What is romance? I think it varies from person to person, but personally, romance and humor go hand in hand. You have to be able to laugh at yourself and life in general sometimes. Of course, it does help if you don't laugh at inappropriate moments, oops yes, I do have a tendency to do that! But laughing when times get tough can strengthen a relationship. I've been married for twenty-seven years and the goofiest times are my favorite memories.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
Sunday, August 17, 2014
A Contemporary Countess
A former American foster child and a
twenty-first century English Earl. What could they possibly have in common?
They're about to find out!
A mischievous and sensual contemporary English Earl. A history loving American
lottery winner, a potential marriage of convenience, lovable estate
characters, the Earl's romantically inclined sister and her three playful old
school friends, a Halloween ball, secret passages and ghosts stories,
all make up the novel A Contemporary Countess.
Here is a longer preview:
When Darielle St.James became the sole winner of New York's biggest lottery
jackpot in history, she knew her life was about to change. But even she had no
idea how great that change would be.
After using her new found wealth to help her closest friends and her two foster
brothers and sister, she set about assessing her own goals. Hounded by the
curious press and fortune hunters, she moved into a small secure apartment
building overlooking Central Park, and started work on her first novel. Now she
had both the time and the means to write.
Online research for her novel, leads her to the estate of Adam Darfield, the
Earl of Avanleigh, a struggling English aristocrat whose name is oddly similar
to that of her Regency hero. Adam, she discovers has only recently inherited
the title. He and his sister Susie run Avanleigh Estate, which is sadly in need
of funds due to the enormous death taxes imposed at the loss of their father.
Dari's childhood dream of living in a beautiful stately home suddenly comes to
the forefront, and she writes to Adam with an interesting proposal. She would
like to come to Avanleigh for six weeks to write her novel in the historic
setting for which she is willing to pay a large fee, giving them a chance to
get to know each other, and if all goes well, to marry. Citing arranged
marriages from the past, from Jennie Jerome to Consuelo Vanderbilt, Dari makes
a good case.
Adam, stunned at the unusual request, is encouraged by his romantically
inclined sister Susie to take Dari up on the offer. Six weeks will give him a
chance to get to know the beautiful young American, and the fee she has offered
will help with the taxes. While he is not committed to anything, marrying her
would ensure the financial future of the estate for many generations to come.
It was after all, what his own ancestors had done.
Dari arrives at Avanleigh to find both Adam and Susie are easy going and fun to
be with. Things are going incredibly well. But as time goes on, both Dari and
Adam, each begin to think the other is just a little too good to be true and
are both afraid to hope that what is developing between them could be real.
When Susie's quirky and playful aristocratic friends from her childhood
boarding school years arrive at the estate for their annual vacation, Dari
discovers the truth. Adam has a reputation as an aristocratic playboy. From his
youthful nickname the Voracious Viscount, to the current epithet the Randy
Earl, his nicknames are numerous. Furious at her discovery, Dari confronts
Adam, who reluctantly admits his past. But Adam has decided he adores the
unpretentious Dari, and he convinces her to stay.
Dari is head over heels in love with Adam and loves the estate, with its
historic connections to the infamous Henry the Eighth, ghost stories, hidden
passageways and long time easy going staff. And Adam has awakened a sensual
side in her that she did not know she possessed.
On the eve of her wedding, Dari and her new friends are celebrating her
bachelorette party in the historic 'Henry Room' at the estate Dower House where
the infamous king himself once slept, when they discover something that changes
everything.
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Lady Jane and the Cowboy
A light-hearted contemporary novella containing sensual and explicit love scenes.
When Redstone MacAlistair's cousin Honey set him up with an English girl to be his housekeeper for a year, he wasn't thrilled. Because Honey had found Jane from an agency that specialized in matchmaking, Jane was also here as his potential fiancee.
Red could not see what a Wyoming cowboy and an English girl from the Yorkshire moors could possibly have in common, but Honey could. After all, didn't opposites attract?
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The Rainesville Ranchers
The Rainesville Ranchers-one complete novel featuring the
six interconnected love stories of four Texas cowboy brothers, 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 stargazing at the historic Raine Mountain Rocks, or enjoy a
fabulous evening out at 'Brutus' the newest restaurant in Raine City.
