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Cover Reveal 'Burning Embers' by Hannah Fielding

Today I’m excited to share with you the Cover Reveal of ‘Burning Embers’ by Hannah Fielding. ‘Burning Embers’ is a contemporary historical romance novel set in Kenya in 1970. This book got some amazing reviews and it’s definitely on my TBR list. 'Burning Embers' was first published a couple of years ago, now it's being re-released with a beautiful new cover.


Coral Sinclair is a beautiful but naïve twenty-five-year-old photographer who has just lost her father. She's leaving the life she's known and traveling to Kenya to take ownership of her inheritance – the plantation that was her childhood home – Mpingo. On the voyage from England, Coral meets an enigmatic stranger to whom she has a mystifying attraction. She sees him again days later on the beach near Mpingo, but Coral's childhood nanny tells her the man is not to be trusted. It is rumored that Rafe de Monfort, owner of a neighboring plantation and a nightclub, is a notorious womanizer having an affair with her stepmother, which may have contributed to her father's death.

And now without further ado the cover of  'Burning Embers'... This book is available at Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.


Though the afternoon sunshine was beginning to fade, the air was still hot and heavy. Coral was struck by the awesome silence that surrounded them. Not a bird in sight, no shuffle in the undergrowth, even the insects were elusive. They climbed a little way up the escarpment over the plateau and found a spot that dominated the view of the whole glade. Rafe spread out the blanket under an acacia tree. They ate some chicken sandwiches and eggs and polished off the bottle of cordial. They chatted casually, like old friends, about unimportant mundane things, as though they were both trying to ward off the real issue, to stifle the burning embers that were smoldering dangerously in both their minds and their bodies.

All the while, Coral had been aware of the need blossoming inside her, clouding all reason with desire. She could tell that he was fighting his own battle. Why was he holding back? Was he waiting for her to make the first move? Rafe was lying on his side, propped up on his elbow, his head leaning on his hand, watching her through his long black lashes. The rhythm of his breathing was slightly faster, and she could detect a little pulse beating in the middle of his temple, both a suggestion of the turmoil inside him. Rafe put out a hand to touch her but seemed to change his mind and drew it away. Coral stared back at him, her eyes dark with yearning, searching his face.

The shutters came down. “Don’t, Coral,” Rafe whispered, “don’t tease. There’s a limit to the amount of resistance a man has.”

“But Rafe…”

A flash of long blue lightning split the sky, closely followed by a crash of thunder. Coral instinctively threw herself into Rafe’s arms, hiding her face against his broad chest. She had always had a strong phobia of thunderstorms. Now she knew why the place had seemed eerie, why there had been no bird song or insect tick-tocks, no scuffling and ruffling in the undergrowth. Even though the skies when they entered the valley had not foretold the electrical storm that was to come, just like with the animals, her instinct had told her that something was wrong. But she had been too distracted by the turbulence crackling between her and Rafe to pay attention to the changing sky.

Rafe, too, was shaken out of his daze and turned his head to see that the sun had dropped behind the mountain. Dense clouds had swept into the valley and were hanging overhead like a black mantle.
“Where did that come from? No storm was forecast for today?” he muttered, jumping up.

There was another tremendous peal of thunder, lightning lit up the whole glade, and again another crash. Then the heavy drops of rain came hammering down against the treetops, pouring down through the foliage.

A wind was starting up. Without hesitation, Rafe folded the blanket into a small bundle and tucked it under his arm. He slung the hamper over his shoulder, and lifting Coral into his arms, he climbed his way up to the next level of the escarpment where a ledge of rock was jutting out and found the entrance to a cave where they could shelter. Coral was shivering. She tucked her face into his shoulder, her fingers tightly gripping his shirt. She was completely inert, paralyzed by fear. They were both drenched.

There was no way they would be able to get back to Narok tonight. Coral knew from her childhood that storms were always long in this part of the country, and through her panic she prayed that he wouldn’t be piloting that little plane back in this howling gale. At least here they were protected from the storm. It was not yet completely dark. Rafe looked around, still holding her tightly against him. Coral couldn’t herself as she sobbed uncontrollably.

