A fun, sizzling, rollicking good read. London, 1817. Julianna Harte is the daughter of a reformed high-class thief and the founder of a home for abandoned children in London who is desperate to raise funds to stop her home closing – so desperate, in fact, that she resorts to robbery.
A keen cook, I love to explore regional recipes – from places I visit and from the area in which I live: the south of France and Kent. Today I am going to share with you a recipe for Kentish pudding pie, which is a little like a baked cheesecake
Each month on this blog I share an English translation of a poem by nineteenth-century French poet Leconte de Lisle. His poetry was a great source of inspiration for the descriptions and imagery in my writing, colourful and visual and vivid as it is. The poem I am sharing with
Although I spoke English at home with my parents, I was given a French education. I had a French/Italian governess, I went to a French convent school and I graduated from university with a BA in French Language and Literature. I think that the way I write has been much
From the blurb: Betrayed by his brother and his childhood love, Brice Kinross needs a fresh start. So he welcomes the opportunity to leave Sweden for the Scottish Highlands to take over the family estate. But there’s trouble afoot at Rosyth in 1754 and Brice finds himself unwelcome. The estate’s in
I adore stories of people who are head over heels in love getting carried away, doing crazy things, getting lost in the sensation of love. I wasn’t one of those people who thought Tom Cruise was strange to leap over a sofa while declaring his feelings for Katie on The
A wonderful novella! From the blurb: What happens when a struggling actress and a grieving widower come together in a night of unbridled debauchery orchestrated by a bored and machinating rake? With the devil in charge… there will be hell to pay! Confidently situated in Georgian England, with a believable and
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