Friday's Book Excerpt: Watching You

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 This story is a twist on a Cinderella tale but this time it's a tale that's in reverse. Here the heroine goes from Riches to Rags! I had great fun writing this book as I also explored the villain's point of view.

When Angeline Hamilton's father dies, she is shocked to discover she is about to lose her family home. It's been purchased by a local wealthy businessman, Sebastian Tremaine, who she begins to detest. The talk is that Angeline's father had lost most of the family wealth as he had incurred gambling debts, which shocks her. However she has no idea that someone is out there lurking, watching and waiting. He wishes to destroy Angeline forever.



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Reviews:

• "Watching You is a heart wrenching romance filled with passion, forgiveness, intrigue and murder..." — Erotic Horizons

• "I was unable to put it down-suspense tantalised all the way through the book and it is only at the end when the true culprit is unmasked!" — Amazon Reviewer

Thursday's Book Excerpt: The Sicilian's Proposition

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Joanne Smith is a renowned journalist for Life Today magazine. Her latest assignment is to interview Dante Alphonso. He is trying to get positive publicity for his pet charity, an organization that grants wishes to dying children. What he didn't plan on was to be attracted to the beautiful Joanne. He invites her to go to Sicily with him at his expense to visit his vineyards and see the other parts of his life. He even takes along one of the magazine's photographers. Things start to get hot and spicy between Dante and Joanne as he shows her the beautiful things the island has to offer. Then Dante is betrayed and he places the blame on Joanne. Can their relationship ever recover?

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Reviews:

• "This is a very emotional book that will leave haunting memories well after the story is finished!" — Ind'tale Magazine

• "This story is also very emotional and touching with everything that happens. The emotions that they feel are expressed beautifully." — Long and Short Reviews

The Magic of Reading a Good Book

Over the festive season I try to read at least one Christmas themed book. It usually gives me a warm feeling inside, a bit like snuggling up under a fleece blanket near the fireside, with a cup of hot chocolate when it’s snowing outside!

This year, I managed to acquire ‘The Snow Globe’ by Sheila Roberts for just £1.00 from The Works. This book is currently retailing for £8.99 on Amazon and has some great reviews.

This book was so good that I had to finish it yesterday. I read the final chapters at the railway station in Taffs Well, on the train home...and the last pages at Tesco’s cafe as I drank a cup of hot chocolate as I savoured every single word. It seemed appropriate somehow, as that’s how the book made me feel, all comfy/cosy inside and Christmassy too.

The main character, Kiley Gray, who has just been dumped by her boyfriend for her sister, buys an antique snow globe which already has an interesting tale attached to it dating back to the 1800s.

When Kiley shakes the globe and the flurry of snowflakes settle, she sees a picture inside of her future that leads her on a journey, so the globe becomes a sort of Christmas crystal ball that foretells the user’s future.

The globe gets passed from person-to-person and magically changes their lives for the better.

This really is a feel-good story that evokes the spirit of Christmas. It’s a page-turner, it has to be as I’ve never spent a train journey like that before where I’ve blocked out the outside world and wished the ride had been a little longer.

Reading the book seemed a fitting end to the last day of Christmas, and what a feeling it left me with...

It was simply magical, filled with the spirit of the season!!

Currently till retailing for £1.00 at The Works!

http://www.theworks.co.uk/p/contemporary-fiction/the-snow-globe/9780349407395

Extract here:

http://www.sheilasplace.com/the-snow-globe.html