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November 30, 2017
Home For Christmas Release Day
Ready for eggnog and snowflakes and a roaring yuletide fire? Wait a minute – that doesn’t sound like a Kiwi summer Christmas, does it? It should be sunshine and cricket on the beach with lashings of whipped cream on a freshly made pavlova. Carly Gatlin (from Christmas With You Book #4) doesn’t want sand, sun, and surf this year, she wants a white Christmas with her fiance Kip Sullivan. Will she get it?
Head Down Under to visit Mrs. T and all your favorite Stewart Island couples and find out.
TIME LIMITED BONUS: Until December 8th Home For Christmas will contain a FREE & exclusive Stewart Island short story featuring Officer Sexy-Britches, Noah Daniels. Don’t miss out – you’ll love it!
They’re dreaming of a White Christmas…
Carly Gatlin can’t wait to take her fiancé to Colorado for a snuggly snow-filled Christmas, only a freakish summer storm sweeps in disabling everyone’s plans. Still, with holiday surprises in store and even a secret admirer for Stewart Island’s elderly notorious matchmaker, the happy couples of Oban might not mind being home for Christmas after all.
WARNING: If you’re new to the Stewart Island series, this holiday novella isn’t the book to start with. All your past favorite couples join in the seasonal craziness—and if you haven’t read the earlier Stewart Island books it’ll just be crazy-confusing.
Available as an e-book only from:
Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon AU / Amazon DE / Amazon CA / iBooks / Nook / Kobo / Google Play / Smashwords
If you haven’t read Playing For Fun (Book #6), Drawing Me In (Book #7) or Saying I Do (Book #8) you can buy my limited time only boxed set Due South 2 until December 31st. Due South 2 has the above 3 full length novels, plus Home For Christmas (and bonus short story until Dec 8th) for a discounted price.
Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon AU / Amazon DE / Amazon CA / iBooks / Nook / Kobo / Google Play / Smashwords
(Open Internationally)
Prize includes:
~ Christmas With You (Stewart Island Book #4) signed paperback
~ Kiwiana tote bag
~ New Zealand Paua Shell wine glass charms
~ New Zealand kauri wood (buried 45,000+ years) Christmas tree decoration
~ Wild Ferns Pure New Zealand Manuka honey rejuvenating face pack
~ Wild Ferns Pure New Zealand Manuka honey conditioning lip balm
~ Author magnet (not pictured)
~ Author bookmark (not pictured)
To Enter: Just click on the below Rafflecopter giveaway links below.
To qualify for the bonus 5 entries, you’ll need to purchase Home For Christmas or Due South 2 and answer this question in the space provided in the rafflecopter. The question is: What breed of dogs are mentioned in Home For Christmas? (HINT: Check out Chapter 7!)
* Prizes are not exchangeable for cash or anything else.
* All due care will be made in ensuring the prize arrives at the winner’s address, but I am unable to refund prize value in any way should it not arrive due to postal disaster. I will post as soon as I have the winners address, but due to international post times he/she is unlikely to receive their prize before Christmas.
* Entries close on December 8th and winner will receive a direct e-mail from me shortly after – so please ensure my e-mail address is added to your safe/contacts list. If I haven’t had a reply from the winner in 24 hours, I will redraw a new winner.
Bonus Giveaway
I’m giving away 2 x 2018 New Zealand Firefighter’s calendars. Free to enter, no purchase required. All you have to do is visit my Facebook page here.
Then:
~ SHARE the red sparkly post about Home For Christmas’s release which is pinned to the top of page before December 7th.
~ LIKE the post.
~ COMMENT on the post – anything you like – hi, done, Merry Christmas, just something.
Head Down Under to visit Mrs. T and all your favorite Stewart Island couples and find out.
TIME LIMITED BONUS: Until December 8th Home For Christmas will contain a FREE & exclusive Stewart Island short story featuring Officer Sexy-Britches, Noah Daniels. Don’t miss out – you’ll love it!
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They’re dreaming of a White Christmas…
Carly Gatlin can’t wait to take her fiancé to Colorado for a snuggly snow-filled Christmas, only a freakish summer storm sweeps in disabling everyone’s plans. Still, with holiday surprises in store and even a secret admirer for Stewart Island’s elderly notorious matchmaker, the happy couples of Oban might not mind being home for Christmas after all.
WARNING: If you’re new to the Stewart Island series, this holiday novella isn’t the book to start with. All your past favorite couples join in the seasonal craziness—and if you haven’t read the earlier Stewart Island books it’ll just be crazy-confusing.
Available as an e-book only from:
Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon AU / Amazon DE / Amazon CA / iBooks / Nook / Kobo / Google Play / Smashwords
If you haven’t read Playing For Fun (Book #6), Drawing Me In (Book #7) or Saying I Do (Book #8) you can buy my limited time only boxed set Due South 2 until December 31st. Due South 2 has the above 3 full length novels, plus Home For Christmas (and bonus short story until Dec 8th) for a discounted price.
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Amazon US / Amazon UK / Amazon AU / Amazon DE / Amazon CA / iBooks / Nook / Kobo / Google Play / Smashwords
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(Open Internationally)
Prize includes:
~ Christmas With You (Stewart Island Book #4) signed paperback
~ Kiwiana tote bag
~ New Zealand Paua Shell wine glass charms
~ New Zealand kauri wood (buried 45,000+ years) Christmas tree decoration
~ Wild Ferns Pure New Zealand Manuka honey rejuvenating face pack
~ Wild Ferns Pure New Zealand Manuka honey conditioning lip balm
~ Author magnet (not pictured)
~ Author bookmark (not pictured)
To Enter: Just click on the below Rafflecopter giveaway links below.
To qualify for the bonus 5 entries, you’ll need to purchase Home For Christmas or Due South 2 and answer this question in the space provided in the rafflecopter. The question is: What breed of dogs are mentioned in Home For Christmas? (HINT: Check out Chapter 7!)
* Prizes are not exchangeable for cash or anything else.
* All due care will be made in ensuring the prize arrives at the winner’s address, but I am unable to refund prize value in any way should it not arrive due to postal disaster. I will post as soon as I have the winners address, but due to international post times he/she is unlikely to receive their prize before Christmas.
