Annemarie Brear – The Market Stall Girl

...really like exploring. Writing historical I have to be careful not to use modern names. Sometimes that doesn’t give me a huge scope as so many men were called, John,...

New Releases: June 2019

...feat when you are surrounded by wild animals, sparring tribes and illegal poachers. Cole Armstrong is out of the British Special Forces for all of 23 days. On his first...

Love In The Time Of Snobbery

...framed the listing. It’s a real privilege when so many readers invest your book. Rowan Coleman is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels including...

First Comes Marriage

...becomes even trickier. Forced to be in close proximity, Zafar and Reshma are about to discover that sometimes falling in love comes after saying 'I do'. *Heartwarming and achingly romantic,...

Ruth Frances Long: Writing Fantasy

...earliest stories are all adventures and the word romance comes from the medieval chivalric tradition of courtly love. In these stories knights went on adventures to prove their love for...

The Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award:

...draw on local myths, history and ghost stories for my inspiration. The Forgotten Sister is based on the real-life historical mystery of the death of Amy Robsart, wife of Robert...

Deborah Carr- An Island At War

...courtesy of Jersey Heritage for a copy of my great-grandmother’s Occupation Identity Card to be used in the back of An Island at War and One More Chapter have also...

Sasha Greene & Nancy Peach – Dealing With Difficult Topics In Romance

...have encountered many times in my professional life. The wider issue for me is about ensuring I protect patient confidentiality at all times. I never use an identifiable incident or...

Jackie Collins Award For Romantic Thrillers – Finalists

...walking away from it all and divorcing her husband before her past secrets catch up with her. As she drafts the final ever episodes, it becomes clear that someone is...

Vivien Brown: Exploring Infertility In Fiction

...outcomes when my main character Kate seeks treatment. Either the IVF would fail, with all the sadness that comes with that, or it would succeed and produce the baby she...

Jan Baynham – Her Sister’s Secret

...her life in rural mid-Wales, Jen’s journey to find the truth takes her first to the city of Cardiff and then to Sicily. How did you decide on the names...

Contemporary Romantic Novel Award Category

...sold almost a million copies and have been translated into many languages. She is also an Audible number one best-seller. Phillipa lives in Staffordshire with her husband, has a grown-up...