About Narelle Atkins

A fun loving Aussie girl at heart, Narelle Atkins was born and raised on the beautiful northern beaches in Sydney, Australia. She has settled in Canberra with her husband and children. A lifelong romance reader, she found the perfect genre to write when she discovered inspirational romance. Narelle's contemporary stories of faith and romance are set in Australia.

Book Recommendation: After the Rain by Brandy Bruce plus #Giveaway

January 21, 2019 by Narelle Atkins 9 Comments

I’m excited to share with you the upcoming release from my author friend, Brandy Bruce. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to read After the Rain last year, and not have to wait until February to read the sequel to The Last Summer. Check out Brandy’s guest blog post for The Last Summer on Inspy Romance […]

Sunday Edition

December 30, 2018 by Narelle Atkins 20 Comments

I hope you’re all enjoying a blessed Christmas week. I’m on holidays from my day job, and I’m enjoying the Christmas and New Year holiday break. The big event that immediately follows Christmas in Australia are our Boxing Day sales. These sales are the equivalent to the Black Friday sales in the US. Boxing Day on December […]

Merry Christmas

December 25, 2018 by Narelle Atkins 6 Comments

Inspy Romance is closed today. All of us wish all of you a blessed Christmas with your loved ones.

Sunday Edition

December 23, 2018 by Narelle Atkins 33 Comments

Only two more sleeps until Christmas morning will dawn… This Christmas season has flown by too quickly! It will be Christmas Eve in Australia when many of you in North America are reading this post. I have a busy Christmas Eve planned and a lot to do to prepare for Christmas Day. On Christmas Eve our […]

Book Recommendation – A Christmas to Remember

December 19, 2018 by Narelle Atkins

During December I love reading Christmas novels and novellas. Often I’ll start in November, and I also love watching Christmas movies. For Christmas 2018 I’d planned to read all the stories in ‘A Christmas to Remember’ that are written by our talented Inspy Romance authors. But… the best laid plans are often derailed, and weekly […]

Sunday Edition

December 16, 2018 by Narelle Atkins

Is anyone else dreaming of a White Christmas? One day I’d love to travel to the northern hemisphere and wake up on a snowy Christmas morning. It’s not feeling like December in Australia because we’ve had a mild and wet start to summer. I’m not a fan of humidity and summer storms, although a little bit […]

Sunday Edition

December 9, 2018 by Narelle Atkins

We’re now officially in the countdown to Christmas! At my house the Christmas tree is up and I’m working on my Christmas to-do list. We’ve been baking gingerbread cookies and we’ll soon start gift wrapping. Have you finished your Christmas shopping, or do you shop last minute? Are you hand making any Christmas gifts this year? […]

Being Thankful

November 17, 2018 by Narelle Atkins

On Thursday our US authors and readers will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday. Unfortunately in Australia we don’t have a Thanksgiving tradition like the US and Canada. Many years ago an American friend taught me how to make a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Roast turkey and mashed potato served with gravy and cranberry sauce is often […]

What are your favorite types of blog posts?

October 18, 2018 by Narelle Atkins

Narelle here. Back in July we set up a Reader Engagement Survey to learn more about how you’d like to connect with us. The poll results can be viewed here. According to the poll results, our typical Inspy Romance blog reader most likely discovered us via Facebook. They have been visiting Inspy Romance for more […]

My 2018 Writing Retreat – Gold Coast, Australia plus #giveaway | Narelle Atkins

September 18, 2018 by Narelle Atkins

Last month I was fortunate to have the opportunity to visit with my writing friends Andrea Grigg (pictured, right) and Catherine Hudson (pictured, center) for a week long writing retreat. The retreat was timed to coincide with Andrea’s birthday celebrations on the weekend. We stayed in Andrea’s home on the gorgeous Gold Coast in sunny […]