Ailish Sinclair
Ailish Sinclair trained as a dancer and taught dance for many years. She now lives beside a loch with her husband and two children where she writes, dances (yes still, medical conditions allowing) and eats a lot of chocolate.
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Her historical novels combine little-known dark events with love stories. There are witches, bears, kidnappers and Romans to be found in them.
She has written two contemporary series, the spicy Dancer’s Journey and the coming-of-age Castle Dancers.
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