We visited the beautiful city of Oxford last week for Mary's birthday. We strolled around the many fabulous historical buildings, we had a tour of Christchurch College (Alice, the college cat came out to say hello!) and ate delicious food at lovely restaurants. Our afternoon tea at The Alice was a highlight, such pretty decor and scrumptious sandwiches, cakes and scones. There was soooo much to see, we'll definitely be returning!

Over the next few months Mary will be creating updated family trees featuring the Karadok families from The Vawdrey Brothers and The Brides of Karadok series. Hopefully this will give some fun insight on to who's who. This will be an ongoing labour of love so bear with us!

My amazingly talented friend Angela has created and updated the map of Karadok. Every time I release a new book, she adds new details and I appreciate it so much! This enables the reader to track the road trips of characters, or find out where the tournaments are held and seek out family estates etc. This along with the character lists (which are still in progress!) should answer some questions and also give a wonderful visual of Karadok. I love being able to see all the f

I received these incredible pieces of art work from a talented reader named Bridget. Can you guess who they are? I think they are so beautiful and sweet, I love the colours and detail, thank you so much Bridget!