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Sheila Donald

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in Bishop's Stortford, The United Kingdom

December 16, 1957

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Hello, I am Sheila Johnson. I have a diploma in journalism and qualified as a journalist in 2002 and after two years working as a freelancer for Gloucestershire Media, I have gone on to write for many national and local publications including Classic Ford, Take a break: My Favourite Recipes, CPO's Inspire and Cotswold Life among others. I also write poetry and have had several of my poems performed at the local theatre and have been shortlisted in a poetry competition.

I write fiction under my pen name of Sheila Donald. Waireka published by Ambassador International was published in July 2018. It is a historical romance set in nineteenth century New Zealand also available on Amazon. My first book was a self-published novella called Alpha Male ...more

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Craig Wilson is an Alpha Male in every sense of the word! A real womaniser used to getting whoever he wants, he feels out of his depth with Christian, Amy Castleton. He also feels uncomfortable when his local paper asks him to cover a church Alpha Course – not really his kind of event. But there he sees blonde, beautiful and single Amy Castleton. The trouble is that she doesn’t like the ki

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This was a very interesting and enlightening book. After a car accident, Chantal Bryan's baby boy, Jonathan is born with severe celebral palsy. Then, from the first chapter we hear the story from Jonathan's point of view, which is really revealing. H ...more
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