Guest Blog: Rachel Brimble

Long and Short Reviews welcomes Rachel Brimble, who wants to share a wonderful opportunity!

Are You an Aspiring Romance or Women’s Fiction Author??

I started writing in 2005 and had big dreams of becoming a published romance author. Little did I know how much support, advice and guidance I would receive in the subsequent years that would help me on my way to success. My first novel was published by The Wild Rose Press in 2007 and I am now an author of 28 traditionally published contemporary romance, romantic suspense and historical fiction novels, a number of which have been Amazon bestsellers.

As proud and happy as I am with my career, back in 2019 I wanted to find a way to pay forward all the help and support I had received from fellow authors over the previous fourteen years. So, I started my First Chapter Critique service which proved to be such a success that I have now extended my Author Services to include critiques and proofreading for novels up to 100,000 words (word/pricing tiers apply).

The feedback from the aspiring writers I have worked with has been amazing, not to mention how blessed I feel by the publishing and contest success many of them have gone on to achieve! If you are working on a romance or women’s fiction novel right now, I’d love for you to check out the dedicated Author Services page on my website. Alternatively, if you have any questions, please feel free to email me at rachelbrimble@gmail.com or DM on any of my social media platforms listed below.

I really look forward to working with you and helping you find success in 2023 and beyond!

Best,
Rachel x

About the Author Rachel lives in a small town near Bath, England. She is the author of 29 novels including the Ladies of Carson Street trilogy, the Shop Girl series (Aria Fiction) and several single titles with The Wild Rose Press. She is super excited to be the debut historical fiction author writing for Harpeth Road Press and her first novel with them will be released in Spring 2024.
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What I Would Tell A New Author by Rachel Brimble – Guest Blog and Giveaway

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What I Would Tell a New Author

Ooh, where to start?? Haha!

I started my writing journey in 2005 with my first book being published in 2007. Since then, I have had a total of 28 books published (Victoria & Violet is number 28) and during that time I have learned a LOT about the process of writing, the toil of writing, the emotional high and lows of writing and what is REALLY involved in being an author. All of these things, of course, were beyond my grasp or imagination when my very first book was accepted by a publisher.

All that mattered to me then was that I had signed a publishing contract. And why wouldn’t that be the only thing that mattered? It was a huge achievement!

But by book three, reality had well and truly kicked in and I realized if I wanted to actually sell any books, I couldn’t recline on my chaise longue with a feather boa trailed around my neck a la Barbara Cartland style (look her up if you don’t know who she is!) and expect to make my fortune. I soon understood that publishers do not do as much as I assumed with regards to marketing and that promotion (for the most part) comes down to the author.

This is lesson number 1 for any aspiring author – be prepared for the time you will need to spend on promotion as well as writing. That is most definitely the biggest eye-opener.

Number 2 – The best advice I have ever received is ‘Give yourself permission to write a crappy first draft’. I have lived by this for the last ten novels, and it has quadrupled my output and made it so I enjoy the process so much more.

Number 3 – Try to find a good critique partner or two – I have had several critique partners over the years and loved working with all of them. I only have one right now, but we have been working together on our books for almost ten years now and I’d be lost without her.

These are most definitely my Top 3 Tips! I would also love for any aspiring romance writers out there to also check out my First Chapter Critique service – I have been running this service since 2019 and so proud of its continuing popularity. I work with aspiring authors on the first chapter of their novel, critiquing up to 3,500 words, and well as providing a report on dialogue, setting, characterization etc that they can use to tweak and revise their entire manuscript!

When Violet Parker is told she will be Queen Victoria’s personal housemaid, she cannot believe her good fortune. She finally has the chance to escape her overbearing mother, a servant to the Duchess of Kent. Violet hopes to explore who she is and what the world has to offer without her mother’s schemes overshadowing her every thought and action.

Then she meets James Greene, assistant to the queen’s chief political adviser, Lord Melbourne. From entirely different backgrounds and social class, Violet and James should have neither need nor desire to speak to one another, yet through their service, their paths cross and their lives merge—as do their feelings.

Only Victoria’s court is not always the place for romance, but rather secrets, scandals, and conspiracies…

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“She…” Violet hesitated, feeling foolish carrying out the queen’s instructions when James was quite clearly busy and not at all happy. “She suggested we take a picnic.”

“A pic…” His eyes widened before his cheeks mottled. “It’s December!”