* Entries close on December 8th and winner will receive a direct e-mail from me shortly after – so please ensure my e-mail address is added to your safe/contacts list. If I haven’t had a reply from the winner in 24 hours, I will redraw a new winner.
Bonus Giveaway
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I’m giving away 2 x 2018 New Zealand Firefighter’s calendars. Free to enter, no purchase required. All you have to do is visit my Facebook page here.
Then:
~ SHARE the red sparkly post about Home For Christmas’s release which is pinned to the top of page before December 7th.
~ LIKE the post.
~ COMMENT on the post – anything you like – hi, done, Merry Christmas, just something.
October 3, 2017
New Orleans Day 1 & 2
A gorgeous day in The Big Easy today, but so, SO humid! I think we started sweating the moment we stepped out of our hotel. We are staying right on Canal St, so we headed past dozens of colorful souvenir stores (all selling the same T-shirts, Mardi Gras masks, bead necklaces, etc) to Jackson Square. There are some incredible artists set up at the square, their paintings hung on the Square’s cast iron fence. I loved looking (and buying) some prints (because I can’t fit originals into my suitcase!) while a little jazz band played on one of the balconies overlooking the square. Then there are the buskers, fortune tellers, the street performers, the guy with a boa constrictor around his neck, the young guys tap dancing in the sweltering heat, the lines of mule drawn carts, the Café du Monde and coffee/beignets. Can you tell that New Orleans fascinates me?
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We also stopped in at the Presbytere (one of the Louisiana State Museums) to visit the Hurricane Katrina exhibit. DH and I went last year while we were here, but we wanted the girls to have an appreciation of what a major catastrophe this was to the city. Also on display at the museum was a Mardi Gras display and the costumes we saw were incredible. Going to Mardi Gras one year is now firmly on my bucket list.
Back to our room to cool off, I bought my first pumpkin spice latte – wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be! Not something that exists in New Zealand, so I thought I may as well try while I can. After a relaxing swim in the pool, we headed to a restaurant called Daisy Duke’s for dinner. Tee was brave enough to try an alligator sausage po-boy, while I wasn’t so brave and had a popcorn shrimp po-boy with a cup of gumbo on the side. Unfortunately, the gumbo was a little too spicy for me so I didn’t eat most of it.
Our evening’s entertainment was the Haunted History 5-in-1 tour which was the same tour we did last year. We’d enjoyed it so much, we wanted to share the experience with the girls – and in one of those funny coincidences, we ended up with the same tour guide! Once again, we thoroughly enjoyed Gabriel’s way of storytelling, even though the subject matter was fascinatingly gruesome at times. Personally we didn’t spot any ghosts, but a woman on our tour took a photo of an empty window and there was definitely a shadowy shape in the photo that wasn’t there when we were looking at it. Spoooooky.
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Once the tour had finished, we led the teens back through Bourban St which was really pumping and packed solid. The noise and craziness got the best of Miss 16 after a few blocks, so we crossed over to a quieter street in the French Quarter to make our way back to the hotel.
The next morning we overslept and had to wolf down a quick breakfast before heading in light rain to our city bus tour. We had a very engaging lady driver called Mickey who kept us entertained and informed as we drove. One of the stops was at a ‘City of the Dead’ cemetary (not sure which one) which we couldn’t really see much of as the rain was really coming down at that point. One tomb that she did tell us about made me smile – a woman who’d spent a quarter of a million on a family crypt for her and her dog, and her son was told he couldn’t be buried with her. Mickey surmised that maybe he’d kicked her dog and got himself disinherited…
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We were also shown where the 17th Street canal breeched it’s banks after hurricane Katrina, and we could barely imagine how horrific the damage and aftermath must’ve been. Sobering stuff, especially when we saw by Lake Pontchartrain a new ‘dam’ that had been constructed and our tour guide asked us if we thought it would be effective against a rising lake level…to be honest, I thought the ‘dam’ was part of the sidewalk, so that was a big ‘no’ from me.
Later in the afternoon we drove out of town to do a Cajun Encounter tour in the Pearl River Honey Island Swamp. My day, nay, week was made when we spotted two raccoons snuffling around the undergrowth behind the public restrooms. OMG they were just the cutest things I’ve ever seen.
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The boat tour was also fascinating. We saw a few ‘gators, another cute but shy raccoon, and two wild pigs that are evidently well known to the tour guides as they’d named them Oreo and Mama. One of the sows, Mama, was not at all shy and came right up to the boat waiting for the guide to feed her some dried corn.
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On the return trip up river, our very cool guide gave us some Cajun cooking 101 tips. Sadly, he didn’t know me well enough to realise it was completely wasted information on me as cooking and me aren’t buddies. Once again we really loved our time in New Orleans, but there is still more of this fascinating city we want to explore.
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Jackson Square
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We also stopped in at the Presbytere (one of the Louisiana State Museums) to visit the Hurricane Katrina exhibit. DH and I went last year while we were here, but we wanted the girls to have an appreciation of what a major catastrophe this was to the city. Also on display at the museum was a Mardi Gras display and the costumes we saw were incredible. Going to Mardi Gras one year is now firmly on my bucket list.
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Back to our room to cool off, I bought my first pumpkin spice latte – wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be! Not something that exists in New Zealand, so I thought I may as well try while I can. After a relaxing swim in the pool, we headed to a restaurant called Daisy Duke’s for dinner. Tee was brave enough to try an alligator sausage po-boy, while I wasn’t so brave and had a popcorn shrimp po-boy with a cup of gumbo on the side. Unfortunately, the gumbo was a little too spicy for me so I didn’t eat most of it.
Our evening’s entertainment was the Haunted History 5-in-1 tour which was the same tour we did last year. We’d enjoyed it so much, we wanted to share the experience with the girls – and in one of those funny coincidences, we ended up with the same tour guide! Once again, we thoroughly enjoyed Gabriel’s way of storytelling, even though the subject matter was fascinatingly gruesome at times. Personally we didn’t spot any ghosts, but a woman on our tour took a photo of an empty window and there was definitely a shadowy shape in the photo that wasn’t there when we were looking at it. Spoooooky.
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Once the tour had finished, we led the teens back through Bourban St which was really pumping and packed solid. The noise and craziness got the best of Miss 16 after a few blocks, so we crossed over to a quieter street in the French Quarter to make our way back to the hotel.
