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Tuesday Tales - LOOSE

.•*¨*•♫    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 LOOSE.
  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...

Snippet Sunday 17/11/2013 - More Beginnings

 Welcome to Snippet Sunday ! Thanks for all your kind comments last week. I do appreciate it. My Snippet Sunday today is  from my soon to be released book"More Beginnings"

Chapter One

Mia let out a mighty sigh. She had joined Zach at the front porch and sat next to him on the swing. Enjoying a cool drink, he asked her to grab a soft drink from the fridge as well. It was a warm summer day, and the air showed no sign of cooling down. A lot of people in Hobart were tired a...

New Releases by Astraea Press

These are the latest releases by Astraea Press - Two of tem have already made it to Amazon Best Seller List.
~*~*~*~  Contemporary Inspirational Romance   Julia Richardson is no fan of weddings. A lifetime of watching her parents treat relationships like the flavor of the month has taught her that love is for fools and faith is for naïve. She’s always put her faith in her career. Then her life is thrown into a tailspin. First, she loses her job. Then she gets a panicked call and l...

May I introduce: Sarah Belle "Hindsight"

I have the pleasure to introduce you all to another wonderful and talented Australian author:
 Sarah Belle Today Sarah's not only telling us about her latest release "Hindsight" published by Harlequin Escape, but despite being busy with four young boys, she also took found some time answer a few of my questions ... one of them how to find time with four young kids !
Blurb:
Humour, wit, and just a touch of humility: the swinging 60s as you’ve never seen them before! 

The unive...

Review: Janet Evanovich / Lee Goldberg "The Heist"

Publisher: Bantam

ISBN: 9780345543066

My rating: 4/5

FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare is known for her fierce dedication and discipline on the job, chasing down the world’s most wanted criminals and putting them behind bars. Her boss thinks she is tenacious and ambitious; her friends think she is tough, stubborn, and maybe even a bit obsessed. And while Kate has made quite a name for herself for the past five years, the only name she’s cared about is Nicolas Fox—an international crook she wants...

May I introduce: Kimberly Rae "Blue Ridge Setup"

  It's an absolute delight to introduce you all to Kimberly Rae today.  We share a similar illness and over the last few weeks we've shared some experiences and stories - it's good to talk to someone "who knows". Kimberly's recently released her latest book Blue Ridge Setup - I added it straight to my kindle, because not only did she include Addison's Disease into the story line, but the story's set in North Carolina, a place I'd love to visit one day.  Blurb: ...

Tuesday Tales - ABRUPT

.•*¨*•♫    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 ABRUPT.
  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...

Snippet Sunday 03/11/2013 - Sweet Dreams, Miss England

 Welcome to Snippet Sunday ! Thanks for all your kind comments on my previous post. I do appreciate it. My Snippet Sunday today is  from "Sweet Dreams, Miss England" 
Blurb:

She could still hear Daniel's grandmother saying, 'Sometimes we meet people but not to share the rest of our lives with them, but merely for them to guide us onto a different path'.

Set in London and Dublin we follow the life of Nicky, a young mother of two who is married to Shane, an actor...

Review: Jill Shalvis "Always on my mind" (Lucky Harbor #8)

Publisher: Grand Central

ISBN: 978-1455521104

My rating: 3/5


There’s nothing like the real thing.

After dropping out of pastry school and messing up her big break on a reality cooking show, Leah Sullivan needs to accomplish something in her life. But when she returns home to Lucky Harbor, she finds herself distracted by her best friend, Jack Harper. In an effort to cheer up Jack’s ailing mother, Dee, Leah tells a little fib – that she and Jack are more than just friends. Soon pretending to be h...

This Week's Book Choice: Kathy Bosman "Three Tiers for Win"

 


Three Tiers For WinbyKathy Bosman Blurb  Three Tiers for Win is a story of adventure, romance, and family passion that unfolds with the backdrop of the 2012 London Olympics. Elaine said she would never date an athlete as they’re too driven. That’s until she meets kind, yet intensely focused and ambitious South African Olympic swimmer, Winston Harper. He stands for everything she’d chosen not to go for. Win also has a bad family history which keeps him from opening his heart to...