What can you win? A signed paperback of YOUR CHOICE! If you live in New Zealand, I’ll post it to you free of charge!If you live outside of NZ, the prize will be TWO e-books. Which books can I choose from? Any of the Have Heart, Will Travel series (including What’s Irish Read more…
We can probably all agree that the most popular Austen novel would be Pride and Prejudice. It has more retellings and film adaptations than any of the others and its fanfiction.net listing is significantly longer. Pride and Prejudice was certainly my first Jane Austen, and if it weren’t for that, Read more…
To celebrate the release of my new book, Within My Reach, I made this fun quiz! Don’t judge me on my Austen-obsession-level. We all have our emotional crutches… Jane is mine.
That’s the title of the Canterbury Romance Writers’ latest anthology. Time’s gotten away from me and I’m just realising it’s been out for almost a month! I wasn’t holding out on you, promise. I was moving house and staying (almost) on top of my day job. And I’ve been putting Read more…
What’s Dutch for Damn? is yours for the taking. Go on, that’s all you need to know. I mean, if you want, read the rest of the blog post. But that’s the gist of it, right there. Here’s the link you need. You’re away! You’re still here. Oh, okay, I Read more…
Today, I bring you, a sneak preview! Two days before the book launches… just a bit of a tease. In fact, you can read more than just one chapter, for free, if you sign up to my newsletter… but today I’m sharing a reading with you! Forgive my nasal voice. Read more…
Our hero in What’s Dutch for Damn? is a little bit of a cliche, not gonna lie. He’s a cycling Dutchman. What’s more, he sells and fixes bikes for a living. Is it a stereotype? Is it doing any damage? As someone with an in-house bike-whisperer (who happens to be Read more…
One of the real joys of navigating different languages is learning delightful new words for things you never had a word for before. And then there’s all the fun of misusing or mispronouncing words, giving them new, and wildly inappropriate meaning. One of the recurring themes in my books is Read more…
In the whirlwind of 2020 I never really put together a playlist for What’s Dutch for Damn? So, I thought I might ask for help from my readers. Tell me your favourite songs – specifically, any bangers that make you think of falling in love with a friend. Earlier in Read more…
Fourteen days and counting! That’s right, two weeks today and my second book, the sequel to What’s French for Oops?, will be OUT! What’s Dutch for Damn? picks up Kate and Johannes’s story. This book was so fun to write, and great escapism during level 4 of lockdown here in Read more…
