Growing up, I was a huge fan of Mary Stewart, Elizabeth Peters (who also wrote as Barbara Michaels--I'm pretty sure I read all of her books under both pen names), and M.M. Kaye. These authors did an amazing job of blending romance with a touch of suspense.
How about you? Who were the authors who kept you company when you were young?
Back then, even though I'm from a large family, I lived alone with my dad and my dying mother. (I'm the youngest in a family of six kids, but I was born eight years after the closest sibling to my age.) I really needed those books. Later, I realized that books (and those books in particular) had become my drug of choice--a vehicle for escaping a horrific situation. My mom died when I was fifteen, but my love of reading will never die, along with my gratitude to those authors who provided a safe space in their imaginations.
Whenever I feel discouraged in my writing world, I think back to that young girl and how lost I would have been without a library. I'm so grateful that, thanks to today's modern technology, I can write and publish my stories.
And I'm grateful to all of you.
A big thank you to those of you who signed up to be an early reader. Your books are on their way. (If you'd like to be included, please let me know.) Another big thank you to all my early readers of Small Town Secrets! If your review is burning a hole in your pocket, you can post it now HERE.
Also, book two in my Small Town series is up for pre-order.
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Sydney Corbet, a therapist employed by the mega-publishing juggernaut, Shusterfield House, has been dispatched to the tiny town of Cascadia, Washington, to soothe the ruffled feathers of a reclusive literary genius.
When Dallas Haywood learns his irritable octogenarian neighbor is secretly penning swoon-worthy teeny-bopper romances, he’s happy to help the old man retain his anonymity.
As the world's gaze fixates on Cascadia in a feverish scavenger hunt frenzy, promising a face-to-face meeting with the author and a life-altering million-dollar treasure, Sydney and Dallas find themselves thrust into an uneasy alliance of necessity. But in a race against time where every clue poses a deadly risk, they discover the stakes are far higher than just unmasking an author's identity or securing a bounty—it's a battle for their very hearts and lives.
Small Town Shenanigans is book #2 in the Small Town series. Each book is a standalone, full-length, contemporary romantic adventure and follows the exploits and escapades of one of the six Haywood children in the small town of Cascadia, Washington.
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