brownies and scones with Raspberry & Vanilla Jam. The dishes are inspired by Mark and Maria’s travels around the world as well as their family dinner table, and of course the relishes they produce from their 16th century barn in the Lake District. They want to share the delights of the great food they’ve enjoyed along the way, and inspire people to look a little differently at whatever assortment of jars and bottles are tucked away in the cupboard – it’s time to release them and embellish with relish!
The Author:
Cumbria is very special to me, although born and bred in Southport in the days when it was part of Lancashire, and now living in Hawkshead ( for the past 35 years ) which was also part of Lancashire I feel very at home here.
I met my husband Mark here in the Lakes, and have worked with him in the food industry for most of the last 30 years, in 1999 we took over the running of a busy cafe in Hawkshead called Whigs, previously run by my parents, we created our own relishes and preserves to serve with the fantastic Lakeland produce and named them "Hawkshead Relish Company" as a sideline to the cafe, little did we know what that would become in a few short years. In 2001 when the Foot & Mouth epidemic hit the region, we were suddenly faced with disaster, little or no income as people were advised to avoid the countryside, a huge mortgage, and large business loan and two small children, not a great combination in anyone's book. Thankfully we formed a plan, and with the backing of a great Bank Manager! we re-launched the "Hawkshead Relish Company". Within a couple of years we had won a series of awards and became nationally recognised. Turning down the Supermarkets was hard but having come from a very tough start we were adamant that our business would be all about "local" people and keeping the quality at the highest possible standard, hand making everything still to this day.
50 Great Taste Awards, many business awards and a content and happy life, in 2011 Mark and I received MBE's in recognition of our work to support the food industry here in Cumbria. I also became one of the founder members of the Cumbria LEP, and sit on the Defra Food & Drink forum assisting in developing the Govt white paper on furthering growth in exports for the SME's in the Food & Drink sector in the UK.
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.hawksheadrelish.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/embellishrelish
The Book:
In 2019 Hawkshead Relish celebrates its 20th anniversary and a range of over 120 chutneys, pickles, preserves, jams, ketchups and sauces. This book celebrates the inspiring story behind the small but hugely successfully family-run business, and brings together a collection of recipes that show how easy it is to make exciting food at home. From hearty hotpots to aromatic curries, there are simple but satisfying meals packed full of flavour as well as sweet treats including salted caramel brownies and scones with Raspberry & Vanilla Jam. The dishes are inspired by Mark and Maria’s travels around the world as well as their family dinner table, and of course the relishes they produce from their 16th century barn in the Lake District. They want to share the delights of the great food they’ve enjoyed along the way, and inspire people to look a little differently at whatever assortment of jars and bottles are tucked away in the cupboard – it’s time to release them and embellish with relish!
The Author:
Cumbria is very special to me, although born and bred in Southport in the days when it was part of Lancashire, and now living in Hawkshead ( for the past 35 years ) which was also part of Lancashire I feel very at home here.
I met my husband Mark here in the Lakes, and have worked with him in the food industry for most of the last 30 years, in 1999 we took over the running of a busy cafe in Hawkshead called Whigs, previously run by my parents, we created our own relishes and preserves to serve with the fantastic Lakeland produce and named them "Hawkshead Relish Company" as a sideline to the cafe, little did we know what that would become in a few short years. In 2001 when the Foot & Mouth epidemic hit the region, we were suddenly faced with disaster, little or no income as people were advised to avoid the countryside, a huge mortgage, and large business loan and two small children, not a great combination in anyone's book. Thankfully we formed a plan, and with the backing of a great Bank Manager! we re-launched the "Hawkshead Relish Company". Within a couple of years we had won a series of awards and became nationally recognised. Turning down the Supermarkets was hard but having come from a very tough start we were adamant that our business would be all about "local" people and keeping the quality at the highest possible standard, hand making everything still to this day.
50 Great Taste Awards, many business awards and a content and happy life, in 2011 Mark and I received MBE's in recognition of our work to support the food industry here in Cumbria. I also became one of the founder members of the Cumbria LEP, and sit on the Defra Food & Drink forum assisting in developing the Govt white paper on furthering growth in exports for the SME's in the Food & Drink sector in the UK.
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Maria Whitehead
Maria Whitehead
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£ 16
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Lynne Russell
Lynne Russell
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Stinky Dog Duology
Title 1: 'Stinky Dog ...Where Are You?'
Title 2: 'Stinky Dog ...Where In The World Are You?'
Genre: Children
Format: Soft Backs Full Colour
Dedications: Available
Postage: UK Only
* Lynne's 2nd book is not published until 1st Dec. However both books will be despatched in plenty of time for Christmas*
Website: http://www.lynnerussell.co.uk
Twitter: @lynnerussellart
Instagram: @stinkydogbook
Book 1: 'Stinky Dog ...Where Are You?'
One night Louie loses his favourite toy,
He goes home a very sad, unhappy boy.
Stinky-Dog his toy, is alone in the night,
Who will help him out of this plight?
A gentle tale tells a story of woe,
A rhyming text helps the story to flow.
Sit back and relax, let the story unfold
Through colourful pictures a joy to behold.
Book 2: 'Stinky Dog ...Where In The World Are You?'
