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A Saxon Tapestry: Available now

A Saxon Tapestry book coverAlfled’s tranquil word is abruptly shattered by the Norman invasion. In the wake of the Norman victory her house and lands are handed over to a detestable Norman, Rolf Le Blond, and Alfled finds herself alone and unprotected. Determined to survive she disguises herself as her dead brother Alfred. Convinced the Norman Seigneur will never realize he has been fooled, Alfled walks a dangerous line.

“Alfled played the boy but could not forget she had the heart and soul of a woman.”

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Dangerous Enchantment: Available now

Dangerous Enchantment book coverKate knows she is dicing with danger. If the Lancastrian Lord who has been granted the house and land of her deceased husband discovers the truth of her stepson's birth, both their lives will be forfeit.

A romantic historical suspense of love's intrigue set in the turbulent 1480's.

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Shadows of the Past: Available now

Shadows of the Past book coverAlva can’t remember anything. Not even the handsome Count Luca Mazareeze, her husband.


Something had happened; there was an atmosphere of danger at the Palazzo. Although attracted to the Count, she sensed there were things he was not telling her. Too late she realizes her life is in danger but why?

 

Bitter Betrayal: Available now at wingsepress.com

Bitter Betrayel cover imageMichael cannot forgive his humiliation and the pain of Charley’s betrayal. However, Charley believes Michael betrayed her!

Drawn together by circumstances and business, Michael devises a plan that will pay Charley back for breaking his heart…and Charley cannot resist the temptation to accept the challenge he offers.

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Spanish Lies: Available now

Spanish Lies cover imageGinny has a terrible secret buried inside her; it has the potential to ruin her life.

She loves her son, and is still attracted to the man who broke her heart, if she goes to Spain she knows she will be putting all she holds dear in harms way…yet she feels she has to take the chance.

He was man of fierce passion and she was a woman who has a terrible secret.

A Poisoned Legacy: Available now

A Poisoned Legacy cover imageBelinda soon realizes the legacy is poisoned. By rights the house and land should have gone to Jesse Crane, or at least be shared between him and Carl Nash.

Does someone want her dead…can she trust Jesse Crane. Carl Nash is a charismatic pastor he at least has to be honest…or is he?

How can she fight her growing attraction to Jesse, knowing he might wish her harm?

Set in rural Florida – light years away from the smart hotels and theme parks this is the story of a young woman who is confused but brave. Uncertain of who she can trust, still she leans towards Jesse … never guessing at the terrible secrets that Nash House holds to itself.

 

The Substitute Wife: Available now

The Substitute Wife cover imageElizabeth Mary imagines, when she takes her sister’s place as proxy bride to the Lord Hinchcliffe, that it will be easy. However Lord Hinchcliffe is not the man she pictured him to be. Fierce and stern and younger than she thought, he is not a man to be manipulated by a girl like her. Worse still everyone informs Bess that the Lord abhors liars above all other miscreants, and she is a liar and a cheat.

Set in the 1480’sthis is a world of lords and masters – of chilly castles and harsh landscapes, yet Bess cannot quite lose her spirit, even as danger haunts her dreams.

 

His Other Wife: Available now

The Other Wife cover imageRoxie does not want Saul to discover her secret past.  She knows she should have nothing to do with him but she cannot stop herself from being attracted to him.  There is Josh to consider too…he needs a strong man in his life and Saul Hetherington is that kind of man.  Perhaps her secret will never be revealed…if she is very careful.


Breaking the Clouds: Available now

Breaking the Clouds cover imageThe move to New Zealand has suited Bronwen. She has a good job and a beautiful home. The only downside is her lawyer husband, Jack, who is drinking too much and is obviously unhappy.

When her enigmatic cousin Marged arrives, Bronwen’s life spins out of control. Discovering that Jack was fired months ago from his firm, Bronwen discovers that he has also left his apartment in the city. He has also disappeared taking most of her money with him and leaving behind him a stack of debts.

Can she trust the mysterious Job Tepi, or does he know more than he is revealing about Jack’s disappearance?

ISBN 9780709085621

"Breaking the Clouds" published by Robert Hale Limited. Available from book stores, www.halebooks.com and www.amazon.com

 

Beloved Deceiver: Available now

"I have something to ask you and I am being perfectly serious,” Flora said, then after taking a deep breath plunged on the worlds colliding in her excitement to be rid of them. “I would like you to marry me.”

For Marsden Collingwood the idea is ridiculous – she was a chit of a thing, a girl who barely reached his chest…and that hair, that riot of tipsy curls that had no pretence of style about it. Yet she was the long lost daughter of his nemesis…and was not, he wondered, revenge the dish best eaten cold!

ISBN: 978-1-59374-507-3

 

Eden's Child: Available now

Maddy has lost her memory, the more she finds out about herself, the more she loathes herself.

Her husband Nevis, handsome and wealthy, lets her know in no uncertain terms that he hates her … she cannot blame him, yet she cannot stem the feelings she has for him. How could she have been so despicable to this man when all she longs for is to be in his arms? Confused by who and what she is, sometimes she thinks it would be better if she never remembered the past.

