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2021 – Surely not

We made it! We’ve got past 1984, the millennium doom mongers, and I hope you’ve avoided the virus too. 2021 might be the year for ‘all systems go’. I’m hoping for bags of energy. I’m off to a good start, I’ve published my January blog post on the first day of the month!

Here it is:

Pedalling to Pluto
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I hope you take a look (it's short and sweet!) and say hello and happy New Year to some of our Goodreads’ Friends. (Yes, I give them capital letters.)

My best wishes to all readers, writers, illustrators and anyone else who’s passing through.

And the Dark Moon Series of books are all 0.99 until 6th January

Feel good factor? Want some? Do a quick flick over to my blog:

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And please go ahead and add your ideas, the world needs you!

And to thank you, there’s a bargain at the bottom of the page:



It's a feel good book designed to bring a smile to your face and it's an escape route - a world away from all that's happening now.

It’s free on Kindle Unlimited or for a short time it's only 0.99 if you have access to Kindle Countdown Deals, or nothing at all if you don't want either of those options! Decisions, decisions..

Winter’s nearly over (in the northern hemisphere at least) and let’s hope the lockdowns will soon be over too.

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The above link takes you to my blog with its usual sage saying, jolly joke, handy hint, bargain book and yet another bright idea (please don’t groan too loudly, well not so that I can hear). A plan to brighten the place up...



0.99 through till 3rd March US/UK or FREE on KU
I’d love to know who wrote the latest review: “A beautifully written, imaginative, supernatural and definitely unique story! ...Well paced story with wonderful characters and full of suspense and romance, too!” A big thank you to that person.

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The above link takes you to my blog with its usual sage saying, jolly joke, handy hint and bargain book and a little tale of a super cool James Bond.

Any writers struggling with finding a title for their book might want to know what “The Sea Cook” became.

For readers: This month’s bargain is

From 31st March for 7 days, 0.99 US and UK. The choices we make determine our futures. A romantic thriller mystery. And, of course it’s free if you’re a member of Kindle Unlimited.

Writers write, some better than others. Even Charles Dickens wrote some duds though, so the Internet says. However, I am absolutely sure that my big flop is a bigger flop than Dickens’ flops.

Please rescue it - the hero’s having a hard time, they’re all out to get him and the heroine’s 12,000 miles away and being kept in the dark. Only you can save them from oblivion.



Immortality: This is Probably a Novel. You are invited into a mystery: intriguing, exciting, deadly.
0.99 in the UK and US until 5th May 2021. Free on Kindle Unlimited.

Can you guess which of Dickens’ books were flops? Take a look at my blog post for May:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And you might also like to take a look at best selling author Josh Grant’s youtube video which tells you more, and you get to see a waffling woman too. He bills it as ‘the least professional talk show on the Internet’. I’ve already been told it’s funny - not quite what I was aiming for :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3CXm...

Backstories - we’ve all got them! What have I done with mine?

My blog is always fairly short so don’t shy away from taking a peek, please, and tell me what you’ve done with your backstory. Whatever you do, keep hold of the good bits.

There’s also the usual sage saying, handy hint and stress reducer

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Follow the link to find August's bargains - a whole series for 2.97, and you're invited into a mystery for 0.99 US and UK only.

Hide in Time is a time-travel romance.

On your death bed, they say it's not the things you've done that you regret most, but the things you've left undone.

In 1814 Laura misjudges the man she loves and storms off from him only to discover that she's made a terrible mistake. She longs to put it right but finds herself in the 21st century and unable to do so. Or can she?

Laura risks her life to restore happiness to the man she has so badly misjudged and in doing so she frees herself from the destructive regret lingering in her new life. And throughout, love patiently waits for her.

Now 99c/99p until 2nd September

Free on Kindle Unlimited

Can't think of a New Year's resolution?

I can never think of a resolution that I’m likely to remember beyond the first few days. Failure! But I offer you one which will make you think hard, and three which are easy peasy.

There’s also three more answers from authors to the question ‘Why do you write?’ Drop in to

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

and see what they have to say – what drives them?

No ebooks on sale but



PAPERBACK is on Amazon in the US for $4.29 Makes a good present perhaps? I reduced the price and Amazon, the readers' friend, has reduced it even further.

I wish you a happy and healthy new year.

Don’t you wish you could change the world?

Visit https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... and help us do better in a troubled world.



It's reduced to 0.99 in the US and UK until 4th February.

