Hello! I’m Sharon
Welcome to my website, and thank you so much for visiting.
I write stories about love, family, friendships and home - whether you read my contemporary small-town romance books or my magical fiction filled with witches, ghosts, and centuries-old secrets, you’ll find the same themes throughout - the British landscape, Found Family, and a warm community. A happy ending is guaranteed.
When I'm not untangling the 'tangle of secrets' in my fictional villages, you can find me visiting old country houses, ruined castles and abbeys, the coast or the countryside. At home in the East Riding of Yorkshire I like to watch old films, comedies, and just about any British cosy crime series that was ever made, but reading is my great love.
Sometimes I wonder if I buy way too many books, but common sense soon prevails as, obviously, you can't HAVE too many books.
I will argue till the end of time that scone rhymes with bone. I also admit to being shamefully prone to crushes on fictional heroes.
If you enjoy warm, humorous, feelgood stories set in pretty villages and quirky market towns, with close-knit communities and flawed characters doing the best they can, you’ll love my books.
A little bit about me…
I started writing stories pretty much as soon as I learned how to write. I was a reading addict from the beginning, and before long I started to write my own stories for fun. Over the years I lost count of how many “Chapter Ones” I managed before giving up in frustration.
In 2011 things changed when an idea for a story popped into my head and refused to leave. Some of the characters arrived fully formed in my head, and I was determined that, this time, I wouldn’t give up. Not only would I progress to “Chapter Two” but I’d finish the book! And I did! Mind you, it took me a while…
After taking part in NaNoWriMo and completing the first draft, I joined the Romantic Novelists’ New Writer’s Scheme, where I received an encouraging and helpful critique from an experienced author. I self-published There Must Be an Angel in 2015 and never looked back. From then on, it was as if a dam had burst and the stories came tumbling out.
I wrote two pocket novels and a short story for The People’s Friend, which meant my work was on the shelves in WH Smith. My twelve-year-old self (who spent every Saturday browsing the shelves in her local branch) would have been beside herself with joy!
In 2018 I was able to leave my job at a medical centre and write full-time, something that I’m so grateful for and will never take for granted.
I’ve now self-published nearly thirty books. I plan to self-publish more in the future because I enjoy the whole process and loved being an indie author. However, I’ve also written the Tuppenny Bridge series for Storm Publishing, and I’m now with Boldwood Books, writing the Ghosts of Rowan Vale cosy fantasy series, and a small-town romance series called Kelsea Sands with them, so nowadays I’m what they call a hybrid author, and I feel I have the best of both worlds!
My Books
Each of my books features a hero I’ve completely fallen in love with and heroines I’d love to have as my best friend. I currently have seven completed small-town romance series: Kearton Bay, Skimmerdale, Home for Christmas, Moorland Heroes, Bramblewick, The Other Half, and Tuppenny Bridge. The first in my new Kelsea Sands series is out now. You can find out more about all those here.
I also have two paranormal series: The Witches of Castle Clair, which features the talented St Clair family, their quirky familiars, and quite a bit of cake, as well as plenty of magical mishaps, family dramas, and new twists on myths and legends; and Ghosts of Rowan Vale, set in a Cotswolds living history village populated by lots of ghosts, where you’ll find heartwarming stories full of love and laughter.
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Happy reading!
