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I live in the teeny, tiny town of Taylor, NY, (Alliteration Alert!) though my mailing address is Cincinnatus, my telephone exchange is Truxton and I pay taxes and vote in Cuyler. All of these are at least in the same rural county in the southern hills of New York State; Cortland County. There are more cattle than people here. The nearest “big” cities are Syracuse and Binghamton and they are an hour away, in different directions, and not really all that big by most standards, though they both seem humongous to me. I look out my window to see rolling, green, thickly forested hills, wildflower laden meadows and wide open blue, blue skies. My road is barely paved. The nearest neighboring place is a 700 acre dairy farm.

My house is a big, century I live in the teeny, tiny town of Taylor, NY, (Alliteration Alert!) though my mailing address is Cincinnatus, my telephone exchange is Truxton and I pay taxes and vote in Cuyler. All of these are at least in the same rural county in the southern hills of New York State; Cortland County. There are more cattle than people here. The nearest “big” cities are Syracuse and Binghamton and they are an hour away, in different directions, and not really all that big by most standards, though they both seem humongous to me. I look out my window to see rolling, green, thickly forested hills, wildflower laden meadows and wide open blue, blue skies. My road is barely paved. The nearest neighboring place is a 700 acre dairy farm.

My house is a big, century old farmhouse. I moved in here after my divorce in 2006. Just a little over a year later, the house, which I had named, SERENITY, burned. It was 99% gutted, and I lost my two dogs, Sally, an 11-year-old great Dane, and Wrinkles, my 14-year-old, blind bulldog. This was the culmination of my Dark Night of the soul, which had seemed to hit me all at once in 2006-2007. My mother died that year, after a 14 month battle with pancreatic cancer. She was only 60. The youngest of my five daughters had left home that same year, and while that’s not a tragedy at all, it felt like one to me. Then came the divorce. And finally there was the fire--it seemed my darkest night wasn’t quite finished with me after all. I had lost almost everything before that point, and as I poked through the wet ashes and soot the next day, I realized that I had now been stripped all the way to the bone.

No better time to start over. (And no, I didn’t come to that realization that day--there were a few days of wallowing in pity first, particularly the day after the fire, when I hit a deer and smashed up my car, which I was practically living in!)

That’s when I started to laugh. Just sat on the side of the road as the deer bounded, uninjured and carefree, out of sight, and laughed. It was just too ridiculous at that point, to do anything else!

And from there, I picked myself up, and brushed myself off, and said, okay, there’s only one way to go from here. Forward. And that’s what I did. There I was at the age of harrurmphemmph, living in my one, mostly undamaged remaining room, with a dorm-sized mini-fridge, a futon, a TV, my cat (nine lives!) and a laptop. And not much else. (Though thank goodness the room that survived the fire, was a room that had its own attached bathroom!)

Since then I have rebuilt my beloved home, which really has become my haven, my “Serenity.” I share it now with my fiancé, Lance, and we have accumulated quite the little family together. “Little” being a relative term. We have a pair of English Mastiffs, Dozer and Daisy, who weigh 203 pounds and 208 pounds respectively, and a little pudgy English Bulldog named Niblet, who is bigger than both of them, inside her mind. We also have the aforementioned cat, Glorificus (“Glory” for short,) who adores her canine pups and keeps them firmly in line. And we've acquired a pair of stray cats as well, a mother and son, Luna (Lulu for short) and Butters aka Buddy. Lulu showed up pregnant during a lunar eclipse, had a litter, and vanished again. We found homes for all the kittens except one. Butters. We got him fixed and kept him. A few months later, Lulu returned, again expecting. This litter was born on the "Monster Moon." Again, all the kittens were spayed and neutered and placed in homes, and this time we got Lulu to the vet in time to spay her before the cycle could repeat.

Glory is not amused.

She has a story of her own, my old Glory cat, having been with me before the Dark Times descended, she went through it all with me, moved with me, survived the fire, and remains with me still. She's tolerating the newcomers. Barely.

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Jan 02, 2018 10:44PM

Thanks, I did,,,just me and my Mom. Happy New Year.

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message 20: by Maggie

Dec 22, 2017 07:04PM

Janice wrote: "Merry Christmas."

Merry Christmas to you too, Janice!

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Dec 22, 2017 06:33PM

Merry Christmas.

