How do you like your scones? The Devonshire way? Jam on top. Or do you go down the Cornwall route and spread the jam first and top with clotted cream?
I only ask because in some ways Jo Lambert’s romance driven drama A Cornish Affair reminds me of a particularly tasty Cornish scone – with the seaside setting a perfect showcase for a rich cast of characters and a plot with a surprising depth.
Am I stretching the metaphor a bit here?
Perhaps…
The clue though is in that word ‘surprising’. Continue reading
One of my pet hates is people who complain things were better in the old days.
Forget stereotypes and box ticking: from Kick-ass Hotties to Mom Warriors, tarts with hearts and Crying WAGS – it’s all about the writing.
It’s the stuff of nightmares – or mine, at least. A bullying ex-boyfriend, a totalitarian religious sect, and a remote abbey that’s more like a concentration camp than a haven. The chills are coming quick and fast.
Most workplaces have someone like Martin – competent, capable, reliable but also just a little bit of a ‘weirdo’ who never joins in with the other guys.
Do you believe in Christmas Miracles?
Everyone needs the right mix of Hope and Christmas Spirit and the mysterious Natalie Hope has both in abundance.
Every so often you get to the end of a book and think: ‘I’d better read that again.’
The phrase ‘O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive…’ might have been coined especially for Elizabeth Dulcie’s new thriller Corruption!
David Bowie certainly knew what he was talking about when he penned the line: ‘Put on your red shoes and dance…’