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Author Q&A with Amanda Dewinter

We chat to Amanda Dewinter, author of The Success Code. Can you tell us about your book? The Success Code is not your usual book about success. Yes, it includes all the things you’d expect from a book on success, such as how to… Read More

Setting a New Direction

We’re delighted to have bestselling author Mary Burton on the blog to talk the importance of the various settings in her novels. Setting a New Direction Almost a year ago, the Burtons moved from Richmond, Virginia to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.  Not a long distance by… Read More

THE GAME IS ON…

Across the globe, five strangers receive a horrifying message from an unknown number. THE PERSON YOU LOVE MOST IS IN DANGER.To save them, each must play The Game – a sinister unknown entity that has a single rule: there can only be one winner.IF YOU LOSE, YOUR LOVED ONE WILL DIE.But… Read More

Why do tales of tricky mother/daughter relationships continue to fascinate us?

We love a good story about a complicated mother/daughter relationship. But why is that? Louise Mumford, author of the new gripping psychological thriller The Safe House explores. Overbearing, controlling, unhinged and selfish – the Bad Mother still dominates our books and films. Examples are Mrs… Read More

Read an exclusive extract from Last Seen Alive

Last Seen Alive, the third novel in Jane Bettany’s page-turning crime series, featuring Detective Isabel Blood, is an unputdownable treat! Read an exclusive extract below. CHAPTER ONE  It was after midnight and the clock in the corner sounded too loud, almost portentous. Tick. Tock. Tick. Counting down… Read More

Read an exclusive extract from The Forever House

Escape with a feel-good romance that will warm your heart! Read an exclusive extract from Rachel Dove’s gorgeous new book, The Forever House, available here. CHAPTER ONE  The groom, looking resplendent in a hand-stitched Italian ivory suit, complete with gold waistcoat and elegant gilded cravat, was misty-eyed as he… Read More

Other Parents by Sarah Stovell

Author Sarah Stovell tells us about what inspired the characters in her latest book, Other Parents, out now. Read More

The Blood Tide: An Interview with Neil Lancaster

Author Neil Lancaster tells us about his introduction to crime writing as we celebrate the release of his latest gripping police procedural, The Blood Tide. Read More

Family secrets. Are they good or bad?

Author Sarah Clarke ponders the question as we celebrate the release of her latest novel, Every Little Secret. My new book Every Little Secret follows the lives of Grace, Marcus, Kaia and their wider family. Almost every character is harbouring a secret or two, and this leads to… Read More

Second Spring: Kate Codrington’s New Vision For Menopause

Author Kate Codrington re-frames the subject as we celebrate the release of her new book, Second Spring. There appears to be mass cultural gas lighting around perimenopause and menopause. We’re supposed to either shut up and get on with it or, if we insist on adequate care, take… Read More

Writing LGBTQI+ characters into contemporary fiction

Charlotte Barnes, author of The Break Up, shares her thoughts on the importance of LGBTQI+ representation in contemporary fiction. The first time I read of an LGBTQI+ romance in fiction, it was Stella Duffy’s Calendar Girl. I don’t remember my age exactly. Though I remember the feelings of… Read More

Playing for Love with Jeevani Charika

Playing for Love is the laugh-out-loud new romantic comedy from Jeevani Charika! Here she joins us to tell us what inspired Sam and Luke’s love story. Playing For Love was inspired almost entirely by a children’s cartoon called Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir. My daughter watched it when she… Read More