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Title: Beyond the Past Author:   Pam Charles ISBN:   978-1-84386-789-0 Genre : Fiction/Crime/Romance Price: £10.99 Imprint:   Vanguard Press        PRESS RELEASE Pegasus Publishers are pleased to announce the publication of Beyond the Past by Pam Charles, available today from all major book stores or direct from the publisher. The first few weeks of a new relationship should be exciting and thrilling… in a good way! For Annie and Mark everything started well but a vendetta against their happiness soon became apparent. Someone didn’t want them to be together and was determined to end this relationship, one way or another! The police become involved but as Annie and Mark both had such a public profile, due to their love of the game of rugby, with so many suspects, how will the police know who to arrest? The race is on to solve the clues and arrest the culprit befo...

My teenage years were the Thatcher years. I was from a working class family and my Dad was a public service worker. It is so unjust that people have to fight to work and fight for justice! For me, both these two are essential elements of a civilised society and yet during the 1980s neither were prevalent for hard working families. Coming from a working class background you almost felt then that you didn’t have a right to dream big.  I was ridiculed when I wanted to be a writer at fifteen. The people I thought was giving me the ‘right’ advice were actually the very people who were holding me back. Wrongly I didn’t follow my dreams back then and in all honesty, didn’t have the confidence to. Why would you? You’re told you will never match up to the privately educated elite and you would be better off getting a steady job in a world where you had to literally fight tooth and nail to earn a decent living. SO I didn’t go to University and I didn’t become a writer. I bec...

I'm a true romantic but don't believe in it being saved for one day out of the year. Having said that, this year I did have the best St Valentine's Day and I'm single!! The day started with a bundle of presents and a card from my two boys, a thank you for all that I do for them.  They melt my heart and I know I have brought them up to love and respect the women in their lives, which is such a valuable lesson for boys and one we do take for granted. On Tuesday, when I met the Lord Mayor of Wetherby I took my youngest with me. I am a strong believer in leading by example and demonstrating that hard work pays off but equally it's important for them to see the rewards that come from the hard work. He was over the moon that I had included him in a piece of my work. It just shows that little gestures go a long way. Rugbyleague. paper.li mentioned my work again this month. It is so humbling and exciting to be mentioned along side such rugby league royalty. ...

Yesterday evening I felt deeply honoured to be invited to the Town Council meeting. Lord Mayor of Wetherby, Councillor Alan Lamb took time out of a busy schedule to receive his copy of my book.  The book is set in Leeds with Wetherby Police Station as the base for DCI Fisher and DS Davies. The book is a crime romance and follows the lives of the former professional rugby league player, Mark Smith and his new love Annie Swift. In the height of his playing days, Mark Smith was a talented rugby player and the consummate professional. He was accused of raping a girl in a totally fabricated story that could have ended his career. It did end his marriage. He never found out the whole truth surrounding the allegations. Decades on, Mark is retired and works as a TV pundit. At a charity event, Annie Swift caught his eye. Slende r and radiant, she lit up the room. Their relationship begins to blossom but out of the blue, Annie and Mark start to receive malicious texts, notes and bein...

It's been a strange couple of weeks since the publication of my book. I purposely organised a number of events for the launch day so that it did not pass by as a 'normal' day. I am sure every new author will agree with me when I say it's a bit of damp squib! You build yourself up for this momentus day and, yes nothing new happens! BUT, as with everything I seem to do in my life now, I made it happen. I wasn't going to let the day pass me by. I'd worked too hard, literally shed lots of tears and was going to celebrate the day...working, doing what I love to do. Phil and Ros Caplan own Philip Howards Books Limited on Street Lane in Leeds. It is a quaint treasure trove filled with books from a wide range of genre. My particular favourites are of course to do with rugby league, expecially such legends as Eddie Waring! I presented Ros with a personal copy and received a warm welcome as anyone does when they visit the shop.Trust me if you love books and browsing, ...