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Is Wuthering Heights hard to adapt for film and television? Some versions certainly make a mess of the novel by Emily Bronte...

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My novella The Thief of Hearts is all about the hunt for a mysterious jewel thief known as The Phantom. Jewel heists are popular grist to the TV and movie mill. Here are some worth watching.

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The novelette The Four-to-One Fancy is set against the backdrop of a risky horse racing venture. But what was horse racing like in the Regency era?

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My novel Captive of the Corsairs is among 30 free great historical romance novels free on Amazon for a limited time only - April 25 to 29. Get in quick for some fab reading!

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He was a clergyman’s son born in Victorian England who grew up to write tales of the supernatural that still chill readers almost a century after his death. He was author M.R. James.

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Using a matchmaker to find a spouse seems terribly old fashioned. And who’d use a marriage bureau? But were they really so different to using today’s online dating apps?

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My Moonstone Romances novella Moonstone Promise will be free on Amazon from February 12 to 16. It's a Valentine's Day 2024 gift for you!

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White Christmas is a treat known by Australian kids over the generations – after all, if we can’t have snow since our Christmas is in summer, we can certainly have something sweet.

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A Love's Great Adventure Music Playlist - Science Fiction. Songs from artists with stars in their eyes and space travel on their minds!

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The movie Sound of Freedom needs seeing because sometimes we need reminding of what lurks beneath the comfortable lives we lead.

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