Back to the sea…
It’s early Tuesday morning as I type this, and I’m drying out after putting the bins out which they require to be done by 5 am. I don’t like leaving my back gate open overnight, so it’s the first job of the day, and it is raining. I mean really raining. The sort of rain that’s always wanted to be a power shower, so I did it in my nightie, then dried off and got dressed.
That means a home day because it’s not scheduled to clear until lunchtime, but that’s okay because I’m happily in Amy’s world and I had an amazing walk yesterday. I’m paying the price today because it was a bit longer than it should have been, but it was quiet and peaceful again and as I walked along by the lagoon and then the sea, I could feel myself coming back to myself as the green and blue space did their jobs. My mind settled, my thoughts slowed down, and I looked at a beautiful world and saw the first signs of autumn and knew how lucky I was to be somewhere I live and belong, doing a job I love doing.
Then, as we came back, we saw this beautiful little ringed plover, which is a red-listed bird so rare. He (or she) was more than happy to pose for my daughter’s camera and she has a gift for wildlife photography that she’s developing as she heads towards the end of her Creative Arts degree. I’m so proud that she’s already running her own business, and it’s growing well enough that it’ll support her when she finishes her degree.
So, before I give you details of the books that are on special offer at 99p in the UK and 99c in America, here’s a picture of him. The migration season will be starting soon, so there’ll be plenty more to come, along wth all the joys of autumn. I hope they’re fun for you too.
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A HANDMADE CRIME
Fifty-something avid crafter Amy Hammond used to live in a cosy little rut and dreamed of having an adventure after years caring for her elderly parents. Then, not as retired as he claims that he wants to be, former spy Brigadier Peter Cunningham moved in next door, and everything changed when she found her first dead body! Now she runs a craft centre at a local stately home, so she's got a job she loves, a man she loves, and she can't say that she loves finding trouble, but she's definitely not in a rut any more.
It's the height of summer, but Christmas is coming early to the Swansmere Manor Craft Centre, and Amy wishes that it wasn’t. Filming a Christmas special for a much-loved craft show is going to be brilliant for all the craftspeople who work there, but Amy doesn’t want to be on TV. Her boss promised her that she wouldn’t have to be, but she’s been called away, so it’s up to Amy to make it all work, which isn't easy when they’re all dressed up in Christmas jumpers, and it’s the hottest July for years.
Still, what could possibly go wrong? Apart from arson, attempted murder, drug dealing, a yappy dog that seems intent on biting everyone and having to run a craft workshop at the last minute that’s being filmed and will be shown to people all over the world.
There are some things that even Peter Cunningham can’t sort out, but at least he’s right there beside her while things go from bad to worse.
AGING DISGRACEFULLY
Amy Hammond was determined to get out of the rut that she got stuck in when she took redundancy after the elderly parents she'd cared for most of her adult life died within six weeks of each other. She'll admit that she might occasionally have said that she wanted to be more adventurous but it wasn't her fault that nothing like as retired as he'd like to be spy Brigadier Peter Cunningham came to live next door or that they got to know each other while hey tried to persuade a pampered Persian cat to move along with her original owners before they gave in to the inevitable and decided to share her. Obviously, she's pleased that they became first friends and then lovers, but now she and this very complicated man can't seem to stop finding trouble. That trouble led her to her dream job managing the craft complex at a local stately home and to learn a lot about herself, so she can't say she regrets very much of it.
She's organising a new craft group at a sheltered living complex when one of the residents is found unconscious in the grounds on a bitterly cold night after tripping over a wire that’s been tied between two trees. Some of her favourite customers are convinced that something’s badly wrong so tthey want her to investigate and it's not long before she and Peter uncover a love triangle, a spot of bondage gone wrong, a pole dancing class and an attempted murder.
Amy realises that some people are determined not to grow old gracefully, and others will be lucky if they manage to grow old at all.
TWO GRAVES
Amy Hammond led a boring but blameless life while dreaming of adventure until nothing like as retired as he claims that he wants to be spy Peter Cunningham moved in next door to her and they became friends when they were adopted by the cat who has always lived in what Peter assumed was his house, Then he persuaded her to volunteer at a local stately home and she found a body and since then it's been one thing after another. Still, she has the job of her dreams and the man of her dreams so she's happy when she's not terrified.
It’s late January, and the Swansmere craft complex is gearing up for a busy new year. Amy's looking forward to her boss, the redoubtable Lady Fenton, getting a new personal assistant because life’s been getting busier and busier since the complex was featured in a successful craft series. She’s still shocked to find that her niece Callie has applied for the job, and a lot more shocked when she finds out why.
Add to that a guest at the self-catering complex who’s escaping an abusive and possibly criminal husband, drug and people smuggling and no wonder she’s glad that Peter Cunningham is as determined to be involved as he always is.
PROFESSIONAL HERO - WRITING AS ELEANOR NEVILLE
A politician kills himself in the House of Commons after screaming that he won’t let himself be used to kill the British Prime Minister. Soon afterwards, someone tries to snatch his daughter because they think she knows more than she should.
This is very definitely a job for the ultra-secretive MI27, but Protection Agent Ben Madigan isn’t happy about being assigned to play the role of boyfriend while Sam Rylance is pretty much being staked out as bait. He thinks she has already had more than enough to cope with, and she knows he’s right, but she also knows that the stakes are higher than most people would be prepared to believe, especially since her ex-fiance seems to be involved.
