six sentence sunday :: the secret wedding dress

THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS

Paige doesn't stand a chance...

   Her eyes swung back to his to find them drenched with desire.  For her.  The hot ache sank and spread until she would have collapsed in a quivering puddle of pure need had Gabe not been holding her.

   When the urge to grab his hand and run, dispatching a coat hanger tackle on anyone in her path,  swelled hot and fast inside of her, Paige knew then that she’d gone past the point of curing her dating-drought.  She’d cracked.

THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS
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Australia, New Zealand & UK - January 2013, North America - April 2013

sold!

FAKING IT TO MAKING IT has been sold to Harlequin KISS

This is Nate Mackenzie's story - he's Gabe's best mate in THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS - which is out now in the UK, Australia & New Zealand with North American release coming this April.

Here's what the book will be about:

Happily never after?

Natural born charmer, Nate Mackenzie, is in the middle of a plus-one dilemma. Wedding dates inevitably take one look at the bride and measure him for a beach house, a chocolate Lab and a solitaire. Worse, going stag will leave him at the mercy of a set-up by his ever-hopeful sisters.

Enter Saskia Bloom - a bohemian beauty researching online dating. She already has a house (ramshackle), and a dog (rescued), and an ex who turned commitment into a four letter word. And since there's no shortage of sexual attraction between them he’ll give her all the data she’ll ever need!

But when the fake affair starts to feel real, will they even make it to the wedding? Or can they beat the odds and make it happily ever after.

FAKING IT TO MAKING IT hits bookshelves around la globe this August.

For a taste of Nate, you can grab THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS here:
eBook ::  Paperback

six sentence sunday :: the secret wedding dress

THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS

Paige doesn't stand a chance...

... it was like a freeway collision inside her head, the way the gorgeous bits of him piled on top of one another.  The deep tan that went all over.  The large bare feet.  The hair, all mussed and rugged.   Arms that looked strong enough to lift a small car.  A wholly masculine chest with the kind of muscle definition no mere mortal had the right to possess. 

THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS
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Australia, New Zealand & UK - January 2013, North America - April 2013

Pink Heart Society...Pets and Their Authors

I love animals in books.  Give me a great literary dog and I'm yours.

So I'm so excited that I was asked to be the inaugural blogger for the Pink Heart Society's new monthly column, Pets and Their Authors!

I live in a menagerie within a leafy suburb riddled with wildlife and we ain't done yet - what with the backyard to handle it, a love of fish and fur and flying things, and  a husband who loves them even more.  So it was great fun to talk about the pets of my life, now and then.

And I didn't even get to these little fellows scattered about the garden!

Head over to the Pink Heart Society today and let me know all about your favourite pets!

six sentence sunday :: the secret wedding dress

THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS

Gabe is all man!

She breathed in and caught the scent of leather.  Of spice.  Of fresh chopped wood.  Of sea air.  Of airplane petrol. Sweat that wasn’t her own.

Outside it was the depth of winter, yet she yanked her scarf away from her neck and thought about ice cream and snowball fights to counteract the certainty that she was about to overheat.

THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS
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Australia, New Zealand &UK - January 2013, North America - April 2013

Cover Reveal!

So excited to reveal my first ever cover for Harlequin Kiss!

Note the sneaky bit of wedding dress poking out of the closet - too cute!

THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS is out now in the UK & Aus/NZ, North America in April!

top ten bestseller!

My new Mills and Boon Modern Romance THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS is a Top Ten Bestseller at the Mills and Boon site!

Available in paperback and ebook, get it while its hot.

Okay, so it'll be hot no matter when you get it.  Considering I heard Joe Manganiello's voice in my head every time the hero spoke, it didn't stand a chance!

six sentence sunday :: the secret wedding dress

THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS

Paige, meet Gabe...

  Honestly, who needed such a breathtaking expanse of male shoulders, or such thick dark hair that looked like no amount of product could completely ever tame it?  Or fingers strong enough open a lift door?  As for the hint of hooded dark eyes she could make out in profile and stubble long past designer?   That kind of intensity wasn’t comfortable.  It was overkill.

  She was staring so hard at the man’s lips - thinking that they were too ridiculously perfect to be hidden amongst all that rough stubble - there was no missing it when they twitched, like they might be about to actually smile.

Was thinking a little of this guy when I wrote that ;).  Can you tell?


THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS
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Australia, New Zealand &UK - January 2013, North America - April 2013

the secret wedding dress :: out now!

My latest book THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS is out now across the UK , Australia and New Zealand!

In a nutshell its the story of Paige Danforth, a woman who has no intention of ever getting married, who, in helping her best friend buy a wedding dress, somehow ends up with one of her own.  Thankfully Gabe Hamilton her big, strapping, uber-hot new neighbour is distracting enough she doesn't have to think about why.  Until little bit by little bit the neighbour himself makes it impossible not to wonder how why she cant let go of her secret wedding dress.

I'm putting teaser excerpts here every Sunday, so keep an eye out for those.

A couple of gorgeous reviews have already appeared on Goodreads, both saying how they loved the epilogue.  Eg:"One of the best Harlequin/Mills books I've ever read. The characters were well developed and the writing was exceptional. The epilogue was funny and surprising"

You'll have to read it to find out why!


THE SECRET WEDDING DRESS
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Australia, New Zealand & UK - January 2013, North America - April 2013