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November 17, 2025
Silver Screen - a Hollywood time-travel romance
But does she love him enough to stay in the past, or will she find her way back to the present day?
Silver Screen - a Hollywood time-travel romance is out 2nd December 2025.
Pre-order now on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2KWJ4SX
April 6, 2022
4 novels on OWO Novel
4 novels on OWO Novel
Four of my steamy forbidden romance novels have been published on OWO Novel.
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French Kissing
Falling From Grace
His Model Student
Man of…
March 29, 2022
How to add diversity to Regency Romance
How to add diversity to Regency Romance
Regency TV series such as Sanditon and Bridgerton have sparked interest in more diverse characters in Historical Romance novels. Is it possible to be historically accurate yet also have a more diverse cast, including ethnically diverse protagonists?
In terms of black female aristocrats in the era, we do have the example of Dido Elizabeth Belle. However, it is not clear if she enjoyed entirely…
March 17, 2022
Historic Romance writing tips
Historic Romance writing tips
This brilliant article by Regency Romance novelist Elizabeth Rolls contains some very relevant advice for authors wanting to set their novels in historic periods.
We need to know how people lived. How did they light a fire before matches were invented? And how did you use a tinder box anyway? How did they go to the toilet? What did the beds look like? A bath? How did people dine? What sort…
March 14, 2022
Why I’m on the fence about Bridgerton series 2
Why I’m on the fence about Bridgerton series 2
Ever Decreasing Heroes
The first series of Bridgerton was enormous fun. It was very much a “Disney” version of the Regency period, and a very Americanised version of it. But it was entertaining, the costumes were glorious (if not historically accurate) and the romance was wonderful.
The problem is that having used up the “No 1 prize” of London society – extremely rich, spectacularly handsome, a…
October 20, 2021
Escape by Rosalind Tate
Escape by Rosalind Tate
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Escape is a wonderful, page-turner of a sequel to Rosalind Tate’s time travel mystery romance Stranded. Sophie is still stuck in 1925, but it’s a parallel universe where history has happened differently to our world. Her future is only assured if she marries a rich man, but she’s secretly in love with fellow time-traveller Hugo.
Escape builds on the story of the first novel.…
September 10, 2021
New book: Paradise Calling
New book: Paradise Calling
I’ve just published a preview on Wattpad of my new student-teacher Forbidden Romance novel Paradise Calling:
“When Caroline is shipwrecked during a school holiday, she finds herself stranded on a desert island with school’s hot Geography teacher, Drew Grant. Wondering if they’ll ever be rescued, Drew and Caroline quickly develop feelings for one another. But finally back home and thrust into…
August 9, 2021
Across the North Sea by Sofia Hahn
Across the North Sea by Sofia Hahn
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Across the North Sea is the first Viking romance I’ve read, and it was very intriguing. It’s actually a tale of two romances, featuring sisters who each fall in love with quite different men. Captured from their Frankish village, they are taken over the seas where they have to fend off unwelcome suitors and learn to survive.
Both stories were well developed, but I found…
July 6, 2021
Without Any Amazement by Margaret Malcolm
Without Any Amazement by Margaret Malcolm
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Written in 1948, this is an arranged marriage between 17-year-old schoolgirl Jacynth and considerably older Jonathan Branksome.
Jacynth isn’t reluctant at all, for what it’s worth, she seems to regard marriage as an exciting adventure. Which it possibly was for a schoolgirl in her era.
“There’s the vicar,” she said breathlessly. “Grandmother told me that he was coming. Mr…
Without Any Amazement by Margaret MalcolmWithout Any Amazement by Margaret MalcolmClick for book...
Without Any Amazement by Margaret Malcolm
Click for book link
Written in 1948, this is an arranged marriage between 17-year-old schoolgirl Jacynth and considerably older Jonathan Branksome.
Jacynth isn’t reluctant at all, for what it’s worth, she seems to regard marriage as an exciting adventure. Which it possibly was for a schoolgirl in her era.
“There’s the vicar,” she said breathlessly. “Grandmother told me that he was coming. Mr…
