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Following on from my last post I'm continuing the seasonal theme of ghosts. We might have shorter days but those long evenings by the fire are just perfect for curling up and losing yourself in a story. Instead of dreading the coming winter let's celebrate the extra reading time autumn can provide. The Rose Trail is on offer at 99p/99cents for a limited time. (click the title above to go straight to the Amazon page where you live) It's a scary read, rich in historical detail and set between…
The Rose Trail by Alex Martin
The Rose Trail has been AWARDED a Chill with a Book READERS’ Award Is it chance that brings Fay and Persephone together? Or is it the restless and malevolent spirit who stalks them both? Once rivals, they must now unite if they are to survive the mysterious trail of roses they are forced to follow into a dangerous, war torn past. The Rose Trail is a timeslip novel set in both the present day and during the English Civil War. The complex story weaves through both eras with a supernatural…
The Rose Trail - first responses: #amwriting
Switching genres has proved more challenging than I anticipated. The Rose Trail is a very different book to my others, especially The Katherine Wheel Series. The cover is starkly different for a start. I wanted it to be black to signal the darker nature of the book with its paranormal theme. Perhaps I subconsciously wanted to issue a warning to readers who might quail at the ghostly scenes. In view of its slow start perhaps that's worked too well! However the following two reviews have given…
Meet Alex Martin
I'm delighted to welcome historical novelist, Alex Martin, to the blog today. Alex, thank you so much for accepting the invitation. Would you like to start by telling readers a bit about yourself and your family? Where are you from? Do you have a day job or do you write full-time? I live in South Wales, on the Gower peninsula but was born in Greater London, more years ago than I care to remember. I grew up in Wiltshire and most of my stories to date are set in that rural county. I work from…
Cephalopod Coffeehouse: March 2017
The Armchair Squid says: Welcome one and all to the Cephalopod Coffeehouse, a cozy gathering of book lovers, meeting to discuss their thoughts regarding the works they enjoyed most over the previous month. Pull up a chair, order your cappuccino and join in the fun. Here is my 5* review: BLURB: Is it chance that brings Fay and Persephone together? Or is it the restless and malevolent spirit who stalks them both? Once rivals, they must now unite if they are to survive the mysterious trail of…
First reviews of The Rose Trail - 3 x 5*s
The launch party of The Rose Trail was great. I had a thoroughly good time and met some great people. My reward came later in the day as I totalled three reviews (The Rose Trail went live a week or so ago). So here are the first impressions: 5.0 out of 5 starsTragedy, comedy and history By SuzM on 11 Dec. 2016 The Rose Trail is a great mixture of amateur detection and supernatural riddles, with dramas of the present day crashing painfully into dramas of the seventeenth century. A time when…