Welcome to Contemporary Author - Morton S. Gray

I’m delighted to welcome Morton S. Gray to my blog.

Hello Morton, I’m thrilled to have a fellow Romantic Novelists’ Association member on my blog today. I remember so vividly the occasion we first met. We had gathered at The Royal Over-Seas League building in London, with many other shortlisted candidates, for the RNA – New Writers Scheme – Joan Hessayon Award. We were fresh to the publishing world and had little experience with mingling with other authors. It was a fun evening and one which I shall never forget. Haven’t we come a long way since then?

But before I go off at a tangent and share our writing journeys, here are a few questions which will hopefully give your readers an insight into some of the things that matter to you.

Arabella: How did you manage to get your first novel published and what did you learn from the experience?

Morton: I entered and unbelievably won Choc Lit Publishing’s Search for a Star competition. The win secured me a publishing deal for The Girl on the Beach and I have gone on to publish a further two novels with them so far – The Truth Lies Buried and Christmas at Borteen Bay. What did I learn? I’d always thought my work wasn’t quite good enough, so winning the competition was a huge confidence boost. I guess I learned that my work just needed to find the right home. Message to as yet unpublished writers – keep submitting your work!

Arabella: The T.V. is on and you’re in control of the remote. Which is it to be: A quiz programme…An afternoon of sport…A family soap…A romantic film you always wanted to see but missed when it was shown at the cinema?

Morton: I love property programmes – Location, Location, Escape to the Country, Grand Designs, or else, as an avid family historian, Who Do You Think You Are. I’ve really been enjoying the drama, Line of Duty too. These days, I rarely watch live television; I’m more likely to record programmes so that I can pick and choose.

Arabella: Who or what inspired you to write your latest paperback release, The Truth Lies Buried?

Morton: The novel was inspired by a postcard of a wooden castle, which was the prompt for a piece of descriptive writing on a writing workshop run by author Linda Gillard. I completed the descriptive task, but couldn’t help wondering who would live in a house like that. I came up with my carpenter and woodcarver, Carver Rodgers and the rest of the novel flowed from there.

Arabella: Where do you read? Sofa or bed or ____?

Morton: I read in bed. Unfortunately, I’m a very slow reader these days, as I’m always so tired when I finally get to bed. My latest reads include The Daughter of the House, a historical novel by Victoria Cornwall, A Summer to Remember, a contemporary novel by Sue Moorcroft and I’m halfway through The Man I Fell in Love With, a contemporary novel by Kate Field.

Arabella: Some authors write at first light, others need a mug of coffee or a glass of wine before putting pen to paper. When writing, are there any “essentials” you need to help the words flow?

Morton: When I am working on a first draft, I work best in a coffee shop. I usually write the initial story longhand in a notebook. The addition of good coffee and the buzz of the coffee shop seem to get the words flowing. When I get to the second draft, I’m in my study working on my computer. With a mom who needs support these days, a teenager doing GCSEs and a husband who is sometimes at home, sometimes working away, I’ve never managed to establish a routine, I just grab time when I can.

Arabella: If you could choose, which would it be: A walk in the woods, a walk along a beachfront to dip your toes in the sea, or a day shopping for clothes?

Morton: This one is easy to answer – most definitely a walk on a beach. I’ve actually just come back from a week in Bamburgh, Northumberland. The beach there is amazing. We walked on it at least twice a day and I’m missing it terribly. There is nothing better for the soul than a walk on the beach.

(Morton, I love the footprints in the sand. A great image.)  

Arabella: You’re halfway through the work-in-progress, you’re about to kill off the hero and there is going to be no happy-ever-after. In other words, you’re stuck! If you had to contact an “author/publisher/editor friend” for guidance, who would it be?

Morton: I have several friends to contact in this situation, I guess my first author contacts would be Victoria Cornwall, or Janice Preston, but I am most likely to share my dilemma with my friend, Susan Wood over our weekly coffee.

Arabella: Do you have any great writing, publishing, or marketing tips you’d like to share to “want-to-be” authors starting out on their writing journey?

Morton: Believe in yourself and your own style of writing. Keep writing and keep sending your work out to publishers and competitions, because you never know, you might be like me and win!

Thank you for joining me on Arabella’s Blog and Chit-Chat, Morton. I’m sure that like me, your readers were delighted to discover a little bit more about you. Thank you for sharing. And if I’m every in Worcestershire, I might even be tempted to call in for one of your excellent Tuina acupressure massages.

