Her own life story, along with varied career choices helps Lynda to create stories of romantic suspense, with challenging and unpredictable plots, along with (as in all romances) very happy endings.
Lynda joined the Romantic Novelist Association in 2014 under the umbrella of the New Writers Scheme and in 2015, her debut novel House of Secrets won the Choc Lit & Whole Story Audiobooks Search for a Star competition.
She lives in a small rural hamlet near Doncaster, with her husband, Haydn, whom she’s been happily married to for over 20 years.
Can you tell us a little bit about your debut novel House of Secrets?
House of Secrets is just that, it’s all about a house with shocking secrets.
Desperation leads Maddie to the hotel owned by her estranged father – the extraordinarily beautiful Wrea Head Hall in Yorkshire. There, she meets Christopher ‘Bandit’ Lawless, an ex-marine and the gamekeeper of the hall, whose brusque manner conceals a painful past.
After discovering a diary belonging to a previous owner, Maddie and Bandit find themselves immersed in the history of the old house, uncovering its secrets, scandals, tragedies – and, all the while, becoming closer.
But Liam still won’t let go, he wants Maddie back, and when Liam wants something he gets it, no matter who he hurts …
Is Wrea Head Hall that is featured in your story based on/inspired by a real location?
Yes it is, Wrea Head Hall really does exist. It’s a country house hotel in Scarborough.
What inspired you to include the discovery of an old diary as part of the storyline?
I needed a way to bring Emily Ennis into the story and I felt that a diary would do that, as well as being a tool to bring Madeleine and Bandit together. They are both there when it’s found and Bandit has his own reasons for being interested in the history of the hall.