“I can pack some hot soup and bread. It will be…fun.”

“Fun? I can’t take myself off for a picnic when there is so much to do. What on earth will the workers think of me?”

His mood made her decidedly uneasy, but she could not defer on the queen’s request. She lifted her chin. “I’m sorry, James, but if the queen commands it, we cannot refuse. Besides, it will be last time you will see me for a while.”

He dropped his hand from his hair, his dark eyes boring into hers. “What are you talking about?”

“I have to go home. My mother claims my father is ill. Not that I believe a word of it, of course. But still, I must go.”

“Your mother is exerting her power again?”

“I have little doubt.”

He exhaled heavily, his gaze softening. “Give me an hour and I will come. Where shall we meet?”

“In the folly.”

“Very well.” His gaze dropped to her lips before he reached around her toward the door and opened it. “You should go.”

He stood so close, Violet could see flecks of blue in his eyes, smell the subtle maleness of him. Her treacherous heart swelled with silly, dangerous love. She forced a smile and ducked under his arm and through the open doorway.

About the Author: Rachel lives in a small town near Bath, England. She is the author of 29 novels including the Ladies of Carson Street trilogy, the Shop Girl series (Aria Fiction) and the Templeton Cove Stories (Harlequin). Her latest novel, Victoria & Violet is the first book in her new Royal Maids series with the Wild Rose Press and releases 17th October 2022.
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The Backstreets of the Victorian England – what is the reality?? by Rachel Brimble – Guest Blog and Giveaway

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The Backstreets of the Victorian England – what is the reality??

As an author of historical fiction and romance, it is important to me that I convey the reality of the story setting, the characters, and the societal expectancy of the time period I am writing.
My stories tend to be about the lives of the more common people, even the poorer people of Victorian and Edwardian society rather than the aristocracy or upper classes. So instead of ballrooms, palaces and stately homes, you are more likely to find backstreet taverns, modest tearooms and two up/two down houses in my novels. It is this level of society that I find myself drawn to, who I want to explore and uncover the hardships they faced on a daily basis.

It is these people that I research and inevitably come to admire. They often survive the reality of violence, vice and viciousness amid the filthy streets of the inner city through bravery, tenacity and cunning. There is no one waiting with a helping hand or an inheritance to save the day, these people live hand to mouth, day by day in the hope of salvation, or else, by their own instincts.

Conveying the hardships of my characters, the emotional strain of survival, disappointment and those beautiful moments of success is what keeps me writing. I LOVE writing about strength of the human spirit despite the odds. Victorian England was once among the worse places to live in the world. Slums abounded, begging, prostitution and child death commonplace. So, how on earth can I convey this reality in historical romance and not entirely lose my reader?

The answer is simple.

I describe enough that the reader is grounded in time and place. I convey enough that they understand the characters’ circumstances are not by choice but from the outside. And finally, I spend more time ensuring I have expressed the emotions of the characters through every good and bad thing that happens to them that the reader comes to care so much for them that they are vying for their happy ending, no matter what.

It is this commitment from author to reader to character that makes a story a good one, regardless of the dire reality of the living conditions or hard circumstances. Emotion is everything in fiction and, indeed romance, and I will continue to bring happiness and possibility to those characters less written about for as long as I can and, in turn, I hope my readers come along for the journey with me, too!

He needs a wife…
Manchester industrialist William Rose was a poor lad from the slums who pulled himself up by his bootstraps, but in order to achieve his greatest ambitions he must become the epitome of Victorian respectability: a family man.

She has a plan…
But the only woman who’s caught his eye is sophisticated beauty Octavia Marshall, one of the notorious ladies of Carson Street. Though she was once born to great wealth and privilege, she’s hardly respectable, but she’s determined to invest her hard-earned fortune in Mr Rose’s mills and forge a new life as an entirely proper businesswoman.

They strike a deal that promises them both what they desire the most, but William’s a fool if he thinks Octavia will be a conventional married woman, and she’s very much mistaken if she thinks the lives they once led won’t follow them wherever they go.

