Cathie Dunn writes...

So, here we are. The first of February. How did that happen? Well, I'll tell you. The last five weeks have been a bit of a personal roller-coaster. After the successful re-release of Highland Arms , I spent a wonderful Christmas Day with hubby and his lovely step-dad, Joe, who was widowed last August. It made a welcome change to the usual routine of just the two of us. Cooking for a third person was fun, and he very much enjoyed his turkey with all the trimmings. He gave it a nice thumbs up! :-) Then, near the end of the year, Joe took ill. The first time, really, in his 93 years. Over the next three weeks hubby and I visited him daily, and it was heart-breaking to watch. Sadly, the great sailor Joe passed away last week Saturday. He's now roaming the great seas in the sky. So our minds are currently all over the place. Not with work, writing, editing or designing. A break away soon will be very welcome. What's going on apart from that? Well, hubby has started G...

Hello friends, Are you busy with your Christmas preparations? Cookies baked, shopping list written for the holidays? Or are you trying to escape it all? We're still fairly calm here. Shopping isn't done yet, though we already have plenty of logs and coal to keep us warm at least. And wine, bubbly and beer chilled. But we'll do the food shop tomorrow. Not looking forward to facing the desperate crowds that pile up their trolleys like there's no tomorrow. Well, in this case, no post-Christmas. We'll see... Right, so in the midst of all this festive chaos, Highland Arms was re-released through Crooked Cat Publishing. I'll always be grateful to The Wild Rose Press for giving me my first signed contract, but I'm also looking forward to new ventures. Highland Arms is the first in  The Highland Chronicles series – a selection of historical romance adventures set in the Scottish Highlands during different time periods. Highland Arms is set in 1720, five ...