In this book, Chester is paying a high price for attempting to improve the world he inhabits.

He has achieved his burning ambition to become an investigative reporter but what has he sacrificed in the process? And now he's become the target, will he survive to enjoy his achievement?

Off the grid in New Zealand, his quiet life is shattered when a stranger knocks on his door and takes him to the gates of Hell and back. He holds onto his sanity through the promise of returning to the one girl he has ever loved.

You are invited into this mystery: intriguing, exciting and deadly.

And it's FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

For Readers and Authors and anyone in between

Which of these four opening chapter sentences do you like best?
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Which is your favourite opening line from any chapter of any book you have read? Please comment in the blog if you want to share.

And for authors, would you like to tell readers of the blog your favourite opening line from the first chapter of any one of your books?

As usual, there’s a bargain for readers:




One Dark Night is reduced to 0.99 in the UK & US until 6th April and, of course, it is FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

Here’s how BookBub describes it: “English Lieutenant Karl Thorsen won’t rest until he hangs smuggler Daniel Tynton for his crimes. Caught between them is Lucy Yorton, a young woman torn away from her life of privilege and thrown into a whirlpool of temptation and betrayal. Can she decide where her heart truly lies?”

The Joseph Store

Regular readers of my blog will know I like to chat about not only books but also good ideas for life. The Joseph Store is worth checking out in these difficult times, there's information on the blog. In times of inflation, it saves you money and that’s just for starters.

If you have ideas that help out in times of inflation, uncertainty and rising costs of everything except your income, please join in and leave a comment. And readers, it’s a good idea to check out the blog more than once because April’s blog received 49 comments so it’s worth seeing what others had to say.

Here it is: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...



is on sale for 0.99 in US and UK and also FREE on Kindle Unlimited until 7th May. Here’s what a Goodreads reviewer had to say about it:

What a beautifully written book. I instantly fell in love with the characters and cared about what happened to them. I loved the history, the little gems of information which sent me off to research further and the concept of the story. I found it believable even though it’s a work of imagination and fiction. Hide in Time is a must read for all those looking for a well written book in which to lose oneself. Highly recommended.

Jubilee Joy – many countries around the world are celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 70th anniversary of service as Queen. Here’s a quotation from one of her speeches:

"On our own, we cannot end wars or wipe out injustice, but the cumulative impact of thousands of small acts of goodness can be bigger than we imagine." 25 Dec 2016

If you take a look at my blog https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... you’ll also find a few questions about your favourite titles of my books but also, if you are an author, we’d like to know your own favourite from the books you have written and for readers we’d like to know which title of every book in the world (!) that you think is the best and why.

Also –Immortality: This Is Probably a Novel is FREE on 2nd July – and always FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

Does Your Life Have a Theme?

Have you ever looked back on your life and seen a theme? I doubt that most of us have. But if you have, I’d love to hear about it.

Here’s where to tell us:

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If you are a reader, I’d love to know what theme you feel authors never tackle. Or, tell us your favourite theme in books in general or in a single book.

If you are an author, please tell us how you arrived at the theme of one of the books you have written (no links please but do put the title). Here's where to tell us:

https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

There’s also a stress reliever tip for the tough times ahead.

If you go to my Goodreads blog: www.goodreads.com/author_blog_posts/2... you’ll see a little more information but I thought some of you might like to know that I haven’t been twiddling my thumbs for the last couple of years, I’m actually hoping to publish soon… hope is a wonderful thing, don’t you agree?

Here’s some info on what should be published this September:

Title: Mistake in Time

Genre: Time Travel Romance

Available for sale: On Amazon Kindle and Paperback

Blurb: To keep this post shorter, the blurb is on my blog only at the moment.

Some chapter titles

Chapter One - A white sports car
Chapter Two - The old, musty case
Chapter Three - They will have no tomorrows

My first time travel romance, Hide in Time is a stand alone book and so is Mistake in Time but they share certain settings etc. This, apparently, means they are an 'anthology series'.

I hope you’ll enjoy a romp through time.

Time Travel Romance, new release from Anna Faversham which is also in the adventure/mystery and a few other genres!




Have you ever been a little hasty and made a mistake? Liberty Taffet has. She thinks it doesn’t matter and she can put it right but some things just don’t work out.

Follow Liberty (and the two men who follow her) into her life-changing adventure.

Mistake in Time

Prices are reduced until 4th October.

