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COVER REVEAL - THE HOMECOMING

7/24/2022

I think, without doubt, that my favourite part of the book publishing process is that moment when you see the cover for the first time.

I have been blessed with some wonderful covers and I am particularly thrilled with the cover for the third Maiden's Creek book, THE HOMECOMING. The cover designer has captured Charlie 100%

For those who are familiar with books 1 and 2 (The Postmistress and The Goldminer's Sister) you may remember Charlotte (Charlie) O'Reilly and Danny Greaves as children.

Children grow up and we are now in 1892... Charlie is a nurse and midwife and Danny, a lawyer and frustrated writer (nothing autobiographical here!). The events of the earlier books have shaped their lives and left them both with questions that must be answered... so it is time for both to go home to Maiden's Creek. There will be old friends from the previous two books to meet again, adventures and a murder mystery to solve... and maybe, I hope, a satisfactory ending to our time together in Maiden's Creek.

THE HOMECOMING WILL BE RELEASED ON 4 JANUARY 2023
BUT IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW!

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ABOUT THE HOMECOMING

They might be able to solve a crime - but can they build a life together? A compelling historical romance with a murder mystery at its core, for readers of Darry Fraser and Tea Cooper.

1892. It has been almost 20 years since Charlie O'Reilly left Maiden's Creek, the town where she once knew only injustice and fear. Now she returns as acting matron of the local hospital, determined to prove her worth - and to escape the attentions of a man she would rather forget.
Despite his wealth and busy practice as a criminal lawyer, Danny Hunt has never found contentment. He is still haunted by memories of his childhood in Maiden's Creek and the strange and desperate man who was his father.
When a court case goes wrong and Danny's life is threatened, he seizes the opportunity to visit Maiden's Creek with his friend Robert, whose sister, a nurse at the hospital, is the only woman Danny has ever proposed to.
But danger follows Danny and Charlie and when a nurse is violently murdered, they are thrown together in a desperate bid to prove the innocence of a friend. When a devastating storm hits, threatening the hospital, old hurts and secrets come to the surface.
Both can see that they make the perfect team, but Charlie is committed to her work and has one secret she plans never to reveal ...

BOOK LAUNCH FOR A.M. STUART'S EVIL IN EMERALD

5/26/2022

For my Melbourne readers...
The most soul destroying moments of the last two years of Melbourne lockdowns has been watching three books released into a world of locked up bookshops and department stores with no opportunity to meet with readers and talk about books and writing. Zoom just wasn't the same thing!
This is why I am especially excited to be part of a real, live in person, face to face old fashioned book launch. Details above!
Hope to see some friendly Melbourne faces :-)

Alison

THE GUARDIANS OF THE CROWN series

4/17/2022

I have some exciting news about the three GUARDIANS OF THE CROWN BOOKS but for the moment they will be temporarily unavailable.

BY THE SWORD
THE KING'S MAN
EXILE'S RETURN

WATCH THIS SPACE... or If you would like to know more than please subscribe to my newsletter for the inside gossip!

Alison

CHRISTMAS FOOD AND FAMILY CONNECTIONS

12/14/2021

I am ashamed to admit that I am a little behind in my Christmas baking. Prior to Covid lockdowns, Christmas is pretty much the only time of the year when I do bake (oh the calories!) and I love it because a day spent in the kitchen with the smell of cakes and mince pies wafting through the house, marks a connection with the women of my family back through the ages. With four grandchildren of my own, I now share this joy of family and connection with them... a happy, messy day of turning my tiny kitchen into bedlam to produce gingerbread men and iced biscuits and there is a little part of me that hopes that one day my grandchildren will stand in their own kitchens and experience that joy of food and family connections spanning the generations.

My mother’s family came from the border country of Lancashire and Yorkshire (the Pendle witch country) and the women were formidable. According to Grandmother Brown (my great grandmother) if domestic work wasn’t finished by lunchtime then you were an idle housekeeper. My heavens, she’d be turning in the grave to see my standard of housekeeping! Sundays were for the Lord and woe betide my mother if she wore a dress without sleeves or picked up anything other than the “good book” on the Lord’s Day of Rest!

And then there was my Aunty Etty (Hetty a dimunitive of Henrietta), one of an overwhelming number of elderly great aunts we routinely met on visits to the UK Aunty Etty enjoyed the reputation of being the best cook in the family and she was, as you can probably imagine, a round, sweet natured old lady.On the last occasion I saw her I had reached the grand old age of twenty one. She looked me up and down and the following conversation ensued.
“How old art thou?”
“Err, twenty one, Aunty Etty.”
“Twenty one! Twenty one and not married! Aren’t there any decent boys in Australia?”

