Last year when I was in hospital after paralysing muscle spasms in my back, some of the ward staff learnt that I was a writer and asked for a story. Well, it took ages to write, and even more ages to get edited, amended, etc. It’s only a novella, but it was tailored for them. Stockport, where it’s set, is our home town, and the heroine works at the hospital where I was cared for.

I’ve put it on Amazon as a Kindle book but unfortunately Amazon don’t let you list it as free. I used the lowest price possible, but obviously didn’t want my carers to have to pay for their story so I’ve also put it here, on my website, where anyone can download and read it.

The story is set in my local world but Alex, the nurse, finds a magical world beyond a local well. She also finds a murder mystery and a slow burn romance.

Wells, in this part of the country, are usually springs, and have been regarded as special and perhaps sacred, for centuries. There’s a custom of decorating them with pictures made of flower petals, and the cover illustration shows an actual well dressing at the well Alex visits.