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Special People enjoying their special place

There is a town in England, in Hertfordshire, called Letchworth Garden City. This town is unique in that it was the very first garden city in the country, and used to be owned exclusively by the Quaker Church.

It is also unique in that it has many purpose-built flats and houses specially for people with learning disabilities. My son, Ian, is one of those people - there he is on the right with the yellow guitar. As you can see, they love this place!



One of the houses where people live in small groups is run by a very special lady called Jackie. She realised that there was a shortage of places for people like Ian to go during the day, so she set out to start a drop-in centre. She found an empty building owned by the council, she was given donations of furniture, televisions, computers, and even a snooker table.

That was in January 2012, but now she and the people who depend on the centre, like my Ian, are in danger of losing their special place. She is desperately trying to raise funds to keep the centre open and she needs our help.

Jackie has worked hard to achieve this special place and now I want to help her to keep it.

She has started a fundraising page which will tell you more about the centre, 

Two Boxed Sets

Historical Romances

This is a limited edition, a boxed set of six of my most popular historical novels.

 

The Adulteress - a story set in the 12th century at the time of the civil war known as the Anarchy.

 

The crusader's Widow - a story set in the 12th century at the time of the Third Crusade.

 

A Man in Mourning - a story set after the Battle of Bosworth, when King Richard III was defeated by Henry Tudor.

 

To Catch A Demon - a story set at the end of Cromwell's Protectorate and the return of King Charles II.

 

The Romany Princess - a story set in the East End of London at the beginning of the 20th century.

 

This set will only be available until Christmas. It also contains details of how you can obtain the first book in the series for the next boxed set:

 

HOLY POISON Six books telling about the ordinary people who lived through the reign of Bloody Mary.

 

All the books in this series have received great reviews and can now be bought at a saving of 75% over the price of the individual books.

THE ELIZABETHANS: BOOK 2 - THE VISCOUNT'S DIVORCE out now!

The Viscount's Divorce

This series is set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I of England, and concerns a noble family of three brothers and how their lives progress.

In medieval times, a divorce was almost impossible to achieve. There were few grounds, but even should a divorce be granted, it resembled a legal separation in modern times. When a couple were married, by law they were obliged to live together and certainly to have sex with each other. Sex was the legal right of both parties and the church had the power to order a couple to live together if they had parted. King Richard I, well known for having failed to consummate his marriage to Queen Berengaria, was eventually ordered by the church to return to his marriage bed.

A divorce was the legal way of putting an end to such interference so that a couple could live separately if they so wished, but they were not usually free to remarry. An annulment meant that the marriage was never valid in the first place.

That being the case, I have entitled this novel The Viscount's Divorce, because The Viscount's Annulment just doesn't have the same ring to it! I hope you will forgive this creative licence. Book three will be about the youngest brother, Viscount John, and will be coming soon.

 

The first book, The Earl's Jealousy, concerns Michael, the eldest brother and the Earl. This one, is about his brother, James, Viscount West.

 

Viscount James West is a very possessive husband, but his wife, Lady Helen, is not averse to that. She loves him and does not mind in the least that he rarely lets her out of his sight, except for two days each month when she goes to visit her father's estate in the next town. James never accompanies her there, as he despises her father and cannot bear to spend time with him.  This latest visit, just after Christmas, is the same as usual, except that this time she fails to return. Frantic with worry and mounting suspicion, James goes in search of her, only to learn that her father has not seen her since the day of their wedding. His world is about to collapse when he learns who his wife has really been visiting for the past five years.  In his fury, his proud and possessive nature is put to the test and he sets out to see the Archbishop of Canterbury to obtain an annulment. His marriage is over; now he must seek a future for himself and his sons.   Visit my website Join us on Facebook

Two Countdown deals starting tomorrow

I've never run two countdown deals at once before, but after the phenomenal success of my Kindle daily deal, The Wronged Wife,

which Amazon ran in the UK only, I have decided to give my US readers a chance to get a bargain as well. Countdown deals are only available on the Amazon sites for the US and UK, so apologies to my readers in other countries.

 

The first book I am discounting from 13th till 20th October is A Man in Mourning. (US link) or UK link

 

 

The story begins after the battle of Bosworth Field, which saw the death of King Richard III, the last Plantagenet King of England, and the victory of Henry Tudor, who became King Henry VII and founded the Tudor dynasty.

 

This story is about Lord Ian Westerby, who has mourned the love of his life, his wife, Eleanor for ten years and vowed never to remarry.

 

But the battle has taken the life of his brother and he must try to father a son to replace him as heir to his title and estates.

