A Visit from the Easter Book Bunny

HAPPY EASTER!

I've been thinking about what my readers, all over the world, will be doing this holiday weekend. Are you, like me, surrounded by blossom as we edge, somewhat uneasily in Spring. (We had hail yesterday!)  Or is summer fading into autumn with you? 

Will you be dashing to the airport to take advantage of the school holidays?  I hope the airports are running smoothly. Or maybe taking a walk in the country or on the beach?

I'll be with my family having the traditional hot cross buns on Friday and roast lamb with all the trimmings on Sunday while the kids eat too much chocolate. They're growing up (the little on in the picture hiked 14 miles with a backpack as big as her last week for her Duke of Edinburgh awasrd). It's Pandora from me for the girls this year and Stranger Things merch for the lad!

I'd love to be able to send you all an Easter Egg, but since that's not possible, I'm giving you all some free books to read this spring.

The first is Her Wish-List Bridegroom which was a bestseller when it was first released, and inspired a very well known author (a Sunday Times bestseller) on her journey to publication. This is an Amazon only download - and it's yours, wherever you are in the world. .

"Throwing champagne over the Chairman of her company - and the lowlife boyfriend who'd stolen her work and the directorship she'd earned - had, inevitably, proved somewhat career limiting for Juliet Howard Having been shown off the premises with her personal belongings in a box, she'd sworn off men for good and headed back home to Melchester to start again. And then she found herself face to face with her childhood crush -- Gregor McLeod."

Funny. emotional, a little bit sexy. 

Here's the link - HER WISH-LIST BRIDEGRROM, Amazon

The second book, is actually a two-in-one, so it's two books and it's available everywhere other than Amazon for those of you who prefer to get your reads from platforms. So, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo for your Nook and a lot of other places..

A  WEDDING AT LEOPARD TREE LODGE

A celebrity wedding deep in wilds - what could possibly go wrong?
A multi-millionaire footballer and his stunningly beautiful model fiance are about to be married n a luxury safari lodge in Botswana. Top wedding planner Serafina March has been forced to bow out at the last minute and events planner ,Josie Fowler - last seen in The Bride's Baby - is a last minute replacement. It's a huge opportunity for her to prove herself, but nothing is running smoothly. The best man and the bridesmaid have broken up causing accommodation problems and lodge designer and entrepreneur, Gideon McGrath, is stuck n the bridal suite with a bad back and can't - or won't - move. And that's just the beginning.. Josie is furious with him, but as she wrestles with taffeta and table plans Gideon's sexy smile is getting under her skin...

ANYTHING BUT VANILLA

Even more tempting than ice cream!

Sorrel Amery is determined to make her summer event the talk of the town, and she knows just the way into people's hearts―champagne sorbet! It's the perfect strategy… Until the ice cream parlor's owner runs off, leaving Sorrel's plans melting faster than a sundae in the summer sun.All Sorrel wants is to get back into her comfort zone, but when the gorgeous Alexander West arrives to help pick up the pieces her life gets shaken up more than ever before! Especially as this globe-trotting adventurer is determined that nothing in Sorrel's life should ever be boring old vanilla again…

Here's the link RISKY BUSINESS, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Kobo and lots of other

The downloads, as you can see on the images are available only between 2 - 7 April, so fill your egg baskets, and tell your friends. The more the merrier!

And whatever you'll be doing this weekend, happy reading.

xxx

Book Giveaway!

 This is just a quickie so you don't miss it. If you love reading crime novels with women sleuths, there's a big giveaway at the moment, and one of my books is included.

eBook & Paperback Sweepstakes!

(2) Winners of eBook "Gift Baskets" of ALL ebooks
Other Winners of individual ebooks or paperbacks (randomly selected)

Here's the link - https://authorsxp.com/giveaway

 First the big news!

I'm thrilled to announce that I have signed a new contract with Joffe Books for two more Maybridge Murder Mysteries.

The first, Murder in the Vineyard, will be released later this year, with Murder at the Holly Bush Inn early in 2027.

