lorna cook

Welcome to my website. I live by the sea with my husband, two small daughters and a dog called Socks.

When I'm not Instagramming pictures of the seaside, I write dual-timeline books that weave secrets of the past with the present. My first book The Forgotten Village, is out in the UK now with international editions to follow. (In Canada and USA it’s called The Forgotten Wife) Click the 'books' tab above to read more about it. 

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The hubby has bought me an incentive to stay in the office on this glorious day. Structural edits + white Magnum = some sort of strange happiness. #amediting #amwriting #book2
Mad but lovely to have my two books in the Women’s Historical Fiction Chart on Amazon. The Forgotten Village is at 🥇and The Forbidden Promise is at 50! Thanks to everyone who is buying and pre ordering one or the other (or both!) 😀
If you’ve not bought The Forgotten Village yet, here’s what some lovely lady called Mrs A has to say about it. It’s 99p and still at 🥇 in the Kindle chart. I love a shouty, instructional review. Mrs A, whoever you are, wherever you are, you’re one of my faves. 😀
Wiser words were never spoken. Am verrrrry slowly considering planning book 3. Verrrrry slowly. Am going to sully the pages of this wonderful notebook with randomness and oodles of heroic wartime spirit. Or I may just stare out the window at the relentless rain ☔️
The most amazing sunset over King’s College Chapel yesterday night. The sky looked alight as the setting sun tried to break through the rolling grey rain clouds. #nofilter #authorsofinstagram #sunset
#daksovernormandy #daksoverduxford amazing formation over my house as they head towards the coast. So privileged to have been able to see this #dday75
Looking forward to reading this gem 💎 I loved @jennikeer last novel and this one is out soon 🤩 📚
I do love a themed #afternoontea This time it’s #beautyandthebeast Delish 😋 #cake #cakes #authorsofinstagram
So many #ww2 finds at Michelham Priory. Original newspapers and leaflets, evacuee letters and amazing finds left behind from the war. I was in heaven. #countryhouse #authorsofinstagram
#bookpost looks creepy and inviting and hide-under-duvet-worthy. Can’t wait. #histfic
Watch Celia Anderson and I on our Facebook Live at 1pm weds 22 on the Harper Collins UK Facebook page. Ask us questions as we chat booky things. #authorsofinstagram 📚
#flowers #champagne #chocolates. Thank you @avon_books for the triple whammy to celebrate The Forgotten Village reaching Kindle #1 Such a lovely surprise. #authorsofinstagram
NUMBER 1 in the Kindle Store!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I cannot be cool about this. At all. I may only be there for an hour but there’s a party going on in this house!!!!!!! 🥳
One of the best days. I started editing The Forbidden Promise; The Forgotten Village reached number 2 in the Kindle Chart, I took the kids to the beach for ice cream after school and Socks the dog and I have had a cuddle, where he looked totally disinterested. Now it’s wine time and catching up with Game of Thrones. How’s your evening?
‘The End.’ Oh how marvellous to celebrate writing those two little words today as I finished writing The Forbidden Promise. The thought of this bottle waiting for me to pounce on it was an incentive, I will admit. The first glass goes to my husband who lived with my incessant lies of ‘I’ll be back in ten minutes,’ as I disappeared for hours on end to write. I can’t wait for you to fall in love with wartime Scotland and the mystery of the loch. #amdrinking #amwriting
Last chance to grab this Top 5 Kindle Bestseller for 99p! A requisitioned village, a wartime mystery and a woman in search of the truth. Perfect for fans of Kate Morton #dorset #dorsetcoast #amreading #bookstagram
It’s the Canadian version, The Forgotten Wife, out in the wild at Indigo bookstore London, Ontario. Huge thanks to @home_and_interiors_by_agnes for sending me the pic. If you’re in Canada and you see it in a bookstore do let me know. It makes my day! 🥰
Wow. The Forgotten Village is in the Amazon Top 10!! 😀 I am a very overjoyed author today!
‘Hullo Mary Poppins.’ Promised you we’d be back to cake pix sooner rather than later. #afternoontea #marypoppins #cake
Book 2 has a title!!! And is up on Amazon to pre order. 😍
 
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