I hope everyone is keeping safe in these trying times, and that you and yours are okay.

Luckily we had our Kiwi authors meet up before all the madness hit, and spent the weekend planning world domination ™. It was fabulous to be able to chat in RL, and we also enjoyed a lovely dinner together at a local Turkish restaurant.

We’d been toying with the idea of an anthology, especially with GLO on the horizon next year, but decided it would be too awkward with the royalty split, so came up with the idea of a shared universe instead. We’ll have a shared logo and the setup allows stories in different genres. The premise is exciting, and I’m looking forward to introducing you to new characters later this year.

I’m planning to republish 7 books from my backlist this year—the historicals, The Sleepless City, and Prelude to Love, so the Kiwi Collab book will be my only new story, apart from The Harp and the Sea (co-written with Lou Sylvre) which is releasing from NineStar Press later this year.

It’s all very time consuming but it’s great having control of my books, and I’m enjoying being able to tweak them slightly and in some cases add new material.

At present I’m working on editing Shades of Sepia as Elizabeth Noble and I are working together to release The Sleepless City books a month apart.

I also have some fabulous new covers thanks to TL Bland for Echoes Rising, my WWII, series, which I’ll share when I get that far.

Meanwhile I’m in the middle of publishing my WWI story, On Wings of Song, in paperback—it’s only been available in ebook format before now. This is my first time publishing through Ingram Spark so it’s a learning curve. The ebook is already available through Amazon and on KU, and I’ve added an epilogue to the original story, which catches up with Jochen and Aiden a few months after the events of their story.

A chance meeting they never forgot.

Six years after meeting British soldier Aiden Foster during the Christmas Truce of 1914, Jochen Weber still finds himself thinking about Aiden, their shared conversation about literature, and Aiden’s beautiful singing voice. A visit to London gives Jochen the opportunity to search for Aiden, but he’s shocked at what he finds.

The uniform button Jochen gave him is the only thing Aiden has left of the past he’s lost. The war and its aftermath ripped everything away from him, including his family and his music. When Jochen reappears in his life, Aiden enjoys their growing friendship but knows he has nothing to offer. Not anymore.

Author’s note: This story was originally published in 2014 by another publisher. This edition has some added content, and uses UK spelling to reflect its setting.

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