“Shush, it’s all right,” he whispered softly in her ear. “It’s only a storm. By tomorrow morning it’ll all be over.” He brushed her tears away as more fell. “I’m going to have to set you down for a moment, Coral. I need to light us a fire and get you out of those wet clothes.”


Praise for 'Burning Embers':

First class – beautifully written with an intriguing premise and interesting characters.
– Romancing the Book

Hot, sultry, breathtakingly beautiful and entirely unpredictable… I think the end analysis of a good read is whether it lingers, and this one certainly did.
– A Bookish Libraria

It warmed every corner of my heart.
– Cocktails and Books

Hannah Fielding created a backdrop for this story that held me spellbound.
– Unwrapping Romance

An epic romance like Hollywood used to make…
– Peterborough Evening Telegraph

A truly compelling and romantic tale that you won’t want to put down.
– Go City Girl

The kind of romance that makes you sigh dreamily…
– Bookish Temptations

Interview with Hannah Fielding:

Tell me about who Hannah Fielding is.

To quote Anais Nin: “If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don’t write.” I do all that.
Writing is a very big part of who I am – but it is not all of me. I am a wife and a mother. I am a traveller and a lover of nature. Sometimes, I am a property developer: I renovated our rectory in Kent and our house on the south coast of France.
More than anything, I am a romantic. Not a hopeless one, though – an eternally hopeful one!

Did you always want to become an author?


I love the process of writing – being all fired up with an idea and spending countless hours lost in my story. Sharing the story is always a little scary, but I really love connecting with readers who’ve enjoyed my books, and knowing that I brightened their day a little.

What is the best thing that happened since your book ‘Burning Embers’ came out?

I think the first reviews that came through of my debut novel where the best time for me. After so many years of dreaming of writing, to know that people were not only engaging with my story world but also loving it was simply amazing.

Tell us about your books. How did you come to the idea of writing them?

I get ideas from many sources – especially the arts and nature. For Burning Embers, it was a trip to Kenya coupled with a glimpse of an ocean cruiser against the night sky. For The Echoes of Love, the mystery and beauty of Venice sparked my imagination.
I am never short of ideas for passionate love stories set in exotic places, only the time to write them all!

Where do you go to write your books?

In winter I write indoors in my office, at a big wooden desk loaded up with tea and dictionaries, overlooking the back lawn where sometimes I see wild rabbits hopping about. In summer I write outdoors when I can – in the gazebo in Kent, or on the terrace in France – because I love the smells and sounds and sights of nature. If I want a change of scene, I take my notebook to a garden overlooking the sea, a meadow carpeted with wildflowers or a café bustling with people where I can find the description for one of my characters.


My next book will publish in April of this year. It’s the first of a fiery trilogy set in Andalucia, Spain, spanning three generations of a Spanish/English family, from 1950 to the present day. It is the passionate story of the de Falla family, some of whom have roots in England, and their interaction with the gypsies. A tale of love, treachery, deceit and revenge a rumbling volcano, set against the fierce and blazing Spanish land, which is governed by savage passions and cruel rules.
Meanwhile, I’m working on a book set in Greece. I know that captivating country and its people well – I have good Greek friends. I bought my wedding dress in Athens and my husband and I honeymooned on Rhodes Island. Greek mythology was part of the literature course I read at university and Greece is not far from Alexandria, where I grew up.


The Far Pavilions by MM Kaye. I first read it in the 1980s, and since then my copy has been well-thumbed. MM Kaye has been an inspiration to me in my writing, because, like me, she was a traveller at heart and she wrote wonderfully descriptive stories set in exotic locations that really transport you to far-off lands. The Far Pavilions is like an Indian Gone With the Wind – epic, moving, romantic, sweeping. If you’d like to know more about this writer and book, you can read a blog post I wrote on the subject at http://www.hannahfielding.net/?p=1523.

What would you advice to new aspiring authors?
 Geplaatst door Maureen Bakker op 9:08 AM Labels: Amazing Cover, Contemporary Historical Romance, Cover Reveal, Excerpt, Interview, To-Read