Life gets messy, so I write epic space opera, lightly spiced rom-coms, and upbeat self-help guides. By putting my characters through hell, I don't have to go there.
It's surprisingly effective!
The latest from
Cat's Corner
The Krystal Planets series is launching!Forging Ties, Book 1, begins serialising on Substack in May — one chapter every Thursday, free to read. No catch, no paywall, just show up.It's space opera with found family, redemption, morally grey characters, and a goddess who very much needs to learn her lesson.
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About Cat
I've never been very good at staying in one place — geographically or creatively.I'm British, but life has taken me from the historic dockyards of Portsmouth (where I spent years marketing aboard vessels like HMS Victory and the Mary Rose) to the international stage of neural technology, to raising my children while criss-crossing Europe, and eventually to splitting my time between England, Spain and Germany. Along the way I picked up fluent Spanish and German, acceptable French, and an unshakeable belief that the best things in life are usually found just past the point where you thought about turning back.That philosophy is baked into everything I write.My fiction started where my reading heart lives, in clean, lightly-spiced rom-coms and character-led science fiction fantasy. Think warm, witty, and unapologetically escapist. If my characters have an easy ride, I'm not doing my job properly.The self-help came later, born out of necessity rather than expertise. After years of navigating life's more turbulent patches, I developed a system — The Inner Imps — to help me manage my own self-talk. It worked well enough that I thought it might be useful to someone else. Turns out, we're all dealing with the same cast of characters living rent-free in our heads.So: space opera, rom-coms, and a practical guide to the voices in your skull. No single genre, no tidy box, no apologies.If you're the sort of person who likes to colour outside the lines, you're in the right place.Cat is currently based across England, Spain and Germany. When not writing, she is almost certainly planning her next trip, wrangling a foreign language with great enthusiasm, or arguing with her inner imps.
My Books
All the titles, all the genres, all in one place. Take your pick.
Space Opera
The Krystal Planets Series
A brand new, 4 book space opera series, launching May 2026
Avatar meets Battlestar Galactica — with a galactic deity who needs a lesson in having faith.Across the galaxy, ancient planet guardians have shaped civilisations for millennia — and Ma d'Kara, guardian of the living world d'Kara, has shaped hers with an iron will and zero trust. But while she created her d'Karian people, she does not need them.Until she does.When Ma d'Kara finds herself outmanoeuvred by a sibling, she needs a champion — and Oaken is the one she chooses. He will give everything for her. He will forge ties with the human remnants of another guardian's broken world for her. And slowly, painfully, he will teach her something she never knew she needed.A four-book space opera about power, sacrifice, and one man's soul whose journey across centuries changes everything — including a deity.Have faith. Everything will be as it should.
- Coming May 2026 -
When an ancient galactic deity steals the future Oaken has fought for since his Twelfth Rite and hurls him across the galaxy on a mission he never asked for, he arrives among the last human survivors of a dead planet with a simple plan: forge the alliance, get out, go home.But Space City has a way of getting under your skin. So do its people.Caught between his planet guardian's agenda and the pull of a found family he never intended to care about, Oaken faces a choice that could force him to become the very thing he's spent his adult life running from. Because if his mission fails, two civilisations don't survive.Forging Ties is a space opera about sacrifice, found family, and what it truly means to be a hero.
Forging Ties is being serialised on Substack, one chapter every Thursday from 30th April 2026. Free to read. No catch.
Forging Ties
Reluctant Allies
Blayzing Skies
Broken Wing
Books 2–4 Coming 2026/27
Lightly Spiced Rom-Com
- Coming 2026 -
The Perfect Plan
Book one in the upcoming
'Perfect Plan' Rom-Com Series
Dangerous Games
Following a string of disastrous relationships, Sophie’s cup of cool, crisp French wine now runneth over (well almost!). Living in the South of France, she works at the sumptuous Chateau Rochedumont - which would put Cinderella’s castle to shame - and shares an apartment with her outrageous best friend Giselle - who is helping her live life with the famous French joie de vivre!
But, as is its want in many a fairy tale, a fly nose-dives into Sophie’s wine glass in the shape of the Chateau’s owner, Luc Dumont.
When Sophie finds out she’s playing centre-role in Luc’s master plan to avoid simple-minded socialites and femme fatales her fur is most definitely ruffled and Luc ends up with more scratches than he’d bargained for.
Attitude in Action
The Inner Imp Thinking series is a collection of practical, no-nonsense, self-help guides built around one simple idea:
your self-talk is running your life, whether you realise it or not.
Meet Your Inner Imps is the first book in the series and introduces you to the full cast of characters living rent-free in your head. Whether it's
— the Hellions holding you back, or
— the Heroes failing to spur you on
it helps you work out who's pulling their weight for team you and who's in need of a serious talking to.
Meet Your Inner Imps was originally published under the CANDo Life Skills banner, and is currently being revised and updated to reflect advances in society's awareness of mental health issues, with a fresh second edition due for release later this year.
Master your Self Discipline is the second book in the series due for revision and release in the Autumn 2026, and will be quickly followed by a collection of individual Inner Imp titles, each diving deeper into everyday issues that many of us struggle with as we go through daily life.
Whether your goal is to whip Self-Discipline into shape or haul Laziness off the couch, there'll soon be a book with your name on it containing practical tips and habits you can follow to master your self-talk.
Watch this space, and sign up to the newsletter below so you don't miss a launch.
Alternatively, I publish regular posts on how my inner imps support or sabotage my life over on my Substack.
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