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Thank you for following my posts. My website, FionaValpy.com is currently being given a spring re-vamp and from next week it will be brought up to date with a beautiful new design. As part of the launch, we are asking anyone who wishes to continue to receive automatic updates via email to be so kind as to sign up again on the new site. If you don’t re-subscribe, you will no longer receive these emails as our old mailing list will not be transferred to the new website.

I hope to see you over at the new site in a few days’ time, where we will be bringing you news of my next book – The Dressmaker’s Gift – and revealing its gorgeous cover.

With thanks, as ever, for all your support.

Best wishes, Fiona

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I’m delighted to announce that my next book – The Dressmaker’s Gift – is due for publication later this year.

Street sign, Paris

Telling the story of Mireille, sister of Eliane in The Beekeeper’s Promise, The Dressmaker’s Gift follows the lives of three seamstresses working in a couture house in Paris during World War 2.

Parisian rooftops

I’ll be posting more details nearer the time, and revealing the cover soon. But for those who want to be first off the mark, it’s available to pre-order now

Today is publication day for my latest novel, THE BEEKEEPER’S PROMISE. Anyone who read and enjoyed The French for Always will recognise Chateau Bellevue and some of the characters. And for those of you who asked me to tell Eliane’s story during the war years, here it is…

Heartbroken and hoping for a new start, Abi Howes takes a summer job in rural France at the Château Bellevue. The old château echoes with voices from the past, and soon Abi finds herself drawn to one remarkable woman’s story, a story that could change the course of her summer—and her life.

In 1938, Eliane Martin tends beehives in the garden of the beautiful Château Bellevue. In its shadow she meets Mathieu Dubosq and falls in love for the first time, daring to hope that a happy future awaits. But France’s eastern border is darkening under the clouds of war, and history has other plans for Eliane…

When she is separated from Mathieu in the chaos of German occupation, Eliane makes the dangerous decision to join the Resistance and fight for France’s liberty. But with no end to the war in sight, her loyalty to Mathieu is severely tested.

From the bestselling author of Sea of Memories comes the story of two remarkable women, generations apart, who must use adversity to their advantage and find the resilience deep within.

Buy THE BEEKEEPER’S PROMISE on Amazon:

The Beekeeper’s Promise on Amazon.co.uk

The Beekeeper’s Promise on Amazon.com

1st March is publication day for Sea of Memories.

Thank you to all those who have already posted reviews, making it a 5-star rated bestseller.

View on Amazon.co.uk

View on Amazon.com

I’m delighted to say that my next book, Sea of Memories, will be published on 1st March 2018. You can find out more on Amazon:

View and pre-order on Amazon.co.uk

View and pre-order on Amazon.com

I’m delighted to announce that I’ve signed a two-book contract with Amazon Publishing. Look out for more news soon…

The Czech edition of ‘The French for Christmas’ has been launched in Prague this week, with posters on the underground and a beautiful promotional trailer.

To help get you in a festive mood, take a look at the trailer here… The spirit of Christmas transcends any language barriers. Veselé Vánoce!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykoMFpZTXBo&authuser=0

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As many of you know, I have pledged to donate 10% of the royalties I receive from sales of The French for Christmas to the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres… those of you who have read the book will understand why!

I’m delighted to say that, thanks to everyone who’s supported the book, I’ve just made another donation of £150 today. A heart-felt “merci beaucoup” to everyone who’s made this possible.

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MSF staff continue to carry out their courageous and life-saving work in South Sudan, despite the deaths of two of their colleagues there in the past week. Everyone who has bought a copy of The French for Christmas has helped to support their efforts… I am pleased to write that I have just made a further donation of £150 to the organisation, as pledged from the royalties of sales of the book. Thanks to you all.

Find out more about MSF here: www.msf.org.uk

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A huge thank you to everyone who has bought a copy of ‘The French for Christmas’. In doing so, you have helped support the charity Médécins Sans Frontières, who do such incredibly courageous and important work around the world. I’ve pledged to donate 10% of the royalties I receive from sales of the book to them and have just made the first donation of £150.

You can find out more about MSF – who they are and what they do – via their websites: www.msf.org and www.msf.org.uk.

Merci beaucoup MSF – and everyone who has helped support them.

Fiona xx

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