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message 18: by Maggie

Jun 20, 2017 11:42PM

Janice wrote: "Have a beautiful 1st day of Summer, tomorrow."You too! Happy Solstice!

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Jun 20, 2017 11:40PM

Have a beautiful 1st day of Summer, tomorrow.

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message 16: by Janice

May 09, 2017 11:16PM

Thanks. I'll check out Barnes & Noble, as soon as I can. Have a great day.

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message 15: by Maggie

May 08, 2017 08:52PM

Hi, Janice. My books are going to be much easier to find online Amazon & Barnes and Noble. Good luck.

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message 14: by Janice

May 08, 2017 06:50PM

I'm checking for you paranormal romances in the used bookstores, as soon as I can. Haven't had much luck in the other bookstores I can get to. Have a great day.

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Apr 05, 2017 05:37PM

Thank you. Have a great day.

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message 12: by Maggie

Apr 04, 2017 10:03PM

Thanks very much Janice! So great to hear from you here.

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message 11: by Janice

Apr 04, 2017 09:47PM

Thank you for friending me. I've been skimming your books that I've checked out at my local library--where I've worked over 30 years-- and definitely plan to read them. Have a great day.

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Mar 16, 2015 11:35AM

Allie wrote: "Hi Maggie! I stumbled on Sleep With the Lights on at my local library and sped through the series in 4 days. I've already told a couple of my girlfriends about it and they're starting to read the b..."

Hello Allie! Thank you SO much. I love these books too and I think they're probably my best ever. I have a wide range. A mountain of vampires, witches and other paranormals, a pile of westerns, and several other suspense series, but nothing quite like Brown & de Luca. We're planning another this fall, Little Girl Blue. Thanks again for leaving such a great comment!

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message 9: by Allie

Mar 16, 2015 02:43AM

Hi Maggie! I stumbled on Sleep With the Lights on at my local library and sped through the series in 4 days. I've already told a couple of my girlfriends about it and they're starting to read the books too :) I loved it so much I bought them as well so I can read them over and over haha. I've never been so hooked to a group of characters (and a bulldog too!). I can't wait to see whats in store next for Rachel and Mason, and I plan on getting started on your other books ASAP!

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message 8: by Maggie

Jan 10, 2015 02:19PM

Hi, Charlotte! Thanks so much for saying so. I love those books as well, and I'm so glad they're finding a new audience. You know I wrote the Texas series in the 90s, and the OKs in the early 2000s. But it's as if they've been given new life, and now I'm planning to write more books in these series, or another spinoff series. Enjoy!

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message 7: by Charlotte

Jan 10, 2015 02:33AM

Hi there, just wanted to let you know that I am in love with the Texas Brand series! As soon as i sit down with one of the books I'm completely whisked away to Texas and have loved each of the stories.

I'm now on to the Oklahoma Brands and I'm getting to love that part of the family too. Currently on the second book and i seem to be reading a book a day at the moment as I can't put them down lol. X :)

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Apr 26, 2014 12:12PM

Mandy wrote: "Hi! Thanks for being my friend on Goodreads!

Mandy :)"

Hi, Mandy! I'm still not as active here as I'd like to be, but I'm working on it. Thanks so much for friending me. :)

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Apr 26, 2014 12:11PM

Amber wrote: "Thanks for accepting my request! I just want to say you are one of my favorite authors and Edge of Twilight is one of my favorites books!"

Amber, thanks for the comment. I'm back into Wings in the Night now after a two year hiatus. There will be a new book in October. A new website in May. Rhiannon will be blogging there. she's already taken over the Wings in the Night fb page. www.facebook.com/WingsintheNightnovels :)

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Apr 26, 2014 03:37AM

Hi! Thanks for being my friend on Goodreads!

Mandy :)

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message 3: by Maggie

Jun 27, 2012 10:21PM

A wrote: "Thanks for accepting my request! I just want to say you are one of my favorite authors and Edge of Twilight is one of my favorites books!"

I'm just starting to figure out how GR works, so bear with me! LOL. Thanks for friending me. :)

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A wrote: "Thanks for accepting my request! I just want to say you are one of my favorite authors and Edge of Twilight is one of my favorites books!"

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Thanks for accepting my request! I just want to say you are one of my favorite authors and Edge of Twilight is one of my favorites books!

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