So thrilled to see Ruling Sheikh, Unruly Mistress at 2# on the Harlequin chart today – copied the link below so you can read inside the book – at least, I hope you can – I’m not known for my computer smarts, but I hope it helps you take a longer peak at bad-boy sheikh, [...]

Geoffrey is in fact a Jessie – and, furthermore, the moment he/she/it heard my neighbour’s car Jessie deserted he/she/its delicious supper of smoked salmon, cheese and fresh milk and bolted through the nearby neighbour’s gates… Am I being conned, by any chance? What do you think? And, btw – if only all my examiners had [...]

It’s not all plain sailing here. I mentioned the feral cats. I went to feed them last night only to discover several huge dishes of delicous-looking paella – the temptation to scoop it up and take it home for dinner – Okay, only joking. But in spite of being the best-fed cats on the island [...]

I was really affected by the sight of so many volunteers giving up their precious spare time to bring about a miracle on a crumbling old building on the Isla del Rey – King’s Island – The man who drives this enthusiasm is General Luis Alejandre Sintos -and the photo above shows the general and [...]

This was my toughest assignment yet. Capturing this mammoth vessel in one photograph for you meant I had to hike for miles – lie on my back to take the shot – Okay, slight exaggeration, but this ship is BIG This is The World – floating apartments for the super-rich who can never settle long [...]

Aye Aye, Cap’n Or the title of this Blog could just have easily been, Grit and bear it. Or even Grit and bare it, had we decided to strip off our matching fleeces – What? Me, on the sea at night without arctic gear? This might be the Med, but I am a fully paid-up [...]

I was going to tell you something more about the cats today, but I don’t want to make this all doom and gloom. I went down ‘Cat Alley’ and, joining the legion of people here who care for these unwanted moggies, I fed and watered them. But it was so depressing that I thought I [...]

We’ve been having some pretty terrible weather for the past couple of days here in the Med – but nothing to compare with the weather in May when a cyclone hit the island. Trees were uprooted by the ferocious wind after their roots had been loosened by torrential rain. Not a climate to take for [...]

Sail away, sail away, sail away… Exactly how much time is spent writing and how much dreaming, chin on hand, as I watch the ships and yachts float past the pool? Please. Let’s not go into that. Did I tell you about the accident prone dog? You remember Holly the Dog – the rescue hound [...]

From the land of passion, love and flamenco, beautiful women and stunning-looking men, I have to tell you that I have a new name. ‘Pin-head Belly-Monster’. Yes, my friends – in a baseball cap it would appear I have a pin head – And I would be the first to admit that my belly is [...]