In the third instalment of Rachel Brimble’s exciting Victorian saga series, The Ladies of Carson Street will open the doors on a thoroughly modern marriage – and William is about to get a lot more than he bargained for…

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Louisa and Jacob’s conversation dimmed as Mr Rose slowly turned his gaze to Octavia. She barely resisted the urge to flinch. His eyes were as dark as his hair, their gaze so intense it was as though he looked to read her thoughts, desires and dreams. The notion was bizarrely unnerving, intoxicating and a frisson of trepidation – or maybe shameful anticipation – shivered through her. Suddenly it didn’t seem such a bad idea to allow Mr Rose’s unexpected visit to play out. Yet, impromptu admittance was not the Carson Street way…

As Louisa and Jacob seemed too imbedded in debate to address Mr Rose and his companions, Octavia raised her chin and held Mr Rose’s unwavering stare. ‘I’m sorry, Mr Rose, but it’s house policy that no girl spends time alone with a man we do not know. Therefore, I kindly ask that you leave for the time being. However, if you wish—’

‘Now, now, Octavia,’ Louisa said firmly as she brushed past her. ‘I don’t think it’s necessary to toss Mr Rose so unceremoniously out of our establishment on such a cold and dreary night, do you?’

‘Louisa…’ Octavia looked pointedly at her friend, her eyebrows raised. ‘Jacob is right. Mr Fairham should not have taken it upon himself to offer his friend’s unkept appointment to Mr Rose. Therefore, Mr Rose should leave.’

Octavia faced Mr Rose and, once again, fought the urge to flinch when she found herself the object of his intense study a second time. She pulled back her shoulders. He had better think again if he thought for one minute she might be intimidated by him.

About the Author:Rachel lives in a small town near Bath, England. She is the author of over 25 published novels including the Ladies of Carson Street trilogy, the Shop Girl series (Aria Fiction) and the Templeton Cove Stories (Harlequin).

Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association as well as the Historical Novel Society and has thousands of social media followers all over the world.

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Interview and Giveaway: Rachel Brimble

Long and Short Reviews welcomes Rachel Brimble. Leave a comment or ask the author a question for a chance to win $15 Amazon gift certificate.

Rachel started writing seriously towards publication once her youngest daughter started school full-time in 2005 and her first book was published by The Wild Rose Press in 2007. Since then, she’s had at least two novels published per year. She’s working on her 30th book, a historical romance. She’s also written contemporary romance and romantic suspense.

She told me that she never suffers from writer’s block because she doesn’t allow herself to give into it, no matter how much she might want to shut her laptop.

“I make myself write,” she explains. “Anything I write can be edited or deleted, but as long as I don’t stop altogether, the block loses! There will also be something a writer can use no matter how bad they think the work is when they are struggling.”

I asked Rachel what came first – the plot or the characters. She said that more often it would be the setting.

“I often see a building or a picture, and it sparks something inside of me telling me a story is on the way,” she laughed. “I then work to find the characters who live there, what they do, what they want… this is an exciting part of the process. The problem is making that nugget of an idea stretch to 90,000 words!”

Rachel has her own home office that she loves. I asked her to tell us about it.

“It was once a small spare bedroom but it now entirely mine! The walls are a pale blue (apparently good for concentration) with two big corkboards in front of me covered with pics of my latest hero and heroine, where they live and the building where most of the action takes place.

“On my desk are a set of three trays containing my planner, notebooks, magazines and usually a self-development book of some sort that I dip into. As well as that, I have my laptop, a separate monitor, printer, candle and a pic of my daughters.”

When she’s not writing, her main hobby is knitting.

“I am somewhat obsessed and spend hours working on my latest project in front of the TV,” she said. “Watching TV is the other thing I tend to do a lot of when I’m not working – I especially like crime and period dramas. Outside activities including long country walks with my husband and our chocolate Labrador, Tyler, as well as visiting stately homes and places of historical interest.”

Rachel was born in Bristol, England and lived there for 27 years but since 2001, she’s lived in a small market town just a short 30 minute drive from the famous historical city of Bath. She absolutely loves where she lives mainly due to its proximity to Bath.

“All my historicals are set there because of how easily I can spend time there soaking up the atmosphere and imagining my characters working and living there during the 19th or 20th centuries,” she told me. “The architecture and history of Bath is immense and I encourage your visitors to take some time there if they are ever in the UK.”

“What are you passionate about these days?” I wondered.

“What I have always been passionate about… the fight against prejudice. I cannot stand it in any form – I will never understand why some people cannot just live and let live. Is it really that difficult to focus on your own life and stay out of others? I think not… Is it so hard so live in a world where people are of every race, creed, sexual orientation? I think not…”

Finally, I asked, “What is something you’d like to accomplish in your writing career next year?”

