Sitting at my
desk in front of my computer wearing yoga pants and a cat on my lap, it’s hard
to believe just ten days ago I was in New York City. I’ve been from winter to
summer and back to winter again in just one week.
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| Times Square - very busy in July |
I only had one
day free, on the Sunday after the conference ended. I took the opportunity to walk with a
friend from Times Square up to Central Park.
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| This one is so pretty |
In late July with the sun out and flowers everywhere,
I marveled at how lovely the city was, with so many beautiful old buildings
juxtaposed with streamlined skyscrapers.
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| I love the bold shapes and colors of this one |
I loved all the vibrant potted plant displays I saw
in my stroll around Manhattan and took inspiration for my own garden. Trouble is, I never
seem to have much luck with these pots myself. I know the idea is you plant a thriller—the main central plant; a low filler to grow around it; and a spiller to flow down the edges. It’ll be
spring Down Under before too long and I’m going to try again.
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| This one doesn't look too difficult to copy! |
The heroine of my August release for Harlequin Romance,
Hired by the Brooding Billionaire is a
horticulturalist working to restore the hero’s overgrown garden—and his damaged
heart. I wish I could call on her in real life for some gardening help!
Do you have luck
with potted plants or, like me, never seem to get them quite right? Do you have
a favorite city you like to visit?
I’d love to know—please share your thoughts with a comment!
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| Signing at the Romance Writers of America conference |
I’m giving away one signed paperback copy of Hired by the Brooding Billionaire. Make a comment to be in the
draw. Please
include your email address if you want to be included in the draw.
Hired by the Brooding Billionaire is my August 2015 release for Harlequin
Romance and is on sale now.
“Beauty and the reclusive billionaire…
When billionaire Declan Grant decides his estate's enormous garden needs
taming, he hires idealistic horticulturalist Shelley Fairhill to take on the
challenge. Since losing his wife, Declan has adjusted to a life of self-imposed
isolation—he wants Shelley to tackle the weeds, then leave.
But as Shelley gradually restores order and unexpected beauty to his
garden, her caring nature also begins to thaw the ice encasing Declan's heart.
Can he let Shelley's light in and finally let his second chance at love
blossom?”
Kandy Shepherd is an award-winning author of contemporary romance and
women’s fiction. She lives on a small farm in the
Blue Mountains near Sydney, Australia, with her family and a menagerie
of four-legged friends.
Visit Kandy at her website
