![]() ‘Don’t piss him off, Sophie, he has the fate of our jobs in his hands.’ How are your scruples? Oh, I forgot you don’t have any,’ said Sophie, and went to get another burger leaving him somewhat shell-shocked by the snub.Īnna avoided eye contact and followed Sophie into the salad queue. ‘I’ll explain later,’ said Anna, as Liam strolled over. Sophie frowned hard and inclined her head. ‘I was going to explain on the way home away from the others, but Hudson is pretending to be my boyfriend so we can …’ Why were they doing this again? Anna was no longer sure. ‘I noticed you two seemed a bit cosy on the bus earlier,’ said Sophie, with a suspicious look in her eye.Īnna checked around her like an amateur spy. You need to have a word with your hormones.’ ‘You are aware you said that out loud?’ said Anna, rolling her eyes. ‘Do you think if I paid him he’d re-create the Mr Darcy scene from Pride and Prejudice for me?’ Sophie’s gaze drifted over to Hudson in his tight white T-shirt. ‘You should stop Dave doing that,’ said Anna drily and Sophie gave a smirk. It’s lovely not to be woken by someone jumping on your bladder.’ ‘Starving and a bit knackered but I had fun this morning and the lie-in was bliss. ‘You okay?’ Anna asked Sophie who was munching down a large hamburger overflowing with salad. If she wasn’t careful she’d soon be suffering from Sophie’s complaint.Īs the victors they were first to eat lunch, which was a barbecue by the water’s edge. ![]() If you weren’t gay, you would make an excellent boyfriend, she thought. She hoped Hudson assumed her squirming was all part of the act. ‘Nice job, honey,’ he whispered, making her shudder. When he knew Liam was watching, Hudson leaned into Anna’s ear. Once out of the canoes there was lots of congratulatory blokey back slapping, a few playful remonstrations and lots of Karl shaking his wet head over people like a naughty puppy. ![]() Luckily, Anna and Sophie have each other – and Wildflower Park proves to be a sanctuary as they map out a path to find the happiness they both deserve…īella has shared an extract with us today. Her husband is a constant frustration, and their children are a regular source of newly-invented swear words and unidentifiable sticky surfaces. And when she receives an accidental text from a mystery man, could it be the new start she needs? Or someone she really shouldn’t be falling for?Īnna’s neighbour Sophie is a stressed-out mum-of-two with a third on the way. When Anna is dumped by her fiancé, she moves in to her own place on the edge of the gorgeous Wildflower Park and pledges to stay off men and focus on her career, but a handsome new colleague seems to thwart her attempts at every turn. One of the joys of reading and writing romance novels is this glimpse into other people’s lives, and the chance to celebrate the good things we sometimes take for granted.Welcome back to Bella Osborne and the blog tour for part two of a four-part serial, Wildflower Park. It was about giving back to the community that supported her. She loved living in her town and being the point of contact for people who needed help navigating government bureaucracy or getting an unfair law changed or simply having someone listen to them. So when I “met” my heroine Molly I knew she worked for her local MP. I wanted to celebrate the role of local Members of Parliament (MPs) who without fanfare just get on with the job of representing their communities, helping and fighting for them. But the political system in Australia is actually robust and makes our lives better. “Politics” has a stinky smell because we often use the term to describe the bad behaviour of bickering politicians. So why am I so proud to say that my about to be released romance, It’s Love, Dude, has politics in it? Because I’m fudging what I mean by politics. Fortunately, these days, people just think I’m on a hands-free phone. ![]() I save my political opinions to share with the car radio while driving - um, yeah, I’m the crazy lady talking to herself in the car. After all, the guaranteed happy ever after is seldom what we get from our politicians □ More seriously, discussing politics usually ends by annoying someone, if not everyone, and frankly that doesn’t seem worth the hassle. Romance novels aren’t generally the place for political discussions.
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