Author Archives: KMB

Cake Duchess modelling paste (gumpaste) is now available from Kiwicakes.Check out some of the great videos of super cute animals and figures from Cake Duchess below. (there’s even more great videos on her You Tube channel)This little Yorkshire Terrier … Continue reading →

Our connection to our children means everything. It means the difference between a confident child and an insecure one. It means the difference between a cooperative child and a defiant one. Our early attachments and ongoing connection to our children fostered through love, nurturance, and guidance is a strong predictor of our child’s success in … Continue reading 10 Simple Ways to Build an Unbreakable Bond With Your Child, by Angela Pruess Continue reading →

Gluten is the proteins found in certain grains. Not all grains contain gluten – wheat, barley, and rye contain gluten. When flour and water are combined, and kneaded into dough this gives the elasticity which provides structure to bread and … Read More

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Acrylic Painting with Children  So anybody that knows me well, knows we aren’t exactly floating in cash…but I have a few things I think are really important for quality play

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In my last post I showed a scrap quilt made of my big bag of strips. Thrilled that the patchwork was finished, I completed a blog post. The next day I found a pile more strips from that same scrap bag that in my sorting I had put elsewhere.So all inspi… Continue reading →

I signed up to review the second book in the Sophie Shields series, The Bulletproof boy. When the ARC arrived there was also a copy of The Fireproof Girl, the first book in the series.

The Fireproof Girl

Abandoned at birth, Sophie Shields grew up in abusive foster homes, escaping into books and computers for solace. When the constant danger became too much to bear, she ran away, thinking she could survive on her hacking skills alone.

That was until she met Cole Hunter. He became the only person she could trust: her family, her friend, her partner-in-crime. Her everything. After struggling through college and starting their lives together, she believed that nothing could ever tear them apart.

Until it did.

And she’ll do everything in her power to fix what is broken. If it isn’t too late…

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When Cole was nine years old, he watched his whole family burn to death in a house fire. Fueled by years of obsession, he started one of the world’s leading architectural firms, with a mission to design homes resistant to fire, earthquakes, floods, and every threat known to man.

Sophie was his secret weapon. She was his purpose. Since they were teenagers, he was determined to build a better life for her, so she could finally be safe, and they could be together. 

But disaster has always followed Cole around, ripping away everything he loves. This time, if he isn’t careful…

His enemies might just take him down.

My Review

I really didn’t expect this novel when I started. I’d assumed that I was going to get a ‘traditional’ romance novel. The fireproof girl goes way beyond this. This wasn’t a simple boy meet girl, they have a few problems, work through them and everyone lives happily ever after. This is the story of two characters their life and the way they feel about one another. It is a love story, but it isn’t your common or garden romance book.

Although this book doesn’t finish on a cliff hanger. It is very clear that this is the first in a series. There is so much more to find out. We learn a lot about Cole and Sophie’s childhood and when they first met. There are lots of hints though about things that we might find out in future books. 

I really enjoyed this book. It was a great story and it was gripping from the start. The story draws you in and you want to know more about their past and what’s going to happen. I’m really looking forward to getting stuck into the second book in the series and finding out what the future holds for Cole and Sophie. Highly recommended.

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I have hundreds of photos of Eva. My phone is never far from me and I used it, a lot, to capture her smile, her successes in tummy time, he cry, I captured everything I could. Even with these hundreds, and the dozens of videos I captured too, there is … Continue reading →

© Maria Foy | Happy Mum Happy Child Kids & Eye Tests If you don’t think kids need their eyes tested, then think again. One in five New Zealand children spend up to 35 hours a week staring at a screen – that’s the equivalent of a full time job. THAT IS RIDICULOUS! To be honest, […]

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Hey, Hey :-)Every year I like to make my boys a pair of PJs to open on Christmas Eve. This year things came down to the wire a bit – we left for a month long road trip the minute school finished and I’ve been working so in the end rather than making th… Continue reading →

Master B you are 10 today!You are now a decade oldYou still have a very determined spiritbut also very easy going and not too worried about muchYou would much rather spend your time in the library than on the football field.I admire your perseverance&n… Continue reading →

I feel it again; the pressure of wrongdoing and inequity pressing down on me and suffocating me by tiny degrees. I feel it taking more and more of my spoons to get through the day. I can tell because I hold on to the good moments until my knuckles turn… Continue reading →

I went to the Logan premiere last night, the morning before I was feeling all bah humbug and I felt like I needed something new to wear. So me and my stylist aka my daughter Emily went off on a shopping trip and I saw this dress, the fabric felt so soft, slightly ribbed even,Read more

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It’s been hot this week. So summer has definitely arrived, some would say, with a vengeance.Its been so hot at work I resorted to taking in a small fan and directing it straight at my face in an effort to look slightly less hot and sweaty. I am not des… Continue reading →

I have the most exciting news!  Remember how I mentioned that my next half marathon would most probably only be towards the end of the year?  Well, that might have been just a little inaccurate…

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