“I would love to get an Amazon bestseller flag in the States – I have managed it in the UK and Canada so America would be the cherry on the cake! I’d also like to finish books 2 and 3 in my latest trilogy – book 1 is done and currently under consideration so a contract offer would be nice, too!”

From grieving widow…

1851. After her merchant husband saved her from a life of prostitution, Louisa Hill was briefly happy as a housewife in Bristol. But then a constable arrives at her door. Her husband has been found hanged in a Bath hotel room, a note and a key to a property in Bath the only things she has left of him. And now the debt collectors will come calling.

To a new life as a madam.

Forced to leave everything she knows behind, Louisa finds more painful betrayals waiting for her in the house in Bath. Left with no means of income, Louisa knows she has nothing to turn to but her old way of life. But this time, she’ll do it on her own terms – by turning her home into a brothel for upper class gentleman. And she’s determined to spare the girls she saves from the street the horrors she endured in the past.

Enlisting the help of Jacob Jackson, a quiet but feared boxer, to watch over the house, Louisa is about to embark on a life she never envisaged. Can she find the courage to forge this new path?

A Widow’s Vow is the first in a gripping and gritty new Victorian saga series from Rachel Brimble. You won’t be able to put it down.

About the Author: Rachel lives in a small town near Bath, England. She is the author of over 25 published novels including the Ladies of Carson Street series, the Shop Girl series (Aria Fiction) and the Templeton Cove Stories (Harlequin).
Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association as well as the Historical Novel Society and has thousands of social media followers all over the world.

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Interview and Giveaway: Rachel Brimble

Long and Short Reviews welcomes Rachel Brimble who is celebrating the release of A Rebel at Pennington’s, the second book in her Pennington’s Department Store series. Leave a comment or ask the author a question for a chance to win a £15/$15 Amazon GC.

The inspiration for the series grew out of Rachel’s love for the TV series Mr. Selfridge and The Paradise.

“I absolutely loved these shows,” she told me, “but something was always missing for me and I realised it was because I wanted to explore the female characters in more depth. Once I decided on a series theme of ‘female empowerment’, the rest was history.

“The inspiration behind A Rebel At Pennington’s was my years-old fascination and admiration of the fight for women’s suffrage. This is a book I have wanted to write for years, but the female protagonist who would tell the story I wanted to write always eluded me. Then Esther Stanbury appeared in book 1 (The Mistress of Pennington’s) and I knew I had found the heroine of my suffrage book.”

I asked Rachel what three words she would use to describe Esther and, also, if she shared any personality traits with her. She chose strong, loving, and brave as the three words.

And, as for personality traits, “Definitely! I literally lived out how I imagine I would have been if I had been a woman living in the changing times of the early 20th century. I definitely consider myself a feminist and some of the Edwardian conventions and restrictions towards women would have been incredibly hard for me to adhere to. I definitely would’ve been at the forefront for the vote and in A Rebel At Pennington’s, I had the opportunity to live vicariously through Esther.”

Rachel has recently submitted the third book in the Pennington series to her editor and hopes it will be released this fall.

“I am continuing the theme of ‘female empowerment’ and tackling the stigma of divorce in the early 20th century. The heroine of the novel made her debut in A Rebel At Pennington’s and I immediately knew she had more to say so the next book started to take shape in my mind quite a few months ago!”

She’s currently working on plotting the fourth book in the series.

“Once I’m happy with what I have in mind to write, I’ll start thinking what I want to write next. I can’t be certain at the moment that the series will end with four books but, if it does, I would like to either write a Georgian trilogy or, possibly, a new contemporary romance series set in Manhattan,” she said. “There’s something about three female characters, living in New York, that keeps bugging me so I know there’s definitely a story to be told there somewhere.”

When she’s not writing, she loves to knit, admitting that she was almost as obsessed with knitting as she is with writing.

“My mum was a professional hand-knitter and taught me when I was very young,” she explained, “but it wasn’t until my mid-30s that I really started knitting with a vengeance. It’s got to the stage now that I can’t sit in front of the TV without picking up my needles.”

Rachel told me that she’s always wanted to write, but it wasn’t until her youngest daughter started school full-time that she had a “now or never” moment. That was in 2005 and The Wild Rose Press published her first novel in 2007. Since that time, she’s had over twenty novels published with small presses, Harlequin, Kensington, and Aria Fiction.

