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vanessa5526

Jun 7, 2017
1 min

Wild Passage – from spark to fiction…

People often ask where I get my ideas for my novels. It can be a difficult question to answer, because every story is different. My novel Wild Passage, for example, had its origins in the most terrifying night of my life. My husband Brian were 70 miles west of the Oregon coast on our sailboat, Julie Marie II, on a voyage from Canada’s Juan de Fuca straight to San Francisco. Let me tell you the story… I had fun remembering this one, and if you enjoyed it too and found it inter

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vanessa5526

Feb 28, 2014
1 min

Reckless Promise – Book Review

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Being labeled a beautiful bimbo drives Poppy Grayson nuts Poppy’s a serious scientist, a genetics expert with a Ph.D. and – until recently – a tenure track position at a prestigious Boston university. But Poppy’s also an impulsive redhead, and she’s sick and tired of being the target of other women’s jealousy because of her looks. Desperate to escape the unfair “Other Woman” crisis that lost her the best job she ever had, Poppy impulsively agrees to he

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vanessa5526

Dec 15, 2013
1 min

A Man for Grace – book review

My rating: 5 of 5 stars E. C. Sheedy’s latest “Salt Spring Island Friends” book is a winner! Grace is a lovely heroine, an Island girl and a delicious mix of wholesome sexiness, humor, and straight-forward wisdom. EC Sheedy drops sexy Colin Ross on Grace’s doorstep, the man who vowed he was never going to return to Salt Spring, and stirs up a hot surge of mutual lust and family baggage. EC Sheedy specializes in blending sympathetic characters, sensuality, and very believable

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vanessa5526

Nov 20, 2013
1 min

My Deja Vu Lover – book review

My rating: 5 of 5 stars “The first time I saw the accident was on Tuesday afternoon.” So begins MY DEJA VU LOVER, a fascinating blend of paranormal, psychological suspense, and romance. This story drew me in slowly as hints of darkness provided an enticing foil for the innocent spirit of the heroine, April, and her three closest friends. Were April’s visions of a woman named Silver and a mysterious man named Lawrence buried memories, or the kind of seductive delusion that led

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vanessa5526

Jul 25, 2012
2 min

Thinking About Love

This one is special for a couple of reasons. Think About Love was the first of my books to be reviewed by Publisher’s Weekly. My editor at Kensington sent me the review before I saw a copy of the printed book. I was thrilled that to be mentioned in Publisher’s Weekly, and pleased that I got a pretty decent review. I hoped to see good sales for this title, but unfortunately, hardly anyone got to see the book because the publisher discontinued the Zebra Bouquet line, and Think

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STORM – set on Haida Gwaii – free on Amazon stores Jan 30 and 31!

vanessa5526

Jan 30, 2012
1 min

STORM – set on Haida Gwaii – free on Amazon stores Jan 30 and 31!

Storm is my second novel, the story of Luke and Laurie falling in love on the magical islands of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia. Luke and Laurie have always had a special place in my heart, and the storm that drew them together symbolized many coastal adventures I’ve shared with my husband. When I wrote Storm, I set the story on the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, islands originally named after the wife of the British King George III without regard to the fact t

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A special thank you gift for my readers … STORM is free Dec 30 & 31

vanessa5526

Dec 29, 2011
2 min

A special thank you gift for my readers … STORM is free Dec 30 & 31

Click the picture for your free copy of STORM! As a special year-end thank you to my readers, on December 30 and 31st, I’ll be giving away one of my favourite novels, my recently released novel STORM. Storm is the first of three novels I wrote which were set on the Pacific Northwest islands of Haida Gwaii and it’s always been one of my personal favourites. Earlier this year, I decided to release STORM, but in the editing process, I realized that to give the full flavour of th

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“Storm – the Author’s Cut” is now available

vanessa5526

Dec 26, 2011
2 min

“Storm – the Author’s Cut” is now available

I expected to have this new edition of one of my favourite romances up back in September, but when I started editing the manuscript in preparation for the new release, I couldn’t resist making a few small changes – then one thing led to another, and here it is, almost the end of December. Storm is my second novel, the story of Luke and Laurie falling in love on the magical islands of Haida Gwaii in British Columbia. Luke and Laurie have always had a special place in my heart,

