In the evening I headed to Foyles to see Mandy James launch her novel, A Stitch In Time. I must say that the Choc Lit folks did a fine job with the free chocolate, and Mandy got the amazing Yvonne to make cup cakes for her. We were very well catered for.

Mandy’s book is unashamedly light entertainment for ladies. However, based on the extract I heard her read, I think it is very enjoyable light entertainment. And let’s face it, girls, how many of us have wished that, on getting home from a hard day at work, we might find a handsome, wise-cracking time traveler in our living room, ready to whisk us off on adventures?

While I was there I met another local writer, Sarah Tranter, whose vampire YA novel, No Such Thing as Immortality, was published by Choc Lit earlier this year. At this rate we’ll have an entire romance panel for BristolCon.