My 14 year old girl Lily passed. I've been a bit quiet on the socials, and wanted to share why.

She was and amazing dog, and such a good girl. She was there with my babies, she was there for my babies, like the nanny dog in the Peter Pan cartoon, she was definitely the children's dog. Conan is lost without her, and we are giving him all the best scratches and snuggles possible. 

I'm going to dedicate Dangerous Past to her, because the very opening scene was inspired by real events with my Lily girl. She was out hiking with us, and went to chase a rabbit. She tore a ligament and had a brand new knee afterwards! She had 5 more years with us after that surgery, and my old girl was a fantastic dog, and such a good girl. She is missed.

 Hello Lovelies!

At the end of December, my publisher New Concepts Publishing announced that they will be downsizing, and I was given the opportunity to get the rights back to Highland Destiny, Highland Games, and Highland Warriors.

This is amazing news! This means I can update the covers and I have so badly wanted to do that.

Some big decisions need to be made though. I don't think I want to edit it much. I originally thought I would do so, but the more I think about when other authors have re-edited their books, I realized it kind of annoys me to see the book changed. I may do some light editing, but I do think I'm leaving in the flip phone, especially as the books are time travels, and we see the changes in each story. I will be writing an author's note, though, to let readers know that it has been lightly edited and I'll let you all know if anything changed (beyond the one typo that has always bugged me!).

I have already engaged a cover designer and I'll be using my amazing editor Rebecca Cartee, so I think that's half the battle. 

Some more good news is that I can self publish these books and I'll be able to do another print run! Back when Amazon bought out Create Space, New Concepts Publishing stopped selling the books in print, and if you have one of the original out of print copies of Highland Destiny, you are one of the lucky ones!

The only downside to this is that now I'm in charge of everything. I'm in the middle of getting my masters, I work full time, I have children and a life, so time is precious to me right now and I don't have much of it. I would like to make this my summer project, so fingers crossed and all the prayers I can have the books up and ready this summer.

In the meantime, I'm leaving the books up on my website because I don't want to confuse readers who come here looking for them. I'll update the covers as I get them, and I'll always keep you all in the loop. That being said, I do have Dangerous Past coming out soon, along with a surprise bonus that will probably go out to my newsletter subscribers first. So don't forget to sign up, and I'll make sure you're the first to know!

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My Fatal Instincts series has a new installment. Dangerous Past is book two, coming after Dark Past and Dreams of the Past. This one is a full-length novel, and it's so good. You guys are going to love this one. 

Coming up after that is another short story/novella (12,000 words-ish) that is a happy surprise story. I can't wait to share this with you all! I have a title thanks to super amazing author K.T. Grant, and I'll share that once I get a cover ;)

Speaking of covers... we've got a cover for Dangerous Past!

She’s running from her past…

 I recently shared over in the Romance Gems Facebook group about my youngest's newfound love of reading and Harry Potter:

My 8 year old’s third grade teacher started reading her class Harry Potter right before school ended. I’m excited to say, she is hooked! She’s so hooked that we had to run to Target to buy the movies.
We spent the whole first week of summer break bingeing the series. She’s reading the second book now, and as I found, she bought herself a couple of things (thanks one click amazon LOL).
She one clicked herself a cursive practice book! I’m not even mad!
(Pardon my laundry which I covered for you all) but seriously how cute is she? So she’s watching the movies dressed as Hermione, has a wand, her cursive practice books, and the books themselves!
Her love of reading bedtime stories has always been there, but this year we’ve seen her love of reading alone emerge. It used to be mom or dad reading to her. Now she’s her own little person reading her own choices. Luckily our library is fantastic and we can keep up with her addiction.
But it got me to thinking. This might be the memory she looks back on and says, “this is where my love of reading began.”

Picture it, Sicily...just kidding, it was Eagle Lake. My parents used to take us camping all the time when I was little, and when I was 13, I fished a little, but I don't really love camping, so I was wandering around the campgrounds when I discovered a small library at the campsite. It was full of Harlequin categories. My little heart was in love. I had been a reader since I was about 4 years old. When I was 10, a library was built within walking distance of my house and I lived there, so I had always read. But I had read what was available, and what was familiar. And in my house, that was my dad's Science Fiction and Fantasy collection.

Reading Romance that three day weekend meant I read 3-4 books per day and did zero fishing or hiking. I was fully okay with that. I took home one of the books (sorry, Eagle Lake!) and I used the Harlequin post card to sign up for their monthly book subscription service. I don't think I ever really missed the Sci Fi/Fantasy books my dad had. Romance is where my heart lies.

The first actual book I remember reading after that camping trip was one I found in my mom's nightstand. A Laurel O'Donnell book called The Angel and The Prince. This book was everything. And the heroine was a warrior! She wasn't just the damsel in distress! My little teenage heart was in love. 

So, tell me now, do you remember your first Romance book? Do you remember when your love of reading really set in? Or was it always just there, a part of you? Tell me in the comments!

The other day a friend asked if there was anything a book had ever influenced you to do? As in, let’s say you were taking a trip to London. Have all of those Regencies made you want to see Vauxhall? Or Covent Garden? How about those Scottish Romances? Did you buy your man (or self!) a kilt? Well, my answer is a lot less normal and incredibly embarrassing. 

In my teens, I was all about the Harlequin categories. I devoured them. I was in the subscription service and I was obsessed with the Australian Outback romances. There was one in particular....I wish I could find the book for you, I really do. But here goes. I was so in love with one book that I bought the outfit the heroine was wearing. 

In my mind I was this adventurous heroine who would one day meet her rugged Australian hero and Chris Hemsworth, uh I mean, the random man who had no resemblance whatsoever to any actors, would sweep me off my feet. 

In reality? I probably looked like a camp counselor or a zookeeper. A lot less sexy heroine, and a lot more Crocodile Hunter. 

So how about you? Has a book ever influenced you to do something?

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