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“This continual horror strikes around the 45,000 word mark with every book I’ve ever written,” she said. “I wouldn’t say I’ve overcome these obstacles because they happen with every new book, BUT I do know how to get through them – Answer: Keep writing!”

Finally, I asked her, “What message do you hope readers take away from the book?”

“I hope that my readers are inspired equally as much as being entertained – the fight for the vote was arduous, emotionally draining and dangerous. Women risked their lives and families for something that was just and right but held out of reach. Their stories of strength and tenacity transcend time and era and I hope readers are moved to look at the empowering changes they could make in their own lives after finishing the book.”

One woman’s journey to find herself and help secure the vote. Perfect for the fans of the TV series Mr Selfridge and The Paradise.

1911 Bath. Banished from her ancestral home, passionate suffrage campaigner, Esther Stanbury works as a window dresser in Pennington’s Department Store. She has hopes and dreams for women’s progression and will do anything to help secure the vote.

Owner of the prestigious Phoenix Hotel, Lawrence Culford has what most would view as a successful life. But Lawrence is harbouring shame, resentment and an anger that threatens his future happiness.

When Esther and Lawrence meet their mutual understanding of life’s challenges unites them and they are drawn to the possibility of a life of love that neither thought existed.

With the Coronation of King-Emperor George V looming, the atmosphere in Bath is building to fever pitch, as is the suffragists’ determination to secure the vote.

Will Esther’s rebellious nature lead her to ruin or can they overcome their pasts and look to build a future together?

About the Author: Short Bio (100-200 words): Rachel Brimble lives in a small market town near Bath, England with her husband, two daughters and their mad chocolate Labrador, Tyler. When Rachel isn’t writing, she likes to read, knit and walk the beautiful English countryside. As well as historical romance, Rachel also writes mainstream contemporary romance and romantic suspense.

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Determined to break from her father’s iron-clad hold and prove she is worthy of inheriting the store, Elizabeth forms an unlikely alliance with ambitious and charismatic master glove-maker Joseph Carter. United they forge forward to bring Pennington’s into a new decade, embracing woman’s equality and progression whilst trying not to mix business and pleasure.

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Rachel said the best advice she was even given, which helped her enormously, was to “give yourself permission to write a crappy first draft.” She now embraces this mentality with every book she writes and her output has quadrupled.

“A filled page can be edited after all. A blank page, on the other hand…,” she said.

The difficulty of writing for her is when she has a germ of an idea for a book or series, but can’t think about how to sustain it for 90,000 words. Then, she tends to get writers’ block about the halfway point when she starts to think that the entire story is rubbish or her characters go off in a direction she hadn’t planned on. I asked her what she did when that happened.

“Write, write and write some more! The only way through writers’ block is to keep working. The solution will come in the end and, if not during the first draft, it most definitely will in a later draft. Trust me!” she assured me.

Even though starting a series can be hard for her, it’s also her favorite thing.

“I think series writing allows the writer and reader to really get to know the setting and characters in a way that isn’t possible with a single-title. Whenever I start planning a new book, I am always thinking how it could pertain to a series. My Harlequin series, the Templeton Cove Stories runs to eight books and is very special to me.”

“How do you come up with the titles to your books?” I wondered.

“With supreme difficulty! Titles are my nemesis and I’m most definitely not a writer who gets precious over her titles. I love it when the marketing team of a publisher have precedence on titles – totally gets me off the hook,” she said with a laugh.

Rachel told me that she’s lucky to have a home office. For many years, she wrote at the kitchen table or on the sofa with her laptop on her knees. But, about three years ago, she commandeered an upstairs bedroom as her office.

“I have a huge white, antique-look desk and bookshelves, the walls are painted a pale blue and I have two corkboards above my desk which house pictures from my work in progress and ideas for my next book,” she explained. “I am a very visual writer and pics of my hero, heroine, villain and where they live is vital to my creativity.”

The most surprising thing she has discovered about writing her 23 novels is that it never gets any easier.

“Each time I start a new one, I cannot remember how I started the others,” she told me. “I literally freeze. I also do the same thing when editors’ revisions arrive in my inbox – I have this complete mental stand off, ‘what now??’ The only way through these times are to attack and hope you get it right!”

I asked Rachel about the scariest moment of her life.

