Forgiving Liam by Estelle Pettersen joins the International Firebird Book Awards Circle of Winners

OFFICIAL PRESS STATEMENT – the Firebird Book Awards January 28 – Speak Up Talk Radio announced the recent FIREBIRD BOOK AWARDS contest winners. One of the winning entries was from Australian author Estelle Pettersen, whose book titled Forgiving Liam won in the Romance category. Authors and publishers worldwide submitted their work to the International Firebird …

Life as a China Doll by Nancy Golinski

Book review: Life as a China Doll: Coping with Osteoporosis

I read Life as a China Doll by Nancy Golinski when I was at the height of my chronic pain. While the book focuses on coping with osteoporosis, it is not limited to readers with osteoporosis; it has excellent tips and advice for anyone suffering from chronic pain outside osteoporosis, like myself. It is also …

Top 5 thrilling romances

Best romance books with a thrilling plot

Read about my recommended top 5 romance books with a thrilling plot on Shepherd.com. Shepherd is like wandering around your favorite bookstore but reimagined for the online world. It makes online book browsing fun! Why do I, a romance author, like books with thrilling plots?  It probably comes from my childhood days of being a Scooby-Doo fan—I …

AustLit includes empowering country romance novella

I recently discovered that my Australian novella Elizabeth was listed in AustLit’s directory of books. It was a happy surprise and an honor to see something I’d written in their database. What is AustLit? AustLit is a searchable, scholarly source of authoritative biographical, bibliographic, critical, and production information about Australian writers and writing. Led by The …

Marelo by Eileen Troemel

Marelo by USA Today Bestseller Author Eileen Troemel

Preorder the book for just $0.99 Blurb Marelo studies water dragons.  Bandor studies her heart. Driven to succeed, Marelo focuses on her studies. She doesn’t have time for males claiming her as a mate.  She came here to study the dragon’s ancestral home.  She will find the evidence she needs while avoiding all males especially …