FRONTIER WIFE

I am pleased to announce that Frontier Wife is now available in print format from The Wild Rose Press, ahead of the release date of 2nd July 2010.

How does an English rose survive in frontier Australia?


 Fear almost crushes Thomasina (Tommy) Lindsay when she realizes the enormity of what she has undertaken – a run down farm in frontier Australia. She dare not fail for the sake of her little orphaned brother.


She can overcome the tyranny of distance, searing heat and bushfires in a harsh unforgiving land, but her nearest neighbour is another matter. She has to fight to control her wayward heart when it comes to Adam Munro.

 Adam has lived his whole life without love and doesn’t need it now. Passion is for fools. All he wants is a presentable wife who will provide him with heirs to inherit his empire. The delicate little English rose living next door is the type of woman he despises. When they work together to rescue her five year old brother her courage and caring shine through, and he has a sudden change of heart.

Only in the new world can a highborn young Englishwoman and a tough frontier man challenge the social boundaries, and ignite a romance that will fulfil their hopes and dreams in ways they never imagined.

WILD OATS - RELEASE

I am pleased to announce that my World War 1 novel, Wild Oats, has made its public debut at The Wild Rose Press. It is the sequel to The Trouble With Playboys.

WILD OATS - release 26th Feb 2010

Well, it is nearly here. My novel, Wild Oats, which is a prequel to The Trouble With Playboys, is due for release from The Wild Rose Press on Friday. I can't wait.

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Beautiful and beguiling Allison Waverley has grown up helping her brother Jim run their farm, helped by their good friend Tommy Calvert, while their father occupies himself as the town drunk. When their little Australian community is visited by English aristocrat Phillip Ashfield and the boys go off to join the army because war has broken out in Europe, the life Allison expected to live is turned uside down. The "wild oats"sown ruin lives and cause repercussions that reverberate well into the next generation, while Allison finds help and a lasting love from an unexpected source.

3rd Place in Preditors and Editors Poll

It is official and I am very pleased to announce that my novel, The Trouble With Playboys, came in 3rd at the Preditors and Editors poll.

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me, I certainly appreciate your support.

THE TROUBLE WITH PLAYBOYS

The Trouble with Playboys, my latest novel from The Wild Rose Press is out today.

It was previously published under the title of Forbidden Love but has been virtually re-written.

It is set during the 2nd World War in Australia, Malaya, Singapore and England

This story is very dear to my heart as my late father served in Singapore and Malaya during the 2nd World war and I based some of the story on his experiences. He was engaged to my mother at the time, and wrote frequently to her. She kept all his letters and I had access to them when I was doing my research. They were such poignant letters they brought tears to my eyes.

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When a wealthy Englishman, Paul Ashfield, travels to Australia in search of the birth-mother he thinks deserted him, he never expects to meet and fall in love with Daphne Clarke. Upon meeting her parents, Paul is horrified by the possibility that they have the same mother. He departs quickly, believing he has slept with his sister.
Amidst the turmoil of World Ward 2, they meet again in Singapore, where they discover the truth - they are not siblings. They marry as the Japanese pour into Malaya and Singapore teeters on the brink of invasion. In the chaotic aftermath, each believes the other has died during the bombing. Heartbroken, Paul returns home, agreeing to an arranged marriage. In a race against time, Daphne must reach her husband before he marries another woman.