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Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts
Love and Romanpunk by Tansy Rayner Roberts was an unexpected addition to my Australian Women Writers 2012 Reading & Reviewing Challenge. I was actually doing a shout-out for #steampunkchat on Twitter and asking for other-punk recommendations and @KaelaJael said “Romanpunk! by @TansyRR”. So when I was reading Love and Romanpunk I was split between looking…
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Jilted by Rachael Johns
Despite trying to go digital with my book buying this year, I couldn’t resist buying Jilted by Rachael Johns in paper copy. Not to brag or anything, but I went to Rachael’s book signing and got an autographed copy. Australian Rural Romances weren’t a big part of my reading habit until this year — and…
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Dead Heat by Bronwyn Parry
Dead Heat by Bronwyn Parry is a gem. This is first class romantic suspense with well-developed main characters, no shying away from hard choices and hard lives, and high tension with believable and dramatic action. But what really sold me was the vividly Australian setting. The little details made both place and characters come alive.…