Contains love, laughter, and explicitly sensual love scenes.
If you would like a more detailed preview of each character's story see below.
Miranda's Story. 'The Substitute'
When Miranda Courtright heard that her teenage crush, next door neighbor Trace
Evans was returning home 'to roost', as he jokingly put it, she knew just what
he had in mind. He wanted to settle down with the girl next door-her. But
Miranda finds herself in a pickle. While in his absence Miranda has allowed her
four nosey older brothers to believe that Trace was still the object of her
affections, it's not exactly true.
Trace's Story. 'Second in Line'
Trace Evans had convinced himself that returning home to Rainesville after an
absence of several years to marry his cute next door neighbor was the right
thing to do. But nothing had turned out quite the way he had expected.
Seated at the bar in The Golden Saloon, he discovers an engaging blonde with a
quirky sense of humor...but there is something oddly familiar about the
beautiful stranger who stirs a memory of a long lost love...
Eric's Story. 'His Brothers' Keeper'
Eric Courtright the oldest of the siblings had always been the responsible one,
so when his behavior suddenly becomes uncharacteristically erratic and he
punches out his younger brother Ben on a trip to The Golden Saloon, his
brothers are mystified, until they realize where Eric's attention is focused.
Ben's Story. 'Next in Line'
Ben Courtright, the youngest and according to the local female population, the
cutest of the siblings is tired of the dating game. With his good looks and
boyish charm, he began dating early, but it had become old really fast and very
repetitive.
Seeing his little sister, neighbor and older brother each fall in love, Ben
decides he too wants something more. So when he encounters an adorable former
college friend of Darcey's at Eric's wedding...
Jay's Story. 'One for the Books'
Jay Courtright is the most outspoken and volatile of the siblings. After Mirry,
Ben and Eric move out, Cash and Jay are left to their own devices. As the
middle siblings they were known as 'Double Trouble' when they were young. When
Mirry who is heavily pregnant with her second child comes to the ranch house to
discover the usually pristine home in total disarray, she renames them 'The two
little pigs' and hires an adorable but feisty Italian cook/housekeeper.
Cash's Story. 'Last to Fall'
When Cash finds himself living alone at the ranch house after his three
brothers and little sister have moved out, at first he enjoys the peace and
quiet and a little time to think his own thoughts uninterrupted. Until Mirry
calls to invite him to a concert at The Golden Saloon where an English group
The Hardingtons are performing. The lead singer is a cutie...
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Sunday, July 13, 2014
The Rainesville Ranchers. Who's your favorite character?
Have you read the Rainesville Ranchers? Who is your favorite character? Is it the stoic but gorgeous Royce, the ranch foreman, Trace the naughty but hurt neighbor, Eric the very responsible older brother, or Ben the playful youngest one? How about the two middle brothers, Jay the volatile one, or Cash the hold out, and also the last one in the family to find love until he's blindsided by a young English singer?
How about the girls? Miranda sure knows how to deal with her bossy brothers. Or Darcey, who runs The Golden Saloon and is used to being independent and taking care of herself. Or Isabella, the Italian chef with more than enough personality to keep the brothers and the ranch hands in line. How about Arianna who is sure she isn't about to fall for a naughty playful cowboy, but does anyway. Or perhaps it's Laney the one with the unusual past, or maybe Viola, the young English singer who finds more than she bargained for on her tour of the US.
I'd love to know!
How about the girls? Miranda sure knows how to deal with her bossy brothers. Or Darcey, who runs The Golden Saloon and is used to being independent and taking care of herself. Or Isabella, the Italian chef with more than enough personality to keep the brothers and the ranch hands in line. How about Arianna who is sure she isn't about to fall for a naughty playful cowboy, but does anyway. Or perhaps it's Laney the one with the unusual past, or maybe Viola, the young English singer who finds more than she bargained for on her tour of the US.
I'd love to know!
Friday, April 4, 2014
What is your type?
The Rainesville Ranchers
What is your type?
Strong rugged and cowboy? If so, I have just the guy
for you, in fact I have six of them in The Rainesville Ranchers. Six love
affairs set on and around the Texas ranch and hometown of the Courtright family.