Stinky-Dog wants to take his friends away,
But who knows the best place for a holiday?
They all have very different views
About which country they should choose.
The world is full of amazing places,
Which one will put a smile on all
their faces?
Search the world with Stinky-Dog and his friends as they discuss whose country of origin is the best place for an adventure. Where will they choose and what will they learn along the way?
The Author:
Lynne trained as a Fine Artist and an Illustrator. She has worked as a muralist, in animation and teaches art to adults and children.
1992-2004: Illustrated picture books;
‘One Smiling Grandma’ pub: Heinemann.
Nominated for the Kate Greenaway award, on the SATs list for 2 years and exhibited in NYC by the Society of Illustrators.
Also picture books for Francis Lincoln, Dial, DK, Scholastic and Heinemann International.
Advertising campaigns for BA, Royal Caribbean Cruise holidays and various editorial work.
2004-present: Portrait work and exhibitions.
1996: Artist-In-residence in Chiapas, Mexico.
2018 1st author/illustrator book published:
‘Stinky-Dog...Where Are You?’
The true story of the night her son lost his favourite toy pug in Disney World.
Title 1: 'Stinky Dog ...Where Are You?'
Title 2: 'Stinky Dog ...Where In The World Are You?'
Genre: Children
Format: Soft Backs Full Colour
Dedications: Available
Postage: UK Only
* Lynne's 2nd book is not published until 1st Dec. However both books will be despatched in plenty of time for Christmas*
Website: http://www.lynnerussell.co.uk
Twitter: @lynnerussellart
Instagram: @stinkydogbook
Book 1: 'Stinky Dog ...Where Are You?'
One night Louie loses his favourite toy,
He goes home a very sad, unhappy boy.
Stinky-Dog his toy, is alone in the night,
Who will help him out of this plight?
A gentle tale tells a story of woe,
A rhyming text helps the story to flow.
Sit back and relax, let the story unfold
Through colourful pictures a joy to behold.
Book 2: 'Stinky Dog ...Where In The World Are You?'
Stinky-Dog wants to take his friends away,
But who knows the best place for a holiday?
They all have very different views
About which country they should choose.
The world is full of amazing places,
Which one will put a smile on all
their faces?
Search the world with Stinky-Dog and his friends as they discuss whose country of origin is the best place for an adventure. Where will they choose and what will they learn along the way?
The Author:
Lynne trained as a Fine Artist and an Illustrator. She has worked as a muralist, in animation and teaches art to adults and children.
1992-2004: Illustrated picture books;
‘One Smiling Grandma’ pub: Heinemann.
Nominated for the Kate Greenaway award, on the SATs list for 2 years and exhibited in NYC by the Society of Illustrators.
Also picture books for Francis Lincoln, Dial, DK, Scholastic and Heinemann International.
Advertising campaigns for BA, Royal Caribbean Cruise holidays and various editorial work.
2004-present: Portrait work and exhibitions.
1996: Artist-In-residence in Chiapas, Mexico.
2018 1st author/illustrator book published:
‘Stinky-Dog...Where Are You?’
The true story of the night her son lost his favourite toy pug in Disney World.
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Lynne Russell
Lynne Russell
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£ 81
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David Walliams
David Walliams
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Title: Mr Stink (Limited Gift Edition)
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidwalliams
The Book:
David Walliams' bestselling book Mr Stink has gone FULL COLOUR in a brand-new anniversary edition. This beautiful hardback gift book is the perfect present for children of any age, and contains an introduction from David Walliams himself. Available for a limited time only!
Mr Stink was the second David Walliams book to be illustrated by the inimitable Quentin Blake, and won unanimous critical acclaim. Mr Stink remains one of his most beloved characters - in a tale that continues to touch the hearts of readers everywhere.
A highly collectable edition for fans old and new.
The Author:
David’s books have been translated into 53 languages and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. With a canon of ten chartbusting novels and five hilarious picture books, Walliams has cemented his place as one of the most important children’s authors of our time.
David is now considered the natural successor to Roald Dahl
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Dedication Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidwalliams
The Book:
David Walliams' bestselling book Mr Stink has gone FULL COLOUR in a brand-new anniversary edition. This beautiful hardback gift book is the perfect present for children of any age, and contains an introduction from David Walliams himself. Available for a limited time only!
Mr Stink was the second David Walliams book to be illustrated by the inimitable Quentin Blake, and won unanimous critical acclaim. Mr Stink remains one of his most beloved characters - in a tale that continues to touch the hearts of readers everywhere.
A highly collectable edition for fans old and new.
The Author:
David’s books have been translated into 53 languages and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. With a canon of ten chartbusting novels and five hilarious picture books, Walliams has cemented his place as one of the most important children’s authors of our time.
David is now considered the natural successor to Roald Dahl
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David Walliams
David Walliams
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Lot 751
£ 101
23
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David Walliams
David Walliams
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751
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Title: The Boy in the Dress: Limited Gift Edition 1st edition 1st printing NEW
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Postage: UK Only
Dedication Available
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidwalliams
The Book:
Dennis was different.
Why was he different, you ask?
Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book.
Charming, surprising and hilarious - The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of Little Britain. David Walliams’s beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike.'
