“I’m Nike,” I answered, shaking his hand. The touch of his skin arrested me and I hoped he didn’t catch my quick intake of breath. “Like the goddess of victory,” he said. “Fitting.” I tried not to let his remark go to my head and set my fantasies in motion again, although I knew that …
It’s been four years since I last published a book. Back then, I was on deadline update a book AND write the sequel by a December 31st deadline. By the end of December, I’d burned out and swore in Scarlett O’Hara Style, “I’m never writing another book again!” At the time, I knew I was full …
This Sunday, July 29, I’m participating in Six Sentence Sunday. Stay tuned for six sentences from Smoldering Nights!
Nike loves visiting the goth club Vamps—she can exchange her firefighter uniform for a slinky fantasy outfit. There she runs into the man she’d been admiring from afar at a rock climbing gym. He’s been the star of all her fantasies, so is it any wonder they end up in his private room upstairs? Just …
Great news! Fiery Nights, the sequel to Smoldering Nights, has received conditional acceptance from Ellora’s Cave. I absolutely loved writing this story — the characters, the setting, the relationship. It needs revision to clarify some things, but I don’t mind at all. I’m looking forward to working on this story again. You know what this …
If you like to see the visuals of some of the places you read about, or you’re looking for new places to travel, check out my latest pics of Rockport, MA, including Bearskin Neck, a cool artists’ village on the coast.
Ideas that sprung from Smoldering Nights keep coming to me. I wrote the second book and am on the third, jotting down ideas for more characters down the road. So now it’s time to come up with a series name. Exciting! However, it is also the reason I’m up at 3am. And my devoted husband …
I was very saddened to read that Steve Brown, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Private Investigating is battling leukemia and is undergoing a bone marrow transplant program. I greatly enjoyed Steve’s book and he’s been so helpful on a writer’s group I belong to. So I’m glad to hear that some of Steve’s …
I’m very pleased to announce that Ellora’s Cave will be publishing Smoldering Nights on 8/8. What a date for a launch! I spent Bastille Day editing scenes with my hot French vampire. Fitting, don’t you think? More details to come. Now I have to head up to Boston’s North Shore to get some inspiration for …
As a new Ellora’s Cave author, I’m debating whether to go to Romanticon this fall or not. It looks like a rollicking good time. I mean check out the Cavemen. And the tag line: “Party like there’s no tomorrow.” Sounds like my kind of place. But as a first-timer, I have no idea what to …
