The Cottage

When Jo inherits a neglected cottage on the Avon near Stratford, she steps into a world of hidden histories and family secrets. Left to her by her enigmatic Great Aunt Lily – better known for her estate in Cornwall – this humble cottage serves as the catalyst for a series of events that plunge Jo into danger, including an ominous figure from her past. As Jo delves into wartime diaries and heirlooms, she unravels a tangled web of loss, grief, and the devastating consequences of war and personal betrayals.

Aiding her in this journey is Al, the loyal gardener, who helps Jo tend to her aunt’s once-vibrant gardens. As the gardens flourish, so does Jo, finding strength and growth amid the blooming flora. But as she navigates through her family’s complex history, she must also confront the lurking dangers that threaten not just her newfound peace, but her very life. This gripping story explores the far-reaching impact of secrets, the resilience of the human spirit, and the transformative power of nature.

The Dawn Birds

This is a story in which love, faith and loyalty collide over a series of decades. The tale is told in turn by three friends who meet at college, namely Elda, Luke and Gordon. She is a young student mesmerised by the personality of ‘Father’ Luke who is a Jesuit priest with ideas that don’t always accord with Church dogma, especially when it comes to love. ‘He loves me, he loves me not,’ she would repeat at night whilst he knelt dutifully at his prayers.

An antidote to Luke was Gordon and his kilt. And so, they went their separate ways only to meet up again later in life, in Africa, with a whole new set of challenges, disasters and ultimate triumph.

The Feather

Grace is replaying every day like it’s Groundhog Day. Travelling, work, drinks at the local pub with the chance of spending the night with her best friend as her consolation prize. The only thing keeping her mind occupied is the mysterious comings and goings of the removal and work vans next door.

A man in a white suit draws her attention as she walks quickly to get her bus home from another day at work. A stumble off a rain-soaked pavement in Edinburgh sparks a chance meeting with her new neighbour and the beginning of a relationship that doesn’t just take her by surprise.

The Good Life

Jimmy Cartwright, a young and handsome teenager, loses his virginity whilst on holiday in Spain. Chrissy Bennett is a young school girl who leads a normal uneventful life with her parents and two siblings. They meet briefly at school where Jimmy leaves a young impressionable Chrissy besotted before he suddenly disappears from her life.

Six years later fate intervenes to reconcile the young couple, but Chrissy can not foresee how this reunion would change her and her family's lives so dramatically, escalating into betrayal then murder.

The Infinity Pool

Lia Westlake works for a company that designs the insides of million-pound properties. After leaving University she started working for Tony Grossman and his partner Mark James, but an Infinity Pool she designed at the beginning of her career becomes a problem, and it’s serious. She has no way of proving her innocence and she is being pursued by a senior, Dominic Delgado, who is determined to punish her for what his friend Rosso Valentino left in a letter in his will that Senior Dominic Delgado is executor to. Lia suddenly finds herself actually working for the man when he buys the apartment block she was working on, the threats eventually get to the point that she disappears abroad to get away from the pressure. When he finds her Dominic Delgado is determined to punish her in a way she will never forget, but not seeing her doing her job he begins to think maybe Rosso Valentino was mistaken? He goes down a different avenue investigating Lia Westgate and what he finds makes him angry and determined to find her. 

The Journal

It is inevitable that sometimes change is needed in our lives. For good or for bad, we make decisions to leave behind all we’ve known, to start something new.

With all the pain that lay heavily and stubbornly within her heart and mind, a much welcomed and timely invitation from the only person she could trust and confide in, gave Beth the strength to make this big change in her life. She arrived in the charming village of Burnsall, deep in the heart of the Yorkshire dales, to begin a new chapter.

Leaving the city of her birth and everything she knew behind was a brave decision. With a determined mind, she embraces her new role as a teacher. All seems well, but her heart holds a painful secret and her diary is always in her mind. Its contents would affect her life’s journey, a journey which takes her to places that would open her mind to a whole new world…. But always hidden away is the diary and its dark secrets.

The Journey of Self Discovery

Sitting on a bench at Cape Town International Airport, Annie finds herself at a crossroads, deciding between the life she thought she wanted and the life she deserves. Growing up on the Cape Flats she always desired a life of privilege, but in the end that’s not what she ended up getting.

She starts isolating herself from everything she knows and loves to satisfy the person she believed she loved, and for the life she thought she deserved. She soon starts realising that something is wrong, but is unsure how to reach out to her loved ones.

This book takes you on a journey of a young woman who must figure out the path to herself and to God by taking the hard road. She gets to know what prayer is and how to start speaking to God again.

