She's loved him since university ... but he married one of her best friends.

Rachel has always been the beautiful outsider, the one who yearns to have the handsome husband and the perfect family. But she let the love of her life slip through her fingers at university and now happiness is always just out of reach.

She marries an Air Force officer on the rebound and lives on military camps, but she feels like a fish out of water. When her husband takes early retirement, she begins to live again, starting her own business and finding her independence. But when they goes on holiday to Cyprus with her two best friends and their husbands, secrets and lies begin to emerge which will change her life and the lives of everyone she holds dear, forever.

She must now face up to her past and confront her new present. Will her marriage and her friendships survive? Will she ever find true happiness?

'Life Happens' is about the powerful bond between three women and one woman's enduring love. If you enjoy women's fiction set on a beautiful, sun-drenched island with plenty of emotional complexity, you'll love this first book of the 'Life Series'.

In the sequel to the ever-popular novel ‘Life Happens,’ Rachel, Jen, and Grace must confront a question that haunts us all: Can you ever truly know someone?

The three women have been inseparable since the eighties, but their recent momentous holiday in Cyprus has left them reeling. As they return home and try to pick up the pieces, they realise that their trip has set in motion a series of events that will affect their lives forever.

Rachel is single again, Jen's health is in jeopardy and Grace embarks on a new chapter in her life. As they navigate their way through these challenges, Rachel's sons, George and Harry and Jen's daughter, Amber, become entangled in their parents’ struggles. But time marches inevitably onwards towards the global pandemic and they must all face the two extremes of life: birth and death … and everything in between.

Will Rachel find her happy-ever-after or does she have to spend the rest of her life, wondering 'what if'?

‘Life’s Complicated’ is an emotional rollercoaster and a powerful testament to the strength of friendship and how it can define us all. Set in Brighton and London, the drama eventually returns to Cyprus, where it all began.

Click ‘Buy Now’ to find out what happened when the sun and sand of Cyprus was just a memory … and real life began.

THE APHRODITE TRILOGY is made up of Aphrodite's Child, Now is all There is and Shadows in the Rock.  

It is a story which spreads over two decades about an RAF family posted to Cyprus in the nineties. Romance, drama, family relationships, military life, reinvention, sun-soaked scenery - these books have them all.

Start your journey with Aphrodite’s Child which has 392 reviews with an average of 4.5 stars.

“I really enjoyed reading this book. I don't normally go for romantic novels but thought I'd give it a go due to it being set in Cyprus and at RAF Akrotiri in particular. I spent an amazing 4 years there in the mid '80s and this book brought back some lovely memories of this beautiful island. I'd recommend it at a good read, whether you've spent time in Cyprus or not.” 

You can now buy THE APHRODITE TRILOGY in Kindle format for just £4.97  at www.amazon.co.uk                                        

Aphrodite's Child: Book 1

Cyprus 1991

Will a new life on Cyprus bring about the end of a seemingly perfect marriage?

It’s the summer of 1992 and Emily has joined her husband Luke, for a three-year posting with the RAF to Cyprus. She’s grateful to have left her teaching career behind and she begins to enjoy the freedom her new life brings. She wants another child and hopes that the sizzling heat of Cyprus will make her dream come true. But an unexpected encounter sends her on a spiral of self-destruction, full of secrets and deceit and when she finds out that Luke, too, has been lying to her all along, their marriage implodes.

As tensions escalate, tragedy strikes. Will grief make Emily come to her senses, or will she return to the UK, alone and brokenhearted?

‘Aphrodite’s Child’ is the first book in the Aphrodite Trilogy saga, which follows the Blackwell family through to their children’s adult lives. It's an emotional rollercoaster of self-discovery that will stay with you forever.

Buy it today and be transported to Aphrodite’s island – Cyprus, the island of love.

Now Is All There Is: Book 2

The phone rang.  I picked up the receiver and without waiting to hear who it was, said, “Where are you?  You’re late.” It wasn't him.  A voice said, “Is that you, Emily?  Are you alone?”  The disembodied voice sounded odd; I heard a cough.“Yes … who is that?” My mind was confused.  I was so sure it would be him, I couldn’t understand. “You better sit down.  I’ve got some ... terrible news.” I sat down obediently, feeling like a child.  I knew ... in that moment, I knew.” 

Emily returns to Cyprus, not knowing where her life is going; Luke is distant, her friends have gone, everything has changed.   She meets Beth, a young airman’s wife, whose life is as precarious as hers and they form an unlikely friendship.  At the end of the school year, she goes home to their Cotswold cottage, hoping that life will go on as before and that maybe she’ll find herself again.  But Luke’s unexpected posting leads her to make the biggest decision of her life and pushes her down a road that can only end in tragedy.  Luke has never stopped loving her though and finally, that is what saves her from herself.

Shadows in the rock: Book 3

“I remember that day you told me everything as if it was yesterday; the shock, the disbelief and the fear.  I didn’t understand then, but I do now.  We are the same, you and I.  We live in the now, but the past is always there … buried in shadows.”

England 2015

Abi is on the brink of life; she wants to leave home and country living and strike out as a fashion photographer in London.  The shadows of her parents’ past have haunted her; she needs to find out who she really is.  
Life in London proves to be far more challenging than she imagined though.  Abi ends up working for a nightmare boss and in a foreshadowing of the #metoo era, she encounters bullying and sexual harassment.  On a shoot in Cyprus, she experiences both the worst and the best that life has to offer, forcing her to grow up and face the truth about her background. 

She learns to forgive both herself and her mother and face her future with confidence.

What would you do if, after years of what you thought was a happy marriage, your husband suddenly announced he was leaving you for good?

Anna is in her fifties and is living a contented life. Their children have left home and she and her husband work at the same school. One day, a perfectly ordinary day (or so she thought) they are sitting on a bench during a walk with their beloved Labrador and David drops a devastating bombshell: he’s fallen in love with a colleague and is leaving her.

At first, she wants to hide herself away, but, with the help of her friend and her daughter, she realises that there hasto be life after a long marriage; she must move forward. She makes some huge changes: she leaves her job, moves house and goes to visit her estranged sister in Australia. As she navigates her new life as a single woman again, she discovers she's stronger than she realised.

Can she build a new life, find new love and a ‘happy-ever-after’ or will she be on her own forever?

If you love humorous and poignant novels about women facing up to the harsh realities of life, then you’ll love this emotional and uplifting story.

Buy ‘Love is a State of Mind’ today. You'll laugh and cry in equal measure.

Have you ever wondered how on earth two people can be together for fifty years? It seems like a miracle to me and I’m living it.

In Love Honour and Annoy, I try to figure out how Peter and I have survived such a long partnership. We met, by chance, in 1970 and despite me getting cold feet and postponing the wedding for a year, we got married in 1976 and embarked on this incredible journey together. Spoiler alert: it hasn’t all been love and roses. We’ve annoyed each other intensely a lot of the time, but we’ve also been best friends, produced three amazing children and found our way through the bad times.

This memoir doesn’t reveal the secret of a perfect marriage, but our stories will make you chuckle and you’ll see why, despite everything, we're better together. It is a humorous and heartfelt reflection on life and marriage, from the perspective of a seventy-one year old woman, who feels she’s only just getting started.

Buy Love, Honour and Annoy today. A memoir that will make you laugh and think about the inevitability of getting old.