Thanks to my Veterinarian friend Dr. Amy Kayler-Thomson who inspired me with her menagerie of animals at her farm. Any errors in veterinary procedures or processes are all mine.
I’d also like to make special mention of a little girl named Zoe Stanley, whom I unfortunately never had a chance to meet. In March 2017 Zoe was diagnosed with GBM, a rare and incurable brain cancer and she sadly passed away nine months later.
I briefly worked with Zoe’s mum Penny, who also faced (and won) her own fight with cancer. If you’d like to donate to Zoe’s Fight, all funds raised are donated to help find a cure for kids’ brain cancer because more children die of brain cancer than any other cancer and it’s also the leading cause of cancer death in people under the age of 40.
Lastly, thank you to my family: my fur babies Molly and Indie and Roxy and my ‘kids’ Jeremy, Chloe, Zach and Toby. Special thanks to my romantic hero, Tim. I couldn’t do what I do without you.
ALSO by nicki edwards
Escape to the Country series:
Book 1 – Intensive Care
Book 2 – Emergency Response
Book 3 – Life Support
Book 4 – Critical Condition
Escape to the Country novellas:
Operation White Christmas
Operation Mistletoe Magic
Other books:
The Peppercorn Project
One More Song
Second Chance Christmas
Coming in 2020:
Before He Was Mine
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Nicki is a city girl with a country heart. Growing up on a small family acreage outside Geelong, she spent her formative years riding horses, hand rearing lambs and pretending the neighbour’s farm was her own. After spending three years in a regional city in New South Wales in her 20’s, Nicki’s love of small country towns and rural life was further developed.
For years she dreamed of escaping to the country with her husband to live on land surrounded by horses, dogs, cows and sheep. Unfortunately, that’s not likely to happen, so instead she continues to live vicariously through the lives of the characters in the books she loves to read and write. Nicki also dreams of living in Canada, but as that's also unlikely, she’ll keep visiting there and setting some of my books in the country that stole her heart 30 years ago.
A voracious reader, Nicki always wanted to be an author. After returning to university as a mature aged student in her mid-30’s to study nursing, she juggled full time study, part time work and raising four small children to achieve her dream of becoming a nurse in 2011.
Her other dream—the dream to write—never left. In January 2014 she wrote her first book and now divides her time between writing and working as a Critical Care Nurse in the Emergency Department, the Intensive Care Unit or in a busy local General Practice where many of her stories and characters are imagined.
Nicki and her husband Tim live in Geelong, Victoria and have four young adult children, two spoiled border collies (#mollyandindie on IG) and Roxy, their Burmese cat.
Life is always busy, always fun and definitely exhausting, but Nicki wouldn’t change it for anything.
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Did you love Holding onto Hope? Then you should read Second Chance Christmas by Nicki Edwards!
Australian celebrity chef Jack Carter is determined to convince his estranged wife he's not the smooth-talking workaholic she married six years ago. Olivia has invited him to Canada for Christmas, not for herself but for the sake of their daughter Scarlett. Jack willingly agreed, hoping this is the second chance he's been looking for.
Olivia has been hurt too many times by her soon-to-be-ex-husband and she doesn't trust him anymore. But she has to deal with him for Scarlett's sake, because her child deserves to grow up with both parents.
But when Jack joins them in Niagara-on-the-Lake for Christmas and asks Olivia to reconsider the divorce, she is shocked. And more than a little worried that a part of her wants to say yes.
Jack promises he'll give up everything for her and Scarlett, but Olivia is not convinced. Can he really turn his back on his high-flying television career in Australia and the lifestyle that comes with it?
Will ten days over Christmas be enough time for Jack and Olivia to mend their broken hearts, or will it take Jack's career or an unexpected accident to rip them apart again?
Read more at Nicki Edwards’s site.
Also by Nicki Edwards
An Escape to the Country novella
Operation Mistletoe Magic
Operation White Christmas
Escape to the Country
Intensive Care
Emergency Response
Life Support
Critical Condition
Standalone
The Peppercorn Project
Second Chance Christmas
Holding onto Hope (Coming Soon)
Watch for more at Nicki Edwards’s site.
About the Author
Nicki Edwards : AUTHOR OF CONTEMPORARY, HEARTWARMING ROMANCE : Sweet stories set in small towns, filled with life, love and medical dramas.
Nicki Edwards is a city girl with a country heart. Growing up on a small family acreage outside Geelong, she spent her formative years riding horses, hand rearing lambs and pretending the neighbour’s farm was her own. After spending three years in a regional city in New South Wales in her 20’s, her love of small country towns and rural life was further developed. For years Nicki dreamed of one day escaping to the country with her husband Tim where they would live on land surrounded by horses, dogs, cows and sheep. Unfortunately, that's not likely to happen, so instead Nicki continues to live vicariously through the lives of the characters in the books she loves to read and write.
Nicki also dreams of living in Canada, but as that's also unlikely, she keeps visiting and setting some of her books in the country that stole her heart 30 years ago. A voracious reader, Nicki always wanted to be an author. After returning to university as a mature aged student in her mid-30’s to study nursing, she juggled full time study, part time work and raising four small children to achieve her dream of becoming a nurse in 2011. But her other dream - the dream to write - never left. In January 2014 Nicki wrote her first book and was published by Momentum, the digital imprint of Pan Macmillan Australia.
Nicki now divides her time between working as a Critical Care Nurse in the Emergency Department or Intensive Care Unit at Epworth Hospital in Geelong or in a busy local General Practice where she works as a Practice Nurse. These are the places where many of Nicki’s stories and characters are imagined. Nicki and her husband Tim live in Geelong, Victoria. They have four young adult children, two spoiled border collies and a Burmese cat.
Life is always busy, always fun and definitely exhausting, but Nicki wouldn’t change it for anything.
Nicki loves to hear from readers and can be contacted via her website www.nickiedwardsauthor.com
Read more at Nicki Edwards’s site.
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