An excerpt from HEROICA

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Here’s a taster from Revolution?, the first story in HEROICA

Roma Nova, 2020

‘You are joking!’

‘You think subversive activity threatening Roma Nova is a joke?’ Legate Conradus Mitelus, head of the Praetorian Guard Special Forces, and for good or bad, also my husband, frowned at me. […]

HEROICA - Why three stories?

HEROICA has a strange origin. Revolution?, the first part, started as a little story I wanted to write for myself – an indulgence. Then it grew and grew. The heroine, Carina, goes off piste as usual (see the first four Roma Nova thrillers!) and her investigation became ever more complicated and the ‘short story’ became […]

International Women’s Day and the Roma Nova way

Golden statue of winged Victory

International Women’s Day is a moment to celebrate women’s achievements, recognise the struggles that shaped them and look ahead to the work still to be done.

Across the world, some women have stepped into leadership, challenged expectations and reshaped societies.

Stories remain one of the most powerful ways to explore what courage, resilience and ambition […]