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A wonderfully warm and witty novel from one of our favourite women’s fiction stars. We defy you not to love this.

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With a heroine that you root for this is a sweet read with real heart and soul.

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My copy-edited manuscript of The Cornish Cream Tea Bus, ready for a final read through before I send it back to my editor. . My printer, usually so cooperative, has been misbehaving this afternoon, so I’m very relieved to have a book that hasn’t been chewed to pieces. . I love a sexy white page with crisp, black text on it, because I am a book/writing obsessed weirdo. . . . . . #writerslifestyle #authorgram #writewritewrite #writersofbookstagram #authorinspiration #writerinspiration #novelwriter #wordboss #writingspace #writinggoals #authorgoals #amwritingfiction #romancestagram #romanceseries #romancewriters #romancewritersofinstagram #romancebookstagram #instaauthor #lifeofawriter #bookmarketing #novelwriting #writergram #romancenovels #womensfiction #amwritingromance #romancewriter #romancebook #romancebooks #bookishlife #bookishfeature

A new book stack! 🤗 . Due to a combination of some excellent book post, a brilliant book camp that involved a proof swap, lovely friends gifting me a copy of their new book (thank you @cathybramley) and letting me rootle through their pile of proofs (thank you @isabelle_broom), my TBR pile (of which this is a fraction) has become particularly epic. . There are so many books here that I have been desperate to read, and once the copy edits for The Cornish Cream Tea Bus have gone back to my editor, I will be diving in. And the first one HAS to be Perfect Crime by Helen Fields. . Have you ever seen a more enticing book stack? . . . . . #bookstack #bookstacks #unitedbookstagram #booknerdigan #newbooks #newbookstagram #booksbooksbooks #allthebooks #fortheloveofbooks #fortheloveofreading #bookdragon #tbrpile #booklifestyle #bookphotograph #readersofinsta #bookstagramgirl #bookinsta #bookaddicts #booksforever #bookster #keepreading #bookaesthetic #addictedtoreading #bookpost #bibliophiles #bibliophilia #bookcollection #bookobsessed #alwaysreading #booknerds

Last week I went on a wonderful writing retreat in Somerset with some totally kick-ass authors, loads of delicious food and a hot tub. BUT I neglected Instagram completely. 🤦🏼‍♀️ . I am now back home and raring to go with Cornish Cream Tea Bus copy edits, new book ideas to develop, new stories to read courtesy of the traditional Book Camp proof swap, and I’m hoping to do lots of it on our deck, in the spring sunshine. ☀️ . I read two books while I was away: Believe Me by J P Delaney - a great thriller with an original, intriguing premise and more twists and turns than a bowl of linguine; and Do You Want To Start a Scandal, by the goddess of Regency Romance - Tessa Dare. This book is AMAZING, and with Piers Brandon she’s upended my romantic hero list AGAIN. 😳🥰 . Anyway, here is a shot I took in my room at book camp. It is not that interesting. You can’t even see the view of the Quantock Hills beyond the window. I promise to try harder from now on, Instagram. 😎

I am off to book camp on Monday to spend a week being (hopefully) very productive and catching up with some truly amazing writers. Here are my book camp essentials*. . ☕️ Large Goldfinch mug for large cups of tea and coffee 🥜 @chillysbottles food pot full of almonds for snacking 📒 @moleskine notebook and pen for scribbling 🛀🏻 @lush shampoo bar and moisturiser for a bit of pampering 👙 Flipflops for going to and from the hot tub (but not a bikini because I have never been brave enough for one of those) 🦊 @jellycat_official Fox, because even at the age of 37 it is inconceivable that I could go away without a small, cuddly companion 💻 @apple laptop for serious word-counts ☕️ @nescafeazera because coffee is necessary 🍵🐷 @teapigs for when I’ve had too much coffee 📚 @Amazon kindle Oasis so I have a whole library of wonderful books to hand. . I am quite excited about book camp, can you tell? 🤗🎉 . *There might also be some Prosecco going in my suitcase. 🍾🥂 . . . . . . #writingretreat #writingretreats #inmysuitcase #packingessentials #bookcamp #writerslifestyle #authorgram #writewritewrite #writersofbookstagram #authorinspiration #writerinspiration #novelwriter #wordboss #authormoments #instaauthor #lifeofawriter #bookmarketing #novelwriting #writergram #writinglife #novelist #writerlife #authorlife #lovetowrite #bookishlife #bookishfeature #bookinstagram #unitedbookstagram #everysquareastory #livemoremagic

I have just finished Little Fires Everywhere and it is so stunning I don’t have words. I have tears, definitely, but no words. One of those books I will carry around with me in my heart and my mind for a long time. . . . . . . #littlefireseverywhere #celesteng #Ihavethisthingwithbooks #readforfun #booklifestyle #bookphotograph #readersofinsta #bookstagramgirl #latestread #recommendedreading #storylove #newbookstagram #readingcommunity #bookinsta #bookaddicts #booksforever #bookster #keepreading #bookaesthetic #addictedtoreading #beautifulbooks #bookreviews #epicreads #readmore #bookalicious #idratherbereading #bookobsessed #readingforfun #instareading #lovethisbook

Happy World Book Day! 📖 Books are brilliant, aren’t they? 💕 Apart from the hours and hours of reading pleasure, of laughing and sobbing and swooning and cowering in fear, of cheering on, hating or falling in love with characters, books have changed my life. ✨ They have given me my dream career, and wonderful, lifelong friends. 🥰 They made me - possibly the world’s least ambitious person - determined to reach a goal, work hard until I got there, and then aim for more. 💫 I would hate to think what my life would be without books, but luckily that’s never going to happen so I don’t have to. 🤗 What do books mean to you? 📚 . . . . . . #Ihavethisthingwithbooks #readforfun #booklifestyle #bookphotograph #readersofinsta #bookstagramgirl #addictedtoreading #bookpeople #readingismyhappyplace #readingcommunity #bookinsta #bookaddicts #booksforever #bookster #keepreading #bookaesthetic #addictedtoreading #fortheloveofbooks #fortheloveofreading #readallthebooks #bookinstagram #readmorebooks #booksarelife #booksofig #bookstagramfeatures #readersofig #bibliophiles #readinglife #becauseofreading #unitedbookstagram

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