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Love Hurts: A Valentine's Day freebie story!

Happy Valentine's Day! Instead of chocolates or flowers, I figured I'd give you something you could actually use--- sweet teenage angst. (With a playlist, because everyone knows Valentine's Day should involve music!) *g* 

A little background: Zeke and Hatcher are the main characters in the YA book I'm working on, Incoming Credits. This short picks up about six months after that book ends. The short and the book are both written in first person from Zeke's perspective.
Enjoy!


Love Hurts

I sco...

Lost: Motivation. If found, please return!

photosteve101/Creative CommonsLast year went out with a bang for me, but 2015 has started with a fizzle. I'll admit that scheduling three new releases in December was probably a bad idea--I was majorly burnt out by the end, and my WIPs have been stagnating because of some pretty ferocious writer's block.

We've also been struggling to get my son's med dosages right, and he's floundering a bit. Screaming tantrums and wild mood swings don't make it easy to write--and I'm including mine in there a...

It's release day for Playing House, book 3 in the Dropping Anchor series!

It's a little hard for me to process that the last book in the Dropping Anchor series releases today. The start of the series, Island House, was my first manuscript, and I started it in 2010. You'll note that it isn't my first published work, an honor that goes to the short story Traditions from the Heart, which was part of the 2012 Dreamspinner Press Advent Calendar. I'd gotten most of the way through Island House and then gotten discouraged, put it aside, and moved on to other pro...

Release day for Late Bloomer (and psst, it's on sale!)

It seems like I've hardly had time to blink since my last release, but here we are again! My first holiday novella of the season The Magic of Weihnachten, released on Dec. 1, and today my second holiday tale, Late Bloomer, hits the virtual shelves. 
This one isn't exactly a Christmas tale. We meet the main characters on Thanksgiving Day, which is pretty much universally accepted as the start of the Christmas season here in the United States. The book is set in Michigan, and most of the fa...

December releases and a HUGE Cyber Monday sale on my titles at ARe!

I have THREE new releases this month, which is kind of amazing. And even more amazing is the fact that  All Romance ebooks has my entire catalog for half off today for Cyber Monday! That include's today's release, The Magic of Weihnachten, as well as preorders for my other Christmas novella, Late Bloomer, and the third book in the Dropping Anchor series, Playing House. That is a seriously amazing deal...jump on that while you  can! *g*


The Magic of  Weihnachten American Walsh Bra...

GRL hangover

I'm physically back from this year's GRL, but mentally I think I'm still stuck somewhere between dancing with gorgeous (and  mostly naked) eye candy at the eXstasy Books  and  Wilde City Press Juke Joint and the cozy fireplace nook where everyone gathered to warm up and chat. *g*

I'll have a recap of my very first (but certainly not my last!) GRL later, after I've  begged photos off other  people  since I came home and realized  that I didn't take a single on...

All in a Day's Work is available for pre-order!

I've never organized an anthology before, but I will definitely do it again--it's been amazing  working with the authors involved in All in a Day's Work. In fact, it's been so fun that it hardly felt like work at all, which is why I was absolutely floored when the book appeared on Dreamspinner's Coming Soon page.

The editing process is always as painless as possible over at Dreamspinner Press, but this one seemed especially quick and easy. Must be because I did it in fabulous company, rig...

Cover reveal: All in a Day's Work

Sometimes I think  I should be banned from the internet because it makes me so much less productive. And other times it helps connect me with other writers and things like the All in a Day's Work anthology are born!

Eight short stories about  finding love—or a hot hook-up—at work. All but one are contemporary, with the outlier being a 1930s historical that will give you a new perspective on dance halls. From newlyweds who can't keep their hands off each other in the office to Revolu...

Book three is finished! Party's on!

It's done! The final installment in the Dropping Anchor series has been sent in to my publisher. *big sigh of relief*

Credit: PlentyofColourI've really enjoyed getting to know Niall and Ethan, Luke and Ian, and now, in the latest book, Frank and Warner. And as much fun as I've had with them, I'm definitely ready to move on and discover a new universe of characters.

This is also the first time since October 2013 that I don't have deadlines I'm working toward. It's both freeing and terrifying! Th...

It's release week for Finding Home, and I'm celebrating by giving away a $20 Dreamspinner Press gift certificate!

Wow, is it just me or is this year just flying by?! It seems like I just finished writing Finding Home a few days ago, but it's actually been almost seven months. (And even more mind-blowing for me: I'm a few days away from finishing the third book in the series!)

Today is release day for Finding Home, and I'm so excited to share Ian's journey from the roguish playboy we met in Island House to the man he is at the end of Finding Home. Don't get me wrong--Ian didn't completely transform his per...