Gemini said Delighted that The Refusal earned an honorable mention in General Fiction at this prestigious London book award! A huge win for romance. See the full list of winners here.

A lot of the systems around the publishing industry are, at best, manipulated. I have bought many a romance book on the basis of stellar reviews, only to find that it's not that great. Or its first few chapters are excellent, written so it appears good on the Amazon "look inside" feature.

Half naked men? Yes please. From its humble beginnings, The Australian Firefighters Calendar was established in 1993 to support the Children's Hospital Foundation, providing funds for research into childhood burns.