The Lodgers

Lynsey Logan, a London-based novelist, usually keeps the plots of her novels a secret. One evening, her best friend, Emma Carmichael, comes to discuss her list of characters, who Lynsey finds most unpleasant. The worst character is a Broadway ‘hoofer’, a song and dance queen called Lynda Lombardi who is appearing in a Broadway show called ‘Bitches on Broadway’. She has a daughter called Isabel, and a highly objectionable grandson called Peter, whose chief desire is to murder his grandmother, so he, his mum and dad could inherit her house in Beverly Hills.

Lynsey is horrified to wake up the next morning to discover that all her characters have moved into her apartment in Belsize Park and declare they have come to lodge with her. Like a good hostess, Lynsey takes Isabel and Peter to the Tower of London and arranges for Lynda to tour the National Theatre in London. She also arranges for her friend, Emma, to come and meet them all one evening; Lynsey and Lynda cook up a big chilli, and after a heavy meal and too much red wine, Emma decides to stay the night.

Much to Lynsey’s horror, they wake up in New York, in an apartment that Lynda has rented in New York, minus clothes or papers. Emma insists on seeing the sights of New York, and she and Lynsey visit the Tenement Museum in downtown New York where they visit the famous Katz Deli. After seeing Lynda in her ‘Bitches on Broadway’ show, they get arrested for being mixed up in a #MeToo demonstration outside the theatre. Lynda is now keen for them to return to London. Lynda’s agent arranges for Emma and Lynsey to return to Southampton on a Cunard Liner returning after an onboard literary festival if Lynsey teaches some creative writing courses during the return cruise. He also arranges for Lynsey’s neighbour to use her key safe to extract her passport from her apartment and do the same in Emma’s apartment. This works and the three of them return by taxi to London. Lynsey happily packs up all the clothes she has borrowed to post back to New York, then goes to bed exhausted. She is awoken the next morning by the sound of somebody moving around her apartment, is it all happening again?

The Lotus Petals

Is our fate predetermined or can we carve our own path in life? Fariba, the protagonist of this captivating novel, lives a carefree life, blissfully unaware of the changes happening around her and the impact of her own actions on the world.

But when a small event alters the course of her life, Fariba is forced to confront the idea that perhaps our destinies are not set in stone. As she navigates the unpredictable twists and turns of fate, she begins to question the very nature of existence and the role of free will in shaping our lives.

The Man for Whom Time Stood Still

Anthony, the hero of this novel from Brighton, is ashamed of his poor background, and of his criminal record for having helped his father, a petty criminal, commit a robbery. He rehabilitates himself with the help of his employer, who becomes a friend.

He falls in love with a girl from an affluent family but misleads her and her parents about his past and his background. When the time comes to face his own lies, he finds no choice but to leave Brighton. He moves to London, becoming prosperous but emotionally unhappy.

The girl eventually marries someone and raises a family, but never forgets her former lover, her ideal. On a chance trip to London to get away from marital troubles, she runs into Anthony.

But the reunion does not come to fruition. The hero is heartbroken and decides to end his life. Can there be a solution that makes them both happy?

The Matchmaker's Match

Since the messy breakdown of her first (and only) relationship, Alice Attwood has sworn off men – for good. The only love she’s interested in is other people’s, which is why she puts all her time, effort and energy into her exclusive match-making service, ‘The Attachment Agency’. Running her business with clockwork precision, Alice sees herself as independent and successful; someone who can do everything on their own. She needs no one – well, apart from Lyndsey, her long-suffering assistant.
But then Alice’s perfectly constructed world receives an unwelcome blast from the past: suddenly, the one thing keeping her sane, her beloved agency, is under threat. With no time to spare, Alice takes on the challenge to save her business, and, more terrifying still, finds she has to rely on others to do it.
Amidst this confusion, Alice is thrown back into a world she swore she’d never set foot on again: one with the potential for love. Alice has to decide whether the juice is worth the squeeze, or whether going it alone is the only path for her. To get her life back on track and overcome the obstacles in her way, Alice will have to use every skill at her disposal, every favour owed and every trick in the book to rise to the occasion… and who knows, she may even get more than she bargained for in the process.
Will Alice be able to do this? Or has the matchmaker met her match?

The Other Suitcase

Beth had led a quiet life in Burnham-on-Sea with her mother and pet chihuahua, Toni. That was until she had holidayed in Majorca, and picked up the wrong suitcase from the carousel at the airport. Meeting up with the owner of the other suitcase, Beth was in for a vacation full of unexpected romance, intrigue, and a wonderful surprise that would change her entire life, forever; a secret discovered after thirty years.

Blake, having travelled to Majorca without his sister, Grace, had taken her suitcase with him to carry his belongings in. Deciding to continue their booked vacation on his own, after her sudden death in a car accident, his whole world was about to be turned upside down. Not expecting to enjoy himself, and missing his extroverted sister’s company, the aqua coloured clothes carrier somehow worked its magic for Blake, and everyone he’d come into contact with on his sole journey abroad.