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FABULOUS FICTION with Stella Quinn & guest Fiona Lowe

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Fiona Lowe’s novels are beautifully crafted, fearless, and compelling, and A Home Like Ours is her outstanding new novel. A quick internet search before I started reading left me eager to dive in: “heart-wrenching, joyous … a genuine page-turner” [Neil Béchervaise, Carpe Librum] “expertly crafted … the characters feel like your own friends” [Laura Brodnik, Entertainment Editor, MamaMia] STELLA: Tell us a little about your book, Fiona A picturesque small town, a cosy community garden, a facade of tolerance and acceptance – but when three women with wildly different loyalties come together, what secrets and lies will be revealed? A …

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FABULOUS FICTION with Stella Quinn & guest Alissa Callen

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Welcome to Fabulous Fiction, a blog by Stella Quinn which celebrates books so good, you just want to hug them when you’re done reading. Alissa Callen’s novels are warm-hearted and touching. She writes down-to-earth rural communities filled with appealing, genuine characters. Snowy Mountains Daughter is the first book set in the high-country town of Bundilla.  STELLA: Tell us a little about your book, Alissa Snowy Mountains Daughter is the first story of my new series set in a tiny book town. The road home isn’t for the faint-hearted … Peony flower farmer Clancy Parker was born and bred in the …

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Kiss and Tell |Penelope Janu

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Rural romance author, Penelope Janu, threads a love of the environment and horses through all her stories, with her latest novel – Starting From Scratch – tying both themes together in a warm, fresh and fun read. With a natural bent towards educating readers, Janu makes us care for the characters and their causes.

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Kiss and Tell | Allison Butler

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Allison Butler spends her mornings writing and her afternoons caring for the elderly as an assistant in nursing at an aged care facility. Her series of sexy Scottish historical stories were launched digitally from 2014-2019. The Healer was the first instalment, originally published with Escape in 2016, getting a paperback re-release with Harlequin Mira in August 2020. A budding photographer, Allison loves spending time with family and friends, and taking in the sights of Australia from the back of her husband’s motorbike.  The Healer takes readers to the United Kingdom in 1402, where the divide between Scotland and England is …

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Kiss and Tell | Fiona McArthur

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It’s a big call, but I think Fiona McArthur’s new novel – The Bush Telegraph – might just be my favourite romance novel of 2020. The outback Queensland setting, the strong leads, the perfect storm of conflicts and the all-round beautiful small-town vibe had me grinning (and also sobbing) my way through the pages. As a writer, I loved the shades of grey and moral dilemmas Fiona wove through the story and the excitement of a birth in the middle of the story. As a reader I was cheering for the down-at-heel community and adored the lovely nature of Maddy …

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Kiss and Tell | Fiona Palmer

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Fiona Palmer’s new novel Tiny White Lies was released by Hachette on July 28, tackling tough issues in a beautiful Western Australian setting with a dash of humour and Fiona’s trademark country style. Set mostly in Bremner Bay, WA (which also happens to by Fiona’s favourite holiday destination), the story centres on two best friends Nikki and Ash, and a month away that changes their lives. For Nikki, it’s a chance to reconnect with her social media-obsessed daughter, her video-game addicted son, and her poster-boy husband, who’s hiding a devastating secret. Ash is grieving her late husband, and when she …