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Another lovely review, this time from blogger Shelley Fallows. ‘This is a lovely, unusual Christmas tale that I thoroughly enjoyed. Although I am not familiar with The Troubadours Quartet and the adventures of Estela and Dragonetz, I have enjoyed getting to know their most loyal companion and I now look forward to reading more of…
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My 10-day blog tour for Nici’s Christmas Tale stopped at Linda’s Bookbag for Day and what a wowser of a 5* review! ‘Nici’s Christmas Tale is resonant of the great traditions of storytelling and I found myself likening Nici to the troubadours of old. There’s peril, affection, loyalty, love, crime and evil woven into a…
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On tour in December! Thanks to Anne Cater (of Random Things through my letterbox )organising these amazing bloggers. Many thanks to Anne and my hosts. I can’t wait to visit their blogs and find out what they think of Nici’s Christmas Tale.

Available NOW for pre-order at $0.99 / £0.99! Publication date 30th November. Among the suggestions you gave me for an extra Troubadours story was the idea that Nici, the Troubadours dog, should tell the story of his life – so here it is as a stand-alone, to put you in the mood for a medieval…
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Available for pre-order, publication date 26th October and Life After Men co-written with best-selling author Karen Charlton, already has a wonderful 5* review from Jack Magnus of the Readers’ Favorite site! ‘Life After Men: The Silver Sex Kittens, Book 1 questions the cultural expectations regarding widowed women in their fifties and introduces a quintet of…
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What an accolade for From Bedtime On to be in the last five for the prestigious Kindle Book Award for Poetry. I already feel like a winner but wish me luck for the announcement on November 1st! You can check out all the finalists here, including my five competitors. What a year for awards! Four…
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I’ve just finished uploading my new gallery of photos ‘The Forge in The Forest’. It took a month’s work with local blacksmith Mael Miranda to photograph the story of a Damascene steel knife being made, from raw metal and a tree trunk to a fine blade with polished yew handle. The forge is up a…
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Linda Thompson from the Authors Show asks me all about the book, my dogs and my life! Watch the video here

The launch for ‘Song Hereafter’ is going so well and we’re partying on fb like it’s 1153. It’s not too late to join in and read all kinds of Troubadour fun facts. The party is here and I thought I’d wear furs – live ones with little black noses.

The launch for ‘Song Hereafter (TODAY!) just gets better and better. Top historical novelist and blogger Deborah Swift has made The Troubadours Quartet her book recommendation for the month. Jean Gill’s Song Hereafter, the final book in the series about troubadours Dragonetz and Estela is tour de force. Every character, and that includes the horses,…
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