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Jo Speirs 8/22/23 Jo Speirs 8/22/23

It’s Not About the Town. It’s About Being Known.

It's not really about the town. It's about being known. Australian author Joanne Speirs on why small-town romance feels like coming home — and a free Point Perry read to start with.

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If any of these tropes are your vibe, Erin and Tom are waiting for you 👇

🌊 Small seaside town
🤝 Strangers to lovers
💞 Second chances at love, for both of them
💔 Grieving heroine
👨‍👦 Single dad
🎬 Hollywood ex
🐾 A very good dog
🔥 Mild sp
Tomorrow I’m swapping my desk for a trestle table at Broadview Oval 🎃

I’ll be at the Prospect Spring Fair with every Point Perry book I own. That includes 'Second Chance Love in Point Perry' before it’s officially out, so the fair
Happy World Teachers' Day, lovely readers! 🍎

Here in Australia we celebrate our teachers on the last Friday of October, so it felt like the perfect excuse to hand out a report card to Point Perry's favourite teacher, Mr Tom Schulz.

Tom is the kind
New to Point Perry? Start here. 🤍

'Second Chance Love in Point Perry' is book one, and it’s where you meet Erin and Tom, and the town that heals their broken hearts.

Then Hanna gets her redemption, Christmas wins over a man who hates it, and
With Halloween falling on Saturday, I've been wondering how my favourite characters would handle a knock on the door from a pint-sized witch or superhero. 🎃

Halloween is still a bit of a hot debate here in Australia, and I can just imagine the town

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