The Case of the Four Fingers – out now!

Yes, it’s a surprise new book! I wrote a blog a short while ago about the story that came out of nowhere – Out of the blue: a new Halloween tale – and here it is! The Case of the Four Fingers is a paranormal mystery novella, just right for this time of year. It’s available

10 thoughts on being an independent author

As it’s Indie Author Week this week, and I’ve now been self-publishing for just over 6 years, here are some thoughts on what it’s like to be an independent author. Before I start, two things: What follows is drawn from my own experience – I’m not saying it will be the same for everyone who

Fully Booked is out today

It’s a funny time to launch a book, that’s for sure. Even last week, I didn’t know that world events were going to escalate to such a degree. But my book was locked into Amazon by then, so here we are! Given everything else going on right now, obviously I haven’t done much promotion, but

A book launch for Christmas: Black Books

Well, talk about a rush! Normally I’m quite organised when I’m bringing out a new book, and I have a preorder and do a bit of marketing every few days or so until launch. Not this one – because I wasn’t sure I’d get it out before Christmas at all! May I introduce to you

It’s launch day: By The Book!

Another instalment in the Magical Bookshop series is out today! By The Book, book 4, is now available to buy in ebook and paperback on Amazon, and also available to read in Kindle Unlimited. I enjoyed writing this book very much. Not just because I always enjoy writing and this series is comparatively light, but also because this

Third time lucky: Double Booked launches today!

It’s taken me a little bit longer this time, but Book 3 of the Magical Bookshop series, Double Booked, is finally here! I had hoped to have this book ready to go at the end of October, but as sometimes happens, life got in the way. In book 3 Jemma finally has a bookshop of her own

Grab yourself a bargain book: Every Trick in the Book is on sale in the US and UK!

As I’m launching book 3 in the Magical Bookshop series later this week, I decided to celebrate by organising a discount on the first in series, Every Trick In The Book! From today (Tuesday 17 November) to Monday 23 November, the ebook of Every Trick in the Book will be just 99c/99p in the US

Prepare to launch: Brought to Book!

Book 2 of the Magical Bookshop series is here – prepare to be Brought to Book! And so far, my early reviewers have really enjoyed it! This time I’ve advanced a bit further down the path which the first book, Every Trick in the Book, paused at, and a few more things about the bookshop are

The Magical Bookshop is open!

Yes, I am massively over-excited, because it’s launch day for Every Trick In The Book! I had such fun writing this book, and when I sent it to my beta readers they gobbled it up. My ARC readers have been absolutely brilliant, too, and the book already has some reviews on Goodreads. Read the early

Ambushed by a book!

You know when something’s in the background and then all of a sudden it’s RIGHT THERE? That’s kind of how it’s been with my latest book. Once I’d finished the draft of Pippa Parker book 6, Past Tense, I was in a bit of a quandary. There were lots of books I could write, but