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Beloved Enemy joined Starquest and Children of the Mist to continue the Destiny Trilogy and I'm thrilled to announce was shortlisted for the R.N.A. RoNA Awards 2017, awarded 2nd Runner up in the RONE Awards 2017 and was the winner in the SF/Fantasy category of the 'Best Banter Contest'.

Friday, 29 May 2026

Redford Falls - a heartwarming series with an unusual twist

I'm delighted to feature this delightful series by the talented Darlene Fredette today and am looking forward to experiencing the magic of Redford Falls for myself - and  to meeting Thumper!



The Legend of Redford Falls

Every town has its legends, but Redford Falls has Thumper. This soft-footed, bright-eyed, elusive rabbit has hopped through generations of family tales, drifting in and out of scenes like a whisper of fate. Across all seven books in the Redford Falls series, Thumper is more than a symbol. He’s a quiet matchmaker, a furry cupid, and the thread that ties every love story together. Locals say that if you’re lucky enough to spot him, love is already on its way. His presence nudges hearts together and sets destiny in motion. He may be small, and he may not speak, but Thumper plays as big a role as any character in the series, weaving magic into every love story in Redford Falls.

Redford Falls is more than a place to visit…it’s where stories begin.

A Redford Falls Story
Nestled in the heart of Redford Falls is a charming small town that captures the warmth of close-knit community life, where friendly faces greet you on Main Street and every shop holds a story. Redford Falls offers the perfect setting for heartwarming moments against a bustling ski resort, quaint local businesses, and the town’s picturesque park, complete with winding trails and cascading waterfalls. Whether it’s family bonds that grow stronger, friendships that withstand the test of time, twists that intrigue, or love that blooms in the most unexpected ways, this series celebrates the beauty of connection in a place where everyone feels at home.


One Sweet Christmas
More than a few pieces of chocolate are essential to fill this Scrooge’s heart with Christmas cheer.
Jackson Frost wanted to spend Christmas on a beach, instead, he’s home in snowy Redford Falls dressed in a Santa suit. Will the temptation of delectable chocolate and Candice Cane lure him to stay?

Winter’s Kiss
Her high heels flattened the snow, and his defences didn’t stand a chance.
As chilly glares between Danielle Lerato and Andrew Bailey thaw into cozy glances, Danielle suspects the town’s snowy landscape is warming more than her toes. Maybe this snowy wonderland isn’t a detour. Maybe it’s destiny.

Broken Branches
Some branches break, but where hearts once shattered, love dares to bloom again.
Years ago, a devastating family tragedy forced Maripier Nadeau to leave Redford Falls, leaving Tyler Kringle to pick up the pieces of their broken relationship. Now she’s returned, reigniting memories and emotions Tyler thought he had buried.


Secret Recipe
In the heat of the kitchen, one woman’s secret recipe blends danger, deception, and desire.
Jess Robinson is desperate for a fresh start, but an unexpected call drags her back into the dangerous world she thought she’d escaped. As drama simmers, Jess and Travis Cooper are caught in a game where Jess must execute the perfect con.

Legacy Lies Loyalty
When loyalty is tested, and lies run deep, the legacy they inherit could cost them everything.
A string of mysterious accidents pulls Jordan McKenzie into a web of danger. When long-buried secrets emerge, and danger looms, Jordan and Logan Crane must decide what—and who—is worth fighting for.

Derailed Hearts
With a matchmaking grandmother and a mythical rabbit at work, two hearts on a cross country train are destined to collide.

A cross-Canada train trip for Ethan Marley and his young daughter seems like the perfect fresh start—until Jenn Martini, a captivating woman on board, steals his breath. But Ethan and Jenn must decide whether the truth will shatter their fragile new beginning…or save their future.

Trickster
Can she heal the trickster before he breaks her heart?
Enchanted by his father’s feisty assistant, Eric Martini masks his heart. Convinced his destined future is already written in the stars—and doesn’t include Jade Parsons, will Eric and Jade find the courage to trust the mythical and smoky signs before their paths are severed forever?


