Welcome to my website! It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since my debut Harlequin Blaze novel, and this fall I’m looking forward to the release of my first trilogy, ROYALLY ROMANCED, ROYALLY SEDUCED and ROYALLY CLAIMED, numbers eight, nine and ten!

Writing romance fiction is a dream come true after so many years of avid reading. I got my fill of tragedies and unhappy endings by majoring in opera/vocal performance and Spanish literature. During all those years of singing about throwing myself into various rivers (Thanks, Puccini!) and reading about political prisons and horrible civil wars, I devoured romances whenever I could.

My first attempt at romance fiction was a gothic-type short contemporary where the teenage heroine actually ran into the dark and stormy night to escape her abusive father. Must have been all those Victoria Holt novels I read growing up.

I took off several years from writing fiction and then won a bookstore gift certificate. I took it as a sign to get started writing romance again. I promptly ordered several how-to books on writing romance novels and read them until they were dog-eared. My husband insisted I join Romance Writers of America, not even blanching when I showed him how much first-time dues cost.

Fortunately, as I smartened up about writing romances, so did my heroines. The Harlequin Blaze line inspired me to try my hand at sensual romance and it’s been a great fit for the past five years.

When not writing, I enjoy spending time with my family here in the Chicago suburbs and waiting for the crazy weather to clear enough so we can go hiking. I fight the tough clay soil on behalf of my garden and regularly incur large overdue book fines at several area libraries because I can never remember which book was due to which library. I love Agatha Christie books and PBS Mystery specials and Jane Austen books and their BBC versions. I’ve been an avid crocheter since I was young and recently took my first knitting lesson. I’m starting with couch pillows so I don’t have to make anything that fits.

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