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Anna Britton

I live on the Isle of Wight with my husband and chronically clumsy Labrador. I love going on rambling walks and paddling about in my kayak. I’ve been writing for about ten years and I mentor other writers. I am an avid reader and have recently gotten a hammock that I spend a lot ofContinue reading “Anna Britton”

Alison Irving

I live in a village outside Belfast, Northern Ireland, with my husband, two children and a spoilt cat called Hamish. I am a physiotherapist in a hospice in Belfast, and Casual Cruelties is my first novel. I wanted to write about middle-aged women who discover that menopause, while challenging, has some benefits. As I wroteContinue reading “Alison Irving”

Operation Nativity – Jenny Pearson

Published By: Usborne PublishingPages: 352Released On: 09/11/2023Reading Age: 7-10Illustrated By: Katie Kear When Oscar and Molly rush outside to investigate a crash in the night, they’re not expecting to find a dazed Angel Gabriel wandering around their grandparents’ back garden. And they’re certainly not expecting to find themselves in a race to save Christmas. ButContinue reading “Operation Nativity – Jenny Pearson”

Alice Bell

My name is Alice Bell, aged 33 and ¾, and I started trying to write books when I was about 11. There followed 20 odd years of failure, during which I got a job writing about video games, got married, got divorced, moved several times and eventually ended up in Cork in Ireland, which isContinue reading “Alice Bell”

Christmas by Candlelight – Karen Swan

Published By: PanPages: 416Released On: 26/10/2023 It’s three days before Christmas and starting to snow when high-flier Libby and her new boyfriend reluctantly attend her university reunion on the way back from a wedding in Yorkshire. Hosted by Archie Templeton – the heartbreaker of their group – at his grand family estate, the night isContinue reading “Christmas by Candlelight – Karen Swan”

The Finery – Rachel Grosvenor

Published By: Fly On The Wall PressPages: 300Released On: 25/08/2023 Tyranny is in the air in the city of Finer Bay, and Professor Wendowleen Cripcot would like to be left alone, thank you very much. The memories of the last one hundred years are quite enough to be getting on with, if only these youngContinue reading “The Finery – Rachel Grosvenor”

Natalie Lewis

Natalie was a fashion PR for 30 years, looking after everyone from Victoria Beckham to Jimmy Choo to Net A Porter over the course of her career. She is based in London and has two teenage children (one who is at University in St Andrews), and a patient husband! Feeling exhausted and wanting to changeContinue reading “Natalie Lewis”

Guinevere: The Quest for Excalibur – Fil Reid

Published By: Dragonblade PublishingPages: 399Released On: 06/09/2023 Twelve years ago, 21st-century librarian Gwen decided to remain in the Dark Ages with the man she loves above all else – a man around whom endless well-known tales of legend and magic have been spun. King Arthur. Over the years, she’s carved a life for herself byContinue reading “Guinevere: The Quest for Excalibur – Fil Reid”

The Four – Ellie Keel

Published By: HQPages: 368Released On: 11/04/2024 We were always The Four. From our very first day at High Realms. The four scholarship pupils. Outsiders in a world of power and privilege. It would have made our lives a lot easier if Marta had simply pushed Genevieve out of our bedroom window that day. Certainly, itContinue reading “The Four – Ellie Keel”

The Curious Kidnapping of Nora W – Cate Green

Published By: One More ChapterPages: 384Released On: 20/07/2023 I am the oldest person ever to have lived in this world. I am the one who lived through their monster camps and brought the ones left of my family to London to make more family. I am the one to laugh at those angry, evil peopleContinue reading “The Curious Kidnapping of Nora W – Cate Green”