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Elizabeth Raffald was a tremendous character who lived in pre-industrial Manchester. She produced a must-have cook book, the town's first ever trade directory while running confectionery shops, cookery school and pubs and having a family of at least 6 daughters. She did so much more and yet is barely known in her own city.

Three colleagues thrown together in a training session find their destinies intertwined in ways they never expected. All Matt wants to do is make some money to clear his debts. When he gets to sit opposite a good looking girl in the call centre where they work, and they are both chosen for promotion, he is thrilled, until he meets their other team mates, especially the aggressive Krystal. Throw in a local thug, some Viking action and a couple ...

The third book in a series beginning with Oh Sh**!, followed by Good Men and Mavericks, it covers further trials of Sharon, a forty-something British woman. In House of Sunshine she sets out on a trip across America in a Winnebago but as usual nothing goes according to plan for Sharon.

After being sued by Swami in the first story, 'Oh Sh**!', Sharon takes any work that she can so that she can stay in her friend's house on the Isle of Man. She works for the new tenant who is running it as a guest house. After taking her last insult from the woman she runs away, back to her friend Ronnie in Manchester. On her travels she picks up a marriage proposal, a cheque and a dilemma. Can she make a good choice this time?

Ever get that feeling that life is out to trip you up? Sharon Carter knows that feeling only too well. All she's doing is trying to make a living and pay her bills. She steps out of her comfort zone to attend a talk that her best friend Ronnie has recommended. It has the most unforeseen outcome and she embarks on a roller coaster journey from Stockport to Sri Lanka with the mysterious Swami, a hypnotic and charismatic man in a purple robe.

I wrote this book for other women, newly diagnosed with breast cancer, who wondered exactly what they could expect from the treatment of the condition. It's an account of my experiences and emotions during the treatment.

This extra special edition, created in 2019, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the first printed recipe for wedding cake, contains a reproduction of the first edition of the original cookbook from 1769, includes an Appendix with the additional recipes featured in the second edition issued in 1771, AND includes an introduction by Suze Appleton containing references to source material from her research. It was Elizabeth Raffald's innovatio...

This is a retyped edition of the original 18th century book by Elizabeth Raffald, the forgotten woman of Manchester. Her first edition of The Experienced English Housekeeper contained around 800 recipes and for the second edition another 100 were added including several for turtle It is a comprehensive work and covers most foods, often going from the live animal to the finished dish. It was reprinted many times up to the mid 19th century, with...

Elizabeth Raffald was an amazing woman, achieving a great many things in a short time. She was an author, innovator, benefactor and entrepreneur as well as a mother and a wife. From the age of 15 she was in service as a housekeeper to great families and at the age of 30 began her career in business. She began with catering, included a school and employment office before writing this cookbook which contains her own original, innovative recipes,...

In 1772 Manchester was a fast growing town thanks to the rise in industrialisation. Elizabeth Raffald was a busy entrepreneur involving herself in numerous business ventures. She ran a shop, a cookery school, a coaching inn, a servant's employment register, wrote a cookbook and supported the local newspaper financially, wrote a manuscript on midwifery and so much more. She produced her 1769 cookbook, The Experienced English Housekeeper and saw...

Elizabeth was an amazing woman, achieving a great many things in a short time. She was an author, innovator, benefactor and entrepreneur as well as a mother and a wife. From the age of 15 she was in domestic service as a housekeeper to great families including the Warburtons of Arley Hall, Cheshire, where she married the head gardener and at the age of 30 beginning her career in business. She began with catering, included a school and employme...