Hello lovely readers,

I would like to say that Spring has sprung here but it wouldn’t be true. We’re in what I refer to as ‘false spring’ and ‘I don’t know which coat to wear when I go out’ weather. The daffodils are providing an optimistic brightness and it’s no longer dark in the morning so I’ll take it and hope for more.

I did visit Hay On Wye last week, which is known as ‘Book Town’ because there are more second hand bookstores there than anywhere else in the country—40+ I believe in a very small space. It was great fun to wander through all the shops which sold everything from leather bound tomes to paper comics. There’s also a castle there which was home to a very determined warrior woman called Matilda De Braose who came to a horrible end due to bad King John.

Onto book news. I’m writing book three of my Regency romance series, tentatively entitled Falling For The Fake Rake and I’m enjoying putting Olivia and her hapless suitor through the wringer. I’m working on a synopsis for the next cosy mystery and a new historical fiction idea, so lots of ideas germinating even though there might not seem to be much activity.

Here’s the cover for my upcoming historical fiction novel about Mary Quant, swinging London, and her many connections with the United States. Did you know she designed a whole clothing range for teens at J C Penney?

>Release date: June 30th, available to pre-order now

Have a great month,

Kate