Hi Everyone

Since last month we have travelled from Inverell in Northern NSW to Narrabri in NSW, out to black opal country at Lightning Ridge, Goondiwindi in South Western Qld, and we are now in Dalby Qld.

This coming Saturday we will arrive home where I will be organising myself for three weeks in New Zealand for a book signing and some touring of the North Island with my sister. Hubs is staying home with Miss Gemma-Jean who suffers severe separation anxiety when he is out of her sight.

Sarah, in the Prairie Roses collection will be live on 23rd April and she is currently on pre-order at:

https://books2read.com/SarahPrairieRoses

She will be in KU as part of a Christian/Sweet Western multi-author series.

As usual, if you ever want to touch base, I am more than happy to answer questions or just share a chat and if I am in your town, I'd love to catch up so contact me at horsnells@yahoo.com.au

Until next time, thank you so very much for your ongoing support.

Sue

https://linktr.ee/SusanHorsnell

Sarah Kelly was a twenty-seven-year-old spinster who had given up on finding love and was happy with her chosen life as a nanny in Oregon City.

But with the death of her parents, a debt that had to be repaid, and the stroke of a pen from a corrupt judge, her happiness came to an end and her life was thrown into chaos.

Anthony Johnson, along with his cousin Theo, had purchased a plot of land in the newly founded town of Bozeman, Montana and their long-held dreams of becoming ranchers were on the verge of coming true.

While Theo would manage the property and take care of numbers, Anthony would act as foreman.

Neither were looking for love, they had more important things on their minds.

When unexpected events bring Sarah and Anthony together, emotions neither had experienced before begin to take hold.

Will Anthony win the trust of the wounded lady?

Will Sarah open her heart and experience love for the first time?Or are these two destined to go their separate ways with broken hearts?

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Someone’s unleashed deadly magical creatures on Shadow Hollow, and this time, Hazel might not be able to stop the death toll.

The late mayor’s super-vampire project should have died along with him, but now, new vampire-like creatures are cropping up… and killing the people of Hazel’s small mountain town.

With Corwin missing more often than not, Hazel’s left with only a hot, werewolf and her dead sister’s ghost to help her. So she turns to the definitely-not-human librarian, who expects her to return the favor by paying an unnamed price he’s coming to collect in thirteen days… if her quest for the truth doesn’t kill her first.

The answers she seeks may be tied to the mysterious lake in the mountains, but only Hazel can see it, and when she finally traverses there in person, she finds something dark and deadly in the valley.

Something that might be connected to all the negative energy suffusing the town… or feeding it.

LET SLEEPING VAMPIRES LIE is the next novel in the Creatures of the Midwest, a cozy paranormal mystery that fans of True Blood and Midnight, Texas are sure to devour!

Scroll up and one click to start reading this cozy small town fantasy today!

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This is an Apple Books audiobook narrated by a digital voice based on a human narrator.

Becoming a parent can be daunting at the best of times, but for Flynn McCormack, a business lawyer in Melbourne, it pulls the feet right out from underneath him. He's become a father to six-year-old Nadine literally overnight. He didn't know about her existence, and the news throws him into chaos, even more so when he is asked to take over custody.

With the help of Emma, an employee at the hotel where Nadine and her grandparents are staying, Flynn tries to do the right thing. Yet, the right thing in his eyes differs from his parents' ideas, and Emma is voicing her opinion, too, leaving Nadine right in the middle of it all, still grieving the loss of her mother. There's no doubt she's afraid about where and with whom she will settle.

Will a letter Flynn receives help him decide what to do?

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RELEASE DATE 16 APRIL 2024

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In this fun, fact-based novel, it’s the early 20th century when Ada and Minna Everleigh climb out a hotel window in the middle of the night during a torrential rain storm and head for the train station leaving behind abusive husbands and a couple of unpaid hotel bills.

For the next several years, they travel the USA with an acting troupe rubbing shoulders with Lillian Russell and “Diamond” Jim Brady. It takes time to earn enough money to open a first-class brothel but persistence pays off. From their first “house-but-not-a-home” in Omaha to Chicago’s world-famous Everleigh House to glorious retirement in New York city, Ada and Minna do it all, see it all, and ease into book-club-hosting society with a fist full of diamonds and a gold piano. Revenge is sweet.

