The Romance Studio gives LIFE BEGINS IN ARIZONA five hearts!  Read the review here.   



Life Begins in Arizona  Life Begins in Arizona hit number one on the best seller list at The Wild Rose Press and continues to get excellent reviews.  


Claire Stevens, an independent hard-working woman, is living proof that abuse can happen to anyone.  New to Wickenburg, Arizona, she is settling into her new home when her ex-husband is released from jail...and finds her.

Waking up in the hospital bruised and battered, she is shocked to discover that she is married to her neighbor--who happens to be her new boss.  At least that's the story people believe, and if she's to stay alive,  it appears the situation will  have to remain that way until her ex is put behind bars again.    

Jake Cooper, her new husband and self-appointed protector, is the first man who has stirred Claire's pulse in five years.  She finds his charm hard to resist, but realizes she has emotional scars that are getting in the way.  If her fear of relationships doesn't strangle her,  her ex-husband, who is out on bail, just might.


Novel Excerpt
Life Begins In Arizona:

Claire’s head hurt. Bad. Her vision blurred and she closed her eyes. After a moment, she tested her sight again. She didn’t recognize the ceiling. A fluorescent light was turned off. Thank God for small miracles.
It was dusk. Or was it dawn? The gray light filtered in through a window. It was hard to discern. A long curtain hung on a track from the ceiling to her left. A dividing curtain. Was this a hospital room? She struggled to sit up, but everything started spinning.
“Claire, it’s okay. You’re going to be okay. Just lie down and rest for now.”
That voice…that deep masculine voice…it was quite sexy. Where had she heard it before?
A large hand covered hers. It was warm and big. Gentle. Someone caressed her forehead, and pushed her hair back. She felt safe.
Her body relaxed. Sleep beckoned.
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Jake settled back into his chair. He’d been worried about her, but he knew she was going to be okay. He was more concerned about the man who’d assaulted her and what his plans were. So concerned, in fact, that since he didn’t know the situation, he’d gone out on a limb. Way out on a limb. He leaned his head forward and held it in his hands. He’d claimed to be her husband in order to stay with her and protect her. He justified his uncharacteristic irrational decision by telling himself that he was in the business of saving lives, not throwing them to the wolves.
His position as Director of the Emergency Room gave him an advantage, as well. People knew him and accepted his word. They were shocked when he’d told them, of course, but after the initial gasping, they’d accepted it. He was taking an awfully huge risk in doing what he was doing, but somehow he felt he didn’t have any other choice.
He didn’t trust the bastard who’d assaulted her. Plain and simple. He’d seen that crazed look plenty of times in the emergency room. And he’d been correct in his assumption that the asshole would make bail. After a discreet inquiry through a friend at the police station, he’d found out he had walked. He shook his head in the quiet hospital room and looked at Claire. How could he leave her unprotected? He hated the loopholes in the legal system. The brick wall he’d hit with her identity was bothering him but he gave his trusted friend at the police station, a detective for thirty years, the honest story and Max was looking into it. Though Max had grumbled about the deception, he’d reluctantly agreed that Jake was probably protecting Claire better than they could—off the record, of course. Jake had confidence that he’d hear information as soon as his friend uncovered it. If she had any family, they would have to be notified. Jake prayed he’d done the right thing.


...Life Begins in Arizona available now in digital form at The Wild Rose Press, and in paperback at Barnes and Noble,  Amazon, and other book sellers.



Proverbs 15:16
"Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil."

Bewitched By Fate

Bewitched By Fate is available now at The Wild Rose Press.

 After five years of seclusion on Earth, Lucas Black, a warlock of living legendary status, realizes he can no longer deny his daughter her heritage, and agrees to return to Leto Island for the annual Halloween Festival. What he didn’t count on, was coming face to face with Ashley Stevens, the enchanting witch who began haunting his dreams a year ago. Will Lucas accept his fate with grace this time around? Or will he return to Earth and close the door forever?

BEWITCHED BY FATE Reviews:

Bewitched By Fate has been "Joyfully Reviewed" here.

Bewitched By Fate scores "Lifetime Keeper" status at Night Owl Romance.  Read the review here.

Read at e-harlequin March 2008 here.

Bewitched By Fate review also posted here at  CK2s Kwips and Kritiques.

Read a review for Bewitched By Fate here from The Long and The Short Of It.

 




Accidental Fate  Accidental Fate is available now...

                           at The Wild Rose Press.  

Mia Simon, a successful freelance writer, wasn't looking for love.  So when Austin Turner, owner of a limousine company, literally ran into her in the middle of rush hour traffic in Pittsburgh, she didn't recognize what hit her..until it was too late.


BETWEEN THE LINES review:

"ACCIDENTAL FATE is perfect break material, a sweet escape on a tough business day. So get a copy and have a break!"

Read the rest of the review here.


ONCE UPON A ROMANCE wrote this.


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Proverbs 2:1-5

"My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God."



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