“My family and I were caught up in the 2010 French floods – we were on holiday in a caravan park when the flood hit. We had to be evacuated and rushed to the clubhouse roof. We were there for 16 hours before we were rescued by helicopter. We were cold, then sunburned, hungry and tired. It was definitely the scariest time in my life so far.”
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“Italy,” she answered promptly. “I’ve been to Venice and Verona, but would love to explore Rome, Florence and Tuscany. I’m really keen to write an Italian set series but don’t feel I’m qualified enough until I’ve explored the country, eaten the food, drank the wine and spoke to the people. Yes, Italy is most definitely on my wishlist!”

1910 – A compelling tale of female empowerment in Bath’s leading department store. Perfect for the fans of the TV series Mr Selfridge and The Paradise.

Elizabeth Pennington should be the rightful heir of Bath’s premier department store through her enterprising schemes and dogged hard work. Her father, Edward Pennington, believes his daughter lacks the business acumen to run his empire and is resolute a man will succeed him.

Determined to break from her father’s iron-clad hold and prove she is worthy of inheriting the store, Elizabeth forms an unlikely alliance with ambitious and charismatic master glove-maker Joseph Carter. United they forge forward to bring Pennington’s into a new decade, embracing woman’s equality and progression whilst trying not to mix business and pleasure.
Can this dream team thwart Edward Pennington’s plans for the store? Or will Edward prove himself an unshakeable force who will ultimately ruin both Elizabeth and Joseph?

About the Author: Rachel lives with her husband and two teenage daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. Since 2007, she has had several novels published by small US presses, eight books published by Harlequin Superromance (Templeton Cove Stories) and four Victorian romances with eKensington/Lyrical.

In January 2018, she signed a four-book deal with Aria Fiction for a brand new Edwardian series set in Bath’s finest department store. The first book, The Mistress of Pennington’s, will release in July 2018.

Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America, and was selected to mentor the Superromance finalist of So You Think You Can Write 2014 contest. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family. Her dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.

She likes nothing more than connecting and chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers. Rachel would love to hear from you!

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Family Brimble - aug 2013 (2)This summer will be one of the best ever for me! My family and I have so much fun stuff planned…one of which is a once in a lifetime opportunity.

From July 23rd to August 6th, we will be spending a glorious two weeks on the Greek island of Rhodes. This will be my first visit to Greece and I cannot wait to discover its beauty and culture. My friends have told me to visit Old Town but refuse to say what it is about the town that has their eyes lighting up with excitement. I am looking forward to experiencing it myself.

Whenever I go on holiday, I always pack my notebook because I know that apart from using the destination in a future book, there will undoubtedly be plenty of characters, situations and sights to fuel ideas and maybe even a series of ideas. I live in hope 🙂

Of course, my suitcase will be packed with half a dozen paperbacks as well as my faithful Kindle. If holidays aren’t for catching up on some much-loved reading, what are they for?

As for the once in a lifetime opportunity? On August 17th, I am going to Ireland to have afternoon tea with Nora Roberts. Eekk! Unfortunately, it won’t be just the two of us but a room full of dedicated readers and fans. The afternoon takes place in the stunning Ashford Castle and my wonderful husband has booked us a room there for the night too. I can barely believe this will be happening––Nora Roberts is my biggest inspiration as a writer and my favorite author as a reader. I am beside myself with excitement!

So happy summer, lovely people – I hope you enjoy yours as much as I will mine!

brimble Cover (2)She’s ready to take back what’s hers

Since the moment a local crime boss claimed ownership of her family’s fairground, Sasha Todd has dreamed of righting the wrong. Now it’s time to act, and backing down from the man’s estranged son is definitely not an option. After all, giving up her legacy to hot-blooded John Jordon means losing the chance to finally heal the wounds in her past.

Stopping John in his tracks—and resisting the sizzle between them—is Sasha’s best defense. But there’s more to him than she thought, which changes everything. With what matters most at stake, she’ll have to risk a brand-new future with John, or walk away from the man whose heart belongs to her.

About the Author: Rachel lives with her husband and two young daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. After having several novels published by small US presses, she secured agent representation in 2011. In 2012, she sold two books to Harlequin Superromance and a further three in 2013. She also writes Victorian romance for Kensington–her debut was released in April 2013 and she has since signed for three more.

Rachel is a member of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or walking the beautiful English countryside with her family and beloved black Lab, Max. Her dream place to live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.

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