The Importance of Great Mates!

Today the very talented Shannon Curtis is visiting the blog. A fellow Australian Romantic Suspense writer, Shannon’s also a wonderful raconteur and I’m looking forward to interrogating her at this year’s RWA Conference on the Gold Coast! Without further ado, it’s over to Shannon (and there’s a giveaway so join in the conversation to win!) Continue reading


Spotlight on Romantic Suspense

Along with my fellow Romantic Suspense authors, Bronwyn Parry, Sandy Curtis, Shannon Curtis and Karlene Blakemore- Mowle, I’m over chatting about our upcoming panel at the RWA Diamonds are Forever Conference on the Gold Coast. Drop by to say hello at the RWA Blog You can find more information about Australian Romantic Suspense at our Continue reading


April’s treasures

Good things come in threes, they say. So April is definitely full of good things. My three writing buddies from Australian Outback Romances and Mysteries have all released new novels this week. Bronwyn Parry’s long awaited third book, DEAD HEAT, has been published by Hachette Australia. THE ROAD HOME by fellow Penguin author, Fiona Palmer, Continue reading


Crimance at SheKilda

Say what? Crimance? SheKilda? You don’t know what either of those words mean? Shame on you. Clearly you’ve been living under a rock for the last month. In 16 days time I’m heading to Melbourne to rub shoulders with the elite of Australian female crime writers at the Sisters In Crime convention aptly named – Continue reading


An importer with a sense of humour :-)

In our house there’s an ongoing obsession with boats, more specifically catamarans. Every couple of months my husband comes up with a new scheme to allow us to buy the dream cat (so far we’re still dreaming…). He came across this site yesterday and it provided me with the most entertainment I’ve ever had on Continue reading


And the winner of Bronwyn Parry’s book is??

Thanks to everyone who dropped by to chat with Bronwyn Parry and myself. It did make me very hungry reading all the tempting recipes and dishes… The  choice was eventually too hard, so we resorted to drawing the winner of Bronwyn’s book out of the hat. Sandy, come on down! You’re the lucky winner!! Send Continue reading


Bronwyn Parry – Finding the heart of Dungirri

I’m very excited to welcome award winning author Bronwyn Parry to my blog today. Bronwyn was recently awarded the Best Romantic Suspense Novel in the ARRA awards. She’s also a finalist in the RWAmerica RITA and the Daphne Du Maurier Award (go Bron!). Helene, thanks so much for inviting me to ‘visit’! It’s been wonderful being Continue reading


Bron Parry’s visiting the blog tomorrow!

Bronwyn Parry, author of award winning novels ‘As Darkness Falls’ and ‘Dark Country’ will be dropping by my blog tomorrow. Come and learn more about where Bron draws her inspiration from and get some sneak peeks into First Light, her new novel due out early 2011. We’ll also find out which dish is Bron’s favourite Continue reading