Is my heat-addled brain up to making this first blog entry?

I love the sun, but not the heat. Especially when I come home to find that the fridge door hasn't been shut properly all day, and I had to throw away all the ice-cream. When you're craving a choc-ice, that doesn't go down well.

But, I digress. I should be introducing myself. I'm Liv - one half of Isabella Connor, and thrilled that my/our debut novel, Beneath an Irish Sky, is published next month by Choc Lit. (Already available on Kindle, where you can try before you buy!)

At the risk of sounding like a cross between Gwyneth Paltrow and Tom Hanks, I'd like to thank the other half of me, Val Olteanu, for sticking with it and being part of this incredible journey, and thanks too, to the Choc Lit panel for making this all happen, and to Choc Lit, for believing in us.

And moving on...Dog TV? What's all that about? Nice idea, but surely if your dog is alone at home, you shouldn't be leaving a tv on? I'm not so sure it would be restful for a dog anyway - my Westie tends to get very excited if she sees other animals, and then runs to the door. I'm sure she must think the tv is a window. Well let's be honest - she's not going to be thinking it's a television is she? I can see her frustration when she gets outside and wonders where the elephants/tigers or the sheep dog and sheep from the Specsavers ad. have gone.

It must be very frustrating for an animal to constantly wonder why there's always so much action outside until they get out there. Constant disappointment.

I'm rambling. It's the heat again...time for a cuppa.

Liv x