 

He is not a popular choice as his continual mourning is well known but neither is his chosen bride. She is crippled from an accident and although beautiful, has had few offers since. But she is prepared to be a good wife to Lord Westerby, as she wants a household and children as other ladies have.

 

Can these two overcome their individual heartaches and build a future together?

 

TO CATCH A DEMON (US link) or UK link is a much darker tale.

 

It begins after the fall of Cromwell and his son, when King Charles II returns to reclaim his throne and take revenge on those who murdered his father.

 

Jasper Philbert is one of those murderers and his abused wife, Lady Diana, hopes the King's return will put an end to ten years of cruelty at his hands and reunite her with her first love, Peter. But the King suspects her of helping her husband to escape and hide from capture and her journey back to a normal life proves to be a long and arduous one.

 

These two books are normally priced at $3.99 (or £3.99 in the UK) but from 13th they will be discounted to .99 cents (.99 cents). The price will gradually increase over the seven days, so get yours in good time.

 

Don't forget, your free books are also available when you join my Readers' Group.

The Elizabethans: The Earl's Jealousy

The Elizabethans - New series
Book one The Earl's Jealousy out now

There are three things for which Viscount Michael yearns, but is not in a position to acquire. He would love to build a great new house in the fashionable shape of an E in honour of the new Queen Elizabeth I. He would love that beautiful black stallion he saw for sale and is frustrated lest someone else should buy him. But more than these things, he would love to marry Lady Christine, the daughter of the Duke of Westerbury. Alas, he lacks the means for the first two and the status for the last. He is enchanted with her, cannot get her out of his mind, but as the younger son of an Earl with no prospects of advancing higher, he knows he is not good enough to ask for the daughter of the Duke.

When the unthinkable happens and his father and elder brother are both killed in an accident, Michael suddenly finds himself as the Earl of Melford and he wastes no time in ordering an architect to design his house, in buying his stallion and, most important of all, in petitioning for the hand of Lady Christine.

Despite knowing that Edmund Carstairs has been keeping company with her, he gives him little thought. He has even less status and fortune than Michael himself before he inherited his title and estate. Michael cannot wait to marry Christine and make her his countess. But when Edmund Carstairs tells him that he and Christine are in love and that Michael stole her away from him against her will, he allows his jealousy to consume him. He does not ask his wife how she feels, he is afraid she might confirm Carstairs' tale and he cannot bear for her to say it.

When he finds her in the arms of Edmund Carstairs, he believes he will make her happy by letting her go to him.

After arranging a suitable match for his younger sister, Grace, Michael is forced to find his wife and bring her back when Grace refuses to marry unless Christine is there to see it. In truth, he regrets having let her go and is eager for this excuse to try to reconcile with her.

Against the advice of his brothers, he takes her back, prepared to forgive her, but he is devastated to learn that he made a horrendous mistake and that it is she who must forgive him.
  

HOLY POISON - LIMITED EDITION BOXED SET

HOLY POISON:

The complete series, books one to six, are available in this boxed set for a limited period only.

 

It is less than half the price of the individual books together.

 

Book 1 - The Judas Pledge

Book 2 - The Flawed Mistress

Book 3 - The Viscount's Birthright

Book 4 - Betrayal

Book 5 - The Heretics

Book 6 - Consequences

  

See the menu on the right for links to the first chapters of each book.

 

“The 6 books of holy poison are among some of the best books I have read, I could not put them down and the last one had me crying, What an author. I would have given it 10 stars if I could.”  Reader's praise for Holy Poison.

This is a series of stories about the ordinary people who lived through the religious upheaval and brutality of the reign of Queen Mary I of England 1553 - 1558.

 

 

New Novel - HOLY POISON: CONSEQUENCES

This is Book Six, the final part of the Holy Poison series which follows ordinary people who lived through the reign of Bloody Mary.

1558 - Bloody Mary is finally dead and Lord Richard Summerville is pardoned by Queen Elizabeth for high treason. He is home with the wife who betrayed him, the woman he risked his life to protect, the woman he still loves. They have both committed sins against each other, but will their love be strong enough to bury the resentment they both still feel? Will they be able to put the past behind them and forgive each other, build a life together? Or will the consequences of those sins follow them into the future?

This is the sixth and final book in the Holy Poison series, which has followed the lives of ordinary people who lived through the religious persecution of Queen Mary I and her brutal campaign to restore England to the Church of Rome. This is the story of how those people survived into the more stable reign of her Protestant sister, Elizabeth, and the effect their actions will have on their children.

This book takes us from Lord Summerville's narrow escape from death by the executioner's axe, to his feud with his once loved cousin, Anthony, and that cousin’s plot to destroy Richard’s marriage and claim Summerville for himself.

The consequences of all their actions will reach out to haunt them for years to come.