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Louise Cusack

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Louise Cusack lives in Australia, in a tiny fishing village on the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef. She's a long-time vegetarian and caffeine addict with an obsession finding the tiniest shred of romance in any story and wallowing in it.

Her novels are about curious women who get themselves into unlikely situations - whether that's an everyday woman from our world falling through a portal into a sepia kingdom, an amorous mermaid who gets herself stranded on dry land, or more recently, a perfectly ordinary house-sitter who finds herself husband sitting instead! You'll have to read her recent release 'Husband Sit' to find out why...

Louise doesn't care what genre she writes in so long as the characters are endearingly real, the heroes ar ...more

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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Louise Cusack Water.
If I can't work out what my characters are going to do next, I either have a shower, water the garden or sit watching the ocean. There's someth…moreWater.
If I can't work out what my characters are going to do next, I either have a shower, water the garden or sit watching the ocean. There's something about the movement of water that gets my creativity flowing, and I know I'm not the only author who uses that tool. I've heard of others having bubble baths, going for a swim or even sitting at the computer with their feet soaking in a nice warm foot spa!
Having a sea change and moving to the ocean was the best thing I could have done for my creativity, but that's probably because I'm a seat-of-the-pants writer. Those writers who plot meticulously before they write, tend to go back to their character's goal/ motivation/ conflict lists if they get stuck, and that helps them remember what the characters want out of life. I've done that on occasion as well.(less)

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Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Louise Cusack HUSBAND HEEL is the third book in my #HusbandSeries of erotic romance novels, and the main character Louella is the most emotionally repressed of the …moreHUSBAND HEEL is the third book in my #HusbandSeries of erotic romance novels, and the main character Louella is the most emotionally repressed of the four girlfriends featured in this series. I'm a seat-of-the-pants writer, so I didn't realize it would be a bodyguard romance until I started writing it, but I did have an inkling that once the lid came off Louella's emotional baggage, she'd be unable to deal with it.

Conversations with my own girlfriends in recent years uncovered the gem of wisdom that "Sometimes you do actually need a man for more than just opening stuck jam jars". If your emotional baggage revolves around sex, chances are that your girlfriends can't help you sort that out! So my idea for Louella was that she had a problem that she absolutely needed a man for, and not just any man. It had to be a man she trusted.

Hunky bodyguard Nick Aston, who readers will remember from book 2, is someone who's earned her trust with weeks of quiet, unobtrusive support. But can she stretch that physical trust into emotional trust?

This book was a rollercoaster in the writing, and reviewers tell me it's a rollercoaster read, so I'm excited to see it release on Amazon on 15 June, and I look forward to hearing what readers think!(less)

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	Husband Sit (Husband Series, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 266 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Destiny of the Light (Shadow Through Time, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 136 ratings — published 2001 — 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
	Daughter of the Dark (Shadow Through Time, #2) 3.91 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Glimmer in the Maelstrom (Shadow through Time, #3) 3.88 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2003 — 6 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
	Husband Stay (Husband Series #2) 4.08 avg rating — 53 ratings	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
	Husband Heel (Husband Series #3) 4.46 avg rating — 41 ratings — 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
	Goddess and The Geek 3.09 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Husband Rollover (Husband Series #4) 4.17 avg rating — 24 ratings — 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
	Sex And The Stand In 3.31 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 3 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
	Husband Series Boxed Set: Books 1-4 Crazy Erotic Romance 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — 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

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“But I Googled him to find out what his ex wife looks like. Isn’t that… stalkerish?” Rachel looked up at her, still smiling and shook her head. “Sweetie, everyone uses Google. It’s dating foreplay. You’re not crazy. You’re just in love.”
― Louise Cusack, Marriage & the Mermaid

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“You can fix anything but a blank page.”
― Nora Roberts

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“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
― Saul Bellow

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“Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”
― Lance Armstrong Sally Jenkins, Every Second Counts

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“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move against me while you sleep & there are no words for that.”
― Brian Andreas, Story People

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“I ask not for any crown
But that which all may win;
Nor try to conquer any world
Except the one within.”
― Louisa May Alcott

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message 1: by Joan

Feb 18, 2012 02:23PM

Hi Louise, Thankyou for inviting me to Good Reads. I will follow your page with interest, as my former mentor, and will be setting up my profile and books soon. I have been continuing my writing, as well as helping others get their books in print. Just completed writing a teens Fantasy Fiction adventure novel. Very excited.
I belong to a book club, and am always looking for great books to read.

Love and Best Wishes, Joan

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