Using examples from her own and others work, Saunders explains how to use pace, suspense, twists, turns and cliffhangers to captivate the reader. She shares the secrets of her success and reveals the secrets which will hook a publisher and readers too!

Clear, professional and well structured.

By Thei Zervaki
author of Globalize, Localize, Translate

Being relatively new to writing I had little idea of where to start. This book was fantastic, not just for plots but for writing in general. Jean Saunders knows her craft and knows it well. Having so many published works this is definitely by someone who can and does write for a living. Definitely a must and all in a very easy read as well.

Good stuff for the writer who has been through a lot of How To books and is ready for some commonsense advice. It's a little simplistic in places, but so what? When you're wrangling with PLOT things, you need something specific. This is it.

The passion between Katrina and Jamie was so strong they could barely wait to be married. But then Bonnie Prince Charles landed on the Scottish coast, and the Highland clans, including Jamie, rose up to fight his claim to the throne.

Katrina was bereft - until Jamie came for her in the night and they were married secertly. Now this innocent lass would follow her husband in a magnificent adventure that would ultimately earn her the name Scarlet Rebel.

I liked the title and the back cover blurb so I thought, yes, I'll read this book, it should be good. Well IT IS NOT GOOD!

It is one of the most badly written romance novels I have ever had the misfortune to pay good money for, and I persevered right through to the end to make sure I got my money's worth.

Truth to tell, the book improves about 2 thirds of the way through, but most normal people would have given up well before then.

I would recommend the author to read a lot of current romance novels so that she realises that her characterisations are very lack lustre and wooden, and her writing of the dialogue of the children in the book is terrible, completely unrealistic.

The main characters have no tension between them - romantic or sexual - and the reasons they get together at all are glossed over.

I cannot understand any editor allowing something of this poor quality to be published - when you compare this to your average Mills & Boon, most of those novels are much better written, with at least some semblance of logic to the plot and characters that you can feel SOMETHING for.

I would say to anyone considering buying this book - save your money, or try reading something by Linda Howard, Debbie Macomber, Lavyrle Spencer, Catherine Cookson - now that's good writing!