The House at Helygen cover reveal!

I’m genuinely so excited to reveal the cover of The House at Helygen, my first historical suspense novel as Victoria Hawthorne! Isn’t she beautiful?! Coming 14th April 2022, available to preorder now! You can also request it on Netgalley here.

Pride: ‘Why do so many books have to focus on the gays?’

The title of this blog post is (as well as clickbait) a quote from an actual review of my fourth novel, The Wake. It is one of the most ridiculous reviews I’ve ever received, but what the reviewer doesn’t know is that, at some point while I was writing this book, I paused and thought,

More book news

I’m absolutely thrilled to finally announce that my historical suspense novels have been picked up by Quercus! The House at Helygen will publish in hardback, ebook, and audio in April 2022, with another to follow in 2023. I can’t wait for you to meet the Fox family and discover the secrets of Helygen House! I’ve

3 years

Three years ago today, I signed my very first publishing contract! Now I’m five books in, what have I learned so far? Trust your gut While there are people in this industry from whom you can learn a lot, including identifying the right time to scrap or change a manuscript, ultimately you are a writer

The Wake audiobook

It’s audio publication day for The Wake! You can now download my fifth psychological suspense novel from Audible. Narrated by the wonderful Rosie Akerman and produced by Dreamscape Media.