I write women's fiction, crime and fantasy, with an interest in folk and superstitious beliefs. My latest series in women's fiction tells the stories of womenc onnected by an island in the Atlantic. In the present day, each comes with a challenge. Ellie (in Secrets of the Cottage by the Sea) has inherited a house from an old woman she's never heard of. In the past teacher Patience brings a baby back to the island in a carpet bag.In Memories of the Cottage by the Sea Charlotte runs away from the shell of a relationship to close down the island school while in 1941, Jenofeve struggles under German occupation in Brittany.Nicole (in Dreams of the Cottage by the Sea) is struggling with the aftermath of an accident, returning to a place where she was both happy and whole. In 1941, Lily leaves the wreck of her bombed out house to grieve for her daughter and perhaps her marriage.A Baby's Bones asked the reader: is a dark house haunted by the dreadful violence committed there in the past, or is there a scientific explanation that triggers the darkness in the people who are working there? A Shroud of Leaves asks why a young girl is buried in a pile of leaves on an estate that seems haunted by the disappearance of another young girl in the past. I wrote The Secrets of Life and Death series out of that love of magic and fantasy. I tried to bring a single element of fantasy into the real world and it seeped in all directions. Dr John Dee believed sorcery was possible - it was his idea of technology. I just wondered ... what if he was right? What if a child's life could be saved by magic when medicine fails? Then I had to go back and follow Dee and his sidekick, Kelley, as they did their experiments and worked out how magic works in the castle of Elizabeth Bathory, the sadistic 'Blood Countess'. My website is: http://www.rebecca-alexander.co.ukI blog about writing at http://witchwayblogspotcom.blogspot.co.uk/ Contact me at reb@rebecca-alexander.co.uk.Read more about this authorRead less about this author