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My novel, Autumn Shadows, won the Koru Award of Excellence, Book of the Year 2022, in the long romance category. The Koru Awards are judged by readers and run in conjunction with the Romance Writers of New Zealand.  I was humbled and thrilled to win this prestigious award.       Winner of the Koru Award […]

AUTUMN SHADOWS Book 2: A Deep South Romance Benjamin McGlade is here to protect her, but can Gemma protect her vulnerable heart from him… (c) Shirley Wine   2021 Cover art/ Seflpubbookcovers/Lori Prologue Auckland. This wasn’t how he planned to spend the last night before his deployment, sitting alone in the dark, in his mate’s flat, […]

Finally, we have bid goodbye to 2020.  A year of lockdowns, worldwide illness has certainly made it a year to remember, for all the wrong reasons. It has been a time to reassess what is important in life - and I for one, have been down-on-my-knees grateful to the artists of all persuasions who live […]

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 […]

The mercury is rising - And for us in the Southern Hemisphere it is- a precursor to summer and Christmas - for those of you who live in snowy climes I guess this feels a trifle odd. To celebrate the season, I have joined with a group of other authors to bring you a box […]

Special Promotion My wife Sophia, did not give birth to you …  Anna Belmonte’s life and identity are ripped from her by a  posthumous letter from her father. In the search for answers and the woman who gave birth to her, Anna travels to Katherine Bay. Slade Haultain, her birth mother’s stepson, offers to help Anna connect […]

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Celebrate Love -  A group of romance writers are offering free and discounted books in Valentine Romance Book Fair running from 14-18th February ….  Bargains galore … check it  out  here

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, […]