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Lily Malone

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Lily Malone is a journalist and freelance writer who discovered after years of writing facts for a living, writing romance was much more fun.

Lily juggles writing with the needs of a young family, and when she isn’t writing, she likes gardening, walking, wine, and walking in gardens (sometimes with wine).

She loves to hear from readers and you can visit Lily at www.lilymalone.wordpress.com; email her at lilymalone@mail.com or connect with her here on Goodreads or find and like her page on Facebook, http://www.facebook.com/lily.lilymalone
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	So Far Into You 4.07 avg rating — 601 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water Under the Bridge (Chalk Hill #1) 4.15 avg rating — 573 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cafe by the Bridge (Chalk Hill #2) 4.20 avg rating — 377 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fairway to Heaven 4.03 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Waterhole 4.19 avg rating — 270 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vet's Country Holiday 4.28 avg rating — 252 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Last Bridge Before Home (Chalk Hill Series #3) 4.31 avg rating — 205 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Goodbye Ride 3.82 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	His Brand of Beautiful 4.01 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Who Killed The Bride? (Butterfly House #1) 4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A Country Vet Christmas – new book

Here’s a project I’m excited to tell you about. With four other authors, I’m involved in a collaborative effort to produce a Christmas-themed, vet-themed, all-new-story book that will be available everywhere in October!

It’s called A Country Vet Christmas, and it’s the brainchild of the very awesome, Penelope Janu. Pen pitched the idea to our publisher, Harper Collins, of combining five rural r

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Lily Malone rated a book it was amazing The Seven Skins of Esther Wilding by Holly Ringland (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Wow. Another story by this author with a wonderful theme of female empowerment and female connections through friendship, family and history. I think I have actually preferred this story to Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. I loved the writing in this - the ...more
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Lily Malone rated a book it was amazing A Country Vet Christmas: Five New Stories From Beloved Australian Authors by Lily Malone (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Lily Malone rated a book it was amazing Red Jack and the Ragged Thirteen by Greg Barron (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Here is another classic Greg Barron tale from the wild frontier times of 18th century Australia. I pick up these books and it's like watching an old bearded bloke settle his shanks on a stump about the campfire and beckon all the folk to come in, sit ...more
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Awesome! I think this is the third Chris Hammer book I've read, and this has shot to top of the list as my favourite. I really enjoyed being in Nell's head for much of this one. The descriptions of the forest were magical, and the timelines (although ...more
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Lily Malone rated a book it was amazing The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
My mum loaned me this book last weekend, having not been able to get into it herself. She likes thrillers, but not psychological thrillers so much. Anyway - I loved it! Didn't guess the ending, but had started questioning a bit about that particular ch ...more
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Having recently read The Secret Midwife by this author, which I very much enjoyed, I picked up The Italian Daughter on a Kindle deal. Once again, it was an interestingly written story, working through several historical timelines and previous generati ...more
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Lily Malone and 2 other people liked Michelle's review of Kookaburra Cottage: "Loved this book. And cannot wait for the next one by Maya. Fabulous Author. "
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Lily Malone liked Jessy's review of The Secret Midwife: "Was happy to receive and advance reading copy on NetGalley. Soraya M. Lane writes some of the best Historical Fiction stories and she bases her stories on Historical facts. I love a book where you can learn a thing or two about and era and get engros" Read more of this review »
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Lily Malone and 17 other people liked Kylie H's review of The Last Thing She Ever Did: "This book is quite different to other books I have read by Gregg Olsen in that this one isn't quite a graphic and macabre as others. The books starts with Liz hurrying to sit her bar exam, she is stressed and strung out on pills that enabled her to st" Read more of this review »
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“losing you boys, losing the winery.”
― Lily Malone, So Far Into You

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January 2022 Group Read - Male author/Female author

The Way it is Now by Garry Disher

22 votes, 33.8%

The Banksia House Breakout by James Roxburgh

21 votes, 32.3%

Murder at the Mayfair Hotel by C.J. Archer

11 votes, 16.9%

The Waterhole by Lily Malone

11 votes, 16.9%

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“Every time I lay my eyes on her the whole world just melts around me.”
― Lilliana Anderson, A Beautiful Forever

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“Sorry, Will, bad habit of mine. You have to stress hot in the city these days. Some places have absolutely no idea how to make a decent long black.' And there she was being all uppity slutty again.”
― Jenn J McLeod

tags: house-for-all-seasons, jenn-j-mcleod

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“I don't have the strength to stay away from you anymore”
― Stephenie Meyer

tags: edward-cullen

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“It was like being leaned on by a very heavy, warm brick. A sexy brick.”
― Patricia Briggs, Iron Kissed

tags: funny, humour, paranormal-romance, romance, romantic, urban-fantasy

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“You're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting,
So... get on your way!”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You'll Go!

tags: inspirational

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