In active promotion: 1) The House Along the Way and 2) Fathoms Deep, with Blood Shadow, After the Storm, and the Eye of the Storm series alongside it.
Publication date: 14th May, 2026
Running on time? Yes
Current stage? Writing Editing Proofreading / ARC distribution
✔ eBook format
✔ Paperback format
✔ Hardback format (from 14 days after official publication date)
Hardback is exclusive to Amazon stores only with no distribution outside Amazon unless through wholesale via the publisher. ISBN pending.✔ Available to pre-order (except in hardback)
Everyone feared him; she feared nothing.
The house off the single road between the edge of the village and the nearest town belongs to the last of the McIntosh brothers. For years, the McIntosh family have been rumoured to be violent and possibly psychotic. Possibly murderers. And Kenneth – now a complete recluse – has not escaped the whispered stories that have veiled his kin for generations.
Ella Tennant is loved and looked after by her whole village, for she was born with a rare genetic condition that means she cannot feel fear. Her free-spirited, optimistic nature and her obsessive need to sketch everything she sees have carried her through her challenges.
"Stay away from that house along the way," she's always been told. But her curiosity has finally snared her – it’s the one thing in her village she's never sketched. Pen and paper in hand, Ella strides towards the forbidden...
When a terrifying man and a woman who can never know terror meet, a fuse is lit and sparks fly. In each other lies the understanding that has always been out of reach.
But the villagers aren't ready to hear a different story. And for the first time, Ella's sunny disposition may not be enough to win them over.
Touching and beautifully told, this is a romance like no other.
Genre: contemporary romance / women's fiction / contemporary fiction
Who will buy this book? Adult readers of passionate women’s fiction and intelligent romance, where there is more to the story than the romance – think Jojo Moyes or Marian Keyes. The story centres around the main female character who has Urbach-Wiethe Disease: a rare genetic condition leading to a profound lack of fear. Anyone interested in reading a take on a character with this condition might also be interested in this book. Despite being a shorter book, the narrative is well-paced and well-structured, ensuring this story reads as satisfyingly as a full-length novel.