YouTube Series Book Trailer:

Author Bio:
Darlene Fredette is a multi-published author of contemporary women’s fiction that celebrates resilience, romance, and the small-town magic woven into ordinary days. Step inside her world for heartfelt stories, character-driven moments, a touch of charm, wit, twists, and just enough intrigue to keep you turning the pages. Residing on Canada’s scenic Atlantic Coast, where summers are too short and winters too long, she finds inspiration from family, nature, and the quiet moments that ignite the imagination, and enjoys life with her husband, daughter, and two large dogs.

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Friday, 8 May 2026

VISIONS OF NIRVANA FEATURE and GIVEAWAY


This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. H.C. Turk will be awarding a $20 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops at the tour.
In order to save her family, an 18th-century witch entertains suicide, thereby entering a coma-like trance that lasts 300 years. In this magical state, she reaches into the future to guide other people who long for redemption.

England, 1710. Young Alba knows she is a witch, but the term means nothing until her mother is executed for witchcraft. Then Alba enters a trance that causes everyone around her debilitating emotions, just like Alba’s. The trance, which is Alba’s magic, does not appear again until years later when her mentor is arrested and sentenced to death. Panicked, Alba stabs herself in the heart. Instead of dying, she enters a “false sleep” (coma), a state of spiritual consciousness. Hoping to find peace for others, she seeks similar souls in the future.

Germany, 1942: An American soldier is mortally wounded. In his final moment, he experiences the glory of a beautiful life, if only in his dreams. He enters a spiritual realm filled with warm family adventures, metaphysical escapades that are alternately hilarious and horrific, yet always lead away from anguish. Directed by Alba’s unseen influence, Andrew fights for solace, and wins.

Indonesia, 2003: A young American woman on a Western Pacific island must relive an ancient, tortuous journey through a primitive environment in order to redeem the foreigners in the country. Influenced by a power she can only sense in her heart (Alba), Connie seeks a solution of acceptance instead of rejection.

Told with humor and compassion, the heart of the book is the longing to find peace despite haunting failure, and finding joy in helping others achieve the same.
Read an Excerpt

When I was alive, I could not tell you what a train is, or would be. Now, I cannot tell you how I feel about transportation of this nature, a line of connected metal carriages driven by mechanisms like clockwork from beyond; and is that not the source of the future? When I was alive, I could not tell you what a train is, or would be. Now, I cannot tell you how I feel about transportation of this nature, a line of connected metal carriages driven by mechanisms like clockwork from beyond; and is that not the source of the future?

Neither can I tell you the nature of my testimony, though I praise the Deity that I can wield my influence into the lives of other people who deserve liberation. Unlike salvation, which comes from God, redemption comes from the heart.

“Liberation” is a goal of the associated horror ensconcing this era: “warfare,” the particular involved here not local, but global, the second of its kind, though not the last.

1945. How bigoted would I be to say that no witch is good at numbers? Germany. Once I was accused of being of that nationality, and now I virtually live there, with my virtual life.

In the distance, snowy, irregular mountain tops, not the Cambrian Mountains, but the Alps. Some brief words can be so fine.

An American draftee rides in a German Diesel locomotive with other stragglers. (Time is coming for me to absorb the meaning of these new terms and the ideas they represent without delineating their specifics: a nation that did not exist when I was alive, the massive machines, the murderous weapons. Beyond that, how close must one be to a person and their living in order to become a participant, not merely an observer?)

Neither can I tell you the nature of my testimony, though I praise the Deity that I can wield my influence into the lives of other people who deserve liberation. Unlike salvation, which comes from God, redemption comes from the heart.

“Liberation” is a goal of the associated horror ensconcing this era: “warfare,” the particular involved here not local, but global, the second of its kind, though not the last.

1945. How bigoted would I be to say that no witch is good at numbers? Germany. Once I was accused of being of that nationality, and now I virtually live there, with my virtual life.