The next morning we overslept and had to wolf down a quick breakfast before heading in light rain to our city bus tour. We had a very engaging lady driver called Mickey who kept us entertained and informed as we drove. One of the stops was at a ‘City of the Dead’ cemetary (not sure which one) which we couldn’t really see much of as the rain was really coming down at that point. One tomb that she did tell us about made me smile – a woman who’d spent a quarter of a million on a family crypt for her and her dog, and her son was told he couldn’t be buried with her. Mickey surmised that maybe he’d kicked her dog and got himself disinherited…
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A castle crypt fit for a queen (and her dog).
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We were also shown where the 17th Street canal breeched it’s banks after hurricane Katrina, and we could barely imagine how horrific the damage and aftermath must’ve been. Sobering stuff, especially when we saw by Lake Pontchartrain a new ‘dam’ that had been constructed and our tour guide asked us if we thought it would be effective against a rising lake level…to be honest, I thought the ‘dam’ was part of the sidewalk, so that was a big ‘no’ from me.
Later in the afternoon we drove out of town to do a Cajun Encounter tour in the Pearl River Honey Island Swamp. My day, nay, week was made when we spotted two raccoons snuffling around the undergrowth behind the public restrooms. OMG they were just the cutest things I’ve ever seen.
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The boat tour was also fascinating. We saw a few ‘gators, another cute but shy raccoon, and two wild pigs that are evidently well known to the tour guides as they’d named them Oreo and Mama. One of the sows, Mama, was not at all shy and came right up to the boat waiting for the guide to feed her some dried corn.
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The swamp was just beautiful, and so peaceful.
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On the return trip up river, our very cool guide gave us some Cajun cooking 101 tips. Sadly, he didn’t know me well enough to realise it was completely wasted information on me as cooking and me aren’t buddies. Once again we really loved our time in New Orleans, but there is still more of this fascinating city we want to explore.
September 30, 2017
Day 7 ~ Houston
Today we drove out of the rain and into the humidity on the way to Houston. DH had been in contact with a local guy part of a Dodge Challenger group on FB and we met up with him at Buc-ee’s (which is the first time I’ve been in one and OMG they are HUGE with so much stuff to look at it’s kind of like being a wee animal hit in a retail spotlight). From there we followed him in his mid-sixties Dodge Dart to The USS Texas dreadnaught battleship that had seen action in both WW1 and WW2 and was docked San Jacinto State Park. It was fascinating looking over it, but unfortunately the heat and humidity got to me and I started to feel a little claustrophobic and decided to cut my tour short. DH, however, had a blast.
The next day we visited the Houston Space Center, which was every bit as amazing as we’d hoped. The highlight for me was the trolley tour where we got to go into the mission control building and see THE ACTUAL control room. It felt like stepping into history, as they’ve left the room exactly as it was in the sixties. Also amazing was seeing the real Saturn and getting to go into the 747 and replica space shuttle.
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The next day we visited the Houston Space Center, which was every bit as amazing as we’d hoped. The highlight for me was the trolley tour where we got to go into the mission control building and see THE ACTUAL control room. It felt like stepping into history, as they’ve left the room exactly as it was in the sixties. Also amazing was seeing the real Saturn and getting to go into the 747 and replica space shuttle.
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September 26, 2017
Day 5-6 ~ San Antonio
Today we drove to San Antonio, with a detour into Austin. It was also a red letter day as we had our first lunch at our favorite restaurant, Cracker Barrel. We love the food, the endless coffee, the friendly staff and the gift store – OMG I could spend hours in the gift store alone!
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We’ve never been to Austin before, so we really enjoyed a free tour around the Capitol Building. Even the girls were interested to find out about some of Texas’s history and it was a great pre-intro for our visit to the Alamo.
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We woke up to rain in San Antonio. Being hardened Kiwi travelers we sucked it up and walked to the Alamo anyway. DH and I went to the Alamo last July, but with the summer rush we didn’t get an opportunity to go inside the chapel area or do the audio tour. This time we were in luck and we really enjoyed wandering around listening to the history. Especially cool was chatting to a couple of guides who told us about medicine available in the 1800s and also the muskets/rifles used then.
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Lunch was at a Mexican restaurant along the River Walk, which is just beautiful, but unfortunately a little drippy when wet! We wandered around the River Walk after lunch as we had a Segway tour booked for 2pm, but at around 20 past 1 the heavens opened and it POURED down. We took shelter in a nearby Walgreens, but within 10 minutes it hadn’t ceased and the road back to our car was a deluge of running water. DH and the girls jumped and hopped across, I gave up after one step when the water was well over my feet.
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So after a brief detour into a Goodwill Store for a shop (the girls LOVE 2nd hand shopping) we are back at the hotel getting dried off. Even though the weather wasn’t ideal, I still enjoyed our visit to San Antonio and hope to come back here again some time to explore the places we didn’t get to see in Summer last year.
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I am just that happy to be back in Cracker Barrel!
We’ve never been to Austin before, so we really enjoyed a free tour around the Capitol Building. Even the girls were interested to find out about some of Texas’s history and it was a great pre-intro for our visit to the Alamo.
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Such a beautiful building in Austin.
We woke up to rain in San Antonio. Being hardened Kiwi travelers we sucked it up and walked to the Alamo anyway. DH and I went to the Alamo last July, but with the summer rush we didn’t get an opportunity to go inside the chapel area or do the audio tour. This time we were in luck and we really enjoyed wandering around listening to the history. Especially cool was chatting to a couple of guides who told us about medicine available in the 1800s and also the muskets/rifles used then.
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History comes alive in the Alamo, who cares about the rain.
Lunch was at a Mexican restaurant along the River Walk, which is just beautiful, but unfortunately a little drippy when wet! We wandered around the River Walk after lunch as we had a Segway tour booked for 2pm, but at around 20 past 1 the heavens opened and it POURED down. We took shelter in a nearby Walgreens, but within 10 minutes it hadn’t ceased and the road back to our car was a deluge of running water. DH and the girls jumped and hopped across, I gave up after one step when the water was well over my feet.
