About the Book

Book: Meet Me in the Yorkshire Dales Author: Valerie Massey Goree Genre: Romantic Suspense Release Date: February, 2025

To inherit her grandfather’s estate, Roxanne Clarke has to prove the identity of her birth mother. Considering all the ancestry help online, that shouldn’t be a problem. However, the only clues Roxanne has are an old photograph and hints provided by a member of her grandfather’s household that her mother was born in Yorkshire. Accompanied by her best friend, Avery, and Avery’s twin brother, Lucas, Roxanne travels to England. Their attempts to identify Roxanne’s mother send them from one village to another. To add to their frustration, a fellow Texan is following them, threatening them, trying to locate the woman first. Lucas has been in love with Roxanne since high school, but botched their relationship two years ago. While helping her find her mother, can he salvage their once-blossoming romance, build a new beginning, and keep her safe when the Texan’s actions intensify?

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About the Author

American Christian Fiction Writers Genesis Award winner Valerie Massey Goree resides in San Antonio, Texas. She was born in South Africa and grew up in Rhodesia—now Zimbabwe. Valerie met her husband, Glenn, at a Christian university in the USA. After they married, they served as missionaries in Rhodesia. When the family returned to Texas, Valerie began her teaching career. She served 25 years in the public school arena, focusing on children with special needs. Her writing journey only began when their children were in high school. Attending workshops and ACFW conferences helped propel her toward publication. She has eleven romantic suspense novels published. Valerie and her family traveled extensively throughout North America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Now retired and widowed, she spends her time writing, reading, traveling, and spoiling her grandchildren. Valerie loves to hear from her readers.

More from Valerie

Meet Me in the Yorkshire Dales is the second book in my series From England with Love and…Treachery. The three standalone stories feature American characters who are visiting or working in England. When they meet, romance blossoms, but is hindered by misfortune, menacing strangers, betrayal, and dead-end clues. Book One, Meet Me Where the Windrush Flows, is set in the Cotswolds. Book Three, which I’m writing now, takes place in the City of Bath during the Jane Austen Festival. As an author, my goal is to set stories in places I’ve lived or visited. What a hardship it was for me to travel to England to research the Cotswolds area for Book One, and the next year to visit the Yorkshire Dales and Bath! During my two-week sojourn in the Yorkshire Dales, I stayed in a cottage in each of the villages featured in the story. When I walked down the ‘Snake Path’ in Grassington, I knew I had to include it in the story.

Roxanne, my heroine, has never been to England and is enthralled by the villages’ narrow roads, cobblestone streets, and the ancient cottages, some built in the seventeenth century.

When I made the reservation for the cottage in Grassington, I didn’t know that the TV show All Creatures Great and Small is filmed there. They usually film in April, but alas, I was there in September. I did recognize many places used in the show, such as the village center, featured in the photo. Needless to say, I loved visiting these places. Roxanne did, too.

Interview with the Author

What helps you to write? Do you eat snacks, listen to music?

Answer: I’m old-fashioned—I have a CD player that holds six CDs. Instrumental music is my favorite, but contemporary jazz is high on the list. I like to have a cup of tea handy, and I need a good, peaceful view from my desk.

If you could travel back in time, what time period would you go to?

Answer: I would like to travel back to the 1930s. Only one of my grandparents was alive when I was born, and she passed away the following year. I’d like to meet all my grandparents, stay with them, have them sit beside me, and tell me stories about their lives. Prepare family recipes with my grandmothers; hang out with my grandfathers at their places of work.

What is your favorite hymn and why?

Answer: There are so many, but the one that holds a special place in my heart is “I Come to the Garden Alone”. My brother was seven years older than me, and I didn’t see much of him after he left school and had a job in another country. Time with him was precious to my parents and to me. On one such visit, we discussed our favorite hymns, and for some unknown reason, he said he’d like “I Come to the Garden Alone” to be sung at his funeral. He died two years later. The words of the song are special, and whenever I hear the song, I remember my brother.

What is one thing readers would be surprised to learn about you?

Answer: I learned to knit when I was five years old. My mother used to knit baby layettes—sweaters, leggings, booties, caps etc., for a local store. Naturally, I wanted to knit, too.

Share with me a few of your favorite things.

Answer: My cat, Angel. I rescued the kitten, but she has been such a companion as I navigate widowhood. I love watching the sun set over a body of water. Hot tea, made the British way. Boil water in a kettle, pour it over measured tea leaves in a teapot. Let it brew for five minutes. Pour milk into the cup, then add the tea. A soothing, calming cup of tea.