A new local voice in the oh-so popular romance genre, Anna Maynard will be in conversation with Hannah Moloney (Good Life Permaculture, ABC’s Gardening Australia).

Can the path to true love ever flow as smoothly as honey?

Sunny Moritz needs a change. She’s thirty-three, single, weary of?tedious romances with the wrong kind of men?and, according to her disappointed parents, drifting about like a tumbleweed. Her former high school crush, orthopaedic surgeon Adam Harrison,?might be meeting all her physical demands (and requiring a subtotal of zero emotional headspace), but what about the rest of her life?

When Sunny decides to start beekeeping, the man with the information she needs is an?odd, enigmatic and indecently sexy Antarctic scientist. Surely, though, she’s way?too pragmatic to be affected by his magnetism … But as her hunger for meaning starts to bloom, Sunny begins to think that maybe it’s not too late to reconnect with her parents, maybe it’s time to start dancing again and maybe even?she?could have a lasting relationship.

Dancing with Bees is easy to read, but hard to put down. In the tradition of Emily Henry and Marian Keyes, this delightful novel bubbles with charm, warmth and humour, but also speaks of the important things in life – like love.

Anna Maynard’s experience as a writer had largely been restricted to referral letters and discharge summaries through her years of medical training. So after finishing her specialist exams she decided to turn her hand to romance. When she’s not dreaming up fictional heroines and swoony love interests, Anna can be found working in the emergency department, pottering in her garden or playing songs with her pop band. Anna lives in Tasmania with her husband and children.

Join Anna and Hannah at the Afterword Cafe. Tickets include a glass of wine or soft drink. Tickets cost $12 and are available here.