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Annette Hawkins
Author, living in South-West France, whose passions include reading and writing sexy romances, and sunflowers.
I started writing seriously when my husband and I moved to the South West of France i...view moreAuthor, living in South-West France, whose passions include reading and writing sexy romances, and sunflowers.
I started writing seriously when my husband and I moved to the South West of France in 2005. We bought our “rural escape from the rat-race” - a traditional Gascogne farmhouse - in 2000 but it wasn’t until visiting the region on holiday over the following five years, and falling in love with the countryside and our French neighbours, that we decided to move here permanently.
Opting for a complete career change, I started designing and selling dichroic glass jewellery, mainly at the local craft fairs and weekly French markets in the region, and was fortunate to meet an eclectic range of interesting people.
To while away the time between customers, I kept an A4 notebook at hand to scribble down concepts for my stories which I set in some of my favourite exotic locations around the world. Especially those I had the chance to visit during my career pre-France.
The fact that I was dreaming up erotic romance novels while working on a market stall amused my French and English clients no end, and I had the great fortune to receive support and encouragement from a couple of published authors, to whom I am eternally grateful.
Since my first attempt to get published, I have written several other romances which I intend to publish soon.
In my spare time, I teach English to adults at debutant and intermediate level.view less