Slavery, corruption, and murder threaten to separate them. Isabella Miley is trapped. Her brother and protector is dead—murdered on a slave trader’s ship—and now Samuel Buchanan, the man she fears most, has papers placing her in servitude to him. When he threatens to make her his wife and offer her out as payment to all …
Romance – Harder than it sounds
Romance stories have been around almost since humans first learned to write. Some people love them. Other’s consider them not to be ‘real writing’ at all. As a romance author myself, I’ve heard it all and my usual response is quite simple – “It’s not as easy to write as you’d think.” For starters there …
Impassioned Deceit
Would you risk your life for the one you love? At thirty-two, Hannah Wagstaff’s scandalous past, and the scar it left her with, has made her a spinster, scaring away any offers of marriage. She had given up on love until by chance she was reunited with Patrick, a man who had lit a flame …
What inspired Indulgence & Temperance?
My idea for this book was always going to involve the sin of gluttony, but in today’s world we often think of over eating or something similar. After some research into the origins of what the church declared as gluttony I discovered it actually meant indulging in anything to the point of waist be it …
Why do I write Romance?
I was doing an interview once and I was asked what inspires me to write the kind of stories that I do – Historical Romantic Suspense. I’ve been asked this question so many times over the last few years, but for some reason this day I couldn’t just answer it. Usually I say my inspiration …
My Queensland Romances
Growing up in North Queensland, Australia, I was always taught that we were an ‘odd breed’. We had our own greetings and even our own type of lingo to the rest of the country. As a young child, I honestly did think this was just some story my parents told me, but as I grew …