Lucy Lawrie
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Lucy writes wonderful, witty, emotional page-turners which are published by Black & White and available to buy on Amazon. Her writing is gorgeous and very engaging, and her characters will stay with you long after you have turned the last page. Give them a go! You might just find a new favourite author.
She also writes a thought-provoking blog which has some eloquent and original insights into the writing process. You can read it here.
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Tiny Acts of LoveSurviving motherhood? It's all about having the right support network.
Lawyer Cassie has a new baby, a husband who converses mainly through jokes, a best friend on the other side of the world, and a taskforce of Babycraft mums who make her feel she has about as much maternal aptitude as a jellyfish. Husband Jonathan dismisses Cassie's maternal anxieties, but is he really paying attention to his struggling wife? He's started sleep talking and it seems there's more on his mind than he's letting on. Then sexy, swaggering ex-boyfriend Malkie saunters into Cassie's life again. Unlike Jonathan, he 'gets' her. He'd like to get her into bed again, too… And on top of all her emotional turmoil, she also finds herself advising a funeral director on ghost protocol and becomes involved in an act of hotel spa fraud, never mind hiding cans of wasp spray all over the house to deal with the stalker who seems to be lurking everywhere she looks. Marriage and motherhood isn't the fairytale Cassie thought it would be. Will her strange new world fall apart around her or will tiny acts of love be enough to get her through? |
Funny, perceptive and real, Tiny Acts of Love portrays the rawness of motherhood, the flipside of love and the powerful lure of paths not taken.
'A beautiful portrayal of the tribulations of becoming a new mum, it's a fantastic debut.'
OK MAGAZINE
'Funny, poignant and honest, this is a cracker of a debut novel.'
THE SUN
'With tear-provoking moments and chapters that will make you laugh out loud, this page-turner is impossible to put down.'
CLOSER MAGAZINE (4 Stars)
'If you have ever been a new parent, every moment of this novel will resonate with you. If you have not, you are still in for a fantastic and invigorating peek into one fictional family's life ... Really cannot recommend this highly enough.'
LIZ LOVES BOOKS (Blog)
'A beautiful portrayal of the tribulations of becoming a new mum, it's a fantastic debut.'
OK MAGAZINE
'Funny, poignant and honest, this is a cracker of a debut novel.'
THE SUN
'With tear-provoking moments and chapters that will make you laugh out loud, this page-turner is impossible to put down.'
CLOSER MAGAZINE (4 Stars)
'If you have ever been a new parent, every moment of this novel will resonate with you. If you have not, you are still in for a fantastic and invigorating peek into one fictional family's life ... Really cannot recommend this highly enough.'
LIZ LOVES BOOKS (Blog)
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The Last Day I Saw Her
What if the past could reach out and find you? When lonely single mum Janey stumbles into an art workshop, she can't believe her eyes when her left hand mysteriously scribbles a picture of two little girls and a strange message from someone called 'Hattie': Janey's childhood best friend. But they lost touch after Hattie's family suddenly moved away in mysterious circumstances. Janey's instincts tell her that she must finally find out what happened to Hattie, but life is already complicated enough: she's struggling with motherhood, a custody battle over her toddler son Pip is looming, and she finds herself falling for intense art tutor Steve. And when writing appears on the walls of her flat and Pip starts playing with an invisible friend, Janey fears she's losing her mind. Is it really a good idea to go digging up the past? As dark secrets come to light, she can't be sure what's real any more - or who to trust... Moving and suspenseful, The Last Day I Saw Her is a richly emotive story of friendship lost and found, and how facing up to the past can help you find a better future. |
"I was completely consumed and bowled over at the passion and intensity of feeling within the pages and I have a serious book hangover after reluctantly closing the book once I'd finished it." --Shaz's Bookblog
"No wonder I devoured this book in one day, everything about it is brilliant, from the pacing to the beautiful, rich writing." --This Chick Reads
"It is clever, it is intelligent, it is full of twists and turns and it has rich characters with depth." --On My Bookshelf
"I was utterly compelled and captivated right up until I turned the very last page." --Cosmochicklitan
"Absolutely loved it!" --Comet Babes Books
"No wonder I devoured this book in one day, everything about it is brilliant, from the pacing to the beautiful, rich writing." --This Chick Reads
"It is clever, it is intelligent, it is full of twists and turns and it has rich characters with depth." --On My Bookshelf
"I was utterly compelled and captivated right up until I turned the very last page." --Cosmochicklitan
"Absolutely loved it!" --Comet Babes Books
Lesley McLaren
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Watch this space for details of Lesley's crime novels (currently works in progress) which have already been shortlisted for awards such as the Crime Writers' Association Debut Dagger.
Lesley is concentrating at the moment on her lovely nature writing, which is full of interest and humour and can be found on this blog along with her wonderful photographs. Immerse yourself in the idyllic world of the Mediterranean Pyrenees - take a walk with Lesley and her delinquent companion Digby along mountain tracks to find wild flowers and butterflies and fire salamanders, to watch woodchat shrikes and golden orioles and booted eagles, to search for the elusive bearded vulture... and follow drama-filled stories played out in her own village garden. I promise that you'll be on tenterhooks following the soap opera ups and downs of the life of a certain crab spider - who would have guessed that such a cunning, deadly master (or rather mistress) of disguise is lurking in the flowerbeds...? |
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