From The Ashes begins with a fire. Blaxon Hall is gutted. When DI Bryant arrives on the scene, she discovers a badly burned body has been pulled from the fire. And Charlotte Ashe, who had no business being at the Hall, was last seen racing into the inferno. Why was Charlotte at the Hall? Is she dead or Read More …
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FROM THE ASHES
From The Ashes, books 3 in the Ashes to Ashes series, releases on Septmeber 18th 2019. Preorder the final thrilling conclusin to the series.
From The Ashes
To expose the truth she’ll trade the only thing she has left…
Read an excerpt of Charlotte’s journey in From The Ashes book 3 in the Ashes to Ashes series.
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Less You Know: Charlotte’s Point of View
The central character is the Ashes to Ashes series is Charlotte Ashe, an ambitious journalist who begins the series trapped in the role of weather girl and the light relief. A role she detests. Ashes to Ashes follows her journey in pursuit of her longing to be a respected investigative reporter in a world that Read More …
Less You Know: Missing or Absent?
Journalist Charlotte Ashe unmasks the big lies. But exposing this lie could endanger the one person she’s trying to save… Missing or Absent? Despite loving to plot, I still tend to follow the muse and write ‘what comes up’. Most of my initial writing is as much feeling my way into the story as it Read More …
Less You Know: Besties and Secrets
Each of the books in the Ashes to Ashes series can be read as a stand-alone suspense thriller. Bad Things Happen (book #1) is Joey Baptiste’s story; Less You Know (book #2) is Allie Brown’s story. If you like the sound of my Ashes to Ashes series the eBooks can be found exclusively on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited. My print books Read More …
Less You Know: Who Can You Trust?
Less You Know (Ashes to Ashes book 2) is another gripping suspense and this time it is Charlotte and her best friend Allie share the story. The relationship between Allie and Charlotte is fundamental to the mystery. They met in Bad Things Happen and today I wanted to share an excerpt from their first meeting. Keep reading for Read More …
Being Afraid Made me a Better Writer
This is a little story about how one moment crystallised being afraid and how that helps me create believable tension in stories. It wasn’t the first time I’d been afraid of the dark and of unseen noises–as a teenager I’d walked home often enough in the dark after watching horror movies with my friends to Read More …
Three reasons why we love suspense
Ever wonder why we choose to escape into suspense fiction when we would never voluntarily go into danger? Here are three reason why we love it!