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My latest book, Beach House Summer, is out now in the UK, US and Canada, so if you’re in the mood to head to California for some sunshine, drama and romance I hope you’ll grab a copy. Here’s more on the story! A marriage in the spotlight Joanna Whitman’s high-profile marriage held more secrets than she cares to remember, so when her ex-husband dies, she doesn't know what to feel. But when she discovers that he’s left behind a pregnant young woman, Joanna is forced to act. She knows exactly how brutal the spotlight on ...Continue Reading

My next book, Beach House Summer, will be out next month in the UK, US and Canada. I’m so excited to share this book with you. Have you ever wondered what it must be like to live your life in the spotlight? To have every decision you’ve ever made scrutinized and judged? It’s something I’ve often thought about, particularly when I see news coverage about celebrities. Because I’m a writer (and writers are always curious and ask themselves a lot of questions!) I often wonder about the story behind the story. Who are they ...Continue Reading

My new book The Christmas Escape is out now in the UK, US and Canada. It has all the elements that I love in a Christmas book – family drama, a magical snowy setting and (of course!) romance. Writing a story set around the festive season has become part of my own Christmas tradition, and I start early! By the time October arrives and the weather grows colder I’m already immersing myself in the snowy, wintery world of my book, and trying to capture that cosy festive feeling. Of all the settings I’ve chosen for my winter ...Continue Reading

I can’t believe it’s October, but while part of me is sad to say goodbye to summer another part of me is excited because it means my next book, A Christmas Escape, will be out in just three weeks! You all know how much I love writing Christmas books and for a long time I’ve wanted to set a book in Lapland, land of snowy forests and the Northern Lights. I can’t think of a better setting for festive fiction. My heroine Christy is the Queen of Christmas and she has planned the perfect Christmas escape – a dream trip to La ...Continue Reading

My next book, The Summer Seekers, is out now in the UK, US and Canada. This is a fun, uplifting story (happy ending guaranteed!) of friendship and romance and I hope it will brighten your day. Here’s more about the story: Kathleen is eighty years old. After a run-in with an intruder, her daughter wants her to move into a residential home. She’s not having any of it. What she craves – needs – is adventure. Liza is drowning under the daily stress of family life. The last thing she needs is her mother jetting o ...Continue Reading

My next book, The Summer Seekers, is out in just a few weeks (May 18th in the US and Canada, May 27th in the UK!) The idea for this story came to me three years ago, which is unusual for me. I work on one book at a time, and often don’t know what I’m writing next until I’m about to begin. But this story was different. The character of Kathleen came to me fully formed, and I fell in love with her right away. Kathleen is 80 years old and, after an encounter with an intruder in her home, she decides that rather than movin ...Continue Reading

My brand new novel, One More for Christmas, is out in paperback in the UK today!I’ve written a Christmas book every year since I was first published (20 years!) and this is one of my favourites. Successful career woman Gayle is estranged from her two adult daughters, but an accident in the office leaves her questioning the choices she made in her life and she decides Christmas is the perfect time to heal the rift. Her daughters are less enthusiastic! There have been big changes in their lives since they la ...Continue Reading

Have you ever looked back and wondered if you made the wrong choices? That’s what happens to Gayle, one of the characters in my new release ONE MORE FOR CHRISTMAS, out today in the US (coming to the UK on October 29th). Gayle has built a successful business, but she hasn’t seen her two adult daughters for five years. She decides the festive season is the perfect time to mend their fractured relationship. Her daughters Samantha and Ella are horrified at the news that their mother intends to spend Christmas with them, no ...Continue Reading

I can’t believe it’s already September and that my new book, One More For Christmas, will be out next month! I’m often asked to pick a favourite of the books I’ve written, and I struggle to do so because they are all my favourite while I’m writing them. But if I had to pick a favourite, this one would definitely be on the list. I fell in love with the characters (we writers are strange that way because our characters become real people to us), and I had so much fun with the twists and turns of this family-centered stor ...Continue Reading

What strange and difficult times we are living in. I hope you’re all staying safe and well. If like me, you’re finding reading to be a good way of taking a short, calming break from what is happening in the world then you might be interested to know that Family for Beginners is out in the US and Canada today. UK readers have had this book since the beginning of April, so I’ve been talking about it online for a while and it’s been fun to see so many of your names popping up during my live Facebook chats. Family for Begi ...Continue Reading