NOVEMBER 2022
Red, White & Dress Blues
When the strapping young Marine returns to Cedar Hollow, showing up one day at the coffee shop she now owns and runs, Lacy has to decide whether or not to let him back into her life. And when, and how, to tell him the truth about all that transpired while he was gone. Can it all be water under the bridge? Or has too much happened for them to have a chance?
This third Cedar Hollow novella will be available June 2023 on Kindle and KU. A deluxe paperback edition, combined with the fourth Cedar Hollow novella, Bandaids to Broomsticks, is due out this fall. Red, White & Dress Blues is also currently available on Kindle Vella.
COMING: APRIL 2023
Unconventional
When reserved Macy Windsor’s college sweetheart divorces her just before she turns 31, she feels like she should be having a baby right now instead of suddenly becoming single. While she’s mourning her lost marriage with her much bolder bestie, Lorna, at their girls’ night in, her friend is instead celebrating Macy’s freedom. And when Macy mentions her thwarted hopes of becoming a mother soon, Lorna is the first to assure her she doesn’t need a husband to have a baby.
Macy is shocked to learn that Lorna is part-owner of a secret breeding club that helps women that have partner issues rather than infertility issues try to get pregnant. When Macy eventually decides to become a Club Isis client, she’s matched with Rory, a club stud who is getting ready to retire after paying his way through college and grad school.
But when both parties start feeling more between them than just a business relationship, things get more complicated. Add to that the fact that Rory is really Roarke Lancaster, the estranged son of Bruce Lancaster, publishing house magnate—who happens to be Macy’s boss. When his secret identity comes to light, things get messy. Macy—and Roarke—have to figure out how they really feel.
This first Club Isis story is coming April 2023. Preorders coming to Amazon in late March. Unconventional is also currently available on Kindle Vella.
FEBRUARY 2023
Hearts on Fire
When firefighter Brett Travers is called out on Valentine’s Day, he’s shocked to find a fiery redhead fighting the blaze on her own. Voluptuous Donna Barlow is quite the firecracker, and from their first meeting the evening of her Tarts Burning Hearts party, he is smitten. When he shows up at her diner offering to help fix the damage to her house, she reluctantly agrees, but soon the two are sharing more than just tools, despite her attempt to keep him at arm’s length. Donna is skeptical that a hot, younger guy like Brett is really interested in a committed relationship, having been burned in the past.
Will Brett convince her? Will Donna give in to his persistent attentions? Read this steamy, small town, reverse age gap romance novella, another Cedar Hollow story, and find out!
The second Cedar Hollow novella came out on Valentine’s Day, my one-year publishing anniversary. It’s available on Kindle and KU, as well as in a deluxe paperback edition with the first Cedar Hollow novella, see below. Hearts on Fire is also currently available on Kindle Vella.
FEBRUARY 2023
Holiday Hearts
This deluxe double print edition of the first two Cedar Hollow novellas, Home for the Holidays and Hearts on Fire includes bonus scenes for each novella.
JANUARY 2023
Back in the Saddle
Selah Walker shows up at her estranged father’s Montana ranch in the middle of the night with her two children, having fled the news that her husband was cheating on her and wanted a divorce. She’s shocked to find rancher Declan Dawes there instead, and over the coming weeks she comes to terms with the changes in her life while taking care of the ranch with the reserved Dawes. Slowly the two find themselves sharing more than the chores, and Selah has to decide if this is a permanent change in their lives or just a temporary stop.
This standalone, slow burn, reverse age gap romance dropped in late January 2023, and is available on Kindle, KU, and in paperback.
NOVEMBER 2022
Home for the Holidays
Ryan is 30, newly single, and has just lost her job, due to the ridiculous politics surrounding the breakup of her relationship. It’s a perfect time to regroup in her hometown, helping her parents with the seasonal rush between Thanksgiving and New Years in their eclectic, small-town store. But the last thing she expects when she gets there is Asher Cohen, the younger brother of her high school boyfriend, who doesn’t seem the least bit deterred by either the years between them or her bodacious curves. The young hunk helps Ryan put her skills to good use revitalizing not only her parents’ shop, but helping many of the local businesses.
Will Asher and Cedar Hollow win Ryan’s heart in this countdown to Christmas? Or will she return to the big city and big business when the new year begins?
The first Cedar Hollow novella was released November 2022 on Kindle and KU. A deluxe paperback edition, combined with the second Cedar Hollow novella, Hearts on Fire, was released in February 2023. You can see it above.
OCTOBER 2022
Forever Home
Willa and Billy are committed to their unconventional relationship—her living near Seattle with her husband, kids, and job; him a young actor living and working in Vancouver, far from his home in Australia. But how long can stolen moments keep them going? And what happens when Billy continues to impulsively show up unannounced at inappropriate times in Willa’s life?
Being a decade older than her lover, Willa finds herself torn between excitement at his impulsive appearances and exhilarated that he can’t stay away from her. But she has her own behaviors to deal with, as she revives bold character traits that had lain dormant in her lackluster marriage and her role as a working mother. She’s found herself again, staving off the depression she’d been mired in along the way, but can these two work through all their issues and stay together?
This final chapter of their story will see things through to the end, one way or another. It won’t be without heartache, lots of passion, and plenty of issues to be resolved.
Forever Home is a steamy, reverse age gap romance that tells the final part of Willa and Billy’s story. Part of the Home Is Not a Place trilogy, these novels explore the fact that life isn’t always neat, and people are often damaged, but love persists.
AUGUST 2022
Finding the Way Home
Willa and Billy found each other over a long weekend in Vancouver. But what happens when the 42-year-old married mother of two heads back to her family and real life in Seattle, leaving 31-year-old Australian actor Billy behind? Will their long-distance illicit romance weather the stresses ahead of them after only a few short-but-impactful days together?
In Finding the Way Home, Willa and Billy navigate the frustrations and pain of the affair they’ve started, stealing phone calls and visits when they can, texting regularly, and clinging to the feeling of rightness they found in one another.
But will they be able to keep their relationship hidden from Willa’s detached husband? Will Billy’s media visibility cause problems? Can Willa get past her previous doubts and anxieties about their age gap? Will Billy’s impulsivity be a boon or a hindrance to their romance? And most importantly, can their intense feelings stay the course with their distance and separate lives?
Finding the Way Home is a steamy, reverse age gap romance that tells the second part of Willa and Billy’s story. Watch for the conclusion of their story in Forever Home. Part of the Home Is Not a Place trilogy, these novels explore the fact that life isn’t always neat, and people are often damaged, but love persists.
JUNE 2022
Far From Home
Willa has been struggling. Battling depression as a married mother-of-two, she has re-engaged in her study of martial arts and is looking forward to a weekend away from her family for a karate workshop. The last thing she’s looking for is a handsome actor more than ten years her junior.
But the connection they find is undeniable. Over one long unexpected weekend in Vancouver, they forge a bond that they find they can’t let go of. Willa can’t imagine the age gap between them and the different lives they lead can be overcome. But Billy is intent on convincing her that the connection they feel doesn’t care about age and can’t be cast away.
Come along on the journey as they spend time together and fall into an unexpected love affair neither of them wants to live without.
Far From Home is a steamy, reverse age gap romance that tells the first part of Willa and Billy’s story. Part of the Home Is Not a Place trilogy, these novels explore the fact that life isn’t always neat, and people are often damaged, but love persists.
APRIL 2022
Holding On
Kat and Jakob have weathered a few storms to be together—altercations with her ex, the unexpected arrival of his ex, and keeping their burgeoning romance hidden from her daughters. Not to mention Jakob convincing Katherine that the years between them don’t mean that he isn’t ready for this level of commitment. Katherine is finally ready to start making their relationship public, and Jakob is elated.
But what challenges will they still face, and will they be able to overcome them to find their happily ever after? While her ex-husband Blake may be on much better behavior, Katherine wishes she could say the same about Jakob’s ex-girlfriend, Kaylin. And when Jakob fails to tell Katherine about an important opportunity for his music career, one that involves the problematic Kaylin, is all the trust they’ve worked to rebuild eroded away?
How will the two navigate the complicated waters ahead? And what will the kids think when they find out Katherine has been secretly dating Jakob? Will it all be too much for a newly divorced mother of two to deal with?
This is the second and final book in Kat and Jakob’s story, available on Kindle, KU, and in paperback.
FEBRUARY 2022
Taking Hold
Katherine isn’t looking for something new. Barely keeping things going as she manages the single parenthood thrust upon her when her deadbeat ex-husband left them for another woman, dating hasn’t even been on her radar. So when her daughter’s climbing teacher strikes up a friendship and makes it obvious he’s interested in more, Katherine is shocked. Is she ready for this? And can a younger man really be ready to take on a divorcee with two kids?
Jakob isn’t thwarted by the fact that Katherine is a little older than him, that she’s in the throes of a divorce, or that she has two kids. He can’t stop thinking about her, and he’s determined to be what she needs to feel comfortable starting a relationship with someone new, someone younger. Jakob helps Katherine open herself up, growing up a little bit himself at the same time. But can they make it through all the obstacles between them?
This is the first book in Kat and Jakob’s story, available on Kindle, KU, and in paperback.
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