Hello and welcome to my blog. Take a seat, pull off your boots and take a load off, just for a moment.
Firstly let me introduce myself. My name is Emma, I'm a writer from Plymouth with a background as both a history researcher (PhD) and a psychologist (Ma). I've been writing for as long as I can remember, and indie publishing for about ten years.
This blog is intended for my readers to learn a little more about me, my methods and my research for various novels. You can also expect some of my research - a bit of history, a bit of local research and some random adventures too.
Finally, this blog will be where I do my updates on what I'm working on, and what is due out soon, and any personal signings I am doing!
Below is a list of my work:
The First Haverleigh Novel: A stand-alone novel which birthed the creation of a whole lore universe. When Ella rescued the injured wolf in the forest, she had no idea of the events that act would set in motion. In the eyes of a creature, she saw the glimmer of humanity, she acted on it and was rewarded with a curse which would leave her ageless and lonely throughout the centuries. As she sits, lonely and forgotten, she begins to write her memoirs. A journey written by the hand of a woman who has survived the odds. From the witch-hunts of sixteenth century Germany, to the brothels of nineteenth century Paris. A tale of werewolves and vampires, of hopes dashed and of a love which refuses to die, even as the centuries pass.
The Second Haverleigh Novel: Frances Hodge was just a child when she met the man in the marshes, a man who gave her a gift which would stay with her and shift the whole course of her life. No longer entirely human, she stumbles into the world of the drinkers and the changers, into a life where fear and hatred is the only motivation for survival. As the seasons change and a new century falls, Fran’s group come head to head with a powerful enemy, an enemy which has already killed her husband and some of her closest friends. For Fran, the changers are primal, unfettered and viscous, but then she meets William Craven and everything begins to change. This book is an indirect sequel to Ella’s Memoirs but can be read as stand alone.
The Third Haverleigh Novel: The world of the Drinkers survives on Donors. Some of them are willing, others are not! Bree Morgan is one of those who was not. Kidnapped and used as an unwilling blood donor, Bree barely has time to process the ordeal when she finds herself rescued by the hands of another of their kind. Once safely home, Bree faces a choice: return to normality, or follow her rescuer into the darkness. It's time to learn the difference between "good drinkers" and "bad drinkers", but when both have to hunt, drink, and sometimes even kill to survive, those lines become blurred. With her head turned one way, and her heart the other, Bree takes the only path she can… but the darkness isn’t done with her yet, and neither are the drinkers who took her in the first place….This book is an indirect sequel to Ella’s Memoirs but can be read as stand alone.
Jessie was just eight years old when she found the dead body of a woman in the woods. The corpse which she stumbled upon, decayed and forgotten, fast becoming the key to a life she'd never have lived otherwise. Through this, she learns to love Ethan, the strange boy who moves to the village with his aunt and no other family, and apparently no history. But Ethan has a secret, one he will defend to the very end, and one which could get them both killed.
Book One of the Rostalis Darkfire Chronicles: In a world of peace and prosperity, a golden king sits on the throne of a land once ravaged by war. His illegitimate daughter, Niamh, a solitary and quiet girl, often jeeringly called “the king’s idiot” by her peers, begins to find where the cracks form in the gilt of the golden keep. A pressure is building below a façade of gentle rule, and the king’s new ideas on religion are driving the Woldermen – the wild savages of the marshes – back into the kingdom. Led by desperation as their temples are torn down, their sacred forests are felled and their priestesses murdered, the Woldermen are gathering their forces. When Niamh is taken hostage by a group of Wolder, led by a familiar face from her past, she is faced with a choice. If she takes one path, it could lead to the destruction of her kingdom, but if she takes the other, a whole new world awaits her. Torn between two worlds, the princess must make her choice quickly. On one side is her father, a man beloved by his people and who raised a bastard child as though she were his true daughter, but on the other is the man she loves, a man with a cause, with a motive to bring it all down around them. Whichever path Niamh chooses, conflict is imminent and the golden reign is at risk.
Book Two of the Rostalis Darkfire Chronicles First there was treachery, and then there was war. For the inhabitants of Rostalis, surely a return to peace was due? As Queen, Niamh was faced with a whole new set of challenges now that the war was won. The rebuilding of the mage council, the purging of her father’s influences on the land and, most of all, the mending of the conflicts caused by her ascension to the throne. But peace is hard come by and once the door is open for war, it’s hard to push it closed again. Niamh will have to give everything she has if she is to survive and hold the throne, and this time - with her husband missing and her Wolder Army disbanded - she’ll have to do it alone.This epic fantasy is the follow on from The King's Idiot, and is set twelve years into the future. Niamh needs to stop this new war before it destroys everything, put the council back together with only child-mages left alive, and on top of it all, she needs to discover if her husband is alive or dead!
A gothic romance with a twist!
When Anna is orphaned in a terrible house fire, she finds herself thrust friendless and penniless into the world. From pampered child to dowdy governess, Anna has to fend for herself taking work where she can find it. Through this, she meets and falls in love with the strange and solitary painter, Nathaniel, who resides at the neighbouring Kellisham Hall. But who is Nathaniel? Who is he hiding from and why does he live such a solitary life, locked away in the dark behind firmly closed curtains? As circumstance once more pushes Anna out into the world, darker forces are at play and they won't stop at anything to get to Nathaniel...
...even if that means preying on the ones he loves.