Francesca Capaldi

It's publication day for Love and Loss at the Beach Hotel, and Francesca is pleased to announce a chance to win a paperback copy Today is...

Today I'm sharing a short story that's set in the same area and era as my four Valleys novels. This story, I'll Be a Sunbeam, was...

I'm delighted to announce my win at the RNA Romantic Novel of the Year Awards! What a week it's been! I heard back in February that I'd...

It's publication day for Dark Days at the Beach Hotel, and Francesca is pleased to announce a chance to win a paperback copy. Today is...

It's the festive season, and there's a chance to win signed copies of two of my books and other goodies. ****WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT**** The...

There'll be fireworks at the Beach Hotel all right, but not the ones you'd expect! ‘It’s very mild for November,’ said Edie, as she and...

So, who are the winners? I'm pleased to announce that the winner of the signed copies of the three books, including just published All...

Francesca is pleased to announce a new competition to win a copy of her latest novel - plus a couple of extras. Today is publication day...

Francesca is looking forward to publication day tomorrow for All Change at the Beach Hotel, and has some news. Only a day now until the...

Francesca looks at a structure in the Beach Hotel novels that used to be a common site: the bandstand In the 1910s, when the Beach Hotel...

A chance for reviewers and book bloggers to read the second in the Beach Hotel series, All Change at the Beach Hotel. Last week saw the...

Francesca takes a look at the different jobs that would have been carried out at the Beach Hotel in the 1910s One of the first things I...

Francesca is excited about publication day for the first in her new Beach Hotel series, and has a new competition for you Today A New...

Francesca is looking forward to the publication of the first Beach Hotel novel during both #RomanceReadingMonth and the #RespectRomFic...

Francesca is thrilled to be able to introduce her new saga series, set at the seaside Welcome to my new 'Beach Hotel' series, set on the...

Francesca has a look at a coal miner's life a hundred years ago A while back I discussed the working-class woman's life of a hundred...

Francesca reveals the inspiration behind her newsletter giveaway story, I'll Be a Sunbeam This month, if you sign up for my newsletter...

Francesca looks at how a working class woman would have spent her week a hundred odd years ago Polly Smith, in the latest instalment of...

Francesca looks at what the Welsh phrases in the Valleys series mean Someone asked me a while ago about the Welsh phrases used in the...

Welcome to the first post on my website blog! One of the first questions I'm often asked by readers and bloggers is, what gave me the...