tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9823585312397569022024-03-05T13:56:12.396-08:00Laura O'Connell - Author PageRomance Book Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05777481763841085320noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982358531239756902.post-27982269744100681122012-10-14T22:08:00.002-07:002012-10-21T01:33:57.126-07:00Web Of Lies<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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High school sweethearts, Stephanie and Lachlan, are torn apart by circumstance, bad decisions and a web of lies, leaving an unknown future for their son, Ryan. Eight years later they reconnect, but the time apart has changed them. The family had made decisions based on lies and deceit and now they must find a way to either reveal the truth or find another option. On the surface their arrangements seemed flawless, but dig deeper and the people they thought they knew, aren’t as they appear. Lachlan and Stephanie are forced to confront the consequences of their actions and the entire family is compelled to reveal the truth, find forgiveness, and renew loving one another. But the hardest decision is still to come...where does Ryan live?”<br />
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Romance Book Paradisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05777481763841085320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-982358531239756902.post-87046986692727044472012-10-12T02:33:00.003-07:002012-10-21T01:35:13.323-07:00African Hearts <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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“Gina goes to Africa to fulfil her dying brother's wish, but her corporate world is turned upside down when she learns she's guardian of her eight year old nephew she didn’t know existed. How can she take up this responsibility when, three years ago, a child died whilst in her care? Besides, there's little time in her busy corporate life for rearing a boy, let alone knowing how to do that? Her brother's doctor promises her he will give her tips on rearing a boy, but Kam's promise includes wanting to find out what really lies behind her flashy exterior. His probing questions are way too personal for her and the fact that she’s returning to Australia in two weeks’ time is the only way she can keep him at bay. The people of Gumboli village reach out and show her the true meaning of love, making her question her life’s purpose. It isn't until Justin's life is threatened that she realises he is her only living relative and she has a responsibility to save his life. During their care for Justin, her attraction to Kam deepens, but in order to commit to a relationship with him, she has to overcome her prejudices, and Kam has to let go of his painful past. Are they willing to confront their differences, forget the past and step out in faith for the future God has planned for them?”<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">AFRICAN HEARTS by debut author Laura O’Connell is about cross-cultural and inter-racial relationship and marriage. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">…a stunning debut novel of faith and love. Let it inspire you to ponder what you might change in the time you have on this earth.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">Wealthy business owner, Gina Messina, aches for a place to belong. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">Leader of Gumboli village, Dr. Kam Bonsu, hungers for peace in his heart.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">Gina’s nephew, eight year old Justin, wants to stay in Gumboli, with his beloved lion, Maucho, and best friend, Kizza.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">But they all have one thing in common: the untamed spirit of Africa embeds itself within their hearts, daring them to grasp all that Africa has to offer and change what couldn’t be changed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">Leaving her business in Australia, Gina travels to Africa to answer the summons of Dr. Kam Bonsu. Gina received Kam’s letter too late to see her brother alive. Reaching the African village where her brother used to live, Gina is shocked to hear her brother has died and left his son to her care.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">Gina can’t take her nephew in her care. She can never take another child in her care. Not after a child in her care had died!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">And her nephew Justin didn’t want to come to Australia. He loved it there in Africa. What can Gina do? She can’t leave her only living relative there. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">There’s attraction simmering between Kam and Gina, what will happen? They’re of such different cultures! Can they do anything about this attraction? Will Gina’s faith in God’s wisdom show her the way?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">AFRICAN HEARTS is a romance that touches the heart with its poignant tale of fresh starts, past wounds and second chances.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "sans-serif";">Laura O’Connell is an author who understands that the best fiction is that which not only gives us great pleasure through deep characters and beautiful prose but challenges us and leaves us emotionally richer and stronger long after we close the book.</span></div>
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