I am delighted to show my cover for my new contemporary romance which will be released on June 22nd by Choc Lit UK. It is so happy and cheerful it never fails to lift my spirits when I look at the little yellow mobile library and the gorgeous cottage and landscape behind it.
From the big city to a little yellow
mobile library on the Isle of Skye ...
When Jenna Palmer agrees to the new
position of mobile librarian on the tiny Arrandale peninsular of the Isle of
Skye, she knows she’s signing up for difficult working conditions and mediocre
wages. But Jenna needs to get away, and a little yellow mobile library called
Buttercup could be her escape to happier dreams ...
However, whilst Jenna can get to grips with foggy island roads, local mermaid legends and even big purple monsters, she never expected to have to contend with a boss as grumpy as Daniel McGregor, or a young book lover as enthusiastic as his niece, Katrina.
Arrandale might represent Jenna’s safe port in a storm, but could she and
Buttercup also become a beacon of hope to Daniel, Katrina and the entire island
community?
My
inspiration for writing Happy Dreams at Mermaid’s Cove was the photo of a
yellow mobile library on a deserted Scottish road that author friend Melinda
Hammond posted on Facebook at the beginning of last year. It captured my
imagination so much that I had to start writing a story about it straight away. Of course, being a very slow writer it took me over a year to complete.
I knew a
little about mobile libraries already because a long time ago I actually worked
in one in the Wigan area for a few weeks, and what fun it was! During that
time, I met the man who was to be my love, my companion and my happy dream for
the following thirty one years, and who was taken so abruptly from us several
weeks ago... Robert was a librarian before he retired, and funnily enough our
eldest son is almost coming to the end of his apprenticeship to be a librarian,
and our daughter is a librarian at school too. It must run in the family.
I hope you
will enjoy travelling in Buttercup with Jenna, and spending some time with her
friends and the gorgeous Daniel McGregor in Arrandale, the land of happy
dreams.
By the
way, don’t try to find Arrandale on a map of the Isle of Skye because I made it
up!
HAPPY
DREAMS AT MERMAID COVE is available for pre-order here.
