I am super-excited about the release of Forbidden, the sixth and final book in the Scandalous Women of the Ton series later this year, and now the countdown has started! I’ve posted a special excerpt here on my website to give everyone a taster of Margery’s story. To read all about Margery’s rags to riches tale [...]
Over on the Word Wenches blog today I am chatting about the visit I made last week to Highclere Castle, the fabulous Victorian mansion that is used in the filming of Downton Abbey. Please do drop in to the Wenches to read all about our visit and get some of the behind the scenes Downton [...]
First of all a big thank you to those of you who entered the Notorious contest. The winner is Amy who wins a selection of books and some goodies from Highclere Castle, the home of Downton Abbey. Congratulations, Amy! I’ll be blogging about Highclere/Downton next week. Don’t miss it! Here is Rochester the Guide Dog Puppy with [...]
Happy April! As I sit at my desk looking out over the Oxfordshire countryside it’s a beautiful day with the mist starting to vanish in the sun and the hills a patchwork of green and brown against the blue of the sky. Notorious is published in the UK this month and to celebrate I am holding [...]
Today I am the guest of fabulous author Elise Rome at her March Madness celebration. There is an interview and book giveaway, and we are chatting about the sort of disguise you would choose if, like Tess in Desired, you needed to make a swift exit without getting caught. Please come along (in your fancy [...]
Thank you to everyone who entered Bob’s birthday contest here on the blog and congratulations to Gillian, Carla and Maggie Ann on winning copies of their backlist books of choice! Look out for a new contest in a couple of weeks to celebrate the UK release of Notorious!
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Today is Bob the Cat’s fifteenth birthday and to celebrate she has decided to give away some of my books. Bob was born the youngest of triplets. Now she is the only one left. Her sister Petra and brother Paddy – who was a huge, fluffy gorgeous, silver coloured fellow (and he [...]
Today I am blogging at the UK Regency Authors’ Blog about Regency boxing and its fans – The Fancy. This was something I researched for Whisper of Scandal and I found it fascinating! Hope you will drop by! http://bit.ly/wS3D8v
Many congratulations to Colleen, who has won my February website contest, and a copy of Lord Greville’s Captive and the book of Edwardian paper dolls. Another big congratulations to Sue, whose name was drawn from the hat this morning to win the blog contest! Thank you to everyone who entered both contests. I had such [...]
Today is Leap Day and I’d like to wish a very Happy Birthday to all those born on 29th February! I hope you have a very special day. I’d also like to congratulate everyone who is taking this opportunity to propose. Good luck and best wishes for the future! Tomorrow, 1st March, is World Book Day. So [...]