BOOKWORMS AND VILLAINS

Six bookshop novels available to read Summer is drawing near and book 4 in The Secondhand Bookworm series of novels is a great read for the season. I dedicated this novel to Jason Hill who was a work colleague of mine for several years back in the early-mid 2000's. We worked together in the bookshops I helped to run for ten years in Sussex and I have a lot of fond memories of him. The Secondhand Bookworm novels in paperback Jason was killed last year with his brother and friends when their helicopter crashed at the Grand Canyon. I was shocked and saddened. I had already been writing memories of him at the time in book three and planned to especially recapture numerous events and experiences we had in book 4. I worked with Jason especially over the summer in the bookshops, so it was bittersweet to write 'Summer at The Secondhand Bookworm' and a day spent with him. I love this book, it's funny, interesting and a great read - a week spent in a secondhand bo...

Like epic crime and romance stories set in lavish English locations? Here's a book trailer available NOW to watch on my personal youtube channel but also embedded here in this blog post. It's for my first published novel 'House of Villains' which was released in 2017. A large epic story that kick starts a series (I have been dipping in and out of writing the second novel over the past few years) once you get into the story it's an enticing, absorbing and a satisfying read. Available on Kindle, Kindleunlimited and in paperback (almost six hundred pages) it's a good choice if you are looking for something different and new to try out. If you like to read epic stories packed with stunning locations, ruthless villains, murder, mystery, betrayals and bullets, with a sprinkling of romance and humour and plenty of suspense, House of Villains kick starts an epic new series of novels to keep you gripped and guessing. Rachel is the daughter of Signor...

And here is Evangeline...she has a story to tell...what is she carrying in her hand, what is the circle, as she walks out from among the branches? She found it in the forest as she was taking her walk in her dress of lace. Her heart is warm and full of dreams. She loves to share them as she gazes silently from between the trees, while memories of balloon rides (she likes to take them with the mad professor, and drops the sand bags over the side, he allows her to do that) float about her and little circles of glittery silver drift out from the trees too. Her hair is white and...she likes to think...full, like armfuls of clouds or soft white lambs fleece, and sometimes it glitters (those are her dreams and wishes too). Her dress is made of paper, crumpled like the horns of cows or magical beings that wander in and out of her daydreams. Pink is her favourite colour, she finds it helps her make up stories to tell the professor (so she told me). Evangeline is almost ...

I admit that it's easier to pick up a thriller or crime novel these days so as to keep your mind engrossed and gripped in a gritty, dark, heart-pounding story, rather than to embark upon a gentle, lighthearted read. While I love to write psychological thrillers under a pen name, I really enjoy writing my The Secondhand Bookworm series for the setting, the humour (the sprinkling of friendships and romance) and an unfolding week spent among every sort of book imaginable (within reason...) I am currently writing book 7 in the series but it's slow going because work is currently manic and I have a lot of projects underway. However, I do like to pop into The Secondhand Bookworm occasionally for a re-read and a little more writing. So far there are six completed novels in the series all available on Amazon Kindle and free with Kindle Unlimited. They can be read in sequence or stand alone, and they're perfect for a nice, amusing uplifting few hours at a time. So far I h...

I really enjoyed making book three in my bookshop series of indie-novels available to purchase for free this past weekend (8th, 9th and 10th of February) through Amazon. I love self-publishing through Amazon and have had an amazing response about The Secondhand Bookworm series over the past year and a half that I have had them available on Amazon (paperback too). I checked back on my sales reports this morning and was so pleased to see that 31 people had downloaded the free copy of Christmas at The Secondhand Bookworm. I wanted to make it available for people to try out and see if it's a series they would enjoy. I really enjoy writing it, love my characters and settings and have several more to come! I hope it will kick start a few people to read them all. I have them as low priced as possible to purchase at £1.99 each, the lowest you can have your kindle books for sale on Amazon. All monies go into my film production apostolate that I run with my sister to purchase costumes...

I have completed updating all six volumes (so far) in my bookshop series of novels - The Secondhand Bookworm - which are set in an eccentric English used and antiquarian bookshop in the fictional county of Cole on the South Coast of England. I originally began my series a decade ago for my work colleagues based upon our daily book-selling adventures. The series has grown and I am presently writing book 7 (Book Club at The Secondhand Bookworm). To celebrate refreshing and updating the series (see previous post for more details) I have organised to make one of the books available to purchase for free on Kindle between Friday 8th February to Sunday 10th February. I have chosen 'Christmas at The Secondhand Bookworm' for this promotion. Although not my favourite in the series (because I really love my Halloween (book 5) and Black Friday (book 6) installments), I do absolutely love re-reading this. Its set during a very snowy week in the town and one of my now current regulars...

This week, to kick off February 2019, I shall be uploading NEW second editions of my six books in my 'The Secondhand Bookworm' series. After a lot of thought I decided to go for it and change the title of one of my main characters. The Duke of Sussex was written about ten years ago into my bookworm series of novels (loosely based upon my ten years of book-selling) and since the Queen bestowed the title upon Prince Harry it has ruined my hobby writing and fantasy. So I have taken the plunge and gone through all six of my novels to replace the Duke of Sussex with the Duke of Cole. Why 'Cole'? The County of Cole on the south coast of England doesn't exist in real life. But it now exists in my novels. And it has actually lifted my series up in my mind into a better place. Castletown is situated in Cole and the Duke of Cole is gradually introduced, moves into his newly built castle and becomes a regular in the series. I actually worked on the history/legend of...