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Release Date: 23 April 2024

Always a bridesmaid, never a bride…

Shelby:

It’s my 30th birthday, not that anyone seems to remember. Instead, everyone is focused on my brother Sam’s wedding. I’m happy for him, but still. This will be the sixteenth time I’ll be a bridesmaid since my college graduation, but at least this time I get to be maid of honor.

Only that means I have to walk down the aisle with him.

Jagger, my brother’s best friend and my lifelong crush.

If that isn’t bad enough, he’s brought his model girlfriend. It seems I can’t win.

Bringing my best friend, Chip, seems like a good idea until he confesses he has always had feelings for me.

I feel like my life is imploding as the wedding bells chime.

Will I survive this disastrous weekend?

Jagger:

Being the best man at my best friend's wedding is something I take very seriously. It’s why when I catch my girlfriend Alexia flirting with another of the groomsmen, I decide to ignore it for now. Today is about my best friend.

Only his little sister is here.

Shelby has always been cute, but now she is gorgeous. She is also the most kind and caring person I’ve ever met.

I find myself being drawn to her, but it seems her date has other plans for her.

Am I willing to risk my best friend's wrath to throw my hat into the ring for his sister?

**Read this modern-day version of the 1980s movie classic Sixteen Candles and let love win all over again today!**

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Release Date 17 April 2024

Quinn Davidson has a knack for choosing the wrong man. She's been with losers, abusers, and just plain jerks. She's tired of the drama, her own and that of her exes. What she wants is a decent, stable man with a good job and a big heart. Too bad she's got a secret that will keep anyone decent a hundred miles away from her. Tyson Bellamie used to be a football star. Sidelined by an injury, he's fallen back on his education and become principal of the high school in his home town. Aside from his family, nothing is as important to him as his reputation, which is why when Quinn catches his eye, he's determined to resist her beauty and charm. Falling in love with Quinn could be the best thing that ever happened to Tyson, but it could ruin his reputation and cost him his job. He just has one choice to make. Will he choose staying with the love of his life, or his all-important career?

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Release Day 14 May 2024

A warrior for good. A soldier for Heaven. A heart of gold. A body for sin.

A guardian angel for centuries. He battles the demons and monsters in the dark so humanity can pretend they don’t exist. But being a guardian angel isn’t all divine love and light. Sometimes the human side of his nature needs to feed his own lustful appetites.

An orphaned psychic now fully grown into a strong woman—no longer a damsel in distress. The rodeo was the one place she could finally escape her dark past and hide from her supernatural abilities. She is seemingly destined to remain the comical rodeo clown, but Fate has a mind of its own. And Fate likes to stir up trouble.

Called to the Midwest to save a rodeo clown, the guardian angel is shocked to discover the child he once saved from monsters has blossomed into a ravishing beauty with a strong spirit. But something stronger, and more sinister, has come calling and it means to use the gifted psychic to inflict chaos and mayhem on all in its path.

Can the Renegade Angel save the woman of his deepest desires, or will his carnal weaknesses doom her to servitude as a vessel for evil?

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Release Date 20 April 2024

He was my friend first.

Then my lover—that was my mistake.

It’s been six years since I split with Byron Hendricks, my high school sweetheart. He moved on to become a sports star while I fled to Italy to start a new life without him.

As I walk into my school reunion, the moment his blue eyes find mine across the room, there is not enough metal in the world to armor my heart.

If Byron Hendricks wants something, nothing will stand in his way.

The way he looks at me, the chemistry is undeniable. I’m not that same girl anymore.

He is so wrong for me. We are total opposites—he thrives on adrenaline while I prefer a calming environment.

Yet after a few weeks together, it feels right.

And he is no longer the guy I fell in love with.

He is better.

We become more than friends. When Byron is not training, he is with me, making me feel like I belong, that I am his home team.

He is ready to risk it all. But I can’t shake the fear when the hurt of the past melts away, will one wrong move tear us apart?

THE WRONG MOVE is an opposites attract, friends to lovers to frenemies to lovers billionaire romance with the added spice of sports. It can be read as a stand alone or you can start with Book #1-The Wrong Proposal.

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Release Date 14 April 2024

After a messy breakup my friends arranged an exotic adventure vacation.

It helped me to forget.

What I didn't expect was my life to change forever.

Especially with a beach-blond, tanned, and shirtless man I met on the beach. He's the man of every girl's dreams.

And fantasies...

If only it wasn't one of the most dangerous places on earth.

Noone could prepare me for what awaited...

