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Sherlock Holmes - the TV Series

Whoever thought that the modernised version of Sherlock Holmes could introduce us to one of the most surprising love stories of the 21st century? I'm talking about Season 3, Episode 3. If you haven't seen it yet, you'll be in for a treat.

Red Sparkling Wine

I've discovered a new type of sparkling wine: red. Nor rose, not pink. Deep, dark red. Usually made from shiraz grapes. Served at wine cooler temperatures. Distinctly different, heavier in taste, but just as wonderful as a celebratory drink.
Goes a treat together with Something Spicy. Or Spicy Somethings.

Love poems by Yvonne Walus

today i daydream in ochresepia memories faded and palebending to will supple with agemasterpieces of times passedmasterpieces of times fakedmasterpieces of faked timesthat truly never were today i daydream in lies

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you and i and our relationshipwe bank the fire of passionfuel the fever of diseasewe paint over the rosy pastspotlight the painand every now and then
we taste a morsel of regret

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the obligatory white dressa walk down the aislea glitter of goldand a three-tiered cakebesideslike a fairy taleor a cliché
three decades laterdreams snapped like a twigthe heart too indifferent to care

I Now Pronounce You Someone Else

I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan (the author of Love And Other Foreign Words) is an unusual book. Although the heroine is a high school student, I wouldn’t place it in a Young Adult or New Adult section of a bookstore. (Remember bookstores? Those magical places that helped you discover new authors, new genres, new releases?) The message is surprisingly deep, and the narrative voice mature. No irritating teenagers here, I promise!The blurb doesn’t really do the book justice, but here it is:

Here Comes the Bride -- If She Can Pass Chemistry.Eighteen-year-old Bronwen Oliver has a secret: She's really Phoebe, the lost daughter of the loving Lilywhite family. That's the only way to explain her image-obsessed mother; a kind but distant stepfather; and a brother with a small personality complex. Bronwen knows she must have been switched at birth, and she can't wait to get away from her "family" for good.

Then she meets Jared Sondervan. He's sweet, funny, everything she wants -- and he has the family Bronwen has always wanted too. She falls head over heels in love, and when he….

Summer Daydreams by Carole Matthews

A make-you-feel-good book.

RWNZ 2015

I'll be speaking about taxes....

The Big Bang Theory - Season 8

As the latest season of The Big Bang Theory dropped its proverbial curtain, we were left with more than one cliff hanger.  
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Will Penny and Leonard make it to Vegas and go through the spontaneous wedding? Will Amy and Sheldon patch things up, and what will happen to The Ring?
Sigh. It was a great finale. I guess I just don’t like change. I’d be quite happy to Penny and Leonard to date forever (what’s so great about marriage anyway?) and for Sheldon to move forward in the bedroom department instead of going the traditional jewellery route. Not that I can fault the script in any way: everybody was acting true to character. More or less. Within the wacko quirky TBBT world anyway.
Season 9 teasers promise that Sheldon will work to win Amy back. Here’s hoping he succeeds.

Happy Mother's Day!

To all the mothers in the world. We rock!

http://g.co/doodle/25kwhm - check out the google doodle for Mpther's Day!

RWNZ Conference 2015: Love Thrills

28-30 AugustAuckland, City of SailsWaipuna Hotel and Conference CentreJoin us in Auckland as we celebrate the 22nd Romance Writers of New Zealand Conference.Guest speakers include:Candace Havens -Best selling authorKaren Rose- Internationally Best selling authorMary Jo Putney- NYT Best selling authorPatricia McLinn- USA Best selling authorNalini Singh- Best selling author (NYT/USA/Publishers weekly)Yvonne WalusNZ/Australian speakers: Cassandra Dean & Lucy Clark; Sara Hantz & Amanda Ashby; Yvonne Walus; Darian Smith
3.5 days. 20+ workshops. Over 100 writers, editors, agents and publishing industry professionals.

Authors on Love

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead.
Oscar Wilde

Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself - and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to - letting a person be what he really is.
Jim Morrison

True love is eternal, infinite, and always like itself. It is equal and pure, without violent demonstrations: it is seen with white hairs and is always young in the heart.
Honore de Balzac


We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
Orson Welles


Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.
C. S. Lewis

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.
Tom Robbins