I want to start my first blog on goodreads by saying a huge thank you to everyone who has supported me with my debut novel.

Taking a leap of faith in yourself is a massive step. I put my successful Public Relations company on hold to follow my dream of becoming a published author.

I won't lie, it has been a daunting journey, and disheartening in the face of rejections from literary agents. What kept me going was the knowledge that JK Rowling was apparently rejected 12 times with Harry Potter. Who would have thought it! So, with that in mind I was determined not to give up. I kept going until my manuscript ended up in the right hands! Thankfully Miika at Creativia loved the book and offered to publish it. To him, I am extremely grateful.

Briguella was first released as an eBook at the end of November and the paperback became available only last week! Holding the book in my hands for the first time was a wonderful moment and huge accomplishment. Now the scary bit starts - the reviews!! So far, I have been humbled by the amazing 5* reviews on Amazon. Briguella won't be to everyone taste but I hope that the majority of you will love it! If you have read it, or plan on reading my book, please do spare a minute or two to add a review / rating. Hopefully it will be positive but I can take it if it's bad lol!

Anyway I'll end once again by saying thank you to everyone - my family, my publisher, forensic experts, paramedics, crime scene investigators, mortuary staff, police experts and of course my first readers!