From the author of Bad Saint and Fallen Saint…..
Volume three, Forever My Saint, is coming soon!
Check this out!!!
#CoverReveal #ForeverMySaint by Monica James @monicajames81
#CommonCause by Kate Hunter @KateHun06517271 @fledglingpress #BlogTour #Interview #LoveBooksTours
Welcome to my stop on Kate Hunter’s Common Cause blog tour with Love Books Tours!
Many thanks to Kelly @ Love Books Tours for arranging the following interview with Kate Hunter…..
For those who don’t know already, could you tell us about yourself and your book(s) please?
When I’m not writing I’m either out campaigning – Homes for All, Justice for Grenfell, scrap Universal Credit, for instance – or I’m earning a few bob doing gardening jobs. Both indirectly influence my writing, the first because it keeps me grounded, the second because manual work complements writing. And my books are fictionalised explorations of real events that involve manual work and campaigns.
Where did/do you get your ideas from
From people – past and present – and their relationships.
Are any of your characters based (however loosely) on anyone you know?
I guess they’re all based to some extent on people I know or have known. Someone who asked, jokingly, for a cameo appearance in my next book got one in Common Cause. Bad idea. I sensed the intrusion of my actual world threatening the world I was creating.
How do you pick your characters’ names?
A simple monosyllabic name for Iza Orr, whose story this is, felt right. Her family’s names come from the 1911 census entry for my grandmother’s family, other characters from a 1913 list of Edinburgh print trade union members, with some names of elderly neighbours from my childhood.
Can you share your writing process with us, in a nutshell?
For my novels, tons of research, most of which I don’t use directly; start writing very early morning and keep going till lunchtime; finish a session by taking stock and deciding where I’m going next.
Who are your top 5 favourite authors?
Lucia Berlin, Jose Saramago, Franz Kafka, Flannery O’Connor, Akala. Tomorrow I’d come up with a different five.
If you could meet any author, who would it be and what would you ask them?
Lucia (pronounced Looseeah) Berlin. I’d go to ask her if she fancies a tequila then remember, she’s been off the booze for years and that’s allowing her to produce her best work.
Were you a big reader as a child?
Dad took us to the local library when we were very young, but I was happier building gang huts and climbing trees with my chums. Books became my other, wide, wide world during difficult teenage years.
When did you start to write?
‘Don’t you go thinking that means you’re clever’ said my horrible teacher when I won a prize in a national essay competition when I was nine. That knocked me, but somewhere deep down it must have lodged in me that this was something I could do. Though I’ve had a need to write all my working life, I didn’t manage to properly commit myself till I retired and had the wherewithall.
If you could re-write the ending to any book what would it be and what would you change?
Is there a book you wish you had written?
While I’d think about changing the ending of Common Cause to please Christine who read drafts, I’d decide to please myself.
If you wrote an autobiography, what would your title be?
I wouldn’t write one. Other people are more interesting.
If you could invite any fictional character for coffee who would it be and where would you take them?
Mrs Sinclair from Common Cause – to apologise for being mean to her. Might lash out on food at the Lobster Shack in North Berwick. I can just see her picking wee pink strands from her teeth. Woops. Looks like I’m not ready to make amends, which is a shame. I truly value the humane.
What are you working on right now?
Looking forward to either reworking some short stories and a long poem or starting to jot down ideas for a novel that are starting to bubble away. Not sure which.
Tell us about your last release?
The Caseroom was shortlisted for the Saltire First Book Award in 2017 and was a Morning Star book of the year.
Do you have a new release due?
Common Cause carries on the story. Enough people said they wanted more.
What do you generally do to celebrate on publication day?
Gulp, thinking who’d have imagined this could happen.
How can readers keep in touch with you?
@KateHun06517271 on Twitter, I’m on Facebook too –
https://www.facebook.com/kate.hunter.14203.
And through Fledgling Press. I’d love to hear from you.
Is there anything else you would like us to know?
Not really. I think you’ve covered pretty much everything.
Many thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, Kate 🙂
Blurb
It’s 1915 and Britain is at war as Kate Hunter’s sequel to The Caseroom – shortlisted for the 2017 Saltire First Book Award – opens on the next stage in the lives of Iza Orr, skilled compositor, and the workers in Edinburgh’s print industry. At a time of momentous events, we step alongside Iza as she copes with unexpected complexities of patriotism, women’s suffrage, worker victimisation and a historic wartime lockout. `It seems the country needs starched cloth-lappers and lunatic asylum attendants, but it does not need books, does not need learning and intellectual stimulation.’ Printers are denied reserved occupation status but, with bankruptcies looming, the jobs of Edinburgh’s dwindling number of female hand typesetters are on the line. Riven by challenges both political and personal, Iza must weather conflicting calls for loyalty to nation, to class, to gender, to family – her marriage to troubled John, her children, her estranged daughter Mary, now a grown woman – to discover her true common cause.
