Independent
British Publisher
Candyfloss Press is a new press and our first books are still in production. Nothing is on sale yet. The first to arrive is Suki Strange’s The Gargoyle Next Door on 3 December 2026, and Daisy Penrose’s Life at Paradise Park follows in the new year.
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Humorous Women’s Fiction
Life at Paradise Park is set on a weathered holiday park on the South Coast, where many of the residents have quietly become rather more permanent than the brochures suggest.
Before The Seagulls (a free prequel novella) · Nobody Warned Me About The Seagulls · The Gnomes Won’t Talk · Three Casseroles And A Kaftan · A Tea Towel Named Desire · Some Like It Dark · Mother’s Ruin · It’s A Wonderful Pitch · A Pitch Of One’s Own · Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time · A Magpie Came Calling
In Time-Tangled, Canterbury curiosity shop owner Mitzi Spinelli discovers that some of her stock can transport her into the past.
Don’t Touch the Paperweight · The Show Doesn’t Go On · Not At This Address · Leave It With Me · Behind the Curtain · Just Out of Frame · The Bitter End · Hidden Track · Reduced Circumstances · We’ll Be In Touch
British Cosy Mystery
The Fame & Fortune Mysteries follow Ron Ashcroft, a faded 1980s pop star, and his wife Eva, a retired supermodel with a sharp eye for nonsense.
Stealing the Spotlight (a free prequel) · A Killer Comeback · Death Goes Platinum · A Celebrity Corpse · Body on the Guest List · Deadly in the Limelight · Fame Can Be Fatal · Idol Obsession · Afterparty to Die For · A Body Backstage · Death Takes a Bow
The Red Lion Mysteries are set in and around a well-worn pub in South London. It starts with a quiz night.
Last Orders: Death at the Red Lion · The Peckham Alibi · A Body on the Common · The Bermondsey Bluff · Murder by the Lock · Closing Time
High-Heat Monster Romcom
The town has absorbed its monsters the way Margate absorbs everything, with a collective shrug.
The Gargoyle Next Door (3 December 2026) · Getting Orcward · The Demon You Date · Fangs for Nothing · Horns of Desire · The Mothman Cometh
These are high-heat romances written for readers over eighteen.
Anglo-Irish Family Saga & Historical Women’s Fiction
Maureen’s story begins in 1960s Cork and follows her across the Irish Sea and through the next thirty years of her life.
The Miss Driscoll trilogy begins with Maureen as a young woman, leaving Cork and making a new life in England.
The Aunt (a free prequel) · The Sister · The Barmaid · The Wife
The Mrs Pearce trilogy follows her through the 1970s and 1980s, as marriage, motherhood, loss and family reshape the life she thought she was building.
The Mother · The Widow · The School Cook
The Maureen, Herself trilogy takes her into the 1990s and the next stage of her life.
The Retiree · The Grandmother · The Traveller
Romantic Fiction
The Crossed Wires Series is set in Saltwick-on-Sea, where wrong numbers, crossed signals and unexpected connections bring strangers together.
Dial Tone (a free prequel) · Hello, Stranger · Return Address · Reply All · Auto Incorrect · Call Waiting · Package Deal · On Hold · Flight Mode
The School Gate Series centres on Northgate Primary School and the lives, friendships and relationships that meet at its gates every day.
Parent Trap · Class Notes · Drop-off Drama · Field Trip · Sports Day · After School Club · Homework Help · Graduation Day
Retro Cosy Thrillers
The Velvet Intelligence begins in 1960s London, in a world of West End theatres, private clubs, embassy parties and Cold War intrigue.
The Overnight Bag (a free prequel) · The First Night · A Double Booking · The Moscow Interval · The Opera House Affair · Final Call · Summer Engagement · The London Season · A Private View · The Velvet Curtain · Encore
The Art of Influence carries the story into the 1990s, as a new generation begins to take its place within the Behn Circle.
The Understudy · Opening Night · A Private Broadcast · A Delicate Situation · The Paris Edition · Continental Drift · A Season in New York · False Notes · New Year’s Resolution · The Last Word