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Home  to Stay  A new book in the hugely popular Katherine Bay series is now available for pre-order on all e-Book sales platforms – available March 31st. Amazon  Barnes&Noble  Kobo iBookstore  and for pre-sale on Smashwords  Her problems bring them together, but only a miracle can erase their differences—    Wounded in a nasty divorce, Willow […]

I attended a meeting of our local chapter of Romance Writers of New Zealand and it was sobering to realize that I am now a senior member of our local group and RWNZ too – not quite the oldest, but not far off – but you won’t hear me say that out loud.  Our Coast […]

Come and join the fun … More than twenty Kiwi (New Zealander) authors have joined forces to bring you a Kiwi summer beach party with book and other giveaways. You are cordially invited to attend. This is an all day affair, so grab something warm, if you’re in the doldrums of a Northern hemisphere winter, […]

Romance…the most maligned genre Why is romance, such a popular genre, still looked down upon by readers of almost every other genre? This is a question that has bugged me for a very long time.  It is okay  for men to read mysteries, thrillers, westerns and other popular fiction for entertainment … but let a woman pick […]