Coleen Kwan

My second steampunk romance, Asher's Dilemma, goes on sale 7 January. I love the moodiness of this cover!


Ever since he awoke one day on the floor of his workshop with a brain-splitting headache, Asher Quigley has been haunted by fleeting visions of a beautiful woman everywhere he looks—a woman he's sure he knows, but can't recall. In spite of this he has finished his most wondrous invention yet, one that will literally make history: a time machine. But before he can complete his exacting calculations a bizarre accident causes the device to be activated, with him inside! He awakes to find himself in his lab, eight months in the past, and suddenly he remembers her…

Asher knows that something in the near future causes Minerva Lambkin, the woman who turned down his marriage proposal, to be erased from existence. And he's sure it has something to do with his device. Alone in a familiar world where he doesn't belong, he'll have to find a way to destroy the time machine to save the woman he loves from extinction. Even if that means erasing his own future.

33,000 words

Feeling the squeeze...

Part of an exhibition at Sculpture by the Sea

It's been a busy few weeks for me, and the next couple of months look set to be even busier.

Early December my first book for the Entangled Bliss line will be released! This is the first in a series of contemporary romances set around a fictional town in the Southern Highlands of NSW. This book has taken me quite a while to get into good shape, so I'll be really happy when it finally arrives.

Also in December I have a contemporary romance novella, "Short Soup", coming out with Escape Publishing. This romance is my first featuring an Asian heroine and hero, although the setting is your typical Australian coastal town.

And finally in January my steampunk romance, "Asher's Dilemma", releases. Once again Carina Press have come up with an incredible cover!

As well as preparing for my upcoming releases, I'm also madly trying to meet a few writing deadlines as well as working on a project with my writing group. Oh, and also preparing for Christmas and school holidays.

So, yes, I've been feeling the squeeze...