Who Is The Real Angela Britnell?

This week I’m joined by Angela Britnell, author of The Back of Beyond Book Club published on 27 June 2024 by Choc Lit an imprint of Joffe Books. Angela is going to tell readers more about herself …

Thank you, Morton for inviting me to visit your blog today. We’ve been fellow Choc Lit authors for several years now and I hope one day we can actually meet in person although of course that will involve a significant amount of travel on our parts as I live just outside of Nashville, Tennessee now and have done for a long time.

As a girl growing up in a small village in Cornwall I could never have imagined the path my life would take but in a way it all came about because I had no clue what I wanted to do when I left school! I knew what didn’t want and that was most of options suggested, particularly to girls at that time – university, teacher training, nursing. I had the desire to leave Cornwall and see more of the world but wasn’t sure about getting a job of some sort in London or wherever on my own. Then we had a careers presentation at my Sixth Form College from the RAF and when I saw a young woman in her smart uniform talking about her job I was immediately interested.

To cut a long story short – not something most writers are great at – I didn’t end up joining the WRAF but the WRNS instead. Luckily at that time women in the Royal Navy didn’t go to sea as I’ve always been prone to seasickness! After serving in several different UK establishments I was assigned to a foreign draft post in Denmark and the rest is definitely history. I met my own tall, dark handsome stranger (Richard was a US Naval aviator based at the same NATO headquarters) and yes, reader I married him. Forty-one years, three sons and four grandchildren later we’re fortunate enough to still be adding chapters to our own trans-Atlantic romance.

Becoming an author was another accidental path because I can’t claim to have had a burning desire to be a writer since I was a child although I’ve always been a voracious reader and able to lose myself in a good story. A short creative writing class taken more to escape my three small boys for a few evenings of adult interaction started me off and now I can’t imagine doing anything else. I can’t remember now who it was but I recently saw another author describe their books as “comfort reads” and that struck a chord with me because that’s what I hope my own readers experience through my stories.

So reading this back I can see that that some of the most influential things that have happened in my life didn’t come about because I planned them but through being open to possibilities that came my way. I hope I always stay that way because who knows what might come next!

(Fascinating, Angela and yes, I’d love to meet you one day too. Mx)

About Angela Britnell

Angela grew up in Cornwall and returns frequently from her new home in Nashville, Tennessee to visit family and friends, drink tea and eat too many Cornish pasties!

A lifelong love of reading turned into a passion for writing contemporary romance and her novels are usually set in the many places she’s visited or lived on her extensive travels. Thanks to over four decades of marriage to her wonderful American husband she’s a huge fan of transatlantic romance and always makes sure her characters get their own happy-ever-after.

If you’d like to find out more about Angela follow her on

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About The Back of Beyond Book Club

Although I’ve now had many books published there’s something special about ‘The Back of Beyond Book Club’ because this story captures my love for Cornwall and books in general more than anything else I’ve written. Putting together the book list that the club would read was almost an indulgence and led to me re-reading several old favourites in the name of research. This book is definitely one for all the book-lovers out there and I hope it might inspire some of my readers to discover new authors or re-discover old ones.

The Back of Beyond Book Club – my brand-new, escapist novel of summer 2024 is full of romance, healing and hope.

A fresh start – It’s been a year since book editor Melissa Martyn’s husband passed away. Now it’s time to write a new chapter for herself. And so she is welcomed back to the cozy Cornish village of Penworthal. Her close-knit group of girlfriends even start a book club to get Melissa back into the swing of things in Cornwall. It seems she’s met with open arms by all but one.

A chance for forgiveness – English literature professor Nathan Kellow blames Melissa for the death of her husband — his best friend. But Nathan has a secret. He has always been drawn to Melissa. And now he hates himself more than ever for the feelings he’s desperate to quash. Keeping the barrier between himself and Melissa firmly in place is the easiest way to do that.

A love that could heal all – But Melissa and Nathan soon bond over their shared love of books, drawn together by the mutual attraction they’ll do anything to deny. Especially to each other. Because they fear they’re doing the unforgiveable . . . Falling in love. Is fate offering Melissa and Nathan a second chance at a happy ending, or is this going to be a heartbreak they’ll never forget?

Buying Link for The Back of Beyond Book Club – https://mybook.to/backofbeyondbookclub