Parcel on my doorstep & a 5 STAR review

Friday was a good day. It was the end of only two working days last week. 

Due to Bank Holidays on Tuesday & Wednesday last week, my company decided to close its doors on Monday too. As there was another Bank Holiday prior to the 1st and 2nd May - that is on Friday 27th April - we were home for almost for a week, however this is not something I wanted to share with you.

Coming back, a parcel waited for me. Not exactly on my doorstep, as my OH was home, but on the table in the kitchen. 

Yes, of course you know by the label, what I got. Or do you really. Opening it up was something I needed to wait for, as my OH had lunch prepared for us and although my fingers itched to open it, I waited as a good wife.

However seeing those beauties after opening the box I was even more excited. 

Sure I needed to put them out and take another picture. 
Oh, by the way if I didn't tell you already... My novel At the End of the Summer is available for order as a paperback too, if you prefer paperback over the Kindle. 

And then later, when I was checking and wandering through the Amazon, this 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 

beauty of a review showed up on Amazon.co.uk.

 

A perfect ending to a good day...

It's here! It's alive!

Today is the day!

 

AT THE END OF THE SUMMER's release day. 

 

 Blurb: 

 

Joshua’s life as a rock guitarist seems like a dream come true. Sold out concerts, red carpet events and wild nights portray him as a confident young man with the world at his feet. Only few friends know the scars he carries. 

When freelance photographer Caroline meets the rock band Burning Ruins at the after party, irresistible chemistry of attraction between sexy rock guitarist and her is clearly seen to everybody. However, after forced conversation from Joshua’s side, Caroline's convinced the attraction is not mutual. 

Waking up next morning, Caroline has no idea what happened. She flees out of the hotel room mortified, convinced she’d become another of the band’s trophies. Determined never to meet anyone from Burning Ruins ever again, she has no clue people around her have different ideas. 

In a summer that takes them from London to Wales and to the sultry heat of Rome, they’re desperately fighting their demons from the past, while trying to protect their broken hearts. Will they ever let each other mend their broken hearts or will they try to heal them alone?

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If you haven't got your yet, today's your last chance to get it for a special price of 

 

99p/99c.

 

 

 

 

 

A day before publication day

Can't believe. The wait is almost over. One more day till the publication day of my 3rd novel

At the End of the Summer 

and there are another two reviews/ratings on Goodreads. 

One 5 STAR rating: 

and one 4 STAR review...

Happy dance!

Let me brag a little bit more...

You know, it's only 

and I am proud to share with you another 5 star review! 

followed by 4 star review... :)

Are you intrigued enough? 

Just follow this link

 At the End of the Summer 

and get your copy now

for a Special PRE-ORDER price of

99p/99c.

Pre-order starts today!

Today is the day! 

From today you can pre-order my 3rd novel 

AT THE END OF THE SUMMER

To celebrate with you, my lovely readers, I decided to put it on a special PRE-ORDER price of

99p / 99c

WORLDWIDE.

Grab your copy by clicking the link above any you'll be transferred to your Amazon site, before the price goes up. 

Bullied as a teen, Joshua hides his extreme talent from the world. Only the closest to him knows about it. Meeting Caroline he’s unsure what he should do until his heart overrules his mind and he’s...

On the day before New Year's eve

It's the day before New Year's eve and to be honest 2016 wasn't really nice. It looks like it wasn't nice to anyone. But I'm not going to moan. Too much complaining was already done through out the year. Looking back at the twelve months that now passed - actually they passed really quickly, although they seemed to last for just too long. 

So nothing bad in this blog post. Instead of writing what went wrong, I'm going to look for the reasons that made me cheerful this year and the memories of them will make me cheerful for many more. The things/events that made me really happy. The things I don't want to forget. Here they are, some most unforgettable:  

- My son's progress is seen from day to day. The steps he does might seem small, but they are huge for all of us. They are also constant and that's all that matters.

- My daughter reached the brink of puberty and although she makes me go insane from time to time, I'm proud of her daily. 

- I got my publishing rights back in April and I republished my debut novel All That The Heart Desires in June.

- We had such amazing holidays, traveling around Wales. I know I'm still not done with the 'Holidays 2017' blog post series. I left you hanging on in Bangor.  

- While traveling I meet my wonderful friend Katie Phillips. We 'met' through Facebook years ago and this was the first time we met face to face and it we just clicked. All of us.

- I did my first book signing...

- In London I met another amazing friend for the first time - Les Moriarty. I still hold this memory close to my heart. 

- I finished the third draft of my third novel in English and managed to send it to my editor. 

- My family is still whole; no-one is missing...

- Definitely not last and not at all at least - the love, our family have and share, still grows and it's still very strong. 

So, I really shouldn't be complaining at all... right?

Holiday 2016 ~ Bangor & Anglesey ~ Part One

It's been a while since I wrote about our summer holidays. October was a bit hectic for me (personally) so I'm not ashamed to say that I'm glad it's over. 

In my mind I know that the next 6 weeks will be tough on me too - the weeks between Samhain and the Yule are always the toughest weeks of the year for me... but that's a completely different story.

Let's go back to Wales - to be honest - I'd love to go back in person right now, but some memories might do just as well...

To help you recollect where have we been last - hop quickly to my last Holiday 2016 blog post ~ here it is: Holiday 2016 ~ Aberystwyth.

We travelled the next day from Aberystwyth further north. Our final destination for the day - Bangor.

We stopped a few times along the road and the most interesting moment we had was crossing the Penmaenpool Bridge. The weather was a bit murky, but that didn’t change our mood. After all we were on our holidays.

As the Penmaenpool Bridge is the toll bridge, we stopped at the toll house. There he was, an elderly gentleman who was collecting the toll. While I was paying he looked at all of us and very kindly asked if he could ask a question. The thing was – he was wondering where were we from. As there was nothing to hide, we told him. 
Afterwards he told us he saw pretty much almost every European registration plates, but ours were unfamiliar to him. We had talked for a quite some time, until there were a few more cars behind us and we had to say farewell to him. I was a bit sad as he told us a few things about Penmaenpool and the bridge and I’m quite sure we could have learned more if we wouldn’t cause a queue at the bridge.

Continuing our journey we stopped at Caernafon castle and made a tour at its premises. The rain stopped when we got there so we had a nice walk around. Another impressive building I had a hard time to leave behind.

Afterwards we were heading straight to Bangor.

When we came to the town we went straight for the hotel. When we found it, we were all astounded - the hotel was situated at the verge of the coast line, with the views of Bangor Pier and the sea. 

It was perfect - outside. I took my bag and went to check us in and realised that... OH was going to kill me.

There were stairs everywhere. Narrow and steep stairs. From the parking to the hotel and reception. From the reception to the next building of the hotel, where our room was... yes, you're right if you are thinking - on the second floor. Stairs again.

You see, my OH had a motorcycle accident years ago - before we met and it looks like he never healed properly. He has troubles walking up and down the stairs and when it comes to the steep ones, it's even harder - not to mention - we needed to drag two large suitcases up these stairs as we were staying for two days...

It was late in the afternoon and after my long and meaningful persuasion, we finally left the room and went exploring the town centre.

Finally lady luck sprinkled some magic star dust on us. As you probably remember - my son does not eat everything - it has nothing to do with him being spoiled, it has everything to do with his Autism. And the one thing he doesn't eat is - brace yourself - potato. Of any kind. And I mean really - ANY KIND! His favourite meals contains, rice, meat and pasta...

and

...we found perfect restaurant for our supper.