On Mary’s Desk - work in progress

April 2025

A note from Mary :

Wood Song is now available to pre-order as an eBook on Amazon, and in paperback everywhere else from 1 May 2025. My test reader says it is an easy, gentle read that she didn’t have to think about! There is a little more romance in this one, which I hope I have portrayed convincingly.

If you would like to purchase any of my books, there are links on each of the pages that will lead you to either Amazon, Kobo, or my own online shop (where all of the books are signed before I send them). On the Where to purchase page, you’ll find some UK bookshops and other locations who have stocked my books - and will do again if you request them. You can also request them from your local library! Please do not purchase from any other online or physical stores, as those copies may have been obtained without authorisation.

Wynn Vale Tales 2: Wood Song

Status - Available for pre-order / Publication 1 May 2025

Unlike Caroline’s adventures in the Catching Up series which are set in real locations in the south of England, Wynn Vale is a fictional county, nestled between Devon and Dorset. The era is still my beloved inter-war years, and we still have some strong women to get to know.

However, these tales are less Stella Gibbons-esque, more Thomas Hardy (in essence; I would never compare my work directly with the great man’s!). A little darker, a little more fancifull.

In Wood Song we meet the people of Emmett Wood, and follow the (mis)fortunes of Melody Trow. Forced to leave her home, will tragedy turn into a better future?

An on-going project ‘in collaboration’ with one of my favourite characters in the Catching Up series. Poems about rural life, loves and longings. When we’ve written enough of them, they will be published.

Watch this space!