WILD

The boxset contains the following trilogy:

1. Beautifully Wild

2. Hopelessly Wild

3. Perfectly Wild

Wild is a contemporary romance/holiday/adventure romance, opposites attract, and forbidden love that will hit you straight in the feels. A tortured hero, a feisty heroine who fights for what she wants, and the grumpy/sunshine banter you’ll love. The story also has forced proximity; with a touch of romantic suspense, secrets, lies, and heartache.

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SWEET WESTERN

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Sarah is being groomed to replace her mother as head cook in the Cranston household, but she would like nothing more than to leave the stately Texas mansion and set up housekeeping in her own home. Nick Trafton has lost his bearings, abandoning the family farm and living the dangerous life of a bounty hunter.

After his sister, Genevieve, recruits help from Marianne’s new matchmaking service, a mail-order bride, Sarah, agrees to come, giving inspiration to Nick to dig in and try to become a worthy husband.

The newlyweds arrive on the Trafton homestead with visions of a fresh start, only to encounter deep-seated anger from the family and a man’s revenge that keeps the bounty hunter tied to his past. Will it all be too much for the couple to endure, even if Nick manages to survive the ordeal?

Join Sarah as her dreams are put to the test and Nick who is trapped in a life of his own making, as they attempt to find peace in a place called "home.”

Pick up this heartwarming romance, A Match for Sarah, today.

NOTE: For those readers who have been waiting for Nick (a minor character) from my Pinkerton story, (An Agent for Genevieve) to find romance; this is it. Nick and Sarah.

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A grumpy man meets a strong-minded woman. You bet the sparks are flying!

Christiana Mallory has no choice but to become Moody Dutton's cook. Her sister insists they find a way to join a wagon train headed south. Patience is determined to retrieve a map showing where their pa buried gold coins. To do that, they must reach Colorado.

When Patience immediately marries Moody's cousin, Christiana is determined not to become a wife. She holds Moody at a distance, fighting with him so that she will not give in to her growing attraction.

Only, when danger threatens her sister's life does Christiana recognize her growing desire to stay with Moody. He shows her how deeply he desires them to be a couple. Can she commit to living her life in isolation on a ranch?

What will it take for her to choose love over the convenience of living in town? Will they survive the trail for her to make that decision?

Western adventure from a Christian worldview awaits you in this book. Get cozy and enjoy the romance.

(This book is the sequel to A Journey for Patience. Reading that one first will enhance a reader's enjoyment of this romantic novel.)

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SWEET WESTERN MULTI-AUTHOR SERIES

Several books in these series are now live and

all are available in Kindle Unlimited

MAIL-ORDER PAPA SERIES

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THE RELUCTANT WAGON TRAIN BRIDE SERIES

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DOUBLE TROUBLE SERIES

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PRAIRIE ROSES COLLECTION

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Ciaran

An eye for an eye. A tooth for a tooth.

In this world that’s always how it works. Without exception.

Sometimes it’s deliberate.

A way to provoke a response.

Set a trap.

Start a war…

What none of us can afford to do is to turn a blind eye.

To do so is to show weakness.

And in this world, that kind of weakness will get you annihilated.

That’s why I’m here, preparing to abduct the woman who’s stupid enough to tie herself to the scum they called the Viper, on her wedding day.

Retaliation.

Maricela

I feel like an inmate on death row waiting to be escorted to my doom, but marriage to Vito - the Viper - Rossi is a fate worse than death.

My father, the one who sold me into this nightmare, is present… somewhere, but I have to be escorted down the aisle by a body guard in case I try to make a run for it.

Well, they’re not wrong.

I stare at my reflection for the few precious moments of peace and freedom I have left. I’m not sure I know the woman who stares back at me. It’s my eyes that strike hardest.

Blank. Desolate. It’s like all the life has been sucked out of them.

The door opens and any last chance of escape has finally passed.

Except it’s not my bodyguard who enters the room, but a masked man with an Irish accent.

He doesn’t need to abduct me, I’ll go willingly.

This might have been my happily ever after… until he’s forced to give me back.

Warning: This is a dark, mafia story. There is content that some readers may find triggering.

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Music is in the air…but so is the possibility of love…

Alyssa Davis

The last thing I expect when I show up divorced and childless in Madrid to see my favorite DJ, is for a hot stranger to come to my rescue, offering me the chance to live out my wildest dreams.

It’s one perfect night that will change my life forever.

