Australia

REVIEW: Tea Cooper’s Jazz Baby

November 6, 2014 // 2 Comments

REVIEW: Jazz Baby Tea Cooper In the gritty underbelly of 1920s Sydney, a fresh-faced country girl is about to arrive in the big, dark city – and risk everything in the pursuit of her dreams. Sydney is no place for the fainthearted – five shillings for a twist of snow, a woman for not [...]

FINDING MY VOICE: Joanna Lloyd

July 11, 2014 // 8 Comments

FINDING MY WRITING VOICE JOANNA LLOYD I first began the task of recording my thoughts and activities in a journal I kept from the age of twelve when I was sent to boarding school. At high school the only subject I really loved was English and at university was berated for embellishing [...]

AUSTRALIA DAY 2014: Celebrating #OzRomance TOP 25

January 26, 2014 // 2 Comments

HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY! All week, I’ve been sharing my top 25 #OzRomance novels – check them out here: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 JOIN THE CONVERSATION on Twitter using the #OzRomance [...]

AUSTRALIA DAY 2014: Celebrating #OzRomance (Day 5)

January 24, 2014 // 2 Comments

This is it! The final five #OzRomance books in the Australia Day showcase… It’s Love, Dude Jenny Schwartz Zane Carlton is a World Champion surfer. Molly Georgiou is a shy, small-town girl. They have nothing in common except an instantaneous attraction and an impossible quest for [...]

AUSTRALIA DAY 2014: Celebrating #OzRomance (Day 4)

January 23, 2014 // 4 Comments

Only 10 more #OzRomance books to share with you, so here’s todays featured five: Yearning Kate Belle It’s 1978 in an Australian country town and a dreamy teenaged girl’s world is turned upside down by the arrival of the substitute English teacher. Solomon Andrews is beautiful, inspiring [...]

AUSTRALIA DAY 2014: Celebrating #OzRomance (Day 3)

January 22, 2014 // 2 Comments

Another five fabulous #OzRomance reads for you today, including the incredibly talented bestselling author Judy Nunn (to read an interview I recently did with Judy, click here). Black Diamonds Eliza Redgold Earth’s black diamonds… Truffles are known as one of the most powerful [...]

AUSTRALIA DAY 2014: Celebrating #OzRomance (Day 2)

January 21, 2014 // 1 Comment

Day 2 of #OzRomance showcase is here, and today I’ve got another five of my fave Aussie romance books to share with you: Beyond Innocence Joanna Lloyd Electra Shipley lies in a mite-infested bunk, weak from lack of food and seasickness. Imprisoned and sentenced to seven years’ [...]

AUSTRALIA DAY 2014: Celebrating #OzRomance (Day 1)

January 20, 2014 // 1 Comment

Welcome to DAY ONE of my #OzRomance celebrations! We all know that Australian fiction is alive and kicking and with Australia Day just around the corner (actually just a few days away now), it seemed a timely opportunity to showcase some of Australia’s most popular romance novels. That said, [...]

COASTAL ROMANCE BLOG HOP: Oh, how I love an Aussie Christmas

December 7, 2013 // 19 Comments

Oh, how I’ve been longing for a northern hemisphere ‘white Christmas’… kids playing in the snow making snowmen, the sound of a crackling fire in the background, a freshly cut Christmas tree, and the aromas of cinnamon and a roasting turkey in the oven… the romance of a white [...]

REVIEW: Misplaced Princess by Mari Carr & Lexxie Couper

November 25, 2013 // 0 Comments

Today, I share with you the first review to be published on my Creative Conversations blog (but more about that later). I picked up a copy of Misplaced Princess by Mari Carr and Lexxie Couper last week thinking I’d give it a quick read and Amazon review and move on (like most, I’m [...]