In the distance, snowy, irregular mountain tops, not the Cambrian Mountains, but the Alps. Some brief words can be so fine.

An American draftee rides in a German Diesel locomotive with other stragglers. (Time is coming for me to absorb the meaning of these new terms and the ideas they represent without delineating their specifics: a nation that did not exist when I was alive, the massive machines, the murderous weapons. Beyond that, how close must one be to a person and their living in order to become a participant, not merely an observer?)

About the Author

H. C. Turk is a writer, sound artist, and visual artist. His novels have been published by Villard and Tor. His short fiction, sound pieces, movies, and visual art have appeared in numerous magazines, websites, podcasts, and film festivals. He used to paint houses (not as an art form.)

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Wednesday, 6 May 2026

#BookQW - DRY

The prologue to the 'Match Maker's Mare' and Rhianannon is thinking about her rather mishievious gypsy lover, and his magical tencencies, as she flees from an arranged marriage


  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

Monday, 4 May 2026

Featured at Lyndi's

To celebrate its 'book birthday' tomorrow, THE MATCHMAKER'S MARE is featured over at Lyndi's Adventurous Friends today. If you have a moment, I would so appreciate it if you could pop over and perhaps leave a short comment . Thanks.☺️ 


https://lyndialexander.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/second-chances-and-perhaps-the-greatest-adventure-of-all/

Wednesday, 4 March 2026

Wednesday, 25 February 2026

#BOOKQW - #ADMIRE (From dancing with Fate)

Today is Book Quote Wednesday and  The word is ADMIRE. I'm going to my backlist for this - a fantasy  novella Dancing with Fate. Terpsichore, the Greek Muse of Dance, has been sent to 5th Century Wales on a mission, unaware that the gods of Olympus have a secret agenda. 

(Dancing With Fate is available on Amazon for just 99p or £ 2.83for the paperback version.)

DANCING WITH FATE (Song Of The Muses) eBook : Lyn, Hywela: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store




Wednesday, 18 February 2026

#BOOKQW - #PAIN

 This week's word is 'pain', I've taken a little 'poetic licence' and used the word 'PAINt) (as allowed)

Megan's point of view in this snippet, as she sees her cottage which she has inherited.



Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Matchmakers-Mare-Hywela-Lyn-ebook/dp/B0DYF6L15

Wednesday, 28 January 2026

#BOOKQW - YELLOW

Today's word is 'yellow'. I've used part of this scene with the daffodils before, but I thought it was worth using again at this rather grey time of the year when the beautiful yellow daffodils provide a little hint of sunshine!

Wednesday, 21 January 2026

#BookQW

Today's word is EARTH and as a change from The Matchmaker's Mare, which is very much set on  Earth, this snippet is from the third book in the SF Romance series, The Destiny Trilogy. Each book can be read as a 'standalone'. In this excerpt, Kerry is stranded on an alien planet with Kat. It's true to say when they first meet, they don't exactly trust each other! 


 https://www.amazon.com/Beloved-Enemy-Destiny-Trilogy-Book-ebook/dp/B01BBCBYCS


(Also available in paperback and in Audio (special price for Audio members - only 74p)

Wednesday, 14 January 2026

'BOOKQW - #ROOM

Today's #BookQWword is #ROOM and in this snippet, Megan arrives back at her little cottage and has the sense someone is watcing her from a window. She goes inside a little warily.


Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matchmakers-Mare-Hywela-Lyn-ebook/dp/B0DYF6L15C

Amazon US: https://www.a
mazon.com/Matchmakers-Mare-Hywela-Lyn-ebook/dp/B0DYF6L15C

Wednesday, 7 January 2026

#Book QW



Just before Christmas I learned that 'The Matchmaker's Mare had won 'Top Pick' in the Author Shout Book Awards. (So I have a nice new badge to show off! )

Today's #BookQWword is #Happen and in this short snippet, Megan is delivering a vet's prescription to her neighbour who she has only just met.

Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matchmakers-Mare-Hywela-Lyn-ebook/dp/B0DYF6L15C

Amazon US: https://www.a
mazon.com/Matchmakers-Mare-Hywela-Lyn-ebook/dp/B0DYF6L15C

Tuesday, 6 January 2026

THE DOOR, THE KEY, AND THE KINGDOM - Feature, Review and #Giveaway

Happy New Year Everyone, I hope you had a lovely Christmas season. I had a beak over Christmas and New Year, but I'm starting off 2026 with a fascinating Arthurian fantasy:



THE DOOR, THE KEY, AND THE KINGDOM

by Emily-Jane Hills Orford

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GENRE: Arthurian Fantasy

BLURB:

Life is complicated enough when living in one era, but when Anne finds herself gravitating back in time to the sixth century, she’s not sure what to expect, or what to believe. Pulling the legendary Excalibur from its stoney sheath, she’s amazed at the power she possesses and the chance to make some things right for the post-Arthurian era.

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EXCERPT

They could see figures moving about, where presumably the castle had once stood. A hand raised to beckon them, a banner was swung back and forth. Sir Roderick answered with a wave. “It is your banner, my Queen, the one that led the men to this castle and the battle they must have endured.”

“I hope it is our men waving the banner,” Merlin muttered as he nudged his horse forward, following
Sir Roderick’s lead as he made his way carefully down the steep embankment. The others followed, taking equal care on the steep descent. At the bottom, they splashed through the rushing waters, blackened by the soot of the now demolished castle. Though angry in its rush to cascade the rocks, the water wasn’t deep. The others followed and, all soaked to the skin, made their ascent on the opposite side. Sir Roderick displayed caution, placing his hand on the sword’s hilt ready for action. The others copied. Merlin’s staff, perched as before on his foot, glowed with reserved energy, ready to strike at the wizard’s command.

There was a collective gasp amongst Anne’s group when they reined in at the riverbank. What lay before them was a blackened depression in the ground covering an area slightly larger than the layout of Gloucester Castle. There was nothing left of Tamworth, only charred, smoldering remains and this eerie looking hole in the ground.

“Oh my!” Anne sidled up to Merlin. “What do you suppose happened?”

“Probably the same thing that happened at Grenadier Falls,” Merlin responded blandly.

“A failsafe trip wire that affected both places and both eras?” Anne asked no one in particular. “What kind of magic did this wizard possess?”

“Very unholy, foul magic, my Queen,” Merlin growled under his breath. “Very evil.”

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REVIEW

I am fascinated by the Arthurian legends and this is an original twist on the legend of King Arthur and Camelot, the lead character being his daughter, who having been raised in the 21st century, finds herself transported back to the 6th, where she quickly has to adapt to being Arthur's heir and, with the help of Merlin and her valiant knights, protect the kingdom from the evil wizard who threatens to destroy it. The story is fast paced and I enjoyed the appearance of old favourites, like Merlin himself and Sir Galahad. The mixture of fantasy, time travel and a dash of science fiction is fresh and interesting. The book ended a little abrubtly, but was still a satisfying conclusion, although I would have happily read more. Sadly, I feel I have to drop a star for what I felt was a lot of 'telling rather than 'showing' which drew me out of the story at times, as did a number of spelling errors, most noticeably 'mote' for 'moat'. That said, I did enjoy the story and I'm sure it will appeal to anyone who enjoys an orginal addition to the legend of King Arthur, with a feisty, likeable heroine. 

(four stars ****)

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Emily-Jane Hills Orford is a country writer, living just outside the tiny community of North Gower, Ontario, near Canada’s capital city of Ottawa. With degrees in art history, music and Canadian studies, the retired music teacher enjoys the quiet nature of her country home and the

inspiration of working at her antique Jane Austen-style spinet desk, feeling quite complete as she writes and stares out the large picture window at the birds and the forest. She writes in several genres, including creative nonfiction, memoir, fantasy, and historical fiction. 

http://emilyjanebooks.ca

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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION 

Emily-Jane Hills Orford will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner.