We are just ONE WEEK away from the release of my new Christmas romance, HOLDING OUT FOR A HOLIDAY HERO!

But if you want to get started reading right now…I’ve got the first chapter up on my website.

Ho, ho, ho!

It’s almost time for the release of my new Christmas romance, HOLDING OUT FOR A HOLIDAY HERO!

Each year, it’s a tradition for me to release a new holiday romance. I love this tradition–and I hope you do, too!! This year, HOLDING OUT FOR A HOLIDAY HERO will be releasing on 11/26/24.

A holiday romance with a dash of romantic suspense and a former military hero who is so not feeling the festive spirit…

Bah humbug. Bounty hunter Jake Hale hates Christmas. He doesn’t do twinkling lights, festive packages, and you definitely won’t ever catch him singing Christmas carols. What he will do? Track down the worst of the scum out there. The former special ops soldier makes merry by tossing the naughty into prison cells and getting a grand pay day. Ho, ho, ho.

Then a ghost from Christmas past walks through his door.

True Blakeley is always at the top of the nice list. Beautiful, sweet, with an innocence that—yep, he might have been tempted to destroy once or twice—she’s there to hire him. There have been a string of dangerous accidents in her life, and True fears that someone is trying to kill her. Not at all the sort of case that Jake would usually take—he hunts down the criminals after they jump bail, not before they’ve even been arrested. But one look into True’s bedroom eyes, and he can’t refuse. Maybe he still is a bit too tempted by the girl who got away…and surely one nice act won’t kill him? For her, he can play the hero.

He’ll close the case and be home in time for Christmas dinner.

Except, on the first morning of his investigation, he finds a dead body. One waiting underneath True’s glittering Christmas tree. The attacks are real, and it’s clear that someone is gunning for True. But Jake is on the job now, and no one is going to hurt her. His protective instincts are in overdrive…and so is the desperate desire that he’s always felt for True. This time, he’s done fighting that desire. He’ll finally show True just how fantastic it can be when you aren’t nice. Welcome to his naughty list.

HOLDING OUT FOR A HOLIDAY HERO is a hot Christmas romance with action, laughter, thrills, and enough steam to melt the Christmas snow. Opposites attract? Check. Super alpha hero? Check. Danger, desire? Double check. Santa isn’t the only one checking things off his list…Jake Hale is taking care of business, too, and this unlikely hero is about to fall hard and fast for the woman of his Christmas dreams.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy Halloween! Be spooky and have fun!

It’s book release day!!! My new romantic suspense, WHEN HE PROTECTS, is available now!

“This is fun, smexy, romantic suspense at its best!” – Carvanz, BookBub Review (Thank you, Carvanz!)

I loved writing this book–and I so hope that you will enjoy it! It’s 80,000 words, has a guaranteed happy ending, and, of course…plenty of danger, steam, and humor are packed in the pages.

Super protective U.S. Marshal hero (He takes protecting and defending to a whole new level…)

Bad girl heroine (Though she prefers the term “slightly shady”)

Pretend relationship/undercover bodyguard situation (You have to be careful with those pretend relationships. You blink, and they might just become real.)

Only one bed situation (How did that happen??)

Opposites attracting at a red-hot rate (Be careful–someone may get burned.)

Small-town romance/Fish out of water (Welcome to Asylum, Alabama.)

Touch her and he will unalive you before you can blink. (He’s really good at that sort of thing.)

You can read the first chapter right now.

WHEN HE PROTECTS will release on 10/29…but you can read the first chapter right now! I’ve got it up on my website.

He knew she was trouble from the moment they met.

Esme Laurent is a con artist. An accomplished liar. A world-class thief. And probably the most beautiful and intriguing woman that Tyler Barrett has ever met. Sure, he has to arrest her at their first meeting, and she absolutely hates him, but…well, he has a job to do. And Tyler always gets the job done.

Turns out, she is the new job.

The people in charge want to use Esme to bring down a very dangerous criminal operation. And in order to do that, Esme has to stay in the land of the living. She needs protection, she needs a new identity, and she needs to disappear, immediately. Because Esme has more than a bit of power, she makes her own deal…her protection needs to come in the ever-so-gorgeous, ever-so-dangerous, and ever-so-law-abiding form of U.S. Marshal Tyler Barrett.

They’ll disappear into Small Town, USA. And they’ll pretend to be newlyweds who just can’t keep their hands off each other.

No, absolutely, this cannot be happening. But no matter how much Tyler protests, the new job is, in fact, happening. He’s being sent to Asylum, Alabama, with the delectable Esme. He’s supposed to be her husband—a role that will give him twenty-four, seven access in order to protect her. He needs that access in order to make sure that Esme doesn’t run from the authorities and that she stays alive. But what Tyler doesn’t count on is the consuming desire he feels for a woman who should be off-limits.

She’ll test every limit that he has…

Esme doesn’t expect her attraction to the rule-following Tyler. He’s big, he’s buttoned-down, and he’s absolutely…delicious. She also suspects that he may be carefully controlling a wild side—one that she would love to see erupt. Oh, if only.

When danger comes calling, Tyler is more than ready to handle any threat. Who knew that falling for the good guy could be so tempting? And so very…heart-breaking. Because there was no way a guy like Tyler would want to stay around once they stop pretending. Everyone knows the bad girl never gets to keep the good guy, especially when she’s still working a very long con.