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For her bestselling novels The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots, The Girl in the Hard Hat and The Girl in the Yellow Vest, Loretta Hill drew upon her own outback engineering experiences of larrikins, red dust and steel-capped boots. She is also the author of The Maxwell Sisters, The Grass is Greener and The Secret Vineyard, and the ebook novellas Operation Valentine and One Little White Lie, which was a no.1 bestseller on iTunes.

Loretta always wanted to be a writer. As a kid she filled pages of exercise books with stories to amuse her friends. Her father, who never wasted his time on fiction, didn't see much worth in this past time and pushed her to pursue a 'sensible' career. Fortunately, she had inherited some of his talent for numbers and deci ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 4,772 ratings · 610 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots 4.03 avg rating — 1,313 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl in the Hard Hat 4.15 avg rating — 781 ratings — published 2013 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl in the Yellow Vest 4.18 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Vineyard 4.22 avg rating — 506 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Maxwell Sisters 4.01 avg rating — 422 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Little White Lie 3.55 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss and Tell 3.63 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grass is Greener 3.88 avg rating — 296 ratings — published 2016 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Valentine 3.92 avg rating — 178 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All My Love by Loretta Hill, Rachael Herron (Goodreads Author), Claire Baxter (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Do you mind?" she finally breathed.
His lips twitched. "What's good for the goose."
Lena felt ice slide down her spine.
Crap.
He had seen her checking him out.”
― Loretta Hill, The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots

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“He sighed raggedly. 'Do you ever give up?'
'No.'
'Do you ever go away?'
'No.'
'Do you ever do as you're told?'
'Not if I can help it.'
'Thank God.”
― Loretta Hill, The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots

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“food was synonymous with love. Mothering, hospitality, nurturing – they were all part of feeding, of giving, of loving. Without food, how was she supposed to express herself? Phoebe”
― Loretta Hill, The Maxwell Sisters

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May 2025 Group Read - Mother's Day: female authors

The Cottage at Whisper Lake by Phillipa Nefri Clark

10 votes, 35.7%

The Girl in Steel-Capped Boots by Loretta Hill

9 votes, 32.1%

The Safe Place by L.A. Larkin

8 votes, 28.6%

A Mother's Betrayal by Louise Guy

1 vote, 3.6%

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