Lights, camera, action! I recently heard my new release Muskoka Spotlight being described as a celebrity romance book. I suppose it is, as it’s about a famous Hollywood actor hiding out in Muskoka, Canada where he meets an aged care nurse, and sparks fly, etc. It’s just I hadn’t really thought about it in that …
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Today I am talking about What Makes a Strong Heroine? It takes a special kind of woman to cope with all the flak, so it was interesting to consider what kind of qualities a woman might need to deal with situations where she could face anything from misogynistic remarks to having hot dogs thrown at …
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Today I am reviewing Penny Zeller’s latest release. Book Description: Can newfound love heal a broken heart? Genevieve Amsel is recovering from a canceled engagement when her dear friend, Tillie, invites her to move to Ellis Creek for a fresh start. While she settles into life in the friendly Montana town, one thing is for …
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A few years ago I approached Aussie author friend Narelle Atkins about the possibility of doing a multi-author Christian contemporary romance series. We brainstormed ideas, authors we knew who wrote in a similar genre (or planned to), and settled on the concept of a fictional town set in east Washington state called Trinity Lakes. The …
Today I am reviewing She Get’s July by Susan Page Davis for Fiction Friday Blurb Rebecca Harding can hardly wait to get away from her city nursing job in Portland, Maine, for a few restful days at her lakeside cottage. The only problem is, the cottage is half owned by her former fiancé, architect Rob …
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Today I will be reviewing Her Unlikely Hero by Valerie Comer book one of the Easter in Gilead series. Book description Redemption and second chances abound in this small-town, single-mom romance with a former bad boy set at Easter.Connor Hamelin’s Kansas farm boss offers wages through the winter if he’ll try out for the annual …
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It gets a little easy sometimes to do the same old thing all the time, doesn’t it? Prepare spaghetti bolognaise once a week / fortnight? Check. (Hey, it’s simple to cook and the fam like it) Keep exercise to a daily walk-the-dog? Check. (At least I do that much!) Order the same thing at a …
Welcome back to Friday Fiction and some reader questions. After the success of the last post I am doing another choice post. I am not reading a lot at the present due to a few factors. Which holiday or special day would you like to see in books? Let us know if you have a …
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Today I will be reviewing the second in the The Sweetbrier Inn Mysteries by Jan Drexler Blurb: The new art gallery in town is causing quite a stir, and Emma is in the middle of it! The Sweetbrier Inn is filled with guests, and the town is teeming with tourists who have come to celebrate …
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Christmas. Yes, it’s now just over five weeks away. I haven’t bought many of my presents yet, so there’s a job for December. I did buy an emergency ‘turducken’ (one of those combo turkey / duck / chicken roasts) this week, just in case we need to have Christmas here again this year. (Last year, …