The Author:
David’s books have been translated into 53 languages and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. With a canon of ten chartbusting novels and five hilarious picture books, Walliams has cemented his place as one of the most important children’s authors of our time.
David is now considered the natural successor to Roald Dahl
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Postage: UK Only
Dedication Available
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidwalliams
The Book:
Dennis was different.
Why was he different, you ask?
Well, a small clue might be in the title of this book.
Charming, surprising and hilarious - The Boy in the Dress is everything you would expect from the co-creator of Little Britain. David Walliams’s beautiful first novel will touch the hearts (and funny bones) of children and adults alike.'
The Author:
David’s books have been translated into 53 languages and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. With a canon of ten chartbusting novels and five hilarious picture books, Walliams has cemented his place as one of the most important children’s authors of our time.
David is now considered the natural successor to Roald Dahl
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David Walliams
David Walliams
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Lot 752
£ 150
12
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David Walliams
David Walliams
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Title: Gangsta Granny: Limited Gift Edition
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Postage: UK Only
Dedication Available
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidwalliams
The Book:
Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country. A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David’s previous bestsellers.
Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma’s house. She’s the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn’t know about his grandma.
1) She was once an international jewel thief.
2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, and now she needs Ben’s help…
The Author:
David’s books have been translated into 53 languages and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. With a canon of ten chartbusting novels and five hilarious picture books, Walliams has cemented his place as one of the most important children’s authors of our time.
David is now considered the natural successor to Roald Dahl
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Postage: UK Only
Dedication Available
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidwalliams
The Book:
Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country. A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David’s previous bestsellers.
Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma’s house. She’s the boringest grandma ever: all she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn’t know about his grandma.
1) She was once an international jewel thief.
2) All her life, she has been plotting to steal the Crown Jewels, and now she needs Ben’s help…
The Author:
David’s books have been translated into 53 languages and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. With a canon of ten chartbusting novels and five hilarious picture books, Walliams has cemented his place as one of the most important children’s authors of our time.
David is now considered the natural successor to Roald Dahl
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David Walliams
David Walliams
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Lot 753
£ 115
19
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David Walliams
David Walliams
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753
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Title: Grandpa’s Great Escape : Limited Gift Edition
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Postage: UK Only
Dedication Available
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidwalliams
The Book:
David Walliams' bestselling book Grandpa’s Great Escape has gone FULL COLOUR in a brand-new anniversary edition. This beautiful hardback gift book is the perfect present for children of any age, and contains an introduction from David Walliams himself.
A highly collectable edition for fans old and new.
The Author:
David’s books have been translated into 53 languages and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. With a canon of ten chartbusting novels and five hilarious picture books, Walliams has cemented his place as one of the most important children’s authors of our time.
David is now considered the natural successor to Roald Dahl
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Postage: UK Only
Dedication Available
Website: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidwalliams
The Book:
David Walliams' bestselling book Grandpa’s Great Escape has gone FULL COLOUR in a brand-new anniversary edition. This beautiful hardback gift book is the perfect present for children of any age, and contains an introduction from David Walliams himself.
A highly collectable edition for fans old and new.
The Author:
David’s books have been translated into 53 languages and sold over 25 million copies worldwide. With a canon of ten chartbusting novels and five hilarious picture books, Walliams has cemented his place as one of the most important children’s authors of our time.
David is now considered the natural successor to Roald Dahl
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David Walliams
David Walliams
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Lot 754
£ 200
32
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Tom Fletcher
Tom Fletcher
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754
32
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Title: The Christmasaurus
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/TomFletcher
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomFletcher
The Book:
The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus. It's about how they meet one Christmas Eve and have a magical adventure. It's about friendship and families, sleigh bells and Santa, singing elves and flying reindeer, music and magic. It's about discovering your heart's true desire, and learning that the impossible might just be possible.
The Author:
TOM FLETCHER is one of the UK’s bestselling authors for children. The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016 in the UK, and The Creakers was a number one bestseller. Tom is also the bestselling author of picture books There’s a Monster in Your Book, There’s an Elf in Your Book, and There’s a Dragon in Your Book, which received a Children’s Choice Honor1. The Dinosaur That Pooped picture books, written with his bandmate Dougie Poynter, havesold over a million copies. With his wife, Giovanna Fletcher, Tom is the author of Eve of Man, the first in a YA trilogy. Tom’s books have been translated into thirty-two languages and counting. He is also a songwriting, guitar-playing, Guinness World Record–holding, diaper–changing, galaxy-defending dad!
Genre: Children
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Linktree: https://linktr.ee/TomFletcher
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomFletcher
The Book:
The Christmasaurus is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus. It's about how they meet one Christmas Eve and have a magical adventure. It's about friendship and families, sleigh bells and Santa, singing elves and flying reindeer, music and magic. It's about discovering your heart's true desire, and learning that the impossible might just be possible.
The Author:
TOM FLETCHER is one of the UK’s bestselling authors for children. The Christmasaurus was the biggest debut middle-grade novel of 2016 in the UK, and The Creakers was a number one bestseller. Tom is also the bestselling author of picture books There’s a Monster in Your Book, There’s an Elf in Your Book, and There’s a Dragon in Your Book, which received a Children’s Choice Honor1. The Dinosaur That Pooped picture books, written with his bandmate Dougie Poynter, havesold over a million copies. With his wife, Giovanna Fletcher, Tom is the author of Eve of Man, the first in a YA trilogy. Tom’s books have been translated into thirty-two languages and counting. He is also a songwriting, guitar-playing, Guinness World Record–holding, diaper–changing, galaxy-defending dad!
