Medical Romances… Grey’s Anatomy? How realistic are they?

I live with a doctor. I was trained as a nurse. We literally eat, sleep, talk medicine (or we did until I changed careers… but I’m still super interested in my hubby’s work and…I write medical romances for Mills and Boon).  Sure, romance is all about the journey for our two hapless protagonists, but it…

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Postcard From Portobello with Love xx

I lived in west London for 7 years between the ages of 20 and 27. It’s where I trained to be a nurse, where I met my husband and where I had a lot of adventures! Our most favourite place was Portobello Market where we’d go every Saturday (if we managed to have the day…

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Something Secret is now LIVE!

I’m doing a little happy dance because Something Secret is now LIVE and available from all good e-retailers. I know some of you can’t wait to read Kat and Gabe’s story and find out just what secrets they have…and also to catch up on Chloe’s news… The reviews are starting to come in and so…

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Launching a book

When my books are being published by a ‘traditional’ publisher (one of the big 5’…Random House/Penguin/Harper Collins etc…including Harlequin who publish my Mills and Boon books) I have little say over when the book is coming out, what the title is or indeed what will be on the cover. And this is fine, it means…

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Something Secret out 21 September! Cover Reveal

I am so excited to announce that Something Secret, book 4 in the Something Borrowed series is available for pre-order and will be out on 21st September!! I love this book! It’s about friendship, secrets, the things we do to protect ourselves. It’s about love. Family. The things we all hold dear. But what happens…

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WIP Wednesday

What is WIP? I hear you ask. It means Work In Progress and I thought I’d let you know where I’m up to on a couple of projects I’m doing. Writing: I’m currently writing a ‘duet’ book with another medical romance author Sue Mackay. A duet is basically two books with an overarching arc and a separate…

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Coming soon….Something Secret

Er…yes, it’s a book title! I’m not just announcing that I’m doing something secret…LOL I did agonise over the name of the book. How to encapsulate a 62,000 word story in a couple of words? For my traditionally published books I don’t get a say in the title or the cover, but for my self…

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Travel planning – bag for a 9 week trip

My husband has a sabbatical coming up and we’re taking advantage and going traveling for 9 weeks, leaving near the end of March and entering Europe’s spring (we hope! The ‘Beast from the East’ icy blast has made us rethink our packing needs a little!). One of the joys of being an empty nester is…

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New medical romance cover reveal!

I’m what you call a HYBRID author…this means some of my books are published with a traditional publisher (Harlequin Mills and Boon and Harper Collins) and some of them I publish myself. For the ones I self-publish I get to oversee every part of the publishing process, but for the trad published ones I have…

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Something Borrowed series inspiration

I’m often asked where I get ideas from and, after 24 books, whether I’m running out of things to write about. But I always say that everyone has a story and I’m a good listener- there’s always heaps of inspiration out there! Of course, I’d never write about anyone’s particular experiences, but I may ‘borrow’…

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