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vanessa5526

Apr 3, 2011
16 min

When Love Returns – a sample

… a sample from When Love Returns, by Vanessa Grant Chapter One Three steps toward the summer house, Julie realized she had forgotten to roll up the windows and lock her car. Nothing new in that, she admitted wryly. Years ago, David had once lectured her about carelessness until she cried. The heels of her beige Italian pumps sank into the soft ground as she turned back to her small red Suzuki. Julie tensed as the sound of hammering echoed through the trees, her fingers curli

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vanessa5526

Mar 27, 2011
19 min

With Strings Attached – a sample

Chapter One Happy birthday, Molly. The cabin’s yours, but get out there right away. I’ve left Trouble with food for a day or two, that’s all. Pack up on a moment’s notice? Drive three thousand miles in a tearing hurry to rescue a cat! No one but Saul would have the nerve to demand such a crazy favor. No one but Molly would be gullible enough to agree. ‘A birthday present,’ Saul had announced, his voice quick and persuasive on the telephone. Impossible to resist his enth

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vanessa5526

Mar 20, 2011
20 min

Awakening Dreams – a sample

Chapter One For a second, as she came through the door into the unadorned office, she had the impossible thought that the man behind the counter was David. The illusion was fleeting, a product of that first glimpse of the stranger’s dark, luxuriously curling hair. When he looked up, her heart slowed. Of course it wasn’t David. The stranger’s shoulders were harder, broader, and he would be taller when he stood straight. David had been dark and tall and sleek, competent in city

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vanessa5526

Feb 6, 2011
3 min

The Garbage Can Test for Writers

EC Sheedy Tweeted me this afternoon about today’s blog, asking, “Are you doing the “garbage can? A little bit scary for writers, that one :-)” Although “scary” (and I do agree!), the Garbage Can Test has always come through for me. So, on request from a recent email conversation between Pen Warriors, here’s the Garbage Can Test described in Chapter 11 of Writing Romance, 3rd Edition The Garbage Can Test stumbled out of my mouth several years ago during a weekend workshop a

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Mary Ann Shaffer Makes Potato Peel Pie delicious!

vanessa5526

Dec 24, 2010
1 min

Mary Ann Shaffer Makes Potato Peel Pie delicious!

My rating: 4 of 5 stars Slipping gently into the enchanting story world of “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”, I’m falling under the spell of authors Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. The story is told through a series of letters written and received by post-war British author Juliet Ashton, who is searching for a new book idea. After receiving a letter from a Guernsey resident who found her name written in a book, Juliet falls into correspondence with a gr

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Hooked on J. R. Ward’s Brotherhood series

vanessa5526

Dec 14, 2010
2 min

Hooked on J. R. Ward’s Brotherhood series

TDark Lover by J.R. Ward My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’d been resisting Dark Lover for months before I read it in 2006. I had read several of Anne Rice’s vampire novels a few years earlier and decided it wasn’t a genre I had any further interest in. So when one of my writer friends announced that she’d just read a great vampire book by J R Ward, I didn’t follow up. Then it became two writers, then three, and suddenly lunches with my three closest writer friends were filled with e

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vanessa5526

Sep 24, 2010
1 min

About writing Stray Lady

George and her guitar caused me quite a bit of trouble while I was writing Stray Lady. Here’s a woman sailing around the world and afraid to stop because she’s running from her grief. George’s story unfolded for me as I wrote Jenny’s Turn and I had to take a firm hand with this restless woman to stop her from taking over her cousin’s romance. “Just step back,” I told George firmly. “This is Jenny’s story, not yours. I’ll do you next, I promise.” Once Jenny’s Turn was shipped

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vanessa5526

Sep 23, 2010
1 min

About writing Jenny’s Turn

I got the idea for my fifth romance novel, Jenny’s Turn, when I was a college instructor taking a summer course on instructional media at the University of British Columbia. I had expected the course to be boring, but instead of learning about overhead projectors I learned about the life of a commercial film-maker and it excited me. The course didn’t do much for my skills as a college instructor, but it jump-started my new book by bringing my hero to life. Jake … artistic, pa

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