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Spooky, spicy, unexpected, humorous, with badass women and sexy guys
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Romantic suspense and horror are my main genres but there’s a lot of paranormal in some and just a pinch in others. There’s spicy why choose and MF relationships and at least one spice free story in my library. Badass FMCs are my jam. As a partially disabled person I’m limited sometimes. I love to write fierce women who are more super hero than human. They are capable of all the things I’m not. My high school sweetheart and I live on the Florida coast with three spoiled, hyper, weird Australian Shepherds.
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Fantasy Horror
Lori Beth bursts into her grandmother’s friend’s home and announces, “My grandmother is a murderer!”
Beverly and Louise are more concerned with the rain dripping from Lori Beth’s coat. Of course they’re skeptical, why would the girl shout something like that?
But sometimes the truth is even worse than you imagined.
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“If I tell you that, I may have to kill you.”
Paige Patterson hopes her new love interest is joking, she laughs.
Rhett Baker is mostly teasing, though he’s not ready to explain his chosen career just yet.
Their first date is filled with laughter and their chemistry is explosive. After a whirlwind weekend, Rhett disappears. Paige hardly has time to process Rhett's absence when a childhood friend is arrested for a shocking crime.
Now she must fight to prove her friend’s innocence. The evidence is there, but fellow officers seem to raise roadblocks at every turn. The secret she uncovers goes to the core of the department. Paige and Rhett are pulled into a battle for their lives as they expose corruption and depravity like they’ve never experienced before. Falling in love may doom them to heartbreak, or it might be the very thing that saves them. Which is more powerful, the force of attraction or the force of corruption?
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Webster’s Defines Force Majeure as: Noun 1: superior or irresistible force 2: an event or effect that cannot be reasonably anticipated or controlled -compare to ACT OF GOD
When Peyton Baker makes the sudden decision to transfer out of LSU for an unknown law school in northern Florida, she tells no one until it’s done.
She surprises her best friend Micah Castleman and springs it on him that she’s now his neighbor. Micah’s been carrying a torch for Peyton for four years. He can’t figure out how he'll keep from kissing her if he’s going to see her every day.
Found a new favorite?
Unfortunately, Peyton brought trouble along with her from Baton Rouge. When her stalker makes their presence known, Peyton and Micah end up fighting an unseen threat around every corner. How does the stalker terrorize her so easily?
Peyton struggles to find safety and worries she’s going to end up flunking out of school, or dead. Even her new friends get wrapped up in the turmoil, it seems there’s no escaping the forces beyond their control.
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Can anyone ever tame a Thomkat?
Keiko McClain is a hardworking and under appreciated forensic lab tech for the FBI. Thomas Finelli is one of the three leaders of Savage Enterprises, an elite security company.
Neither of them is looking for love, Keiko is in the middle of a break up from her long time boyfriend and Thomas is a life long player. When their paths cross Thomas is fascinated with Keiko, she notices his hard-to-miss attributes, but she's not interested, in anything, with anyone. Thomas convinces her to become friends with him, he just wants to spend more time with her and he'll take whatever she's willing to give.
But before anything can develop the way he hopes, she's kidnapped and it begins a series of threats, murders, and work trouble for her. They're thrust into one heart pounding event after another and find themselves fighting for their lives. Somehow between dodging bullets they find time to finally hit the sheets for more heart pounding activities. Maybe Keiko can tame a Thomkat afterall.
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“ Violet! What have you done?” Covered in blood and holding a knife, isn’t it obvious? You think she’d be happy, I did it for both of us. Maybe I need to explain it in a way she'll understand, I might need a bigger knife.
Would you believe I’m practically normal just a few years later? At least until…
Origin of Violet explains why Violet becomes the woman she is today. It's a novella, and the first part of her duet and a half. It's the half. Please check the trigger warnings inside, intended for readers 18+ It may end with a little bit of a cliffhanger, but the next installment, VioleNt is being released simultaneously, so you won't be left hanging for long.
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I was doing so well, my desire to hunt down those who harmed me lay dormant for so long I thought it was dead. Here it is, rearing its twisted head alive and well, so much stronger than before.
I’m stronger too, I’ve been training for this. While I was healing, I was fighting, sharpening my skills, learning more techniques, honing my purpose, becoming violent.
My blades always find their prey. But I wasn’t expecting to find them, Jackson and Austin. I never imagined anyone would accept a broken, dark soul like mine. We aren’t even sure I can tolerate the touch of a man, let alone two…
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Pierson Quote: "Getting a visit from the most beautiful badass I know they should be scared, they should run, but nobody ever thinks Violet is a threat until they look into her eyes while she’s dancing with David Bowie and by then, it’s too late."
I thought I dispatched the vilest beasts. I didn’t think any could be worse than the ones I already buried in my backyard. I was wrong, and sometimes they’re so much closer than you realize.
When Pierson showed up, I couldn’t decide whether he was friend or foe. Now I can’t picture our world without him, and I hope we never have to. You can't imagine what you’re willing to sacrifice for the ones you love.
I’m put to the test when the monsters come after me and my new family. I've never fought so hard, or cut so deep. I hope I can make the right choices, slit the right throats, conquer the evil- I’ll burn everything to the ground to keep the monsters from winning.
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A trip to the mall for holiday photos with Santa seems safe enough. But as Violet waits in line for her daughter's turn, something feels off. A strange man loiters around the playground when they meet friends to play. Something is wrong with their home security system. Something keeps setting off the motion detection lights. And something shows up on their front porch. It’s not the innocent gift it appears to be.
Across the country, Jackson, Austin, and Pierson are on a fishing trip, a gift from Violet. They felt secure leaving their gorgeous wife and precious daughter behind the big wall and sophisticated security system with David Bowie. When things go wrong back in Florida they're trapped by a blizzard and can't get home to help.
Santa isn't the only one prowling in the middle of the night. Though, not even Santa knows how well Violet wields her blades. She's not afraid of things that go bump in the night or clatter on the roof top.
Violet is the one to fear in the dark.
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