February 2023
I hope everyone’s 2023 got off to a good start. January is birthday month in my family, with a different birthday to celebrate each weekend, so for us, February is when the festivities really start to calm down and we can start making plans for the year ahead. Spring too is just around the corner, perhaps further encouraging the feelings of renewal.
Mysteriously Medieval
Call of the Viking Dead is now also available in paperback as well as in ebook. If you’ve already read it in either of those formats, please don’t forget to leave a quick review where you bought it.
The second book in the Mysteriously Medieval series is now my main work in progress and currently stands at 47,000 words. My February goal is to complete the first draft of this book. More info to follow on this soon. The Mysteriously Medieval books are standalone novels that can be read in any order, so there is no need to wait to start reading the series.
I have ideas for at least five more books in the series but I suspect the possibilities will be endless. All my ideas so far are for books set in the UK. In fact, including Call of the Viking Dead and my current WIP three are set in just in Devon! I do hope to set some elsewhere Europe or beyond and would love to hear of any local legends you come across.
Other projects
The third book in the Tales of the Wasteland series is also making progress, albeit much slower than my main WIP. That now stands at 18,000 words. Although set in the same time as Tyrant Whelp and Fisher King, it involves different characters that I am still getting to know.
The next in the Women of the Dark Ages series is still being researched but I’m longing to get started in writing her story. She can certainly be described as formidable and strong-willed with a much darker side than the women I’ve written about so far. But, she did no worse than plenty of the men of the era although with the standards of the time and perhaps even of today, she is often judged more harshly. But more info on her coming soon and I hope to start writing her story once the first draft of my WIP is completed.
February Bargains
As always several of my books are available at the bargain price of 99p or 99 cents during February on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com, so take a look and enjoy some historical fiction for less! Just click on each title to get you to your relevant Amazon store.
Tyrant Whelp 31st January – 7th February
Courage of the Conquered 9th – 16th February
The Girl from Brittia 17th – 24th February
Kenneth’s Queen 25th February – 4th March Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14th is Saint Valentin’s Day and thoughts go to love and romance. Chocolates, flowers, bubbly, jewellery are all great gifts. But if your loved one is into reading you can’t beat a good romance book! All of my books have romantic elements to them, but these are, in my opinion, the most romantic. Send them to the kindle of a loved one or wrap up a paperback – either way it’s a great gift.
Kenneth’s Queen: A dynastic marriage, enemies to lovers
Rising from the Ruins: Enemies to lovers, romance against the backdrop of tragedy. And with two further books in the series, will their love be plain sailing? (pun intended!)
Dawn of the Franks: Forbidden love and a romance to change the course of history
The Saxon Marriage: That rarity – the medieval royal love match
Call of the Viking Dead: Can love triumph across the social divide, across culture & in the face of supernatural adversity?
