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♥      ♥      ♥          MARGARET TANNER    ♥      ♥           

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Margaret Tanner is an award winning multi-published Australian author, who is married with three grown sons. Outside of her family and friends, writing is her passion.  She loves delving into the pages of history as she carries out research for her historical romance novels, and prides herself on being historically correct.  Many of her novels have been inspired by true events, with one being written around the hardships and triumphs of her pioneering ancestors in frontier Australia.   Her favorite historical period is the 1st World War, and she has visited the battlefields of France and Belgium, a truly poignant experience. 

Margaret is a member of the Romance Writers of Australia, the Melbourne Romance Writers Group (MRWG) and EPIC. Her fellow writers from the MRWG have been an inspiration and a tower of strength, so generous with their help and support that she will always feel indebted to them. 

Of note:

  • In 2008 she won Author of the Year at AussieAuthors.com.
  • Her contemporary novel Holly and the Millionaire went to No 12 on the Fictionwise Romance Best Sellers list.

Visit Margaret’s website:  http://www.margarettanner.com/ 

Margaret's publishers:  www.whiskeycreekpress.com     www.thewildrosepress.com 

Margaret's Available Books
Cardinal Sin from The Wild Rose Press
 
One bloody night Bryce Harrington thought savagely, and this happens. He had committed the cardinal sin of getting his secretary pregnant, and now he had to pay the price – offer marriage. 

Caroline Dennison had committed the cardinal sin of falling in love with her boss.  While her brother risks his life in the jungles of Vietnam, and her friend, a draft dodger, is on the run from the authorities and needs her help, Caroline has another desperate battle on her hands. How to win Bryce’s love. 
 

Available in eBook format 

REVIEWS: 

Cardinal Sin is a poignant and memorable look back and also a delicious story written about and around strong characters you won’t soon forget. This is definitely a book you will go back to again, a keeper you shouldn’t miss. -- Rose,  Writers and Readers of Distinctive Fiction

Holly and the Millionaire from The Wild Rose Press
 
Fleeing from her ruthless English in-laws who are intent on stealing her child, Holly Kirwan boards a flight home to Australia and meets Justin Devereux. They are instantly attracted to each other. 

Justin doesn’t want a permanent woman in his life, particularly one with a baby in tow. Holly, still grieving for her soldier husband who was killed in Iraq, doesn’t want to be disloyal to his memory. 

Can the young widow and the commitment shy tycoon ever find happiness together? 
 

Available in eBook format -- Available in print

REVIEWS: 

“I really enjoyed this book and the story of Justin and Holly.  It was beautifully written and easy to read. I literally read through the night because I did not want to put it down.  I wholeheartedly recommend both this book and this author.”  -- The Romance Studio:  Rating - 4.5 hearts

“I really, really enjoyed this book. Holly and Justin are richly developed and I felt like I knew them both well. Heart wrenching, sensual and thoroughly romantic, Holly and the millionaire is a treasure to be savored. -- The Long and Short Of It  (LASR) Rating - 5 books

Stolen Birthright from Whiskey Creek Press
 
Can an English aristocrat ever hope to marry the daughter of convicts?

Georgina, a wild colonial girl, is brought up by O’Rourke, a rough and ready Irishman who she believes is her uncle. While helping the bushranger Johnny Dawson escape from prison she meets and falls in love with a dashing young English aristocrat, the Honourable Marcus Lindquist.

When Johnny Dawson is ambushed and killed, Marcus finally learns the secret of what has bound the young outlaw to Georgina. Johnny is her brother, not her lover as he had jealously supposed, but even darker secrets from the past overshadow their love.

Meanwhile, twelve thousand miles across the sea, Marcus’ Godfather, is plotting Georgina’s death to keep his dark secrets from ever seeing the light of day.

Sequel to Savage Utopia

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