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Wet feet waiting to happen…
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So after a brief detour into a Goodwill Store for a shop (the girls LOVE 2nd hand shopping) we are back at the hotel getting dried off. Even though the weather wasn’t ideal, I still enjoyed our visit to San Antonio and hope to come back here again some time to explore the places we didn’t get to see in Summer last year.
September 24, 2017
Day 2-3 ~ Dallas, TX
Uneventful flight to Dallas-Fort Worth and then the usual drama we seem to have with hiring a car and hidden fine print that wasn’t on the rental’s website. Nevertheless, we finally got away from the airport, with grand plans to take the teens to our favorite restaurant—Cracker Barrel. By this time it was dark and with masses of roadworks, even the car’s GPS was stressed so we gave up after getting lost trying to make it to the restaurant after three or four times and went straight to the hotel.
The next morning we headed into Dallas and walked around Dealey Plaza, hardly able to believe we were really there. I should mention it was more impactful at this point to DH and I who have grown up with the association of JFK’s assignation coloring our view of Dallas, whereas the girls knew little of the former president and didn’t have any biases. We took the tour at the old Texas School Book Depository which has become the Sixth Floor Museum which I found informative, gripping, sad, and tastefully done. Even the girls enjoyed it and were interested in discussing their theories afterwards.
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After the museum we caught a hop-on hop-off bus tour around Dallas city and had lunch at the Hard Rock Café.
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We enjoyed our little glimpse of Dallas which is actually a really pretty city with lots of interesting architecture, lovely red brick buildings, and wonderful art and sculptures.
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We went into this ah-mazing smelling Western goods store that was pure new leathery bliss and I fell in love with this gorgeous turquoise cowgirl boots – which I’m afraid had to stay in the store – but I did buy some super-cute Texas souvenirs including boot salt n’ pepper shakers and a pretty turquoise necklace. I’m looking forward to exploring this city more one day.
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The next morning we headed into Dallas and walked around Dealey Plaza, hardly able to believe we were really there. I should mention it was more impactful at this point to DH and I who have grown up with the association of JFK’s assignation coloring our view of Dallas, whereas the girls knew little of the former president and didn’t have any biases. We took the tour at the old Texas School Book Depository which has become the Sixth Floor Museum which I found informative, gripping, sad, and tastefully done. Even the girls enjoyed it and were interested in discussing their theories afterwards.
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Outside the Sixth Floor Museum.
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[image error]Overlooking Dealey Plaza, with a lovely quote from what would’ve been JFK’s speech that fateful day.
After the museum we caught a hop-on hop-off bus tour around Dallas city and had lunch at the Hard Rock Café.
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We enjoyed our little glimpse of Dallas which is actually a really pretty city with lots of interesting architecture, lovely red brick buildings, and wonderful art and sculptures.
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I’m watching you… Evidently people choose to get married in front of this giant eye sculpture!
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We went into this ah-mazing smelling Western goods store that was pure new leathery bliss and I fell in love with this gorgeous turquoise cowgirl boots – which I’m afraid had to stay in the store – but I did buy some super-cute Texas souvenirs including boot salt n’ pepper shakers and a pretty turquoise necklace. I’m looking forward to exploring this city more one day.
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Miss 16 photo-bombing me as I wistfully try on the most gorgeous boots!
September 22, 2017
#Kiwichick Vay-Cay in the USA 2017! Day 1 ~ San Francisco
Kia Ora!
In case you weren’t already aware, the Alvarez family LOVE road-trips in the US. This trip I’m vacationing with my DH, my daughter Miss 16 (who’ll be Miss 17 by the end of the trip) and Miss 16’s bestie, Tee. We flew into San Francisco yesterday and after a quick visit to our hotel to change our travel-weary (read, stinky) clothes, we walked to Alamo Square to see the Painted Ladies houses on one side of it. Cue Full House theme music, though the teen girls are too young to have watched it.
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Today we walked down to Union Square and then through China Town. After the obligatory souvenir shopping, we walked to Powell Street to catch a cable car – another must-do before you can say you’ve been to San Francisco, according to our cab driver! DH and the girls scored a spot standing up on the outside of the cable car, while I was happy to take an inside seat.
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Once we got to the end of the line, we ordered a Uber and headed to the Golden Gate Bridge visitor center. We had a beautiful blue sky above us as we strolled over the bridge, and plenty of dodgeball practise as we avoided being bowled over by the squillions of cyclists crossing the bridge. On the other side, we’d wrongfully* assumed that it’d be easy to just get an Uber back to the city. Nuh, uh. We couldn’t get an Uber or a taxi, so in the end for $40 we caught a ride with one of the double-decker hop-on-hop-off buses and got half of the guided tour back to Union Square in the city!
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In case you weren’t already aware, the Alvarez family LOVE road-trips in the US. This trip I’m vacationing with my DH, my daughter Miss 16 (who’ll be Miss 17 by the end of the trip) and Miss 16’s bestie, Tee. We flew into San Francisco yesterday and after a quick visit to our hotel to change our travel-weary (read, stinky) clothes, we walked to Alamo Square to see the Painted Ladies houses on one side of it. Cue Full House theme music, though the teen girls are too young to have watched it.
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Painted Ladies at Alamo Square.
Today we walked down to Union Square and then through China Town. After the obligatory souvenir shopping, we walked to Powell Street to catch a cable car – another must-do before you can say you’ve been to San Francisco, according to our cab driver! DH and the girls scored a spot standing up on the outside of the cable car, while I was happy to take an inside seat.
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Union Square.
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Once we got to the end of the line, we ordered a Uber and headed to the Golden Gate Bridge visitor center. We had a beautiful blue sky above us as we strolled over the bridge, and plenty of dodgeball practise as we avoided being bowled over by the squillions of cyclists crossing the bridge. On the other side, we’d wrongfully* assumed that it’d be easy to just get an Uber back to the city. Nuh, uh. We couldn’t get an Uber or a taxi, so in the end for $40 we caught a ride with one of the double-decker hop-on-hop-off buses and got half of the guided tour back to Union Square in the city!
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Yes, Miss 16 will kill me later – but in my defence she did pull the face while I had my phone pointed at her…
September 15, 2017
Mend Your Heart Release Day
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Kia ora and welcome back to Bounty Bay in the Far North of New Zealand!
