Spring is Here!

I love Spring. The Liquid Amber tree outside my bedroom is budding up waiting to unfurl and greet the warmer weather. The branches  stark and bare for a month now, have stopped waving in the howling wind. Yesterday, the birds in the grevilleas opposite the veranda were singing to each other like performers at the opera and I had to smile at the purity in their song. Nothing like the squeaky screech I can produce. Not that it stops me singing. Did I ever mention my very own, fabulous Aunt Maurine, was a soprano for Sadler Wells Opera Company? She still has a glorious voice. But back to spring.

Now, this morning, under a deepening blue sky I can see a fluffyblack baby water turkey hop across the tops of waterlillies to follow his mum and dad. Babies everywhere. And you all know how much I love babies.

Yep. Love Spring. New beginnings, new life, new people to meet, friendships to make, and for me a new book to start. Emma’s Story. For those who’ve read any of my Lyrebird Lake maternity books – there’s one out this month, Pregnant Midwife Father Needed- fabulous little Emma has been in them all.

It’s Emma’s time to shine and show us the amazing woman I know she is. And she’s got a lot on her plate. Her mum’s disease is progressing, and she’s returned home to Lyrebird Lake. Now her daughter is asking why can’t she have a dad like all the kids at school as Emma carries the secret she believes no man can love.  But I need to get to page one, chapter one and start listening to what she has to say. But before I go…

Congratulations to Margaret Lawson of Canada who’s won a copy of  Pregnant Midwife Father Needed. I really hope you enjoy Mia’s story, Margaret.

In celebration of spring, I have a new competition starting today that will run until the 25th October. That’s my wedding anniversay and the prize is all three of my published Lyrebird Lake books in a romance pack to mark that important day in my life.

My hero and I have been married for 29 years this year and he still makes my heart skip a beat and feel warm inside when I catch sight of him unexpectedly. Like magic. Can you tell I watched Sleepless In Seattle with him last night?

Wishing a wonderful spring to all the lovers and the lovers of romance out there at this beautiful time of the year.

warmest wishes

Fiona