June 2011
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Looking Forward To...
…lemon curd around Christmas time. It pays to plan ahead when you’re multitasking! My daughter bought me a beautiful lemon tree for Mother’s Day, to replace the venerable old plant I lost during our recent devastating winter. That’s growing well and has some embryo fruit on it. They won’t be ripe in time to make lemonade this summer, but they should be ready to make...
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Setting the Scene.
So- my latest work in progress has a shipping magnate hero in Leo, a comfort eating heroine in Alexa - what better place to throw them together than on a ferry across the Thames? Luckily, they meet before Alexa gets her hands on the steak, fries and chocolate pudding Leo’s behaviour drives her to consume.
This is the view from the balcony of Leo’s suite at the Dockland’s...
This lily smells as good as it looks...
…and it survived against all the odds. I sowed six seeds, nurtured them carefully and - nothing. After a year had gone by, I gave up and emptied the pot of ‘dud’ seeds and soil onto the greenhouse border. The following spring a single tuft of leaves appeared and this year, this single survivor flowered.
And the moral of this story is - when it comes to plants, never give up!
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My Latest Release...
My Mills and Boon Modern Romance, The French Aristocrat’s Baby, has been released in the US as a Harlequin Presents Extra with the new title,The Count’s Challenge. Here’s the cover, and you can get more details from: http://www.eharlequin.com/storeitem.html?iid=23974
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Now It's Time To Give Leo A Girl...
Last time I wrote about my new WIP, I told you how I found my hero. It’ll take a strong woman to iron out Leo Cassini’s flaws. So step forward, Alexa Crane!
That’s her, hiding behind this comforting pile of pancakes.
On the outside, Alexa is a hard bitten business woman - but that’s only because she has become an expert at hiding her problems. Unknown to Leo, Alexa is...
