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The Accidental Series

I’ve talked about it before that FRESH START was written as a stand-alone, and technically, THE BEST LINES would have been as well, but I wanted Eva to be friends with Hannah and Alyssa, so I brought FRESH START into the fold. Then, we met Charlie & Hailey, and I decided to get them a book so that they could have their happy ending. By doing that, we met Summer, Lena, and Emma, and I liked all of them, too. The pattern just kept going on and on.

So, what happened? Well, my wife pointed out rece...

A day in the life... Part 2.

When I wrote my blog giving you a glimpse into a day of my life as an indie writer with a full-time job, my wife suggested we do one about a day in her life as the one doing all the rest of the work – or, as I like to call it, the hard work.

While this isn’t exactly a day in the life because days vary based on where we are in what we call a “new release cycle,” it’s a pretty good glimpse into the various tasks she has to perform to publish a book and market it. In fact, when I asked her what to...

Autism Awareness Day

Some of you may remember this blog from my old site. I’m bringing it back for Autism Awareness Day. If you haven’t read it yet, though, it talks a little about my spectrum experience.

How did you discover you were on the autistic spectrum?

I always felt like something was different about me from a very early age, but I grew up when people were less aware of things like autism, and when they were aware, it was generally medication first. I don’t think my parents knew enough about it, but that was...

Coming Soon: Appointing

You can now pre-order Book 2 in the Royalty Series, which is called APPOINTING and follows a Norwegian Princess on her way to the throne of the country and her falling for her Private Secretary.

Appointing Royalty Series Book 2 Genre: Contemporary Romance Release Date: May 4th, 2023 Formats: Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover Length: 86,450 words

Couples Championship Results!

This was the most difficult giveaway I’ve ever done. It pitted favorite against favorite, one of my book babies against another book baby, and I hated it. I also loved it. I’m not sure what that says about me. After randomly choosing couples to face off, which I thought was stressful, watching vote after vote pour in over multiple rounds and seeing couples left behind while others moved on, was even more stressful.

Before the actual reveal, let’s get to a few bracket superlatives, shall we?

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Championship Round!

It’s the Championship Round!!

We’re down to Dani & Peyton vs Kenzie & Lennox.

One couple will win it all!

Voting closes on 3/30, and the results will be announced and posted on my blog on 3/31.

New Release: Ascending

Most of you know already that I like to challenge myself as a writer whenever I can. Never one for one specific romance formula, I try to take the ideas I get and transform them into something more or different than what I’ve read or written before. This year, I’ve already published FUTURE WIFE, which is slight science fiction, but mainly romance with a twist I haven’t read before. Now, I’m publishing a Royalty Series, which is something I’ve read but never written before, and I’m doing so with ...

Final Four!

Final Four voting is now OPEN!

Time do decide who's going to the Championship Round!

And with the stakes so high now, make sure to cast your vote by 3/26.

Championship Round will be announced on 3/27, and the voting will be open until end of day 3/30. The Champion couple and the giveaway winners will be announced on March 31st.

Cover Journey

I’ve definitely gotten a lot of, let’s call them, not-so-great comments about my book covers over the years, so I decided to tell you all about my journey with covers to give a little glimpse into what it’s like trying to write a book and find the perfect cover for it.

We’ll go back in time - not like Carter & Ryder from Future Wife, but back to when my wife first convinced me to publish. She’d just moved to the US, and the income from my day job was taking care of both of us. We’d moved from o...

Vote in Round of Elite 8

It’s a new week! And we're down to the Elite 8!

Since I chose to not know the vote totals for the previous round of voting while it was happening, my wife put everything together, and I did a live reveal video with my reactions for the couples moving on to the Elite 8, which you can find in my Facebook Reader Group.

Vote for your favorite couples to move on in the #NPCouplesChallenge!

Voting for this round closes on 3/22, and the Final 4 will be announced on 3/23.

It’s a fun way to vote fo...