Large Print

I've just discovered that the Large Print edition of Outback Hero is up on Amazon. Nice surprise. No cover photo yet but it's out in May.

I used to chuckle at the size of the print in those editions --about 4 words per page--but now I need reading glasses they're not looking so funny after all! LOL

New Cover

So here's the latest cover. Another beautiful piece of art work from Avalon's artists. This is the most romantic one yet and I couldn't be happier.

The Tangled Web comes out in June. Readers of The Right Chord will recognise some of the characters and I've used The City Symphony Orchestra again which I invented for that book's heroine Grace to play in. The Tangled Web was lots of fun to write and I think Tess is my favourite heroine so far.

Here's what it's about:

Tess Fuller’s plan was simple—take out a loan to buy the Mercedes convertible and find a boarder to cover the repayments. Tess’s problem is, no boarder. That is, until handsome David Montgomery arrives to take up his position as Concert Master of the City Symphony, of which Tess is a member. If she can convince David to rent the spare room in the house she inherited from her millionaire father, her problem is solved.

The trouble is, serious minded David hates sharing, doesn’t like dogs-- of which Tess has two-- and remembers her as an attractive but wild party girl from their Music School days. Tess remembers David as the frustratingly unsociable heartthrob she adored from afar.

When Tess tries to prove to David she has changed, her efforts create even more problems.

Giveaway Winner

Congratulations to Cassie from NSW. Her signed copy of Outback Hero will be in the post shortly.

Win a copy of Outback Hero

My promo copies turned up yesterday. It's always exciting to open the big box of the newest release. If you'd like to enter the draw for a copy o0f Outback Hero go to my website and email me the answer to a simple question. The contest runs until the end of November.

Wedding kiss

I played at a wedding yesterday with my wind trio. We've done hundreds of weddings but this time the celebrant said something I've never heard before but was blindingly obvious in hindsight.

When they'd taken the vows he said, "You may now kiss your bride in public."

It never occurred to me before, that this tradition stemmed from giving permission to kiss in public.

My Music Links

I had a lot of fun recently finding You Tube versions of all the music in my books. If you go to the Music page on my website you'll find I've listed all the musical references. Now they are linked to performances. I thought readers may enjoy discovering some new pieces.

In my second book Coming Home, for example, the beautiful Elgar Cello Concerto plays a large role. If you haven't heard it the references won't be as vivid, they won't mean as much. I found a YouTube video of Jacquleine Du Pre whose wonderful version I mention in the book.

If you find these links as you read my books you'll be able to, as one of of my lecturers at Music School said, "enjoy two pleasures at once." He was talking about listening to Wagner operas in the bath LOL

Pet peeve

I've read a few historical romances lately--I'm quite partial to them -- but my enjoyment has been spoiled by American anachronsims in the language. I'm sure the US authors and their editors don't even notice, but I do!

It grates on me when a young lady in supposedly Regency England says "It's time to go wash up." NO!!! Can you imagine Jane Eyre saying that to her charge? I don't think so. And replying to the query "How are you today?" with "I'm fine."

The weird thing is in many other respects the authors go to great lengths to use formal language and terminology relevant to the setting.