One Core Belief

Delfi Kazan dreams of living in Athens and starring in her favourite soap opera on Greek regional television, but confined to a small island and caring for her widowed father, there's little chance of ever being discovered by talent scouts.That is, until an arranged marriage with Nikolas – a handsome engineer based in Athens and heir to the popular Hestia's Taverna on a nearby tourist island - keeps her dreams alive. But Nikolas is still reeling since his fiancé, Linda, left him, and he has lost the passion for the Athenian life.Deflated, he returns to the family home and Hestia's Taverna, and acquiesces to his mother's insistence that he marry a Greek girl, but his heart is not in it. Rather than treading the red carpet, Delfi finds herself peeling potatoes under the critical eye of her mother-in-law, and the disinterested glances of her husband.An offer, a seduction could provide her with a way out. But can she reach her dreams? Amanda loves to write. No sooner has she inserted the final full stop on the latest novel and she's already shaping up for the next one. Amanda also loves to teach and to share with her students what she knows, and what she's still learning about writing. She holds a Master of Arts, and PhD in Creative Writing and is active in the national and international writing worlds, presenting at conferences and writing workshops.A Single Breath accompanies Whispers in the Wiring on the actual and virtual bookshelves and Hibernia and One Core Belief are due for release soon. In addition to writing fiction, Amanda has two published volumes of the Write This Way series: 'Time Management for Writers' and 'Finding Your Writer's Voice', with more volumes on the way.Amanda is a Melbourne (Australia)-based author, teacher and lifelong student of yoga.