Mother’s Day is coming up – 8 May 2022. If your Mum loves stories about family life, the past, genealogy mysteries, and second chances, all set in our beautiful country, then I’d be delighted if you would check out…
Browsing Tag
family saga
In my latest novel, Elinor, the family live in rural Manawatū and Pahīatua in the years between the two world wars. There is a passage about the travails of crossing the steep bush-clad hills with a horse and wagon,…
Part Two of my cruisy life comes to you from… my bedroom. Struck down by Covid, I’ve finally found the strength to tap a few keys, but I’d prefer to look back to when we were raring to go…
I’ve spent quite some time running down rabbit holes recently looking for people and their stories, discovering what life was like in the 1920s here in New Zealand, and connecting a few dots. What struck me most while doing…
I became a genealogist long before I started writing novels, and love delving into the past. I’ve recently had the privilege of helping someone write up their family tree. It’s been a fascinating experience, following the good times: the…
Intricately woven stories to tease apart… Readers with even just a passing interest in family trees and genealogy will be drawn into the fragments of this mosaic-like mystery… A refreshingly different family saga … I am thrilled to have received…
It’s out… Book 7 is finally out. Portrait of a Man – a stand alone mystery, and second chance love story, spanning generations that follows the lifestory of characters from The Cornish Knot (but you don’t need to have…
How can one resist thinking about what the next few weeks and months will bring, as we enjoy the start of summer blossoming with blue skies, warm temperatures, and the beautiful pohutukawa? For me, 2020 is going to be…
I have been remiss lately – and I apologise to any of my readers who have been waiting for my next blog – but I’ve been in rather a whirl. One of the more delightful whirls has been discovering this…
My latest release – The Costumier’s Gift – is on a Blog Tour this week. Follow any of the links to see excerpts, interviews and reviews and you could WIN a copy. Wrong Side of Forty (Excerpt)…