This time it’s Isaac Ngata and Natalie Fisher’s turn to play the Game of Love, and things are about to get explosive both on the rubgy field and off! This was truly one of the biggest rollercoaster rides of a book I’ve ever written, and I absolutely adore Isaac and Natalie’s journey – and I hope you will too.
An idiot’s guide to falling for your best friend’s widow…
Former rugby star Isaac Ngata was New Zealand’s golden boy until five years ago when a tragic accident took the life of his friend and team mate. Now he’s a pariah with a screwed up knee and a burden of guilt toward his friend’s wife and daughter. Best thing for him to do is sink into the anonymous safety of his hometown. An even better thing to do would be to stop picturing Natalie in his arms.
For someone who doesn’t know a dummy pass from a drop kick, Natalie Fisher just wants to keep her late husband’s passion for sport in the past. But their teenage daughter’s rugby team is in desperate need of a coach and the man she can’t stand to be around has volunteered. A long buried attraction flares to life between Natalie and Isaac, one they can’t run far or fast enough to avoid. Soon rugby fever isn’t the only thing heating up Bounty Bay. Crossing the line never had such high stakes…
“Um, need a hand?”
Natalie’s soft voice, with just a hint of sultry-Blues-rasp in it, caused an entirely different visceral reaction than the jolt his heart gave at the sudden interruption. He spun toward her, the ball bag bouncing off the wall and sending hockey sticks clattering to the floor. She stood a safe five steps behind him, then took a further step backward.
“Oops. My bad,” she said.
Nope, it was all his bad. His bad for noticing the light tan covering her long, bare legs in her mid-thigh-length running tights and shorts. Definitely his bad for noticing her slim-fitting T-shirt that hugged each and every one of her curves. Obviously she knew enough about rugby practises to wear the correct gear—loose fitting clothes made it too easy for an opponent to snag you—but they weren’t helping his rising blood pressure any.
“It’s fine.” He tossed the bulky bag near her feet. “I’ll grab you some cones to carry out to the field. They’re lighter.”
“I’m quite capable of carrying your balls,” she said, then her brow crumpled. “I mean, the balls. The ball sack”—a pink tinge highlighted her cheekbones and her gaze shot sideways to the hallway wall—“I mean, the sack containing the rugby balls.”
Something fizzed like overflowing soda bubbles in Isaac’s chest and for a split second he didn’t recognise it, until the sensation spilled out of him in a belly laugh. Natalie’s gaze zipped from the wall to him, her green eyes widening and her cheeks now the color of someone who’d completed ten running laps around the field.
“By all means, don’t let me deprive you of carrying my ball sack. Have at it.” He continued to chuckle as her eyes went from wide to narrow slits.
Nat bent and hauled the bag up, the slender muscles in her arms flexing. She angled her chin at him. “In my experience, playing with balls are never as exciting to women as they are to men.”
Maybe you’ve been doing it wrong, was on the tip of Isaac’s tongue, but he swallowed it.
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Prize includes:
~ Teach Your Heart (Far North Book #3) signed paperback
~ Official Merchandise All Blacks Beanie
~ New Zealand Haka print tea towel (To dry dishes with!)
~ New Zealand pounamu (Jade) pendant & woven mini bag
~ Haka bottle opener
~ Author magnet (not pictured)
~ Author bookmark (not pictured)
To Enter: Just click on the below Rafflecopter giveaway links below.
To qualify for the bonus 5 entries, you’ll need to purchase Mend Your Heart and answer this question in the space provided in the rafflecopter. The question is: What is the name of the horse mentioned in Chapter 15?
* Prizes are not exchangeable for cash or anything else.
* All due care will be made in ensuring the prize arrives at the winner’s address, but I am unable to refund prize value in any way should it not arrive due to postal disaster.
* Entries close on September 18th and winner will receive a direct e-mail from me shortly after – so please ensure my e-mail address is added to your safe/contacts list. If I haven’t had a reply from the winner in 24 hours, I will redraw a new winner.
Bonus Giveaway
I’m giving away a $15 Amazon US gift card. Free to enter, no purchase required. All you have to do is visit my Facebook page here.
Then:
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~ LIKE the post.
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Kia ora and welcome back to Bounty Bay in the Far North of New Zealand!
This time it’s Isaac Ngata and Natalie Fisher’s turn to play the Game of Love, and things are about to get explosive both on the rubgy field and off! This was truly one of the biggest rollercoaster rides of a book I’ve ever written, and I absolutely adore Isaac and Natalie’s journey – and I hope you will too.
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An idiot’s guide to falling for your best friend’s widow…
Former rugby star Isaac Ngata was New Zealand’s golden boy until five years ago when a tragic accident took the life of his friend and team mate. Now he’s a pariah with a screwed up knee and a burden of guilt toward his friend’s wife and daughter. Best thing for him to do is sink into the anonymous safety of his hometown. An even better thing to do would be to stop picturing Natalie in his arms.
For someone who doesn’t know a dummy pass from a drop kick, Natalie Fisher just wants to keep her late husband’s passion for sport in the past. But their teenage daughter’s rugby team is in desperate need of a coach and the man she can’t stand to be around has volunteered. A long buried attraction flares to life between Natalie and Isaac, one they can’t run far or fast enough to avoid. Soon rugby fever isn’t the only thing heating up Bounty Bay. Crossing the line never had such high stakes…
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“Um, need a hand?”
Natalie’s soft voice, with just a hint of sultry-Blues-rasp in it, caused an entirely different visceral reaction than the jolt his heart gave at the sudden interruption. He spun toward her, the ball bag bouncing off the wall and sending hockey sticks clattering to the floor. She stood a safe five steps behind him, then took a further step backward.
“Oops. My bad,” she said.
Nope, it was all his bad. His bad for noticing the light tan covering her long, bare legs in her mid-thigh-length running tights and shorts. Definitely his bad for noticing her slim-fitting T-shirt that hugged each and every one of her curves. Obviously she knew enough about rugby practises to wear the correct gear—loose fitting clothes made it too easy for an opponent to snag you—but they weren’t helping his rising blood pressure any.
“It’s fine.” He tossed the bulky bag near her feet. “I’ll grab you some cones to carry out to the field. They’re lighter.”
