Excerpt of Just Visiting

A quick update to let everyone know that the Queer Sci Fi website were kind enough to publish an announcement about Just Visiting yesterday. As well as a blurb and various other details there's also a nice juicy excerpt from the book to whet your appetite. So if you'd like to find out more, or...

Just Visiting out now!

I'm delighted to announce that my latest book, Just Visiting, has gone live on Amazon overnight. No vampires in this one - instead it's a short time-travel romance set in a dystopian future where people are divided into caste and non-caste by the colour of their hair and skin. When non-caste dock-worker Madoc meets Josh...

A Roman joke?

This little fellow (picture above, from the Guardian) was discovered at Vindolanda Roman fort, on Hadrian's Wall, amongst a collection of discarded leather offcuts. Unlike the other bits and bobs, it was deliberately styled as a mouse - something the experts believe is quite unusual. Roman Britain would have been over-run with mice and they...

Research can be fun

Because I don't write full-on historical fiction, I rarely need to do the sort of research that involves text books, trips to libraries, or hours of poking about in online archives. I fact-check everything, of course, but that's usually as far as it needs to go. Just occasionally, though, I like to get more deeply...

Lovely new review for Echoes of Blood

I had a really nice surprise this morning when I got an email from BookBub, the online hub for all things e-book. It told me that not only had someone recommended Echoes of Blood, but had left a stonking review of the book into the bargain. The review includes phrases like  Fiona Glass creates an...

The Well review

Someone recommended this book to me on a Facebook group, and I'm really glad they did. At first glance it's a murder mystery combined with romance, but on closer inspection there are creepier elements too. The book centres on a dilapidated old house in small-town America, and an ill-advised séance a group of teenagers hold...

History, Romans, Liverpool… and vampires?

You wouldn't think there could possibly be any connection between the above four things, would you? There is, though, as I explained on Annie Whitehead's blog yesterday. Even though Echoes of Blood is a love story set in modern-day Liverpool, I managed to crowbar all kinds of history - including Roman roads and an entire...

Hoop petticoats

I first came across miniature - or 'hoop petticoat' - daffodils as a small child, in the Alpine Gardens at Grange-over-Sands, and fell in love with them instantly. They were tiny, delicate yet vibrant, and so very different from the larger, in-your-face daffs we had in our garden at home. Sadly, the Alpine Gardens are...

True Brit review

This book was a real surprise. A romance set in the world of TV talent shows, it tells the story of Pasha and Eddie, two singers from utterly different backgrounds who both have a burning need to win the Brit Pop contest. Once they find out the show is rigged, they work together to milk...