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I try not to limit myself to any one genre or length. I write full length novels, novellas, and shorter stories. I mainly write contemporaries, and I especially love gay romance and menage romance. Follow the "More Information" links to read excerpts and order the books.

 

 

Forward Progress

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The sequel to Fumble Recovery...

It’s been eight months since Melanie Smith met Wildcat’s quarterback Derek Fox. They shared a night she’d never forget, but she thought that would be all between them.

Until Derek invites her to the season opener in California.

Does he just want another wild night with his biggest fan? Or has he invited Melanie because he has something more permanent in mind?

 

 

 

Mad World

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Mutilated corpses litter Pomona, California, and Detective Jason Squires is pressured to find a killer who leaves no evidence. His private life is a nightmare as well. Estranged from his wife after the death of their infant son, he finds himself in the grip of growing obsession with young prostitute Daisy Winters.

As Jason and the killer dance around each other, Jason is increasingly distracted and frustrated by Daisy, who never loses control in their mercurial, passionate, and violent relationship. When the killer closes in on Jason—first murdering his wife, then targeting Daisy—the detective discovers that his lover doesn't need his protection.

Daisy is willing to do whatever it takes to protect herself and her interests, and she will take down anyone who gets in her way...including Jason himself.

Mad World is the story of Jason and Daisy. Their lives are tied together forever by an agonizing love and intense passion, and neither will escape the situation unchanged.

 

 

Maybe I'm Amazed

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A man with a dark secret and a woman without a heritage fight to have it all even as the world tries to tear them apart...

Malachi Hawkins left his home to move west as soon as he was old enough. Running from a family secret that he can never escape, he takes a job on the ranch of an old family friend, Lee Rose.

The first night he’s there, he meets Christian Rose, Lee’s foster daughter, a young woman of mixed Comanche blood. They call her a savage and treat her like the family slave, but Mal doesn’t see a savage at all. He sees a woman of unbelievable strength—and a kindred spirit.

But his secret is bound to catch up with him, and when it does, it could destroy both of them forever...

 

 

Fumble Recovery

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Melanie Smith has followed football her entire life, and is a long-time fan of the California Wildcats. When they lose the world championship in the final seconds of the game, she is devastated.

But not as devastated as Derek Fox, the Wildcats' handsome and sexy quarterback.

A chance meeting brings Melanie and Derek together, and after the disappointing loss, they turn to each other for comfort in the long and steamy night ahead...

 

 


 


Rayne of Love

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Julia Rose must go under cover to investigate the Rayne of Love Traveling Ministry and Revival, but Nicodemus makes her forget it’s all an act.

Federal Agent Julia Rose has investigated bizarre murder cases before, but her most recent assignment takes her deep undercover into the last place she expected—the Rayne of Love Traveling Ministry and Revival Show featuring Nicodemus, a man who talks to the dead.

Nicodemus’s response to Julia is swift and overwhelming. He instantly forms a plan to seduce the mysterious young woman with his abilities as a cold reader and a confidence man. But even he couldn’t foresee how far it would go or how hard he’d fall for her.

Hiding her identity, Julia is forced to conceal her feelings as well. As she continues to hunt for the murderer, she realizes she is compromising her career, future, and heart the more time she spends with Nicodemus. But more than a murder investigation stands between them. Her past haunts her, her emotions frighten her, and the one man she longs to trust is the one man she never should.

 


I'll Come to You by Moonlight

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The story of The Highwayman is a classic story of love and betrayal. In “I'll Come To You By Moonlight,", this classic tale is expanded to include Bess's passionate relationship with the Highwayman, their fervent romance, and their plans for a future together in America.

Nothing can come between them or their devotion, not even the betrayal of her childhood friend, Tim the Ostler, who cruelly turns on the lovers due to his obsession with Bess. This shocking betrayal forces Bess to do everything in her power to save her lover, and pushes her to extremes she didn’t know were possible.

 

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California Stars

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California Stars is the story of a young man, William, and his first love, Lynne. William is a virgin, and unbelievably shy when it comes to the opposite sex.

Lynne comes into his life without warning and promptly changes everything. She's older, beautiful, fun, spontaneous, and above all, the best teacher a young man like William could ever ask for.

She shows him things and takes him places he never dreamed of before, and experiences he never dared to hope for. But they both have lives, responsibilities, and familial problems. Can their red-hot lust turn to a genuine love? And will that love be strong enough to face the obstacles of family, school, responsibility, and pain?

 

 

The Pumpkin House

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Peter Gourd is a passionate man. Unfortunately, for his wife, Emily, most of his passion is reserved for his work as a lawyer at his family's law firm.

Finally fed up with his neglectful ways, Emily sends him an email with a slightly mocking tone that begins Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater/Had a wife and couldn't keep her. Taking a cue from the nursery rhyme, he hatches a plan to lock her up in their beach cottage--affectionately known as the Pumpkin House.

But things do not go to plan for Peter, and he soon finds the tables have turned!

 

 


The Streets of Florence

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Anthony has spent his entire adult life chasing Christine, but she never allows herself to be caught. Once he finally stops searching for her, he runs into her on a business trip to Florence.

He knows it can only end as it always does, with her walking out and him heartbroken. Nevertheless, he follows her back to her hotel, where he learns a shocking secret that can turn their entire relationship upside down...

 

 

 

 

Naughty and Nice: Passenger Side

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Rebecca Cooper is stretching herself thin as Christmas approaches, working two jobs and very long hours. Her evening job is with a catering service, Star Parties, and in Los Angeles, the party season is in full swing.

Eager for a steady paycheck and a large bonus, she agrees to act as a chauffer for their most popular bartender, Jeff, after his license is suspended. She doesn't like Jeff and she doesn't want to spend any extra time with him, but she can't help but respond to every word, look, and kiss.

 

 

 


New Frontier

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Ida Stevens is a resourceful woman who naturally rises to any challenge the world throws at her. First, she is left by her husband, Liam, to face a brutal winter in the Salt Lake Valley; he promised her he would return, but she doesn’t waste time waiting for him. Then, just as autumn is slipping into winter, she discovers a wounded, unconscious man in the grove of trees near her cabin.

Kelly Cook is a wanted man.In Kelly, Ida found a kindred spirit and a strong heart. A man who would not only stand by her, but also support her, and protect her. He lit her body on fire as the endless blizzards roared outside her cabin door.

But the twin obstacles of her husband and his past stand between them and a shared future, and they must overcome them to find their way to each other again.