This this year I would like to share “Aunty Etty’s mince pies” (which were legendary!). No one quite made them like Aunty Etty, even my Mum! I have to confess to tweaking the recipe slightly, so along with Grandmother Brown, poor Aunty Etty is now probably spinning in her grave at my sacrilege! ENJOY...

AUNTY ETTY’S MINCE PIES
8 oz (250gr) plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
4 oz (125gr) sugar
4 oz (125gr) butter
I beaten egg
¼ tsp mixed spice
1 tsp lemon rind

• Sieve flour and add sugar
• Rub in butter until mixture resembles bread crumbs
• Make into dough with egg
• Wrap in cling film and rest in fridge ½ hr and then turn on to floured board and proceed as for ordinary pastry.
• Makes about 12 pies using one jar of fruit mince (of course, Aunty Etty made her own fruit mince!)

The Brown family c1914... Aunty Etty is second from the left in the front row.
My grandfather, Frank, is standing to the left of his eldest brother Bateman (in uniform) who was killed in Mesopotamia during WW1. When another boy was born after Bateman's death, he was given his elder brother's name.

If you are in the mood for some Christmas reading, look for my short regency novella, A CHRISTMAS LOVE REDEEMED.

February 1816: Fabien, Comte de Mont Clair, once a highly decorated officer of the exiled Napoleon, cuts a dashing swathe through a London society ball, his eyes only for the glittering ladies of the ‘ton’. His heart jolts at the sight of a woman sitting in a shadowed corner. Not just any woman, but one he would have once given the world for.
For Hannah, Lady Trevan, catering to the spoiled darlings of the ton as a humble chaperone is nothing compared to the pain she suffered at the hands of her late husband. Alone and impoverished, she is a person of no consequence but once, a long time ago, she sacrificed her world for the dashing Comte de Mont Clair. Now all she can do is hope that he may glance her way…

A CHRISTMAS LOVE REDEEMED

Release Day: A CHRISTMAS LOVE REDEEMED

11/15/2021

I am so happy that this little 'phoenix' story has found its place in the sun.
I say 'phoenix' because it seems to had multiple reincarnations - beginning as a short story (A PERSON OF NO CONSQUENCE) and expanded into a novella for a Christmas anthology (TWELVE ROGUES OF CHRISTMAS) as NINE YEARS 'TIL CHRISTMAS.
And now here it is, standing by itself with a gorgeous new cover... my little regency Christmas romance... A CHRISTMAS LOVE REDEEMED - a second chance at love story with a touch of Cinderella!

It is release day and you will find it as an ebook only at all your favourite ebook retailers.

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A CHRISTMAS LOVE REDEEMED

February 1816: Fabien, Comte de Mont Clair, once a highly decorated officer of the exiled Napoleon, cuts a dashing swathe through a London society ball, his eyes only for the glittering ladies of the ‘ton’. His heart jolts at the sight of a woman sitting in a shadowed corner. Not just any woman, but one he would have once given the world for.
For Hannah, Lady Trevan, catering to the spoiled darlings of the ton as a humble chaperone is nothing compared to the pain she suffered at the hands of her late husband. Alone and impoverished, she is a person of no consequence but once, a long time ago, she sacrificed her world for the dashing Comte de Mont Clair. Now all she can do is hope that he may glance her way…

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COVER REVEAL - THE HOMECOMING

THE HOMECOMING WILL BE RELEASED ON 4 JANUARY 2023
BUT IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW!

BOOK LAUNCH FOR A.M. STUART'S EVIL IN EMERALD

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COVER REVEAL - THE HOMECOMING

THE HOMECOMING WILL BE RELEASED ON 4 JANUARY 2023​BUT IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW!

BOOK LAUNCH FOR A.M. STUART'S EVIL IN EMERALD

THE GUARDIANS OF THE CROWN series

CHRISTMAS FOOD AND FAMILY CONNECTIONS

Release Day: A CHRISTMAS LOVE REDEEMED

A CHRISTMAS LOVE REDEEMED

Alison Stuart

Contact Alison...

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THE HOMECOMING WILL BE RELEASED ON 4 JANUARY 2023
BUT IS AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER NOW!