The cast of characters: Six guys, six girls. Six
stories all in one novel.
The guys:
Royce Stevens. Ranch Foreman.Tall and rugged with jet
black hair, big blue eyes and secretly in love.
Trace Evans. The Courtrights' neighbor with a bad
boy reputation, but is there a reason? Guys get hurt too.
Eric Courtright. Tall, handsome, the oldest of the
four Courtright brothers, very responsible, but will he put his siblings’ happiness first,
or follow the love of his life?
Ben Courtright. Youngest of the Courtright siblings,
cute, playful and adored by every woman who came into contact with him, but is
that what he really wants? Or is he seeking that one special love?
Jay Courtright. Tall blond and quick tempered. One
of the middle two siblings and part of the duo known as ‘double trouble’. Who
can tame this guy, the most volatile of all the Courtright siblings?
Cash Courtright. The last of the siblings in the
ranch house alone, and enjoying it…at least for a while. He's the second half of the well-known
middle two, known as ‘double trouble’, and quickly discovers that his future
may lead him in an entirely different direction than the rest of his family.
The girls:
Miranda Courtright. Short, cheeky, a little bit feisty,
and able to keep all of her brothers in line, or at the very least confuse them.
Delaney Sommerville. Former resident of Rainesville,
can she stay, or is she destined to continually live her life in limbo?
Darcey Louisa Mason. Owner of the local watering
hole The Golden Saloon, secretly in love and stunned when she is given an
opportunity to get to know the one member of the Courtright clan she’s admired
from afar for years. But will it all slip through her fingers?
Arianna Beaufort. Interior designer, what could
possibly induce her to stay on a Texas ranch? A fish out of water? Maybe, maybe
not.
Isabella Pavellini. Southern Italian chef, from a
family of Italian restaurant owners, who or what can keep her in Texas?
Viola Hardington. English singer of the touring group
The Hardingtons, could she be tempted by anyone to stay in Rainesville or is it
the other way around? Can she change a cowboy’s mind about his future and where
he really belongs?
Sunday, December 15, 2013
A Christmas Date
A Christmas Date
A sensual and sweet contemporary Christmas love story of approximately 9,200 words
When tall aloof
business executive Lucas Hart and small voluptuous florist Angelina Makepeace
are thrown together on a surprise blind date by their crazy matchmaking
friends, they are both equally horrified. They have absolutely nothing in
common.
But when wintry weather
and circumstances beyond their control repeatedly place them in each other’s
path during the holiday season, they begin to realize that their friends might
not be quite so crazy after all.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Heiress
A tender and playful contemporary love story with ghostly elements
When Los Angeles resident Ryan Hunter's fortunes took a turn for the worse, he applied for a live-in job as driver/personal assistant to heiress Verona Willis. He anticipated a slightly spoiled and pampered Hollywood type. But nothing is quite as he imagined. Far from it.
A beautiful and independent young woman with a slight disability, a giant lovable Newfoundland dog, a tough retired rugby player and his cheeky gentle wife who act as the household staff, a trip from Hollywood to the Oregon coast, and a house with its own special ghostly secrets make up this tender and sensually sweet novella.
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
The Menace (A Romantic Comedy)
The Menace
A Romantic Comedy Novella
When Javier Rodin a.k.a. ‘The Menace’ is
injured on the last day of filming his latest movie he is taken to St Mark’s
hospital. Other than a small bump on the head and the fact that his crazed fans
have shredded his clothes in an effort to get a piece of him as a souvenir, he
is fine. Exhausted, he readily takes the doctor up on his offer to rest for a
couple of hours in a recently vacated room. Known worldwide for the series of
brutal action movies he stars in, women continually throw themselves at him
expecting him to fulfill their ‘take me’ fantasies. And he’d willingly done so
for a while. But that had quickly become old. What he wanted was something
real, a little conversation with someone who recognized he was an actor not the
character he portrayed, and some soft, slow, sweet lovemaking. But with a face
as brutally scarred and recognizable as his, he knew he wasn’t likely to get
it.
