Hello everyone and welcome back to Romancelandia – the land of mighty wangs, the Big O and happy sighs. It’s hard to believe that 2020 – which has already felt like a decade – is almost over. Not long to go now – hallelujah! In the meantime, I invite you to come in, sit down, grab a glass of Limincello Blizzard I’ve just whizzed up in the blender and check out this assortment of great romance novels.
I have books by Aussie authors and an overseas selection and they’re all available via Booktopia in either print or digital, so just click on the covers if something takes your fancy!
Australian Romance Authors
Home Sweet Home
by Mandy Magro
Sienna Lewis knows firsthand about being an Aussie battler, but she has her beautiful daughter, Zara, to keep fighting for. One day she dreams of giving Zara the life and big family she deserves. For now, Sienna can only focus on her work at the hspital. But when she connects with a new patient who has driven away nearly everyone in his life, she is astounded when he leaves her his sprawling Far-North Queensland property.
Mason King has worked tirelessly to follow in the footsteps of his beloved cattleman neighbour, Max, by raising ethically farmed cattle – despite the stream of disapproval from his old-fashioned father. Little does he know that Max, having seen sparks fly between Mason and Sienna, has set up his own plan to bring Sienna to town …
Buy it here
The Good Woman of Renmark
by Darry Fraser
1895, Renmark, South Australia: Maggie O’Rourke has always had a hard head. No man was going to tie her down to a life of babies and domestic slavery, even if that man was as good (and as annoyingly attractive) as Sam Taylor. Maggie is happily earning her own way as a maid in a house on the Murray River when disaster strikes.
Forced to defend herself and a friend from assault by an evil man, she flees downriver on a paddle steamer. With death at her heels, Maggie begins to realise that a man like Sam might be just who she wants in her hour of need. As for Sam, well, Maggie has always been what he wants.
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Bad Mistake
by J.C. Harroway
Okay … JC is an New Zealand author, but I wouldn’t be doing my patriotic duty if I didn’t take something excellent from across the ditch and claim it as ours, right?
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The Pleasure Pact was my idea. All because I want Nick Rivers, my brooding, mouthwateringly hot bodyguard. All that control. All that restraint. Now in Milan, I have one chance with him – on his terms. He calls the shots. I deliciously surrender to every naughty, illicit moment. But Nick can’t control what’s happening between us … or what happens when he shows me who he really is.
Buy it here
International Romance Authors
Claiming His Bollywood Cinderella
by Tara Pammi
The hottest actor in Bollywood, Vikram Raawal has found love countless times – when he’s playing a role. In real life, he’s given up on finding a soul-deep connection and prefers to focus entirely on his career. Until at a masquerade ball, one woman leaves him craving more …
Naina Menon’s first impression of drop-dead gorgeous Vikram left much to be desired. But then one heart-stopping night shows her there’s so much more to him than his celebrity persona. Still, he’s a billionaire, and she’s a humble assistant. Is passion enough to bridge their different worlds?
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Christmas in Angel Harbor
by Jeannie Moon
Twenty-five years ago, Jane Fallon put her rising career on hold to take over her family’s bookstore after the death of her father. Throughout the years, she’s transformed Angel Harbor Books into a place of comfort for her and her daughter, but when her landlord announces the building has been sold, Jane is faced with sudden uncertainty. If the bookstore is gone, what will she do?
As a young man, Dan Gallo couldn’t get out of Angel Harbor fast enough. Now a best-selling novelist, Dan returns home after a tragedy derails his career. His first stop is his favorite teenage hangout-the local bookstore. It’s almost exactly how he remembers it. But the girl who once worked there is now a beautiful woman whose smarts and spirit inspire him to write again, and open his heart to new possibilities.
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Just A Little Bet
by Tawna Fenske
After a night of too many drinks, smokejumper Tony Warren and his best friend, photographer Kayla Gladney, come to the realization that they’re both bad at love. They even tried dating each other, but that crashed and burned, too. Now he’s got the hangover from hell and the certain conclusion he’s just a shit boyfriend. But Kayla thinks he’s a straight-up commitment-phobe.
So they make a bet-they’re going to hunt down his exes and decide once and for all why he’s so unlucky in love. Terrible boyfriend or commitment-phobe. Why does either answer feel like he’s still losing? But between roadside burgers and late night detours, they discover some fires never burn out-like the one slowly smoldering between them. And suddenly losing feels a whole lot like winning again.
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Amy’s Favourite of the Month!
Each month I choose an author who I simply adore and showcase one of their books. This month its Oliva Dade. Olivia is an American author currently living in Sweden. Her website describes her as writing bawdy romcoms with a big heart and her specialty is the cinnamon roll hero – basically the good, nice, kind considerate, caring hero. She also does great fat representation in her books with heroines beyond the size 6 tag. They are big and curvy with great jobs and good friends and sex lives as well! They are more than their size which is so fabulous!
I love all Olivia’s books so you should definitely check out her website but today I give you 40-Love.
This match is no game … When a rogue wave strips Tess Dunn of her bikini top, desperate, half-naked times call for desperate, please-cover-me-kids-are-coming-closer measures. Enter Lucas Karlsson, AKA that flirty Swede in the water nearby. When he prevents her bare buoys from being exposed to fellow vacationers, even an ocean can’t drown the sparks that fly.
Lucas, a former top-level tennis pro now giving lessons at the resort, fled there after the abrupt, painful end to his injury-plagued career. But he’s finally ready to move on with his life – and after a few late-night, hands-on sessions with Tess, he’s eager to prove he’s the ace she wants.
But this match comes with challenges: She’s forty, and at twenty-six, he’s barely old enough to rent a car. Worse, they only have two weeks together before Tess returns to her assistant-principal life in Virginia. During that brief time, they’ll have to play hard, take a few risks, and find out whether their chemistry is a one-shot wonder … or whether they’re meant to be doubles partners for life.
Buy it in paperback here and eBook here
Okay, that’s it for November! I hope you join me down the rabbit hole next month – I’ll have it decked out in holly and tinsel, I promise – where I’ll be featuring a slew of Christmas romances. Yay! Until then stay safe and happy reading!
Amy Andrews
About Amy
Amy Andrews is an award-winning, USA Today best-selling Aussie author who has written eighty plus contemporary romances in both the traditional and digital markets.
She’s sold three million books and been translated into over a dozen languages including manga. She has won three Ruby awards and is a triple RITA finalist.
In her other life, she was a paediatric intensive care nurse for twenty-one years. Amy lives near the sea with her husband of thirty years.
You can find out more about Amy and her books here.
Nothing But Trouble
For five years, Cecilia Morgan’s entire existence has revolved around playing personal assistant to self-centred former NFL quarterback Wade Carter. But just when she finally gives her notice, his father’s health fails, and Wade whisks her back to his hometown. CC will stay for his dad—for now—even if that means ignoring how sexy her boss is starting to look in his Wranglers.
To say CC’s notice is a bombshell is an insult to bombs. Wade can’t imagine his life without his “left tackle.” She’s the only person who can tell him “no” and strangely, it’s his favourite quality. He’ll do anything to keep her from leaving, even if it means playing dirty and dragging her back to Credence, Colorado, with him...
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