UPDATES

In less than a month I will have my first audiobook and I CAN'T WAIT for you to hear it.

Lost Within Me is getting an upgrade and, can I be honest? I would love for all of Elena shores to be available on audio.  We shall see.

The audiobook was a gift from my son Drew for my birthday. He is a filmmaker in Austin and he talked to a couple of his friends in the movie industry, and they agreed to help him give me a HUGE birthday surprise.

Who are these amazing people who will be bringing Lost Within Me to life you might ask?

Olivia Applegate- 

Best known for her portrayal of 'BETH' in the Passionflix series The Black Dagger Brotherhood

Check out Olivia's Work

And Devin Bonnee-

who has been in shows like Lawman Bass Reeves and The Chosen.

This truly has been a labor of love and I can't believe it's almost here. 

Check out Devin's work

NEW RELEASES

6/3: Just Playing for Keeps by Lauren Blakely

6/3: Fourth and Falling by Susan Renee

6/4: The PTA President by Lacey James

6/5: Shattered by the Currents by Nyssa Kathryn

6/9: Off the Record by Sara Goodman Confino

6/9: June's First Murder by Maryann Jordan

6/11: The Spare by Elodie Hart

6/11: Zeus by Marie James

6/12: Taste by EM Lindsey

6/12: Tempting Miles by Liss Montoya

6/12: MINE by Lyndsey Gallagher

6/16: Run and Hide by Cristin Harber

6/16: You've Got Hate Mail by Pippa Grant

6/18: Lost Before You by M Leigh Morhaime

6/18: Never Trust a Thief by Charissa Gracyk

6/19: The Time We Have Left by Cara Dee

6/22: Once and Again by Megyn Ward

6/23: Ghost From the Past by Elizabella Baker

6/24: Double Down Kiss by Angela Taylor

6/26: Wilde Flame by Kelly Elliott

6/26: Drifter by L Wilder

6/26: The Best Friend Experiment by Serena Akeroyd

6/26: Road to the Edge by Piper Davenport

6/26: Untamed by Janice Whiteaker

6/28: Voices Carry by Alison Rhymes

6/30: Daddy's Trust by Laylah Roberts

6/30: Broken Fortune by Samantha Christy

SPOTLIGHT

LOST BEFORE YOU by M Leigh Morhaime

out June 18th

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I didn’t realize just how much of myself I’d lost until I met you. Ivy never expected to be starting over in her mid-thirties. Especially not fresh out of a bitter divorce that left her with nothing but a shabby one-bedroom apartment and a mountain of trauma she wasn’t ready to face. Still, she refused to let anything stand in her way of rebuilding her life. Until she meets her 20-something downstairs neighbor, who has her questioning how soon is too soon to believe in love again. Kota had given up on love a long time ago. He grew content with his single life as a drummer and back-up vocalist for Burned Bridges. Until his eyes met Ivy’s. With one look, he needed to know everything about her. The shadows in those deep blue pools had him wanting more. With Ivy as his muse, Kota might be ready to finally take a chance. Their connection—undeniable. Their chemistry—explosive. Yet, Ivy can’t stop holding back. She just can’t shake her past—or the feeling that it could all go wrong again. And she is not sure she can handle another heartbreak so soon. Will they find the courage to finally face their demons and see where their hearts can take them together?

WHAT AM I READING

Never The Same 

by Brittney Sahin

Out July 7th

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A brooding hero collides with the one woman who upends his control in this hate-to-love military romance by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Brittney Sahin.

Hollis Avery has always been untouchable. A woman who’s never needed saving—born into wealth, power, and a family history steeped in secrets.

Until she wakes up with no memory of who she is.

The only thing that feels familiar is Jason Reed, the Delta Force operator who insists they were never friends and nothing more than teammates. Guarded and closed off, Reed keeps his distance, even as Hollis can’t ignore the pull she feels toward him, or the way his gaze lingers like he’s already lost her once and refuses to survive it again.

While they work to uncover who took her memories and why, Hollis begins to change. Stripped of the armor that once defined her, she becomes open, trusting, and dangerously honest. And Reed finds himself falling for the woman behind the legend—the one he was never meant to touch but can’t stop wanting.

As pieces of Hollis’s past come to light, so do the truths Reed has kept buried—and the fear that what they’re building belongs only to the woman she is now.

Restoring her memories is the key to protecting the legacy she was born to defend. But with time running out and danger closing in, Hollis and Reed must choose what’s worth saving: her past…or the future neither of them was ever supposed to want.

 

UPDATE

I got to hang out with these people this past week. They are pretty neat even if the majority of the men didn't even look at the camera. I love my family and I don't get to hang out with them very often, so I will happily take what I can get. Like I said they are pretty neat and I love them. Not pictured is my momma who was getting a pedicure!😁 I love her too.

