THE SEVENTEENTH CHRISTMAS TREE Part 2

On Christmas Eve three years before, Noelle had found a tiny kitten huddled against the back door, shivering, bedraggled, and mewing piteously. Noelle scooped up the kitten and cuddled it to her cheek. Nick sneezed. “Ooh, look, Nicky,” she said....

THE SEVENTEENTH CHRISTMAS TREE Part 1

Nick Sinclair began to seriously consider murdering his wife while he was decorating the seventeenth Christmas tree. It was not the seventeenth because he had been decorating the family Christmas tree for seventeen years. No, it was Number Seventeen (according to the...

I’ll Be Home for Christmas Part 6

George Leroy froze. He didn’t dare move and hardly dared to breathe for fear of getting caught. He steadied himself by working out how he would make his escape once the warden left his office. He lay in the darkness looking down at the bald spot on the top of...

Agent Giveaway!

No, I’m not giving away my agent! Ali Herring is definitely a keeper. But she’s going to give some lucky person a query or first chapter critique (winner’s choice). There are three ways to get in on this, and each way earns you an extra chance at...