October 6, 2014
Ben Aldridge as Captain James from Our Girl (BBC)
Just who do you see Alexander Hunt? If you had to cast him in a movie or TV series, who would you choose?
When I first started the book, I pictured him as Max Irons from the White Queen and more recently, the Oxford-set satirical thriller, Riot Club (sorry about the um… blood…but if you read Third Time Lucky, then…)
Then there’s the hotter than hot Tom Mison – who was perfect as the special forces captain in Salmon Fishing in the Yemen.
But now, I’m leaning another way – towards Ben Aldridge who plays Captain James in the new BBC series, Our Girl. I’m hooked.
Captain James – Ben Aldridge in Our Girl (Lacey Turner as Molly Dawes)
So many Alexanders, so little time…
PS If I haven’t mentioned it before 🙂 Third Time Lucky e book is out THIS THURSDAY – final part of the seres. Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Posted by Phillipa @ 11:11 am |
September 30, 2014
Two entries from me in two days… what can be the matter?
Well, a few hours after I posted yesterday’s piece I heard from Penguin that the paperback of First Time We Met has been slightly delayed until November 6th. Paperback of Second Time I Saw You is still scheduled for November 20th, with Third Time Lucky on December 4th.
The good news is that the e book of Third Time Lucky is still going to appear next Thursday, October 9th.
I’d arranged to meet my author friends to celebrate. I won’t be cancelling the party; I’ll just be having two!
Posted by Phillipa @ 3:14 am |
September 29, 2014
The beach in front of the St Martin’s Hotel, Isles of Scilly.
Morning all,
I write to you all from a still warm and almost sunny heart of England where we have had the most glorious Indian summer. I’ve been on my travels over the past three weeks to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly where we had the most unexpectedly beautiful weather.
The family has also been celebrating two birthdays – my grown-up daughter’s and my husband’s father who was 80. Their birthdays are only a week apart and I can still remember us taking my newborn daughter round to see my father in law all those years ago.
We got out all the old photo albums in preparation for my father in law’s 80th and compiled a new album of special moments in his life. We smiled a lot – but it was sad to see people who are no longer here.
Of course we spent ages wistfully sighing: how young we were, how slim we were. Still at least most of us are still here!
So, the holidaying is over.
In just TEN days time, on October 9th, the final book in the Oxford Blue series, Third Time Lucky, will be published as an e book worldwide. Plus, on the same day, The First Time We Met is going to be available in paperback.
There’s be a blog tour and there will be Actual Signed Paperbacks to be won – I’ll publish the details here.
I still can’t believe that I have been published by Penguin and I’m eagerly awaiting my author copies.
I’d like to say it’s a dream come true, except I never would have dared to dream it when I first started writing so I’m going to try and make the most of every moment.
I’ll be back very soon with the tour details.
Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa @ 4:01 am |
September 7, 2014
Woo hoo, The Second Time I Saw You has been shortlisted for Best Ebook at the 2014 Festival of Romantic Fiction Awards. This is the third year in a row that one of my books has been up for an award so I’m doing a happy dance.
Awards organiser Sarah Taylor said: “With the highest number of entries the awards have had in their four year history, the standard this year was exceptionally high with many highly rated novels not making the shortlists. The breath and depth of quality writing in romantic fiction should be celebrated and that’s what these awards are all about.”
Congratulations and good luck to all those who made it to the final lists! And now, on with the shortlists…
Best Romantic Read
Two Weddings and a Baby by Scarlett Bailey (Ebury)
The Memory Book by Rowan Coleman (Ebury)
The Cornish Stranger by Liz Fenwick (Orion)
After The Honeymoon by Janey Fraser (Arrow)
The Unpredictable Consequences of Love by Jill Mansell (Headline Review)
One Hundred Proposals by Holly Martin (Carina)
The Wedding Proposal by Sue Moorcroft (Choc Lit)
The Proposal by Tasmina Perry (Headline Review)
One Step Closer to You by Alice Peterson (Quercus)
Best Historical Read
The Downstairs Maid by Rosie Clarke (Ebury)
Monsoon Mists by Christina Courtenay (Choc Lit)
The Maid of Milan by Beverley Eikili (Choc Lit)
The Dress Thief by Natalie Meg Evans (Quercus)
Crosscurrents by Jane Jackson (Accent Press)
Home For Christmas by Lizzie Lane (Ebury)
A Rose in Flanders Fields by Terri Nixon (Carina)
Queen of Bedlam by Laura Purcell (Myrmidon)
Best Short Romance
Don’t Tell Penny by Anna Bell (Quercus)
Taming Her Italian Boss by Fiona Harper (Mills and Boon Cherish)
A Western Heart by Liz Harris (Choc Lit Lite)
Just You by Jane Lark (Harper Impulse)
The Right Side of Mr Wrong by Jane Linfoot (Harper Impulse)
Grand Designs by Linda Mitchelmore (Choc Lit Lite)
The Bookshop on the Corner by Rebecca Raisin (Carina)
Best E-Book
The Second Time I Saw You by Pippa Croft (Penguin)
The Wedding Cake Tree by Melanie Hudson (Choc Lit)
Summer at Castle Stone by Lynn-Marie Hulsmann (Harper Impulse)
Dear Lizzie by Annie Lyons (Carina)
The Guestbook by Holly Martin (Carina)
Room For Love by Sophie Pembroke (Carina)
The Oyster Catcher by Jo Thomas (Headline)
Doubting Abbey by Samantha Tonge (Carina)
Best Author Published
Mary Bennet by Kate Allan
Sweet Occasions by Linn B Halton
Drumbeats by Julia Ibbotson
Fairlights by Jan Jones
Christmas Yves by Nicola May
A Change of Heart by Adrienne Vaughan
Posted by Phillipa @ 3:00 am |
July 26, 2014
Hot news!
The First Time We Met is on a special offer of 99p for one week only!
Grab it HERE.
The Second Time I Saw You is also reduced to £1.99 for a week – Get yours HERE:
All I can say, is grab them while you can!
It’s also my birthday weekend and the sun is still shining here in the UK so what could be better?
P x
Posted by Phillipa @ 3:38 am |
