July

Hello and Welcome!

I have made up my mind that this is the month when I get a load of writing done. I need to get to that point when the story starts to write itself to the end. I would also love to try a little advertising, more to see if I can, rather than anything grand.

Of course, if I can manage this, it would be a good beginning to our book promotion, something that has been sadly lacking of late.

Speaking of book promotion, I must show you the new cover for Swan Song!

coming soon!

BOOK READING NEWS

Some stories don’t end. They wait to be found…

Book editor Lucy Thomas has just inherited her grandmother’s windswept Cornish home, and with it, a library bathed in sunlight, a spiral staircase that leads to secrets, and a battered box filled with unfinished stories…

To honour her grandmother’s last wish, Lucy must finish what was left undone – and discover the magic hiding between the lines.

Filled with warmth, whispers of magic, and the irreplaceable comfort of books, The Secret Library is for anyone who knows how one story can change everything.

Crack the façade… Expose the truth…

A toxic arrival. The villagers enthralled. What will it take to show the reality of what lives among them?

Laura Brown has already had a tough year. What she doesn’t need is someone making it worse. But when her friend’s cottage is rented out, that’s exactly what happens as her life, and the village she loves, are invaded by someone from her past.

Laura has learned how to react to her abuser. With silence. With indifference. No one else sees the danger in their midst. That is until her friends are affected and the time comes for Laura to remember who she really is.

With the help of a mysterious visitor and Laura’s friend, Harry O’Connor, a plan forms, but when a lack of discretion threatens to derail it, Laura finds help comes from the most unlikely place.

Everything she touches breaks . . .

Nell Ballard is a runaway. A former foster child with a dark secret she is desperately trying 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.

But 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 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 easily they can be to break . . .

📚 reviews to follow!

CURRENT PROJECTS

Swan Song, my latest WIP, is coming along rather well, just past the half way mark, I am delighted to say.

There is another poetry book from Anita in the pipeline, and should hopefully be available in early autumn.

We will continue to post on a regular basis, the brain is performing well, I am delighted to say, and we want to thank all of our friends and subscribers for sticking with us during this past year!

BONSAI

My collection of bonsai, baby trees in pots for those unfamiliar with the craft, are recovering from being neglected while I was out of order. Hopefully, I will continue to grow stronger, so this doesn’t happen again.

Frequent posts about them will continue, as I love them all to bits!