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One Shot in the Storm is book 4 in the Dorset Chronicles series, adventure, drama and love in the forging of our modern nation. William of Orange is on the throne but the reign is far from secure. James II badly wants his throne back but fled the country and some say...

  The Stuff of Heroesis book one of the Semblance of Order Trilogy. The books are firmly in the alternative history mode, set in the post-war years after a disastrous and short WWII, in which Britain never re-armed and lost the struggle early on. The Nazi regime...

Book 4 of the Dorset Chronicles is coming in March. It's called One Shot in the Storm. It features a number of storms, both weather-related and other! Based in 1690, it takes the story of the Davenports, the Sherbornes and the Merrimans on to new adventures and...

A Simple Mistake threatens to turn the world upside down. Where fact meets fiction, read about the emergence of our modern nation.

We woke to the mountains, the three of us lying on blankets and rugs in the back of a Mini Traveller. We loved the wooden trim and putt-putt of the little engine. We had all fallen asleep at different times during the night, all stating to be the last to drop off. Our...

Searching for the ideal Christmas gift for someone with a thirst for Historical Fiction, adventure and intrigue? Looking for that something extra in a gift? Look no further! Signed Copies available!!! The first three novels in the Dorset Chronicles series follow the...

A few months ago, Agnes and Vera in Sturminster Newton agreed to take copies of my Dorset Chronicles series. They leaped ahead of more regular bookshops in sales volume and I am delighted now that they have asked me to do a book signing on November 1st between 5pm and...

“is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.” “You don’t deny you wielded the axe, severing his head from his body?” “I did.” “Was the victim known to you?” “I am the victim.” “Was the other party known to you?” “Not until the night of the...

This book is in final proofread and will be released on Thursday 16th August. It is Book 3 of the Dorset Chronicles. The first two books, A New Lease on Freedom and It Takes a Rogue, dealt very much with historical fiction in my region of the world - Dorset. They had...

Here's the back cover write up to A Simple Mistake, book 3 in the Dorset Chronicles, Historical Fiction set when our modern nation was forged:   Anyone can make a mistake…   Believing himself spurned by the woman he loves, Thomas Davenport leaves Dorset,...