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Jan Selbourne grew up in Melbourne, Australia. Her love of literature and history began as soon as she could read and hold a pen. Her career started in the dusty world of ledgers and accounting then a working holiday in the UK brought the history to life. Now retired, Jan can indulge her love of writing and travel. She has two adult children and lives near Maitland, New South Wales. 2020 Character Interview Beverley: What’s your name? Adrian: Adrian Bryce Beverley: Where did you grow up? Adrian: Kent, England Beverley: During what time period does your story take place? Adrian: 1914, at the beginning of a war which enveloped the whole world. Beverley: What’s your story/back story? Why would someone come up with a story about you? Adrian: I was wealthy, and I admit, an arrogant man with business interests throughout Europe. I had everything -influential friends, homes, servants, a boring wife and children at my country home. A beautiful mistress in London. Unknown to anyone, I worked for the newly formed British Secret Service Bureau. I had no idea that life as I knew it would blow up in my face. Beverley: What’s your goal in this story? Adrian: My goal was to not only survive a betrayal and a war but learn some painful truths about myself. Beverley: What conflicts are you facing? Adrian: I was ordered to accompany my estranged wife on her annual visit to her stifling, boring relatives in Belgium. The Secret Service Bureau...
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I try to eat a healthy diet. I’ve given up on all those fancy weight loss diets and those special ones for the disease of the month. I have a few health issues and want a diet that’s healthy and good for my body without additives. For healthy nutrition I loosely follow the Mediterranean Diet. It’s ranked number one for the last four years. But I still like to see the superfoods each year. It used to contain way out foods but this year they are mostly foods we’re aware of and may already include in our diet. Exotic fruits and ancient grains have different foods. I may look at trying them. And kale is still there. Sigh… Here’s Cosmopolitan’s list of super foods. Fermented foods such as kombucha, yogurt, and pickles Blueberries Seeds Exotic fruits are a source of antioxidants, potassium, and fiber. They are acai, Maqui berry, and pitaya Green tea Avocados Spinach and leafy greens Kale Nuts Ancient grains such as amaranth, millet, teff, farro and freekeh Salmon If you’d like to check out this list here’s the link. https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a34956688/superfoods-list-2021/ I also checked a second list to see what the differences might be. They weren’t all that different. This one came from Eat This, Not That. Leafy greens Nuts and seeds Fish and seafood Berries Citrus Fruits Nitrate-rich fruits and veges. They help with exercise performance, lower blood pressure, and help brain function. They include beets, green leafy vegetables (like spinach), celery, carrots, citrus fruits, pomegranates, and...
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Happy New Year, everyone! Rhobin is starting the new year by getting us to focus. At least that’s how it’s working for me. Our topic for this month is - What is on your writing to-do list for this year? Do you have any long-range goals or just wrap-ups? Covid is still here and I found that last year Covid fatigue began affecting my writing. Staying home, social distancing and no hugs left me with decreased motivation and diminished energy which worsened with cold weather, snow and ice. My writing suffered and I wrote less and less. We’re still in lock-down, wearing masks and social distancing but there is a vaccine and a light in the tunnel that life will improve. And spring is only a few months away. So, I’m meditating, eating healthier and getting motivated again. My writing to-do list is a combination of both long-range goals and wrap-ups. I have my novel which I had hoped to finish last year. I didn’t, so finish the book and get it published is on the wrap-up list. I took a workshop last year on advertising and doing ads and I haven’t utilized the information. I want to start doing some ads on a regular basis – another wrap-up item. I need to finish reading a fe books and write reviews for them – another wrap-up. My to-do list is to write a novella, which I want to put up on Amazon for free. I also want to...
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Get off Your High Horse Love Down Under Book 3 by Cynthia Terelst Genre: Contemporary Royal Romance When two opposites collide, will their differences ignite a spark or send them into turmoil? Frankie and Sebastian live totally different lives. Lives that are entwined through polo, the sport of kings. Frankie’s a country girl, working hard toward her dream of turning the family farm around. She needs to endure one more polo season to make that happen. She has no interest in high society or the rich, arrogant riders she has to deal with, especially Sebastian. Her heart may be softening to his charm, openness and love of working with horses, but her brain won’t be convinced. She looks forward to her summer break on the farm, away from him, until her parents decide to invite Sebastian to stay. Sebastian descends from royalty. Rich and arrogant come with his family title. But that status is something he’d rather avoid, just like he avoids returning home to a life he doesn’t want. Sebastian sees a freedom in Frankie he wishes he had. Her life is full of love, family and horses; something he can only dream of. And her, he can dream of her. But a dream is all it will be, seeing as Frankie does her best to avoid him. If only he can convince her to look past his title, and see that his hopes and dreams aren’t so different from hers. Excerpt from
Get off Your High Horse Sebastian “Princes...
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Monique DeVere grew up on a plantation on the beautiful island of Barbados, where her childhood was all about exploring and letting her imagination run free. She moved to the UK as a teen and soon fell in love at first sight with her amazing, strong-silent-type husband. They have four beautiful children and four incredible grandchildren. Monique writes sweet ‘n’ spicy romance, and when she isn’t working on the next novel or movie script, she can be found spending time with hubby and family, armchair travelling, creating recipes, reading about health and nutrition, or working on her spiritual growth. She enjoys going for walks, gardening, or simply crazy-dancing around the house. Monique loves to hear from her readers. You can email her at monique@moniquedevere.com, or contact her by visiting her website: www.moniquedevere.com or blog: http://moniquedevere.blogspot.co.uk to learn more about her books. You can also visit her Facebook author page: https://www.facebook.com/moniquedevere or follow her on Twitter: @MoniqueDeVere or Instagram: authormdv Get The Forever Deal FREE when you sign up to Monique’s New Release Newsletter. Character Interview Beverley: What’s your name? Sabrina: Hi, Beverley, I’m so happy to visit your blog today. For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Sabrina Newton-Giordano, Matt’s Pregnant Runaway Wife, the heroine from
Monique DeVere’s new release. Beverley: Where did you grow up? Sabrina: I grew up in Somerset, England. I have a huge close-knit family who mean the world to me. Beverley: During what time period does your story take place?...
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Amber Daulton is the author of the romantic-suspense series Arresting Onyx and several standalone novellas. Her books are published through The Wild Rose Press, Books to Go Now, and Daulton Publishing, and are available in ebook, print on demand, audio, and foreign language formats. She lives in North Carolina with her husband and demanding cats. Blurb for Harmony's Embrace Divorced dad Birley Haynes is too busy raising his children and running his family’s music academy to start a relationship. Then Harmony Holdich, his high school sweetheart, returns home to Willow Springs, Vermont for Christmas and falls into his bed. She brings light and fun back into his life, but he can’t brush aside the threatening incidents around his workplace. Harmony hadn’t expected a complication like Birley, especially so soon after the death of her unfaithful husband. With her life a mess, she plans to move across the country and start over. All she can offer him is a fling, but her heart yearns for more. When the threats rise, how will Birley keep his children safe and convince Harmony to give love another chance? Excerpt from Harmony's Embrace Dear God. His heart slammed harder. He’d died and gone to Heaven. Harmony stretched her arms above her head and danced in the middle of the living room. Her hips pulsated with the beat of the music. Twisty locks of her hair bounced around her shoulders. She winked, then glided her hands across her breasts and...
