Not only is the beautiful hardback of Where the Light Gets In now in the shops, the outdoor advertising posters are up! There is NOTHING more incredible than being on a train pulling into a station and seeing a poster for your own book. It brought tears to my eyes. Would you look at this…

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Isn’t it amazing? Then my best friend texted me another to prove she’d spotted one on her way home via Victoria station… If you’ve seen a gorgeous poster on your travels, please send me a pic – I would love to see them.

The finished hardback is also pretty beyond my wildest dreams: gold daschsies in the endpapers, lovely matt blue dustjacket and glittering foil butterflies – it’s a lovely thing to hold.  It was published on Thursday last week and is already flying off the shelves: bargain hunters, please note that it’s currently just £5 in Tesco and ASDA, and half price in WH Smiths – about the same price as a coffee and a muffin, and cheaper than a paperback! To whet your appetite, here is the prologue, in which Lorna the heroine says goodbye to someone who’ll change her life, and meets a new friend whose life she will change beyond all recognition…

The Opening Pages…