Also available on Kindle Unlimited – Free!

Readers' Favorite 5 star review
"There is a wonderful romanticism about time travel. The idea of moving to a simpler period of history that we admire in order to escape the complex and messy aspects of our modern lives is a deeply appealing one. That romanticism is captured wonderfully by author Anna Faversham in her new novel which sees protagonist Liberty get so lost in the idea of escaping her life into the past that a mishap sees her sent to the wrong past entirely. The author’s prose does a marvelous job of bringing to life the feel and spirit of the 1960s, with descriptive writing that made me feel like I was walking down the streets of London. This gifted prose extends to the protagonist herself with quirks and mannerisms that made her feel fully realized and grounded in reality. Overall, Mistake In Time is a fun and exciting adventure through the ages with an engaging protagonist adventuring through a vividly realized vision of the swinging 60s."

Have you ever made a mistake? Liberty made one that couldn’t be put right. In her haste to distance herself from her two-timing love-of-her-life, she sets off to go to Regency England. Simple. She knew exactly what to do to get there. What could go wrong?

Find out more on https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

“…rooted for her, as she tried to courageously navigate through her problems…”

If you fancy going on a journey that goes wrong (just 150 years out) please take a look at Mistake in Time

I opened my emails at the beginning of October and got a shock. One of my oldest books had won a prize and I began to look at the dear old thing with new eyes – the eyes of the Readers’ Favorite reviewer, who is now one of my favourite people!

“One Dark Night by Anna Faversham is a very good book offering romance, danger, adventure, mystery, excitement and so much more and I found it was very hard to put down. I really was rooting for Lucy to end up with a good life for all the grief she had endured and was hoping she would pick the man I liked best. I also hoped that all the bad people would get what they deserved. Anna Faversham did a perfect job of combining all the elements into one winning story and I highly recommend One Dark Night be added to your reading list.”

I hope you will like set in the early nineteenth century, as much as the reviewer did.

If you take a look at my blog https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... if you wish you can also tell us how a particular choice changed your life.

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Blog with bargains? Yay! A blog with two bargains - more yays!

Time travel romance. If you like a romance with a little bit of mystery, a touch of humour and something of the thriller, then please grab a copy and visit another time, another place. From 31st March


Time Travel Romance: Landing in Swinging London wasn't in the plan - but it sure is fun. Pursued by both a goodie and a baddie, Liberty runs into a few problems, to say the least. Will she ever get to her coveted life in Regency England or must she settle for something completely different? From 27th March.

Both are 0.99 for 7 days and, of course, if you are a Kindle Unlimited member, they are free! Something to read during the Easter break perhaps?

What else has this blog got? There’s a very short Easter story for readers and you can tell us what your favourite genre is in the comments section. Authors really like to know who likes what!

And there’s a question for authors too.

Then there’s a completely daft ‘Random Act of Kindness’ and a couple of good ones to help this troubled world.

So here’s the link again: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

Light up someone’s life – or make them think hard. If you have a favourite quotation, would you like to share it on my blog?

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This month’s bargain book is

It's a time travel romance and Liberty finds herself pursued by two men and escapes into an unexpected time. Her intention was to land in Regency England but, as the title suggests, she makes a mistake which delightfully delays her journey.

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” William Shakespeare - and time travel doesn’t help either!

0.99 in US and UK. And, as usual, it is free on Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited.

Please pop over to the blog and leave a good quotation from a book you've read or written.

Toddle over to here:

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to exercize your memory and also find a trilogy - 1.98 for all three books.

0.99
0.99
And if you've read #1 and #2, here is a FREE gift for you.

On the blog you can see what reviewers say about them

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The world seems to be going through some strange, anxiety-creating times: war, floods, fires, heat waves and more.

I hope you will hop over to https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog... where you might find some reasons to be cheerful – and please add your own reasons in the blog’s comments and spread a little much needed enjoyment and, if you can, some laughter too.

This month’s bargain is an Amazon best-seller. 0.99 from 27th September to 3rd October or FREE on Kindle Unlimited. Louisa, a Goodreads reviewer says, "When a book allows me to become one of the characters....aahhhh, perfection!"