All the best, and happy-ever-after writing…

Arabella Sheen

www.arabellasheen.co.uk

About Morton S. Gray

Morton lives with her husband, two sons and Lily, the tiny white dog, in Worcestershire, U.K. She has been reading and writing fiction for as long as she can remember, penning her first attempt at a novel aged fourteen. She is a member of the Romantic Novelists’ Association and The Society of Authors.

Her debut novel The Girl on the Beach was published after she won the Choc Lit Publishing Search for a Star competition. This story follows a woman with a troubled past as she tries to unravel the mystery surrounding her son’s new headteacher, Harry Dixon. The book is available as a paperback and e-book.

Morton’s second book for Choc Lit The Truth Lies Buried is another romantic suspense novel, The book tells the story of Jenny Simpson and Carver Rodgers as they uncover secrets from their past. This book is available as an e-book, paperback and audiobook.

Christmas at Borteen Bay is Morton’s first Christmas novella. It is set in her fictional seaside town of Borteen and follows the story of Pippa Freeman, who runs the Rose Court Guesthouse with her mother, and local policeman Ethan Gibson, as they unravel a family secret as Christmas approaches.

Morton previously worked in the electricity industry in committee services, staff development and training. She has a Business Studies degree and is a fully qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist and Reiki Master. She also has diplomas in Tuina acupressure massage and energy field therapy. She enjoys crafts, history and loves tracing family trees. Having a hunger for learning new things is a bonus for the research behind her books.

You can catch up with Morton on her website www.mortonsgray.com, on

Twitter - @MortonSGray, her Facebook page – Morton S. Gray Author - https://www.facebook.com/mortonsgray/and

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morton_s_gray/

Book Blurb  The Truth Lies Buried

Two children in a police waiting room, two distressed mothers, a memory only half remembered …

When Jenny Simpson returns to the seaside town of Borteen, her childhood home, it’s for a less than happy reason. But it’s also a chance for her to start again.

A new job leads to her working for Carver Rodgers, a man who lives alone in a house that looks like it comes from the pages of a fairy tale – until you see the disaster zone inside …

As Jenny gets to know Carver she begins to unravel the sadness that has led to his chaotic existence. Gradually they realise they have something in common that is impossible to ignore – and it all links back to a meeting at a police station many years before.

Could the truth lie just beneath their feet?

Buy Link:

Purchasing links for The Truth Lies Buried at http://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/the-truth-lies-buried/

Other books by Morton S. Gray:

Purchasing links for The Girl on the Beach at http://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/the-girl-on-the-beach/

Purchasing links for Christmas in Borteen Bay at https://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/christmas-at-borteen-bay/

Welcome to Crime Writer - Paula Williams

I’m delighted to welcome Paula Williams to my blog.

Hello Paula. It was great to connect with you through the Romantic Novelists’ Association. Over the years, I’ve found the RNA to be a wonderful group in which to meet lots of fellow authors and affiliate members, all of whom are eager to share exciting news about books.

Here are a few questions which will hopefully give your readers an insight into some of the things that matter to you.

Arabella: Are there any organisations, writing, or reader groups, you belong to? And, how do they support or help you in creating such wonderful, inspirational novels?

Paula: I belong to the Crime Writers' Association and The Romantic Novelists Association, both of which are a great source of inspiration and information.  I came through the amazing New Writers' Scheme of the RNA and am forever grateful to them for this wonderful resource.

Arabella: Where do you read? Sofa or bed or ____?

Paula: Everywhere!  I have always got several books on the go at any one time, so I read wherever I happen to be. I now have a phone that is waterproof (or so they say) which means I can - and do - read in the bath.  I read in the car (when I'm the passenger, obviously!), when my husband is watching sport on TV - and sometimes, if the book I'm reading is compelling, I even read when I should be writing!

Arabella: In your latest release, Rough and Deadly, who is your favourite character and why?

Paula: Rough and Deadly and is the second in my Much Winchmoor Series of Murder Mysteries and my favourite character (apart from Kat, the main character, of course) is a feisty old lady called Elsie Flintlock and her sidekick, Prescott.  (Sorry, that's two!).   As I say in book 3 (which I'm currently writing): "If ever a pair deserve each other, it's Elsie and Prescott.  She's a cantankerous old lady with scarecrow hair, a liking for Homer Simpson slippers and a tongue sharp enough to slice shoe leather. He's a cantankerous dog with hair like an over-used toothbrush and a liking for ankles, trousers, anything within range of his snapping jaws."

