About Me
A warm welcome to my website; it is a pleasure to have you here. My name is Hannah, and I am an incurable romantic, which comes in very useful in my day job: writing romance novels. This website accompanies my novels – Burning Embers, The Echoes of Love, the Andalucían Nights trilogy, Aphrodite’s Tears and Concerto – passionate love stories set against beautiful backdrops. On this website you can find out more about me, my writing and my books. Enjoy!
About Me
A warm welcome to my website; it is a pleasure to have you here. My name is Hannah, and I am an incurable romantic, which comes in very useful in my day job: writing romance novels. This website accompanies my novels – Burning Embers, The Echoes of Love, the Andalucían Nights trilogy, Aphrodite’s Tears and Concerto – passionate love stories set against beautiful backdrops. On this website you can find out more about me, my writing and my books. Enjoy!
About Me
A warm welcome to my website; it is a pleasure to have you here. My name is Hannah, and I am an incurable romantic, which comes in very useful in my day job: writing romance novels. This website accompanies my novels – Burning Embers, The Echoes of Love, the Andalucían Nights trilogy, Aphrodite’s Tears and Concerto – passionate love stories set against beautiful backdrops. On this website you can find out more about me, my writing and my books. Enjoy!
On my blog
Writing Romantic heroes
An individual, a maverick, a self-made man; introspective, a thinker; drawn to nature; driven by emotion and deeply impassioned… the heroes of my novels are not just romantic, they’re Romantic in the sense of the literary archetype.
Building your home library
‘I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.’ So wrote Jorge Luis Borges, and I quite agree. What is truly wonderful about this idea is that paradise is within our reach! We each have the ability to create a little haven at home, with a home library.
Views of Lake Como: ‘a spot blessed by heaven’
My latest novel, Concerto, is set on Lake Como, Italy, a place so beautiful the composer Franz Liszt described it as ‘a spot blessed by heaven’. Today, I’m sharing with you some of my favourite views of the lake. Don’t forget my Sunday Special offer: if you sign up to my newsletter, you’ll receive my ebook 8 Must-See Tourist Attractions Around Lake Como for free!
The romantic lace-making of Venice
Venice, setting of my novel The Echoes of Love, is famous for being the City of Love – but did you know it’s also known for lace-making? Not only is Venetian lace so intricate and beautiful that it’s a work of art, but there’s a romantic legend that tells us how this lace originated…
Finding beauty in the moment
‘Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!’ From a William Wordsworth sonnet, inspired by a moment of reflection and connection he experienced during a visit to London and written 218 years ago today…
Romantic legends of Italy
Once I have chosen the setting for my next novel, I do my best to learn all about this place: its history, its culture, its cuisine, its scenery. But my favourite research of all is into the stories of the place: its myths, legends and fairy tales. So it was with my novel The Echoes of Love…
On my blog
Writing Romantic heroes
An individual, a maverick, a self-made man; introspective, a thinker; drawn to nature; driven by emotion and deeply impassioned… the heroes of my novels are not just romantic, they’re Romantic in the sense of the literary archetype.
Building your home library
‘I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.’ So wrote Jorge Luis Borges, and I quite agree. What is truly wonderful about this idea is that paradise is within our reach! We each have the ability to create a little haven at home, with a home library.
Views of Lake Como: ‘a spot blessed by heaven’
My latest novel, Concerto, is set on Lake Como, Italy, a place so beautiful the composer Franz Liszt described it as ‘a spot blessed by heaven’. Today, I’m sharing with you some of my favourite views of the lake. Don’t forget my Sunday Special offer: if you sign up to my newsletter, you’ll receive my ebook 8 Must-See Tourist Attractions Around Lake Como for free!
The romantic lace-making of Venice
Venice, setting of my novel The Echoes of Love, is famous for being the City of Love – but did you know it’s also known for lace-making? Not only is Venetian lace so intricate and beautiful that it’s a work of art, but there’s a romantic legend that tells us how this lace originated…
Finding beauty in the moment
‘Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!’ From a William Wordsworth sonnet, inspired by a moment of reflection and connection he experienced during a visit to London and written 218 years ago today…
Romantic legends of Italy
Once I have chosen the setting for my next novel, I do my best to learn all about this place: its history, its culture, its cuisine, its scenery. But my favourite research of all is into the stories of the place: its myths, legends and fairy tales. So it was with my novel The Echoes of Love…