Free Valentines story

3 Feb 2023

I know it isn't quite Valentine's Day yet, but this month always seems that little bit more romantic as the big day draws close. And what better way to celebrate…

Read Around the Rainbow: Romancing the Romance Author

27 Jan 202326 Jan 2023

I was a bit dubious about this topic when it was first suggested, because in spite of the fact that I write romance, I’m not the most romantic of people…

Read Around the Rainbow: Music, the Food of Love?

29 Jul 202229 Jul 2022

It’s time for the monthly Read Around the Rainbow post again and this month it’s all about music. More specifically, whether we write to it, whether we have playlists for…

Qi Awards

17 Jan 202217 Jan 2022

I'm absolutely bowled over to have been nominated in this year's Qi Awards from Queer Indie, in two different categories - Queer Lit: Speculative (Echoes of Blood, Just Visiting, December…

Just Visiting excerpt

20 Jun 2020

Those nice folk at Stonewall Writers & Readers have posted another excerpt for me, from my latest book Just Visiting. This is the gay time-travel romance I published a few…

Friday Five: romantic vampire films

11 Oct 201911 Oct 2019

When I mentioned that I was writing a romantic vampire story to a group of writer friends recently, their collective snorts shook the windows. And it does sound like a…

‘Fool’s Errand’ by Louis Bayard

11 Jun 200811 Jun 2008

The first of the holiday reads... Gorgeous, just gorgeous! This book is warm, funny, lively, involving and, er, did I mention gorgeous? It tells the story of Patrick, a gay…

‘The Benefits of Passion’ by Catherine Fox

8 Jun 20088 Jun 2008

One from the files to keep you going until I have time to report on the holiday reading.  :) I started out by loving this book. It tells the story…

‘Love is a Four Letter Word’ by Claire Calman

24 May 200824 May 2008

I have to admit to struggling with this book. It started off quite well - very much chick-lit, but snappy and smart and quite true-to-life. The heroine moved to a…

‘Kushiel’s Dart’ by Jacqueline Carey

15 May 200822 May 2008

I first started this book over a year ago, read a few chapters and put it down. A couple of months ago, I picked it up again, determined to get…