The stories behind the stories

Over the next few weeks I will be posting the stories behind my stories. All novels, novellas and stories begin with a thought, an idea, an aha moment! Something that says this would be a fun story.

Following Your Dreams

One of my favorite things about my character Darielle St. James in A Contemporary Countess is that she isn't afraid to follow her dreams. After winning the biggest single lottery prize in history...something on all our minds at the moment as the latest powerball reaches epic proportions...she embarks upon a journey to try to make her childhood dreams come true. Writing her own romance novel and living in a large stately home and becoming a true English Countess, complete with eons of family history, it is especially important for Dari who is a New York foster child, and whose foster siblings are all embarking upon their own quests to fulfill their dreams. Libby has recently married and is heavily pregnant with her first child, and Richard and Jason her foster brothers are now Army Rangers.

What are your dreams? What would you do if you were lucky enough to win the lottery?

The Rainesville Ranchers

I absolutely love this cover, created by Fantasia Frog Designs!

The Rainesville Ranchers is one complete novel featuring six interconnected love stories of four fun loving Texas Cowboys, their over protected but bossy little sister and their playboy neighbor. 

Follow  Miranda, Trace, Eric, Ben, Jay and Cash, as they each find love in their own way in their home town of Rainesville, Texas.

Join this engaging cast of characters at their favorite watering hole The Golden Saloon, go star gazing at the historic Raine Mountain Rocks, or enjoy a fabulous evening out at ‘Brutus’ the newest restaurant in Raine City.

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A Mystical Fantasy Duet

A Mystical Fantasy Duet (of Love Stories)

My latest duet, a little paranormal fun, with as always a happy ending! 

Two short sensual stories totaling approximately 15,500 words

Fascinella (A Pixie Story)

In search of a little relaxation after working on a difficult case, attorney Gregory Tarquin took off down the winding country roads of Appenlea on his brand new Regal Eagle. This was the smoothest sleekest and fastest bike he had ever owned. He’d waited months for the special order to arrive. 

Carried away with his new dream machine, and speeding down the empty roads, enjoying the feel of the wind in his hair and the powerful bike beneath his thighs as the stresses of his day to day life begin melting away, the very last thing he expected was to run into a pixie. 

Driving too fast to stop on a dime, he ran headlong into the side of the long smooth pink limousine that carried the heavenly creature as it crossed the first intersection. 

Fascinella DeVita is fascinated by the handsome injured human, and with the aid of her hulking chauffeur named Five takes him to her home to recover. 

With her platinum blonde hair, lavender eyes and uncompromising attitude, she is both beautiful and powerful, but there is so much more to the always pink clad sparkling Fascinella and her world than Greg could ever have anticipated. She claims that magicians are pixies, mechanics are sprites and she can make crop circles simply by using the power of her mind. Convinced he is simply having a delusion from a bump on the head when he fell from his bike, and unsure whether he will wake up in the hospital or the morgue, Greg goes along with the fantasy and unexpectedly falls in love with the beautiful sensual pixie...

 Sensations (A Psychic Touch Story)

Sam Givens has a gift. At least he tried to think of it that way. Sam was a writer. His research had led him to many places and into many subjects. He wrote mystery novels, with a unique twist, a combination of eastern and western philosophy, meditation, and healing practices. He’d learned to put into practice some of those methods for himself. Tapping into his sixth sense, he’d developed the ability to heal.

Only his next door neighbor Gin, knows of his abilities, she’s been his friend, neighbor and confidant since childhood. Sam is able to suppress his abilities when he is writing a novel, secluding himself in his house and tuning out everything but his work. But when his mind is no longer cluttered with characters and plot lines, his senses suddenly stir to life and his abilities resurface with a vengeance, often stronger than before. 

With the finale of his latest book and reawakening of his senses comes the revelation that he can discern what others are thinking and feeling. Gin his cute neighbor, is in love with him. But when the sudden rapid progression of his abilities has him needing Gin’s help, they go for a quiet retreat at his family’s mountain cabin, where he is able to get to know Gin in ways he’d hadn’t dreamed of until recently...

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Taming Theodore

Taming Theodore

 An erotic love story

Ten years ago Theodore Jansen was heartbroken to overhear Dresden Carter, his high school sweetheart, discussing him with her friends the night before her high school graduation. He is devastated to find that she does not plan on staying in their home town of Hokenberry, New Jersey, to be with him, but is going away to college in Germany for four years. Not only that, but she makes fun of him and his homely future plans.

Numbly, Theo, who had planned to propose the following night escorts her politely through her graduation ceremony and post graduation ball as promised, and never contacts her again. Instead he takes a chance on making something of his own future. He mails off the wooden sculptures that until now had only been a hobby, to a New York City gallery and is stunned to receive a quick response.

Ten years later, Theo is no longer the soft hearted young man who had once been teasingly nicknamed Teddy. He’s a well known wealthy New York City artist with a bevy of willing female followers. So when he receives an invitation to his high school reunion, he is at first reluctant to attend, but the chance to vanquish a few of his youthful demons—and curiosity about Dresden who is on the organizing committee—gets the better of him. But things are not quite what he might have imagined, and love holds some unexpected surprises in store for Theo.

Author note: Taming Theodore is a little different from my usual more playful romances, it has a slightly harsher tone and contains a ménage, something I don’t usually write. But Theo has his demons to overcome and when your characters speak to you, it is always a good idea for a writer to listen. But don’t worry, Theo finds his own happy ending.

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Cat and Mouse (A Regency Sex Comedy)

When his adorable neighbor Lucy Widden came upon him in his youth during a tryst with a willing milkmaid in a local hayfield, Lord Alistair Abingdon knew she would never forgive him. And he’d been right. Now many years later, he has returned home, and is determined to win Lucy for himself. He just isn’t sure how to go about it. He’d been home for several weeks and she hadn’t paid him a single visit. He was aware she would soon be going to London for the season. She would have to talk to him there wouldn’t she?

     But his plans are all thrown awry, when Lucy is thrown from her horse, and Lucy’s father Sir Widden sends for him with a very special request. Marry Lucy immediately. Because Lucy has apparently lost not only her memory in the fall, but something else every debutante who wished to make an advantageous match needed. Her hymen. The bumpy ride on her spooked horse had cost her the ability to proclaim herself a true virgin.

     If someone had handed him everything he had ever wanted on a silver platter Alistair could not have been more thrilled. Lucy was going to be his. But because he was well aware of Lucy’s mischievous spirit, he did not for an instant believe that she had lost her memory. And that could only mean one thing. Lucy wanted him and did not know how to say so. As for the other thing, well, time would tell. And he looked forward to finding out.

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Van Night

After ten years in the public spotlight, sultry singer Van Night needed a break. As his fame increased, his world had become little more than a gilded cage. Van, along with his long time friend and manager Salvatore Rossetti, who was almost as recognizable as Van, had come up with a plan. To hire two Las Vegas lookalikes to impersonate the pair, and to remain at the compound as a distraction for the paparazzi. Meanwhile Van and Sal with disguises in place escape for a quiet retreat in the mountains. Their plan goes awry when they are arrested before reaching their destination by small town cop Deana Wright...

Deana knows something isn't right about the two. After checking their IDs and finding them to be fake, she takes them to jail, where left with no choice they reveal their true identities.

Amused at their ingenuity she aids them in their plan, taking them to the newly opened guest house run by her younger sister Pippa...

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