BOOK NEWS
BATTLE ROYAL, the first book in my second series (Palace Insiders) releases in August and is now available for preorder. This is a royals-adjacent series, so the main characters are not royals themselves but work in careers that cross paths with the (fictional) royal family. In BATTLE ROYAL, the heroine and hero are bakers who meet on the set of a popular televised baking show, where the hero is the stern, no-nonsense judge on the panel and the heroine is the popular contestant whose glittery, quirky aesthetic is polar-opposite to his own. Four years after he eliminates her from the show, they're running rival bakeries on opposites sides of the same Notting Hill street, she's joining him on the baking show judging panel, and they're competing for the contract to bake the royal wedding cake. Thrown into close proximity as they try to uncover the secrets of a past royal in order to design the perfect cake, the opposites discover they have a lot more in common than they thought.
BATTLE ROYAL will be followed by the second book in the Palace Insiders series, title to come soon. Book 2 sees a sunny, happy heroine with a painful past find the love of her life in the huge, silent, not-conventionally-handsome bodyguard whose job is to protect the newest member of the royal family—and whose instinct is also to protect her.
There is also a new book on the way in the London Celebrities series. Number six is the romance of Charlie Ford-Griffin (happy-go-lucky, extroverted younger brother of Griff in THE AUSTEN PLAYBOOK) and introvert Allegra Hawthorne, whose book series was adapted into a West End play in book four. Set primarily at the Ford-Griffins' estate, Highbrook, and the neighbouring village, these two fall hopelessly in love amidst a murder mystery house party that turns a little too real.
I'm so happy that ACT LIKE IT has been translated into French. The French edition is available here from J'ai Lu.
Finally, I'm thrilled that an audiobook edition of ARTISTIC LICENSE is on the way from Tantor, and can't wait to hear Sophy and Mick come to life in audio.
As always, thank you so much for all of your support and kindness, for giving up your time to read the books, and letting them be part of your lives for a little while. I can't say enough about how much I appreciate it.
It continues to be a horrific year for many people. I hope you and your families are safe, and I hope you're all well. If you're struggling right now, please try to be kind to yourself; you're doing the best you can in incredibly difficult circumstances.
BATTLE ROYAL, the first book in my second series (Palace Insiders) releases in August and is now available for preorder. This is a royals-adjacent series, so the main characters are not royals themselves but work in careers that cross paths with the (fictional) royal family. In BATTLE ROYAL, the heroine and hero are bakers who meet on the set of a popular televised baking show, where the hero is the stern, no-nonsense judge on the panel and the heroine is the popular contestant whose glittery, quirky aesthetic is polar-opposite to his own. Four years after he eliminates her from the show, they're running rival bakeries on opposites sides of the same Notting Hill street, she's joining him on the baking show judging panel, and they're competing for the contract to bake the royal wedding cake. Thrown into close proximity as they try to uncover the secrets of a past royal in order to design the perfect cake, the opposites discover they have a lot more in common than they thought.
BATTLE ROYAL will be followed by the second book in the Palace Insiders series, title to come soon. Book 2 sees a sunny, happy heroine with a painful past find the love of her life in the huge, silent, not-conventionally-handsome bodyguard whose job is to protect the newest member of the royal family—and whose instinct is also to protect her.
There is also a new book on the way in the London Celebrities series. Number six is the romance of Charlie Ford-Griffin (happy-go-lucky, extroverted younger brother of Griff in THE AUSTEN PLAYBOOK) and introvert Allegra Hawthorne, whose book series was adapted into a West End play in book four. Set primarily at the Ford-Griffins' estate, Highbrook, and the neighbouring village, these two fall hopelessly in love amidst a murder mystery house party that turns a little too real.
I'm so happy that ACT LIKE IT has been translated into French. The French edition is available here from J'ai Lu.
Finally, I'm thrilled that an audiobook edition of ARTISTIC LICENSE is on the way from Tantor, and can't wait to hear Sophy and Mick come to life in audio.
As always, thank you so much for all of your support and kindness, for giving up your time to read the books, and letting them be part of your lives for a little while. I can't say enough about how much I appreciate it.
It continues to be a horrific year for many people. I hope you and your families are safe, and I hope you're all well. If you're struggling right now, please try to be kind to yourself; you're doing the best you can in incredibly difficult circumstances.
