Lorie Brink’s eclectic secretarial career has fuelled her adventurous spirit and imaginative passions, extending to culinary delights which creates characters with a delectable outlook on life.
Describing herself as a prolific novelist, she has several more works demanding her attention. Her debut novel True to Her Word will be released this year, and her e-books Gunnie’s Last Round and Operation Incapacitate are currently available.
Guilty of being a philosopher and a hobby pianist, as soon as she learnt to type accurately, she fell in love with her hands dancing over a different keyboard. This created the desire to type someone’s book. It has taken almost four decades to realise it was her books that needed typing.
Her well-fed travel bug has taken her across Australia several times and to exotic countries in both hemispheres, although her insatiable appetite for sleek aircraft and fast cars haven’t played a role in these expeditions … yet!
Lorie lives and works from home in Townsville which she shares with two pooches, one piano and a man who enjoys her cooking.
Forthcoming debut novel
Darlene Adams is a free-spirited woman who is beautiful, can shoot, and she does not break a promise…
Set in Australia, through the southern most remote areas from east to west and back again…it pays to be prepared for the long drive.
Ruthlessly ditched after being in a relationship for twenty years, Darlene Adams removes herself by taking work on a remote grain and cattle property. Two years later, she’s out of work but retains the Queensland title of Pistol Champion. Now her eyes are on the National Titles held in Western Australia.
En route, she learns about her missing favourite niece, tags along with a pair of long-line truckers who are on a mission themselves. Elated to learn her niece has been found by a remote police department, Darlene still has her eyes on the ultimate prize.
A life-changing interaction with a former SAS sniper provides the perfect opportunity to hone her long-barrel shooting skills. Not only has she acquired a target, she has become one. In a race against time, Darlene must find a way to return to New South Wales in time for Christmas with her niece. Never will she be one to break a promise.