Buy Link
https://amzn.to/2LyAQb3
happy reading 🙂
#TheMoor by L J Ross @LJRoss_author #DCIRyanMysteries #Book12 #BookReview
Well, what can I say!? A DCI Ryan mystery never disappoints! This is one of my most favourite series’. L J Ross will always be one of my most favourite authors. Having read and loved Holy Island I have been totally addicted to this series and I love catching up with Ryan, Phillips and the team. They feel very much like old friends now. Having said that, each book features a fresh new investigation, with references to the past, so I would say each could easily be read as a standalone although I would obviously recommend reading them all in order because they are just brilliant. The personal stories of the main characters do develop throughout the series.
In The Moor we meet ten year old Samantha who is a lovely little character. She’s had far more to deal with then any child should have to, and my heart went out to her. She has been brought up to believe that her mother abandoned her and her father when she was two years old, but she starts to have flashbacks which make her think something more sinister happened. She seeks out DCI Ryan, having seen him on the TV, and the mystery begins. It soon becomes clear that Samantha’s mother was murdered, but proving it was never going to be easy, especially as their main witness was only two years old at the time! Ryan is determined, as always, to get to the bottom of things though and all sorts of secrets are uncovered during the course of the investigation.
The Moor is another fast-paced whodunnit, full of suspense and intrigue with a compelling plot and fascinating characters.
I loved the relationship Samantha develops with Phillips and McKenzie. It was quite heart-warming and a lovely aspect of the story.
Oh, and what a cliff-hanger!! I’m SO glad I have Penshaw ready to read. I can’t wait to find out what happens.
A big thank you to L J Ross for my kindle review copy and beautiful signed paperback copy!
ICYMI…..
Holy Island (The DCI Ryan Mysteries Book 1) by @LJRoss_author #Review
Sycamore Gap by L J Ross @LJRoss_author #BookReview #DCIRyanMysteries
Heavenfield by L J Ross @LJRoss_author #BookReview #DCIRyanMysteries
Angel by L J Ross @LJRoss_author #BookReview #DCIRyan #Book4
High Force by L J Ross @LJRoss_author #BookReview #DCIRyan #Book5
Cragside by L J Ross @LJRoss_author #BookReview #DCIRyan #Book6
Dark Skies by L J Ross @LJRoss_author #BookReview #DCIRyan #Book7
happy reading 🙂
#BeingSomeone by Adrian Harvey @ade_harvey @UrbaneBooks #BookPromo #LoveBooksTours
Welcome to my stop on Adrian Harvey’s Being Someone blog tour with Love Books Tours!
Blurb
Being Someone is a life story, a love story, a human story.
James has fallen through life, plotting a course of least resistance, taking each day as it comes and waiting for that indefinable something to turn up, to give his story meaning. His journey lacks one vital element a fellow traveller. Then he meets Lainey. Confident. Beautiful. Captivating. And James rewrites himself to win her heart. Lainey gives James a reason to grow, paints a bright future, promises the happy ending he has sought so keenly. But when we discover we can live the greatest story of all, are we able to share the pages with someone else?
Being Someone is an emotive tale of love, of self-discovery and adventure a story of the eternal search for happiness in another, without ultimately losing ourselves.
Buy Link
https://amzn.to/2lu7mQS
happy reading 🙂
#AnElegantSolution by @anne_atkins @malcolmdown #BlogTour #Interview #LoveBooksTours
Welcome to my stop on Anne Atkins’ An Elegant Solution blog tour with Love Books Tours!
Many thanks to Kelly @ Love Books Tours for arranging the following interview with Anne Atkins…..
Where did/do you get your ideas from?
I usually start with a question. Such as what would drive me to murder? Or, if I were a terrorist, what is the most effective target I could think of.
Are any of your characters based (however loosely) on anyone you know?
Very much so! My Aspergic hero, Theo, is based entirely on my son Alexander. Other characters are themselves, arising in relation to him, but have traits from all sorts of people.
How do you pick your characters’ names?