Can they find out how her father managed to be the first person to block a sinister mind control device and use the technique to stop the Prime Minister being murdered?
Can Sam find the future that she wants and persuade the man she’s realising she loves that falling in love isn’t more dangerous than any of his jobs could ever be?
ENEMY WITHIN - WRITING AS ELEANOR NEVILLE
Welcome to the Shadow world of British Intelligence’s most secret department because MI27 exists to do the jobs that no one would believe could happen if they were ever allowed to find out about them.
People definitely mustn’t realise that someone has invented a device that can let them beam instructions into other peoples minds and drive them mad or kill them if they won’t cooperate. They have to be stopped and agents Verity McKenzie and Colin Samuels have reactivated an old cover as lovers to help them to do it.
What happens when they want the cover to become real but are both too scared of messing it up to make the next move? Or when the Daymare device strikes far too close to home?
Compared to that, the Prime Minister being taken hostage by a Daymare victim doesn’t seem like too much of a problem…
SHE DIDN’T MEAN TO FIND TROUBLE
Amy Hammond is in her fifties, cuddlier than she'd like to be and stuck so deep in a rut that she can't see over the top of it. She's always wanted an adventure, but she's spent years caring for her elderly parents and time slid by without her noticing it. Then they died within six weeks of each other, she took redundancy from her job in her bank and moved house. Most of all, she got to know her new next door neighbour retired Brigadier Peter Cunningham when they ended up sharing ownership of a cat and suddenly she started finding dead bodies and getting involved in crime!
This is an anthology edition of the first three books
Wasted on the Young
Up the Garden Path
AND
A stitch in time
It's aimed at people who don't have Kindle Unlimited, or access to the individual books when they're discounted on Kindle Deals but would like to try a new series without spending too much.
LOVE BY THE SEA
This is an anthology of the first 3 Windy Bay books and contains
A Fresh Start
Starting Over
Second Chances
They're set around a little village on the Dorset coast where life is slower, people are kinder and new beginnings and happy endings are waiting for anyone who’s brave enough to search for them. They're a sweet, gentle read, ideal for relaxing with on a hot summer's day, or reminding you that there will be good days ahead no matter what the weather may feel like.
This collection is an ideal way to try a new series, especially if you don't have Kindle Unlimited or live in a country where you don't get Kindle deals.
THE SCENT OF LAVENDER
This is an anthology of the first three Lavender House Cosy Romances - House of Dreams, Ghost of Dreams and Ghost of a Chance. It\s aimed at people who don't have Kindle Unlimited and who live in countries where they can't buy my regular 99p promotions but would like to try a new series at a bargain price.
An old house and outbuildings overlooking the beautiful Sandbanks beach in Dorset, where the millionaires gather needs to be brought back to life. Its resident ghost, Lavinia, has slightly different plans. In life, she lost her love at the end of World War Two and cut herself off from the world while she developed her beautiful gardens. In death, her mission is to give the people who find refuge at Lavender House the happy endings that she couldn't have; whether or not people believe in her or think they want them.
In House of Dreams Linnet and Nathan bring the house back to life
In The Ghost of Dreams, Ben and Miranda find shelter and second chances there
In The Ghost of a Chance,Cassie and Patrick are hiding from the past and need help to move on to the future.
THE CHRISTMAS ESCAPE
Widow Lucy Mitchell makes her living organising things for other people, but she'd fed up with people trying to organise her Christmas. She doesn't want to celebrate at all when it'll mark a year since her husband died, so she rents out her London home and books a cliff top cottage in Windy Bay, on the spur of the moment.
Her plan is that Santa is coming to town, but she's leaving town and him behind, but she's greeted by Father Christmas, three elves, and a handsome woodcutter called Will Farrar. Soon after that, she realises that she's in a place where life goes more slowly, people are kind, there's a welcome for anyone who needs it and things happen that couldn't happen anywhere else...
Can she get a happy ending? Oh come on, this is Windy Bay, and where better to find the right kind of Christmas for you?
TOO GOOD TO WASTE
Beth Allerton runs the New Druett Arms in the beautiful English village of Windy Bay. She knows how lucky she is that it's been freshly rebuilt, so it now has a gorgeous restaurant, she has 3 talented chefs and a good staff. It’s everything she’s ever dreamed of, and she loves the sound of the pub garden, until she finds out who’ll be designing and building it.
She and Josh Briggs were once in love. Then he sent his posh new girlfriend to tell Beth about it in public, which made sense because he’s as posh as she wasn’t. Now they have to work together, so she tries to convince herself that she’s not that shy girl any more. He’s probably changed, too, and it’s not as if she never got over him, is it? Okay, she hasn’t had many serious relationships, but you have to work hard if you make a dream come true
Add in illness, snow and a potential flood and January in Windy Bay is looking pretty normal. Still, at least people are having fun at the pub’s new get-together for single people who are too good to waste, Most of all, Windy Bay is a place where time goes more slowly, people are kind, there’s a welcome for anyone who needs it, and things happen that couldn’t happen anywhere else.
Can they happen for Josh and Beth?
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