My recent release, Ladd Springs is set for release April 10th!  Set in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, these books will touch your heart, get it pounding, keep you in the action and turning the pages!  While they contain elements of romantic suspense and cozy mysteries, these stories are unique in their cast of characters and drama-oriented action. 

I call them romantic fiction and hope you will enjoy.

A deathbed promise and a mysterious find in the Tennessee forest bring Delaney Wilkins and Nick Harris together in a dramatic fight for the rights to Ladd Springs.

Delaney Wilkins finds herself at odds with hotel developer Nick Harris over a deathbed promise and a mysterious find in the forest.  Both are after title to Ladd Springs, a mecca of natural springs, streams and trails in the eastern Tennessee mountains, a tract of land worth millions.  But Ernie Ladd, current owner of the property and uncle to Delaney, is adamantly opposed to them both.

Felicity Wilkins, Delaney’s daughter, deserves to inherit her family’s legacy, but neighbor Clem Sweeney is working against her, ingratiating himself with Ernie Ladd.  Clem is also harboring a secret that will make him a very wealthy man—unless the others stop him before he can bring it to fruition.

Complicating matters is Annie Owens.  Ex-girlfriend to Jeremiah Ladd, Ernie’s estranged son living in Atlanta, she declares her daughter Casey is Jeremiah’s, making Casey every bit as entitled to the property as Felicity—only Annie hasn’t proven this claim.  Yet.

All are fighting to get the property, but only one will walk away with the gold.  Which will it be?  Find out in the first installment of Ladd Springs…

LUST ON THE ROCKS  

This is Samantha Rawlings story and I warn you:  expect a bit more spice than JENNIFER’S GARDEN.  Have you met Samantha Rawlings? The woman tends to have a one track mind–until Victor Marin, that is.  She has what he needs, and he won’t stop until he gets it.  Trouble is, what begins as a matter of death, becomes a matter of life.

One case away from partnership, Samantha Rawlings is forced to share her high-profile case with a sexy younger man, whose eyes are on a different prize.  In the best interests of her client, Sam opens the door to his strategy.  Turns out, a little too far…

Victor Marin has ulterior motives.  The defendant in her case holds the key to his revenge, and his last chance for justice.  But as he chases old demons, he uncovers a powerful woman with no inhibitions, one he wants to possess for himself.  But decidedly single, Sam wants no part. Until Vic walks away.

LUST ON THE ROCKS embodies the conflict between a woman’s lust for sexual freedom and her desire for love and commitment.  Sam is a tough-minded lawyer in Miami, Fl who has no interest in marriage or children and lives her life as she sees fit.  She conducts her life by the social rules that govern men.  But can her personal lifestyle choices—specifically her sexual ones—mirror those of a man?  Are there different rules regarding what’s acceptable for a man versus an independent career woman? Does it matter how many partners she has, how she approaches them?
 
The main plot works off a legal case that Sam is prosecuting with the assistance of a new hire, Victor Marin.  His interest in her case goes beyond the legal front he assumes with her and instead, is quite personal; it involves revenge for a personl loss fifteen years prior.

As they work together, the two engage in a physical relationship, but what starts out as purely pleasure–lust–turns into deeper emotions for both of them.  Complicating matters is the subplot involving Sam’s younger sister Jessica.  Her turmoil quickly pulls Sam and Vic into conflict regarding personal choices and decisions, ones that reach far into their relationship and force Sam to re-evaluate what she thought she wanted from life.