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Contemporary author Alissa Callen - and A house is a home when...

24/5/2015

 
A house is a home when…

What does a house or a home mean to characters in a book? With the release of my fourth book in the Swallow’s Fall series, The Turnaround Treasure Shop, I decided to go outside my four walls and ask my neighbours - authors of contemporary and historical fiction. 
Over 12 days special guest authors talk us through A house is a home when…
It's SUNDAY and I'm welcoming ALISSA CALLEN!
(And there's a giveaway too.)
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"Popular and much-loved author Alissa Callen writes rural and small town fiction. 
Dusty roads. Secrets. Romance."

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Down Outback Roads by Alissa Callen
The Book: Down Outback Roads, book #2 in Alissa’s Outback Dust series. Released May 1 and available now (book #1 was Beneath Outback Skies - see below).

 Character: Ewan Mackenzie, male protagonist.  

Alissa is giving one lucky person who leaves a comment the chance to WIN a SPECIAL KINDLE eBook bundle with 13 novellas from Tule Publishing authors (open internationally for all - see below). 



Character: Ewan Mackenzie, male protagonist in Down Outback Roads. 

Character bio: Country-boy, Ewan Mackenzie is held hostage by the guilt of what happened one hot and stormy summer night. He is determined to live a solitary life but open-hearted Kree makes him yearn for the love and the family that he believes he doesn’t deserve and can never have.

The House: Marellen. Historic country homestead. Red brick. Wide generous verandah. White wrought-iron. Fragrant, park like garden.

What makes a house a home for Ewan?

A house becomes a home for Ewan when he hears the thunder of his twin nephews’ booted feet and their laughter as they tear along the hallway. A house will also feel like a home when he sees his widowed sister-in-law, Tish, singing to herself and smiling as she works in her beloved garden. But for any house to truly resemble a home for guarded Ewan, he must first believe in second chances and precious new beginnings.  
Excerpt from Down Outback Roads by Alissa Callen

Found him. Alive.

Ewan Mackenzie stared at Travis’s text message. The noise and bustle of the outback search and rescue command post behind him faded to an indistinct murmur. Three simple words and the world could breathe again. All the police, emergency services, farmers and Glenalla townsfolk who’d searched for the missing American backpacker could now take their lives off pause.

Relief pushed Ewan’s exhaustion aside and dulled the tension that had been gripping him tighter than any tourniquet. The eighteen-year-old gap-year traveller hadn’t fallen victim to the vastness and isolation of the Australian bush. For the first time in two days, the sun warmed Ewan’s skin and he registered the rustle of the autumn breeze in the nearby silver-tipped gum trees.

His hand shook, blurring the letters on the small screen before him. He slipped the phone into his jeans pocket and swiped his cold palms over the dusty denim covering his thighs. The tremble in his fingers transferred to his shoulders.

It seemed it didn’t matter how often he helped search and rescue achieve a positive outcome, the blood on his hands would never rub off.
Outback Dust series by Alissa Callen
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Book #1
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Book #2

The back cover blurb for Down Outback Roads by Alissa Callen
Sometimes life offers a second chance . . .  

Kree Garrett’s younger brother Seth is all the family she has left, so when he goes missing while working in the Australian outback, she races from America to join in the search.

To everyone’s relief, Seth is rescued by local volunteers and Kree finds, in an abandoned historic Cobb & Co Coach House, the opportunity to thank the community she’s fallen in love with. But it isn’t only the town of Glenalla she’s fallen for.

Ewan Mackenzie has given up everything for his brother’s family, but he can never give enough to assuage his guilt at what happened one dark night, years ago . . . Ewan knows he doesn’t deserve happiness, however with Kree he finds it hard to keep his distance.

Can Kree and Ewan leave the tragedies of their pasts behind long enough to find a future together?


"Down Outback Roads is an enthralling rural love story, about family, community and allowing yourself a second chance."

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Romance Bundle 2 by Tule Publishing and their authors. Giveaway courtesy of Alissa Callen
Leave a comment to go into the draw to WIN a special KINDLE eBook BUNDLE of 13 novellas from Tule Publishing authors, courtesy of Alissa Callen (who is one of the authors).

Open internationally to all.

Good Luck!

You'll find all the links of where to buy Down Outback Roads, and discover more about Alissa Callen and her much loved rural and small-town fiction books over on Alissa's webpage: alissacallen.com
And pop back tomorrow to see the next of my special guest authors - an international bestselling author of historical and fantasy fiction, who'll be bringing us the daughter of a minor lord and industrialist, who has never been accepted and is reconsidering her place in the world.

