It’s September, that traditional time of new stationery sets and pencil cases. And, in my case, gorgeous artwork for my new book, The Weekend Wives (to be publishe
d Spring). What the wonderful team at Hodder have done here is maintain elements of my previous covers (such as the typeface used for my name), while giving it a different feel appropriate to the content of the book. I love that they’ve made it softer, warmer and appropriately rural (it’s set in the countryside), while avoiding anything twee. This is a tricky challenge and one that has been accomplished with aplomb.

The dog on the cover is significant. There is a we-need-to-talk-about-Fido sub plot that was an attempt to exorcise my fur baby broodiness. It has not succeeded…