Welcome to my website
Hello, and welcome to my website.
In this digital age it’s vital for authors like me to have a presence on the World Wide Web so I can share my news, reviews and general information with readers old and new.
If you have been following my career, you may remember that I once had a website promoting my work as Tamara McKinley but things have moved on since then and now I’m writing the Cliffehaven series under the name of Ellie Dean.
To learn more about me and my books, follow the links below.
The Long Road Home (Cliffehaven #22)
will be published on 12th March 2026
In the wake of heartbreaking loss, Roisin Reilly makes a promise to her granddaughter Bella that they will cross the Wye Valley and travel to Cliffehaven to find the family she left with no warning nearly fifty years ago.
As the pair embark upon their journey, there’s no telling who they will find – and whether they will be welcomed with open arms – when they get there.
Meanwhile Roisin’s estranged brother Ron has been drawn back into his own memories of the past – even in spite of his daughter-in-law Pauline going missing and his son Jim suffering as years spent fighting in Burma catch up with him.
The war may be over, but there are plenty of storms still to weather.
Will love be enough to hold the Reilly family together?
Latest News
I am excited to announce that I am now writing the first book of a new WW2 series entitled, Wharf Road, which is set in Portsmouth. More details to follow …
I do hope you like my new website which has been formatted and organised by Robert Crouch (author of the Kent Fisher Mysteries) and his lovely wife, Carol. They rescued me from the incomprehensible world of technology, and I’m forever grateful.