Elsie and Prescott made a brief appearance in Murder Served Cold, the first in the series and, since then,  have refused to go away.

  

 Arabella: When writing a novel, how do you work? Are you a plotter or pantser?

Paula: I'm a bit of both.  Every time I start a book, I vow that, this time,  I'm going to be all grown up and sensible and plot everything out before hand.  But it never works out like that.  In fact, when I started writing Murder Served Cold, I didn't even know who the murderer was until I was about two thirds of the way through the first draft and beginning to panic!  With Rough and Deadly, I had a vague idea - and with the third, Burying Bad News, I knew right from the start who the murderer was – but I have no idea how I'm going to tie up all the loose ends and red herrings.

Arabella: Which do you prefer to wear: Slippers, stilettos, pumps, or boots?

Paula: Boots.  Walking boots.  18 months ago, we have adopted a seven year old rescue dog, a Dalmatian called Duke, who gets us out walking every day, whatever the weather.  Hence the boots.  

(Paula, Duke looks adorable and I'm sure he gives you hours of pleasure.)

Arabella: We all have a long list of books we keep meaning to read but never have the time for --- which book is a must read for you this summer?

Paula: I have such a long list of books in my TBR pile that it's just as well most of them are in ebook form, otherwise I'd be in danger of being crushed beneath them.  Since being published by Crooked Cat Books I've found some wonderful (new to me) authors.  But my most recent read, which I loved and read within days of its release was Where the Dead Fall by M.J. Lee,  the second in a police procedural series featuring DI Ridpath.  Next on my list is "What She Saw" by Wendy Clarke.  Wendy, like me, started her writing career as a short story writer and I've always enjoyed her work, so am really looking forward to reading this, particularly as she's published by Bookouture, as I always enjoy their books.

Arabella: Which do you prefer to wear: beach shorts and top, a long evening skirt and blouse, pyjamas and slippers?

Paula: Hmm.  I would opt for jeans and T-shirt if that was an option!  I don't wear shorts or long evening skirts so I guess I'm going to have to opt for pyjamas and slippers.

(Paula, after one of your long invigorating walks, I'm now imagining you and Duke (and hubby of course), curled up before a roaring fire of an evening, with you wearing a pair of these comfy, cosy Dalmatian slippers... J)

Arabella: What about your future plans? Any books or series in the making?

Paula: I'm currently working on my third Much Winchmoor novel and am hoping to independently publish some stand alone books later this year.  It's a huge learning curve, but something I am really looking forward to, although I am really going to have to work on my marketing skills.

Thank you for joining me on Arabella’s Blog and Chit-Chat, Paula.

Your latest murder mystery sounds full of adventure and suspense, and I’m sure your readers can’t wait to discover if there’s to be true romance amid the pages of your murderous plot.

Best wishes and lots of happy-ever-after writing.

Arabella Sheen

www.arabellasheen.co.uk

About Paula Williams

Paula Williams is living her dream.  She has written all her life – her earliest efforts involved blackmailing her unfortunate younger brothers into appearing in her plays and pageants. But it is only in recent years, when she turned her attention to writing short stories and serials for women's magazines that she discovered, to her surprise, that people with better judgement than her brothers actually liked what she wrote and were prepared to pay her for it.

Now, she writes every day in a lovely, book-lined study in her home in Somerset, where she lives with her husband and a handsome but not always obedient rescue Dalmatian called Duke.  She still writes for magazines but also now writes novels.  A member of both the Romantic Novelists' Association and the Crime Writers' Association, her novels often feature a murder or two, and are always sprinkled with humour and spiced with a touch of romance.

She also writes a monthly column, Ideas Store, for the writers' magazines, Writers' Forum.  And has a blog at paulawilliamswriter.wordpress.com.  Her facebook author page is https://www.facebook.com/paula.williams.author. And she tweets at @paulawilliams44.

Not only that, but when she's not writing, she's either tutoring, leading writing workshops or giving talks on writing at writing festivals and conferences and to organised groups.  She's appeared several times on local radio - in fact, she'll talk about writing to anyone who'll stand still long enough to listen.

But, as with the best of dreams, she worries that one day she's going to wake up and find she still has to bully her brothers into reading 'the play what she wrote'.

