Author
Mairi MacMillan
Mairi MacMillan lives on the wet and windy west coast of Scotland, brewing dark tales and even darker cups of tea — despite her son’s advice that five minutes is the maximum steeping time required. After an intentionally dramatic time at university, she left Glasgow’s urban sprawl many years ago, and now spends her days weaving romances containing characters that may or may not be inspired by some of her quirkier kinfolk.
When not corrupting perfectly good characters with morally grey choices, she can be found wild-swimming in a sea-loch described locally as ‘baltic,’ or nose-deep in books with heat levels to compensate. She’s currently plotting her escape from the everyday grind in a yet-to-be-acquired camper van, much to the amusement of her nearly-grown children. Her husband remains hopeful that one day she’ll get around to sorting out her clutter — and that he might be invited along on any trips!
Michelle Maxstoke
Michelle Maxstoke was born in Solihull but has lived in Leeds for the past 15 years. She worked for the NHS before completing a PhD in nutritional epidemiology and working as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Leeds. She lives with her husband, two sons, and a hyperactive Labrador. As a scientist and mum, her hobbies include mulling over the complexities of the universe, treading barefoot on Lego, and chipping dried Play-Doh from fabric surfaces.
Michelle also writes contemporary romance under the pseudonym Sasha Lace.
Michelle Maxstoke
Michelle Maxstoke was born in Solihull but has lived in Leeds for the past 15 years. She worked for the NHS before completing a PhD in nutritional epidemiology and working as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Leeds. She lives with her husband, two sons, and a hyperactive Labrador. As a scientist and mum, her hobbies include mulling over the complexities of the universe, treading barefoot on Lego, and chipping dried Play-Doh from fabric surfaces.
Michelle also writes contemporary romance under the pseudonym Sasha Lace.
L.A. Jasper
L.A. Jasper is a British writer who grew up with their nose in a book and their heart in the saddle; then, in later years, turned to both writing and cosplay to express their creativity. They spent several years working on a ranch in Northwest Arkansas, before returning home to England to focus on writing. L.A. is a Seattle Kraken fan, a collector of hobbies (with varying levels of aptitude), and when not writing can be found attempting to pet as many dogs as possible.
Jackie Ashenden
Jackie writes dark, emotional stories with alpha heroes who’ve just got the world to their liking only to have it blown wide apart by their kick-ass heroines.
She lives in Auckland, New Zealand, with her husband the inimitable Dr Jax and two kids. When she’s not torturing alpha males, she can be found drinking chocolate martinis, reading anything she can lay her hands on, wasting time on social media, or forced to mountain biking with her husband.
Charlotte Butterfield
A former magazine editor, Charlie Butterfield was born in Bristol and studied English at Royal Holloway. She moved to Dubai by herself on a one-way ticket with one suitcase in 2005 and left twelve years later with a husband, three children and a 40ft shipping container. She now lives in the Cotswolds, where she is a freelance writer and novelist.
Charlotte Butterfield
A former magazine editor, Charlie Butterfield was born in Bristol and studied English at Royal Holloway. She moved to Dubai by herself on a one-way ticket with one suitcase in 2005 and left twelve years later with a husband, three children and a 40ft shipping container. She now lives in the Cotswolds, where she is a freelance writer and novelist.
Anna Bloom
Anna Bloom writes emotionally immersive women’s fiction with romantic depth and a strong sense of place. Her work explores themes of identity, belonging, and healing through love. Based in the UK, she draws inspiration from real coastal villages and the complexities of modern womanhood.
Anna Bloom
Anna Bloom writes emotionally immersive women’s fiction with romantic depth and a strong sense of place. Her work explores themes of identity, belonging, and healing through love. Based in the UK, she draws inspiration from real coastal villages and the complexities of modern womanhood.
The Secret Divorcée
The author of The Secret Divorcee prefers to remain anonymous—mostly to avoid awkward school runs, nosy neighbours, and her ex-husband’s solicitor. After discovering her husband’s affair, she swapped dinner parties for working on dial-up sex chat lines (don’t judge—solicitors don’t come cheap), hit emotional rock bottom, and then slowly, defiantly, rebuilt her life.
Told through sharp, hilarious diary entries, her journey from chaos to a kind of clarity is for anyone who’s ever ugly-cried into a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, wondered how they’d survive heartbreak, or Googled ‘how to kill him and get away with it’.
She’s not famous, not perfect, and definitely not done yet. But she’s standing, she’s laughing—and she’s writing it all down so you don’t have to feel alone.
Katherine Garbera
Katherine Garbera is a USA TODAY bestselling author of more than 100 novels, which have been translated into over two dozen languages and sold millions of copies worldwide. She is the mother of two incredibly creative and snarky grown children. Katherine enjoys drinking champagne, reading, walking and traveling with her husband. She lives in Kent, UK, where she is working on her next novel. Visit her on the web at www.katherinegarbera.com.
Kate Kenzie
Kate Kenzie may not be Yorkshire born and bred, but it’s where her heart is and why her fictional worlds are set in the Moors and her favourite haunt, Whitby.
Part-time writer, and full-time dreamer, if she’s not reading from her over-flowing TBR pile, she is writing or drinking tea. Like many, she always dreamed of being an author but notebooks of half-finished novels and children’s stories were pushed aside in adulthood until a random Facebook conversation rekindled her passion for world building.
Awarded the Katie Fforde bursary in 2023, she writes romantic and paranormal fiction, especially witchy fiction.
Taylor Gray
Taylor Gray grew up watching too much TV and reading far too much romance. Now she’s a writer, she calls it research. She spends her days scribbling illegible notes in a notebook and wishing she could type as fast as her characters thought. She lives in a house overtaken by plants and pictures with her husband, son and cat.
Autumn Falls is her first small town romance series featuring the Carter brothers, Jack, Logan, Brodie, Noah and Ethan. Having shot to fame in their teens when they made up one of the hottest boybands on the planet, the series starts ten years after the band split up. Once as close as any brothers could be, they’re now little more than strangers. Broken, burnt out and dealing with the consequences of fame, it’s only when they come home to Autumn Falls that they can face the mistakes they’ve made – and the hearts they’ve broken…
Book 1: Autumn Falls
Book 2: Silver Sky
Book 3: Redemption River
Book 4: Starlight Mountain
Book 5: Midnight Promise