How do you pick your children’s names? (Though a few of my characters have names picked by charity auction, a method I’ve not yet used for any of our children… though it’s not a bad idea.
Can you share your writing process with us, in a nutshell?
Interrupted.
Who are your top 5 favourite authors?
Shakespeare. Chaucer. Dickens. Sayers. Austen. CS Lewis. Sophocles. Virgil. How on earth do you restrict this to five?
If you could meet any author, who would it be and what would you ask them?
Shakespeare. Are you the Earl of Oxford?
Were you a big reader as a child?
No, I was a very small reader as a child. I did read a lot though.
(LOL!!!)
When did you start to write?
At nursery school. My first professional writing: the year after I left university, when I was asked to write dramatic sketches for the Oxford Christian Mission.
If you could re-write the ending to any book what would it be and what would you change?
Every time I see Romeo and Juliet I somehow hope and believe that this time, he might just get to her in time…
Is there a book you wish you had written?
Gaudy Night.
If you wrote an autobiography, what would your title be?
My Humility and I.
If you could invite any fictional character for coffee who would it be and where would you take them?
The Fool in King Lear. For a walk by a river (sod the coffee).
What are you working on right now?
Finalising my first play, Play Lady K, the first act of which won a competition to be showcased in Bedford and London, and which has now been picked to be shown again at the Bedfringe Festival on 23rd July:
Tell us about your last release?
An Elegant Solution was my first novel for twenty years (we suffered a lot of trauma during that time) and came out just before Christmas 2018
Do you have a new release due?
The sequel to this is my next project.
What do you generally do to celebrate on publication day?
Drink champagne and feel really, really happy.
How can readers keep in touch with you?
My contact details are on my website. Just look up my name.
Is there anything else you would like us to know?
I write a daily blog called Bink Bonkers. Very easy to find.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, Anne 🙂
Blurb
When someone mentions the City of Cambridge you probably think of an iconic building, its four corners stretching out of the once medieval mud and into the arms of everlasting heaven, its white limestone yearning into eternity… and without even knowing exactly what ephemeral joys or permanent wonders the vision brings to mind, it’s a safe bet that the one thought which does not occur to you is that the Chapel might not be there by Christmas.
Theo (Theophilus Ambrose Fitzwilliam Wedderburn to his friends) is a Junior Research Fellow in Number Theory. Prompted by a supervisee to demonstrate how to trace the provenance of bitcoins, Theo happens across a shocking revelation, with embarrassing ramifications for the whole University. Meanwhile he is being stalked unseen by someone from his childhood. To his annoyance, Theo falls for a cheap con… and discovers a horror set not only to rock the very seat of power itself but to change the face of Cambridge and its beautifully iconic image for ever.
Buy Link
https://amzn.to/2XJwAYP
happy reading 🙂
Author
Anne Atkins is a well-known English broadcaster and journalist, and regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Thought for the Day. She took an involuntary, and long, break from writing fiction when her son was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, their daughter repeatedly hospitalized with a severe illness, and finally the family was made homeless.. Thankfully those dark days are now behind her and she and her husband Shaun along with some of her children now live happily in Bedford, England.
#HolidayReading #BookReviews #BookBlogger #ShortBreak #TheKenmore #GuestHouse #Llandudno
We’ve been back home for over a week now, but I wanted to tie in a holiday reading post with my review of the fabulous guest house we (my husband Steve, Bella and I) stayed in, in Llandudno. They had a beautiful book shelf on one of the landings, so that makes it book related enough in my book! 😉
Anyway, I was delighted to be sharing my holiday with Mark Tilbury! I read You Belong To Me and Torment whilst I was away (29th July – 2nd August). Both awesome reads!
My reviews, in case you missed them…..
#YouBelongToMe by Mark Tilbury @MTilburyAuthor @Bloodhoundbook #BookReview
#Torment by Mark Tilbury @MTilburyAuthor @Bloodhoundbook #BlogBlitz #BookReview
Check out The Kenmore….
If you have a look at their website you will see that all rooms are equally beautiful – The Kenmore
We will be booking directly in future.
If you get in touch, tell Karen and David I said Hi! 🙂
My Review (as posted on booking.com)…..
We can’t recommend highly enough!
