tea: dinner (casual meal at home)
tea towel: dishtowel
test match: international rugby match (e.g., an All Blacks game)
throw a wobbly: have a tantrum
tick off: cross off (tick off a list)
ticker: heart. “The boys showed a lot of ticker out there today.”
togs: swimsuit (male or female)
torch: flashlight
touch wood: knock on wood (for luck)
track: trail
trainers: athletic shoes
tramping: hiking
transtasman: Australia/New Zealand (the Bledisloe Cup is a transtasman rivalry)
trolley: shopping cart
tucker: food
tui: Native bird
turn to custard: go south, deteriorate
turps, go on the turps: get drunk
Uni: University—or school uniform
up the duff: pregnant. A bit vulgar (like “knocked up”)
ute: pickup or SUV
vet: check out
waiata: Maori song
wairua: spirit, soul (Maori). Very important concept.
waka: canoe (Maori)
Wallabies: Australian national rugby team
Warrant of Fitness: certificate of a car's fitness to drive
wedding tackle: the family jewels; a man’s genitals
Weet-Bix: ubiquitous breakfast cereal
whaddarya?: I am dubious about your masculinity (meaning “Whaddarya … pussy?”)
whakapapa: genealogy (Maori). A critical concept.
whanau: family (Maori). Big whanau: extended family. Small whanau: nuclear family.
wheelie bin: rubbish bin (garbage can) with wheels.
whinge: whine. Contemptuous! Kiwis dislike whingeing. Harden up!
White Ribbon: campaign against domestic violence
wind up: upset (perhaps purposefully). “Their comments were bound to wind him up.”
wing: rugby position (back)
wobbly; threw a wobbly: a tantrum; had a tantrum
Yank: American. Not pejorative.
yellow card: A penalty for dangerous play that sends a player off for 10 minutes to the sin bin. The team plays with 14 men during that time—or even 13, if two are sinbinned.
yonks: ages. “It's been going on for yonks.”
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THE SINFUL, MONTANA SERIES
Paige's and Jace's story: GUILTY AS SIN
Lily & Rafe's story: TEMPTING AS SIN
THE PORTLAND DEVILS SERIES
Dakota and Blake’s story: SILVER-TONGUED DEVIL
Beth & Evan's story: NO KIND OF HERO
THE ESCAPE TO NEW ZEALAND SERIES
Reka and Hemi’s story: JUST FOR YOU
Hannah and Drew’s story: JUST THIS ONCE
Kate and Koti’s story: JUST GOOD FRIENDS
Jenna and Finn’s story: JUST FOR NOW
Emma and Nic’s story: JUST FOR FUN
Ally and Nate’s/Kristen and Liam’s stories: JUST MY LUCK
Josie and Hugh’s story: JUST NOT MINE
Hannah & Drew’s story again/Reunion: JUST ONCE MORE
Faith & Will’s story: JUST IN TIME
Nina & Iain's story: JUST STOP ME
Chloe & Kevin's story: JUST SAY YES
THE NOT QUITE A BILLIONAIRE SERIES (HOPE AND HEMI'S STORY)
FIERCE
FRACTURED
FOUND
THE PARADISE, IDAHO SERIES (MONTLAKE ROMANCE)
Zoe & Cal’s story: CARRY ME HOME
Kayla & Luke’s story: HOLD ME CLOSE
Rochelle & Travis's story: TURN ME LOOSE
Hallie & Jim's story: TAKE ME BACK
THE KINCAIDS SERIES
Mira and Gabe’s story: WELCOME TO PARADISE
Alyssa and Joe’s story: ASKING FOR TROUBLE
Thank you to my alpha read duo, Kathy Harward and Mary Guidry, for their help and inspiration as they read along with this book, and to Barbara Buchanan, Carol Chappell, Erika Iiams, and Bob Pryor for their feedback.
A thank you as always to my wonderful assistant, Mary Guidry.
Thank you to my son, James Nolting, for visiting Tekapo and Dunedin with me, and for doing all the driving. Much safer.
Thanks to my husband, Rick Nolting, for his patience, his care and feeding of the author, and for reading along.
Thank you to the All Blacks for winning so much and behaving so well. Without you, there would be no story.
And finally, one big giant thank-you to my wonderful readers. I appreciate you.
Table of Contents
Just Say (Hell) No - Rosalind James
Synopsis
The Escape to New Zealand Series: Past Characters
Current All Blacks Team
The Fool
Facing a Macing
Beetroot Red
Death on a White Horse
The Contest Begins
Eye on the Ball
The Trouble With Women
Pookie Unrestrained
A Perfect Plan
Reshuffling the Deck
A Bloody Enormous…
In Too Deep
Maybe Not the King of Swords
DIY is in Our DNA
Too Plain and Too Ugly
The King of Swords Makes His Move
Leather and Darkness
Out-Femaled
Love the Way You Lie
An Intimidation Standpoint
Temperance
More Complicated and More Distracting
Stunned Mullet
The Hanged Man
No Coming Back
OverEmoters Anonymous
New Steps
Heart Chakra
Waiting For It
Take Me By Surprise
Pig Blood All Over the Shop
A Big Fella
Marital Bliss
Gossip Material
Straight to the Heart
What Family Means
Up Where the Air is Thin
Water Snake Dreaming
The First Sadness
Night Train
Under the Surface
About Being Home
Not Backing Down
Walking Into It
Nothing But Grunt
Perfectly Suited
Down the Road
Family Time
Nothing Like a Test Match
Fifty Thousand. Plus Two.
Shine
An Honorable Man
A Kiwi Glossary
Links
Other Books By Rosalind James
Acknowledgments