Writer. The French House @HodderBooks, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick. The Golden Hour "evocative triumph" out now! linktr.ee/thegoldenhourbook
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11 Sep 2023
📢NEW NOVEL ALERT📢 2nd novel THE GOLDEN HOUR set in 1890s Brighton is out Feb! It's about 3 women from different classes - Ellen, Clem, & Lily - drawn into illicit trade in erotic photography.
🌊A seaside town
📷A back street photographer
👿A dark secret
Pre-order link in bio!
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2 May 2025
North American friends - 🇺🇸🇨🇦The French House is 99c for the whole of merry May 😊 Victor Hugo recommended🤪
Limited-time deal: The French House: The captivating and heartbreaking wartime love story and Richard & Judy Book Club pick a.co/d/7KOLDCt
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Jacquie Bloese retweeted
15 Mar 2025
US & Canada readers, needy author request! The Lost Passenger’s the first of my books published on the other side of the pond and I’m not there to see it in bookshops (& maybe sneakily move it to a table 😹). If you’re in Barnes & Noble or any bookshop I’d love a photo of it
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10 Jan 2025
It was something of an honour to be interviewed by one of my #Brighton neighbours Ann Wroe, who is not only an acclaimed historical biographer, but also the obituaries writer @TheEconomist ! Pleased to say I was still alive last time I looked 😂 The Secret Photographs out now 📚
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6 Jan 2025
‘Find a job you love & you’ll never work again’ is the adage & if the job is interviewing brilliant writers about their latest books, I agree! (Writing itself is a whole other matter haha 😂) Come along, it’ll be fun! Tix below ⬇️
6 Jan 2025
Looking forward to chatting about my new book The Lost Passenger with one of my own favourite historical novelists, @novelthesecond , at Chapter 34 in Shoreham - join us?
Tickets here chapter34.co.uk/event/france…
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3 Jan 2025
One of the best things about living in Kemptown in #Brighton is the @KemptownBkshop I made my first friend there when I moved here 4 yrs ago! So very chuffed to have The Secret Photographs as one of @mariateresabof2 books of the year! 📚🎉
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3 Jan 2025
Thanks so much @ShortBookScribe for including The Secret Photographs on yr best books of 2024! 🙏There are some great books on there - check out Nicola’s blog post ⬇️ @HodderFiction
3 Jan 2025
My Favourite Books of 2024
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16 Dec 2024
An impromptu bandstand rendezvous with the lovely @AmandaGeard today. It was a bit chilly for seductive Golden Hour poses as per my novel, but love this one 😊 #Brighton #writers #writinglife
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9 Dec 2024
Can’t keep away from @rth_brighton Regency Townhouse of late & for all those who missed out on the brilliant promenade performance of A Christmas Carol, the doors are opening again this Saturday afternoon🎄Thx again for featuring me & my Brighton book in your newsletter 🙏😊
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8 Dec 2024
Every author shd join the @Soc_of_Authors (& not just bc of the 10% @Waterstones discount!) Congratulations to 🇬🇬author @TheresaLeFlem for setting up a local authors’ group in Guernsey- listen at 1hr 20 below for more info 📚
6 Dec 2024
Thanks Steph Watkins @stephontheradio
for welcoming me on @BBCGuernsey
yesterday. I loved chatting about #Writing and the new Guernsey Society of Authors. Here's a link to the programme: I was on after 11am
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0k3rt…
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8 Dec 2024
✨The Secret Photographs giveaway✨Caution: contains some era-appropriate patriarchy smashing, a cat called Flossy 🐈, a secret studio & some simmering sexual tension. Enter @RACHELb75 post below 👇
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5 Dec 2024
“The brooding alleyways & seedy salons came to life so vividly that I felt like a voyeur, brushing away the cigar smoke, watching the scene unfold…” Thx so much @jaffareadstoo for this atmospheric review! 🤩
5 Dec 2024
Today on the blog I am delighted to share my #BookReview of #TheSecretPhotographs by @novelthesecond @HodderBooks @gray_books
#HistoricalFiction
jaffareadstoo.blogspot.com/2…
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Jacquie Bloese retweeted
5 Dec 2024
ICYMI - #QandA and #BookReview - #TheSecretPhotographs by Jacquie Bloese
Find out more about Jacquie's inspiration and research, and read my thoughts on this, quite frankly, magnificent book.
@novelthesecond
@HodderBooks
#historicalfiction #histfic
shortbookandscribes.uk/revie…
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1 Dec 2024
✨Book giveaway!✨
Hop over to @RACHELb75 Insta to be in with a chance of winning a copy of The Secret Photographs - secret studio shenanigans & female empowerment in 1890s Brighton🌊 Tap on link 👇 👇
instagram.com/p/DDCxKC5AQ-Y/…
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29 Nov 2024
Who’s for a spot of afternoon tea at The Claremont in #Hove?
Tap on the link below to enter ⬇️ Hurry - competition closes tomorrow 🏃♀️
#thesecretphotographs #histfic
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28 Nov 2024
ShortBookandScribes “If Elizabeth MacNeal & Sarah Waters had a love child, this book would be the result … my favourite book of the year”
Thx so much to @ShortBookScribe for this wonderful review. Go to Nicola’s blog for a Q & A 😊⬇️ shortbookandscribes.uk/revie…
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25 Nov 2024
We think of the Victorians as prudish but research for The Secret Photographs has taught me that they were anything but! From hushed up scandals at elite public schools to models posing in body stockings in music halls - go to Karen’s blog to read more! ⤵️
25 Nov 2024
To start off the book tour today for #TheSecretPhotographs by Jacquie Bloese @novelthesecond I'm delighted to share an author guest post:
'Five things you didn’t know about Victorian ‘secret’ photography!'
myreadingcorner.co.uk/2024/1…
Published by @HodderBooks
@gray_books
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9 Nov 2024
Lovely surprise to see The French House (& a shout out for The Secret Photographs) in @GuernseyPress today, courtesy of bookseller & author @KelvinWhel35947 🙏In great company with @DawnOPorter @ScribblerJB @TheresaLeFlem & of course that Gsy classic Ebenezer Le Page 🇬🇬📚
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8 Nov 2024
People of East Grinstead, come down to The Bookshop on Saturday where I’ll be signing copies of my second novel The Secret Photographs, set in 1890s Brighton. Spending the day in good company in a bookshop is my idea of a good time so do drop by & say hi 😊📚@HodderFiction
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