Hello, and welcome to my author page. In it, you will learn a little about the background to my stories.

GREAT NEWS! Books 6-10, my 20th Century Devon novels, are now available to download in a Box Set at a discounted price!

In the meantime, my lovely editor at my publishers is reading my latest submission. If accepted, it will be Book 11 in my Devonshire Series. So watch this space!

Each of my books is a stand-alone, but you will enjoy them most if they are read in order. The first in the series is THE HARBOUR MASTER'S DAUGHTER, based on the history of Morwellham Quay, once the greatest copper port in the whole of Queen Victoria's Empire. Four more Victorian tales follow, mainly set on the wilds of Dartmoor, illustrating different aspects of the harsh life on the moor, from farming, mining and quarrying, to the little known gunpowder factory and the infamous prison. A Box Set is available to download of Books 1-5, the Victorian tales. Now available in a second Box Set, there follow two WW1 titles, showing how sleepy Devon was just as involved in the conflict as anywhere. Then we jump forward to the 1950s with THE DARTMOOR GIRL and THE GIRL AT HOLLY COTTAGE, both stories of the legacy of war, before popping back to the war years with Book 10, THE CONVENT GIRL. The action actually begins in a convent in Ireland, based on my own mother's childhood there, before moving to Plymouth where we see the run-up to hostilities through the eyes of the heroine. What will happen to her when war breaks out and Plymouth is devastated by the Blitz? You can enjoy this book without having read the previous titles, but for the eagle-eyed, there is a link to THE WHEELWRIGHT GIRL.

And don't forget my four Twentieth Century Sagas set in London and Kent, the last one of which, THE STREET OF BROKEN DREAMS, won SAGA OF THE YEAR in the prestigious RoNA Awards 2020, so I can officially call myself an award-winning author! It’s the summer of 1945 and WW2 is drawing to a close. But for some it can never end. Set in Battersea, London, where I myself lived as a small child, it's another gripping, powerful drama, quite dark in places. I believe that, like all my novels, it will tug at your heartstrings.

Whichever of my books you choose to read, I do hope you enjoy them! So why not take a look at my website for more details? I'm sure you will discover many hours of engrossing reading!