The Empress of Ice Cream will hit the shops and online retailers here in the UK in late July.  It's about the man who invented ice cream, in the 17th century, and the woman he loves. In those days how to make it was a closely guarded secret. I've taken the known facts and woven a story around them involving Charles II and his mistress, a Frenchwoman called Louise de Keroualle.

I'm giving visitors to my website a chance to download a free sample in advance of publication date, and to explore some of the background to this fascinating true (ish) story.