Böcker av Debbie Chase

"I Wasn't There" is a selection of poems touching on death, teenage crushes, fairy stories, family, and love. Written with love for you to read with love!"I don't know why but I run outside and stand in the garden, shivering, my face turned to the milky sky, arms clenched rigidly around my body, for the air is freezing now and the snow falling thicker and faster and I worry that Becky is cold ... she won't be cold will she? Mum will keep her warm ... and Dad, and Dave, and Lily my mother-in-law. She should have a scarf, a warm coat, gloves, a hat ... I didn't think of that at the time. I wish that she was at home, cosy, sitting on the fluffy orange rug in front of the fire, and not in a box with a nailed lid, that lies down a deep dark hole in the earth. My heart pounds with terror."(Extract from "You to Me Are Everything" - a novel by Debbie Chase)

When Maggie Sears, alone after the death of her beloved husband and in a rut, meets old flame Stephen Gates in her workplace, Bloomers the bakers, Maggie's situation seems to be on an upswing. Unfortunately, a meeting with Stephen's grown up children Vanessa and Jake change all that and her circumstances take a decided turn for the worse, then Mum becomes ill and Maggie hits rock bottom. Out of the blue a new job opportunity in the local school appears only to be spoiled by curvaceous co-worker, the evil Stella Atkins. With the support of Stephen's daughter-in-law Lauren, Maggie's sister, Lynette, and, surprisingly, a new found friendship with local Town Clerk, Kath Emmerson, can Maggie overcome what seems like insurmountable problems to gain her heart's desire?

When Teddy turns up at the Jones' place in scenic Old Byland he realises that he's landed just where he wants to be, "upright and on his paws!" Then he meets the beautiful Gracie and his whole world changes! Follow the adventures of Teddy and Gracie and their crazy Willow Tree Friends, Clyde, Kit Kat, and Jasmine. How do they overcome their addiction to the tasty Droolies? Who is the mysterious Farmer Jack who lives way out yonder? What stories have Clyde and Kit Kat to share? And just who are Maisie Moo and Melissa? Also featuring our canine friends, Rolo, Barbie and Smartie, from bestselling book "The Confessions of a Pet Sitter (from a Pet's Point of View)." "I get all the love, attention, petting, stroking and, most importantly, freedom, that a cat could possibly need but, when it came down to it, even that didn't stop me from going off the rails ... I don't know what could have helped me in the end." (Quote from Teddy - 2015)