· We received a lovely welcome from fabulous hosts, Karen and David. Our room was beautiful and immaculate. We could have stayed comfortably for a fortnight! Breakfast was delicious every morning and our room was refreshed daily. I love that it is so dog friendly with some lovely little touches such as towels in the porch for wet pooches and mats for the dog bowls. There is a lovely comfortable lounge and a beautifully tended garden to the front of the property, with seating. There is also free parking. It’s in a great location, our car didn’t move from the driveway from when we arrived until we left for home. Less than a 10 minute walk to the beach. Brilliant! We will be staying again, hopefully in the not too distant future. I almost don’t want to recommend to too many people in case we struggle to get a room in future!
· Can’t think of anything we didn’t like!
#Giveaway #BookBloggerToBookBlogger #SupportingLocalAuthors
GIVEAWAY!
From one book blogger to another!
In an attempt to support my local authors, who I feel don’t necessarily get the recognition they deserve, and to give something back to my lovely fellow book bloggers, I’ll be hosting a series of giveaways on my Facebook blog page which will be open to book bloggers/authors who blog only.
(I’m hoping this might generate new reviews for the authors. Fingers crossed! And I know us book bloggers can never have too many books!)
First up is Portal to Murder by Alison Lingwood!
If you are a book blogger and would like to be in with a chance of winning this lovely, brand new, paperback copy then all you need to do is pop over to my Facebook page and check out the pinned post – https://www.facebook.com/KerrysBookBlogPage/ – and a winner will be picked at random!
*Open internationally*
(Winner will need to be happy to PM me their postal address)
Good luck!
happy reading 🙂
Happy Friday! #ThePositivityWave #1
Hiya! 🙂
I have seen, and enjoyed, Meggy’s (https://chocolatenwaffles.com/2019/08/09/happy-friday-thepositivitywave-22/) & Nicki’s (https://thesecretlibrarysite.wordpress.com/2019/08/09/happy-friday-thepositivitywave-20/) positivity wave posts over the last few weeks and I thought it was about time I joined in. We can’t ever have too much positivity in this world!
I’ll try to make sure I post earlier in future weeks!
Here’s what has made me happy this week…..
My lovely Dad popped around at the weekend and presented us with this beautiful painting of our Bella 🙂
He’s SO talented, don’t you think?
Facebook memories reminding us of all the good times!
Delicious sugar free biscuits my lovely Mum brought me back from her trip to Walsingham (I shared them with Steve and my lovely friend, Gayle).
Another lovely book club meeting at Church on Wednesday evening 🙂
Our next meeting (if anyone reading is local enough)…..
https://www.facebook.com/events/415749835840130/?event_time_id=415749855840128
I managed to make an almost perfect omelette this morning #ItsTheSmallThings
Shared my thoughts on Torment by Mark Tilbury and I love how Mark always interacts with his readers/reviewers!
#Torment by @marktilburyauthor https://chataboutbooks.blog/2019/08/08/torment-by-mark-tilbury-mtilburyauthor-bloodhoundbook-blogblitz-bookreview/ #BlogTour #BookReview
Today I have enjoyed work, a catch up with my friend Peter, a coffee with my Mum and I’m currently enjoying a pink gin whilst watching The Blacklist with my hubby 🙂
Lots to look forward to over the coming weeks!
#Blessed
Check out other positivity wave posts…..
Blue Mood Cafe
Zooloo’s Book Diary
FromBelgiumWithBookLove
The Reading Closet
One More Word
#Torment by Mark Tilbury @MTilburyAuthor @Bloodhoundbook #BlogBlitz #BookReview
Welcome to my stop on Mark Tilbury’s Torment blog tour! I am absolutely OVER THE MOON to be sharing my thoughts on this fantastic read with you all today. If you haven’t read this yet, then what are you waiting for?
Well, what can I say!? Mark Tilbury has done it again! Torment is another outstanding read. I never doubted it would be though as Mark Tilbury is an outstanding writer.
What an opening chapter! I defy anyone not to be gripped as instantly as I was.
Beth and David seemingly have it all, with a happy marriage, a decent income, a lovely home, a baby on the way…. However, returning home to find a wreath hanging above your bed where there was once a dreamcatcher (which has been set alight and left to burn) and a kitchen knife in your pillow with R.I.P written in red lipstick, who wouldn’t be at least slightly freaked out!?
This is just the start of Beth and David’s nightmare. Someone seriously has it in for them, but who and why?
Beth isn’t the easiest of characters to like, if I’m honest, but I totally understood her mood swings and insecurities given what she is going through. David doesn’t really help matters, but then I think men often struggle to cope with things they have no control over and can come across as selfish and unfeeling when, really, they are just trying to ‘get on with things’ as best they can. Interfering friends will never help a struggling relationship either. I can understand why Beth confides in and leans on Kim though.
