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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

Family for Beginners, my next book, is out in paperback today in the UK (ebook already available!). I’ve been excited about the publication of this story for a long time, and it’s come at a time when the world seems scary and uncertain. I’ve had to ration the news because there’s only so much of it I can take (any of you the same?), and one of my ways to calm myself is to read. Books have always been a distraction for me, both writing them and reading them. I receive many messages from readers telling me that my books ...Continue Reading

I’ve spent the winter snuggled in my office writing, so I’m excited that spring is almost here, not just because I love tulips, daffodils and the occasional glimmer of sunshine, but because Family For Beginners, my brand new summer read will be out in the UK next month (April 2nd!)  and the US on May 5th.  To tempt you here’s a little more about the book. Flora loves Jack – but loving Jack means building a relationship with his cranky teenage daughter while living in the shadow of his dead wife, the perfect ...Continue Reading

A Wedding in December is out in the UK today!  As many of you know, I have written a Christmas book every year since I was first published (let’s not talk about how long ago that was!). It has become a fun part of the winter for me, and A Wedding in December combines all the elements I most enjoy writing – family, friendship and of course romance, all in a magical snowy setting. There are plenty of twists and turns in this story (will there even be a wedding? You’ll have to read to find out!), lots of laughs, and ...Continue Reading

I’m excited that my new book A WEDDING IN DECEMBER is out in the US today (UK readers have to wait until October 31st!). When I told my editor I wanted to write a fun, complicated story about a snowy family wedding she said ‘great! I love a good wedding’. So do I (mostly because of the champagne and cake) but that was the point where I had to confess that I wasn’t sure there was actually going to be a wedding in the end, because there were going to be so many ups and downs that the bride or the groom - or both! - might ...Continue Reading

I’m so excited that ONE SUMMER IN PARIS is out now in the UK and the US. If you’ve read my books before (and if you have, thank you!) then you’ll know that as well as romance, I often explore themes of friendship in my stories. If we’re lucky we continue to make friends throughout the course of our lives. Our friendship circle often includes people of our own generation, but sometimes we find ourselves with older and younger friends. For years I enjoyed a friendship with my elderly neighbour, who often shared stories o ...Continue Reading