The Wicked Lady

1648 – Hertfordshire Thirteen-year-old Katherine Ferrers is in despair at being betrothed to arch-Royalist Thomas Fanshawe whose family are hellbent on plundering her family’s fortune to champion the exiled Charles....

The Golden Gals’ French Adventure

...decides it’s just what she and Shirl need. And as the sun-soaked town of Plouvannec-Sur-Mer begins to work its magic on the women, they realise there’s another way to live....

West End Girl

It’s 1901 and Lizzie and her family are working at Glasgow’s International Exhibition. While selling tickets, Lizzie rescues Alice from an attack by her moody, dangerous fiance, Charles. As Lizzie...

Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...    The Girl from the Workhouse, Lynn Johnson, Hera Books Staffrodshire Potteries – 1914. Fourteen-year-old Ginnie must survive loneliness in the workhouse and a job that nobody wants in...

Sue Moorcroft: Let It Snow

...she would never get anywhere. She never did stop daydreaming, and after years of happily living in the clouds, decided to write the stories down. http://www.rubymoone.com/ https://www.facebook.com/RubyMoone/ https://twitter.com/RubyMooneWriter https://www.instagram.com/rubymoone/  ...

Whatever IT Takes

...those that do, are hiding a huge secret . . . and there’s someone who will do whatever it takes to make sure that it never comes to the surface....

RNA 60th Anniversary – How To Write Romance – Writing Hot Scenes!

...WHY question needs to be considered. Why – apart from the obvious desire – is this intimacy taking place right now?’ What about making sure we include the concept of...

Sue Cook – Tara’s African Adventure

...first fiction acceptance. That was a short story for The People’s Friend. I read nothing but People’s Friend stories for a month, then honed and honed a short story which...

New Releases: June 2020

...E-book 6 May 2020 The sequel to Until We Meet Again. In a world destroyed by war, can hope survive? Young couple Amy and Edmond Derwent have experienced battle, he...

The Rules of Seeing

Joan Hessayon Award 2021 – Meet The Contenders 1

...set in Wales, and feature older characters, and hopes that her debut novel shows that fun doesn’t have to stop when you hit 40! She said, “I am beyond delighted...

The Body Under the Stage

Georgina Drake – photographer, proud mum, and amateur detective – tackles a case that’s a little too close to home… Georgina Drake is taking promo photos of a dress rehearsal...