Sunday, November 28, 2021

The Vikings and Norfolk

The guest of honour had yet to be sighted. They blamed the storm. Not because it might have delayed Grimulf, but because he would have turned back to ride through it just for the thrill. His father, had he still lived, would have boomed with laughter along with the thunder if someone was foolish enough to warn him to rein in his son.

“It’d be the same as trying to tame the winds. It’s not my job to stifle his lust for adventure. That’s for his wife to do, if she wants him home long enough to net a few sons!”


This year, I’m excited to announce Satin Romance have published my Viking romance The Bride Who Rode in With the Storm. To celebrate its release, my next few blog posts will focus on Viking culture, beliefs, food, and their impact on Norfolk.

Tuesday, November 23, 2021

The Wherryman's Daughter: A Collection of Historical Short Stories


To celebrate the release of my latest book, the collection is at the discount price of £3.99 for the first week before going up to £5.99 -- so get it before the offer runs out if interested! ;)

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In The Wherryman’s Daughter, Charity knows her father is risking his life and their wherry the Marsh Lady by smuggling gin and tobacco. Can she foil the smugglers or will she too disappear on the Broads?


Twenty seasonal stories of drama, romance and adventure set in Victorian and Regency Norfolk, with smugglers, ghosts and the all too treacherous Broads. Locations include Cromer, Winterton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth and St. Benet's Abbey. Perfect for a holiday read or while staring out of a stormy window, wishing you were somewhere else. Features evocative descriptions of coast and country interwoven with historical details about local folklore alongside bathing machines, the Norwich yards, Victorian spiritualism, the history of ice-cream and omnibuses.

Previously these stories were published in The People’s Friend magazine and can now be read in an easy to dip into format. Included are photographs of Norfolk scenes and wildlife taken by the author.


Bitter Herbs and Sweet Pills

When a new pharmacy is opened in the village, herbalist Heather worries the old ways will be replaced by lethal concoctions and quack cures.


The Sea Stone

Hetty once believed in her grandfather’s stories about mermaids, but will a special stone passed down by her family really lead to her intended?


The Green Mists

Matthew ignores his mother’s warnings about the fey-like, mysterious Willow. Will an old folktale doom the courting couple?


Tell it to the Bees

After a devastating fire, Dorothy goes searching for her last remaining family. All she encounters is a sullen grandfather and his garden of bees.


Rivoli’s Gelato

Retired governess Agatha has returned to her childhood home to run an ice-cream cafe, only something doesn’t want her to succeed...


The Lucky Net

Seb has always been superstitious, but his marriage is under threat when he clings too much to his good luck charms.


The Runaway Bathing Machine

Maid Lizzie knows she shouldn’t be seeing her sweetheart while accompanying Lady Ashworth, but sneaks off anyway. Little does she know her employer has a similar plan in mind.


The Harvest Maiden

The making of the corn dolly has fallen to Merry this year. Can she make a suitable vessel in time?


The Silver Darlings

Gellie comes from Scotland to Great Yarmouth each year in search of her father, only to discover a young woman who looks exactly like her.


The Matchmaker

Spinster Hazel is forced to risk her reputation when her step-sister elopes to Gretna Green.


The Reluctant Passenger

A Norfolk born country girl finds herself inadvertently kidnapped by a London omnibus – all for the price of a fare!


The Fen-Nightingale

Bird enthusiast Horace stalks the Norfolk Broads in search of this elusive bird – will he instead find the family he left behind?


The Lantern Man

When Laura’s husband is left for dead on the riverbank, she must confront a childhood fear to discover the truth.


Ghostly Footsteps

Tessa has always done what her aunt demands, even played a ghost for her fake seances. Will she have a change of heart when otherworldly footsteps start following her?


The Marshland Monk

After a storm tears apart her father’s church, Mary discovers treasure and an unfriendly spirit...


The Seashell Necklace

The Dutch fair has returned to the beaches of Great Yarmouth and Eli plans on proposing to childhood sweetheart Morag. When a necklace goes missing and Morag ends up taken to the Custom House, he must find the true thief.


The Rushlight

Ruth’s little sister is terrified of tales about the ghost dog Black Shuck. When she goes out to pick rushes, a dark figure lures her through the snowstorm.


Including Carried by the Wind, Love Written on the Petals and The Cocoa Tree.