Coming up!Woooooo! Wooo and eureka! Tonight I'm celebrating because after wrestling for months, I have completed the first MS of my second book. ...
Top places for *that* kiss...when you're normalOn top of the Empire State Building. On an obscure beach in Kiribati. In the gardens of a palace you will never be allowed into. You...
Keeping a stiff upper lip?So My Lady Governess comes out today – hurrah!!! I am joyous! Tam and Marina are unleashed upon the world, and I hope they make some...
How to find My HeroThere is a great bit at the end of Paddington where Mrs Brown realizes that her cartoon hero – whom she has been struggling to picture –...
Real Life Romance 1: Peter and FrancescaIn June 1999, I met my husband. I walked into an Edinburgh pub on my first night at work there, someone said, "Oh, he'll look after...
She married beneath her: a Tale of Two MarriagesWhen reading historical fiction, it isn’t uncommon to have a man marrying someone ‘beneath him’ – witness Mr Darcy, who for all...
How Far is too Far? - the Domineering HeroWhen the celebrated Georgette Heyer discussed her heroes, she was clear that she deliberately put them into two categories, effectively...
For the love of a RedheadIt isn't a truth universally acknowledged, perhaps, but it still is one: while the redheaded heroine is always in vogue, romance novels...
