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Snippet Sunday 15/12/2013 - "My NoName WIP"

 Welcome to Snippet Sunday !   I thought I'd share the start of my new WIP with you over the next few weeks. Your comments have always been really helpful and I'm sure the story would benefit from your feedbackAND I honestly do appreciate each single one of them!




Chapter One ... cont'd


I carefully open up the diary and flick through a first few pages. Over carefully, after all, this little book is almost twice as old as me. Then the name “Konrad” jumps out a...

Review: Susan Mallery "Sizzling (Buchanan #3)

Publisher: Harlequin

ISBN:  9780373771769

My rating: n/a



Reid Buchanan was always a fan favorite on the baseball diamond. A spiteful article about the former pitcher and current playboy questions his talent in the bedroom. And the newspaper's just the first bad news. Reid's grandmother Gloria's broken hip means she needs constant care--but Reid hired Nurses 1 and 2 for their bedside manner with him. So for Number 3 he chooses Lori Johnson, the first candidate who seems immune to his brand...

May I introduce: Annie Seaton "Tangling with the CEO"

"Tangling with the CEO"byAnnie Seaton

I'm delighted to have bestselling author Annie Seaton as my guest today. She released "Tangling with the CEO" last Monday and she still found time to come by. Please make Annie very welcome!


Tell us how you came up with the story of Tangling with the CEO?
About a year ago I was watching my grandchildren play with their iPads...yes we are a technology family...and I began to think about how independent young children are these days. The idea of a family of...

Tuesday Tales - CHECK

.•*¨*•♫    It's time for Tuesday  Tales    •*¨*•♫♪
Oliver is a Baseball player in Melbourne, Tyra is from Perth and has just moved to the Victorian Capital. Their first meeting wasn't as pleasant as Oliver has been used to with females.


So this week's Tuesday Tales prompt is CHECK.
  
Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment. And don't forget to click the link below to go back to the main Tuesday Tale site for more stories by very...

Review: Jill Shalvis "Get a Clue"

Publisher: Kensington Books

ISBN: 9780758211385

My rating:  4/5

All in one day, city girl Breanne Mooreland gets left at the altar, takes the flight from hell to her honeymoon--alone--loses her luggage, and ends up snowed in at a Sierra mountains lodge run by the kookiest staff this side of the Addams Family. Oh, and there just happens to be a gorgeous naked man taking a shower in her suite who says he isn't going anywhere. Burned-out vice cop Cooper Scott is in serious need of this vacatio...

May I introduce: Amy Mullen "Redefining Rayne"

Redefining RaynebyAmy MullenI've got Amy Mullen with me this week not only talking about her new book, but also about her passion to take photos of her family.

1 – Tell us how you came up with the idea for Redefining Rayne.
I've suffered from depression on and off throughout my life. At times, when a person is depressed, they feel like giving up. I think the focus of this book (other than the romance) was the heroine's journey past immense loses. Rayne lost more than most of us ever will and ye...

Tuesday Tales - WAVY

.•*¨*•♫    It's time for Tuesday  Tales    •*¨*•♫♪
Oliver is a Baseball player in Melbourne, Tyra is from Perth and has just moved to the Victorian Capital. Their first meeting wasn't as pleasant as Oliver has been used to with females.


So this week's Tuesday Tales prompt is WAVY.
  Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment. And don't forget to click the link below to go back to the main Tuesday Tale site for more stories by very t...

Snippet Sunday 01/12/2013 - "My NoName WIP"

 Welcome to Snippet Sunday !  Not wanting to post even more snippets of books I've released already, I thought I'd share the start of my new WIP with you over the next few weeks. Your comments have always been really helpful and I'm sure the story would benefit from your feedbackAND I honestly do appreciate each single one of them!


Chapter One


But it was Grandma’s diary! I think I was around ten or eleven when grandma had died. We had flown to Germany for the fun...

Review: Susan Mallery "Irresistible" (Buchanans #2)

Publisher: HQN Books

ISBN: 9780373771172
 
My Rating: 3.5/5
 

It wasn't just her homemade brownies that made Walker find Elissa irresistible . . .
When ex-marine Walker Buchanan stops to help Elissa Towers change a tire, he tells himself it's just the neighborly thing to do. And when Elissa finds herself baking him a thank-you pie, she's just returning the favor . . . right?
Both of them have sworn off dating -- Elissa's determined to protect her little girl, and that means ditching her...

May I introduce: Elizabeth Ellen Carter "Moonstone Obsession"

Moonstone ObsessionbyElizabeth Ellen Carter

I've got another wonderful Australian Author as a guest today here on my blog. Elizabeth Ellen Carter's release is Moonstone Obsession, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Romance Writers Of Australia’s Emerald Awards for unpublished manuscripts.

Today, she's giving us insight into the genre "Regency".



For many people who think of the Regency period, the images that come to mind is those of Pride and Prejudice and the Industrial Revolution.
For me...