Spotlight on: Nicki Edwards and Life Support

This week the spotlight is on Nicki Edwards and we’re showcasing Life Support Nicki Edwards calls herself a city girl with a country heart. Growing up on a small family acreage she spent her formative years riding horses, and pretending the neighbour’s farm was her own. A voracious reader, Nicki always wanted to write, and…

Spotlight on: Catherine Evans and The Healing Season

Our spotlight is on Catherine Evans and we’re showcasing her debut rural romance novel, The Healing Season … Catherine Evans is a city-born throwback to country genes. After completing an Environmental Biology degree, she desperately needed to move to the country. A job in agriculture was the perfect escape. After spending eighteen years in agricultural…

Spotlight on: Barbara Hannay and Moonlight Plains

This week the spotlight is shining on Barbara Hannay and we’re showcasing Moonlight Plains Read an excerpt below. Barbara Hannay is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than forty novels published in twenty-six languages worldwide. She lives in tropical North Queensland with her husband. “I have always loved writing. Even before I could read or…

Spotlight on: Cathryn Hein and April’s Rainbow

This week we’re tilting the spotlight Cathryn Hein’s way and we’re showcasing April’s Rainbow … Read an excerpt below. Cathryn Hein was born in South Australia’s rural south-east. With three generations of jockeys in the family it was little wonder she grew up horse mad, finally obtaining her first horse at age 10. So began…

Spotlight on: Loretta Hill and The Grass is Greener

This week’s spotlight is on Loretta Hill and we’re showcasing The Grass is Greener Read an excerpt from Chapter One below. Loretta Hill was born in Perth, Western Australia, the eldest of four girls. She enjoyed writing from a very early age, spinning stories almost as soon as she could read them. Her father, who…

Spotlight on: Nicole Hurley-Moore and McKellan’s Run

This week the spotlight is on Nicole Hurley-Moore and we’re showcasing McKellan’s Run Read an excerpt below. Nicole Hurley-Moore has always been a lover of fairy tales, history and romance. She grew up in Melbourne and has travelled extensively, whilst living her life through the romance of books. Her first passion in life has always…

Spotlight on: Lisa Ireland and Breaking the Drought

This week the spotlight is on Lisa Ireland and we’re showcasing Breaking the Drought Read an excerpt below. Lisa Ireland is a born and bred city girl whose heart is well and truly in the country. I was a horse-mad child who dreamed of owning a farm when I grew up. On school holidays our…