Standalone Novellas

After a whirlwind marriage, Sally returns from honeymoon to a beautiful country house, a wealthy family and a live-in housekeeper she never asked for.

The housekeeper is efficient, attentive and apparently perfect. She plans the meals, runs the household and makes Sally's husband's life effortless.

But whenever Sally objects, she looks petty, unreasonable or ungrateful.

Soon the housekeeper is making decisions behind Sally's back, her husband is taking the other woman's side, and Sally feels like an unwelcome guest in her own home.

Then she wonders whether this has happened before.

As small acts of 'helpfulness' become increasingly sinister, Sally investigates the housekeeper's past – and discovers she may not be the first woman to lose control of her own life.

Set in 1990, The Perfect Housekeeper is a darkly witty British domestic psychological suspense novella about manipulation, marriage and the quiet theft of control.

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When Ava reaches forty in 2000, she realises she’s been trapped under her wealthy husband’s thumb. Is it time for a divorce?

To help her decide, she visits a therapist who seems stuck in the 1970s. It turns out that she is, and when Ava wishes to revisit her, she must use a time-travelling car - a humble Morris Minor.

To complicate matters, an inheritance from her late grandmother takes a chilling turn when Ava stumbles upon a dead body, a grim obstacle barring the rose-adorned entrance to her new cottage.

With the aid of a magical talking cat and the Morris Minor, she embarks on a time-travel journey. Her mission is to stop the murder and liberate herself and others from the clutches of an oppressive force. Failure doesn’t bear thinking about.

If you enjoy humorous women’s fiction with a hefty dose of magic, a dash of mystery, and a light kiss of romance, you’ll love Midlife Magic and Money.

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A secret sweetheart. An unwanted husband. And a pug who cannot be trusted with sandwiches.

Lady Adelia Audley has been raised to obey, behave, and marry the man her father chooses.

Unfortunately, Adelia has other ideas.

Armed with a secret supply of scandalous romance novels, a mischievous governess and a pug with no respect for unattended food, she dreams of passion, adventure and a husband with a more romantic name than Cyril.

Then she arrives in London for her first Season and discovers that Cyril is not at all what she expected.

With family secrets emerging, forbidden attractions causing trouble, and respectable society proving far less respectable than it appears, Adelia must decide whether to follow her father's plans—or create a far more entertaining future of her own.

A bright, witty Victorian romp filled with romance, rebellion, eccentric relatives, hidden desires, and one extremely greedy pug.

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At sixty-eight, Margaret is recently widowed and absolutely not interested in reinvention.

She still wears the sensible clothes her late husband preferred – practical, understated and largely the colour of cooled porridge.

Her acquaintances expect dignified grieving, soup-based socialising and perhaps a rambling group. Her neighbour Pam has embraced sequins, salsa classes and a suspiciously attentive “toyboy”.

Margaret responds by throwing a pastel novel about new beginnings into the bin, buying red lipstick and deciding she has spent quite enough of her life being agreeable.

Then she notices that Pam’s charming new man seems unusually devoted to more than one affluent widow.

With the help of a dry-witted former classmate and a charity shop called Protect the Newts, Margaret begins asking questions. But the closer she looks, the clearer it becomes that Stuart may be more than a harmless flirt.
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