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Andy Hussey
Andy Hussey
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Title: There's No Deer Around Here
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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When a mysterious visitor eats all the plants in Granny’s garden one night, Jacob is left wondering what it could be. Together with his best friend, Archie-Dog, Jacob sets out on a mission – collecting clues
along the way to prove to Granny that there really ARE deer around here!
The Author:
Andy is the founder of Muddy Little Boots. A graphic designer by trade, he decided to create Muddy Little Boots during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown (2020) as a means of creating something positive from this distressing period. He has a passion for collaborating with like-minded creative individuals and a desire to promote exploration of open spaces and nature. He’s also a big believer in having fun - if its not fun, he’s not interested. In many respects he’s a big kid at heart!
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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The Book:
When a mysterious visitor eats all the plants in Granny’s garden one night, Jacob is left wondering what it could be. Together with his best friend, Archie-Dog, Jacob sets out on a mission – collecting clues
along the way to prove to Granny that there really ARE deer around here!
The Author:
Andy is the founder of Muddy Little Boots. A graphic designer by trade, he decided to create Muddy Little Boots during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown (2020) as a means of creating something positive from this distressing period. He has a passion for collaborating with like-minded creative individuals and a desire to promote exploration of open spaces and nature. He’s also a big believer in having fun - if its not fun, he’s not interested. In many respects he’s a big kid at heart!
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Mike Gaunt
Mike Gaunt
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Title: Turmali and the Light Savers
Genre: Children - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.turmali.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Turmalibooks
The Book:
Turmali is a perfect mystical world, set high in the sky and is made up of seven lands. The lands are connected by Rainbow Bridges that are powered by Tourmaline Gemstones. The people of Turmali travel between the lands by crossing the Rainbow Bridges. Their perfect world is shattered when alien invaders arrive to steal away the Tourmaline stones, the Rainbow Bridges lose their power and disappear leaving the seven lands and the people on them isolated. 12 children from different countries on Earth are brought to Turmali in an effort to help defeat the alien invaders, 'The Light Killers'. This book tells the story about how it all began.
120 pages and 14 colour illustrations make this an exciting opening story
The Author:
Mike Gaunt has worked in the educational software industry for many years including almost 10 years as International Brand Manager for IBM’s educational software division with responsibility for all markets outside North America. Mike travelled extensively during this time meeting many teachers and school children as well as Government officials and was constantly asked the same question by the school children he met: “What do childrendo in your country”? This question stayed with him after leaving IBM and led him to create the Turmali and The Light Savers series of books. Mike has written the first book in the series ‘How it all began’ and hired enthusiastic, but unpublished authors to write the stories for each of the main character in the series. Almost 8 years after beginning this task the first 14 books in the series have been published in 2021, with the remaining 14 books set to be published in 2022.This illustrated series of books written for ages 7-13 comprises a total of 132 inter-connectedstories and features 12 children from different countries around the world, who come together to help save the magical world of Turmali from alien invaders.
Genre: Children - Fantasy
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: http://www.turmali.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Turmalibooks
The Book:
Turmali is a perfect mystical world, set high in the sky and is made up of seven lands. The lands are connected by Rainbow Bridges that are powered by Tourmaline Gemstones. The people of Turmali travel between the lands by crossing the Rainbow Bridges. Their perfect world is shattered when alien invaders arrive to steal away the Tourmaline stones, the Rainbow Bridges lose their power and disappear leaving the seven lands and the people on them isolated. 12 children from different countries on Earth are brought to Turmali in an effort to help defeat the alien invaders, 'The Light Killers'. This book tells the story about how it all began.
120 pages and 14 colour illustrations make this an exciting opening story
The Author:
Mike Gaunt has worked in the educational software industry for many years including almost 10 years as International Brand Manager for IBM’s educational software division with responsibility for all markets outside North America. Mike travelled extensively during this time meeting many teachers and school children as well as Government officials and was constantly asked the same question by the school children he met: “What do childrendo in your country”? This question stayed with him after leaving IBM and led him to create the Turmali and The Light Savers series of books. Mike has written the first book in the series ‘How it all began’ and hired enthusiastic, but unpublished authors to write the stories for each of the main character in the series. Almost 8 years after beginning this task the first 14 books in the series have been published in 2021, with the remaining 14 books set to be published in 2022.This illustrated series of books written for ages 7-13 comprises a total of 132 inter-connectedstories and features 12 children from different countries around the world, who come together to help save the magical world of Turmali from alien invaders.
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Mike Tamblin
Mike Tamblin
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Title: Differences
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.mikegtamblin.co.uk
The Book:
A story of love, envy and vengeance, that begs a question. What makes people so different? Is personality and even popularity a birthright? Or are these traits instilled, through a life of influence, whether that influence is good, or bad?
George, born to a popular couple, from a small and peaceful village, near the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield, had led a charmed life. Adored by his family and friends alike. He had a smile for everyone and, in turn, had that natural ability to make others smile.