But am I ready for the kind of change fate has in store for me?

Amastan Ag Abahag

I’ve been living behind a mask for so long I can barely remember who I am anymore outside of my DJ persona. I’m not the type of man to have romantic flings, but I can’t resist the tempting Alyssa, or the way she makes me want to write a hundred songs, which is why I can’t help but want to offer her more than just the VIP treatment she deserves.

I know one night with Alyssa will change my life. But will my music come between us in more ways than one?

Love in Madrid is book 1 of the Love In… Series.

Author note: This is for an 18+ audience. It has sexual content and a pregnancy.

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What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas...

That's true unless your new husband - who is much younger than you by the way - doesn't actually want a divorce when you both sober up.

Or, of course, if you get pregnant - the last thing you need right after becoming the new GM to a failing pro hockey team.

I guess you could say this year won't be easy.

Especially for me, the owner.

TROPE CHECK

Older Woman/Younger Male

Workplace Romance

Forced Proximity

Surprise Pregnancy

Opposites-Attract

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Plagued by guilt over the events in Tennessee, Dave convinces Pope to travel north instead of returning to the MC.

Along the way, Dave finds a place he can make his own in an old farmhouse off a deep river where he can plant and heal. Using his father’s journals as a guide, he builds a business, integrates into a community, and begins to feel whole again. The last thing he ever expected to find… was love.

Summer Anne, a young mother of five small children, has known nothing but club life since she was born. Finally free of it, she never wants to venture back in. But fate has other plans. On a dark road she encounters a rough-looking stranger with haunted eyes. Summer Anne refuses his help, yet he ignores her wishes and calls a tow truck for her broken down car. Her growing frustration turns to alarm when she realizes the garage she has been ushered to is an MC compound.

Dave needs an experienced cook for his new business. Summer Anne longs for a better paying job. She sees him as the enemy. He sees her as a stubborn brat. Their personalities collide even as the attraction between them grows. Can they put their pasts behind them and come to a mutually beneficial arrangement? Or will opportunity, and a second chance at happiness, pass them by?



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Nickolas

She's forbidden. Untouchable. My job.

For the past nineteen years I've guarded her, protected her.

When she turns sixteen, it all changes after she declares she's in love with me.

I do what I think is right and push her away. Mixing business and pleasure never ends well.

But when her life is in danger, she turns to me and this time I can't push her away.

I'm far too old for her, and her father is my boss but things finally become clear and protecting her isn't the only thing on my mind.

Ayra

All my life I've been protected. Kept locked away for my safety.

I've only ever been in love with one man. He's guarded me my entire life. Always making me feel like a treasure he needs to protect.

I hate how he makes me feel, because I'll never feel this way about anyone else.

When my father arranges a marriage for me unaware of my feelings for Nickolas I try my best to forget him and move on.

When my life is threatened, he swoops in and keeps me safe.

We cross the line and things begin to blur but I’m beautifully protected, I’ll be fine. Right?

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FROM STORY ORIGIN

Unconditional love heals the soul.

Lily Astor was raised in a high-profile, Alabama family, where love was earned, not given. College in Georgia is her chance to escape past trauma and change the path chosen for her. Growing up poor in Detroit, taught Ledger Franklin how to care for others and now he works hard to provide safe homes for those in need. When Lily meets Ledger, she learns what unconditional love is and how to give it in return.

Will her family stand in their way? Can their love survive her past?

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"The Madman would get revenge... by taking away everything he loved."

With Gabe in the hospital and three others missing, Cole must unravel the dark secrets hidden within the shadows. As the only one privy to the kidnappers' identities and their chilling capabilities, Cole is thrust into a dangerous game of cat and mouse where every decision could mean the difference between life and death.

READING ORDER:

• COLE: Mind of Madness: A Prelude
• COLE: The Mangler: Book 1
• COLE: The Demons: Book 2
• COLE: The Madman: Book 3

CONTENT WARNING: Violence and gore. Profanity. M/M sexual situations. Depictions/references of rape. Abuse and torture.

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Nobody wants to live without their best friend, but when Holly is murdered, Chlo has no choice.

Chlo is the only person who has the answers - too bad she can’t remember when she wakes up two weeks later.

Chlo is sent to a rehabilitation centre where she has to learn to grieve, along the way of trying to access her memories she has to deal with her feelings for Corey, her best friend’s brother.

For Holly was always a reason to stay away, now it’s their reason to try.

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