Jan Baynham

🇬🇷🇬🇷🪴 No writing this week but research and lots of ‘what if?’ questions for book seven. What could link a sixties potter and a female SoE in wartime #Crete? 🪴🇬🇷🇬🇷
#grandmotherslegacy #granddaughter

🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 What more can you ask of a reader who ends a review like this?
‘… I really enjoyed this book and would give it more than 5 stars if I could.’
Thank you! 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 Have you read lovely Angela Petch’s guest post on my blog about her fabulous new novel, The Lost Garden, published by Bookouture? Find out why Angela wrote this novel on janbaynham.blogspot.com 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹
#Italia #familysecrets #loss #love

🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 My news this week is that I’ve submitted the structural edits for my sixth novel, #TheStolenSister. The last ‘Sister’ book, it’s due out on February 24th 2026.
#secrets #Creta #identity #Matala #60s 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷

🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷 Sometimes a few words is all that’s needed for a review. A big thank you to this Amazon reviewer for review number 586. 🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Verified Purchase
Great storyline
‘Really enjoyed this book, couldn’t put it down.’

🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 This week, I’m delighted to welcome lovely Angela Petch to my blog to talk about her fabulous new novel, The Lost Garden. It’s set in Italy and tells of ‘the incredible risks people took in wartime, family secrets, loss and love’. Find out why Angela wrote this novel. janbaynham.blogspot.com 🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹

Have you read what this week’s guest on my blog has to say about the inspiration for her novels yet? It makes very interesting reading. Thank you, @georgiawrites
janbaynham.blogspot.com
#Magpie #witches #historical

🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 First milestone for The Silent Sister that was published six weeks ago today. It now has 500 ratings and reviews. Thrilled! A big thank you to all who have read it, especially those who have taken time to write a review of the novel. 👏👏👏 I really appreciate it. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷
#Kefalonia #trauma #secrets

🧙‍♀️📚🧙‍♀️📚 Authors are always being asked where they get ideas for their novels. Find out where the talented Georgia Hill got hers for her fabulous new novel, #Magpie on janbaynham.blogspot.com
#witchcraft #secrets #HistoricalFiction 📚🧙‍♀️📚🧙‍♀️
@georgiawrites.bsky.social

📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Many readers prefer to support independent bookshops. I’m delighted to let you know that both ‘The Secret Sister’ and ‘The Silent Sister’ are available to order from Cover To Cover, a gem of a bookshop in beautiful Mumbles, Swansea. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

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🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 The reviews for ‘The Silent Sister’ are still coming in. A big thank you to this Goodreads reviewer who posted recently. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷

📚📚📚 What better way to celebrate the publication of your novel than eat delicious pistachio and strawberry cake with fellow writers in the Cariad Chapter today. 📚📚📚

🇮🇹🇬🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷 The Silent Sister is on its travels again. This time, it’s holidaying in beautiful Lake Garda. Huge thanks to Julie for sending me the photo. 👏👏👏 🇬🇷🇮🇹🇬🇷🇮🇹

📚📚 When you’re deep in edits for book six, this wonderfully generous review made my day! Thank you SO much to the lovely Goodreads/Amazon reviewer. 📚📚

📚 This is a milestone moment for me. 😵 One of my novels, The Greek Island Secret, has reached over 2000 ratings/reviews! Huge thanks to all of you lovely readers. 👏👏👏📚

Update - now has 234 ratings and reviews, including a fantastic new review. Thank you, reviewer!

🇬🇷 🇬🇷🇬🇷 The Silent Sister now has 208 ratings/reviews. Another 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ from one lovely reader who posted today. Thank you! 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

‘Excellent book. Could not put it down. Really took me to Kefalonia. Happy and sad moments that all come together to make a wonderful read. Look forward to trying another.’

What a time we had at the RNA's Summer Fling on Saturday! You may read about it in my blog post janbaynham.blogspot.com
Huge thanks to the fabulous organisers and presenters. I learned SO much, met so many new writers and loved catching up with old friends.
#TuesNews #RespectRomFic
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Blown away by this fantastic review from another historical fiction author. Thank you so much, Luisa. 👏👏👏

Thanks for letting me share the opening lines of The Silent Sister with your readers. 🙂

🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷 What has the week after the publication of my fifth novel, The Silent Sister, been like? Find out on janbaynham.blogspot.com. 🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷
#kefalonia #earthquake #secrets #trauma #love #reconciliation

Jan Baynham – The Silent Sister I’m thrilled to welcome Jan Baynham back to my blog today to talk about her fabulous new novel, The Silent Sister, which takes us to the sun-soaked Ionian island of Kefalonia during one of its darkest times—the 1953 earthquake that devastated the island and changed countless lives forever. After retiring from a career in teaching and advisory education, Jan joined a small writing group in a local library where she wrote her first piece of fiction.

Pop over to my blog today and join Jan Baynham and me as we chat about her fab new book, The Silent Sister. Hope to see you there. Ax

Thank you, Anni. I enjoyed answering your questions. 🙂

🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 What a week! Thank you for all the writerly support this week. 👏👏👏Writer friends have come out in force to like and share all the posts about #TheSilentSister entering the world, as well as hosting me on their blogs. A big thank you to lovely Jessie Cahalin for this graphic. 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷 It’s publication day! The Silent Sister is out in the world. Thank you to Joffe Books/ Choc Lit and everyone who has pre-ordered it. Off to a Greek restaurant later to celebrate and there may be an ouzo or two! 🇬🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇷

#TheSilentSister
1 day to go - ‘“Come and see this amazing sunset,” called Cassia. Tom and Bronwen joined them. By then the sky was a deep apricot, streaked with scarlet and coral. They all watched in awed silence as the fiery orange ball sank behind the silhouette of Ithaca and disappeared.’
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An Extract From The Silent Sister by Jan Baynham Today I’m joined by lovely Jan Baynham. Jan is sharing with blog readers an extract from her new novel The Silent Sister which is published by Joffe Books/Choc Lit Publishing on 5 August 2025…

Today I’m featured on @mortonsgrayauthor.bsky.social’s blog where I share an excerpt of my new novel, The Silent Sister, published tomorrow. A big thank you to her.
mortonsgray.com/2025/08/04/a...

#TheSilentSister
2 days to go - ‘“No drive to Fiscardo is complete without stopping here. You’ll need your camera.”’
They looked down on the most amazing sight Eléni had ever seen. A sapphire and deep turquoise sea edged with frills of foam broke onto a pure white beach.’ #Myrtos

#TheSilentSister
3 days to go - ‘“Do you think my mamá made it for me?” Eléni took it from Simos. “You said I was tiny, as tiny as a doll.” Emotion flooded through her. She imagined a young dark-haired woman preparing for the birth, sitting making beautiful clothes for her baby.’
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With just 4 days to publication, a HUGE thank you to everyone who has downloaded 🇬🇷 ‘The Silent Sister’ 🇬🇷 to bring it to #360 in the Kindle Store! 👏👏👏 Can’t quite believe it!