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS

Blog. at paulawilliamswriter.wordpress.com. 

Her facebook author page is https://www.facebook.com/paula.williams.author.

Twitter.  @paulawilliams44.

Website.  paulawilliamswriter.co.uk

ROUGH AND DEADLY.

Everyone knows Abe Compton’s Headbender cider is as rough as a cider can get. But is it deadly?

When self-styled ‘lady of the manor’, Margot Duckett-Trimble, announces she wouldn’t be seen dead drinking the stuff, who could have foreseen that, only a few days later, she’d be found, face down, in a vat of it?

Kat Latcham’s no stranger to murder. Indeed, the once ‘sleepy’ Somerset village of Much Winchmoor is fast gaining a reputation as the murder capital of the West Country and is ‘as sleepy as a kid on Christmas Eve’ when it’s discovered there’s a murderer running loose in the community again.

Kat has known Abe all her life, and she is sure that, although he had motive, he didn’t kill Margot. But as she investigates, the murderer strikes again. And the closer Kat gets to finding out who the real killer is, the closer to danger she becomes.

This second Much Winchmoor mystery is once again spiked with humour and sprinkled with romance – plus a cast of colourful characters, including a manic little dog called Prescott whose bite is definitely worse than his bark.

BUY LINK

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rough-Deadly-Much-Winchmoor-Mystery-ebook/dp/B07PBWSSSS/

Temporary Bride by Arabella Sheen - Excerpt 6

Temporary Bride

  

Arabella Sheen

Max Jordan is one of America’s most powerful, leading corporate lawyers. He is also the major stockholder and head of the billion-dollar corporation - Jordan Diamond Empire.

Max must marry soon to keep the business safe and the company secure from a takeover.

Returning to England in search of the only woman he knows and trusts to help him in his moment of need - he tracks Amy down and asks her to marry him.

Amy Denver wants nothing to do with Max Jordan…and she certainly wants nothing to do with his marriage proposal. Five painful years have passed since Max disappeared from her life and a lot has happened to her in between. Amy has a secret she’d rather he didn’t discover…her secret is Jake…their son. Once again Amy finds herself surrendering to Max and his demands as he whisks her and Jake off to Waterfront, his private, secluded home in the Hamptons.

Excerpt continued...

It all happened five years ago when Amy had been training as a law student at the university. Her parents had died in a head-on collision with another car and, although the accident had been no one’s fault, Amy had been left devastated by their deaths.

Fellow students had become her family. They had supported and pulled her through the rough times. And then Max had come into her life.

They met one afternoon in the law office where she’d been working as a work placement student. Max was a practising lawyer in America at the time, but he had come to England to gain experience in International Commercial Law before returning to his practice in New York.

The ever-so organised Max had his career mapped out before him. Working in England in a specialist field was an opportunity that was supposed to be going to make or break his career.

Nothing and no one was going to stop him on his pathway to success. He was focussed and career-minded, and then along came Amy.

Amy had never been quite sure about Max’s family life or what he did when he was in America, but his family history hadn’t mattered and she’d never really pushed for details.

But perhaps she should have.

She’d been in love with him. Totally. And who he was or where he came from seemed unimportant to her then.

Max used to say his nomadic career style and moving from country to country was an invaluable life experience. What she hadn’t realised was that she too was part of that nomadic learning curve.

It seemed their relationship had been temporary and Max, for whatever reason, had eventually chosen to move on with his life.

They’d had one brief, glorious, hot summer together and then she’d had nothing. He had utterly seduced her and she had been willingly his for the taking. And Max had taken all that she’d offered, leaving her with only the memories.

For six red-hot, steamy, passionate months they had lived together in her compact, one-bedroom apartment not far from the university.

Together they would come home from a long, hard day’s work at the office and it would be an even longer, harder night in bed until the early hours of the morning,

At night they would fall asleep, sweaty and exhausted in each other’s arms until she was woken in the dawn’s early light by his urgent need of her. They couldn’t get enough of one another and their bodies craved fulfilment from one another, like a drug.

He had used her but not unkindly. And when she looked back on their time together she realised she had only herself to blame.

She had been full of innocence and she had been trusting. Her naivety hadn’t been his fault . . . only hers.

When Max’s time in England was at an end he had asked her to go back with him to America, but she couldn’t. The time wasn’t right. She had a law degree to finish.

