New Releases: October 2021

...long in a community like Penvennan Cove. Set in picturesque Cornwall. Book 2             Liz Harris: DARJEELING INHERITANCE     Historical romantic fiction Heywood Press...

She Has My Child

When Megan’s sister Sophia offers to be her surrogate, she is overjoyed. But as the birth gets closer, and long hidden family secrets begin to surface, she begins to wonder...

Jennifer Bibby – The Cornish Hideaway

...Cornish Hideaway? It’s been a long, almost 18 year journey to get the novel to this point. Back in 2004 twenty year old me watched a BBC documentary called The...

My (not so) Perfect Summer

...her long-term boyfriend Marc to buy their first home. But Autumn’s barely opened the estate agent's website when Marc vanishes with half their savings, leaving her no choice but to...

New Releases@ December 2023

...weather hits the Dales, old flames, Clemmie and Ross, are snowed in. Stilted conversations give way to cosy evenings curled up by the fire. But when long-held secrets are revealed,...

September 2018: Competition Monthly

...days, if not longer, before you edit it, in order to look at it with fresh eyes. This is no less true of competition entries. My own good competition-related news...

Joan Hessayon Award Contender: Suzie Hull, In This Foreign Land

...and books, and since she came from a long line of creative women it was only a matter of time before she turned to writing her own. She commented, ‘I’m...

Julie Ryan: How Much Research Do You Do?

...into one historical period I also delved into an era that has long held particular interest for me, the Tudor Court, especially that of Henry VIII. I still hanker after...

A Part of Me

What do you owe to a child you let go? Geraldine, a widow in her sixties and about to marry again, has come a long way from being a fourteen-year-...

Meet The 2020 Joan Hessayon Contenders

...a published writer, I’m living my dream life, and I’m incredibly grateful to all who have helped me along the way.” Halleholm – Lovisa’s Choice is set in a fictitious...

A Wedding at the Chateau

Two friends. One wedding. A love story that’s long overdue… Olivia and Nico were once inseparable best friends but as life took its course, they took very different paths. When...

February 2019: Competition Monthly

What’s in a title?   Titles are important. You need something that will catch the judge’s eye and interest before they even start on the story. Long, rambling titles might...