“I’m quite capable of carrying your balls,” she said, then her brow crumpled. “I mean, the balls. The ball sack”—a pink tinge highlighted her cheekbones and her gaze shot sideways to the hallway wall—“I mean, the sack containing the rugby balls.”
Something fizzed like overflowing soda bubbles in Isaac’s chest and for a split second he didn’t recognise it, until the sensation spilled out of him in a belly laugh. Natalie’s gaze zipped from the wall to him, her green eyes widening and her cheeks now the color of someone who’d completed ten running laps around the field.
“By all means, don’t let me deprive you of carrying my ball sack. Have at it.” He continued to chuckle as her eyes went from wide to narrow slits.
Nat bent and hauled the bag up, the slender muscles in her arms flexing. She angled her chin at him. “In my experience, playing with balls are never as exciting to women as they are to men.”
Maybe you’ve been doing it wrong, was on the tip of Isaac’s tongue, but he swallowed it.
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(Open Internationally)
Prize includes:
~ Teach Your Heart (Far North Book #3) signed paperback
~ Official Merchandise All Blacks Beanie
~ New Zealand Haka print tea towel (To dry dishes with!)
~ New Zealand pounamu (Jade) pendant & woven mini bag
~ Haka bottle opener
~ Author magnet (not pictured)
~ Author bookmark (not pictured)
To Enter: Just click on the below Rafflecopter giveaway links below.
To qualify for the bonus 5 entries, you’ll need to purchase Mend Your Heart and answer this question in the space provided in the rafflecopter. The question is: What is the name of the horse mentioned in Chapter 15?
* Prizes are not exchangeable for cash or anything else.
* All due care will be made in ensuring the prize arrives at the winner’s address, but I am unable to refund prize value in any way should it not arrive due to postal disaster.
* Entries close on September 18th and winner will receive a direct e-mail from me shortly after – so please ensure my e-mail address is added to your safe/contacts list. If I haven’t had a reply from the winner in 24 hours, I will redraw a new winner.
Bonus Giveaway
I’m giving away a $15 Amazon US gift card. Free to enter, no purchase required. All you have to do is visit my Facebook page here.
Then:
~ SHARE the post about Mend Your Heart’s release which is pinned to the top of page before September 17th.
~ LIKE the post.
~ COMMENT on the post – anything you like – hi, done, happy release day, just something.
September 4, 2017
Write space…
Everytime I wish I had an office to write in (as opposed to a desk crammed into the corner of our bedroom) I remind myself of one of my favourite authors, Stephen King, who reputedly wrote his first novel with a typewriter on his lap in a corner of a laundry room. Or somewhere just as unpleasant.
I’m lucky enough to have a cosy bedroom and a desk. And if that desk is a mess because I don’t have enough space, and let’s face it, I’m a wee bit of a slob, then I’ve just had to put up with it. Don’t be shocked, but this is currently what my workspace looks like.
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No, it’s not a still from The World’s Worst Hoarders. How rude. This is the unvarnished reality of this author, peeps. And BTW, the shelves are normally crammed with books but I had to move them off temporarily.
However, hopefully by the end of the year I’ll have my very own writer cave. One that I can lock my family and my two naughty boy cats out of. No more interruptions from DH wandering in and out of the room looking for his misplaced phone. No more cats fishing teabags out of my mug when I’m not looking. Ah, the bliss. In preparation I bought this sign to hang on my wall. It’s more suitable for a romance author than ‘interrupters will be shot’ I suppose. 
August 23, 2017
Mend Your Heart (Bounty Bay Book 4) Cover Reveal!
Mend Your Heart is Natalie and Isaac’s story – can’t wait to share it with you. But for now, here’s the gorgeous cover designed by Kellie of Book Cover By Design.
Here’s the blurb:
An idiot’s guide to falling for your best friend’s widow…
Former rugby star Isaac Ngata was New Zealand’s golden boy until five years ago when a tragic accident took the life of his friend and team mate. Now he’s a pariah with a screwed up knee and a burden of guilt toward his friend’s wife and daughter. Best thing for him to do is sink into the anonymous safety of his hometown. An even better thing to do would be to stop picturing Natalie in his arms.
For someone who doesn’t know a dummy pass from a drop kick, Natalie Fisher just wants to keep her late husband’s passion for sport in the past. But their teenage daughter’s rugby team is in desperate need of a coach and the man she can’t stand to be around has volunteered. A long buried attraction flares to life between Natalie and Isaac, one they can’t run far or fast enough to avoid. Soon rugby fever isn’t the only thing heating up Bounty Bay. Crossing the line never had such high stakes…
Here’s a little teaser of an excerpt:
“You want to talk?” he asked. “Or is this about to be a physical attack on the coach’s person?”
His mouth twitched on the word ‘physical’ as if he were about to smile—which, trust her, would’ve been a really bad call. Physical they wouldn’t get, though parts of her perked up at the puzzle of how to erase the smug gleam from Isaac’s dark eyes. Karate chop to the diaphragm? She didn’t know karate, and besides, she’d probably only bust up her hand on all those aforementioned muscles. Knee to the nuts? Oh, so tempting. But perhaps a little overkill. Scale him like a tree and kiss him until he begged for mercy? That was a bad direction to let her thoughts roam in.
Keeping emotions from showing on her face wasn’t one of her talents, and Isaac was perceptive enough to notice.
You can pre-order Mend Your Heart for the special price of $2.99 – reg. $3.99 when released.
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Giveaway!
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Here’s the blurb:
An idiot’s guide to falling for your best friend’s widow…
Former rugby star Isaac Ngata was New Zealand’s golden boy until five years ago when a tragic accident took the life of his friend and team mate. Now he’s a pariah with a screwed up knee and a burden of guilt toward his friend’s wife and daughter. Best thing for him to do is sink into the anonymous safety of his hometown. An even better thing to do would be to stop picturing Natalie in his arms.
For someone who doesn’t know a dummy pass from a drop kick, Natalie Fisher just wants to keep her late husband’s passion for sport in the past. But their teenage daughter’s rugby team is in desperate need of a coach and the man she can’t stand to be around has volunteered. A long buried attraction flares to life between Natalie and Isaac, one they can’t run far or fast enough to avoid. Soon rugby fever isn’t the only thing heating up Bounty Bay. Crossing the line never had such high stakes…
Here’s a little teaser of an excerpt:
“You want to talk?” he asked. “Or is this about to be a physical attack on the coach’s person?”