Amy had been studying for nearly five years and they both thought it would be stupid to throw it all away for the sake of a few months.

He’d said she could always join him later - after her exams were over - but it hadn’t worked out that way.

She had been so sure of his love that as soon as she had finished her exams, she caught the first available flight to America and had flown there with the intention of living with him.

It was to have been a surprise, but the only person who had been surprised was Amy.

Flying into New York International Airport at two in the morning she had been jet-lagged, tired and wanting nothing more than the open arms of Max. Only she couldn’t fall into his waiting arm. He wasn’t there and no one seemed to know where he was.

The night watchman in the apartment complex where he was staying let her in, but only as far as the lobby. She had never been in such a place before. There was marble from floor to ceiling and everything that was chrome or crystal gleamed.

“I’m here to see Max Jordan,” she explained to the night watchman.

“Mr Jordan? Is he expecting you Miss?” he asked politely.

“No, he isn’t. I’m afraid I’ve only just landed,” Amy explained. 

The security guard looked questioningly at the flight bag she was carrying and the off-the-peg jeans she was wearing. Her luggage and clothing weren’t designer labelled and it was obvious to her that anyone entering these portals would usually have ‘chic’ written all over them. She didn’t. She was wearing her comfortable travelling gear.

“If you could buzz him, I’m sure he wouldn’t mind seeing me,” she said bravely and pointed to the elaborate intercom system.

“Buzz him? I’m sorry Miss. There would be no point in buzzing Mr Jordan. The gentleman’s not here,” he explained apologetically.

“Could you say when he’s likely to be home?” she asked.

“Don’t know Miss. It could be tomorrow . . . could be in a couple of months. Last week he packed a bag and the limo took him to the airport. He didn’t say when he’d be back Miss. If you’d like to leave a note I can see that it gets left with his mail. But I can’t say when or even if he’ll get it, Miss. The Jordans have closed the New York apartment until further notice.”

Amy was feeling totally alienated and out of her depth. To make it worse, when she made enquiries at the place where Max was supposed to be working, she was told there had been a family emergency and that he couldn’t be contacted.

That was probably the reason he hadn’t been answering his mobile phone.

 She was faced with the fact Max wasn’t here and no one was prepared to say when, or even if, he was coming back to New York.

Without a green card, she couldn’t get work and although she had sat her law exams, the exam results weren’t out and she had no proof of her qualifications.

Any money she had with her would soon run out and she couldn’t rely on Max returning in the near future.

With no qualifications, no work and nowhere to stay, she had no other option than to return to England.

Reluctantly she caught the next flight home intending to wait for Max to contact her.

He didn’t.

He never wrote, he never phoned, and for several weeks there was only silence.

Amy eventually stopped waiting. She had to get on with her life. She had to start living again.

She had to make plans and build a future for herself…and her unborn baby.

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Welcome to Romance Author - Mick Arnold

I’m delighted to welcome Mick Arnold to my blog.

Hello Mick,

It was lovely to connect through the Romantic Novelists’ Association. As a published romance author, I find the RNA a great group to belong to. Its members are generally extremely supportive and helpful, and as we travel on our individual writing journeys, someone is often there to offer encouragement and advice when most needed. But before we discover some more about your latest writing project…

Here are a few questions which will hopefully give your readers an insight into some of the things that matter to you.

Arabella: Authors can release books, making them available to readers in various ways…via an agent, or working directly with a traditional publisher, or they can even go the self-publishing route. Which method of publishing do you prefer, and why?

Mick: I think everything comes down to personal choice, especially these days. It really can be a case of whatever either works best for you. So far, I’ve only had one book published with a traditional publisher, albeit in e-book format, and that was with a US-based publisher, so everything was done via email and all the promotion was done via a blog tour I arranged myself, plus my own promotion. Therefore, I’m probably not the best to be able to give a preference.

Arabella: A slice of Chocolate Cake, a piece of Fruit, or Burger and Fries?

Mick: Oh heck! Can I have all three? Though not at the same time.

Arabella: Who or what inspired you to write your latest release?

Mick: It’s not released yet (or with any publisher), but my current WIP is a new departure for me. I’d been fortunate enough to be asked to read the latest of Elaine Everest’s Woolies series, ‘Christmas at Woolworths’. I hadn’t read anything like it and loved the interaction of the characters in the wartime situation and it was reading this that inspired me to write my own saga novel, the WIP.

