Coming Home to the Sunflower Cliffs

Gabriel returns to the island of Jersey after ten years abroad to help his aging showbiz parents revive their failing Art Deco hotel, The Encore. He is stunned to discover...

Sandy Barker – The Dating Game

...weekends). Once I finished the manuscript, I read through and revised it several times – each revision, refining it further. I say it’s like passing it through a colander, then...

New Releases: October 2018

OCTOBER PUBLICATIONS Paula Williams: Brought to Account Crime/Romance FA Thorpe (Publishing) Large print paperback. 1st September 2018 When Lauren Chapman is ‘let go’ from her job at a greengrocer’s her...

Jane Wenham-jones Award For Romantic Comedy Category

...the past, Nicole has worked as a gallery attendant at the Natural History Museum, a bookseller for Waterstones, a warden at Buckingham Palace, and used to present the travel and...

New Publications: January 2019

...and Paperback January 2019 Escape to a tropical paradise in this epic story of hidden pasts and family secrets: When successful jewellery designer Isla Ashton unexpectedly inherits her eccentric Aunt...

RNA Conference 2018 Round Up

...the newbies party. This party was a great opportunity to meet first-time conference goers while drinking fizz and eating chocolate; two of my favourite things. It was truly great to...

New Releases: February 2020

...Weekly – DC Thomson 6th Feb 2020 It’s early in World War 2 when pretty Australian Nurse, Pauline Newton, arrives at Killymoor Hall, a makeshift military hospital in Lancashire, She...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #12

...the idea, think of those times when you’ve been put off reading a book because of a too-small, too bizarre font. Fonts matter. If that doesn’t work, maybe try printing...

Hints & Tips For New Writers #14

...authors have been accused of not writing romance because their books don’t include sex scenes. Which is a bizarre claim for a lot of obvious reasons (romance = sex?) but...

New Releases: October 2020

...Ops Room Girls Saga Canelo Saga Ebook and paperback 24th September 2020 Braving the Blitz, defending evacuee siblings, playing the lead in a pantomime… May is desperate to help but...

Ask An Industry Expert: Hattie Grunewald

...letter, the first thirty pages and a one page synopsis. In what order to you generally tackle these and which carries most weight? I always start with the covering letter...

New Publications: March 2019

...McGurl: The Forgotten Secret dual timeline – part historical part contemporary Publisher: HQ Format: Digital. 1st March Can she unlock the mysteries of the past? A country at war It’s...