
A Festive, Dragonish Short Story Read-Along
A short festive tale from the world of Beaufort Scales and Toot Hansell, featuring dogs and dragons and a little too much mulled wine …

Life Lessons on a Baking Bad Anniversary
Three years ago this month – yesterday, in fact – Beaufort Scales ambled out into the …

Coming Up Roses – Chapter Two
There’s a fine line between ‘eccentric’ and ‘a danger to oneself and others’.
And that line may just lie with the body in the freezer …

Coming Up Roses – Chapter One
Nothing’s looking too rosy in Toot Hansell this spring …

Four Calling Birds – A Toot Hansell Christmas Story
Gilbert settled himself under the cover of a hedge, watching the bird through the window …

Rose’s Rom Truffles – A Toot Hansell Recipe
A quick and easy recipe for no-bake run and raisin chocolate truffles that also make fantastic gifts.

A Partridge in a Pear Tree – a Toot Hansell Christmas story
Was there some sort of official scale for these things, from harmless eccentricity to “call the care home”?

Game of Scones: Chapter Two
Bribery. Corruption. Murder.
Who said local politics were boring?

October Reading & New Paperbacks!
Lovely people, you may have noticed me mention (you know, here and there…

Game of Scones: Chapter One
Murder, mayhem, and old secrets come to light in the Yorkshire Dales – with dragons, of course.