Press Release: The Romantic Novelists’ Association Honours Katie Fforde With Lifetime Achievement Award

...was inspired by much of Katie’s own life: her town, her job, her wardrobe, and even her elderly cat. Since then, she’s written a further 29 novels, a collection of...

New Releases: February 2021

...and audio 18th February Norfolk, 1939 When village residents open their homes to evacuees from London, they’re expecting to care for children, so when a train carrying expectant mothers pulls...

Karen King – The Best Christmas Ever

...ten romantic novels published, two psychological thrillers, 120 children’s books, two young adult novels, and several short stories for women’s magazines. Her romantic novel The Cornish Hotel by the Sea...

Julie Ryan: How Much Research Do You Do?

...when I decided my books would be set. I’ve always hankered after writing a historical novel though and admire those writers who can pull it off. I was terrified that...

Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...parents used to live — and in a friend’s garden! I’d always been aware that there had been Vikings on the River Clyde but I hadn’t been aware of just...

What’s That Sound? By Eleanor Harkstead

...started to lose my hearing and developed constant tinnitus. The condition can be caused by all sorts of things, but mine has been explained to me as the brain compensating...

RNA – Romantic Novel Awards Winners

...Times bestselling author of over thirty novels, including the top ten bestsellers The Cake Shop in the Garden, A Cottage by the Sea, Paper Hearts and Summer Kisses, Christmas Cakes...

#IndieApril Author Spotlight: Audrey Harrison

...what is happening. I will do admin (never enough to fully catch-up) and a little marketing (nowhere near enough!) and then in late morning/early afternoon I am either writing or...

Meet The #UKRomChat Team

...Catherine Curzon, spans WW1 to the present day and is published by Pride. The Ghost Garden, the first installment in historical paranormal series The de Chastelaine Chronicles is out now,...

The Earl’s Mysterious Lady

Juliet Greenwood – The Girl With The Silver Clasp

...her ambition of becoming a renowned silversmith in 1920s Cornwall, when women still weren’t expected to follow a profession, let alone become successful entrepreneurs and leaders in their field. The...

Shorter Romantic Novel Award – Louise Allen

...and a garden that fights back. She is the author of over 70 historical romances and several non-fiction history titles. Almost all are set in the years spanning Jane Austen’s...