Jennie, in the company of Alissa Callen x

After you’ve left a comment for Alissa, why not scroll down or click the links and visit previous days and maybe win a book:

Monday 18th: USA & Australia bestselling author Anne Gracie with The Spring Bride
Tuesday 19th: Award winning author Fiona Lowe with Truly Madly Montana
Wednesday 20th: Historical fiction author Eliza Redgold with Naked: A Novel of Lady Godiva
Thursday 21st: Much loved international bestseller Rachael Johns and The Road to Hope 
Friday 22nd: Me - and The Turnaround Treasure Shop 
Saturday 23rd: Multi award winning contemporary author Barbara Hannay and Moonlight Plains

Melissa Schultz
24/5/2015 01:54:46 am

Both books look like a great read! Thanks for the chance of winning. Looking forward to the Turnaround Treasure Shop Jennie!!

Jennie Jones
24/5/2015 04:57:12 am

You'll love Alissa's books, Melissa! Good luck in all the draws you've entered :)

Alissa Callen
24/5/2015 05:00:06 am

Hi Melissa, many thanks for stopping by. Have a lovely Sunday and good luck in the draw.

Jody Andrews
24/5/2015 02:00:15 am

Love reading about the outback, your stories feel real and are very addictive :)

Jennie Jones
24/5/2015 04:58:04 am

Alissa sure knows how to create a real outback rural romance, doesn't she Jody? Thanks for coming over. Good luck in the draw.

Jody Andrews
24/5/2015 05:33:56 am

:)

Alissa Callen
24/5/2015 05:02:41 am

Hi Jody, am so glad you love outback stories:) Thanks so much too for very kind words. All the very best in the giveaway.

Jody Andrews
24/5/2015 05:34:31 am

:-)

Alissa Callen
24/5/2015 04:58:28 am

Thanks so much for having me over Jennie:)

Jennie Jones
24/5/2015 05:10:42 am

Thank YOU Alissa - for being here :)

Jenelle Reyes
24/5/2015 05:51:15 am

Wow! This sounds like a great book to read. I'm gonna add it to my list!

Alissa Callen
24/5/2015 06:15:48 am

Hi Jenelle, thanks for stopping by. Happy reading and all the best for the giveaway.

Aileen O'Neill
24/5/2015 07:11:04 am

These books sound great! I love a good Aussie rural romance, it's the ultimate escape!

Alissa Callen
24/5/2015 08:33:07 am

Hi Aileen, I know:) I love reading Aussie rural romance as much as I love writing it.

Shara
24/5/2015 11:28:14 am

Another Author for my to be read list

Alissa Callen
25/5/2015 12:05:18 am

Hi Shara, many thanks for dropping in and all the best in the giveaway.

bn100
24/5/2015 08:34:57 pm

interesting blurb

Alissa Callen
25/5/2015 12:06:45 am

Hi bn100, am so glad you find the blurb interesting as they can be really tricky to write. Have a lovely week.

Mary Preston
24/5/2015 11:46:40 pm

Adding author and books to my lists. I love that.

Alissa Callen
25/5/2015 12:08:08 am

Hi Mary,

I love finding new authors too:) Just wish there were more hours in the day for reading. All the very best in the giveaway.

T.M. Clark link
28/5/2015 04:35:39 am

So sorry I'm late to the party! Love these outback stories, they are so heat felt and real! Yeah go Alissa!

Kate Belle link
29/5/2015 12:46:58 am

Alissa! That house sounds a lot like the one I imagine you living in! So proud of your achievements with your books. Well done! And this one looks pretty intriguing...

Katrina Swyny link
30/5/2015 12:01:35 pm

Would love to read aAlissa Callen book asap, but can't seem to get it here in my home town. It's so great it's always sold out.... I'm waiting for more stock.....

Tess Woods link
30/5/2015 12:14:32 pm

Love Alissa, she has been such a beautiful mentor to me and this is the first photo I've ever seen of her! She's as gorgeous as she sounds. I bought this book for my mum and she LOVED it but now I want to win one for me and bring it to RWA for my hero Alissa to sign :)

Jennie Jones
31/5/2015 07:28:19 am

AND THE WINNER IS: Janelle Reyes - thank you so much everyone for joining in the fun - let's do it again soon. Janelle - Alissa Callen will contact you via the (private) email address you left your comment with. Congrats! xx


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