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March 1, 2013
Chris Versace - An Outback Chance
Publisher: self published?ISBN: 9781458004482
Rating: 4/5
Sally Bailey is haunted by her past - literally - and she wishes her mother's ghost would give it a rest.
Isn’t it bad enough that her personal and professional lives have collided disastrously and she’s been forced to move home to the Australian Outback?
Why should she have to deal with over-enthusiastic ghosts wanting her to make friends with the man she dumped at the altar 20 years ago?
But Sally’s out of money, friends and opti...
February 25, 2013
Tuesday Tales - Sand/y
Welcome Back to Tuesday Tales !!!!
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... SAND/Y
Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment.
With just a towel wrapped around his hips, Tyson walked into this bedroom. Water dripping from his hair and running down his back he chuckled as he read the text from Katie: kicking a footy to get a show off car? so lame! He had no idea how she...
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... SAND/Y
Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment.
With just a towel wrapped around his hips, Tyson walked into this bedroom. Water dripping from his hair and running down his back he chuckled as he read the text from Katie: kicking a footy to get a show off car? so lame! He had no idea how she...
February 23, 2013
Kathy Reich - Deadly Decisions
Publisher: Random HouseISBN: 9781448106608
My rating: 3/5
The third gripping Temperance Brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, the international no. 1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit TV series Bones. A nine-year-old girl is killed in crossfire on her way to ballet class. Soon afterwards, the body of a teenager killed in North Carolina is found hundreds of miles away. Forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan knows she must s...
February 18, 2013
Tuesday Tales - Spider
Welcome Back to Tuesday Tales !!!!
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... SPIDER
Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment.
Katie had no intention of losing that number. No way! Though, she was still not sure what it was what drew her so much to Ty.
Since her sister’s death only a few months earlier, Katie had learned that life was a current and one floated along trying not...
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... SPIDER
Enjoy - and feel free to leave a comment.
Katie had no intention of losing that number. No way! Though, she was still not sure what it was what drew her so much to Ty.
Since her sister’s death only a few months earlier, Katie had learned that life was a current and one floated along trying not...
February 8, 2013
Jill Shalvis - Instant Temptation (Wilder #3)
Buy HerePublisher: Kensington BravaISBN 978-0758231284
My rating: 3/5
T.J. Wilder is the perfect package of breathtaking adventure and raw sex appeal. Even better, he’s about to reconnect with the one woman he’s never been able to forget…
Get Your Pulse Racing
To Harley, the landscape around Wishful, California, is exhilarating, untamed, and more than a little dangerous. The same could be said for T.J. Wilder, who’s invited himself along on her trek to study a rare coyote. Harley’s career is ridi...
Sophie Kinsella - I've got your number
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Publisher: Black Swan
ISBN: 978-0552774406
My rating: n/a
I've lost it. The only thing in the world I wasn't supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It's been in Magnus's family for three generations. And now, the very same day his parents are coming, I've lost it. The very same day. Do not hyperventilate Poppy. Stay positive!!
Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry the ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her 'happy ever after' begins to fall apart. Not only has...
Publisher: Black Swan
ISBN: 978-0552774406
My rating: n/a
I've lost it. The only thing in the world I wasn't supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It's been in Magnus's family for three generations. And now, the very same day his parents are coming, I've lost it. The very same day. Do not hyperventilate Poppy. Stay positive!!
Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry the ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her 'happy ever after' begins to fall apart. Not only has...
February 4, 2013
Tuesday Tales - Silver
Welcome Back to Tuesday Tales !!!!
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... SILVER
This weekend was a bit hectic in this house, so I do apologise - I believe Past Tense and Past Perfect is not quite right. I hope you'll enjoy this week's Tales anyway. .... Oh, and feel free to comment on it!
Katie glanced at her mobile. A reply from Tyson! A matter of time 4...
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... SILVER
This weekend was a bit hectic in this house, so I do apologise - I believe Past Tense and Past Perfect is not quite right. I hope you'll enjoy this week's Tales anyway. .... Oh, and feel free to comment on it!
Katie glanced at her mobile. A reply from Tyson! A matter of time 4...
January 28, 2013
Tuesday Tales - Light
Welcome Back to Tuesday Tales !!!!
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... LIGHT
ENJOY!
“Why are you here?” she asked, facing him again. He couldn’t get enough of looking at her. Never had he felt like this before. She’d been on his mind the whole day, and more or less the whole night. Going out with his parents the previous night, he didn’t stop talking about her. So much...
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word prompt.
And this week's prompt is ..... LIGHT
ENJOY!
“Why are you here?” she asked, facing him again. He couldn’t get enough of looking at her. Never had he felt like this before. She’d been on his mind the whole day, and more or less the whole night. Going out with his parents the previous night, he didn’t stop talking about her. So much...
January 25, 2013
#SweetSat Sample - 26/01/2013 - Australia Day
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Welcome back To Sweet Saturday Sample!
Here's a little teaser from "Innocent Tears",
set in Melbourne / Australia.
~~♞ ♘ ♞ ~~
“Would you like to see a photo of my mum?”Emma tilted her head to the side. “I’d love to.”Nadine hopped off the chair and as quickly as she had previously retrieved her bag with dolls out of the other room, she returned with a framed photo. “Th...
Welcome back To Sweet Saturday Sample!
Here's a little teaser from "Innocent Tears",
set in Melbourne / Australia.
~~♞ ♘ ♞ ~~
“Would you like to see a photo of my mum?”Emma tilted her head to the side. “I’d love to.”Nadine hopped off the chair and as quickly as she had previously retrieved her bag with dolls out of the other room, she returned with a framed photo. “Th...
January 22, 2013
Jill Shalvis - Instant Gratification (Wilder #2)
Publisher: Brava KensingtonISBN: 9780758231253
My rating: 3.5/5
In Instant Attraction, Jill Shalvis introduced Cameron, Stone, and T.J.; the sexy, daredevil brothers who run Wilder Adventures. And for Stone Wilder, the thrill of a lifetime is about to arrive in a surprising package. . .
The Doctor Is In Deep
Wishful, California, is 3000 miles from Dr. Emma Sinclair's last job in a New York City ER. It may as well be another galaxy. Here, running her father's clinic for a summer, Emma treats bee s...
