Six things I learnt from writing about a gay firefighter
My book, Embers and Echoes, follows the tense relationship between police officer Ben Fields and firefighter Toby Grimshaw. It’s an unrequited love story set in outback [...]
Echo Springs and Embers and Echoes available for preorder
Exciting news! Echo Springs and Embers and Echoes are now available for preorder. Embers and Echoes is my romantic suspense novella featuring Toby and Ben, and is the second [...]
New book coming soon: Echo Springs
I'm thrilled to announce that I've got a new book coming out in September 2018 as part of a four-part romantic suspense series set in outback Australia. My story [...]
14th Century Carcassonne: Why then? Why there?
My vampire twin brothers, Olivier and Thierry, emerged out of a short story I’d written in university. Then they’d been twinks, obsessed with each other as much as they were [...]
Who’s the person mentioned in my book’s dedication?
I dedicated my first book to my mum, Tracy, who died in 2011. Unfortunately she wasn’t around to see it come out in digital print, but I didn’t hesitate to [...]
5 facts you didn’t know about being burned at the stake
Within the opening chapters of my book, Burning Blood, the witch Aurelia finds herself about to be burned at the stake. ‘Witch, you have been tried and convicted under [...]
Burning Blood Cover Reveal
It's here and isn't it beautiful? Feast your eyes on the cover for the second book in the Bonds of Blood trilogy, Burning Blood, which will be released on 22 May 2015 [...]
An endorsement from my 91-year-old grandmother
The other week I wrote about what my beloved thought of Beckoning Blood. This week, I want to share some comments from my 91-year-old grandmother. Like my partner, I was anxious [...]
You always hurt the one you love
It might surprise you to know that my partner didn’t get to read Beckoning Blood until after it was published. While writing and editing, I was fiercely protective of it. [...]
Carcassonne, Saxony…and Perth?
A brief look at the settings in Beckoning Blood Beckoning Blood takes place in three main locations, from the romantic locations of Carcassonne and a forest in Saxony, Germany, to [...]