About
I am a neurodiverse author of fantasy novels and historical fiction-non-fiction novels.
When I'm not inventing stuff or wiring stuff up, I'm writing, or out and about on Lucy the horse, exploring the hidden coves and the deeper wooded sections of wild, ancient Scotland.
The photo above is Thorpe Cloud in the southern Peak District. Here be dragons.
I am part of the Foxes' Retreat literary team.
Vardo Witch (a novella) follows the story of Kurra, a hearth-hob, as she bargains with a goddess, battles with her inner demons, and tries to keep her kyrios safe.
You can get a free e-book copy of this novella by signing up to the Newsletter (see below).Vardo Series
The Vardo books explore the disappearance of the Fae Folk in the middle ages, where they went, what they are doing now, and how the Church is stealing their magic for its own ends.
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Vardo Witch (Kurra's Story)
Chidiebere, apprentice engineer and part time plumber-sorcerer, and Kurra, her opinionated hearth-hob, embark on an adventure that crosses realms, after Kurra overhears the mysterious Cardinal talking with their factory boss.
With the assistance of a pair of Roma hedge-witches, the four friends attempt to unpick the dark events in the factory, before fleeing to sanctuary in a magical realm.
Will Chi ever be the same again after witnessing the magical realm? Will Kurra break free from her domestic servitude? Can they stop the might of the Church from destroying the real home Kurra so desperately seeks?
Set ten years before Vardo Path, this novella introduces the Vardo world. Free e-book when you sign up to the newsletter.
- Format: Novella (130 pages), Paperback, E-Book
- Genre: Cosy/Rural/Urban Fantasy
- Free: With Newsletter
- ISBN: 978-1-7384340-0-8
Vardo Path
"Heartfelt and sweet, Vardo Path is a fun romp filled with humanity and danger. It made me want to take to the road with a horse and nothing else but the journey ahead. Full of old magic and traveller lore, the book is a rich and unique take on a world of fae and witchcraft." - Marianne Gordon, author of The Gilded Crown
"Vardo Path is an utterly charming book that I enjoyed from start to finish." - Charles de Lint, author of the Newford series and co-inventor of the Urban Fantasy genre.
Maisie has had a crisis of faith. So she thought running away with the horse-drawn folk would be a good idea. Certainly, the food was better than at the Augustinian monastery where she had been on retreat.
Now she's fallen through a gateway into an enchanted realm, following a traveller and his horse into a maelstrom of danger. Navigating a world of elves, neraides, tree spirits and hedge-witches, she is asked to fulfil her destiny, as foretold by the Fates.
Something is sapping the essence from the realm, and only Maisie and her irregular fellowship of travellers, dark elves, a horse and a hedge-witch can prevent it.
E-Book available FREE on Kindle Unlimited here.
Paperback available from Foxes' Retreat with extra reader's swag pack (UK only), here.
- Format: Novel (420 pages), Paperback, E-Book
- Genre: Cosy/Rural/Urban/Queer Fantasy
- ISBN: 978-1-7384340-2-2
Vardo Moon
The realm is reeling from recent events. The Fellowship has evicted the Gratadei from their brutal occupation, but at a terrible cost. Bodies lie scattered throughout the Citadel like seeds blown before the wind.
Pheoreth is mortally wounded, a knife embedded in her chest.
Maisie is torn between her love for Pheoreth, her affection for Steig, and her duty to the realm as Finder of Keys.
Steig and Beckett the horse travel to Tithorea’s wood in search of the vardo wagon but face fresh perils in the darkness.
Book 2 of the Vardo series plunges the trio into new adventures as they race to battle the forces ranged against the realm; as they barter with the Gods for their lives; as they face new dangers and trials; as they try to come to terms with their feelings for each other.
E-Book available FREE on Kindle Unlimited here.
Paperback available from Amazon here.
- Format: Novel (430 pages), Paperback, E-Book
- Genre: Cosy/Rural/Urban/Queer Fantasy
- ISBN: 978-1-7384340-6-0
Vardo Gods
The countries of Europa march towards destruction.
Maisie, stricken with grief, flees with Beckett to the Cold Wastes to mourn her losses. Pheoreth hurls herself into the Europan war with suicidal abandon. Peri delves into the depths of the Library of Alexandria, in search of the God Key.
Without the Finder of Keys, the enemies of the realm gain a hold on the land, bringing the very gods to the brink of a new worlds war.
Can the intervention of the Romani witch, Bobe Elka, and the hatching of an audacious plan to rescue Steig, lift Maisie from her self-imposed exile and restore balance to the worlds?
This is the concluding novel in the Vardo trilogy.
- Publication: September 2026
- Format: Novel (430 pages), Paperback, E-Book
- Genre: Cosy/Rural/Urban/Queer Fantasy
- ISBN: 978-1-7384340-6-0