Hard working, at school as well as on his Grandfather’s managed farm, he learned honesty and integrity. He learned humour from his mother and patience from his father. And he learned compassion, from Lilie, the love of his life, who he met at a very tender age.
That love grew, as they grew but the love and dedication to each other was to be tested to the extreme, as jealous eyes started a chain of heartbreaking and disasterous events.
The Author:
A lorry driver on the edge of retirement
Mike has had plenty of time to think to himself
and has had the idea for his book swimming around
in his head for sometime.
'Differences is Mike's first novel.
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.mikegtamblin.co.uk
The Book:
A story of love, envy and vengeance, that begs a question. What makes people so different? Is personality and even popularity a birthright? Or are these traits instilled, through a life of influence, whether that influence is good, or bad?
George, born to a popular couple, from a small and peaceful village, near the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield, had led a charmed life. Adored by his family and friends alike. He had a smile for everyone and, in turn, had that natural ability to make others smile.
Hard working, at school as well as on his Grandfather’s managed farm, he learned honesty and integrity. He learned humour from his mother and patience from his father. And he learned compassion, from Lilie, the love of his life, who he met at a very tender age.
That love grew, as they grew but the love and dedication to each other was to be tested to the extreme, as jealous eyes started a chain of heartbreaking and disasterous events.
The Author:
A lorry driver on the edge of retirement
Mike has had plenty of time to think to himself
and has had the idea for his book swimming around
in his head for sometime.
'Differences is Mike's first novel.
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What The Oak Trees Sees
What The Oak Trees Sees
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Title: What The Oak Trees See
Genre: Children's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.hiddelbrock.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hiddel-Brock-Wood-112495516958221/
The Book:
A midsummer dawn comes early, and fills the wood with light.
The animals from sunny day, from dawn, and dusk and night,
All come together, one by one, in nature's grand parade.
The oak tree stands above them all; its branches casting shade.
Come into the woods to find out what the oak tree sees...
A poetic introduction to the most loved woodland wildlife for 2-7 year olds. Follow their tracks and discover where they go when the people visit the woodland. With classic hand-drawn illustrations full of treasures to discover, it is perfect for reading aloud to younger children as well as for early readers to enjoy. Ideal for nature loving children at home or in a school or Forest School setting, this delightful story subtly reinforces the importance of respecting our natural environment and leaving no trace other than footprints, whilst also teaching children to recognise classic woodland animal tracks.
The Author:
Abbey lives in Northumberland with her partner and co-author, Richard, and their two young children. They are custodians of a small Ancient Woodland which they manage for nature conservation. The woodland is the inspiration for Abbey's art and their writing and poetry. Abbey's aim is to share with children a love of books and a love of nature: the keys to a life of wonder.
What The Oak Tree Sees is the first in The World of Hiddel Brock Wood series.
Genre: Children's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: http://www.hiddelbrock.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Hiddel-Brock-Wood-112495516958221/
The Book:
A midsummer dawn comes early, and fills the wood with light.
The animals from sunny day, from dawn, and dusk and night,
All come together, one by one, in nature's grand parade.
The oak tree stands above them all; its branches casting shade.
Come into the woods to find out what the oak tree sees...
A poetic introduction to the most loved woodland wildlife for 2-7 year olds. Follow their tracks and discover where they go when the people visit the woodland. With classic hand-drawn illustrations full of treasures to discover, it is perfect for reading aloud to younger children as well as for early readers to enjoy. Ideal for nature loving children at home or in a school or Forest School setting, this delightful story subtly reinforces the importance of respecting our natural environment and leaving no trace other than footprints, whilst also teaching children to recognise classic woodland animal tracks.
The Author:
Abbey lives in Northumberland with her partner and co-author, Richard, and their two young children. They are custodians of a small Ancient Woodland which they manage for nature conservation. The woodland is the inspiration for Abbey's art and their writing and poetry. Abbey's aim is to share with children a love of books and a love of nature: the keys to a life of wonder.
What The Oak Tree Sees is the first in The World of Hiddel Brock Wood series.
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The Roadside Fairies
The Roadside Fairies
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Title: The Roadside Fairies
Genre: Children's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://jacquelinederbyshire.ampbk.com/
The Book:
The roadside fairies have lived alongside us for many years, living by paths in secret dwellings across the lands before there were major roads and motor vehicles. Their main role was to heal creatures when they became ill or sustained injuries using their magic and potions. Over time, the roadside fairies had to readjust and move their dwellings due to major roads being built and vehicles becoming extremely fast and dangerous. The creatures of the forests needed the roadside fairies help more than ever as more and more where being injured. The roadside fairies, led by Great Elders, had learned to communicate with the creatures who held them in very high esteem. Young fairies called Limes start to rebel against the old ways, wanting to acquire the sacred 'Book of the Elders' that contained old dark magic that had not been used for centuries. This book was protected by a Great Elder called Beatri. Clover, a young girl living in a commune in the forest, is drawn into the battle to protect 'The Book of the Elders'.
The Author:
Jacqueline Derbyshire was born in Wallasey, Merseyside. She left home at a young age working predominantly in health and social care, now back to her roots. Always wanting to write books but never having the time, that opportunity presented itself in 2020 when the world changed for all.
