COMING SOON - AN ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOK SET IN THE BAHAMAS

COMING SOON Fay is a Scottish-Bahamian author 🌍✍️ about to make her debut in children's literature with an enchanting illustrated book set in The Bahamas 🇧🇸📚. Stay tuned for a delightful splash of creativity! 💦✨ She is married to Bahamian musician Erskine Knowles 🎶❤️ and has lived in The Bahamas for decades. Discover her published works at Amazon.com/author/fayknowles and follow her blog at fayknowles.blogspot.com. 📖🌟

ANOTHER FIVE STAR REVIEW!

SOME PAGES FROM "DANGEROUS DEVOTION"

Another fabulous Five Star Review of my novel "Dangerous Devotion" by "Dom G"! ....."The book is a good read with a lot of plot twists that keep to the end. You can tell the author's familiarity with the different places and the knowledge of them. This kept me engaged straight to the end and is definitely worthy to be made into a short film. Although I thought there would be more sad endings for the different characters, this is truly a happy ending type of novel. I'd recommend this especially for those living in The Bahamas."

I am so grateful to the lovely readers who take the time to leave their comments on Amazon about my books!

"Dangerous Devotion" is set in The Bahamas (Nassau and Long Island) and Scotland, with scenes in Fort Lauderdale, New York, London and Devon.

Read a few pages of "Dangerous Devotion" in the book's Amazon "Look Inside" HERE  

INTO BAHAMAS BLUE!

Our son Gavin diving in the beautiful waters of The Bahamas near Rose Island! He’s always loved nature. My upcoming children’s adventure book was inspired by our two sons’ many visits to Long Island, an unspoiled island in the southern Bahamas, where my husband Erskine was born and brought up.

BAHAMIAN CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE STORY BOOK COMING SOON!

Coming soon – a children’s adventure story book set in The Bahamas by yours truly!

COOL SITE FOR KIDS ABOUT THE BAHAMAS!

This is a really cool site about The Bahamas for young kids - and we adults can learn from it too!

BAHAMAS4KIDS.COM

NATIVE STEW - ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING BAHAMIAN!

Native Stew, owned and operated by Derek Catalano, is a great website, all about People, Places and Things of The Bahamas! It’s regularly updated with lots of news, events and features.  

Browse the site and explore all Derek’s links to fabulous information about The Bahamas! And sign up for the Native Stew newsletter.

CLICK HERE FOR NATIVE STEW!

AUTUMN IN THE BAHAMAS!

Autumn (courtesy CamstockPhoto.com)

Believe it or not, we do have autumn here in The Bahamas! It started on September 22nd and there is a lovely cool feel to the air. Although temperatures are still in the eighties Fahrenheit during the day and seventies at night, the humidity has dropped, so the weather is much more comfortable.

Of course, we’ve had a lot of rain from a tropical wave and a cold front, which Erskine says met up with each other! That helps. They both went north and Florida is getting them now.

Winter starts December 21st!

NEIGHBOURS HELPING NEIGHBOURS AFTER HURRICANE MARIA

The Bahamas is coming to the aid of students in Dominica displaced by Hurricane Maria, with plans to let them attend schools here.

THIS WEEK'S PUNCH WOMAN IN ACTION!

I guess it was inevitable! 

"LOVE AT SUNSET" NOW AVAILABLE IN LARGE PRINT!

“Love at Sunset”, my Romantic Suspense set in The Bahamas and Scotland, is now available in Large Print, as well as in regular print and as an e-book.

LOVE AT SUNSET LARGE PRINT

SOME STILL RECOVERING FROM HURRICANE MATTHEW!

Repairing a roof in Nassau, Bahamas,
damaged from Hurricane Matthew

It’s almost 5 months since Hurricane Matthew devastated New Providence and some of the other islands of The Bahamas, and repairs are still being done on some properties. And yes, as is often the case here, the roofers have no harnesses to save them from a fall!

HURRICANE MATTHEW AFTERMATH CONTINUES

Lamp post destroyed

We heard on the news today that Bahamas Power and Light has restored power to 80% of their customers on New Providence and that they expect full restoration by the end of this week. Great Harbour Cay apparently has had 90% of their power restored and North and Central Andros 50%.

Some children will sadly be without uniform after homes have been destroyed or damaged and personal belongings lost, so the Ministry of Education has asked teachers to exercise leniency with this. Also, they are trying to provide uniforms for those school children who have lost theirs.

The news announcer stated that there were thunderstorms during Hurricane Matthew. One house was hit by lightening and the roof caught fire.

I spoke to someone on Grand Bahama yesterday and he said he expects power to be restored to his office by the end of this week. Other reports are that many people on that island will have to wait weeks for restoration by the Grand Bahama Power Company.

There is so much suffering here in The Bahamas as a result of Hurricane Matthew.

HURRICANE MATTHEW PERSONAL EXPERIENCE REPUBLISHED IN THE TRIBUNE

The Tribune picked up my article "Hurricane Matthew goes down in History" and ran it today in their "Insight" section on page 10 as "A storm to test the resilience of Bahamians". I was delighted by the great coverage! They even mention my romantic suspense novel "Love at Sunset", stating it features a fierce hurricane hitting The Bahamas; and my book "Sunbeams from the Heart - A Collection of Twelve Romantic Short Stories".

