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Richard Denning

Richard Denning

About

Hi - I am Richard Denning. I was born in Ilkeston in Derbyshire and I live in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. I am currently working as a General Practitioner with a North Birmingham practice. I am 43 and am married with two children (Helen and Matthew)

Activities and Interests

I am a writer with a strong interest in historical settings as well as horror and fantasy.

Reading - Well I love to. Here are some of my favourite books
Lord of the Rings 
Sharpe Series (Bernard Cornwell and his other books) 
Eagle Series Simon Scarrow 
Disk world books - Terry Pratchett 
Neverwhere Neil Gaiman

Gaming
I am also a keen player of board games and other games and run UK Games Expo (the UK's largest mixed format Games convention). I am a game designer and in October 2010 I released my first Board Game inspired by the Great Fire on London.

My websites 
http://www.richarddenning.co.uk 
http://www.medusagames.co.uk 
http://www.UKGamesExpo.co.uk

Buy my books:

http://www.merciabooks.co.uk/buying.html

You can email me on r.denning@btinternet.com

Passion & Betrayal

Passion & Betrayal

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<p>(Book 1)<br />Betrayed by the woman he loved and on the verge of destitution, artist Jonathan Martinez channels his anguish and rage into what will become his greatest masterpiece—Passion and Betrayal. The painting, critically acclaimed, ushers him into the world of fine art and allows him to realize his dreams. Stepping out of the shadows, he transforms into Phillipe, a wealthy artist and sought-after bachelor who enjoys an extravagant lifestyle—including his pick of any woman he desires.<br /><br />But when Phillipe least expects, the woman who almost destroyed him returns on the arm of his agent. Despite his anger, she awakens the part of his soul he entombed long ago. The part of him that can never forget her, no matter how deeply he buries himself in his art.<br /><br />With everything he's accomplished at stake, can Phillipe overpower the demons that haunt him and learn to love again? Or will his heart remain a shattered work of art that can never be restored?</p>

Story Behind The Book

The Great Fire of London raged from September 2nd to 5th and destroyed the heart of the medieval city of London. Some 13,000 houses and hundreds of churches, guild houses, warehouses and historical buildings went up in smoke. 80,000 people were made homeless. I have always found this great event fascinating and started researching it in detail a few years back. I started reading around what beliefs and superstitions people had. I found about the widespread paranoia about foreign plots and conspiracies that people had at the time as well as their belief in magic being real. http://www.richarddenning.co.uk/thelastseal.htmlAll that came together very quickly into a idea. I asked myself what if the fire was not just an accident, what if there really were secret societies involved and a supernatural explanation behind the great event.

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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">“A diamond of a compulsive read” </em><br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Helen Hollick, Author of Sea Witch</strong></em></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">“At times, I literally couldn’t put the book down and was hooked to finding out what happened next. I was extremely impressed by your ability to keep the reader engaged with the action throughout.”</em><br /><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Stephanie Williams, editor, Rebel Books.</strong></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </p> <p align="left" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">“<em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">The historical elements really shine and kept me interested, as did the atmosphere of a burning London and all the darkness and bleakness surrounding the terrifying Dantalion… The tension and suspense in the latter part of the book were terrific…</em> <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">at several points I had butterflies in my stomach.”</em><br /><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Leigh Ferrani, author, Oxford Literary Consultancy</strong></p>