Kitty McKenzie - historical mainstream. Blurb York, Yorkshire. 1864 Suddenly left as the head of the family, Kitty McKenzie must find her inner strength to keep her family together against the odds. Evicted from their resplendent home in the...

A couple of weeks ago, I received a phone call from Helen who works at my local library. She asked if I would like to be spotlighted on the library's website as a library friend. I said sure. It felt a good thing to do, as I use my local library all...

Great news. My historical saga Woodland Daughter has been offered to go into audio by Isis UK, via my publisher Robert Hale. This will be my first audio book and I'm so very excited. At the moment Woodland Daughter is available in hardback and also...

Just finished - The Devil's Brood by Sharon Penman. (historical) I really enjoyed reading this Sharon Penman book, her third in the story of Henry II's family.Penman has a talent in mixing historical detail and family fueds with equal measure so that...

So, we bought a new bookscase at the weekend because quite frankly I was sick of my books being in piles on the floor and in boxes. Good news is the bookcase fitted in the spot it needed to go and I managed to get a good few boxes unpacked. All the...