That’s right isn’t it? Today’s the big day, doomsday, the day the four horsemen of the apocylpse are going to come riding across the plane on their pale horses. The day the tidal waves are going to hit and the earthquakes are going to quake and asteroids are going to rain down to earth. So if all this is about to happen, what am I going to do?
I’m going to bloody duck, of course.
(ducking under the table now)
Sound of crickets chirping. All seems well.
(tapping foot now. I hate to be kept waiting. Bloody Mayans! Always running late. Probably because they’re stupid clock is bogus. It looks like an Oreo)
Wait, does it look like my husband’s brain has been eaten by zombies? Do I hear gunfire? Nah. He’s just playing Medal of Honor online.
(peeking out from under desk)
So… what time is this thing supposed to go down anyway? Being in Australia, I’m about fifteen hours ahead of you folks on the North American continent. And I hate to disappoint you, but nothing’s happened here yet. I stubbed my toe earlier and the electricity bill arrived, so those were pretty sucky events. But as for pale horses and tidal waves… nada. I mean, I don’t want to call it too early, but I kinda think we might be safe. Yes from my lips to your ears (or from my typing fingers to your reading eyes). People WE ARE NOT DOOMED!
So what’s the point of me going on with my bucket list?
Well, there’s always a point to a bucket list. There’s plenty I want to do in life and whether I have 60 minutes left or 60 years, a girl’s gotta have goals. Goals are dreams with a time frame (thanks Dr. Phil). Once upon a time my dream was to write a novel. I wrote that dream down, turned it into a goal and eventually… voila! Item checked off. One day, given enough money and time, I’m going to learn to sail and charter a yacht around the Whitsundays. I’m going to take my kids to Disneyland when they’re old enough to fully appreciate it. I’m going to hike in Tasmania, laze around in Bora Bora and maybe when my girls are too old for Disneyland I’ll take them to Europe.
Seems travel is one of those things that’s always on someone’s bucket list. I asked the lovely and talented Shelli Stevens what she would do if the world was about to end, and she had this to say.
If I knew the world was ending and could make it work, I would travel. Europe, Australia, New Zealand, U.K. I’d most like to get to Italy before the world went kaboom. I’m just so fascinated by all things historical.
Ahh, Italia
So yep, travel is one of those things we all seem to want to do. The good news now Shelli is that it looks like you’ll have time to do it after all. Still no tidal waves. You can stay at my joint when you come to Oz if you like.
Oh yes, it’s lovely to dream of the days we’ll travel to these exotic destinations. But it takes money, and planning and time, things we don’t always have an abundance of. So in the meantime… why don’t we all enjoy a good book?
Someone wants her. And someone else wants her…dead.
If life as a not-fully-human has taught Agent Grace Masterson anything, it’s that she’ll never again be anyone’s sitting duck. 
Whoever is deftly evading the traps around her remote sanctuary outside Seattle, she intends to shove his easily sensed self-confidence way, way up where the sun don’t shine.
When she comes face to face—and body to body—with Darrius Hilliard, relief and lingering guilt over past choices weaken her knees. Plus something bad. Really bad. A surprising, intense desire for her fellow agent.
Darrius knows what Grace needs, and it’s not the kid-glove treatment. If she’s ever to overcome her past trauma and return to full active duty status with the P.I.A, she needs a strong shoulder. Yet he’s shocked at how quickly he’s become physically and emotionally entwined with her.
Fighting their growing attraction to one another becomes secondary, though, when it becomes clear that someone not only isn’t thrilled at Grace’s return, they want her gone. Maybe even dead…
Savage Betrayal is available now: Samhain Publishing Amazon B&N. And Shelli is giving away a $5 gift card to Amazon to one lucky commenter!
A new lover, an old flame, sultry moonlit nights… Why let inhibitions stand in the way?
Bandicoot Cove: The Wedding, Book 3
Two years ago, Hayley Bryant left Australia on a round-the-world odyssey that changed her life, and her attitude. After that, coming face to face with the man whose rejection sent her packing shouldn’t affect her at all, right?
Except there’s one thing that hasn’t changed—her former boss Mitchell Wood makes her burn as hot as ever. The difference is, Hayley’s now a grown woman who knows how to get what she wants, and she wants Mitch. Trouble is, she hasn’t come to her friend’s wedding alone. Her very sexy friend with benefits, Ty Butler, might pose a problem.
Business was always Mitch’s first love…at least until he hired his little sister’s friend as an intern. Pushing her away was the right thing to do, but now his sister’s wedding has Hayley re-entering his life—and the empty place in his heart. Soon he’s acting less like the consummate workaholic and more like a man crazy in love. But Hayley’s “plus one” is an unexpected obstacle.
Fortunately, Mitch has never been one to shy away from a little competition…
Moonlight Mirage is available Samhain Publishing Amazon B&N
I’m offering a copy of Moonlight Mirage to the winning comment on this post.
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You all know we’ve been having a heatwave down here in Australia, and the hot weather has brought a lot of bushfire activity. It’s times like this we appreciate the brave individuals who fight these fires, protecting lives and property and even cute furry animals. And you know my book, Erica’s Choice, features two super hot firefighters who once featured in the Queensland Firefighters Charity Calendar. Well, I have two 2013 Queensland Firefighters Charity Calendars to giveaway.
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