His mouth twitched on the word ‘physical’ as if he were about to smile—which, trust her, would’ve been a really bad call. Physical they wouldn’t get, though parts of her perked up at the puzzle of how to erase the smug gleam from Isaac’s dark eyes. Karate chop to the diaphragm? She didn’t know karate, and besides, she’d probably only bust up her hand on all those aforementioned muscles. Knee to the nuts? Oh, so tempting. But perhaps a little overkill. Scale him like a tree and kiss him until he begged for mercy? That was a bad direction to let her thoughts roam in.
Keeping emotions from showing on her face wasn’t one of her talents, and Isaac was perceptive enough to notice.
You can pre-order Mend Your Heart for the special price of $2.99 – reg. $3.99 when released.
Amazon / iBooks / Nook / Kobo
Giveaway!
May 18, 2017
Saying I Do Release Day
It’s Saying I Do’s release day – Wheeee!
It’s been a long time coming, but Joe and MacKenna’s book is finally available. This story was SO much fun to write, and it combined two three four of my favourite things: Weddings, eighties pop music, Irish accents, and ROAD TRIPS! As some of you may know, I’ve been fortunate enough to go with my family on a couple of US road trips, and OMG, this is my favourite way to travel. So of course, I wanted Joe and MacKenna to experience one. And what better place to send these two cynics to than the Marriage Capital of the World, Las Vegas!
I hope you fall in love with Joe and Mac as much as I did writing this book. xx
Series: Stewart Island #8
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Heat Level: Sexy/Steamy
Marriage and happily-ever-after are for suckers…
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Feet moving of their own accord, Mac stomped over to him. “You can learn a lot about someone in a short amount of time, and I’ve learned this about your sister already—if you push her too hard too fast, she’ll dig in her heels. So back the hell off for a bit. You’re too heavy-handed.”
His jaw bunched, and suddenly he wasn’t leaning against the door anymore—she was—with Joe’s big hands still clamped on her arms, which was how he’d twisted her around and pinned her.
“Heavy-handed, am I?”
Deeper and rougher than his usual silky tone with a hint of Ireland, his accent came out in force. It wasn’t the voice of a doctor with a charming bedside manner, but the voice of a man who could walk through the rougher parts of Dublin with confidence.
“Yes.”
The word came out high-pitched like a chick’s peep because his grip had loosened on her arms. Both his thumbs stroked over the curve of her biceps, and, dear God—she couldn’t for the life of her stop a delicious shiver from skimming down to her toes. Oh. And the shiver made a couple of pit stops at her nipples along the way.
Her breath shuddered out on a gasp. Even though she knew how to break away from a man by inflicting enough pain to ensure he wouldn’t grab her again, Mac couldn’t do anything but curl her toes and stare at the working of Joe’s Adam’s apple.
She licked suddenly dry lips. “You, ah, need to use a gentler touch.”
“Do I, darlin’?”
The mean streets of Dublin had left his voice, and a new tone appeared. One she’d never heard from him. One that a tiny corner of her heart recognized with a skittering jump, conjuring up a fantasy of a stone cottage on a lonely, Irish cliff top, the sea roaring below and a man whispering Irish endearments in her ears.
His hands skimmed up her shoulders, and one finger traced the line of her jaw, coming to rest in the cleft of her chin. “That’s how you expect a man to handle you, no doubt. As if you were made of spun glass, and a kiss that was anything but gentle would shatter you.”
“A kiss won’t shatter me.” That didn’t make sense, but then nothing did when she could barely hear his words over the pounding bass and the pounding thrum of blood firing through her veins.
“Are you sure now? Because I’m not wantin’ to be gentle.”
He dipped his head and brushed his lips along the path his finger had taken a moment before. A total contradiction of his words. Mac’s stomach dropped in a giddying free fall, and her hands—which had found their way onto his hips—bunched in the soft wool of his sweater.
“Anyone ever tell you you talk too much?” she said.
When she’d meant to say, “I need you to kiss me, fool.”
Apparently, his diagnostic powers were good because he figured out what she needed, and he cupped one big hand behind her neck, lowering his mouth to hers. Warm, firm lips teased hers, not quite a kiss, more testing for reaction as he drew back a fraction, waiting for her to broach the hairbreadth of distance between them again. And with a ragged inhale, she did, parting her mouth slightly to draw him in deeper. If she was going to kiss Joe, then, dammit, it was going to be a good kiss. A grand kiss.
A not gentle, not polite, not going to stop thinking about it for days kiss.
***
Just for fun…The SAYING I DO soundtrack on You Tube!
1st Prize (over $65 value) includes:
~ Playing For Fun signed paperback (Playing For Fun is Book 6 in the series, and features Mac’s cousin Holly)
~ Fun NZ theme tote bag
~ New Zealand Wild Ferns Pure New Zealand Manuka Honey Rejuvenating Face Pack
~ New Zealand Wild Ferns Pure New Zealand Manuka Honey Conditioning Lip Balm
~ Alpine Silk Manuka Honey Hand Cream
~ Alpine Silk Manuka Honey with Propolis Triple Milled Luxury Soap
~ Handcrafted in New Zealand woven Hessian Kete with feathers
~ 4 New Zealand Paua Shell Wine Glass Charms
~ Author magnet (not pictured)
~ Author bookmark (not pictured)
To Enter: Just click on the below Rafflecopter giveaway links below.
To qualify for the bonus 5 entries, you’ll need to purchase Saying I Do and answer this question in the space provided in the rafflecopter. The question is: What is the last 4-word sentence at the end of Chapter 13?
* Prizes are not exchangeable for cash or anything else.
* All due care will be made in ensuring the prize arrives at the winner’s address, but I am unable to refund prize value in any way should it not arrive due to postal disaster.
* Entries close on May 25th and winner will receive a direct e-mail from me shortly after – so please ensure my e-mail address is added to your safe/contacts list. If I haven’t had a reply from the winner in 48 hours, I will redraw a new winner.
Bonus Giveaway
I’m giving away a $20 Amazon US gift card. Free to enter, no purchase required. All you have to do is visit my Facebook page here.
Then:
~ SHARE the post about Saying I Do’s release which is pinned to the top of page before May 24th.
