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<\/p>\nShe has strong local connections and author Maya Linnell is set to launch her most recent release, Kookaburra Cottage, as she embarks on a regional tour.<\/p>\n
Portland audiences enjoyed a morning with the Narrawong\u0002based writer and on June 15 Casterton will host an event that will showcase the latest offering from the author known for her delightful, warm and captivating rural romance novels.<\/p>\n
And this one is set right on our doorstep as it focuses on April Lacey, who is determined to lead her family\u2019s Limestone Coast winery into the future, but soon discovers the crumbling historic building and her father\u2019s reluctance to join the food tourism revolution are just the beginning of her uphill battle.<\/p>\n
English winemaker Connor Jamison has travelled to South Australia\u2019s iconic wine region to learn from the experts and carve a name for himself in the industry. <\/p>\n
However, it quickly becomes clear that Connor\u2019s past continues to nip at his heels.<\/p>\n
United by food, music and an unexpected involvement in the Penwarra Country Show, April and Connor seem like the perfect match, but with old flames, new challenges and careers conspiring to keep them apart, can this pair forge their own path together? Maya Linnell grew up in a small country town, climbing towering gum trees and reading her way through her family\u2019s bookshelves before discovering a never-ending supply of novels at the local library. <\/p>\n
She found her feet in journalism, working at the South Eastern Times before segueing into public relations and now fiction writing and blogging for Romance Writers Australia. Maya currently lives in Narrawong with her husband and three children.<\/p>\n
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