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Autumn in Australia #bushfires #stayathome #romanticsuspense

Today’s guest is Jan Selbourne

Thank you, Cathy for having me today.

After months of drought and devastating bush fires in Australia, Mother Nature turned on her taps and the rain fell – and fell. We were so glad to say goodbye to summer and welcome autumn with cooler nights and pleasant days. However, this relief has been overshadowed by the Corona virus affecting the whole world.  I’m…

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Hope #spring #0pen #AustralianContemporaryRomance

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Thank you, Cathy, for having me on your blog to share my latest release. It’s been quite a year so far, hasn’t it? Challenging and sometimes scary, however, I think we hear enough of that on TV and on the internet. A lot of hope rests on April, the start of spring in the northern hemisphere, the start of autumn here in Australia. Did you know that April is based on the…

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Settled on the Sofa #MFRWauthor #awriterslife #shopfromhome

Welcome to week 16 MFRW 52-week blog challenge. This week our topic is  Online shopping or go to stores?

I am a hermit. I like my little dome so my answer is easily online. If our town offered online grocery delivery I probably would never leave my house. I do kinda like going to thrift shops for deals on baby toys and odd tings for crafting or the hobby shops, but 1-2 trips a year is good for…

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Rural Life on a Farm #simple living #preserving #pickledeggs

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Hi everyone: I hope this finds you healthy, looking to the future and all it has to offer as a rebirth: spring has sprung. Growing up on a farm in rural Pennsylvania, we always had lots of milk, meat and eggs. If we didn’t grow it, harvest it, or make it we didn’t have any. Such as lettuce; we grew leaf lettuce and ate salads throughout the summer, but I don’t remember a…

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Scottish Ladies and Lords and a Raspberry Bomb #regencyromance #easydessert

Happy Easter weekend! This week’s guest is Cathleen Ross with her new book An Unsuitable Lady for a Lord

Title: An Unsuitable Lady for a Lord

Series: Scottish Lords and Ladies Series

Author: Cathleen Ross

Publisher: Entangled Publishing

Release date: 13 April 2020

Genre: Regency

Pages: 192  52,000 words

Lord Aaron Lyle has one hell of a choice: a bankrupt dukedom, or…

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Reservations, tickets and a plan #MFRWauthor #bloghop #awriterslife #trip

It’s Week 15 of the 52-week MFRW blog hop challenge: Planning a trip itinerary. Detailed or fly-by-the-seat of your pants?

I like my vacations a bit like my writing. A bit of an outline on paper. Then pants the in between parts. I put down where I want to go, stops in between, Where I plan to stay, what I want to do. Then I check out all the areas, make reservations and purchase tickets to any…

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Spring greens: Country Living #simplelife #selfisolation #makingthebestofabadsituation #readcowboys

Hello everyone. I hope this finds you self-isolating and so, so sick of your family. I’m right along with you. Even though my husband and I are empty nesters we’ve been together over fifty years, married fifty years in May 2020. I pretty much can finish his sentences and he mine. Our two boys, well really grown-ass men now, and have their own homes and families to worry to protect and keep safe.…

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Jack of all trades #hobbies #MFRWauthor #ificouldjustfinishone

Join us for week 14 of the MFRW 52-week blog hop challenge this week our topic is Hobbies outside of reading? My last few posts have been short… this one may run on a bit LOL

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I have many hobbies. It’s like one minute I do one thing then jump to the next. Yes, the focus is an issue LOL. I blame my busy life.

yes this is mine and just a tiny few

I collect dolls. I…

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Gay For Pay: Stories From the Sound #reelease #MMromance #giveaway

Title: Gay for Pay Series: Stories from the Sound Author: TM Smith Genre: M/M Romance Release Date: April 1, 2020 I don’t know how to explain it—I just woke up one day and there he was. And he became my everything. All it took was one wrong choice, a decision made in haste, to destroy Chris’s future. It’s a mistake that he can’t take back or make right, one that cost…

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Living Simply #Turkishfood #simplelife #awriterslife

Wow, it is coming at the end of March. I think this year the old adage of in like a lion out like a lamb is in reverse. But the Lion isn’t the weather this year. It is a nasty old virus. It is taking its toll, both physically and emotionally. People are anxious and stress and scared. Some are hoarding food and household supplies. I’ve been through some natural disasters and still haven’t seen the…

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A Special Treat #interview #vampire

This week we have a special treat. Instead of a guest post we have a Character interview so let’s go meet our guest!

What’s your name?

I am Valerian DuCharme, enforcer for House Tenshire.  House Tenshire is one of the three vampire houses that rule over the Community.

Where did you grow up?

I grew up on my father’s small vineyard in the Loire Valley in France.

During what time…

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All the Places Inbetween #MFRWauthor #cars

Week 13 – MFRW 52-week Blog Challenge Participants #MFRWAuthor

It is time for our weekly MFRW 52-week blog challenge. this week our topic is Your destination is within 1500 miles and time is okay. Fly or drive?

Since I live in the midsouth this gives me lots of leeway. Florida is 1,171 Miles. California is 1,515 So I could go to either coast. Pennsylvania is 1306 and Georgia is 1,037.…

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A shelf staple for all purposes #allpurposeflour Flour

With all the things going on with this Pandemic I am doing things differently. Instead of menu planning, I am going to share basic things we can do to ease our burdens.

This week I am going to share some things we can do with something most of us have in our pantry ( if not get a big bag or two). Flour. Just plain old all-purpose is all you need ( though you will need some baking soda and…

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A Touch of Irish #Ireland #LinesofFyreChallenged #March

This week’s guest is Janet Lane Walters giving us a little tour of Dublin and her new book Lines of Fyre Challenged. Hello Janet.

Hi Cathy, Thanks for inviting me over to share my book and story about Ireland.

               I have an Irish heritage among many things. I am Irish but not a green wearer. St. Patrick’s Day always brings two things to mind. The first was the day I wore…

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Spring is the season of love #gardentips #romance #spring

This week’s guest is Alice Renaud telling us about her new book A Merman’s Choice and some tips on spring planting. Hello Alice!

Hi Cathy and thank you for welcoming back to your bog to talk about something special to me and my new book! Spring is the season of love. It’s such a cliché, I know, but it’s true. As I’m writing these words a February storm is battering the garden, and it would be…

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Sensible or Fun? #ifIwonthelottery #MFRWautor #romance

Welcome to Week 12 of the MFRW 52-week challenge. This week the the topic is what would you do “If you won the $10,000 lottery.”

This is not as easy a question as it seems. Yes, it is a lot of money but then again it really isn’t. $10,000 is not enough to go out and buy a brand new car. Sure if you don’t have one at all you might get a used one for this, but not a brand new one you are sure…

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Happy Spring #decluttering #springfever #awriterslife

My forsythia bush

It is finally spring. Here we will still have cool days but some in the 50 and 60. The fruit trees are already budding. I have spring fever already and am getting my house decluttered and rooms organized.

My hubby made me some shelves in my office windows for my house plants. I usually put this outside in summer but I think they will stay right here. Isn’t it pretty? I…