Phillipa lives just outside a beautiful town in country Victoria, Australia. She also lives in the many worlds of her imagination and stockpiles stories beside her laptop. She writes from the heart about love, dreams, secrets, discovery, the sea, the world as she knows it… or wishes it could be. She loves happy endings, heart-pounding suspense, and characters who stay with you long after the final page. With a passion for music, the ocean, nature, reading, and writing, she is often found in the vegetable garden pondering a new story. Get a free book when you join her newsletter.

An Australian voice creating compelling contemporary fiction - from bush to beach, steamy romances, riveting history and eclectic characters. Rhonda Forrest is an Australian teacher and author who writes captivating contemporary and historical fiction about relationships, family life and social issues, set amidst beautiful and uniquely Australian landscapes. After bringing up three daughters and traversing several different careers, Rhonda went on to teach creative writing, English and History to high school students. Her passion for literacy, history and travelling around Australia fuels her novels. Rhonda currently lives with her husband between two Queensland homes: one on Tamborine Mountain, the other a century-old cottage with a rambling garden, overlooking the waters of the Whitsundays. Readers can connect with Rhonda via her website www.rhondaforrest.com, Instagram @rhondaforrestauthor or Facebook https://www.facebook.com/valeenapress.

Annie Seaton lives near the beach on the mid-north coast of New South Wales. She is fulfilling her lifelong dream of writing and has been delighted to discover that readers love reading her stories as much as she loves writing them. Her career and studies spanned the education sector for most of her working life until she took up a full-time writing career. Each winter, Annie and her husband leave the beach to roam the remote areas of Australia for story ideas and research. Readers can contact Annie through her website annieseaton.net or find her on Facebook and Instagram.

Erin Moira O’Hara grew up in the Blue Mountains of Australia, with a garden backing onto native bushland, hidden caves and fabulous lookouts. Her love of reading began with visits to the local library as a child, where she became absorbed in a world of intrigue, fantasy and action-packed adventures. The moment Erin read her first romance; she was hooked and dreamed of her own hero and writing romantic adventures. She now lives close to Lake Macquarie, the largest, coastal, saltwater lake in Australia. The family home overlooks bushland and is surrounded by an acre of ever-growing gardens and a vast variety of birdlife. She shares this paradise with her husband, three eccentric hens, two spoilt cats and one adorable dog called Murphy. Erin’s writing encompasses everything she loves best—intrigue, suspense, passion and romance.