Tag: contemporary

  • Meeting old friends again

    I’ve been knee-deep in a very sticky first draft for most of this week (second-book syndrome; it has been kicking my backside), so reading time has been limited. Imagine my joy on Thursday evening when I finally got to write the magical words “The End”! After that stress and strain, I was delighted to relax…

  • Shattered Worlds challenge – star-crossed lovers

    I’m on a roll, readers. This week I read and reviewed Slayer by JA Armitage and JA Culican with time to spare. When a trainee dragon-slayer and a dragon shifter come face to face there are bound to be sparks. I loved this Romeo-and-Juliet story about Julianna and Ash discovering the truth about their villages’…

  • Shattered Worlds challenge – that sunny Caribbean sky

    I travelled in time and space this week, with Kristy Tate’s The Pirate Episode. It’s a time travel romance which took me to the sunny Caribbean during the American revolutionary war. I loved it! The sense of place was gorgeous – I could feel the sun on my face. Kristy’s writing is light and deft…

  • Midsummer Dreams

    I’m blogging in support of a friend today, on the topic of dreams. I had a Dream… I dreamed of being a published writer once. Ah, wait, no, I don’t mean a day dream. Of course I had the “dream” of being a published writer, otherwise I wouldn’t be here now, but long before I was…