Three things about me that readers should know: I live in Australia I work in a Children’s Hospital I absolutely adore Best Friend Romances Three major plot points about Photo Opportunity: It’s set in Sydney The hero decides to change his life after spending time in a children’s cancer ward by: Seducing his best friend…
The Dairy Queen describes Dicey Dye’s return to her tiny Australian hometown of Moo after her business fails and she separates from her husband. Along with her sister Titch and best friend Sally, Dicey must learn to face her problems instead of avoiding them, while developing the self-awareness to decide what’s really important in her…
It’s Not You It’s Me is a road romance and a reunion story between people who used to be best friends. If any of those scenarios press your buttons, you might want to pick this one up. Charlotte “Charlie” Notting has had a rough couple of years. One day, out of the blue she gets…
I didn’t know what exactly to expect from Boy Down Under, but I’m sure it’s not what it turned out to be – a quirky, mysterious paranormal romance between the new kid in town and a boy who can whisk her away for rendezvous in places unknown. Rowena “Ro” Maven has just moved to Australia…
In some ways, Her Galahad is like no book I’ve read before. I’ve only read a handful of books set in Australia, and none of them featured a hero of aboriginal descent as this one does. That’s why the book caught my eye in the first place. On the other hand, it features time-worn devices…
Well, well, well – so Simon the terrorist in The Year of Loving Dangerously mini-series didn’t just spring up as a full blown baddie out of nowhere. About 30 odd years ago, Simon was known as Art Meldrum. He lived in Australia, married and had a daughter, Lise Meldrum. Art/Simon’s wife died when Lise was…
I haven’t read too many historical romances that take place in Australia. At first, I thought September Moon was going to be just like those American Historicals that take place on the frontier – lots of hardship, wildness and danger. It is. And yet, it is different. Ms. Proctor brings all the strangeness and wildness…
Pearl Cove is the first Elizabeth Lowell book I’ve read, but it certainly won’t be my last. From the first page, I was drawn into a suspenseful plot, fascinating information about pearls and the pearl industry, and most of all, the larger-than-life characters of the Donovan family. Ten years ago, Archer Donovan fell in love…
After a slow start Beautiful Lies picks up speed and draws the reader into a complex and engrossing tale involving two families and the Pearl of Great Price that has haunted and cursed them for generations. Most of the book takes place in contemporary San Francisco and the Australian Outback. Liana Robeson and Cullen Llewellyn…
I don’t get a chance to eat out at elegant restaurants much, so when I go, I invariably choose a dish I’ve had before. I don’t want to waste my time, dollars, and calories on a meal I’ve never tried and that I might not like. Then I’d be disappointed and wish I hadn’t experimented….