Louisa Valentine Novels
Louise Wilson, once a Mrs Valentine, also writes romantic fiction as Louisa Valentine.
While learning some of the novelist's craft, she belonged to Romance Writers of Australia and the Melbourne Romance Writers Guild, both excellent training grounds for writers - and fun learning places.
Louisa Valentine is an Australian author but each story is set in one of the many places around the world where she has lived and worked, creating a convincing picture of time and place and a genuine 'feel' of these places. See looking-for-love-in-all-right-places
Babyboomers like herself and Gen Xers like her daughter are bound to identify with her themes. A love triangle. A rural romance. A boss romance. Career women. Parenting, A secret baby. Infertile couples. Divorced couples. Fidelity. Independence. Star-crossed lovers longing for something - and someone - seemingly out of reach. Second chances. And that's why she writes what she writes. All definitely fiction, not fact! Happy endings guaranteed. Her stories are getting great reviews.
Many readers would describe her writing as 'women's fiction'. Louisa's 'slow burn' romance stories often feature complex relationships, the kind she likes to read herself. In her stories, rather reserved people explore relationships which evolve slowly into believable 'happy-ever-after' endings. Although underlying sexual tension does build, as with Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet in 'Pride and Prejudice', the bedroom door in Louisa's stories mostly stays discreetly closed. The emphasis is on aspects of family life. Families matter! Love matters!
LATEST BOOK
 | Still Waters Run DeepPublished 1 May 2022. An unconventional story about a young woman finding herself, after facing the unexpected issue of infertility in her marriage. Unusual setting. Slow-burn. A second-chance romance. |
EARLIER BOOKS
 | Trading SecretsPublished Feb 2021. A 'slow burn' office romance, set in Sydney's financial world in the 1990s. The secrets traded between the two professionals, sole-parent Nicola and high-flying Tom, have nothing to do with their office roles. |
 | Retreat into ParadiseRe-published Feb 2021. City-slicker Hannah, escaping a violent partner, meets Philip as his new caretaker on a small cattle property outside Melbourne. Philip's helpful neighbour Pat is not pleased to see Hannah arrive and an amusing love triangle develops. A 'slow burn' rural romance. |
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Retreat into Paradise Trading Secrets Still Waters Run Deep