Laura Madeleine

Author

  • About Laura
    • Bio
    • Press Kits
  • Books
    • An Echo of Scandal
    • The Secrets Between Us
    • Where the Wild Cherries Grow
    • The Confectioner’s Tale
    • Signed Copies
  • Lili Hayward
    • The Cat of Yule Cottage
  • Blog
  • Other Writing
  • Free Short Story
  • An Echo of Scandal Cocktail

    This unique cocktail has been created specially to accompany the launch of An Echo of Scandal. Designed to conjure up a hot summer’s night in Tangier during the heady days of 1928, with jasmine on the air, liquor on the tongue and champagne flowing. Sophisticated cognac combines with heady, floral crème de violette and the…

    lauramadeleine

    September 19, 2019
    Recipes, Travel
    absinthe, An Echo of Scandal, champagne, cocktail, cognac, drinks, laura madeleine, recipe, tangier, vermouth, vintage, vintage cocktails
  • Dandelion Syrup Cake

    This is a cake I first made earlier in the year, when spring dandelions smothered my allotment in bursts of bright yellow. They looked so beautiful and healthy (I’m very good at growing weeds) that it seemed a shame to dig them up and chuck them on the compost heap. So, I picked an entire…

    lauramadeleine

    September 2, 2019
    Recipes
    baking, cake, cake recipe, cooking, dandelion, dandelion syrup, dandelion wine, drizzle cake, flowers, foraged, ray bradbury, recipe, seasonal, syrup
  • Plum and Hazelnut Frangipane Cake

    On my allotment, there’s a huge plum tree that overhangs the fence. Every year it sags almost to the ground under the weight of all the fruit and since I can’t bear to see them rotting on the branches, I, err, tend to liberate a fair few. (It’s not scrumping if no one else cares,…

    lauramadeleine

    August 23, 2019
    Recipes
    allotment, baking, cake, cake recipe, cooking, frangipane, hazelnut, plum, recipe, seasonal
  • The Secrets Between Us: Bibliography

    Author’s Note & Bibliography (This author’s note can also be found at the back of The Secrets Between Us, but I’m posting it here too for ease of sharing links). The Secrets Between Us is a fictional work inspired by true events that took place in the Alpes-Maritimes during the summer of 1943. From February…

    lauramadeleine

    April 19, 2018
    Writing
    bibliography, France, history, Italian occupied France, jewish refugees, Research, saint-martin-vesubie, the secrets between us, world war two
  • Where the Wild Cherries Grow: US Release!

    Last week was a great one here; Where the Wild Cherries Grow was released in the US by St Martin’s Press in a beautiful hardback edition. The response from readers and bloggers so far has been wonderful; a huge thank you especially to Erika Robuck for hosting a recommendation, review and giveaway on her blog,…

    lauramadeleine

    February 19, 2018
    Writing
    book bloggers, book release, book review, books, fiction, hardback, historical fiction, laura madeleine, new book, st martin’s press, where the wild cherries grow
  • The Inspiration Behind The Secrets Between Us

    I remember the precise moment when the idea that was to become The Secrets Between Us sprang into being. I had been poring over a map, searching the border region of France and Italy (I’m fascinated by borders), when I saw a small town, high in the Alpes-Maritimes, by the name of Saint-Martin-Vésubie. The Wikipedia page…

    lauramadeleine

    January 15, 2018
    Writing
    alpes-maritimes, France, historical fiction, inspiration, italy, refugees, saint-martin-vesubie, secrets between us, ww2
  • The Secrets Between Us Blog Tour

    As part of the release of The Secrets Between Us, my wonderful publicist Hannah has put together a blog tour! Writing is a lonely business, and the first weeks of new book’s release can feel especially daunting, before you’ve quite used to the idea of other people reading your words… So I’m grateful for the…

    lauramadeleine

    January 8, 2018
    Writing
    blog tour, book bloggers, book reviewers, books, fiction, historical fiction, new release
  • The Secrets Between Us: OUT NOW!

    My new novel, The Secrets Between Us, is out NOW in ebook format, and the rest of January you can grab it for only £0.99p! (On Kindle and Kobo at least). That’s six months of my life, a lot of swearing, many glasses of wine, a trip to the Alpes-Maritimes, not much sleep, a lot…

    lauramadeleine

    January 8, 2018
    Writing
    1943, author, book release, books, historical fiction, laura madeleine, new book, publication, the secrets between us
  • Recipe: Winter Spice Madeleines

    Madeleines have got to be one of my favourite things to bake (and no, of course I’m not biased!) They’re sweet, petite, take only a few ingredients, a fraction of the baking time of a larger cake, and bring so much happiness. The last batch I baked disappeared alongside a pot of tea in around…

    lauramadeleine

    December 14, 2017
    Recipes
    baking, cakes, food, French, madeleines, Proust, recipe, spices, winter
  • Cover Reveal: The Secrets Between Us

    It seems like yesterday that I was going through the page proofs for my new novel with a red pen, thinking “well, I’ll have a few months at least to get used to the idea of this being a real book”. But then, a surprise came through from my publisher: it wouldn’t be months to…

    lauramadeleine

    December 13, 2017
    Writing
    book bloggers, book cover, book release, books, cover reveal, ebook, netgalley, novel, publication, Writing
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