Millicent Riley, is a natural born
optimist, despite the day to day challenges being dyslexic often provides. The
daughter of newspaper magnate Vincent Riley and sponsor of the Riley wing at St.
Mark’s hospital, Millie thoroughly enjoys her volunteer work there. She is
cheerful and easy going, and the perfect candidate to chat with patients and
put them at ease. Assured that coma patients can hear, she is sent to talk to
the comatose patient in room thirteen, it turns out to be her lucky number,
because that patient has already been transferred-and in his place is ‘The
Menace’ who is simply trying to take a nap.
Though he’s annoyed at the interruption at
first, Javier soon realizes that Millie may be the very best thing that has
ever happened to him. She’s sweet, she’s cute, she’s sensual and she is going
to be his. And while Millie may think she is a plain Jane, Javier disagrees, he
thinks she is adorable and can’t wait to get to know her better. Fortunately
for him, Millie is convinced that the hulking brooding Javier is the sexiest
man she’s ever met.
But when Millie’s self-absorbed father
tries to set her up with his young co-worker, will Javier allow him to derail
their budding romance?
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The story behind the story - A Contemporary Countess
Today for my story behind the story I'm going to talk about A Contemporary Countess, but first here's a remnider of the synopsis (if you've read it before just scroll down a little).
A Contemporary Countess
A contemporary playful
and sensual novel of approximately 51,000 words
A former American
foster child and a twenty-first century English Earl, what could they possibly
have in common? They are about to find out.
When Darielle St. James became the sole
winner of New York’s biggest lottery jackpot in history, she knew her life was
about to change. But even she had no idea how great the change would be.
She began by using her new found wealth to
help her closest friends, her two foster brothers and sister, and Mom Miriam
the lovely woman who had been her foster mother. And then set about assessing
her own goals. Hounded by the curious press and fortune hunters, she moved into
a small secure apartment building overlooking Central Park, and started work on
her first novel. Now she had both the time and the means to write.
Online research for her novel, leads her
to the estate of Adam Darfield, the Earl of Avanleigh, a struggling English
aristocrat whose name is oddly similar to that of her Regency hero. Adam, she
discovers has only recently inherited the title. He and his sister Susie run
Avanleigh Estate, which is sadly in need of funds due to the enormous death
taxes imposed at the loss of their father.
Dari’s childhood dream of living in a
beautiful stately home suddenly comes to the forefront, and she writes to Adam
with an interesting proposal. She would like to come to Avanleigh for six weeks
to write her novel in the historic setting for which she is willing to pay a
large fee, giving them a chance to get to know each other, and if all goes
well, to marry. Citing arranged marriages from the past, from Jennie Jerome to
Consuelo Vanderbilt, Dari makes a good case.
Adam, stunned at the unusual request, is
encouraged by his romantically inclined sister Susie to take Dari up on the
offer. Six weeks will give him a chance to get to know the beautiful young
American, and the fee she has offered will help with the taxes. While he is not
committed to anything, marrying her would ensure the financial future of the
estate for many generations to come. It was after all, what his own ancestors
had done.
Dari arrives at Avanleigh to find both
Adam and Susie are easy going and fun to be with. Things are going incredibly well.
But as time goes on, both Dari and Adam, each begin to think the other is just
a little too good to be true and are both afraid to hope that what is
developing between them could be real.
When Susie’s quirky and playful
aristocratic friends from her childhood boarding school years arrive at the
estate for their annual vacation, Dari discovers the truth. Adam has a
reputation as an aristocratic playboy. From his youthful nickname the Voracious
Viscount, to the current epithet the Randy Earl, his nicknames are numerous.
Furious at her discovery, Dari confronts Adam, who reluctantly admits his past.
But Adam has decided he adores the unpretentious Dari, and he convinces her to
stay.
Dari is head over heels in love with Adam
and loves the estate, with its historic connections to the infamous Henry the Eighth,
ghost stories, hidden passageways and long time easy going staff. And Adam has
awakened a sensual side in her that she did not know she possessed.
On the eve of her wedding, Dari and her new
friends are celebrating her bachelorette party in the historic ‘Henry Room’ at
the estate Dower House where the infamous king himself once slept, when they
discover something that changes everything.
