Back to nature | Homemade Elderflower Cordial
Elderflower cordial is considered by some to be the perfect summer drink (and homemade even better!). Popular with all ages, it’s refreshing and cleansing to the palate and usually heralds the start of summer. Whilst there are popular brands on supermarket shelves, have you thought about foraging and making your own? Sue Fortin is my guest today and I’m excited…
Historical Fiction | The Wartime Midwives | Daisy Styles
I hope you enjoyed the extract from The Wartime Midwives by Daisy Styles I shared on tour a couple of weeks ago. Today we’re delighted to sharing Alice-Jane’s thoughts. One for your reading lists! In the dark days of war a new hope is born . . . 1939. Mary Vale, a grand and imposing Mother & Baby Home, sits…
Women’s Fiction | A Forged Affair | MaryAnn Clarke
I’m delighted to be hosting MaryAnn Clarke in my hot seat today, chatting to us about her latest release, A Forged Affair. Find out about her inspiration, characters, the scene she found the hardest to write and much more. She welcomes any risk, as long as it doesn’t involve her own carefully guarded heart. Adrenaline junkie, Niki Ballantyne is a…
Taking care of yourself first #selfcare
The importance of self-care is something I think we regularly overlook. We’re so busy giving our time to others that it becomes increasingly hard to stop and think of ourselves and what we need. I’ve been on my own emotional health journey since the loss of my father in my late teens and yet it’s probably only in the last…
Literary Fiction | 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World | Elif Shafak
I’m joining in a tour today with an extract in celebration of 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World by Elif Shafak publishing in the UK. I’m thinking you will be as intrigued as I am by the extract … I don’t usually comment on book covers but this one is beautiful! Enjoy! ‘In the first minute following her…
Thriller | The Copycat | Jake Woodhouse
We’re delighted to be on tour today sharing Laura’s thoughts on The Copycat by Jake Woodhouse. The Copycat is the latest Inspector Rykel thriller. Jaap Rykel is on the brink, his dark past driving him to breaking point – and ending his police career. Visiting the station one last time, he stumbles across an investigation into a particularly violent murder.…
