You may remember our delicious Scottish-themed cocktail: Caledon , which we shared on Christmas Eve in 2024. This remains one of our most popular blog posts, so we thought we would share another one for you on this All Hallow's Eve! With that in mind, I am pleased to introduce you to: The Raighvan Park , inspired by Judith Crow's novella, The Folly at Raighvan Park, which you can find here . Here are your step by step instructions for creating this gothic beverage (have we just invented the gothtail ?!) It's deliciously dark, as you might expect, with a hint of the upper-class style of the novella. You will need: 1. Port 2. Patron Xo Cafe (you could use any other coffee liqueur) 3. Soda water with lime 4. Ginger ale 5. Pepsi Max 6. Liquorice Time to put them all together... 1. Pour one shot of coffee liqueur into a large wine glass. 2. Add one shot of port. Remember, a gothic gentleman loves his port! 3. Now onto the non-alcoholic additions... include two shots of soda wat...
At the end of this blog is the book cover for the upcoming release, Sir Louis Curlewy! For more information, scroll to the bottom and have a peek! Middle Grade Monday: Genres Romance in Middle Grade Valentine's Day is at the end of the week and, throughout several homes, couples are racking their brains on what to get their better halves! Romance is one of the most loved genres of adult fiction, romance authors being the most prolific in writing their books, and the reader community thirsty for their next read. But adult genres don't always translate into middle grade. (Incidentally, this blog comes with a caveat that I am not well-versed in romance, being a devout singleton who would rather keep my very cosy life the way it is than risking changing it for a man!) There is no romance genre in Middle Grade, for the simple reason it just doesn't appeal to people that age. They are still in, or just getting out of, the idealistic romance stories in fairytales, and aren't r...