E book ISBN 978-1-59374-688-9
Paperback ISBN 978-1-59374-687-2

 

Fortune’s Folly: Available now

When Helena meets her ex-husband, Andreas, again, she is unprepared for the feelings that awaken inside her. After leaving him she has made a successful career as an Interior Designer, but fate brings them close together. However, between them stands the manipulative Diane, who will do anything to keep them apart.

She had forgotten the lapis lazuli colour of his eyes. He looked vaguely older, a little more harassed than he had in the past. His body was the same, it exuded strength and a touch of the primitive that the grey mohair silk could not quite disguise.
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The following books are available from Whiskey Creek Press. Click here to go to their website.

  • Dangerous Enchantment
  • The Substitute Bride
  • His Other Wife
  • Breaking the Clouds
  • Fortune’s Folly
  • Eden's Child
  • Beloved Deceiver

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Listed chronologically - click title to jump to overview. Published by Robert Hale Limited – now available at libraries.

As Margaret Blake
A Sprig of Broom
The Peterloo Weaver
The Peterloo Inheritence
Bitter Legacy

Bartholomew Browne
The Saxon Tapestry
The Devil’s Prince
Seed of the Broom
Fortune’s Folly (2006)
Beloved Deceiver (2006)

As Ellen Noone
Polonaise Enchantment
Fiona
Yolande
Fond Deceiver

A Sprig of Broom
A medieval romance - telling the story of the Yorkist Cecily Hadfield, who is forced to marry the Lancastrian Lord Llanaber – little knowing that her true birth brings her close to danger!

Strong and beautiful, but wilful and stubborn she is yet no match for Thomas Cadwallader who vows he will tame her…

The Peterloo Weaver
The Peterloo Inheritence
Bitter Legacy

The story of Sarah and her love for Josiah Ayesthorpe, a man who loathes her. Part of the crowds at Peterloo in Manchester in 1819, Sarah can remember nothing of who she is or where she came from, taken in by Adam Ayesthorpe as one of his family, it is many years before Sarah discovers the truth or her origins and who it was that was responsible for the death of her mother.

The proceeding novels follow Sarah’s children, the artistic Adam and the beautiful Maureen…Adam who was always his mother’s favourite cannot forgive his father for her death…his disappointments turn him into a bitter and disillusioned man, while Maureen suffering from a traumatic incident, becomes part of Florence Nightingale’s nurses in the Crimea. And it is here that she finds, at last, true love.

Bartholomew Browne
Set in the early days of the industrial revolution, the story of Bart Browne who brings machines to his small community only to earn the enmity of some local people. There is trouble at home too in the shape of Miranda Courtney, the young woman who comes to live with him and his sister…a lady…who finds the north country wild and cold and its people coarse and rude and Bartholomew Browne the most ill mannered man, she had ever encountered!

The Saxon Tapestry
In the summer of 1066 Alfled Godwin’s world is abruptly shattered by the Norman invasion. To survive in these difficult times, she pretends that she is her twin brother Alfred only Rolf Le Blond who has taken over her house and lands, finds the lads cultured ways appealing and seeks his friendship!

Now back in print as A Saxon Tapestry.

The Devil’s Prince
The novel tells the story of the early life of Prince John – of his marriage to Isabelle of Gloucester and his love for her servant Nesta. John is charming and mercurial – he is though John Plantagenet, one of the devil’s brood!

Seed of the Broom
Kate Merryweather has one quest, and that is to protect Richard, son of Edward the Fourth, but they are trapped at their home by Efan Caradoc – the Lancastrain lord who has been granted the lands of her dead husband…if he discovers the birthright of Richard it can mean only death for the boy…they must keep up the pretence that he is the son of the man that Kate married and Kate will do anything to protect this precious seed of the broom even if it means the end of her own happiness and freedom….

Writing as Ellen Noone
Polonaise Enchantment
Charles Fontaine is attracted to Maria Czyzewski, even though he is attempting to buy her father out of his business. He needs the property in order to make his re-development programme go ahead. However, even as he marries her, Charles cannot stop himself from erecting barriers between Maria and himself…and keeping secrets, including his ultimate plans for Maria’s father.

Fiona
The death of the beautiful Fiona Spargo in a car accident, is the cause of Julie Charlton and David Spargo meeting again after five years. For Julie the meeting is traumatic and evokes past memories that for her are best forgotten.

David is rude and antagonistic but then he always was…but now there is intense bitter hatred as well and between them, the ghost of Fiona, the woman he had married…

Yolande
Yolande Elmett returns home from school to Dragon’s End, when she hears that her Uncle Edward has lost a considerable amount of money. She persuades him to let her stay although, Aunt Melly, his eccentric sister is less amiable and Yolande cannot understand why her aunt dislikes her so much.

However Yolande’s main worry is her feelings for her uncle – he is attractive and good company…the kind of man a girl could easily fall in love with, if he were not her uncle…….

Fond Deceiver
Miguel is attracted by the talent of Paul Nelson – a one time concert pianist himself, he easily recognises something special in the boy. However, he is not prepared for the fact that Paul is the son of a woman he had once known…and loved…