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Hi, I’m Amy.
As a child I was often called a bookworm because my nose was always in a book … It still is. I read almost anything I can get my hands on, and love to start my day with a few chapters while having breakfast. I also sneak in a few more before bedtime each night.

I was born in South Africa and moved to New Zealand in my mid-thirties. I first dreamt of writing a novel when I was seventeen. I put all my thoughts and ideas on paper and tried to write a book, with no idea of what I was doing. It was a bigger challenge than I was ready to take on. I set the pages on fire and shelved that idea. It took twenty years for another spark of inspiration to hit, the beginning of the ‘Kissing Frogs’ trilogy.

Before I began writing romance I worke
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Dear Readers and Followers,

I know I’ve been quiet lately, and I apologise.

Writing is hard. Sometimes life gets in the way. These past few years, since publishing Kissing Frogs in 2023, have been an emotional rollercoaster.

If you follow my blog, you’ll know I was diagnosed with a genetic condition, then degenerative arthritis in my spine, and then a (minor) heart murmur all within a few months of

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