Arabella: If the person of your dreams, (husband/wife/partner/or superstar), were to take you out for the night, where would they take you and what would you do?

Mick: Now this is a good one. Between the two of us, and my good Lady Wife would agree with me, I’m the romantic one and so tend to often choose the places to go to. However, she does know me very well, so I expect it would be to a concert, preferably to see my all-time musical hero, Brian Wilson (of The Beach Boys fame). I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen him and I love to lose myself in his music. It makes me forget all my own troubles, plus those of the world in general.

Arabella: Currently, what is your most favourite T.V. programme, and why?

Mick: At the moment, I have three that vie for that dubious honour, and choosing between them is pretty impossible as the three are pretty different. There’s ‘Good Witch’ (a single mother in small town USA seems to always find a way of helping anyone through their problems – fluff, yes, but it helps with me settle); ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ (nothing like the older children’s series, more like ‘Buffy’ on steroids); finally, Star Trek: Discovery (I’m a die in the wool Trekker and love this new series).

Arabella: When writing a book or chapter, which do you concentrate on first: plot, character, or setting?

Mick: They say that you are either a ‘Panster’ or ‘Planster’. My first couple of books were generally written as ideas came to me, so there was minimal planning. I did know how they were going to end, and two or three main characters, but what was written down, was what occurred to me at that time.

However, for my WIP, I decided to give real planning a go. I’ve pages devoted to both characters and plot/settings, as for me, those two latter fit together nicely. So far, it’s working quite well, though keeping on track is a little hard, as my mind likes to wander off track.

Arabella: How do you research your novels and characters?

Mick: Being very new to the business, I’d say that I’m still finding my way on how I do this. However, characters are sometimes based on people I know or whom I’ve come across (as we all do), but mostly they’re an amalgamation of characteristics I’d like them to have. With research, I use library’s, online resources etc. My favourite places are museums though. I can especially recommend authors spending time in The Imperial War Museum of London’s reading room.

Arabella: What advice would you give to someone who is starting out on their writing journey?

Mick: Read. Read and read again, not necessarily in the genre you intend writing in either. Don’t take rejection to heart. If you get an acceptance with your first submission, then you may very well be the only one that’s ever happened to. Rejection is part of the learning process and it will happen. Keep writing, as you write, you will learn and above all, enjoy the process. Join a writing group, if there are any local to you. If you want to write Romance/Women’s Fiction and then do your best to join and get yourself on the New Writer’s Scheme, you’ll never regret it.

Thank you very much for having me Arabella, it’s been a lot of fun!

Mick, Thank you for joining me on Arabella’s Blog and Chit-Chat. I hope the new genre works out for you. I’ve learnt from this interview that you’ve lots of interests that range from the ancient, historical Woolworth’s era to the futuristic, infinity and beyond.

Best wishes with your Work-In-Progress (WIP) writing and don’t forget to “boldly go where no man has gone before.’

Arabella Sheen

arabellasheen.co.uk

About Mick Arnold

Mick is a hopeless romantic who was born in England, and spent fifteen years roaming around the world in the pay of HM Queen Elisabeth II in the Royal Air Force, before putting down roots, and realising how much he missed the travel. This, he’s replaced with his writing, including reviewing books and writing a regular post at the www.NovelKicks.co.uk blog site.

He’s the proud keeper of a cat bent on world domination, is mad on the music of the Beach Boys and enjoys the theatre and humouring his Manchester United supporting wife. Finally, and most importantly, Mick’s a Full member of the Romantic Novelists Association with this, the publication of his debut novel The Season for Love.

Author/Social Media links –

Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/MWArnoldAuthor/

Twitter: @Mick859

http://www.novelkicks.co.uk/category/mick-arnold/

The Season for Love

Blurb: 

Believing she was responsible for the death of her husband, Chrissie Stewart retreats from all those who love her. A chance meeting with mysterious stranger, single-parent Josh Morgan and his bewitching young daughter Lizzy, breathe new life into her and gradually, she feels able to start to let go of the memory of her lost love. Unexpected links are revealed between the two families that strengthen the growing bonds she feels to this man and with the encouragement of her best friend Annie, herself hiding a hidden conflict from Chrissie, she battles with her demons to believe in her ability to trust and love again. Everything comes to a head on Christmas Day; which all goes to show that this is truly The Season for Love.

Buy Link:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Season-Love-M-W-Arnold-ebook/dp/B078486B25/