~ LIKE the post.
~ COMMENT on the post – anything you like – hi, done, happy release day, just something.
It’s been a long time coming, but Joe and MacKenna’s book is finally available. This story was SO much fun to write, and it combined two three four of my favourite things: Weddings, eighties pop music, Irish accents, and ROAD TRIPS! As some of you may know, I’ve been fortunate enough to go with my family on a couple of US road trips, and OMG, this is my favourite way to travel. So of course, I wanted Joe and MacKenna to experience one. And what better place to send these two cynics to than the Marriage Capital of the World, Las Vegas!
I hope you fall in love with Joe and Mac as much as I did writing this book. xx
Series: Stewart Island #8
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Heat Level: Sexy/Steamy
Marriage and happily-ever-after are for suckers…
Joe Whelan was fooled once on the way to the altar, and the Irish doctor isn’t about to be an eejit over a woman again. Especially not one who witnessed his broken-hearted humiliation years ago. He won’t be swayed by the sparks that fly whenever his eyes meet MacKenna’s or distracted by her sweet kisses. The only thing Joe cares about is preventing his sister from making the biggest marital mistake of her life.
MacKenna Jones loves a good wedding—so long as she’s sewing the bride’s gown, not walking down the aisle herself. Falling for Joe Whelan’s sexy bedside manner wasn’t on the cards, neither was a seven-day road trip with him to Las Vegas, the Marriage Capital of the World. When the stakes are so high, will these two gun-shy cynics ever say I Do?
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Feet moving of their own accord, Mac stomped over to him. “You can learn a lot about someone in a short amount of time, and I’ve learned this about your sister already—if you push her too hard too fast, she’ll dig in her heels. So back the hell off for a bit. You’re too heavy-handed.”
His jaw bunched, and suddenly he wasn’t leaning against the door anymore—she was—with Joe’s big hands still clamped on her arms, which was how he’d twisted her around and pinned her.
“Heavy-handed, am I?”
Deeper and rougher than his usual silky tone with a hint of Ireland, his accent came out in force. It wasn’t the voice of a doctor with a charming bedside manner, but the voice of a man who could walk through the rougher parts of Dublin with confidence.
“Yes.”
The word came out high-pitched like a chick’s peep because his grip had loosened on her arms. Both his thumbs stroked over the curve of her biceps, and, dear God—she couldn’t for the life of her stop a delicious shiver from skimming down to her toes. Oh. And the shiver made a couple of pit stops at her nipples along the way.
Her breath shuddered out on a gasp. Even though she knew how to break away from a man by inflicting enough pain to ensure he wouldn’t grab her again, Mac couldn’t do anything but curl her toes and stare at the working of Joe’s Adam’s apple.
She licked suddenly dry lips. “You, ah, need to use a gentler touch.”
“Do I, darlin’?”
The mean streets of Dublin had left his voice, and a new tone appeared. One she’d never heard from him. One that a tiny corner of her heart recognized with a skittering jump, conjuring up a fantasy of a stone cottage on a lonely, Irish cliff top, the sea roaring below and a man whispering Irish endearments in her ears.
His hands skimmed up her shoulders, and one finger traced the line of her jaw, coming to rest in the cleft of her chin. “That’s how you expect a man to handle you, no doubt. As if you were made of spun glass, and a kiss that was anything but gentle would shatter you.”
“A kiss won’t shatter me.” That didn’t make sense, but then nothing did when she could barely hear his words over the pounding bass and the pounding thrum of blood firing through her veins.
“Are you sure now? Because I’m not wantin’ to be gentle.”
He dipped his head and brushed his lips along the path his finger had taken a moment before. A total contradiction of his words. Mac’s stomach dropped in a giddying free fall, and her hands—which had found their way onto his hips—bunched in the soft wool of his sweater.
“Anyone ever tell you you talk too much?” she said.
When she’d meant to say, “I need you to kiss me, fool.”
Apparently, his diagnostic powers were good because he figured out what she needed, and he cupped one big hand behind her neck, lowering his mouth to hers. Warm, firm lips teased hers, not quite a kiss, more testing for reaction as he drew back a fraction, waiting for her to broach the hairbreadth of distance between them again. And with a ragged inhale, she did, parting her mouth slightly to draw him in deeper. If she was going to kiss Joe, then, dammit, it was going to be a good kiss. A grand kiss.
A not gentle, not polite, not going to stop thinking about it for days kiss.
***
Just for fun…The SAYING I DO soundtrack on You Tube!
1st Prize (over $65 value) includes:
~ Playing For Fun signed paperback (Playing For Fun is Book 6 in the series, and features Mac’s cousin Holly)
~ Fun NZ theme tote bag
~ New Zealand Wild Ferns Pure New Zealand Manuka Honey Rejuvenating Face Pack
~ New Zealand Wild Ferns Pure New Zealand Manuka Honey Conditioning Lip Balm
~ Alpine Silk Manuka Honey Hand Cream
~ Alpine Silk Manuka Honey with Propolis Triple Milled Luxury Soap
~ Handcrafted in New Zealand woven Hessian Kete with feathers
~ 4 New Zealand Paua Shell Wine Glass Charms
~ Author magnet (not pictured)
~ Author bookmark (not pictured)
To Enter: Just click on the below Rafflecopter giveaway links below.
To qualify for the bonus 5 entries, you’ll need to purchase Saying I Do and answer this question in the space provided in the rafflecopter. The question is: What is the last 4-word sentence at the end of Chapter 13?
* Prizes are not exchangeable for cash or anything else.
* All due care will be made in ensuring the prize arrives at the winner’s address, but I am unable to refund prize value in any way should it not arrive due to postal disaster.
* Entries close on May 25th and winner will receive a direct e-mail from me shortly after – so please ensure my e-mail address is added to your safe/contacts list. If I haven’t had a reply from the winner in 48 hours, I will redraw a new winner.
Bonus Giveaway
I’m giving away a $20 Amazon US gift card. Free to enter, no purchase required. All you have to do is visit my Facebook page here.
Then:
~ SHARE the post about Saying I Do’s release which is pinned to the top of page before May 24th.
~ LIKE the post.
~ COMMENT on the post – anything you like – hi, done, happy release day, just something.
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