Back in the UK - and welcoming new friends from the USA

Well, I am back in wet Wales after my short tour of the United States - I'm still on New Jersey time at the moment, but I'm sure I'll get back to normal soon - or what passes for normal, given that I am a writer, and as you know, writers talk to people no one else can see. I did some fabulous things, saw some fabulous sights and, above all, met some fabulous people, during my working holiday in the US. If you were one of them, taking a look at my blog for the first time - you're very welcome. I blog once a week - on a Wednesday. (How cool is that!) And sometimes on other days too, if I have special news, or something that won't wait. I talk about what is going on in my world, my books, places I have been ...

In the next few weeks I'll be catching up on posts from the RT Booklovers' Convention in Kansas City, on visiting New York, on my very first US bookstore signing for Barnes and Noble and on the RNA summer party, where I have to relinquish the Joan Hessayon trophy.
If they can find me ...

I hope you'll join me to read about all these things. And if this is your first visit - once again, WELCOME.

Giving the trophy back ...

It's a rather sad time for me this week. My reign as winner of the Joan Hessayon Award is coming to an end and I have to return the trophy at the Romantic Novelists' Association  Summer Party, so that it can be passed on to this year's winner.

The trophy

Now where did that year go?

Admittedly I didn't get to take the prize home until the RNA conference in July, after it had been engraved, but it seems to have been a very short space since then. I've enjoyed it so much. I don't really want to give the trophy back, but needs must. There are nine potential winners this time, it's a strong field and if I have to hand the silverware back, I wish it could be to all of them. There can only be one named winner, but they are all winners as they have achieved the coveted status of being a published author.

At the party last year, with my mum and author Anna Jacobs.

So (sigh) if I must part with my favourite toy, I know it will be going to a good home, where it will be cherished and admired as much as it has during its stay with me.

I do get to make a speech, before I part with it.

And it will always have my name on it, among the winners ...

Signing today!

At Barnes and Noble bookstore in Bridgewater, New Jersey. Starting a noon - if you're in the vicinity, hope to meet you there.

Barnes and Noble - Bridgewater, New Jersey

I'll be signing there tomorrow, 12 noon until 2 pm.

Signing books at Barnes and Noble

I'm excited to be doing my first US book store signing. Thanks to my cousin, Bernice, I will be signing copies of both my romantic suspense novels at Barnes and Noble in Bridgewater, New Jersey this Saturday, from noon until 2 pm. If you are in New Jersey and would like to try British romantic suspense, or would just like to say hello, please come along.

Book Signing

STOP PRESS!

I will be signing copies of Never Coming Home and Out of Sight Out of Mind at Barnes and Noble Bridgewater New Jersey on Saturday. If you just happen to be anwhere in the vicinity, please come and say hello.

And buy a book?

When a Writer takes a walk ...

Whenever anyone asks me about my typical writing day - or my perfect writing day - my answers always have one thing in common - a walk by the sea. I don't actually get to walk as often as I'd like, but when I do, the Coastal Path always beckons. As you can see ...