My second novel, Come In From The Cold, is on its way. Slowly. I am quite a fast writer  now (only 3 years on this one, compared with 25 years for Dolphin Days.)

It’s the editing that takes the time …… and the husband, of course.

On March 26, 2019, I featured on Suzanne Adair’s Relevant History Guest Post.  The posts are all about the interesting pieces of history that you were never taught in history class. So to read horrific things about the Arctic Convoys to Russia in World War 2, visit her blog (www.SuzanneAdair.net/blog).

Here is a little synopsis for ‘Come In From The Cold’,  which is set mainly in Wester Ross in Scotland. Those of you who know that we have a cottage here will understand how the local history has intrigued and motivated me to discover more.

During World War 2, John Elliott, an RNR officer on convoys to Russia from Scotland, is billeted on nineteen-year-old Mhairi. After his children die in a bombing raid, John is killed on convoy, leaving his wife pregnant. Mhairi is also pregnant, but by John or by the rape of dangerous and manipulative Archie? Mhairi is suspected, but not convicted, of Archie’s murder.

After the birth of her son, the condemnation of the community and her violent father’s return from war combine to drive her to a new life and loveless marriage.

In 2012, Annie Devereux, divorced and humiliated as a barren wife, retreats to Scotland to research John Elliott, her step-grandfather. Meeting David, a widowed father, and grandson of Mhairi, friendship and attraction develop as they search for answers, including the answer to a death seventy years previous.  Past and present secrets combine to threaten them both.