My Books

Our lives are a fascinating combination of the mundane and the wonderful, which I love to explore by placing family and relationships at the heart of all my stories.

Lights, Camera, Action! Published as a Pocket Novel in July 2023 by The People’s Friend.

‘The hunt is on to find Britain’s most romantic couple… Will Hayley and Craig make it?

What Tim Knows, and other stories [UK/US] Contemporary women’s fiction. Published July 2016.

A gallery-owner’s quest for beauty; a dancer in danger; a new mother struggling to cope with her baby; a sculptor’s search for inspiration; a teenager longing to live in the perfect family; a young boy lost and confused by the rules of life that everyone else seems to understand.OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASix stand-alone short stories, spanning five decades. Each capturing a significant moment in the lives of different characters from What Jennifer Knows.

Separate lives linked in subtle ways.

‘Three good, two very good, one exceptional…from pleasantly readable to one of them which I thought was a masterpiece… It’s worth getting the book for this story alone, a terrific piece of writing – big round of applause, Author!’ Terry Tyler, author and Top 1000 Reviewer on Amazon

 

DSC02646-Edit_LRnomatcleanw4_f2600What Jennifer Knows [UK / US] Contemporary women’s fiction. Published October 2015.

When two very different friends share information with Jennifer that seems to be no more than an awkward coincidence, she says nothing. As the weeks roll by she finds herself in a full-blown moral dilemma, which also brings to the surface a painful memory Jennifer believed she had long since left behind.

Should she speak out or is the truth better left unsaid?

‘A page-turner that would easily transfer to TV screen’ Patsy Payne Amazon UK
‘A strong new voice in women’s contemporary fiction’ k.c. wilder Amazon US
‘I relished reading What Jennifer Knows. Wendy Janes did an excellent job crafting the story and developing the characters’ Michelle Clements James Goodreads
‘The writing style is easy to read, yet the prose is beautiful’ Susan Buchanan Sooz’s Journal
‘This is an ideal novel for a book club’ Lizanne Lloyd Lost in a Book

The One and Sixpenny Englishman – the memoirs of my grandfather who came to the UK as a babe in arms fleeing persecution in the east. Harry fought in the British Army as a foreign national and took citizenship immediately after the first war. He made his way in the world during the 20s and 30s, and served in Civil Defense during the second war. Having turned his hand to many things in his life, he wrote this memoir in the early 70s as part of a convalescence.

My grandfather’s story is of an immigrant who made good, and of a life well lived. Published in 2014.