April's Affections and Intrigues: Love and Mystery Bloom

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34 comments posted.

Re: The Spring Bride (5:57am June 23, 2015):

Anne, I appreciated all the levels of love in The Spring Bride (and of course I
loved Jane's little dog and the kittens who grow up through the three books!)
You have created some marvelous secondary characters as well as the
delicious hero and heroine. Please don't enter me in the draw as I already own
The Spring Bride as well as The Autumn Bride and The Winter Bride and loved
them all. Does Daisy find love in a future The Summer Bride? If so, I'm looking
forward to seeing who you match her with!

Re: One Touch of Scandal (5:47pm September 27, 2010):

Time spent stroking, grooming or
snuggling with one of my kitties is a
favorite reward!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (10:17am August 14, 2010):

Hi Rose, so glad you like the dishes and the cover of the book. That lasagna is so delicious, I'm testing the recipe to put on my website. My family love to help me taste test!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (8:14am August 13, 2010):

Hi Brenda, I've been guilty of not
cooking a recipe for a long time and
thinking I can do it from memory--
boy is that a recipe for a cooking
disaster! You're right, I think you do
lose it if you don't do it all the time.

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (8:06am August 13, 2010):

Sara, your story about hacking the
butter really made me smile. We could
have a whole new discussion on
cooking accidents (in my case usually
caused by impatience!)

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (8:04am August 13, 2010):

Pat, I love it when characters cook,
too. In my first book LOVE IS A
FOUR-LEGGED WORD Maddy the
heroine is a chef and in HOME IS
WHERE THE BARK IS Nick, the hero, is
the one who can cook.

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (8:02am August 13, 2010):

Peggy, your recipe for cracker crumb
fish sounds wonderful. I must admit
crumbing can be hit and miss with
me, too. They say it helps if you chill
the crumbed fish before you fry it,
but I'm usually in too much of a hurry
to get the meal on to allow time!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (7:59am August 13, 2010):

Carly, I love your story it really made
me laugh!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (7:56am August 13, 2010):

Mary, I love Apricot Chicken and I
would have wept too.
I made my mother a beautiful frosted
cake and left it on the kitchen
benchtop. Much to my horror, I went
into the kitchen to get it to find my
friend's visiting Weimaraner with his
paws up on the bench eating the
cake. I wept all right--and I won't
repeat what I said to the dog--but
my mother laughed!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (7:51am August 13, 2010):

I agree, Jean. I torture my poor
heroine Serena in HOME IS WHERE
THE BARK IS with a disastrous evening
when she is trying to impress the
hero and things go terribly wrong... I
cringed for her even as I wrote it!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (7:41am August 13, 2010):

Diane, I so empathize with you! That
cheesecake disaster is certainly not
the only cooking disaster I've had,
and it's so embarrassing when it
happens in front of guests. But
friends come for the company and I
bet they enjoyed your meal anyway!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (7:33am August 13, 2010):

Hi Sandi, I love the idea that you are
the heroine in your family's life, I
think we would all aspire to be that!
I love cooking--baking especially--
but sometimes it can seem a chore
when I have to do it night after night!
That's when I'm glad my husband is
happy to cook...

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (7:30am August 13, 2010):

Hi Vicki--"cook and kick butt", I love
that idea!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:34am July 6, 2010):

Darci, I love Jack Russells and yours
sound delightful. There is nothing like
the joy animals can bring and I think it is
a wonderful relationship for children to
experience.

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:32am July 6, 2010):

Brenda, I've heard it said that we are
sometimes allergic to what we love the
most. At least you can admire them
from afar! Oh, and fictional dogs and
cats can't make you sneeze or itch, so
you can enjoy them, too!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:30am July 6, 2010):

Hi Patricia, wow, you have peacocks!
How beautiful... A family friend used to
have them when I was a child and we
would be in awe when a male
displayed his tail.
Your dogs sound so sweet. In HOME IS
WHERE THE BARK is I have a lovely old
golden lab character named Freya
because I love old, loyal dogs like your
Olivia so much.

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:14am July 6, 2010):

Hi Vickie, it's heartbreaking to lose a
pet, I'm so sad to hear about your
Yogi, you must be missing him so
much. I lost my darling cat Kira this
time last year just before she made 18
and I still miss her. (The good news is
that her brother Albert turns 19
tomorrow...)

