Spotlight on Nicola Blackwell
Spotlight on Nicola Blackwell
It’s a challenge for me as an author with a new pen name to gain visibility so I’m grateful to several talented and respected authors – some I know personally; some I don’t know at all – who provided wonderful early reviews of An Ordinary House.
As a thank you to them for taking time out of their busy schedules to read and write about my book, I’m featuring each author on my blog with a spotlight on their work.
Nicola Blackwell is the author of the much anticipated The Midsummer Girls, due out 1st March 2027.
This is the story of an obsessive young woman who tracks a charming killer to a sinister island to avenge her murdered sister. I can’t wait to read this one.
The UK cover and blurb aren’t available yet, but to give you an idea, I’ve grabbed the German cover and translated the blurb*:
The Midsummer Girls
On this midsummer night the hunter becomes the hunted.
Every year at midsummer the fabulously wealthy and charismatic Alexander Dormer invites a young woman to his private island. She never returns home. This year Tara is his chosen companion. But Tara is different from the other young woman that Alexander has so far brought along. Tara is following a plan.
Twelve years ago, Shannon disappeared without a trace. Grief destroyed her family. But now her sister has received a clue to where Shannon was last seen. The trail leads her to an island with bleak cliffs, a giant standing stone and a disturbing secret.
*Since I prepared this post, the US cover and blurb have been released:
The Midsummer Girls
This Midsummer, the hunter becomes the hunted.
Every Midsummer, the spectacularly wealthy and charismatic investor Alexander Dormer brings a naive young girl to his private island. She never makes it home. This year, Alissa is his chosen companion—but Alissa is no ordinary guest.
Twelve years ago, Alissa's sister vanished, and Alissa's finally traced her disappearance to Dormer. The plan? Secure evidence that her sister’s former paramour is a cold-blooded serial killer.
But Dormer’s sinister island hides secrets more twisted than Alissa could ever imagine, and as the sun sets on Midsummer’s eve, dark forces will stop at nothing to keep them buried—and Alissa along with them.
As Nicola Mostyn, Nicola has also written:
The Gods of Love which was nominated for The Writers’ Guild Best First Novel Award. Bridget Jones by way of Neil Gaiman, this uplifting and laugh-out-loud story will change the way you look at love - and humanity - for ever.
The sequel is The Love Delusion. Love is . . . a myth?That's the belief of Frida McKenzie, devoted member of The Love Delusion movement, determined to cure humans of our ridiculous obsession with love. But there's something she's forgotten...
Nicola lives in Manchester and has worked as an arts journalist, bookseller and manuscript editor. Mythology and folklore often inspire her writing.
You can find her at:
Instagram @nicolablackwellauthor
Substack @nicolablackwell, where she writes the Lost in Folklore Substack.
Nicola had this to say about An Ordinary House:
“I raced through An Ordinary House, compelled by this darkly powerful story. A tense, utterly gripping and unforgettable novel of survival in the face of unthinkable cruelty and the complex nature of resilience and revenge. One for fans of Room by Emma Donoghue and Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent.”
She also wrote a longer review on GoodReads.