Finding Prince Charming & Katie Fforde 

I was lucky to discover Katie Fforde’s books very early on - right after her first one, Living Dangerously, came out. I picked it up in paperback at WHSmiths in Hastings when I was browsing for some holiday reading. I’ve been a fan ever since.

Years later, when Katie did a reading ofParadise Fields at a local library (Shoreham-by-Sea) I was one of the first in the queue! It was a wonderful evening and she was so friendly and approachable that I wrote to her the very next day. Obviously, I thanked her for a wonderful evening but I also enclosed a short story I’d written -  Carved Angel - which is available in Encounters. Can you imagine my delight (and surprise) when she actually wrote back? And yes, I still have that letter.

She suggested sending the story to My Weekly magazine and joining the Romantic Novelists Association (which she was President of at the time). I did both. Since then, I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Katie several times at RNA conferences and at a writing day held in her own home to raise money for a local charity. So when Finding Prince Charming came out as a pocket novel I sent her a copy, and as you can tell from her comment - 'Charming & Romantic, a Delightful Read' - she thoroughly enjoyed it. I hope you do too!