I'll Be a Sunbeam, a WW1 story
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...
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May 243 min
And the winner is...
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...
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Feb 152 min
Book Giveaway to Celebrate Publication Day for Dark Days at the Beach Hotel
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
Dec 8, 20231 min
Christmas Book Giveaway
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
Nov 3, 20232 min
There'll Be Fireworks
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
Aug 2, 20231 min
Book Giveaway Competition Result!
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...
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Jul 20, 20231 min
Competition for Publication Day of All Change at the Beach Hotel
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
Jul 19, 20231 min
Publication Day & a Competition to Enter Tomorrow
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
Jun 16, 20232 min
The Brass Band Goes Tiddely-Om-Pom-Pom...
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
May 16, 20231 min
All Change on NetGalley & Call Out to Bloggers
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
Mar 29, 20234 min
Inside Job
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
Feb 23, 20232 min
Publication Day and Competition Time
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
Feb 15, 20232 min
Welcome to #RomanceReadingMonth
Francesca is looking forward to the publication of the first Beach Hotel novel during both #RomanceReadingMonth and the #RespectRomFic...
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fcapaldiburgess
Nov 14, 20222 min
New Series: The Beach Hotel
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...
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Nov 8, 20223 min
It's the Pits
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...
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Jun 17, 20224 min
I'll Be a Sunbeam
Francesca reveals the inspiration behind her newsletter giveaway story, I'll Be a Sunbeam This month, if you sign up for my newsletter...
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May 7, 20224 min
A Woman's Work...
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...
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May 6, 20221 min
Translation Station: Good Afternoon, Good Evening and Good Night!
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...
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fcapaldiburgess
Apr 30, 20221 min
The Genesis of the 'Wartime in the Valleys' Historical Series
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...
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