Exhausting, yes, but exciting! Today I’ve been on tour, from the comfort of my study and my laptop. No waiting around on chilly train stations, or driving with one eye on the satnav trying to get to an unfamiliar venue on time in a strange city, or wondering whether anyone will turn up to the event. No. Another of my virtual book tours, this one with Coffee Pot Book Club tours which specialises in historical novels. They’re at https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/ and the book bloggers are dedicated readers and authors. Do check it out as there are some fabulous sites out there enthusing about books set in all historical periods. I’ve been focusing on virtual book blog tours since covid struck and have continued ever since. So much more relaxing, cosy – and guaranteed audience! Check them all out.

Today was all about the first of my Dr DuLac series (A Shape on the Air) at https://myBook.to/ASOTA a haunting early medieval (Anglo Saxon) timeslip of mystery and romance. It was a reminder of the start of my historical dual time novels as a prelude to further tours for my latest … so

… exciting times: I have two more tours to come, these with my latest novel Daughter of Mercia https://myBook.to/DOMercia 11-17 August with https://zooloosbooktours.co.uk/ and 21 August – 11 September with https://thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/

Goodness, I’ll be busy this summer!