Joanne Speirs is an award-winning romance author who grew up on a farm in a small rural community on the Eyre Peninsula of South Australia. Scouring the school library shelves for Sweet Valley High novels and sneaking a read of her mum's Mills & Boon books became a favourite pastime in her teens and fuelled her passion for reading and writing romance. She lives in Adelaide with her two grown sons, husband and border collie named Zeb. When not writing, she works as an editor, specialising in editing manuscripts for other romance authors. Her debut, Second Chance Love in Point Perry, was runner-up in the prestigious Romance Writers of Australia Valerie Parv Award in 2019 and was longlisted for the Romance Writers of Australia Emerald Award in 2020. Voted: Favourite Debut Romance Author 2023 (Australia Romance Readers Assoc—ARRA) Finalist in the Romance Writers of NZ Koru Award 2024 for Best Long Romance and Best First Book To find out more, visit Joanne at https://www.joannespeirs.com.au Sign up for Jo's newsletter here: https://www.joannespeirs.com.au/newsl... Follow me: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jo.speirs_r... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/joannespeirs... BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/profile/joann... Happy reading!