In the multi-ethnic East Oxford community, tensions are brewing as anti-immigration feeling mounts. Up-and-coming journalist Emma Hawkins is using her column inches to fight for tolerance, but her passion puts her at odds with her older, outspoken boss Jamie… who’s more than a little irresistible to her.

When a local newsagent with an intriguing past is violently abducted and the finger points at Romanian gangs, Emma is plunged into an investigation that could be the biggest story of her career – but is the ransom demand all it seems? And what dark secret is Jamie hiding?

Hello and welcome to my website.

I have exciting news. My first novel is published on Amazon Kindle throughout the world. It is also available in paperback through Amazon in the UK and USA.

My novel is called Held to Ransom.

I am really pleased to have got to this stage after so many years of writing short stories. This is my first full length novel and is approximately 90,000 words. I hope you will read it and enjoy it. That's the plan! Let me know if you do. Kind constructive critiques are very welcome (honest), and please tell all your friends if you like it. If you don't, just let me know.