Living in a time of uncertainty, imagination can only bring joy. Sharing this journey of love, healing and magic, the author offers you insight into a wondrous world within a world.
Genre: Children's Fiction
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://jacquelinederbyshire.ampbk.com/
The Book:
The roadside fairies have lived alongside us for many years, living by paths in secret dwellings across the lands before there were major roads and motor vehicles. Their main role was to heal creatures when they became ill or sustained injuries using their magic and potions. Over time, the roadside fairies had to readjust and move their dwellings due to major roads being built and vehicles becoming extremely fast and dangerous. The creatures of the forests needed the roadside fairies help more than ever as more and more where being injured. The roadside fairies, led by Great Elders, had learned to communicate with the creatures who held them in very high esteem. Young fairies called Limes start to rebel against the old ways, wanting to acquire the sacred 'Book of the Elders' that contained old dark magic that had not been used for centuries. This book was protected by a Great Elder called Beatri. Clover, a young girl living in a commune in the forest, is drawn into the battle to protect 'The Book of the Elders'.
The Author:
Jacqueline Derbyshire was born in Wallasey, Merseyside. She left home at a young age working predominantly in health and social care, now back to her roots. Always wanting to write books but never having the time, that opportunity presented itself in 2020 when the world changed for all.
Living in a time of uncertainty, imagination can only bring joy. Sharing this journey of love, healing and magic, the author offers you insight into a wondrous world within a world.
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Coming Soon Richard Handy
Coming Soon Richard Handy
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Maria Oliver
Maria Oliver
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761
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Title: Goldfinches, Daffodils and Sunshine.
Genre: Children's relaxations/mental health and wellbeing
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.boxmooryoga.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boxmooryoga
The Book:
If you loved Red Kites, Apples and Blood Cells, then you'll love this too!
More Relaxations for Lively Kids out now!
Fly with a dragon, swim with merpeople, create a bubble of calm, float to earth like a snowflake or off a cliff into the sea.
Illustrated by Ben and Steph Grandis.
The Author:
ince 2015, I've been teaching informal, fun yoga classes in and around Hemel Hempstead. I teach general Hatha yoga classes, pregnancy and postnatal, and children's classes in local schools. I strongly believe that yoga is for Every Body: regardless of age, level of mobility and level of fitness we can all benefit from a regular practise.
I trained and qualified as a yoga teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga and undertook additional training in pregnancy, postnatal and children's yoga.
I started writing relaxation scripts and yoga stories during Lockdown in 2020 and am the author of the following books:
Red Kites, Apples and Blood Cells: Imaginative Relaxations for Lively Kids - illustrated by Ben and Steph Grandis of Harper Prints
Once Upon a Time, You... A Yoga Adventure where you choose what happens!
Once Upon a Time, You... A Chair Yoga Adventure where you choose what happens!
Genre: Children's relaxations/mental health and wellbeing
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.boxmooryoga.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/boxmooryoga
The Book:
If you loved Red Kites, Apples and Blood Cells, then you'll love this too!
More Relaxations for Lively Kids out now!
Fly with a dragon, swim with merpeople, create a bubble of calm, float to earth like a snowflake or off a cliff into the sea.
Illustrated by Ben and Steph Grandis.
The Author:
ince 2015, I've been teaching informal, fun yoga classes in and around Hemel Hempstead. I teach general Hatha yoga classes, pregnancy and postnatal, and children's classes in local schools. I strongly believe that yoga is for Every Body: regardless of age, level of mobility and level of fitness we can all benefit from a regular practise.
I trained and qualified as a yoga teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga and undertook additional training in pregnancy, postnatal and children's yoga.
I started writing relaxation scripts and yoga stories during Lockdown in 2020 and am the author of the following books:
Red Kites, Apples and Blood Cells: Imaginative Relaxations for Lively Kids - illustrated by Ben and Steph Grandis of Harper Prints
Once Upon a Time, You... A Yoga Adventure where you choose what happens!
Once Upon a Time, You... A Chair Yoga Adventure where you choose what happens!
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Maria Oliver
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Benjamin Bartlett
Benjamin Bartlett
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Title: BBQ Manual: A Guide to Cooking with Grills, Chimeneas, Brick Ovens and Spits (Haynes Owners Workshop Manuals)
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.bbqben.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bbqben1
The Book:
Being able to barbecue should be in men’s genes – something to do with cavemen and chargrilled mammoth – but if you need help this “Haynes Manual” will show you how, step-by-step. From marinades and rubs to the infamous beer-can chicken, it contains a variety of mouth-watering recipes for meat, fish and vegetables, along with some great barbecue puddings to keep the girls happy. Gas or charcoal, briquettes or lumpwood, direct or indirect cooking, lid on or lid off – it’s all included.
The Author:
’BBQ Ben’ Bartlett was the first ever winner of Britain’s ’Best BBQer’ title awarded by the National BBQ Association. As well as writing regularly for the trade press, he has written for the Guardian and Sunday Times and has appeared on numerous TV programs including This Morning and Ready Steady Cook. He is President of the British BBQ Association and competes around the world with the Best of British BBQ Team.