To say this book is full of suspense would be a seriously massive understatement. I had an inkling who might be involved but couldn’t for the life of me figure out why, and I knew I would be wrong one way or another. Once again, I was blown away when all became clear.
Just brilliant!
A chilling read which would make an excellent film in my opinion.
Many thanks to Mark Tilbury for my review copy.
Book blurb:
Who can you really trust?
Beth Cruikshank couldn’t be happier. She is eight weeks pregnant and married to the man of her dreams. But after returning home from a celebratory meal, she finds a wreath from her sister’s grave hanging above the bed and a kitchen knife embedded in her pillow. There are no signs of a forced entry. Nothing is stolen. And no one other than the cleaner has a key to the house.
And then a campaign of terror begins. Beth becomes increasingly paranoid as it becomes clear that someone close to the family is behind these disturbing events.
But who would want Beth dead?
Can Beth find the answer before it’s too late?
Torment is a story of misplaced loyalty, revenge and sacrifice.
Author bio:
Mark lives in a small village in the lovely county of Cumbria, although his books are set in Oxfordshire where he was born and raised.
After being widowed and raising his two daughters, Mark finally took the plunge and self-published two books on Amazon, The Revelation Room and The Eyes of the Accused.
He’s always had a keen interest in writing, and is extremely proud to have had seven novels published by Bloodhound Books, including his most recent release, Torment.
When he’s not writing, Mark can be found playing guitar, reading and walking.
Mark Tilbury – Author of dark psychological thrillers…..
Website: http://www.marktilbury.com
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Twitter: @MTilburyAuthor
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ICYMI…..
The Revelation Room #BlogTour #BookReview @MTilburyAuthor @Bloodhoundbook @sarahhardy681
The Eyes of the Accused #BlogTour @MTilburyAuthor @Bloodhoundbook #BookReview @sarahhardy681
The Liar’s Promise #BlogTour Mark Tilbury @MTilburyAuthor #BookReview @Bloodhoundbook
#YouBelongToMe by Mark Tilbury @MTilburyAuthor @Bloodhoundbook #BookReview
happy reading 🙂
#ArguingWithTheDead by @AlexNyeWriter @FledglingPress #BlogTour #AuthorInterview #LoveBooksTours
Welcome to my stop on Alex Nye’s Arguing with the Dead blog tour with Love Books Tours!
Many thanks to Kelly @ Love Books Tours for arranging the following interview with Alex Nye…..
For those who don’t know already, could you tell us about yourself and your book(s) please?
My name is Alex Nye, and I write novels for both children and adults. My first three children’s novels are ghost stories inspired by Scottish history. CHILL and SHIVER are set on Sheriffmuir and touch on the Jacobites, while DARKER ENDS is set in Glencoe. In my adult fiction I like to get inside the heart and mind of intriguing historical figures such as Mary, Queen of Scots in FOR MY SINS ( March 2017) and Mary Shelley in ARGUING WITH THE DEAD (released this month). I also have another YA novel coming out soon about a Syrian boy called Hani on the run from traffickers alongside a girl called Mia, who is in care. Both escape into the Highlands and are chased through a system of underground flooded caves, beginning at Smoo Cave.
Where did/do you get your ideas from?
I am a creature of place, and my ideas are inspired by the settings I encounter, particularly wild Scottish landscapes. Scotland has been a huge inspiration for me. My best ideas occur to me when I’m out in the countryside, walking or cycling. I also find people endlessly fascinating.
Are any of your characters based (however loosely) on anyone you know?
Yes, I think so. Characters I know do find their way into my stories and fiction in surprising ways, but I’m not going to tell you who. I would like to do it more, but shy away from it sometimes – for obvious reasons. I love just observing people and listening to them, on trains and in cafes, particularly if you happen to catch a moment of revealing drama.
How do you pick your characters’ names?
I often come across interesting names when I visit schools, and I make a note of those. If a character is based loosely on someone I know then I pick a name which is similar. For example, Elspeth, Eva, Eliza, all conjure up a similar type of person in my head.
Can you share your writing process with us, in a nutshell?
I once had a quote on my pinboard by Ernest Hemingway which went something like this. “I hung up my coat on the peg, sat down at my favourite table, took out my pencil and began to write…” I think that just about sums it up. Ideas are just ideas until you finish a first draft. Then you have to hack away at it, revise, redraft, edit, cut, shift things about to change the shape. It’s hard work.
Who are your top 5 favourite authors?
