This week's word is IDEA - again from the Matchmaker's Mare. Glyn has a problem when a stray maren turns up on his land.
Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Wednesday, 10 September 2025
#Book QW
Another Book Quote Wednesday already! Where does the time go?
Oh, and my cover wo 2nd place in the 'All Author Cover of the Month' It was such an exciting contest and I was so pleased for my lovely cover artist Teddi Black.
This week the Book QW word is #Pour.
Something (or is it someone) is telling Glyn to just 'ask her'. What do you think the question is?
It might not be what you're thinking!
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/Matchmakers-Mare-Hywela-Lyn-ebook/dp/B0DYF6L15C
Monday, 1 September 2025
Continuing the series on Welsh mythical creatures, we're returning to the water again this week with the tale of how Wibernant (or the valley of the gwiber) near Penmachno, got its name.
The valley was terorised by a unique creature which was the only one in Wales that could live on land and under water. It preyed not only on the fish in the river, but also local livestock and on anyone foolish enough to cross it path.
The villagers offered a large reward to anyone who could kill he beast. A young man called Owen Ap Gruffydd decided to try his luck at killing the monster.
He decided to seek the advice of a a local wise man, Rhys Ddewin. "The gwiber is a huge winged snake, its body is slimy and it has a foul odour. It will bite you and kill you," the old man said grimly.
The next day, Owen decided to visit the wise man again . He disguised himself as a beggar, and told the old man he was about to face the gwiber, hoping to get a more favourable prediction. "You are brave but very foolish," Rhys told him. "You not succeed and will fall and break your neck."
Still not discouraged, the next day, Owen paid a third visit to Rhys, this time disguised as a miller, wearing a miller's apron and with flour on his face. He told Rhys he intended to do battle with the Gwiber. Again, Rhys told him he would not succeed and would die by drowning.
At this, Owen pulled off his apron and wiped his face in frustration, and asked Rhys to explain how he could give him three different predictions about his forthcoming fight with the Gwiber. Rhys merely smiled sadly and said, "Time will tell".
Owen decided the old man was either senile or just mistaken or lying to him, and bravely set off down the steep, rocky slope toward the river in search of the gwiber, swiping at the undergrowth with his sword, and yelling to the gwyber to show itself.
All at once there was a rush of wings, a foul stench, and the moster swooped down from the sky, Before Owen could draw his sword against the beast, it pinned his arms to his sides and bit his neck. Dizzy from the odour and loss of blood, Owen lost his footing on the slippery rocks. . As he fell, he smashed into another rocky outcrop that snapped his neck, before plunging into the river below, and drowning.
When his lifeless body was discovered shortly after, Owen's friends
swore vengeance and set off kill the Gwiber. Eventually they found the Gwiber asleep on the river bank and let
loose a hail of arrows that severely wounded the creature. With a
blood-curdling scream, the gwiber plunged into the river and was never
seen again. Some
say, however, that the Gwiber’s eyes can still be seen looking up from the depths as you walk along the river bank.
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
#BOOKQW - #turn
This week's Book Quote Wednesday is the word TURN. My snippet is again taken from the prologue. The time - the distant past. Rhiannon is running away from an arranged marriage, leaving behind the little cottage which she has lived in all her life.
Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matchmakers-Mare-Hywela-Lyn-ebook/dp/B0DYF6L15C
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/Matchmakers-Mare-Hywela-Lyn-ebook/dp/B0DYF6L15C
My cover has got through to the 3rd round of the Cover of The Month Contest at AllAuthor. It's currently lying in 2nd Place (Thanks to everyone who's voted already, I really appreciate it)
Please help me get through to the next round by signing in and adding your vote in each round every week until the winner is announced at the end of the month. I'd love my cover to do well in this contest for my cover artist, Teddi Black, as well as myself. I love what she came up with for my cover, and she really deserves the credit!
Follow the link below and cast your vote!
https://allauthor.com/cover-of-the-month/19836/
Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Thrilled to have a 5+Star review for my 'sweet' romance 'The Matchmaker's Mare', from N.N. Light's Book Heaven
You can enter the Giveaway here too (ends 21st August) and please, if you haven't already done so, please vote for my cover artist's lovely cover for this book. (Each round's votes are added to the next round, so if you can take a moment to vote for each round it really helps. Thank you x)
Monday, 18 August 2025
#Giveaway - only two days left to enter.
It's the final week of N.N. Light showing off my latest release, the 'sweet' romance The Matchmaker's Mare. Look out for her review of the book on Tuesday the 19th August. (I do hope she liked it!)
This is the prize you could win. enter through the Rafflecopter below the Giveaway details.
Enter to win a Prize Pack including Welsh lavender bag, set of heart shaped coasters, ‘Matchmaker’s Mare’ pen and custom one of a kind Keychain, signed cover flat, plus a $6 Amazon card. (I'll throw in a few promo items too.)
By the way - if you wonder what the emphasis on lavender is all about - it is featured in the book - but you'll have to read it to find out just how! 😋
Open Internationally.
Runs July 15 – August 21, 2025.
Winner will be drawn on August 22, 2025.
a Rafflecopter giveawayBy the way, the lovely cover by Terri Black is through to the 2nd round of the AllAuthor cover of the month contest - it's currently in second place but has a lot of ground to make up to get back into first place (which it was at the end of the first round.) If you haven't voted already in this ground I'd really appreciate it if you could spare a moment and show my cover some love. Thank you so much!
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