Astronomer Rebecca Mayhew has her life planned down to the smallest detail—including the precise qualities she wants in a future husband. After a childhood shaped by chaos and heartbreak, she’s built a world of order around her work at the observatory. Love, she decides, must be sensible and safe.
Morgan West is everything her list warns against: rough-edged, unpredictable, and carrying secrets that keep him moving from town to town. Yet despite every reason to stay away, they can’t resist each other.
As attraction deepens, buried secrets rise, risking not just their chance at love, but the fragile peace they’ve fought so hard to build.
A tender story about letting go of control, healing old wounds, and discovering that the most unexpected love is often the one your heart truly needs.
The Mackenzies series: heartwarming women's fiction with clean romance, unforgettable characters, and the beauty of New Zealand at its heart.
—The Mackenzies—
A Place Called Home
Secrets at Parata Bay
Escape to Shelter Springs
What you See in the Stars
Second Chance at Whisper Creek
Summer at the Lakehouse Café
—Lantern Bay—
Yours to Give
Yours to Treasure
Yours to Cherish
Yours to Keep
Yours Forever
Yours to Love
—MacLeod's Cove—
A Second Spring at MacLeod's Cove (prequel to series)
Sanctuary at MacLeod's Cove
The Café at MacLeod's Cove
Second Chapter at MacLeod's Cove
I write emotional, heartwarming romances with stories which make you turn the pages, and characters who feel real—whether they be sheikhs, British billionaires, medieval knights or everyday people whose lives are usually far from everyday (at least in my books).
I'm an avid people watcher, hopeless romantic and dreamer who spends far too much time gazing out the window, imagining scenes where people struggle with life and emotions but always end up happily. Because, yes, I'm also an eternal optimist!
I live in beautiful New Zealand, just north of Wellington in a small village by the sea. It's here, in a sunny window seat overlooking the hills and trees, that I write my books.
Wherever you are in the world, welcome to my little corner, where I sit with my two cocker spaniels snoring gently beside me, creating worlds where people struggle with life and emotions but are always rewarded with love and happiness in the end. Because that's non negotiable!