SOMEONE ELSE’s HOUSE, Sphere, November 2019.

Lauren has finally dumped her dead-weight boyfriend, and what better way to celebrate a break-up than by going on holiday with your best friend?

Except the holiday isn’t turning out as planned – their cosy twosome has become a three and while Barcelona might be heaven, their rented apartment is anything but. It’s small, shabby but, more than that, Lauren can’t help but feel hunted.

As the strange incidents escalate, Lauren and her friends decide to make their escape. But it’s when they leave that the real danger begins.

BY POPULAR DEMAND, Hot Key Books, June 2019.

When Gracie decides to tackle her popularity problem head-on, she gives it her all: revamping her wardrobe, joining sports clubs, riding through the streets with 100 eggless egg sandwiches…

But when disaster strikes, Gracie realises even her careful notes and hours of planning can’t help her if she’s putting all her energy into the wrong places – not to mention the wrong people.

 

TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST, Hot Key Books, February 2019.

Uncovering a family secret, Gracie decides she’s had enough of lies and pledges to be completely honest to everybody she meets. For fifty days, nothing but 100% brutal honesty at all times.

But total honesty doesn’t always go down well when you’ve got a family dinner to go to, a job interview to get through and a new girlfriend to impress.

And when Gracie finally goes too far, she realises she’s going to have to think creatively if she’s going to put things right.

TRUST HER, Sphere, November 2018. (Optioned for film by Garlin Pictures.)

Charlotte is a people pleaser – she can’t help but go the extra mile. So when she stumbles upon an unconscious man one night, it’s only natural that she wants to help.

Brought into the arms of the victim’s loving family, she sees at once how much they need her. But while his parents happily welcome her into the fold, his sister is another story. It’s not just that Rebecca doesn’t like Charlotte, she clearly doesn’t trust her either.

But the more time Charlotte spends in Rebecca’s company, the more she suspects she’s the one with something to hide. And if Charlotte is to protect this family – and herself – she’ll need to do whatever she can to find out what that is . . .

YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, Hot Key Books, August 2018.

Gracie Dart has always worked hard and she’s got a wall covered with revision timetables and French verbs to prove it. But now GCSEs are behind her and she suddenly starts to think: what was the POINT of it all?
When Gracie thinks she’s dying of a disgusting tropical illness, she starts to worry she’s been wasting her best years being sensible. It’s like people say: you only live once – so isn’t it about time she started LIVING?
(OK, so the tropical illness turned out to be a fake-tan miscalculation. Anyone could make the same mistake.)

When Gracie decides to do something, she does it properly. Gracie Dart is about to live out her dreams. However embarrassing.

THE YELLOW ROOM, Hot Key Books, 28th July 2016.

When Anna receives a letter telling her that her father has died, she finds it hard to feel anything very much. She hasn’t seen him for years and can barely remember him. She certainly has no interest in meeting the person who sent the letter: her dead father’s girlfriend, Edie. Anna has her own problems to deal with, including a secret she desperately needs to keep buried.

When Leon, a creepy boy from school, begins threatening to reveal Anna’s secret, Anna’s life starts spiralling out of control. With her own mother distracted and distant she finds herself turning to the eccentric and warm Edie for support.

But what Anna doesn’t realise is that Edie has secrets of her own.

BIRDY, Hot Key Books, 2nd July 2015.

Frances Bird has been a loner for so long that she’s given up on ever finding real friendship. But then she’s asked to show a new girl around school, and she begins to think her luck could finally be changing.

Eccentric, talkative and just a little bit posh, Alberta is not at all how Frances imagined a best friend could be. But the two girls click immediately, and it’s not long before they are inseparable. Frances could not be happier.

As the weeks go on, Frances finds out more about her new best friend – her past, her secrets, her plans for the future – and she starts to examine their friendship more closely.

Is it, perhaps, just too good to be true?