99p ~ You Can't Go Wrong!

The two instalments of my family saga about the Lanchester family, KINGS AND QUEENS  and LAST CHILD are both on offer for 99p/99c from today, September 17th, until midnight on Wednesday, September 23rd.  Click on the titles for Amazon links!

You can see details for the books ~ blurb and over 90 x 4/5* reviews ~ on the links above; in brief, they're two episodes of a contemporary drama about a family who own a property developing empire ... with a historical twist.  Kings and Queens is about Harry Lanchester and the six women in his life, which might remind you of a certain Tudor king... it's a modern day retelling of the story of Henry VIII and his wives.  Last Child is about Harry's children, Jasper, Isabella and Erin, who closely resemble Edward VI, Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I.

Please note: no knowledge of history is necessary!  Both books are essentially just modern day dramas, and can be enjoyed without any reference to the characters' historical counterparts.

My new book, The House of York, will be out in October, all going well, cross fingers and touch wood.  You can read more about it HERE

Many thanks to anyone who downloads!

Cheap as chips!

Just a quickie to let you know that, for anyone who hasn't got it but would like to give it a go, Kings and Queens is now on a Kindle Countdown offer for only 99p/99c, lasting from Tuesday 28th April to Monday 4th May.

It's a contemporary drama about the life and loves of property developer Harry Lanchester, told through the eyes of the women in his life, and is a 20th/21st century retelling of the story of Henry VIII. 

It's got stacks of really excellent reviews (and no, I haven't got that many friends!).  A while back I wrote a blog post with a few excerpts from some of them; it's HERE

You don't need to know anything about history to enjoy it; it can be read just as a contemporary drama.  For my test readers, I chose one who knew absolutely nothing about the period, not even the names of all Henry's wives, to make sure it stood up convincingly. 

The sequel, Last Child, is also now available. 

Thank you for your interest!

Feast your eyes on these, ladies!!!

Just as something to cheer up a dismal January, here is my list of top ten Netflix and Amazon  PRIME HOTTIES!


10.  Striding around in tight pants and slipping in at number 10, Jonathan Rhys Meyers who is surely as far away from the real Henry VIII as you could possibly get, but do we care?  Far more sexy than the romantic hero style Henry Cavill in The Tudors, I thought.

9.  Wouldn't mind snuggling under a bearskin with number nine - the totally lush Travis Fimmel as Ragnar Lothbrok in VIKINGS!

8.  I LOVE Michael Kenneth Williams, as both Omar in The Wire and Chalky White in Boardwalk Empire - hell, I even liked him as the tramp in The Road!

7.  Who wouldn't want to be Jax Teller's old lady?  Give or take the gang violence and his not very cute way of putting all Sons of Anarchy business before you, of course - oh, but, Charlie Hunnam, you can get away with it!!

(ps, were Jax and Ragnar separated at birth?)

6.  Chain smoking and 'old fashioned' drinking along at number 6, sexy 1960s ad man Don Draper in Mad Men, played by Jon Hamm.  I wasn't keen at first, thinking him just a knitting pattern, Mills and Boon type tall dark and handsome stereotype, but then he became more interesting....

Oh go on, shall we have another?

5.  The pictures don't do him justice, but Matthew McConnaughy was at his lush best as Rust Cohle in True Detective!  Oh, that accent, that cynical way of looking at the world, those hidden depths...

4.  I always thought Damian Lewis was just some actor who people fancy because they're told they do in women's magazines - until I saw him as Nick Brody in Homeland.  I'm sure I lusted after him even more than poor Carrie!  I think it's the way those barriers break down, just occasionally....

3.  At number three, as my sister said, "Who cares if he's an alcoholic, he can sober up in the morning!"  Easing himself up to the podium to collect his bronze medal, guitar in hand, is the divine Deacon Claybourne in Nashville, played by Charles Esten.  Oh, Deacon, Deacon, sing a song for me - no, on second thoughts, never mind the song... 

2.  Swaggering up to claim the silver medal is the totally phwooooaaaarrr Norman Reedus, aka Daryl Dixon in The Walking Dead.  Who cares about the end of the world ~ just you, me and your crossbow in a cave somewhere would do just fine!

1.  Fanfare!!!!

Yes, my Top TV Lust Object is the glorious Sawyer from Lost ~ in other words, Josh Holloway.  Any woman who says she wouldn't is either blind or lying!  Feast your eyes, ladies.....

What's that?  This whole exercise was just an excuse to post pictures of Josh Holloway on my blog?  No, no, no, of course it wasn't.....

Oh, whoops, another one slipped in there by mistake....

Okay, okay, I'll pack it in now...