A good thriller? You might also like to know that is reduced to £1.77 and US$2.99 and other territories are cheaper than usual too. Paperbacks are US$7.25 and £5.95. You can sit back in an armchair and enjoy travelling to London, New Zealand, the Caribbean and to places you’ve never heard of and will never want to go to again. Why would any author write about places you wouldn’t want to go to ever again?
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Interview with a talented author

I don’t have time to read as many books as I would like but I have read several of Gail Meath’s and here is what I said about one of them: “Oh what joy; an immensely satisfying read with the pace increasing until it becomes impossible to put down. Meticulous plotting, what a story!”

Take a look at the interview here: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And I know we all like bargains so here’s my latest book on a Kindle Countdown Deal at 0.99 in the US and UK.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6... and it’s always free on Kindle Unlimited. It's a time travel romance and the time traveller makes a very big mistake.

There’s also a quotation from an author which you may or may not agree with. Please tell us your thoughts.

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Merry Christmas

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Something a little different this month as this is the month when many of us will be scratching our heads (or whatever you do when you absolutely have to do some thinking). What to buy for Christmas presents? Easy: a book. It’s something that lasts, can be treasured, can be shared and most of all can bring joy – and that is precisely what Christmas tends to do.

I’ve done your searching for you. Ahem. Three of my paperback books have been reduced in price to the very lowest that Amazon allows for authors in their Kindle Direct Publishing. At their very lowest, the author receives nothing. So that’s me! I’d like them to have been even cheaper but Amazon have to make their money…

A Time Travel Romance has some nice Christmassy chapters. Amazon Best Seller
US - $7.40
UK - £6.30
Canada - $9.70
Australia – $14.50

A Time Travel Romance, taking you back to the Swinging Sixties and even further back Readers’ Favorite 5* review
US - $7.95
UK - £6.75
Canada - $10.50
Australia - $15.50

Goodreads reviewer said, “The pacing is great. The dialog is great. The sense of place is … phenomenal. Great balance in the storytelling…”
US - $7.25
UK - £5.99
Canada - $9.35
Australia - $13.99

Find out more on the blog:

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I wish you all a very happy Christmas.

It’s a Wonderful World

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I’ve recently returned from a trip Down Under and I spent some time at a favourite beauty spot, a café in Scorching Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. Munching brunch, I remembered a scene from one of my books set just around the headland in Breaker Bay which features in

“Suddenly he saw it: the most magnificent roller advancing steadily towards the shore. A shout went up and all paddled furiously towards the beguiling breaker. He caught the wave, stood and steadied himself. The magic carpet took off; he was flying once again. For a few precious moments the exhilaration bore him up to surfers’ heaven – no drug could compare.”

And then something shocking happened.

And it’s reduced to 0.99 in the US and UK from 25th February to 1st March 2024.

Also FREE on Kindle Unlimited.

Find out more on https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

If you could only choose to have one book with you if you were marooned on a desert island, which one would it be? Hop over to my blog and tell us all.

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And if you want to get stocked up before you get marooned then two of my books are on sale:

is currently on a 0.99 Kindle Countdown Deal until 2nd May. Readers’ Favorite 5* Finalist and #1 Best Seller on Amazon for Romance Time Travel

will be 0.99 from 2nd May through to 8th May. This is also a Readers’ Favorite 5* book.

Both are FREE if you are a member of Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited.

In the US on 4th July you are celebrating: here in the UK we have a General Election. On 5th July, the UK will be reeling from the results – whatever they are.

Many people are worried about the future. I found on my travels earlier this year that our friends in New Zealand and Australia have similar worries to us. Friends in the US and Canada say the same. Thousands of miles away, yet we face similar worries and threats.

Many writers and health practitioners over the years have given us tips on how to cope with worries. As a reader and writer, I would say: read a good book. And it’s true, isn’t it? If you get lost in a book, you’re in another world.

Hop over to the blog and read more and add your thoughts please – we need good tips I think you'll like the blog.

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One person who found he was up to his ears in trouble is Chester. Chester manages to get through some horrendous situations but eventually he helps others on the way. As an investigative journalist, he’s come up against a crime gang. And when he gets to New Zealand, he finds life is not quite what he imagined and he narrowly misses… well, I’d better not give out any spoilers.



It's on a Kindle Countdown Deal from Thursday 27th June, through until 3rd July 2024. For 0.99 if you live in the UK or US, or not much more if you’re unable to get the deal. And, of course it is FREE on Kindle Unlimited.
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Amazon #1 Best Seller in Books>Romance>Time Travel. If you like a romance with a little bit of mystery, a touch of humour and something of the thriller, then please grab a copy and visit another time, another place and find a love that never died.