The story behind the story
This may contain spoilers if you haven't yet read the book
A Contemporary Countess
We’ve all wondered at some time or other what we
would do if we won the lottery. Whenever the lottery jackpots rise to epic
proportions we find ourselves rushing out to buy a few tickets and having those chats
with friends and family about how exactly we would make our dreams come true. A Contemporary Countess
is Dari’s story of winning the lottery and following her dreams.
I visited many stately homes growing up in England,
and as a child always wished I was a titled lady and spun many fantasies of
living there, but I think as I grew older one of my favorite daydreams was to
be allowed to simply spend a day there, alone. To walk the ancient halls and go
behind the red velvet ropes that held back the tourists and experience, touch, and enjoy
everything that once belonged to some favorite historic characters and truly
feel the history as Dari is able to do at Avanleigh.
My favorite stately homes were Chatsworth House and Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire, both have been used in several movies. You might recognize Chatsworth from a recent production of Pride and Prejudice staring Keira Knightley.
Dari has a particular fascination with Henry the
Eighth, something I own to myself. And feels he was maligned by tabloid
historians, amusing Adam with her adamant defense of the most notorious king in British history. Recent studies have shown that it is very likely that Henry was a
diabetic, hence the out of control weight and ulcerated leg that wouldn’t heal,
in an era that didn’t understand the disease. Henry’s sister Margaret who
married James the 1V of Scotland, was also a known diabetic.
Henry is usually portrayed as glutenous, when he may have simply been a victim of a disease that didn't properly process, but instead stored his food.
Henry is known through England for the magnificent
castles, fortresses and ships that he built. No, he was no saint, but he was a
man of many sides. Dari simply chooses to see mainly his good side. The
athletic young King who fell in love easily, led his armies to war, wrote
poetry, laughed a lot, played tennis and built fortresses that still exist
today. I like to think of him that way too.
'More wives than mistresses' this was often said about Henry. How true is it? I don't think we will ever really know. His most well known mistress Bessie Blount gave him the son Henry Fitzroy, who is sadly reputed to have died in his late teens though there are several other stories circulating that he may have lived on. (Fitzroy was a term commonly used to define an illegitimate child of a king.)
Dari is a natural born optimist, always making the best of everything around her. I chose to make her foster family sweet in this story, mainly because I have worked with children for much of my adult life in private homes and for a while in a children's home. I've met many of the folks that care for children in the system and have seen a trend in romance novels in the last few years where a child is reputed to have been 'tossed from foster home to foster home', or had bad foster parents. In many cases the foster parents are true angels and deserve so much better than this odd reputation they seem to have acquired through fictional depiction in movies and books. They do it because they love children. Dari has her own little family, a wonderful foster mom, two foster brothers and a sister.
The Estate Characters. Well, from Tom, the head ranger, to Alma and Freda the two cleaners, the estate employees always see the estate as belonging to them as much as the owners. Throughout history generations of the same families often lived and worked on the same estate. Usually developing a friendly camaraderie with the owners within certain boundaries. Those boundaries are much less clear today than they would have been in the past. Hence Tom became almost a second father to Adam after his own passed away.
Anything you'd like to add, feel free to post a comment.
I'll be adding some more thoughts myself later.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
A Christmas Date. The story behind the story
The story behind the story today...A Christmas Date. I'm so thrilled to have had so many likes and some lovely reviews on this story on Amazon. Thank you so much. I'm so glad so many people downloaded it. Here's a brief reminder of the synopsis in case you haven't read it yet.
A Christmas Date
A sensual and sweet contemporary
Christmas love story of approximately 9,200 words.
When tall aloof
business executive Lucas Hart and small voluptuous florist Angelina Makepeace
are thrown together on a surprise blind date by their crazy matchmaking
friends, they are both equally horrified. They have absolutely nothing in
common.
But when wintry weather
and circumstances beyond their control repeatedly place them in each other’s
path during the holiday season, they begin to realize that their friends might
not be quite so crazy after all.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
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.
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
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?
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
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.
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...
Saturday, June 2, 2012
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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Sunday, May 13, 2012
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.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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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