A lunch date

Today I was at a literary lunch given by my local indie bookshop  The guest speaker was the Rev Richard Coles, who has recently taken to writing cosyish crime.

We have both written books called Murder Under the Mistletoe, (his)  and mine. 

There is no copyright in titles and actually we're not alone. A quick count on Amazon revealed that there are at least sixteen books with that title. Clearly it's a seller!

The lunch was great, the Rev (formerly of the pop group The Communards (Don't Leave Me This Way), is a wonderful speaker and he very kindly accepted a copy of my book (I'd already read his) and joined me for a photograph.

Many thanks to Helen and John at the bookshop for organising yet another great event. And to the wonderful staff at Rocca for a delicious lunch.

 

First a grovelling apology!

I have just discovered that the blog post that my wordpress blog that should have gone out on the 30 December, only went out on the 30 January.

I'd blame Christmas, but honestly, it's more to do with my struggles with the US way of writing the date.

Grovelling apologies that,  unless you caught it on Facebook, you will have missed the free book promotion for Anything But Vanilla. However it is still available for 99p/99c.

Let's try again!

I'm unable to repeat that offer for another couple of months, but by way of compensation, I have set up a new freebie - from Tuesday 3rd February thru Saturday 7th February.

Here's the blurb -

Newly single Sarah Gratton is headed for a new life in Rome with a photograph of Lucia, the woman who saved her great-grandfather in 1944, determined to find out what happened to her. She hasn't taken his advice to find a red-hot Italian lover seriously but when searching for Lucia she meets dark-eyed Matteo di Serrone. This Italian count is ideal flirting material - if she's brave enough to make a move! Fortunately, the suspicious Matteo is! Matteo decides to keep this mysterious woman close - no hardship at all, given their spine-tingling awareness of each other...

And here's the link - Flirting With Italian

 It's always the weather

2026 started with some pretty gruesome weather. I know we're pathetic in the UK - in Canada and the US you go to work with countless feet of snow on the ground, but everything it set up for this because you're used to it. 

We don't get that kind of snow here, thanks to the Gulf Stream which keeps us warm and which will undoubtedly shift with the rising sea levels and give us a new ice age. So the trains stop running, the roads are a nightmare and working from home is not just us whinging. Honestly, it's safer all round.

However, we're back to rain this morning so I'll be taking the car out for a little run to perk up the battery before the cold returns later in the week. (That's the other thing - the weather changes on a sixpence.)

Slow start

I've had a slowish start to the new year.

I've heard from my editor that she loves the new book so, fingers crossed, I'll be able to give you more news about that very soon.

I've opened up the document for book five in the Maybridge Mystery series, working title, Murder at the Holly Bush Inn and words have been written.

I took a day off yesterday. I had an eye clinic first thing, then I met authors Jenny Barden and Paula Lofting for coffee at my local indie bookshop. Well, two cups - we were there for the best part of two hours!

Re-organising

I returned home to find a parcel with the new kitchen storage containers I'd ordered had arrived so I spent the afternoon clearing out kitchen cupboards, setting aside stuff for the charity shop and having fun filling the new containers and labelling them with the new labels that had also arrived.

The labels turned out to be American where the names are slightly different, but they are very pleasing and I know what they mean. These are just a few. All very satisfying. 

Back to work

It's going to be a busy year, I'll be writing a novella for an anthology with a group of fellow writers - here's one we did earlier -  as well as the new Maybridge Mystery, so it's back to work today.

I'll try and keep this weekly, but for now, enjoy the rest of your week and happy reading.

 

A freebie to start the New Year

I'm starting the new ear with a gift to my wonderful readers. It's a romance, there's a very hot hero, a career focussed heroine and a lot of ice cream! 

I hope you all love it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

You can download it here.

 

Wishing you joy for 2026

Wishing a very happy new year to all my followers, with endless thanks for the support, for the shares, for reading the books. You are cherished!

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With love, Liz

 Many thanks to everyone for your support this year, for reading the books and the wonderful reviews.

Wishing you a very happy holiday season with friends, family, your cat or dog and a good book!

I'm off to make mince pies - see you all next year.