Morton says she has been reading and writing fiction for as long as she can remember, penning her first attempt at a novel aged fourteen, the plot closely resembling the Errol Flynn films she watched with her grandmother every Sunday afternoon. However, she didn’t take her writing seriously until much later in her life.
Her debut
novel The
Girl on the Beach was
published after she won the Choc Lit Publishing Search for a Star competition in 2017. She tells me she is still
immensely proud of (and stunned by) the win, which allowed her to achieve a
lifetime ambition of holding her own story as a paperback book.
So - what's the starting point for this first novel?
It follows a
woman with a troubled past as she tries to unravel the mystery surrounding her
son’s new headteacher, Harry Dixon.
Morton
based The
Girl on the Beach in a fictional seaside town called Borteen and
has to date published two other novels set in the town. If you see her staring
into space, she says she is most likely walking around the streets of Borteen
in her mind and greeting its inhabitants, all of which feel very real to her. A
hand drawn map of Borteen hangs on her study wall and she has a document called The Borteen Bible which details all of the buildings and residents of
the town and ensures consistency.
Although each book is stand-alone, fans of
Morton’s Borteen series will get enticing glimpses of the characters they know
and love in each of the books.
Her second
book The
Truth Lies Buried is another romantic suspense novel and tells
the story of Jenny Simpson and Carver Rodgers as they uncover secrets from
their past. The third in the series, Christmas
at Borteen Bay, follows the story of Pippa Freeman, who runs the
Rose Court Guesthouse in Borteen with her mother, and of local policeman Ethan
Gibson. As Christmas approaches, they unravel a family secret.
What does Morton do in her spare time, that's if she has any?
She tells me she enjoys crafts, history and loves tracing family trees. Inevitably, these hobbies
appear in her stories.
She is also working on several more novels set in Borteen.
You can catch up with Morton on her website and on Facebook and Twitter:
You can catch up with Morton on her website and on Facebook and Twitter:
Twitter - @MortonSGray
Facebook -
Morton S. Gray Author - https://www.facebook.com/mortonsgray/
Buy her books from a platform of your choice here:
The Girl on the Beach at http://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/the-girl-on-the-beach/
The
Truth Lies Buried at
http://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/the-truth-lies-buried/
Christmas in Borteen Bay at https://www.choc-lit.com/dd-product/christmas-at-borteen-bay/