0.99 in US and UK from 25th August to 31st Hide in Time

Also on Kindle Unlimited so sort of FREE!

Now the sneaky peek at the forthcoming release of another Time Travel. Here's the opening sentence:

“From the outside Eleanor saw no discernible reason why Flint Cottage should be dirt cheap to rent.”

If you were offered somewhere that looked like a dream cottage in an English country village and it was dirt cheap, would you take it without viewing it? Perhaps you would if there was usually very little available to rent at a price you could afford? Perhaps you would if you had walked out on a no-good two-timing whatsit and had nowhere else to go? Might it seem like a dream come true?

To find out more, and have your say/chat, go to the Goodreads blog here: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show...

A ghost story based on truth.

Beware the Midnight Train – October release of spooky mystery

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If you follow the link it’s a short cut to more information about a shivers-down-the-spine mystery. Some of the characters never get to shiver, some are cool even in the face of… of what? Just be careful to check you’re getting on the right train.

In the blog you’ll start to get the ‘feel’ of the book, so please take a look and let me know what you think of the title.

If you’re in the northern hemisphere I expect the nights are getting longer and the days are getting shorter. For Ellie, the young lady who’s chosen to live in Flint Cottage, it’s spring and the days should be getting longer. But sometimes the days get much shorter and so do the nights. She should have known better. But at least it’s not boring.

Chapter Four – A few drawbacks. (Life’s like that, isn’t it?)
Chapter Five – Real cool . (If you saw a ghost, would you be real cool?)
Chapter Six – Do you believe in ghosts? (What on earth can you say?)

Hop over to the blog and find out a little more.

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Quotation from Beware the Midnight Train:
‘Don’t try to predict your future – be brave, create it. And create it she would! The past is behind. Her future begins today.’

I didn’t intend to launch this spooky book close to Halloween – it was meant to be finished in July or August. ‘Things’ got in the way. Ghosts will be ghosts and it seems I was overuled, so late October it is then.

If you’ve been following my other blog posts in the past couple of months, you’ll know something about this time travel book (with a slow burning romance bumbling along). But did I mention that the ghosts want Ellie to do something for them? The dishy vicar cautions Ellie. The loveable, zany, almost famous neighbour cautions her too. Does she take any notice? Okay, you can guess the answer – but would you? And when you find out the worrying consequences of time travel, would you still be determined to seek justice?

Beware the Midnight Train will be reduced until 14th November so please take a look soon. Here's the link:



Both ebook and paperback are ready and waiting :-)

Going on a summer holiday? Fancy something that doesn’t cost much but gives you a whole new world to explore? Hop over to my blog here: https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...

And find 3 historical books described as full of adventure, humour and romance.



Not going on holiday? Then get that feel-good feeling with three books for 1.98 – don’t miss this bargain – it runs out on 29th July

is currently available on Amazon for only 0.99 in the UK and the US until 19th November.

What is it about?

It’s a time travel romance about a love that never died : Laura finds herself washed ashore from a shipwreck early in the 21st century - she'd stormed off from her betrothed in 1814 so she's somewhat confused as to how this could happen. She likes her new life but she realizes she has made a terrible mistake.

Meanwhile, Xandra even hates her name as well as all the other bothersome things of modern day life and Laura happens to notice this. Could she...? Yep, she could, and she does. Back goes Xandra to 1814 only to be met with suspicious travelling companions, a highwayman and a delicious man who is still mourning the death of the girl he loved.

How do these two cope with their puzzling new lives? And how does Laura manage not to upset the course of history despite her meddling? And oh boy can she meddle!

Amazon #1 Best Seller in Books>Romance>Time Travel. If you like a romance with a little bit of mystery, a touch of humour and something of the thriller, then please grab a copy and visit another time, another place and find a love that never died.

Is it worth buying? What do Amazon reviewers say?

5.0 out of 5 stars - UK
Cleverly written time travel

I loved this book and all the characters that came to life as I was reading it. I always know when I like a book if I manage to read it within 2 days. If you’re into time travel with twists and romance then this is for you

5.0 out of 5 stars - US
Excellent read!

If you like time travel books, this is a must read! Very imaginative transitions and great characterizations. Well thought out story line from an excellent author! Settle back, read, and enjoy! You’ll have a hard time putting it down!

0.99 in the UK and US and it’s also available on Kindle Unlimited on Amazon

Hide in Time
Readers' Favorite 5* Finalist