FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY, THE RENOVATED HEART

Thanks for stopping by. This week my newest release, The Renovated Heart is in the spotlight. Come read the first chapter free and check out my latest feature, News, at the bottom of the post. Lots of new things are happening so stop by to check up on upcoming new releases and such.

A little bit about the book

Can a broken heart be renovated like an old house? Kit’s life came to a halt when her husband slapped her with a divorce. Finding herself without a job or a place to live, she’s forced to take Tunney Nichols up on his offer of cheap rent for his parent’s house.The catch: she must allow him to renovate while she’s living there. Out of fear, Kit tells a lie she soon regrets as she is drawn to the sexy man plastering and painting his way into her heart.

Can Sarah forget the abuse from her late husband? Can she fix her heart and the hearts of her children?  With her two children in tow, Sarah relocates to be near her sister, she meets Jim, a neighbor and English professor. A mutual interest in writing, paves the way for a friendship that blossoms into romance. But is Jim the right man for Sarah or does another man from her past still light her fire?

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News
Update on The Dating List - I am writing the book now and expect to release it in mid September.
Another new release due in September! My first military romance and my first experience writing with a partner - Love, Lost & Found will be released in September. My partner, Ben Tanner, and I will be sharing the cover as soon as it is available.
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Buy links:
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SECRET CRAVINGS PUBLISHING 

BARNES & NOBLE 

BOOKSTRAND

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TUESDAY TALES - A PEEK AT THE DATING LIST

Writing to the prompt "blue", here's an excerpt from my newest endeavor, The Dating List, a work-in-progress. This scene takes place in a fancy men's clothing store in Manhattan where Leah, Grey & Carrie's friend, has taken Grey's brother, Colin, to buy some new clothes. Leah, in the fashion business, is outfitting our hero, not an unpleasant task:

 “A shirt. Stan he needs a dress shirt. Can't tell about the fit with a t-shirt on.”

“Right away…Miss, uh…Miss…”

“Golden, Leah Golden.”

“White?”

She nodded.

“I’d say he’s a…” Stan closed one eye as his gaze scanned Colin’s torso, “sixteen thirty-five?”

“Think so,” Colin said.

  Before Colin could turn around twice in front of the mirror, Stan was back and unwrapping a fresh dress shirt.

“T-shirt off!” Leah ordered, waving her hand at him.

Colin handed the sports jacket to Leah and ripped his t-shirt over his head exposing a well-muscled chest covered lightly with dark brown hair. She coughed to cover her delight at seeing his fine physique. Her fingers itched to touch him.

“Something wrong?” Colin questioned, his mouth drawn into a frown.

“Shirt, Stan!” Leah commanded before sucking on her lower lip and balling her hand into a fist.

Stan jolted out of his temporary reverie and thrust the shirt into Colin’s hands. Then he held up the jacket. As soon as Colin finished buttoning the shirt, he reached for his belt. Stan put his hand on the young man’s bicep and raised his eyebrows.

“Shouldn’t you at least turn around or are you and the lady…uh…on…intimate terms?”

Although he said it quietly, Leah felt her face grow hot. She turned around to give Colin privacy and hide her embarrassment.

“You can turn around now,” Colin said, buckling his belt.

Leah spun around slowly. He slipped the navy blue jacket on again. Leah approached him. This time she walked around back behind him. Her hands again smoothed out the small wrinkle made by the fabric being pulled taut across his shoulders, only more slowly this time, more sensuously. He stood completely still as she ran her hands back and forth across his shoulders.

“This one pulls a little, Stan. Take it off, sweetie.”

“With shoulders like that, they may all pull a little.”

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