New Zealand

  • Beautiful Hearts by Jax Calder

    Jax Calder is a new-to-me author who has been on my radar for a while but whose books I haven’t got around to reading yet – and the “new author” prompt provided the opportunity to remedy that. Beautiful Hearts is the first in her Rainbow Redemption series set in and around Auckland, New Zealand; it’s an age-gap romance featuring…

  • The Art of Husbandry by Jay Hogan

    Jay Hogan kicks off her new Mackenzie Country series, set amid the spectacular scenery of New Zealand’s Southern Alps, with The Art of Husbandry, a beautiful story in which she skilfully and sensitively balances a storyline involving grief and terrible loss with the development of a deeply emotional romance. After the death of his ten-year-old…

  • Tamarillo Tart by Jay Hogan

    Narrated by Gary Furlong Tamarillo Tart is an opposites-attract romance between a snarky, out-and-proud city dweller who hates getting dirty and one not-quite-out backcountry tour guide. It’s the second book in the Southern Lights series, but it’s not necessary to have read the first book to enjoy this one. We met Stefan Hamilton (Stef) in…

  • Foxed by Jay Hogan

    Jay Hogan’s Foxed is a standalone contemporary romance featuring a couple of guys in their fifties – one a devoted father and grandfather, the other someone who never really thought a relationship and family was on the cards for him – who discover that maybe it’s time to re-think some of their embedded perceptions about…

  • In Step by Jay Hogan

    Narrated by Gary Furlong Jay Hogan’s wonderful Painted Bay series comes to a close with In Step which is my favourite book of the set and probably my favourite book of of hers full stop. It’s a poignant, emotional romance combined with a superbly-crafted tale of redemption, forgiveness and finally coming into one’s own that…

  • Sass by Jay Hogan

    Jay Hogan concludes her Style series with Sass, a warm, snarky and sexy age-gap/opposites-attract romance between the fabulous Kip Grantham, the sassy, fierce and super-capable manager of Rhys Hellier’s high-fashion store, Flare, and Leon Steadman, the gorgeous hunk who owns the tattoo parlour next door. There was a definite spark between them the minute they…

  • On Board by Jay Hogan

    Narrated by Gary Furlong In On Board, book two in Jay Hogan’s Painted Bay series, we return to the Northland homestead of the Madden family around a year after the events of Off Balance. Judah Madden and Morgan Wipene are happily married and settled into their lives together, and Judah and his brother Leroy are…

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