Genre: Food & Drink
Format: Hardback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.bbqben.co.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bbqben1
The Book:
Being able to barbecue should be in men’s genes – something to do with cavemen and chargrilled mammoth – but if you need help this “Haynes Manual” will show you how, step-by-step. From marinades and rubs to the infamous beer-can chicken, it contains a variety of mouth-watering recipes for meat, fish and vegetables, along with some great barbecue puddings to keep the girls happy. Gas or charcoal, briquettes or lumpwood, direct or indirect cooking, lid on or lid off – it’s all included.
The Author:
’BBQ Ben’ Bartlett was the first ever winner of Britain’s ’Best BBQer’ title awarded by the National BBQ Association. As well as writing regularly for the trade press, he has written for the Guardian and Sunday Times and has appeared on numerous TV programs including This Morning and Ready Steady Cook. He is President of the British BBQ Association and competes around the world with the Best of British BBQ Team.
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K. Hopper & E. Hopper
K. Hopper & E. Hopper
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Title: The Lady Who Came From The Sun
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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A Reading by The Duchess of York:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ6jSi8ledM
The Book:
A beautiful picture book for children and adults dealing with loss, illustrated from the heart by the granddaughter of a very special lady. 'Have you ever met someone who made your heart warm, simply by being by your side? Then, the chances are, they were a love beam. And you are very lucky to have known them...'
The Author:
K. Hopper lives near the seaside with her husband and 2 young children.
After studying English Language and Literature at university, she was lucky enough to live and work abroad for a number of years; studying, nannying, teaching, bar-tending and backpacking in all corners of the globe - meeting many inspirational characters along the way!
Despite having had a life-long desire to write a book, it wasn’t until experiencing the heartbreak of losing her wonderful mother-in-law in 2020, that a story in her honour exploded from her heart and onto paper, with her then 5 year-old daughter by her side as the book’s illustrator.
This little journey of art therapy resulted in ‘The Lady Who Came From The Sun’ and the mother and daughter duo embarked on a donation project during the pandemic. 200 copies of the children’s grief book have since been donated to schools, hospices, libraries and individuals across the UK (and some further afield!)’
It is hoped that the children’s grief book will continue to serve as a comfort in times of sadness.’
Genre: Children
Format: Paperback
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A Reading by The Duchess of York:
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The Book:
A beautiful picture book for children and adults dealing with loss, illustrated from the heart by the granddaughter of a very special lady. 'Have you ever met someone who made your heart warm, simply by being by your side? Then, the chances are, they were a love beam. And you are very lucky to have known them...'
The Author:
K. Hopper lives near the seaside with her husband and 2 young children.
After studying English Language and Literature at university, she was lucky enough to live and work abroad for a number of years; studying, nannying, teaching, bar-tending and backpacking in all corners of the globe - meeting many inspirational characters along the way!
Despite having had a life-long desire to write a book, it wasn’t until experiencing the heartbreak of losing her wonderful mother-in-law in 2020, that a story in her honour exploded from her heart and onto paper, with her then 5 year-old daughter by her side as the book’s illustrator.
This little journey of art therapy resulted in ‘The Lady Who Came From The Sun’ and the mother and daughter duo embarked on a donation project during the pandemic. 200 copies of the children’s grief book have since been donated to schools, hospices, libraries and individuals across the UK (and some further afield!)’
It is hoped that the children’s grief book will continue to serve as a comfort in times of sadness.’
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Patti Boulaye
Patti Boulaye
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Title: The Faith of a Child
Genre: Autobiography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: UK Only
Website: https://www.pattiboulaye.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PattiBoulaye
The Book:
"The remarkable, moving and exciting autobiography of an African child through wealth, poverty, civil war, to Showbusiness Stardom. An inspiration for all those with faith."
"The Faith of a Child", before it's official launch, was guest featured in the Gibraltar International Literary Festival - Oxford Literary Festival and also in magazines and newpaper articles including; The Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Mirror, Sunday Express Magazine and the Voice Newspaper.
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Patti is a singer, author, actress, public speaker, lecturer, painter, show producer, wife, proud mother of two children and grandmother to a cherished grandson and granddaughter.
In January 2016 Patti was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of The British Empire) in Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday Honours List for her charity work in the UK & Sub-Saharan Africa.
2017 marked the 46th Anniversary of Patti’s West End debut in the musical “Hair”. 2017 also saw Patti awarded a Visiting Teaching Fellowship at Middlesex University Business School Faculty of Professional & Social Sciences.
Patti is famous for her singing and stage appearances, but little is known about her charitable work. For over 30 years she has supported many charities in the UK. Her philanthropic experience came in handy when she launched her charity Support For Africa (SFA) at the Royal Albert Hall with 3000 Gospel Singers and Stars of stage and screen. SFA has built 5 healthcare clinics and a school in Africa. Patti was on HM The Queen's Golden Jubilee Creative Committee, for which she organised and lead her 5000 Gospel Singers down The Mall.
In October 2018 Patti was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree for services to The Arts and Education by the Joint Council of Churches. In the same month, she appeared in the BBCTV series “Celebrity Master Chef”.
Genre: Autobiography
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://www.pattiboulaye.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/PattiBoulaye
The Book:
"The remarkable, moving and exciting autobiography of an African child through wealth, poverty, civil war, to Showbusiness Stardom. An inspiration for all those with faith."
