Mother's Day isn't a wholly joyful day for everyone - some people have lost their mothers, some have lost children, some haven't had the children they long for, but we can still celebrate the people in our lives who provide us with affection, guidance and baking tips . As well as being a good hugger, my mother taught me to read which seeded my love of books and stories. She's still in charge at eighty-six, still travelling and using WhatsApp like a pro! I hope I'm as brillian

Lots of people ask me in which order they should read my books so here are the Flora Dunn books in order A Little Treat on Honey Street Summer at Tillingford Hall Christmas at Tillingford Hall Christmas at Tillingford Hall  comes AFTER Summer at Tillingford Hall and contains spoilers, so it’s best to read STH first, followed by CTH. A Little Treat on Honey Street  is set in the same world – Tillingham – and its timeline crosses over with Summer at Tillingford Hall , but it’s

Review of Clare Balding's adult fiction debut about a woman who inherits a Welsh Farm.

I’ve been aware of this classic novel for my entire adult life. It was written in 1722 and is therefore one of the earliest novels I’ve ever read.

“Galentine’s Day”, celebrated on 13th February, is a day dedicated to friendship—particularly female friendship—rather than romantic love, contrasting with, or complementing Valentine’s Day with all the hearts and flowers and romance.   The term was popularised in 2010 by the brilliant American television show Parks and Recreation, featuring Amy Poehler as the hapless Leslie Knope, an enthusiastic if incompetent deputy director of the Parks and Recreation Department of the fi

Suggested questions for your book club. Warning: contains spoilers.

Matthew Causton is a trainee Anglican priest – a curate – serving several rural parishes including Tillingham, alongside experienced vicar David Thorne. He is one of the key characters in A Little Treat on Honey Street . Here is a character profile... Matthew Causton, Tillingham's curate, in his signature off-duty blue and white checked shirt He spent ten years as an IT whiz kid in some major companies before attending theological college because the Diocesan Director of Ordi

Rebecca is the narrator of my book A Little Treat on Honey Street produced by Audible Studios which is available to pre-order on Audible now!

James Irving-McAuley was Laura Huntley’s first boyfriend when she was in sixth form, fifteen years ago. They broke up when she went to university and she’s had no contact with him… until now.

Rob is Laura Huntley’s boyfriend in A Little Treat on Honey Street. He’s a handsome lawyer in his late thirties with dark hair, piercing blue eyes and a nice backside. He also happens to be Laura’s boss in the MegaCorp Compliance team. Find out more about him.

This mushroom Bourguignon is so thick and rich that you really won’t miss the meat. The perfect Veganuary supper party dish for your sceptical meat-eating friends.

Today is the 250th Anniversary of Dear Jane’s birth in 1775, I ask what is it about Jane Austen that stirs so much devotion in her millions of followers? Even if you think you’re not a fan, read on – you might find a new perspective. Dear Jane Everyone will have their theories about the enduring appeal of Jane Austen and they’re often about plot structure, character, the high-stakes emotion but for me, that’s not where it begins. Despite being a writer, I’m not very clever at

Back in November I popped into the Audible Studios in London's Barbican and met Nathalie Buscombe, the personable and talented narrator of my first two audio books - Summer at Tillingford Hall and Christmas at Tillingford Hall. Nathalie kindly answered a few questions about what it's like being an audio book narrator. Nathalie Buscombe (L) with Flora (R) at Audible Studios F: How long have you been doing audio book narration? N: I can’t quite believe it, but I’ve been doing i

Easy and delicious gingerbread recipe

Hannah Langdon's three Christmas books, Christmas with the Lords, Christmas with the Knights and Christmas with the Princes all deserve a re-read in my opinion, but read on to find out why I'm going to get emotional when I do that.

Launched this evening at a delightful gathering in Earlsfield's Brathway Hall, You Too, the third book in the Millingham series, continues the story of Anna and Rob once, beginning just after where the previous book left off.

Hallowe’en is a semi-Christian festival, based on the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (for more on this, see Christmas at Tillingford Hal l) which found its way to America and came back commercialised. Read on to find out why I love Hallowe'en... Happy Jack When I was a child, Hallowe’en was more of thing you read about in American books like Richard Scarry  or The Berenstein Bears’ Almanac  or saw on American TV shows like Sesame Street . But there were mentions of it in

If you enjoyed reading about the spicy pumpkin soup in Chapter 29 of Christmas at Tillingford Hall , then you might like to make the recipe yourself. I 'asked Sahara' to share it with us! Pumpkin ready to go! So, I've decided to start eating cooked food again. The raw food diet wasn't helping me gain weight at all, and seeing my Dearest Brother looking so dejected when I tried to feed him another plate of salad after a hard day working in the rain made me feel like I was tort

Well, here’s the surprise of the year. I saw this book in Sainsbury’s and I thought it looked kinda cute and slightly different from the sort of thing I’d normally read. I might read a café book (my own book, A Little Treat on Honey Street, is a classic café book!), but dragons not so much. Although, having said that, I did enjoy Harry Potter  and I do love children’s books, especially the How To Train Your Dragon  books read on Audible by the exceptionally talented David Ten

I’m so excited to be able to introduce my next title to you – Christmas at Tillingford Hall - publishing 18th November 2025