LUSCIOUS CORNWALL

This is the view I'll be waking up to for the next few days....

The magnificence which is Trevone Bay in north Cornwall.

I shall be taking a book (HIS ILLEGAL SELF by Peter Carey) and some proofs to correct - as well as my latest wip (the one about the bad-girl singer and the arrogant Duke).

I shall also be taking a hot-water bottle.

Snow is forecast.

WHAT RHYMES WITH *SPINX*, *THINKS*, *WINKS*?

Yes, it's MINX!

And today I'm blogging over at the splendidly named Minxes Of Romance....

So please do stop by and make yourself known.

(The word *Minx* would be great for a limerick, don't you think?)

TODAY I AM BLOGGING OVER AT

iheartspresents where I am talking about the enduring sexiness of

So I do hope you'll drop by and visit. I'll be talking about my latest release which is called MONARCH OF THE SANDS.

Do you like this iconic cover of E. M. Hull's classic Sheikh novel?

SALLY GAP - and a conundrum!

Last month, I visited one of the most beautiful countries in the world. Yes, I'm talking about Ireland!

I went to the County of Armagh ("sure, there's one fair county in Ireland, with memories so glorious and grand....") and I also went to Dublin to stay with the talented and occasionally hilarious Abby Green, whose books you will know and love.

Abby has worked (and sometimes still does) in the film industry and she took me to Sally Gap, just outside Dublin. It gives stunning views over the Wicklow mountains, which is why it is so beloved of film-makers.

Here I am, on a day so windy that I honestly thought I might fly away.

But I am left with one question.

Who was *Sally*?

TUSCANY IN MAY, ANYONE?

It's been an age since I updated this blog but now I have returned to it with renewed vigour to remind you of things I should have reminded you about before!

First up is to say that if you want to come to glorious Tuscany, to learn how to write romantic fiction - then you should book now.

During a dreamy, one-week course - you'll stay in a picturesque watermill, surrounded by trees which are loaded with creamy and fragrant Acacia blossoms, just like this....

And you'll soak up the kind of inspiration you get from living among mountains which look like this:

Of course, we must not forget going to local restaurants for droolingly good food, where course participants can occasionally be persuaded into doing something as daft as posing winsomely with a sprig of flowers!

Twice recently, I have been asked if men are welcome on these courses and the short answer is...yes!

All writers (as long as they are passionate about their craft) are very welcome.

So what's stopping you?