Kinmers Lea

Kinmers Lea is an exciting adventure set in the year 1086. William the Conqueror is on the throne of England. Twenty years after the Normans won the Battle of Hastings and took over the country by force, William has decided to raise money by taxing everyone. To do this he is carrying out a huge survey of the country which goes into every aspect of daily life. It must all be written down and then he will decide what people must pay him. The Saxons, who were the losers at the Battle in 1066, are seething with resentment. They call William’s survey the Doomsday Book.

12-year-old Edwin is a quiet lad who keeps his head down and doesn’t interact much with adults. That changes when he overhears a gang of men plotting a kidnapping. Edwin is horrified. He’s determined to go after them and try to stop them. Edwin has some big advantages over the kidnappers that he’s keeping very quiet about. He also has a very unusual companion in his quest. His Gran is going with him.

Truth or fiction?

The Doomsday Book is a real piece of history. It is kept in Britain’s National Archives.

Kinmers Lea is a real place. People have lived and worked there for more than a thousand years. In the Doomsday Book it appears as 'Chinemarelie' (the 'K' sound written 'Ch'). Today it is known as Kimberley. All the other locations in the adventure exist today and existed in 1086, too.

The people are a different matter. They are straight from the writer’s imagination, and she has played about with the spelling of some of the place names. So the plot is a mixture of the real world and a lot of make believe.

Click here to read a sample page of Kinmers Lea

To order your copy go to ‘On-line Bookshop’ or 'Ordering by Post', or you can order Kinmers Lea from Amazon.

3 Adventures with Shan the Labrador puppy

A beautiful volume, illustrated in full colour, which would make a lovely present for a special occasion.

Shan is adorable! He is a cuddly, chocolate-brown Labrador puppy. He tries his best - he really does - but somehow things never go quite according to plan. His best friend, Kit, can do anything. Shan wishes he was more like him. Kit's cool. He's different. There's something about Kit that makes him different from any other dog.

Shan and Kit get themselves into all kinds of situations and come up against some evil villains. But Shan and Kit tackle them all and, despite Shan’s blundering, they never fail to win the day.

If you think of the puppy who advertises toilet tissue on TV, but dark brown, you can imagine Shan. He’s a character you’re going to love.

The three stories in the book are:

Shan and the Tree

Shan and the Pond

Shan and the Snow

Plus a bonus short story - Shan and the School

To order your copy go to ‘On-line Bookshop’ or 'Ordering by Post',

or you can order 3 Adventures with Shan the Labrador puppy from Amazon.

Dream Me Home

A Fantasy Adventure

If you ever loved a dog you'll love this.

This is a story of great courage, loyalty and friendship. The main characters are Bonnie and Tilley, two dogs who don't know each other. They meet when they become lost in a freak storm. Soon they realise they are beyond the reach of their friends and families. Wherever they are, they will have to find their own way home.

They are young and frightened. Their journey takes them to unfamiliar places where they face many dangers. The one thing that keeps them going is their determination to get home. On their journey they learn to depend on one other and each one risks everything for the sake of their new friendship.

To order your copy go to ‘On-line Bookshop’ or 'Ordering by Post', or you can order Dream Me Home from Amazon.

The Ducking Stool

A murder mystery set in the year 1944.

Because of the dangers in war time London 10-year-old Megan Michaels and her 14-year-old brother, John, have been sent to live in the country. But the remote, rural village of Bartlemere is not as peaceful as it seems. Was the unfortunate drowning really an accidental death, as most people believe? What clues can Megan and John find from the ducking stool - an ornamental feature of the village left over from a long-forgotten pageant? And what happened to Tiger, the Rectory cat? Can that help them solve the puzzle?

History meets mystery!

To order your copy go to ‘On-line Bookshop’ or 'Ordering by Post', or you can order The Ducking Stool from Amazon.

Cassie, The Story of a Rescue Dog

NOW AVAILABLE FOR KINDLE

The name says it all - Cassie came to live with me when she lost her home. She had spent her whole life on a farm, living in a barn, and had never been inside a house or on a lead. This book chronicles the first six, anxious months that we spent together as she learned to adapt to her new life, and celebrates all her successes and achievements.

In October 2011 this book was the winner in 'The Great Caunton Book Read, chosen from a selection of titles as the most popular by readers in Caunton, Nottinghamshire.

Publication date: 2nd April 2011.

To order your copy go to 'On-line Bookshop' or 'Ordering by Post', or you can order Cassie, The Story of a Rescue Dog from Amazon as a paperback book and as an E-book for Kindle (and other electronic readers).

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