"The Faith of a Child", before it's official launch, was guest featured in the Gibraltar International Literary Festival - Oxford Literary Festival and also in magazines and newpaper articles including; The Telegraph, The Guardian, Daily Mirror, Sunday Express Magazine and the Voice Newspaper.
The Author:
Patti is a singer, author, actress, public speaker, lecturer, painter, show producer, wife, proud mother of two children and grandmother to a cherished grandson and granddaughter.
In January 2016 Patti was awarded an OBE (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of The British Empire) in Her Majesty The Queen's Birthday Honours List for her charity work in the UK & Sub-Saharan Africa.
2017 marked the 46th Anniversary of Patti’s West End debut in the musical “Hair”. 2017 also saw Patti awarded a Visiting Teaching Fellowship at Middlesex University Business School Faculty of Professional & Social Sciences.
Patti is famous for her singing and stage appearances, but little is known about her charitable work. For over 30 years she has supported many charities in the UK. Her philanthropic experience came in handy when she launched her charity Support For Africa (SFA) at the Royal Albert Hall with 3000 Gospel Singers and Stars of stage and screen. SFA has built 5 healthcare clinics and a school in Africa. Patti was on HM The Queen's Golden Jubilee Creative Committee, for which she organised and lead her 5000 Gospel Singers down The Mall.
In October 2018 Patti was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree for services to The Arts and Education by the Joint Council of Churches. In the same month, she appeared in the BBCTV series “Celebrity Master Chef”.
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Victoria Dowd
Victoria Dowd
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Title: The Supper Club Murders
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
Postage: Free UK only.
Website: https://victoriadowd.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/victoria_dowd
The Book;
The phones are out.
The roads have flooded.
There’s no way in or out.
And the murders have begun.
Ursula Smart and her mother, Pandora, are invited to a supper safari at Greystone Castle, with their ever-adventurous book club.
Their hosts are Lord and Lady Black, who bought their titles and have taken up residence in the castle at the edge of a picturesque Dartmoor village.
But the quaint, idyllic façade soon fades as festering resentments begin to surface. Ursula and Pandora sense all is not well at Greystone. And when the Midnight Gun fires, their suspicions are proved right.
Death is all around them in this ancient castle — in the priest hole, the murder hole, on the ducking stool.
The Smart women race to solve a seemingly impossible murder, even as the body count rises.
Who will be next?
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Victoria is a crime writer and her first novel, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder, won The People’s Book Prize 2020/2021. It was also In Search of the Classic Mystery’s book of the year 2020. It’s the first in the Smart Woman’s mystery series. The second is Body on the Island and the third, The Supper Club Murders is out on 16th September. They are a dark comedy take on the classic whodunnit.
She is also an award winning writer of short fiction, having won the Gothic Fiction prize for short fiction by Go Gothic. She was the runner up in The New Writer’s writer of the year award and her work has been short listed and Highly commended by Writers’ Forum magazine. She was also long-listed for The Willesden Herald International Short Story Competition. She has had short stories published in various literary and arts journals such as BTS Literary and Arts Annual, Gold Dust magazine and Dream Catcher. She has spoken at various literary festivals, most recently in Bath, and at various schools and book groups. Her historical fiction, The Painter of Siena, was published in 2016.
After studying law at Cambridge University, she was a criminal law barrister for many years, but finally hung up the wig in favour of more fictional crimes.
Genre: Crime Thriller
Format: Paperback
Dedication: Available
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Website: https://victoriadowd.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/victoria_dowd
The Book;
The phones are out.
The roads have flooded.
There’s no way in or out.
And the murders have begun.
Ursula Smart and her mother, Pandora, are invited to a supper safari at Greystone Castle, with their ever-adventurous book club.
Their hosts are Lord and Lady Black, who bought their titles and have taken up residence in the castle at the edge of a picturesque Dartmoor village.
But the quaint, idyllic façade soon fades as festering resentments begin to surface. Ursula and Pandora sense all is not well at Greystone. And when the Midnight Gun fires, their suspicions are proved right.
Death is all around them in this ancient castle — in the priest hole, the murder hole, on the ducking stool.
The Smart women race to solve a seemingly impossible murder, even as the body count rises.
Who will be next?
The Author:
Victoria is a crime writer and her first novel, The Smart Woman’s Guide to Murder, won The People’s Book Prize 2020/2021. It was also In Search of the Classic Mystery’s book of the year 2020. It’s the first in the Smart Woman’s mystery series. The second is Body on the Island and the third, The Supper Club Murders is out on 16th September. They are a dark comedy take on the classic whodunnit.
She is also an award winning writer of short fiction, having won the Gothic Fiction prize for short fiction by Go Gothic. She was the runner up in The New Writer’s writer of the year award and her work has been short listed and Highly commended by Writers’ Forum magazine. She was also long-listed for The Willesden Herald International Short Story Competition. She has had short stories published in various literary and arts journals such as BTS Literary and Arts Annual, Gold Dust magazine and Dream Catcher. She has spoken at various literary festivals, most recently in Bath, and at various schools and book groups. Her historical fiction, The Painter of Siena, was published in 2016.
After studying law at Cambridge University, she was a criminal law barrister for many years, but finally hung up the wig in favour of more fictional crimes.
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Victoria Dowd
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RJ Baker
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