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What I want out of 2014 – Romantic Suspense
I have a great love of romantic suspense, but I hardly read any suspense books in 2013. Here’s what I’d like to see in 2014 – the things that would encourage me to seek out the genre more often: Ease...
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Romantic Suspense is Dead?
There are amazing romantic suspense writers. Writers like these. I was fairly horrified by the announcement of the 2014 RITA Award finalists. Not entirely, and not in every situation, but there was a...
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The Week: 18th – 24th August
This weekend marks Ukrainian Independence Day, and Russia has spent the lead-up invading, abducting and slaughtering. Amongst the images to come out this week were some from a fashion show in Moscow...
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Sweet Release by Pamela Clare
For five pounds in sterling, the convict was hers. Though Cassie hated the slave trade, her Virginia plantation demanded the labour, and she knew this fevered man would surely die if she left him. But...
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Carnal Gift by Pamela Clare
“I expect you to show my friend just how grateful you are. Your willingness is everything.” With those harsh words, the hated Sasanach earl decided Bríghid’s fate. Her body and her virginity were to...
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Ride the Fire by Pamela Clare
Take your pick of god-awful covers. Neither is at all representative of the great book it is – this is NOT a Fabio bodice ripper! My book is the one on the right. There was only one rule on the...
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The Week: 20th – 26th October
Canberra’s amazing Friday sunset! Well. Summer seems to be here early, and it’s so great – apart from the hay fever! Still coping with the shock of being back in Australia, but the gorgeous spring is...
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Best of 2014
As with every year, these are – in no particular order – the books that entertained me the most this year. Many of them are 2014 releases, but not all of them! I hadn’t planned on my reading to go the...
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Surrender by Pamela Clare
A hand-picked cadre of warriors, they had the fierce courage of their Scots forefathers, combined with the stealth and cunning of the Indians who lived beside them in the wilderness. Battling the...
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That strange “rule” about romance fiction never tackling anything serious
You hear all the time that romance fiction is supposed to be an escape, a fantasy, an anything along those lines. As if you have to keep things light and fluffy and unrealistic at all times. No problem...
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The Week: 2nd – 8th February
Driving home in Canberra city last night. Happy birthday to my mother for Tuesday and me yesterday! I updated my recommended authors list this week. Never, ever buy books from Australian booksellers...
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Untamed by Pamela Clare
In the breathtaking tradition of The Last of the Mohicans… MacKinnon’s Rangers They were a band of brothers, their loyalty to one another forged by hardship and battle, the bond between these Highland...
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The Week: 11th – 17th May
Three priests and my father… Phew, it’s a relief for this week to be over. Monday was spent at the funeral home and Tuesday was my grandmother’s funeral. Now we’re settling in for everything that...
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Defiant by Pamela Clare
Major Connor MacKinnon despises his commander, Lord William Wentworth, beyond all other men. Ordered to rescue Wentworth’s niece after the Shawnee take her captive, he expects Lady Sarah Woodville to...
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The Week: 18th – 24th May
Sunny, warm and lots of berries at the very end of autumn. Busy week. After years of posting pictures online and having them shared all over sites like Pinterest, I’ve finally decided to do...
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Dead by Midnight (I-Team 7.5 An I-Team Christmas) by Pamela Clare
Marc and Sophie Hunter, Gabe and Kat Rossiter, Holly Andris and the rest of the I-Team gang find themselves in the same historic Denver hotel celebrating the approach of Christmas at different holiday...
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Best of 2015
2015 was a mixed bag. I read some really great books, and got excited about quite a few things. However there were also lengthy periods of time where I was either feeling a little blah about my books...
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The twenty-fourth anniversary of The Last of the Mohicans
I have no idea why, but The Last of the Mohicans premiered in France, not the United States, on the 26th of August, 1992. The US premiere came on the 25th of September. I credit this film (I’ve never...
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Slow Burn (Colorado High Country #2) by Pamela Clare
Victoria Woodley is done with men. Fresh off a dating nightmare, she flies from her home in Chicago to Scarlet Springs to take part in her best friend’s wedding. Who picks her up at the airport? Eric...
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The Week: 17th – 23rd October
Spring Roses We booked tickets for the Royal Ballet in London this week. I used to go to Covent Garden all the time when I lived in London, but it’s been years since my last visit. We’ll be seeing The...
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