... I'm very pleased to say that author and friend, Liz Martinson is here to help me launch a new series of posts. Like me, Liz is a member of Promoting Yorkshire Authors - an organisation dedicated to promtoing and popularising the work of Yorkshire authors. Liz, thanks for being here...
Liz Martinson has a Master’s Degree, and has gained
a distinction from the University of Lancaster after completing a one-year
Creative Writing course. She has a background in teaching and Special Needs
Education, specialising in Literacy Support.
Her twin sons having left home, Liz lives in the beautiful North
Yorkshire Dales with her husband, and enjoys a variety of interests, such as
walking, cycling, kayaking and landscape photography. She loves to describe the beautiful countryside of Great Britain,
which she knows well, and has received specific praise about her descriptions
of this countryside in her books, with people saying “they could see it”, “they
felt they were actually there” or simply that “they loved it”. Her knowledge of outdoor activities has led
to praise for some of the scenes in Ullandale, specifically the mountain
rescue, and has also fuelled other scenes in both Counterpoint
and Takeover.
An avid reader, Liz has written several novels and short
stories. Of the short stories, one was
a runner-up in the Good Housekeeping Short Story Competition, one was published
in a charity anthology (Heart’s Desires) in aid of Breast Cancer,
and the third, together with some of her poems, is due out in an anthology
called Rising Stars later this year.
She has three novels, Ullandale, Counterpoint
and Takeover, available on Amazon as both e-books and paperbacks,
and all are available in KU. These are
contemporary romance with life events being very much a part of the
stories. Liz has completed two more
novellas and is considering her own anthology, which would be a mix of novellas
and short stories.
Her latest book, Takeover, is a story of
hatred turning to love, of a man overcoming the ghosts of his past, and of a
strong woman.
about the book… Richard, returning
from America to take control of Aurora Technology, has sacked Jude, the acting
chief executive officer, by email. He
struggles constantly with his memories, both of his childhood, and when he worked
at Aurora for his uncaring and cruel father.
This is despite having achieved a resounding success in America with his
firm Blake Laptops. He knows it is his
past which causes him to constantly flare-up against Jude and he tries to
continually fight his weakness.
Jude is horrified that Richard seems convinced she was
his father’s mistress, information which has come, it seems, from quarterly
reports he’s received ever since his father’s death. In addition, she’s suffered at the hands of an ambitious man in
the past, and is reluctant to combine love and work as she feels this will only
lead to unhappiness.
Richard and Jude, despite all obstacles, do fall in love,
but there is a final, and what seems to be an insurmountable, barrier to
overcome. It is Jude’s determined calm,
and objective attitude which prevents the destruction of their love, and at the
same time, finally destroys the enemy she has within the firm.
You can get all of Liz's books on
There will be other colleagues from Promoting Yorkshire Authors on the blog in the coming months - watch this space.
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Glad to meet Liz. Her story looks intriguing. Thanks for sharing this Angela.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Allan and thanks for visiting the blog today.
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