Emily Bronte, Mary Norton, Nan Shepherd, Joan Aiken, Tove Jansson.
If you could meet any author, who would it be and what would you ask them?
Ted Hughes, because when I was 15, I won the 1981 WH Smith Young Writers’ Award which he set up and judged. I’d ask him if it was really him who read my piece about a foetus in a glass jar (which we examined during a Biology lesson).
Were you a big reader as a child?
I absolutely loved reading as a child, but I also played outdoors a lot too, riding my bike and exploring. I loved books like The Borrowers, Moomin Midwinter, Enid Blyton, Midnight is a Place by Joan Aiken, A Traveller in Time by Alison Uttley, and thousands more.
When did you start to write?
It sounds cliched, but I began writing stories at a very early age. I was about 8 when a teacher, Mr Grant, began to read my stories out to the rest of the class, and I got a reputation for it (in a good way). From then on, it was just something which stuck, something I needed to do. I completed my first full-length novel when I was in my final year at King’s College, London. It was called Martha, which is now my daughter’s name. I’ve lost the original manuscript. Thankfully, I haven’t mislaid my daughter.
If you could re-write the ending to any book what would it be and what would you change?
There’s a beautiful book called All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. It’s a fabulous book about a blind girl surviving the Second World War in occupied France. Warning of a spoiler alert here. I would make the orphan Werner live at the end, although I completely understand why the author engineered his death. I was heartbroken at the waste, because he was such a gifted young boy, a genius. But then, how often does that happen in real life? Many young geniuses, people with massive potential and talent, are victims of war.
Is there a book you wish you had written?
The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd.
If you wrote an autobiography, what would your title be?
TO THE NORTH.
If you could invite any fictional character for coffee who would it be and where would you take them?
I would invite Macbeth to the Artisan Roast in Glasgow, and ask him to re-think some of his decisions. I don’t think he would fetch any stares, because… well, it’s Glasgow, and lots of people look like Macbeth now.
What are you working on right now?
I’m working on another YA novel about a dolls’ house and a Victorian asylum for young women called BEHIND THE SCENES AT MIRROR GRANGE.
Tell us about your last release?
ARGUING WITH THE DEAD is a historical novel about Mary Shelley and the chaotic forces which shaped her. She is living in a cottage on the banks of the Thames through a terrible winter, sorting through the snowstorm of her husband (the poet Shelley’s) scattered papers. She remembers her travels through Europe staying in half-ruined villas in Italy, her turbulent relationships with Shelley and her own stepsister, and she also remembers months spent in Scotland as a child, when her stepmother and father sent her away to live. What she does not tell anyone is that she has always felt guilty about Shelley’s first wife, Harriet, who drowned herself in the Serpentine. When a dark figure appears to follow her, she and the reader wonder if it is Harriet, keen to take back what was hers.
Do you have a new release due?
I have a new YA novel about to be released called WHEN WE GET TO THE ISLAND… about a Syrian boy called Hani on the run from traffickers. He joins forces with Mia, a girl in care, and together the pair escape into the Highlands and are chased through an underground system of flooded tunnels and caves on the northern coast.
What do you generally do to celebrate on publication day?
I’m usually stressed out my box, trying to organize book launches at that point, but a swim and a sauna relaxes me.
How can readers keep in touch with you?
Through all of the usual channels on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, and through my website where you can email me. (see links below). I’m always delighted to hear from happy readers.
Is there anything else you would like us to know?
I love meeting pupils and teachers, and really appreciate their encouragement. Keep reading and buying books, using libraries, and sharing ideas.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, Alex 🙂
Blurb
The year is 1839, and Mary Shelley – the woman who wrote Frankenstein – is living alone in a tiny cottage on the banks of the river Thames in Putney. As she sorts through the snowstorm of her husband’s scattered papers she is reminded of their past: the half-ruined villas in Italy, the stormy relationship with Shelley and her stepsister Claire, the loss of her children, the attempted kidnapping of Claire’s daughter Allegra from a prison-like convent in Florence. And finally, her husband’s drowning on the Gulf of Spezia as they stayed in a grim-looking fortress overlooking the sea. What she has never confided in anyone is that she has always been haunted by Shelley’s drowned first wife, Harriet, who would come to visit her in the night as she slept with her two tiny children in a vast abandoned villa while Shelley was away litigating with lawyers. Did Mary pay the ultimate price for loving Shelley? Who will Harriet come for next?
Buy Link
https://amzn.to/2RKxnrf
happy reading 🙂
