As most of you know, I have two homes, Canada and England. And while I now live in a part of Canada where my Irish family roots on my mother’s side extend to the 1820s, I also have British ancestry and spent many years living and working in England. This week, I’m...
With The Teacher Evacuees, my WW2 British home front story as Rose Warner having come out last week, this week it’s my next Jen Gilroy sweet contemporary romance, The Hero Next Door. Published by Harlequin Heartwarming, “uplifting stories where the bonds of family,...
Here in Canada, we’re on the cusp of summer. With these warm, sunny days, vibrant pink wild roses and purple iris are interspersed with peonies, bright-eyed daisies and honeysuckle. After a long winter, June always brings me a sense of hopeful promise. It’s the...
If you subscribe to my reader newsletter, I shared the gorgeous cover for The Teacher Evacuees (out September 25, 2025), first in my WW2, British home front women’s fiction series as Rose Warner, in the April edition. From the English village setting, to the book’s...
As I write this post, I’m surrounded by bits of paper covering both my desk and home office floor. Why? It’s tax season in Canada, and with a filing deadline of April 30, the pressure is on. When I wasn’t self-employed, tax season, although still involving some...
