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Valentine’s Day with the Fae

Today is the perfect time to introduce Kit’s guide through the fae world: a character called Valentine (most of the time). In this excerpt Kit and Valentine find themselves spending the night in a safe house in the Faedemesne, though it proves to be far from safe for Kit. ‘I told you, it’s a SafeContinue reading “Valentine’s Day with the Fae”

Excerpt time and a bundle of nerves.

It’s just over a month until Dance with the Fae comes out. Usually I’m gearing up to do social media posts and blog tours but this time I’m adrift because at the time of querying, the organiser wasn’t sure the bloggers who take part on Twitter would be posting elsewhere. It’s a bit nerve-racking asContinue reading “Excerpt time and a bundle of nerves.”

A gift for a dryad

I hope everyone is having a relaxing weekend and not rushing about too much finding last minute gifts. Doing my shopping reminded me of the scene I wrote in The Promise Tree when Edwin takes Drusilla a present. What do you get a 200 year old dryad for Christmas? “I brought you a gift.” HeContinue reading “A gift for a dryad”

A Midwinter visitation

Midwinter greetings to you! Daughter of the Sea opens on Midwinter’s Day when Effie rescues a baby and a basket that she spots floating out to sea. A year later a visitor arrives on Midwinter’s Night. Read on to discover the first encounter between Effie and Lachlan. ‘It’s late,’ Effie said cautiously. ‘Do you needContinue reading “A Midwinter visitation”

Dance with the Fae- Cover v Cover

My editor recently got in touch to let me know that the cover for Dance with the Fae is changing. We spent a lot of time during the design stage going back and forth between combinations and settled on the one below. Now the colour has changed to this. I can’t decide which one IContinue reading “Dance with the Fae- Cover v Cover”

Thursday Throwback

Redeeming the Rogue Knight and Cats When a hero is in danger of coming across as unlikeable, received wisdom suggests giving him a ‘save the cat’ moment. It doesn’t literally have to be a cat, of course, but he should do something that reveals a soft, squishy, lovable interior under the shell of hardness or coldness,Continue reading “Thursday Throwback”

My Fair Lord and My Autistic Lady

In my author letter for My Fair Lord I shared some thoughts on Florence’s autism. Florence Wakechild speaks forthrightly to the point where she is considered rude. She answers questions literally and takes things at face value. She info dumps about champagne grapes at parties and becomes engrossed with the rules of society to theContinue reading “My Fair Lord and My Autistic Lady”

Happy Birthday to me!

Today marks the tenth anniversary of my first book being unleashed on the world. Those of you who have followed me from the start will remember that Falling for Her Captor was given a contract as a result of me entering it into Harlequin’s So You Think You Can Write contest. I thought at theContinue reading “Happy Birthday to me!”

Catching up

It’s been a long time since I touched my website. I was taken aback at how long. I think it was before Covid, looking at the last book I’d added a page for. That was a weird time but let’s not go there. So, what have I been up to? My editor currently has twoContinue reading “Catching up”