Jane Holland Books in Order

Jane Holland’s debut poetry collection combines lyric writing, longer narratives, and an interest in identity and competitive snooker. The poems explore experience from a woman’s perspective while questioning the expectations attached to being labeled a woman poet.

When Zoë begins beating men at snooker, her talent encounters hostility instead of welcome. Coaching from an outsider helps her advance, but a ban, strained finances, family responsibilities, and competitive rivals complicate her efforts to build a place in the game.

These poems explore women’s lives through motherhood, desire, grief and myth, moving between contemporary Britain and its imagined past. A sequence voiced by Boudicca examines betrayal, rebellion and revenge as a mother becomes a warrior queen.

A woman and her dog travel through nighttime motorways, truck stops and lay-bys in this collection’s central road narrative. Other poems explore isolation, depression, loss and relationships, connecting personal journeys with folklore and environmental concerns.

Poems written during Jane Holland’s Warwick laureateship explore the castle and the people who lived and worked there. Other pieces consider a railway station’s renovation and Leamington’s unusual connection with elephants, linking local landmarks to their histories.

Jane Holland gathers new poems alongside selections from her earlier collections, tracing recurring interests in myth, women’s experience and the power of narrative. The volume includes material from her Boudicca sequence and previously unpublished longer poetic projects.

Jane Holland draws on her experience publishing commercial fiction to discuss developing a writing career. Expanded from her writing blog, the guide combines practical advice on novels and publishing with anecdotes and contributions from other working authors.

Julia is drawn into the dangerous desires of Owen Marshall, but the relationship demands more submission than she wants to give. Stranded in the remote landscape he loves, she must decide whether she can protect herself without surrendering her independence.

Eleanor Blackwood discovers a body where her mother was murdered eighteen years earlier, but police find no trace of it. As further evidence appears, she fears the numbered messages are counting down toward another victim, possibly herself.

Keely is a young woman carrying dangerous secrets in 1990s Newcastle. Caught in the aftermath of a broken home and a powerful abuser, she struggles to find someone she can trust as the chance of escape narrows.

Hoping to restore their marriage, Lawrence takes Juliet to visit his father on the Isle of Man in 1978. The island’s strange atmosphere gives way to mystery when a child named Miranda disappears, disturbing the family’s fragile hopes.

Adopted by the Green family after separation from his sister, beagle Bertie discovers his new home is divided by grief. As Christmas approaches, he tries to reunite with Molly and help the people who have taken him in.

Four people facing upheaval meet through a colouring book club in seaside Cornwall. Pregnancy, serious illness, grief, and hopes of another chance at love bring different pressures, while their shared activity offers the possibility of friendship and change.

Caitlin travels to the French Riviera after her cousin Emily drowns and stays with an aunt whose memories are failing. A rekindled attraction and troubling family secrets leave her questioning whether Emily’s death was really an accident.

During a wedding-anniversary celebration, Meghan Smith’s medically vulnerable baby vanishes from his cot. As police questions and public scrutiny tear apart her familiar world, Meghan begins to doubt her husband, her friends and even her own judgment.

New to society, Sabine Leadbetter pursues the charming Edward while dismissing his more reserved brother Dominic, Earl of Hendon. Dominic worries about Edward’s conduct even as he falls for Sabine, and a crisis tests which brother she can trust.

Preparing to marry, Catherine receives a disturbing package tied to the cruel sister she believes died in childhood. More threatening messages follow, forcing her to question who is tormenting her and whether her buried past is truly over.

After losing her boyfriend, Hannah moves into an inherited house in a Cornish town, hoping to retreat from the world. But Raphael Tregar believes the property belongs to him, and their conflict begins to unsettle her lonely plans.

Jennifer seeks solitude in a Cornish cottage after heartbreak, only to become involved with her landlord Alex and his troubled family. Both carry painful experiences, and their growing connection challenges the ways they have hidden from the world.

Five years after surviving the Paris crash that killed her sister, Sasha returns for a charity concert. An unsettling encounter and the feeling of being watched make her question whether Lisette’s death was accidental and whether she is now in danger.