A storm to test the resilience of Bahamians link

MORE WIND AND RAIN! FELT LIKE I WAS IN MY NOVEL!

An earlier flooded road on New Providence Island, Bahamas 

What a day! It lashed down with rain and the wind didn’t let up either for some time. We heard it was a “trough”. A severe weather warning until 3 p.m. was issued by the Met Office, but we didn’t see it until 2 p.m. By then we had already attempted to get to church. Big mistake! Went through flooded roads and the brakes started to fail on our car. No problem. Erskine pulled over and pumped the brakes a little until it was safe to continue on.

I felt like I was in my novel “Love at Sunset”, where a fierce hurricane hits The Bahamas and Sandra’s husband has not used his best judgment, putting their children at risk! Here’s an excerpt:

“We’d better get back now.” Pete turned on the wipers and headed for home, but the wipers couldn’t move fast enough to clear the rain and debris from the windshield. He swerved to avoid fallen tree limbs on the road. And as large and heavy as his truck was, the wind wrestled wildly with it. He kept his hands firmly on the steering wheel. Then, just as they manoeuvred between bending casuarina trees on either side of the narrow road, they heard a loud crack. A large branch crashed on the truck, shattering the windscreen. The children screamed as the truck skidded out of control.

When we got back home after the service, one of the leaks had started again from the ceiling, so out came the bucket, hopefully for the last time. Our landlord is doing his best to get the roof repaired, but it can’t be that easy with the high cost of deductibles if you do have insurance, and so many roofs needing repaired right now. 

A HURRICANE IN LOVE AT SUNSET TOO!

A fierce hurricane hits The Bahamas in my romantic suspense novel “Love at Sunset”! Here’s an excerpt from the novel, where Sandra’s husband has not used his best judgment and has put their children at risk:-

“We’d better get back now.” Pete turned on the wipers and headed for home, but the wipers couldn’t move fast enough to clear the rain and debris from the windshield. He swerved to avoid fallen tree limbs on the road. And as large and heavy as his truck was, the wind wrestled wildly with it. He kept his hands firmly on the steering wheel. Then, just as they manoeuvred between bending casuarina trees on either side of the narrow road, they heard a loud crack. A large branch crashed down on the truck, shattering the windscreen. The children screamed as the truck skidded out of control.

Love at Sunset on Amazon

DIARY OF A NOVEL!

"LOVE AT SUNSET" - THE MANUSCRIPT

Two years ago, I wrote on Facebook that I was “having such fun with my new romantic suspense novel” (Love at Sunset)!

I posted, “It's set in The Bahamas and Scotland. I started writing it on June 6^th [2014], the 70th anniversary of ‘D Day' (very appropriate date to start, don't you think?!). I just love it! It's going really well and the words are flowing. I've written four chapters so far and am well into Chapter Five.”

I then posted on August 3rd, 2014 (two months later), “I've just finished the first draft of my novel - 30 chapters and around 80,000 words. Hooray! Now I have to start the editing process, in order to polish it up and get it ready to submit to agents.”

Who would ever have predicted back then that Love at Sunset would now be available all over the world. And I’m so glad I diarized the novel’s progress on Facebook!

"LOVE AT SUNSET" IN "THE TRIBUNE"!

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“The Tribune”, Nassau, Bahamas, gave my new novel "Love at Sunset" a lovely spread in their Weekend edition May 6, 2016!

Set in The Bahamas and Scotland, this gripping romantic suspense shows the determination of an elderly couple in love for the second time around to enjoy their sunset years to the fullest, despite opposition from their children and others. The plot follows the people in Violet and Gordon’s lives, including those out to harm them. It portrays family discord, reconciliation and unexpected romance. And it reveals the gap between rich and poor and the humanitarian works of those who care.

“Love at Sunset” is available on Amazon.com as an e-book and in paperback at Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk as well as at other Amazon online retail stores around the world.

The novel can also be ordered locally in The Bahamas through "Buy the Book", Saunders Beach, Nassau. And for those of you who don't have a Kindle, the free Kindle app can be downloaded from Amazon.com.

JUST RELEASED! NEW ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVEL “LOVE AT SUNSET”!

Just Released! “LOVE AT SUNSET”! Now available on Amazon as an e-book and in paperback. A gripping romantic suspense! Set in The Bahamas and Scotland, with scenes in London, Devon, Fort Lauderdale and New York.

“LOVE AT SUNSET” shows the determination of Violet and Gordon, a feisty older couple in love for the second time around, to enjoy their autumn years to the fullest. Faced with fierce opposition from their children and possible payback from an armed robber, they flee The Bahamas for a loch side cottage in Scotland. But trouble soon catches up with them.

The plot follows the people in the couple’s lives - those who support them, others who wish to resist or harm them, and some on whom Cupid also comes calling. It portrays family discord and evil intent, but is not without a touch of humour. And it reveals the gap between rich and poor and the humanitarian works of those who care.

The novel grew out of my short story “Love at Sunset”, first published in “The Lady” magazine, London, England. Here, by popular demand, is the full story of Violet and Gordon and their undying love for each other, despite all odds!

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