Their Secret Royal Baby

February 2017 - Moonlight wins Best Picture at the 89th Academy Awards following an embarrassing gaffe involving Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway and La La Land - Jimmy Kimmel hosted, Queen Elizabeth celebrated her Sapphire Jubilee, becoming the first reigning monarch to reach the 65-year milestone and although it was released a month earlier, Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ remains at the number one spot on the music charts and will become the best selling single for 2017 and Carol Marinelli released ‘Their Secret Royal Baby’…

Happy September!

Here in Australia it is Spring and the sun is starting to shine. We are in lockdown here in Melbourne and I am thinking of all of you coping with this new world. I shall just keep doing what I do and writing my stories – it’s a nice escape and I hope reading them gives you a little break too.

I have my latest book Italy’s Most Scandalous Virgin out now, but am going to look back on one from my backlist and it’s a story that gave me all the feels <3

THEIR SECRET ROYAL BABY

I always have ideas for books percolating in the background, but in the case of Their Secret Royal Baby I had the opening scene in my mind for ages.

I mean, years!

A doctor is asleep in the on-call room and woken to come and take care of an emergency delivery. The twist in my mind was that as he walked into the cubicle the patient was someone he had slept with and the baby was his!!!

Oh, I could see it! I just could not work out the how and why and when….

Anyway, I finally knew I had to get this story down on paper (or rather my computer) and Beth and Elias came to life on the page.

They had a lot to contend with – Elias was a secret prince, pursuing his passion for medicine in London, and Beth was a daughter of the manse with strict Scottish parents!

I adored their love story and how they overcame all their obstacles and I hope if you read it that you fall in love with them too. 

Take care and happy reading

Cxxxx