I’m very excited to announce that my new novel Flight To Coorah Creek is to be published next year by Choc Lit. There’s really no prize for guessing where it is set. I love writing books about the Outback. In this one – I go even further out back than ever before –…
In any list of the world’s most romantic cities, you will find Paris near – if not at – the top. While wandering around Paris last week ( raining and 10 degrees ) I began to wonder why. What is it about Paris that is so romantic? Paris has much to recommend it… To start…
This week, I spent a lovely evening at the Louvre in Paris. Spring in Paris is tourist season. (Let’s face it, every season in Paris is tourist season) Despite this, the midweek late evening opening was not as crowded as other times. And yes – this is another one of those blogs with many…
I never thought I would go to Iraq. The Middle East has always fascinated me – its history and its culture. I remember learning about the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers – the cradle of civilization – when I was at school. I’ve been to other parts of this region before, but the troubled and tragic…
Just before we left New York City in November… the Christmas lights were starting to go up on 5th Avenue. The big stores were already unveiling their Christmas windows – some of which were pretty spectacular. It was all very pretty – and very much part of the pre-holiday shopping frenzy. The cats sitting…
I’m going AWOL from the blog for a couple of weeks – because I’m in the midst of another move. After two years in Manhattan, I’m heading home to London. I have mixed feelings about this – which is not altogether unexpected. I am looking forward to getting back to family and friends, to my…
Have you ever fallen for a young man with deep dark eyes, long dark lashes and a habit of.. well.. moaning? Last weekend I was swept off my feet by a serious dose of llama love.
Look at those mountains – Wow! Yes – I do look smug – not because I climbed them (because I didn’t) – but because I am somewhere I never dreamed I would be… The mountains of Kazakhstan – and it was AMAZING!