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:39am July 5, 2010):

One of the best things about writing
books with animal characters is
getting to connect with readers who
share my love of animals.
Thank you, Fresh Fiction readers, for
sharing your stories of the special pets
who make you laugh. They certainly
made me smile!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:37am July 5, 2010):

Hi Sara--Lex and Winston sound like
sensible animals who know the value
of exercise! I sometimes think pets see
a computer as some kind of rival for
their owner's affection...
Thank you for having me blog at Fresh
Fiction--it's been so nice to meet with
your readers!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:30am July 5, 2010):

Hi S Tieh, I loved your story about your
dogs being like siblings--what
wonderful animals they must have
been, and how fortunate you were to
have such memories. How ironic that
you should turn out to be allergic. I
wonder if you will grow out of that--I
know people who have.
And yes, I am always attracted to a
cover with a dog on it. I love that my
new book has two!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:25am July 5, 2010):

Jacqueline, I have had times in my life
when it has not been possible to have
a pet in my life. They were difficult. At
one stage, my longing for my own pet
(we were living overseas) was so
strong, my husband said he was
worried I was going to "petnap"
someone's dog or cat! Right now I am
very grateful for my wonderful four-
legged friends. I hope you get to that
happy place again, too!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:17am July 5, 2010):

I'm with you Gladys. In my books, it is the
villains who don't like dogs!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (9:16am July 5, 2010):

Hi Sigrun, the book with the three
legged dog sounds very moving. My
neighbor had a little three-legged dog
for many years who was quite the
neighborhood character. When he
eventually passed away at a very good
age--and after a decent mourning
period-- my neighbors went to the
animal rescue for another dog. Guess
what they found? Another little dog
who had just lost his leg in a car
accident. Needless to say they brought
him home where he is much loved!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (5:13am July 5, 2010):

HI Mary, yes the animals can't be allowed
to take over the story but they try their
darndest to do just that!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (5:12am July 5, 2010):

Hey, Barbara, I guess with grandcats and
granddogs you get all the fun with none
of the work!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (5:11am July 5, 2010):

Hi Diane, my pets are family, too, and
loved by all of us. Though sometimes my
darling husband has been heard to
grumble about the feed and vet bills!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (4:51am July 5, 2010):

Hey Carol, I love reading books with pets
in them, too. They just add that extra
layer of pleasure to a story, I think!

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (4:48am July 5, 2010):

"The Mae West of cats!" Jill, I love the way
you describe Lola. She sounds like she
has personality plus! Reading about her
made me smile.

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (4:47am July 5, 2010):

Hi Betty, Girl Friend sounds so
beautiful, truly a soulmate. I'm so sad
to hear about Stella, but I'm sure her
remaining time with you will be filled
with love and she will know that. My
beautiful cat Albert turns 19 on
Wednesday, he's getting so feeble I'm
praying he'll make it. Your Bess and Jo
sound gorgeous. I'm so glad you
enjoyed LOVE IS A FOUR-LEGGED
WORD and home you enjoy BARK, too.

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (4:42am July 5, 2010):

Martha, your puppies (not dogs!)
sound adorable--and I love their
names.
My fictional Mack in HOME IS WHERE
THE BARK IS is like Scooter--he's an
enormous dog that keeps trying to
scramble on to my heroine, Serena's
lap. (I borrowed that aspect from a real
life "lap puppy" belonging to one of my
friends. It's hilarious to watch him in
action.)

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (4:39am July 5, 2010):

Peggy, Bailey sounds adorable. My cat
Cindy is what I call a "dog-cat" as she
always wants to come on walks with
us. She also loves ambushing our
ankles at any opportunity. Bailey
sounds like a cat with a similar
personality. So sorry to hear about
Bandit. It's heartbreaking to lose a
beloved pet.

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (7:18pm July 4, 2010):

Hey Sigrun, thanks for pointing out that
mis-spelling in my contest.

Re: Home is Where the Bark is (7:17pm July 4, 2010):

Hi everyone, thanks so much for your
comments. I live "down under" in
Australia, so it's time for me to go to my
"day job"--I look forward to answering
them all when I get home!

Re: Captive of Sin (6:19am November 24, 2009):

Anna my favorite tortured hero is one of
yours, Matthew in UNTOUCHED.
However Gideon in CAPTIVE ON SIN runs
very close - he is truly a knight in
shining armor Charis.