Juanita Kees Juanita Kees i(6697199 works by)
Also writes as: Seanna Smythe ; Juanita Chavez
Born: Established:
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South Africa,
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Southern Africa, Africa,
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Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

South African-born, Australian-based romance novelist.

Most Referenced Works

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Shadows Over Wongan Creek Chatswood : Escape Publishing , 2019 14775136 2019 single work novel romance

'They both arrived in Wongan Creek as foster children, and found a community where they could thrive. But he left a newlywed and returned a widow and her past has dangerous secrets that will affect everyone she loves. Shadows are gathering on their horizon, blocking any chance they have at a new chance for love.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2019 winner Australian Romance Readers Awards Favourite Romantic Suspense
y separately published work icon Whispers at Wongan Creek Sydney : Escape Publishing , 2016 10397416 2016 single work novel romance

'Wongan Creek has a second chance at life, but new possibilities unearth long-buried secrets...

'Travis Bailey may as well be Wongan Creek. His family has farmed canola for generations, and he sometimes feels like he holds the community together with his bare, dirt-stained hands. Between caring for the farm, his orphaned niece and his elderly, ailing neighbour, he doesn't have time for himself. He doesn’t have time to fall in love.

'Social worker Heather Penney is living on borrowed time. When her mother died of Motor Neurone Disease, she took the initial blood tests and now nothing is guaranteed, let alone a future with a family and a home and a child. Wongan Creek, and its resident protector, might be getting under her skin, but she can't afford to get attached.

'But even as a new mine revitalises the small town, old secrets threaten resurface, and Travis and Heather find themselves fighting to save the farms and the futures of Wongan Creek's long-time residents — and possibly their own lives.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2016 finalist Australian Romance Readers Awards Favourite Contemporary Romance
y separately published work icon Home to Bindarra Creek Australia : Juanita Kees , 2015 9250324 2015 single work novel romance

'When fate brings together two lost souls, it's time to leave the shadows behind and come home to Bindarra Creek

'Alice Pritchard has learned to live with her haunted past. She's comfortable in her cocoon in sleepy Bindarra Creek, but with rejuvenation of the town, she has let go of the memories. Dan Molyneaux roars into her life in his high-powered V8 and reopens the Riverside Pub forcing her to face her ghosts. Slowly he melts the ice around her heart, but love always comes at a cost.' (Publication summary)

2016 finalist Romance Writers of Australia, Romantic Book of the Year Award Short Sweet Romance
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