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Writing Fiction – a user-friendly guide ‘Writing Fiction is a little pot of gold… Screenplay by Syd Field for film, Writing Fiction by James Essinger for fiction. It’s that simple.’ William Osborne, novelist and screenwriter Writing Fiction – a user-friendly guide is a must-read if you want to write stories to a professional standard. It draws on the author’s more than thirty years of experience as a professional writer, and on the work and ideas of writers including: •        Anthony Burgess •        Joseph Conrad •        George Eliot •        Ken Follett •        Frederick Forsyth •        Dan Harmon •        Ernest Hemingway •        David Lodge •        Norman Mailer • ...

Four Christmases and a Secret It’s the most wonderful time of the year… Except for Daisy Christmas means another of Uncle T’s dreaded Christmas parties, complete with Christmas jumper and flashing antlers.  And Oliver Cartwright.  Gorgeous Oliver Cartwright. Who she hates. Every year Daisy has to face insufferable Ollie and hear all about how BRILLIANT he is.  Whereas Daisy has no job, no man and no idea how to fix things. This Christmas however Daisy is determined things will be different.  There will be no snogging Ollie under the mistletoe like when they were teenagers.  No, this year she’ll show Ollie that she’s a Responsible Adult too. But as the champagne corks pop, and the tinsel sparkles, Uncle T has news of his own to share…and it could change Daisy's life forever… Purchase Links UK - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07QRTC5JC/ US – https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QRTC5JC/ Another enjoyable es...

    One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski Synopsis: “A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel.” —TANA FRENCH, author of The Witch Elm It was the perfect place to disappear… One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew—to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies, and wild parties. But Maureen’s new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes. Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl thirty years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hide dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all… “A heart-wrenching and suspens...

Christmas Child The 2019 Victorian romance from the  Sunday Times  bestselling author. A perfect Dickensian saga for Christmas. Christmas Day, London 1880.  Snow falls … a dying Irish girl clutching her new-born baby drags herself to the sanctuary of an East End orphanage and throws herself on the mercy of the Sisters of Clemency. The nuns raise little Ettie O’Reilly as their own, but the lives of the nuns and orphans are soon crushed by an unscrupulous bishop. The heart-breaking outcome turns Ettie’s life upside down and Christmas will never mean the same again. Will Ettie ever find her friend Michael Wilson whose secret holds the key to their past? Will Ettie keep her innocence and survive the traumatic events that are about to erupt? Purchase Links UK   -   https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07VFQ56MQ/ US -   https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VFQ56MQ/ It was a sombre grey day at the end of November and th...

The Beltane Choice AD 71 Northern Roman Britain Lorcan of the Brigantes knows that unity of the northern tribes is essential when the Ancient Roman legions advance northwards to Brigantia. Yet, everything comes at a price. Using his captive, Nara, as a political bargain with the Selgovae comes with impossible stipulations. Battle at Whorl – Iron Age tribes against the Romans – is inevitable. Will Nara have her Beltane choice? The adventures of the Garrigill Clan begin… Purchase Link http://getbook.at/findhere Author Bio – Nancy Jardine writes historical fiction; time-travel historical adventure; contemporary mystery thrillers; and romantic comedy. She lives in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where life is never quiet or boring since she regularly child minds her young grandchildren who happen to be her next-door neighbours. Her garden is often creatively managed by them, though she does all the work! Her husband is a fantastic purveyor of coffee and tea…excellen...

Two Bites Too Many (A Sarah Blair Mystery) by Debra H. Goldstein       Two Bites Too Many (A Sarah Blair Mystery)   Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Kensington (September 24, 2019)   Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages   ISBN-10: 1496719484 ISBN-13: 978-1496719485 Digital ASIN: B07MB4779P Far from a domestic goddess, Sarah Blair would rather catch bad guys than slave over a hot stove. But when a dangerous murder boils over in Wheaton, Alabama, catching the killer means leaving her comfort zone . . . Things are finally looking up for Sarah Blair following her unsavory divorce. Settled into a cozy carriage house with her sassy Siamese cat, RahRah, she has somehow managed to hang on to her modest law firm receptionist job and—if befriending flea-bitten strays at the local animal shelter counts—lead a thriving social life. For once, Sarah almost has it together more than her enterprising twin, Emily, a professional chef whose effo...

Coming Home to Glendale Hall No matter how far you go, home is where the heart is... Beth Williams  hasn’t been home for ten years. After falling pregnant at sixteen, she ran away from the imposing Scottish estate where she grew up rather than risk her family’s disapproval, working hard to build a life for herself and daughter  Isabelle  - but now she’s finally returning to Glendale Hall. As Beth tries to mend her broken family ties, and fights to bring the community of Glendale back together, she realises that the story she has told herself for a decade might well be a very different one from the truth. Even though she ran from Glendale it has never left her heart. And, she soon realises, neither has  Drew  – Beth’s first love. Will Beth be able to forgive her mother and grandmother (and herself) for what happened ten years ago? What will Drew say when he discovers the secret she’s been keeping from him for so long? Can a festive trai...