“In The Oath, Osborne skilfully transports readers back to late 19th century France and England. Seventeen-year-old Francoise leaves everything she’s ever known to fulfil an oath made by her parents, eventually finding true friendship and hope in an unlikely place. A coming-of-age story with well-rounded characters (I love Tilly!), authentic description and a great plot with many twists and turns. A real page-turner for anyone who enjoys historical romance at its best. Loyalty, love, loss and friendship. You’ll need tissues!”
The Oath takes the reader on an emotional rollercoaster with its captivating story set in the late Victorian era. Although heartbreaking, it is also uplifting, both of which may cause the reader to shed a tear or two.
From tomorrow, Wednesday 27th November 2024, The Oath is on an Amazon Kindle Countdown Deal at 99p/99c for one week only. If you’ve not read this emotional roller coaster check out more HERE
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December 6th 2024 sees the launch of Book 2, The Woodhaerst Reunion, of the Woodhaerst trilogy
Review from an advanced reader
“Just finished The Woodhaerst Reunion. Really enjoyed it Tricia – what a roller coaster! Looking forward to the third book!”
Returning as a journalist, is Rachel about to feature in her own story?
Preorders available now on Kindle HERE
Although all books act as standalones the reading emperience will be enriched if read in the correct order. Therefore, if you’ve not read Book 1, The Woodhaerst Triangle, you may like to take a look at that first.
In 1971, 18-year-old Rachel is on the cusp of independence — but when she accidentally learns that she’s adopted, her world is turned upside down. Peggy Davies has always mourned her first child, and when Rachel finds her, she thinks her prayers have been answered. But sometimes even blessings don’t go as planned… A heart-wrenching, twisty story of courage, hope, and love.
What readers say about The Woodhaerst Triangle
“This book took me back to my youth. It is a beautifully written story by Ms Osborne which many will empathise with, of an eternal triangle but not solely of the romantic kind...”
“Loved all the little details evoking memories from my youth – clothes, cars, interiors, Woolworth’s….So pleased this is a three-parter which means there are two more books still to enjoy in this series. “
“If you enjoy reading books about interesting characters and their joys and dilemmas then you will love this book.”
“Great characters and storyline.”
See reviews and find out about The Woodhaerst Triangle HERE
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Finally, I have a new poetry pamphlet coming out with The Hedgehog Poetry Press very shortly. Watch out for the cover reveal and how to order your copy – All proceeds from these signed limited edition copies will be donated to Cancer Research UK. Copies purchased via Amazon will NOT go to the charity.
What Advanced Reviewers Say
“Patricia M Osborne’s new collection is deeply meditative, page after page of soothing poems that calm the spirit. Be inspired by the yew, the silver birch and the ancient oak. Find tranquility as you listen to the lullaby of waves at the shoreline. Be hopeful as you breathe in the scents of heather, rose and cinnamon. A prayer to the natural world, a copy should be at every bedside.” Maureen Cullen – Novelist, Award winning short story writer and Poet.
“Nature’s Bookends is a hymn to our environment. In deceptively artless poems, in which form and meaning are in perfect harmony, Patricia M Osborne evokes the spectacle of nature, capturing its sensory delights that have the capacity both to excite the observer and to bring comfort to the troubled. At a time of climate emergency, this is a collection that provides an engaging balance to the media’s panic-inducing portrayal of nature as violent and destructive. This is nature in all its benign glory, offering the reader an alternative compelling reason for ensuring we do everything possible to preserve it.” – Nigel Kent / Poet and Reviewer.
“Encased between dawn’s mandarin sky and a beetroot-coated dusk, Nature’s Bookends is a poetic whirling dervish, a cornucopia of nature’s creativity and chaos penned against the nature of humanity itself and its forgetfulness of what it is to simply rise, fall and be at one with the breeze. In this plenteous offering, Osborne roots us in the soil so as to witness the force of nature in place of the fight of the Earth’s weary inhabitants. This remarkable collection, mindful of the ground, invites the reader to sink into warm sand and be reborn.” – Damien B Donnelly Poet, Editor and Podcast Producer
“Nature’s Bookends reads like a well-played day of raga music that opens with sunrise. Poet Patricia M Osborne’s intimate collection guides us into a recognition of our place in grander scheme of the world’s natural order. We’re encouraged to breathe along with her, take in the colours and views; let them hold us as we are meant to be held, with awe and care.
She suggests we be “mindful of the ground” where we stand. Listen wholeheartedly to the music we hear, manmade or not, and let it “sing in unison/with the beat of my heart.”
As the 18-poem body of work reveals, just as ragas do the melodic moods of day, the contemplative observations include an afternoon beneath a majestic canopy of trees and the midday splash of rain puddles. Coming full circle, as bookends, the start of day begins with:
“the morning show./A ball of fire rises,/strikes docile waves,/amber rollers form.” and closes with: “a bloodshot sphere/sinks into the sea,/turns the sky beetroot,/purpling the waves.”
The treasures in Nature’s Bookends are plenty, and also beautifully written. More importantly, easy to understand, because they’re our treasures too.” – Karen Pierce Gonzaez – Poet.
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