Books, bookshops, The Second Love Of My Life

Book signing

Last week, I was excited to be invited to Waterstones Staines for their Christmas shopping evening. They had a pile of copies of my debut novel The Second Love Of My Life for me to sign and I was thrilled to discover they are making it their fiction books of the month for December too!… Continue reading Book signing

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Happy Bookiversary To Me! 

   My debut novel The Second Love Of My Life was first published here in the UK a year ago today! It was a dream come true to hold the book in my hands and see it on the book shelves. And it still is. I still receive messages from readers who have enjoyed the… Continue reading Happy Bookiversary To Me! 

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The RoNA awards 2017

Last night, I made my way to London Town for the Romantic Novelists' Association Awards as my novel The Second Love Of My Life was on the shortlist for the Contemporary Romance award.  Here are all the books in my category:     The professional photos with the other nominees:       Obligatory pre-event selfie:   … Continue reading The RoNA awards 2017

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Celebrating the small (and the big!)

   I was wondering what to post next in my Year Of Positivity series when it was announced that my debut novel The Second Love Of My Life has been shortlisted for an award! It is shortlisted for The 2017 Contemporary Romantic Novel Award by The Romantic Novelists Association. Here's the announcement in The Bookseller: … Continue reading Celebrating the small (and the big!)

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Meeting Readers Is My New Favourite Thing

This week, I took part in my first ever author event! I joined authors Sheila O'Flanagan and Jo Thomas at Foyles in Birmingham. Here we are waiting to go on ...    We started the evening with each of us saying a few words about our books and then we did a short reading. It… Continue reading Meeting Readers Is My New Favourite Thing

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Summer Sale

   I just wanted to share with you all The Second Love Of My Life eBook price has been slashed to a bargainous 99p hurrah! Amazon: http://amzn.to/21KBvJp iBooks: https://itun.es/gb/j_Ex7.l Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/the-second-love-of-my-life?sp_AC=1 I would love to hit 100 reviews on Amazon, and am planning a giveaway to celebrate when we do, so if you have read… Continue reading Summer Sale

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One month on 

 Wow how has it been a month since my novel was published?! It's all been a whirlwind and I've neglected to share some of the fab things that have happened on here. Appearing in my local newspapers ...        A review in a national newspaper! The Daily Mail ...     Magazine reviews ...   … Continue reading One month on 

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On being published 

The question I keep being asked is "how does it feel now that your book is published?" So I am going to attempt to put the feeling into words.  It's exciting and wonderful. It's a dream come true. It's terrifying. It's nerve wracking. It's surreal. It's like pulling out your heart and sticking it on… Continue reading On being published 

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TSLOML book hunt 

This weekend I hit London with my lovely booktuber friend George Lester. We searched for my book The Second Love Of My Life in all the bookshops and I signed all the copies I could find! Waterstones Traflagar Square:     It was so surreal and wonderful to see my book in Waterstones as a bookseller… Continue reading TSLOML book hunt 

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The Second Love Of My Life Launch Party 

   It was wonderful to launch the publication of my debut novel The Second Love Of My Life at the Waterstones store I work in.  The evening was a chance to thank all my family and friends for their support during my journey to get published and toast the book on its way out into… Continue reading The Second Love Of My Life Launch Party