‘”Papa is a magician”, he said.“He is the Magician!” Erika repeated.From being a joke, or a way of cheering the table up, the new soubriquet for their father stuck. Erika encouraged all visitors to join her in giving her father this new name’– The Magician [ About the Book ] The Magician tells the story of…
‘Based around the known facts of the boyhood and youth of the great Cornish poet, Charles Causley and the life of the mother who raised him singlehandedly.’– Mother’s Boy [ About the Book ] Laura, an impoverished Cornish girl, meets her husband when they are both in service in Teignmouth in 1916. They have a…
INSPIRED BY TRUE FAMINE-TIME EVENTS– The Letter Home [ About the Book ] INTERWEAVES THE LIVES OF THREE REMARKABLE WOMEN, ACROSS TIME AND TIDES, IN AN UNFORGETTABLE JOURNEY OF THE HEART. When journalist Jessie Daly loses everything she holds dear, she travels home to Ireland’s west coast, and helps an old friend researching life during…
BEHIND EVERY STRONG WOMAN, IS AN EPIC STORY…– DIAMOND Diamond by Jessie Keane is OUT NOW with Hodder and is described as the perfect novel ‘for fans of Martina Cole and Kimberley Chambers, and lovers of ‘Peaky Blinders’…epic historical crime fiction at its most compelling.‘ Today I am joining the blog tour with Midas PR…
One extraordinary woman.One hundred years of history.One unforgettable story.– Violeta [ About the Book ] Violeta comes into the world on a stormy day in 1920, the first daughter in a family of five boisterous sons. From the start, her life is marked by extraordinary events, for the ripples of the Great War are still…
‘The drive leads on through the trees towards the big house, visible through the winter-stripped branches. Its familiar windows stare down at Harkin, mirroring the sea and the shore . . .’The Winter Guest [ About the Book ] January 1921. Though the Great War is over, in Ireland a new, civil war is raging.…
Happy New Year folks. Here’s hoping 2022 will be the year that we can look forward to brighter days ahead. I think we are all craving some small sense of normality, a need to do something spontaneous just because. I’m dreaming of meet ups and events where there are no rules attached, where we can…
Today I am delighted to hand over my blog to Vali Benson who published her debut novel Blood and Silver in April 2020. YA historical fiction, Blood and Silver is described as ‘a story of the best and worst of human nature, the passion for survival and the beauty of true friendship’. In June of…
In 17th Century London, a murder investigation by intrepid scientists Harry Hunt and Robert Hooke uncover shocking revelations in this gripping debut thriller, where politics, religion and science meet.– The Bloodless Boy [ About the Book ] The City of London, 1678. New Year’s Day. Twelve years have passed since the Great Fire ripped through…
‘For fans of Elena Ferrante and Maggie O’Farrell‘– The Family [ About the Book ] Two daughters. Two families. One inescapable fate.Sofia Colicchio is a free spirit, loud and untamed. Antonia Russo is thoughtful, ever observing the world around her. Best friends since birth, they live in the shadow of their fathers’ unspoken community: the…