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Australian author, Diana Hockley, lives in a small Queensland country town, with her husband, Andrew and ten pet rats. A mother of three adult children, she ihas three grandchildren. Diana does community volunteer work and produces and presents a weekly classical music program on community radio.
She and her husband once owned a mouse circus which traveled throughout Queensland and northern New South Wales. The Hockleys also bred Scottish Highland cattle until their retirement six years ago.
Diana has written a large number of short stories and articles and her work has been published in Australia, the UK and USA. She edits, reviews and sometimes writes for the Californian online magazine, Kings River Life.
Diana has written two Australian crime novels, THE NAKED ROOM and THE CELIBATE MOUSE, featuring Detective Senior Sergeant Susan Prescott. Both are available on Amazon in e-book and paperback.
The third Susan Prescott novel, AFTER ARIEL, is currently being written, with the help of chocolate and wine !
Reviewed by Cheryl Schopen for Readers' Favorite
In An Honourable Man by Diana Hockley, Genevieve Holloway is a primary school teacher who dreams of meeting her soul mate. She has noticed Christopher “Christy” Fallon around the school where she works. She finds him attractive and intriguing. She soon begins to fantasize about him and the potential whirlwind romance they could share. Unbeknownst to her, Christy has his own secret. When the unexpected encounter occurs between the two of them, no one could have predicted what would happen.
I was pleasantly surprised at this little short story. Diana Hockley is a very talented writer. In just a few pages, the characters of Genevieve and Christy really came to life. I became so wrapped up in their lives that I was dying to know how the story would end. And when it did, I just wanted more. I wanted to read more about the circumstances and about what happened later in these characters’ lives. In addition to the characters, I thoroughly enjoyed the plot. It’s not your typical romance; it keeps you on the edge of your seat and it has a unique twist at the end that I didn’t see coming. As you’re reading, you’ll wonder, “How is this going to end in 11 pages?” Surprisingly, it has a great ending, and even though it left me wanting more, it was so well-written that I almost had to put it down and clap to applaud Diana Hockley. If Hockley’s other stories are as entertaining as this one, I will definitely be reading more.
