Lumina Publications aims to bring light and joy to the world, not only through enlightening and entertaining people, but by supporting charities. Last year I was just starting out and I wasn’t making any money (writing novels was a rather expensive hobby, in fact!). The only way I could actually support charities was by giving them my own money based roughly on the sales of copies of paperbacks and e-books. This was my way of motivating myself to try to sell more books – prof

Summer at Tillingford Hall is now available on Audible and AudiblePlus narrated by Nathalie Buscombe

We first meet Charlie Patcham when Alice , the heroine of Summer at Tillingford Hall  goes to visit her in Bath, where she’s living a...

Sometimes you come across a book so atmospheric you feel transported. This is one of those books. Not that 1750s Paris is necessarily a...

How including the name of a 1980s student band in my latest novel lead me down an internet rabbit hole that lead me to Lee Hall, one of the UK's leading screenwriters

Laura Huntley, trying to be a city slicker, but inside she's a domestic goddess.

The latest offering from Lynne Shelby, the doyenne of the gentle location-based romance, is a show-stopping high-kicking extravaganza set...

Summer at Tillingford Hall, my debut novel, has been shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Association DEBUT NOVEL OF THE YEAR award! The

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I’m so excited to be able to introduce my next title to you – A Little Treat on Honey Street - publishing 1st July.

I adore Angela Pearse’s brilliant heroine, Felicity Fitzroy. I’m so glad she’s back in this third Jane-Austen inspired book, where she’s mor

We're looking for charity partners to benefit from £1 per copy of our books

I'm raising funds for the Daniel Spargo Mabbs Foundation, a drugs education charity. Looking for more charity partners.

This feel-good debut from author Ruth Kramer offers an original, surprising storyline, with some great twists. The deeply emotional,...

The new children’s adventure book, Warning:   This Book Contains Mild Peril,  is a towering achievement from a fantastic debut author....

Hello there. I’m Mrs Powell, the Housekeeper at Tillingford Hall. I’ve been working here since 1970, when I started as a kitchen...

Find out all about Alice, the heroine of Summer at Tillingford Hall

You’ve made it through the winter and there’s a fanfare from the verges; “spring is here” the golden hordes trumpet. As well as being my...

My parents were compulsive members of the National Trust. Most weekends from April to October my father, mother, older brother and sister...

The Honourable Guy Tillingford, the ideal modern British aristocrat, is the heir to Tillingford Hall and, although his father Lord Tillingfo