Last week, I was alarmed & disgusted to learn there was going to be a gathering of pedophiles in Vermont: "MAP Camp 2024," a "first of its kind" event. This week, their website is down & they're scrambling for cover. As they should be.

A Deadly Inheritance is flying off the e-shelves at the bargain price of 99p. So, if you've read the first in the series, why not try the second, Deadly Treasures? amzn.to/3GVXGW7 - book 1 amzn.eu/d/0cVA2UGL- book 2 #TuesNews Romantic Novelists' Association

BREAKING NEWS; A Disgusting Shoplifter today in Faversham Kent; ejected from shop which she’s left in Chaos attacks & Spits at shop staff as police called; this type of crime is happening all over >UK; A crackdown on such? There ‘Won’t’ be a Crackdown👇🙄

Last year Kier Starmer earned £400k yet paid just 25% in tax. The Tax rate for British citizens on this amount of income is 44% 👀

Lives are getting shorter, and medicine is to blame conservativewoman.co.uk/lives-are-gett… via @theconwom

FIREFLIES AND CHOCOLATE was inspired by the 600 young people who were kidnapped from Aberdeen during the 1740s and sold into indentured servitude in the American Colonies. #HistoricalFiction allauthor.com/amazon/70039/

A wonderful tale of adventure, history, romance, a sea crossing, and CHOCOLATE! #BookTwitter #bookworm #read

Today’s book recommendation is Birds of the Storm by Mary Lay

More Lakeside rambling

My review on Goodreads of Let's Pretend We're in Love by proper writer (certainly not 'would be'!!) Catherine Morrison Catherine Morrison, Author goodreads.com/review/show/68…

#indieauthors what has been your most successful marketing attempt?

It's as far from being about saving the planet as it's possible to be. Greed not green.

It is 1880 when Annie's father dies and she is caught stealing vegetables to feed her family; will she be jailed or worse? A heart-warming family saga. mybook.to/TheMazzardTree #kindleunlimited #amreading #historicalromance

The Hartford Manor Series - a captivating family saga set in Victorian Devon. Guaranteed to keep you turning the pages. mybook.to/Betsey viewauthor.at/MarciaClayton #romanceseries #strictlysagagirls #indiebooksbeseen

From my happy photos. New door.

Hop picking in Kent during the 1950s, when families would flock to the fields for weeks, turning labour into a rustic holiday. Children would play amidst the vines while adults worked, the air full of the scent of fresh hops, all under the golden autumn sun.

#ShamelessSelfPromoThursday #BooksWorthReading #readingforpleasure All my books are available as Kindle, Paperback and Free to Read on #KindleUnlimited amazon.co.uk/stores/Carolin…

Why not treat yourself to a tale packed with unsung heroes, danger, mystery, and atonement? bookgoodies.com/a/B0CLHSHYB9

Today’s book recommendation is actually a series, the 4 1/2 books of the Project Renova series by Terry Tyler. Just don’t start them unless you have time to read the lot. You won’t want to put them down!

St Nicolas Church north Stoneham