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Prescription for Love Released

I just got word that my spicy novella, Prescription for Love has been released at Phaze Books.

Check out this cover:

Kate Grady has a lot on her plate.  She's living by her father's rules in order to patch their strained relationship.  She's running the family pharmacy single-handedly while said father heals his broken hip.  His physical therapy doesn't include breathing over her shoulder but he manages to do it anyway.

Then in walks John O'Brien, the boy next door.  The very sexy, seven years younger boy next door.   The last time she'd seen him, he'd been a gangly, gawky boy with thick glasses.  Oh how he's grown. 

 Can Kate look past their age difference to appreciate the man John has become?   

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This is where I'm spending my Halloween

I'm looking forward to spending Halloween with a group of fellow writers.   If you're in the area, stop in and say hi. 

 

WRITER'S COFFEEHOUSE: On Halloween, from noon-3 p.m., join the Liars and a slew of published and aspiring writers from far and wide at The Liars Club's free monthly Writer's Coffeehouse.  The coffeehouse always meets on the last Sunday of the month in the back events room at the Barnes & Noble, 102 Park Ave, Willow Grove, PA.

No writing experience required, no reservations either. Just an interest in writing.  This free-wheeling discussion covers the writing business and writing life, and is a great place to meet creative people in the community. So stop in.

Aloha!

I'm visiting Hawaii today at the SOS Blog.

 

This blog was started by military wife Kim Adams as a way to support romance reading and military issues.   The SOS is Support Our Soldiers America, a military charity established by Kathryn Falk, founder and CEO of Romantic Times' Book Reviews Magazine.

Stop by and say hi and learn more than you ever wanted to know about yours truly. 

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Prescription for Love

Final edits for my novella, Prescription for Love, have just been completed and  sent to the senior editor.  Tentatively, this novella will be published in November through Phaze Books.  I'll keep you updated and post the cover when I get it. 

For now, here's a little sample:

      Kate sank onto a wobbly stool, slid her strappy sandal off and rubbed her instep, groaning out loud.   Thank heaven it was nearly closing time.   Her sound of pleasure still hung in the air when the bell over the door signaled a customer's arrival. 

       Slipping the sandal back on, Kate stood and rounded the corner.  She nearly tripped at the sight of the man walking toward the counter.  Finger-combing blond hair off his face, he looked around the pharmacy.  His profile had been hot, but full on his face took her breath away.  With perfectly chiseled features, high cheekbones, and a hint of a dimple in his chin, the man could be a movie star. 

       When she realized she was staring, Kate blushed to the roots of her hair.  "Can I help you?" she asked, adding an extra bit of professionalism to her tone, hoping to make up for the fact that she'd shamelessly ogled the man.

       His smile revealed perfectly straight, white teeth and twin dimples. 

       She'd always been a sucker for dimples. 

       "Katie?  You cut your hair."  Twinkling blue eyes met hers.

       He seemed to know her, but Kate would swear she'd never met him before.  He wasn't the kind of person a girl would forget.

       "Excuse me?" 

       "Your hair," he said, unnecessarily pointing to her head.  "Last time I saw you, it hung to the middle of your back."

       Kate studied him, trying to figure out where she may have seen him before and still drew a blank.  And since she'd just cut her hair six months ago, his comment didn't offer her much of a time frame.

       "Do I know you?" she finally asked.

       He chuckled, a deep rumble that went right through her, touching every erogenous zone in her body.

       "We grew up next door to each other," he said.  "I was a couple years behind you, but…" 

       Kate gasped.  She actually gasped out loud. 

       "Johnny O'Brien?"

       The last time she saw him, he'd been so skinny a light breeze could have blown him over. 

       "I grew a little bit."

       Kate cringed when she realized she'd spoken that thought out loud.

       "I can see that."

       Had that sultry tone come from her mouth?  The surprise that flashed across his face told her it had.  Interest flashed in his eyes, scaring the hell out of her.  His gaze shifted from her eyes to her mouth and back again.  Definitely interest. 

       Kate had to nip this in the bud.   The last thing she needed was to turn into a modern-day Mrs. Robinson. 

       "My dad said you're going to be our new delivery boy.  When can you start?"

       His lips curved into a smile.  "When do you want me to start?"

       Deciding to ignore his double entendre, Kate picked up a clipboard and flipped through its pages searching for the weekly employee schedule.

       "Kevin is in at ten tomorrow."  She clutched the clipboard hoping to hide her shaking hands. "Why don't you come in then and he can show you the ropes?"

       "Sounds good."

       "Great.  I'll see you tomorrow."

       He looked like he was about to say something, but stopped.  With a wave, he turned and walked out the door, his cologne lingering on the breeze created by the closing door.

       Kate dropped onto the stool. 

      Johnny O'Brien 

     She remembered the day his parents brought him home from the hospital.  Remembered the gawky little boy with huge horn-rimmed glasses riding his bicycle past her house.  And God help her, she remembered the perfect shape of his ass as he walked out the door.