Former SAS officer Aubrey Savage searches for his late wife’s missing brother, a disavowed intelligence agent. A chance encounter with a fleeing bride leaves him holding a familiar weapon and draws him into a dangerous web of corruption.

After her mother’s suicide, Charlotte returns to caring for her ill father in the unsettling family home. Dead bees, strange buzzing and the feeling of being watched make her question her sanity, until an old photograph suggests another explanation.

This practical workbook supports writers attempting to complete a novel in a month. Planning tools, daily progress tracking and writing exercises sit alongside guidance on editing, synopses, pitching and submitting a finished manuscript to agents and publishers.

Practical prompts and exercises help poets begin new work and revisit unfinished drafts. Jane Holland addresses common barriers to writing, offering approaches to generating ideas and redrafting, with room for notes and the development of poems on the page.

Jane Holland offers romance writers prompts, timed writing exercises, and advice on plotting and publishing. Designed as a working notebook, the book provides space for rough drafts and encourages writers at different stages to overcome hesitation and develop new material.

Writing prompts, timed exercises, and lists of thriller-related words help writers generate ideas and start drafting. Jane Holland combines practical advice on writing and publishing with a workbook format intended to support plotting and overcome common creative obstacles.

Astrologer Stella Penhaligon fears a volatile client is in mortal danger, then learns he has vanished and another client is dead. With her usual police ally away, she must choose whether to risk herself uncovering what happened.

Detective Jack Church asks astrologer Stella Penhaligon to help investigate a series of gruesome murders. Already doubting her abilities, she discovers an obscure astrological clue that may identify the killer, but pursuing it could put her in danger.

When her estranged father is identified as a murder victim, Stella Penhaligon uses astrology to search for his remains and killer. Detective Jack Church distrusts her methods, while discoveries about the dead vicar threaten everything she believed about him.

Jane Holland guides writers through plotting, drafting, and promoting commercial fiction. Advice on structure, pacing, scenes, characters, and narrative voice sits alongside practical discussion of publishing careers, social media, selling books, and managing work under multiple pen names.

Working full time while raising a young child and caring for her mother with dementia, a woman welcomes replacement carer Ruby. Her relief turns to suspicion when bruises appear on her mother’s arm without a convincing explanation.

In 1963, Eleanor escapes an abusive father by posing as a poet’s wife at a secretive Cornish manor. Decades later, researcher Taylor investigates his legacy, finding that family loyalties and unresolved history still shape the house and its inhabitants.

Twins Paul and Melanie are taken into a Fae realm where women rule and discover their connection to a god of death. Separated by rival factions, they confront an ancient conflict threatening both their new world and humanity.

A silver ring links a wartime survivor of a family poisoning to a modern violinist investigating her grandmother’s past. As Stella follows the clues to Cornwall, an inheritance claim awakens old secrets and draws dangerous attention to her search.

To retain his family estate, billionaire Devil proposes a marriage without intimacy to Candide, who has retreated to an Alpine convent. Their arrangement offers her new possibilities, but attraction and a disturbing secret threaten the boundaries protecting them both.

Schoolteacher Maeve’s orderly visit to Paris unravels when helping a distressed stranger leaves her without a passport. Drawn into the chaotic Remy family and an artist’s portrait sessions, she faces a buried secret and an unexpected chance at love.

After finding her date murdered, Melanie flees with her son to avoid losing him. An anonymous helper arranges a new identity and a Devon safe house, but hostile villagers and its unsettling familiarity make her question the sanctuary she accepted.

Astrologer Stella Penhaligon and her friend Luke become suspects when a dignitary is murdered at his occult shop’s opening. Shut out of the investigation and distanced by her detective boyfriend, Stella turns to astrology to establish their innocence.

Busy midwife Caroline wants freedom rather than romance, but helping her sister settle in Cornwall repeatedly brings her together with an elusive former soldier. When a hidden family secret emerges, she must reconsider her relationships before Christmas arrives.