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NEW SERIES ANNOUNCEMENT!

Love at Last!

I have a new three-book series coming out from July 2021 onward. While I can’t give you all the details yet, I can reveal this series is called Love at Last, and the first book in that series is The Last Heartbeat:

Mini Synopsis:

Agathe Santos made a vow. To love her child until the very last heartbeat. Hers. Not theirs…

Four years after the death of her daughter, Agathe knows that hope is for losers and so is love. Work has become her greatest escape. But when she meets CEO Luke Tindall, she finds that even the world’s loneliest woman can’t hide forever…

This book is all about HEART! Including heat with heart!

Just click on the button below to pre-order or learn more about The Last Heartbeat!

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Romance Writer & Former Mermaid🧜🏽‍♀️.
Writing novels & chasing babies👶🏻👶.
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★★★The Last Heartbeat is LIVE!★★★

𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚 𝐯𝐨𝐰. 𝐓𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫𝐬…

Four years after her daughter's death, Agathe knows that hope is for losers and so is love. Work has become her greatest escape. But when she meets CEO Luke Tindall, even the world's loneliest woman can't hide forever.

★★★

“I have limits, Luke. I can’t give you what you’re asking for and I don’t want to talk.”

He stayed silent, hoping to provide time for her to direct the fragile energy, maybe then she’d allow him a glimpse into her world of secrets.

“I can’t give you this.” She patted a hand over her chest where her heart was. “But I can give you this.”

She stepped closer, the familiar scent of sunflowers and rain heating his blood, as she pressed the same hand gently to his cheek, lifting onto her toes until her lips found his.

Even as he captured her waist and drove the kiss deeper. He understood. 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦.

She couldn’t give him her heart. Couldn’t give him her story. So she offered her body as a compromise.

“Let’s take this back to my place.” He searched her dark stare, not surprised when she shook her head since going to his home would make things too personal.

So he frowned and resigned himself to taking whatever she gave, as long as that meant not losing her to somebody else.

“Fine then. My office.”

𝐵𝑢𝑦 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐻𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑔𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙-𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑗𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑡𝑜𝑑𝑎𝑦!

𝗕𝗨𝗬 𝗧𝗢𝗗𝗔𝗬: http://books2read.com/lastheartbeat

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Italian penicillin, I mean, Minestrone 😂 My li

Italian penicillin, I mean, Minestrone 😂

My little boy won't eat vegetables, but today he ate a whole bowl of this! Threw all the ingredients into the pressure cooker and we went for a walk, just had to boil the pasta when we got home and it was ready to eat.

It's one of those recipes where everyone has their own way, and there is lots of room to improvise.

The beef stock is also homemade in the slow cooker and from some homegrown veggies. I freeze it in big batches, ready to use.

Ingredients:

250g pancetta (but no one will die if you only have some other deli meat)
1 medium onion, chopped
2 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
2 medium ribs celery, chopped
¼ cup tomato paste
2 cups chopped seasonal vegetables (potatoes, yellow squash, zucchini, butternut squash, green beans or peas all work)
1 bay leaves
6 cups beef broth
1 cup orecchiette, elbow or small shell pasta
1 can cannellini beans (I only had mixed, again, we survived 🤷‍♀️)
Salt and pepper to taste

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When life gives you lemons (and another lockdown),

When life gives you lemons (and another lockdown), make yourself some lemon nails 😉🍋🍋🍋

Unicorn ring care of the eldest. It goes so well.

When your child requests pancakes, but they must b

When your child requests pancakes, but they must be PINK pancakes. I think I deserve an A for effort 😝

They're gluten free buckwheat, and here's the ingredients:

2 cup buckwheat flour

3 teaspoons white sugar

2 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

2.5 cups buttermilk (it works with almond milk if you're dairy free too)

2 large egg, beaten

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon unsalted butter, or as needed (for pan)

#glutenfree #buckwheat #pancakes #wholesome #foodforchildren #toddlereats #foodideas

Hey #bookstagrammers ! I’m doing a last ARC ca

Hey #bookstagrammers ! I’m doing a last ARC call for my romance novel and would LOVE your help! If you want to support a new author (without spending a dime), I have a few last advance copies of my book to hand out in the hopes of getting some honest reviews during the book's release week, starting JULY 15!

All that’s required:
- Fill in this Google form: https://forms.gle/Gq1vu135MVWw7SnR7

- Optional (but VERY appreciated): leave an honest review on two of the following, Amazon, Goodreads, Google Play, iBooks, Nook, Kobo. I will email you with links on release day!

Those who nab a copy will get an email from me in about a week with the ebook!

Short blurb:

Agathe Santos made a vow. To love her child until the very last heartbeat…

Four years after her daughter's death, Agathe knows that hope is for losers and so is love. Work has become her greatest escape. But when she meets CEO Luke Tindall, even the world's loneliest woman can't hide forever.

*note: This book is both heartfelt AND steamy!

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A few weeks ago, I posted that I had a surplus of

A few weeks ago, I posted that I had a surplus of lemons and limes. Well, subscribers to my newsletter will already know, but those lemons and limes eventually got turned into THIS. Lemon, lime jam!

Perfect, since these were home grown citrus, and the skins untreated with wax etc.

The jam is still a bit bitter from the pith, but I'm told if I leave it on the shelf for a couple of months, it'll be delicious! Here's hoping! 🍴🍋🍞

#cooking #jam #citrus #homegarden #ideas #authorsofinstagram #romance #homemade

It's fungi season here in AU, and this might not l

It's fungi season here in AU, and this might not look like much to most, but for little ones, it's a magical time of year. Little miss had a lot of fun fungi spotting and making a fairy house amongst the mushrooms.

Due to potential toxins, we of course know not to touch them. 🍄🍄🍄🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️

#natureplay #seasons #mushrooms #playideas #naturelovers #authorsofinstagram #fairies #australia

COVER REVEAL: Prepare to have your heart broken..

COVER REVEAL: Prepare to have your heart broken... and then put back together again!

The Last Heartbeat, the first book in my Love at Last series, is up for Pre-order with a super pretty cover!

In the words of my editor—there will be tears! Release day is July 15, 2021!

So, let me introduce you to Agathe and Luke:

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Agathe Santos made a vow. To love her child until the very last heartbeat. Hers. Not theirs…

Four years after the death of her daughter, Agathe knows that hope is for losers and so is love. Work has become her greatest escape. But even the world’s loneliest woman can’t hide forever…

Reluctant CEO Luke Tindall wants a wife, a family, a love that will last. He might have hired Agathe to save his company and deal with his goofy brother, but from the very first meeting, he has desired far more than her sharp wit and tireless work ethic. If only her past wasn’t such a big secret. If only that secret wasn’t a wound she didn’t want healed. Maybe then she’d share more with him than her body.

But even as Agathe can no longer deny her feelings for Luke, love is not something she thinks she deserves. Now she must do the impossible: deal with her unresolved issues, or lose Luke forever.

Pre-order links:
https://books2read.com/u/31laxD

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