All That Sparkles: The Texan Quartet (23 page)

There are many people who helped me with this book. First of all, Bethanie Christie, who came up with the idea of Imogen making Libby’s wedding dress. Thank you for brainstorming with me and coming up with the perfect tie-in.

Thank you to the members of the West Houston Romance Writers of America chapter who were kind enough to answer my never-ending questions about the differences in terminology between Australian English and American English.

To my uncle, Ian, who helped me with medical issues and didn’t seem the least bit perturbed when I rang and said I needed a way to kill a character – thank you!

To my mum, whose sewing ‘treasury’ inspired Imogen’s sewing room.

Finally, and as always, to the wonderful team at Momentum – Joel, Patrick and Tara, as well as my editor, Kate, and cover artist, Jon. Thank you for your enthusiasm for my book and for helping me make it shine.

What goes up, must come down, and Elle Carter has landed with a splat. Forced to flee her abusive ex and now alone with no support, she is determined to rebuild her life and protect her five-year-old son. Not one to take the easy road, she opens a bookshop café but opening day almost ends in disaster.

With so much on her mind, the last thing she needs is a man as charming as George Jones getting in her way. She knows her choice in men can’t be trusted, but fighting George’s charisma is harder than she expected.

George has always been a sucker for a damsel in distress and Elle ticks all the boxes. But unlike most, she’s not interested in being rescued by anyone, especially not him. Still there’s something about her that's got under his skin and he’s not one to ignore an itch.

When Elle’s ex turns up to cause trouble, Elle must decide whether she can trust herself and let George into her life.

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Claire Boston was a voracious reader as a child, devouring anything by Enid Blyton as well as series such as Nancy Drew, Trixie Belden, The Baby-sitters Club and Sweet Valley High. Then one school holidays when she’d run out of books to read her mother handed her
Hot Ice
by Nora Roberts and Claire instantly fell in love with romance novels.

The love of reading soon turned to a love of writing and she struggled to keep within the 1500 word limit set by her teachers for her creative writing assignments. When she finally decided to become serious about her stories she joined Romance Writers of Australia, found her wonderful critique group and hasn't looked back.

When Claire’s not reading or writing she can be found in the garden attempting to grow vegetables, or racing around a vintage motocross track. If she can convince anyone to play with her, she also enjoys cards and board games.

Claire lives in Western Australia, just south of Perth, with her husband, who loves even her most annoying quirks, and her two grubby but adorable Australian bulldogs.

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