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Tuesday Tales - Package

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 ..... PACKAGE

 
ENJOY!
 

Katie was glad Ty had pulled her down to sit next to him. That kiss had not only stolen her breath, but also gave her jelly legs. It had been a while since she’d been kissed like that. Well, she had to admit it, it had been a while since she had been kissed, full stop. And she still w...

Lee Child - The Enemy (Reacher #8)

Publisher: Bantam

ISBN: 9780440423003

My rating: 3/5




You’re in the Army now, son…
New Year’s Day, 1990. The Berlin Wall is coming down. The Cold War is ending. Soon America won’t have any enemies left. The Army won’t have anybody to fight. Things are going to change. Jack Reacher is the Military Police duty officer on a base in North Carolina when he takes a call reporting a dead soldier in a hot-sheets motel. Reacher tells the local cops to handle it—heart attacks happen all the time.
But why is...

Tuesday Tale - Picture Prompt

Happy New Year and 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, OR like this week, a picture prompt.
And this week's prompt is .....

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 .... Winter scene :-)

So, in all fairness, I pushed it, having a snow cabin in my AFL story here in Australia, so I thought, I give you a little teaser on my next WIP, working title "Hums of Silence". Hope you like it. And be nice .... it really stil...

Six Sentence Sunday - 13 Jan 2013

Welcome to Six Sentence Sunday. My six today come from my release "Journey to Her Dreams" - Set in Tasmania & Ireland.

Let's send some thoughts to the Tassies (and of course all other Aussies affected) who over the last couple of weeks fought a vicious bushfire which has destroyed over 100 houses!







She sat down. “Great!” she said wryly.
 But he missed the sarcasm. “I know. It’d be a great move.”
 Hollie rolled her eyes and threw a towel at her friend. “For someone who apparently is s...

Jill Shalvis - Rescue my Heart (Animal Magnetism #3)

Publisher:  Berkley Mass Market

ISBN:  978-0425255810

My rating: 4/5

Animal Magnetism, Book Three (Adam’s story!)
After a tragic stint in the National Guards, Adam Connelly returns to Idaho and to Belle Haven, the animal shelter he owns with his brothers. All Adam wants is to be alone. Then he opens the door to the past—the woman whose heart he once broke. Still gorgeous, still tough-as-nails, but this time, unusually vulnerable.
Holly learned the hard way to never depend on a man for an...

Jill Shalvis - Forever and a Day (Lucky Harbor #6)

Publisher: Grand Central

ISBN:  978-1455503698

My rating: 4/5



LOVE CAN HAPPEN IN A HEARTBEAT
Grace never thought she’d be starting her life over from scratch. Losing everything has landed her in Lucky Harbor, working as a dog walker for overwhelmed ER doctor Josh Scott. But the day his nanny fails to show up, Grace goes from caring for Josh’s lovable mutt to caring for his rambunctious son. Soon Grace is playing house with the sexy single dad…
With so many people depending on him, Josh has no...

Reblogged from fourfoxesonehound - 7 Jan 13

Happy 2013!

“Shoot for the moon, even if you fail, you’ll land among the stars” – Cecelia Ahern

I’m really glad and humbled that you’ve come back to check out my post this week as well. Yes, I’m the newbie here, filling big shoes – literally. Anyway. Got back from holidays today, just in time to post numéro deux for this week. The brain still mushy from the heat last week, I wondered yesterday whether I should humbly ask for a widget that converts Celsius to Fahrenheit, because if I tell you l...

Rachel Gibson - Tangled up in You

Publisher: HarperCollins

ISBN:  9780061178030

My rating: 3/5


Maddie is determined to uncover the untold story about the town's sordid past—her past. As a child, Maddie lost everything, and now she's back at the scene of the scandal—a local establishment that's always belonged to the Hennessys—determined to uncover the truth, and nothing is going to stand in her way. Especially not a black-haired, blue-eyed Hennessy.
Everyone in Truly knows that the Hennessy men are irresistible, and the cu...

Janet Evanovich - Notorious Nineteen

Publisher: Bantam

ISBN: 9780755385010

My rating: 3/5

 
After a slow summer of chasing low-level skips for her cousin Vinnie’s bail bonds agency, Stephanie Plum finally lands an assignment that could put her checkbook back in the black. Geoffrey Cubbin, facing trial for embezzling millions from Trenton’s premier assisted-living facility, has mysteriously vanished from the hospital after an emergency appendectomy. Now it’s on Stephanie to track down the con man. Unfortunately, Cubbin has disap...

Tuesday Tales - Picture Prompt

Tuesday Tales Time !!!!
So, every week several authors compose a short story or take a scene from a WIP - all based on a word  prompt, OR like this week, a picture prompt.
And this week's prompt is .....


 .... a snow cabin :-)

ENJOY!
 
 
Ty pulled away from her and searched her eyes wondering whether he had stepped too far. But she didn’t move, just returned his gaze for a moment in silence. His pulse rate went up another notch before he finally broke the stillness as...