There is a first time for everything and one of mine happened at the Rockport Book Festival. I got to sit on a panel with other romance authors and talk about my books. Yes- I was nervous, but my favorite thing to talk about is writing, so I actually had a great time. Plus I met some other fabulous romance authors. The entire festival was AMAZING and I hope I get to go back next year. 

On top of being a great book festival, it was beachside so every evening I got to sit outside and stare into the deep blue and listen to the waves crash against the shore. There is nothing more peaceful. 

In the mornings I sat outside and watched these little guys grab some breakfast.  One thing you should know, I have a thing for hummingbirds. They make me smile.

MAY RELEASES

Have mercy. My TBR is already bulging at the seams and I'm afraid this list is going to make it explode.

5/1: Wicked Sanctuary by Jane Henry

5/1: Ashes by the Shore by Nyssa Kathryn

5/2: Puck Them by Jenn Bullard

5/5: Keeping Penny by Susan Stoker

5/5: Heaven Forbid by Markia Ray

5/5: Rules for the Summer by Meghan Quinn

5/7: The Roommate Rules by Brighton Walsh

5/8: Suck, EM Lindsey and Cora Rose

5/10: Broken Like Me by Jackie Walker

5/12: Hart's Landing by Melanie Harlow

5/12: Code Name Kodiak by Heather Slade

5/14: Dial A for Attorney by Megan Wade

5/15: Flint's Strike by Patricia D. Eddy

5/18: Hat Trick by EM Lindsey

5/19: Fever Dream by Elise Silver

5/19: Seal of Rome by Eden Maddox Writes

5/19: Risk the Play by Kaylee Ryan

5/26: The Stowaway by Cara Dee

5/26: Resort Crush by Samantha Chase

5/26: Bad Boy Era by Amy Daws

5/27: Beautiful Chaos by Kelly Fox

5/28: Home and Heist by Penny Reid

5/31: Heir of Courage by Kris Michaels

NEW AUTHOR

I am so excited to introduce you to Carlita Kosty author of Training Freddie. I met Carlita at the Rockport Book Festival and let me tell you, she is a firecracker. And she has opened the door to a genre that I am not sure is touched on very often; senior romance. How cool is that?

TRAINING FREDDIE by Carlita Kosty

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Freddie, an animal shelter terrier, introduces us to the widow and soon-to-be-retired middle school history teacher Merle McKinney. Merle and Freddie form an instant bond when she adopts him and settles him into her San Antonio condo. It soon becomes evident that Freddie sees himself as the rescuer instead of the rescued in their relationship, and he sets about helping Merle find a new man. On a weekend visit to the Gulf coast, Merle encounters Willie - a handsome, witty, and entertaining, albeit peculiar, older gentleman. Merle is smitten, but Freddie knows Willie isn't all he seems to be. Thus begins Merle's quest and Freddie's mission.
Meanwhile, Merle is going bonkers with all the school's changing rules, useless testing, and difficult kids with clueless parents. As a venerable veteran of the Texas public schools, she loves the kids but yearns for the good-old-days when students actually paid attention in class and most of them were polite. She has pretty much had enough and starts seriously considering retirement. Advice on this topic, as well as on her turbulent love life, comes from Merle's eclectic assortment of friends. Never without wisdom to impart, Freddie has a lot to say on the subject of men. However, Merle suspects that Freddie's interest may be more self-serving than helpful.
Although Merle and Freddie's story starts in San Antonio, it takes several interludes at Merle's coastal cottage in the fictional village of Copano Beach on the Texas Gulf Coast. This is where Merle retreated to grieve after her husband's death, and this is where she goes with Freddie to get her head straight when her relationships blow up in her face. Freddie sees these hard times as opportunities to go above and beyond expectations in cheering her up. Freddie loves the coast. It has street snax, frog jerky, and frito bugs. Plus, it smells funky. Freddie loves funky.
The cottage is also where she gets to be grandma with her passel of grandkids. Freddie enjoys the raucous atmosphere of family gatherings, especially if those events include boiled shrimp dinners - something good always falls on the floor – or crabbing trips to the salt flats. Merle enjoys cooking comfort food in the cottage's old kitchen with the tall ceilings and glass-front cabinets. Working in her kitchen always makes her remember her grandmother, her 'Buela, who raised a family on the Mexican border in the early 1900s.
In addition to Freddie's running narrative of Merle's amorous adventures, Merle herself explains her frustrations and exhilarations in the new, scary world of elder dating in her journal that she hopes never falls into the hands of her grandchildren. In the end, Merle learns some very valuable lessons and Freddie has her back all the way. Women who have been reading romances all their lives and are now getting older will find a heroine they can identify with in Merle. Dog lovers will enjoy Freddie's view of events and sage doggie advice.