Bad Boy, Good Man
(Book 1 in the New Jersey Ice Cats series)
Awards
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Four Seasons 2007 - Finalist - Short/Long Contemporary
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Fab
Five 2008 - 2nd Place - Series Contemporary (Long)
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Touch of Magic 2008 - Finalist - Series Category
In the game of love, which one will
win?
Hockey hard-man Jake ‘Bad Boy’ Badoletti lives up
to his nickname both on and off the ice. When a tragic accident,
one that he should have prevented, takes his friend’s life
and injures Jake, he is forced to reassess his life. Determined
to give up his bad boy ways, he moves back home to NJ and joins
the Ice Cats, looking for a fresh start in both his career and
his life. Now all he needs is the perfect house and perfect woman
to share it with.
Former dancing star Maggie Goodman left her hard-living, hard-hitting
football star husband and their relentless celebrity lifestyle
behind in England to protect her daughter. Using her sister’s
house as a base, Maggie is determined to start a new life in
NJ. When her sister falls ill, Maggie is forced to step in and
save a huge contract with the Ice Cats. Which means working with
Jake, who seems as determined to pursue her as the relentless
paparazzi. His rugged good looks may set her pulse racing, but
she doesn’t need another bad boy sports star in her life.
Especially one who seems to court trouble at every turn.
With the help of her matchmaking sister and some meddling team-mates,
Jake manages to sneak past her defence. But, when his Good Man
ways start to affect his play and his chances of winning the
biggest prize in hockey - the Stanley Cup. Jake has to choose
between the Ice in his blood and the woman who sets his body
and soul on fire. Who will win? The Bad Boy or the Good Man?
To read an excerpt, click
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Tough Girl, Pretty Woman
(Book 2 in the New Jersey Ice Cats series)
“Pretty Woman meets Bull Durham,
with a hockey twist”
Puck bunny Jenny Martin doesn’t want a man
in her life. Abused as a teenager, she has a shallow view of
sex. Betrayed by her first love, she doesn’t trust men.
But, Jenny is desperate for a baby. With medical issues looming,
the failure of her third IVF attempt and the loss of her job
and income, will she have to give up her dream of motherhood?
Or is an offer from the ultra-sexy hockey player who once betrayed
her, too good to refuse? Especially as he still makes her pulse
race faster than a frozen puck across fresh ice.
Ice Cats defenseman Truman ‘Tru’ Jelinek
fell in love with Jenny when he was seven, but any chance he
had of winning her heart was destroyed on that fateful night
when they were sixteen. She’ll never forgive him, or understand
that he’d done what he’d thought best, not expecting
the near-tragic consequences. Angry that she won’t let
him make up for his mistake, and that she has turned to other
hockey players, he’s pushed his love for her aside. Even
though she still makes his heart pound like a slapshot to the
chest.
When he learns of Jenny’s predicament, Tru
believes this is his chance to assuage his guilt … and
to ensure that he is the last man she’ll ever sleep with.
With his career up in the air, family secrets coming to light
and his relationship with his brothers falling apart, Tru yearns
for security and a family of his own. It’s worth the risk
of having his heart broken for ever.
As Tru and Jenny begin the treacherous game that
is their devil’s bargain, they’ll have to learn the
meaning of trust, compromise, and love. Will they end up with
loser’s tears or a victor’s kiss?
Please check back - excerpt
coming soon!
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Love by Bequest
(Book 1 in the Burton Dale Brides series)
Awards
- Golden Heart 2006 - Finalist - Long Contemporary
- Golden Gateway - 2006 - Finalist - Long Contemporary
- The Molly 2005 - Winner - Long Contemporary
- Great Expectations 2005 - Finalist - Long Contemporary
- Winter Rose 2005 - Finalist - Long Contemporary
Find out what happens when a Texas cowboy
inherits an English sheep farm!
Cowboy Scott Devlin’s dream inheritance from his no-good
father - the man who destroyed his mother - isn’t a ranch
at all; it’s a run-down sheep farm, in Yorkshire, England.
Worse, he shares ownership with a gorgeous woman, who thinks
the world of his late father. If he can convince her to sell
the farm, he can return to Texas and buy a place of his own.
Former rebel, Dreena Barry’s dream inheritance from her
beloved step-father - the man who rescued her mother - has given
her a place to belong and a chance for a fresh start away from
her past. No damn Yank, no matter how sexy, is going to sell
it out from under her.
Soon it’s the growing attraction between them the stubborn
pair is battling, instead of each other. Will their tangled emotions
towards the schemer who brought them together force them apart,
or will they find their Love by Bequest?
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Mortgaged Hearts
(Book 2 in the Burton Dale Brides series)
Awards
- Golden Heart 2007 - Finalist - Long Contemporary
Let the battle of the classes begin!
More details coming soon - but here’s a teaser to entice
you …
Single mother Abby Hamilton may be working class, but she’s
determined to prove she’s as much a pillar of the community
as her privileged ex-husband - who wants custody of their son,
Barney, the only male heir to his family’s estate. The
last thing she intends to pursue is her attraction to the buttoned-up
headteacher of her son’s school. He might be gorgeous and
set her pulse racing, but with his upper class background, he’s
everything she’s sworn off.
Ryan Jackson has enough on his plate in his new job, trying
to turn his under-performing school around, without the added
pressure of having to save it from closure. Especially as the
Yorkshire villagers are not sure that having a bachelor in charge
projects the right image. Will he follow the governors’ suggestion
and find a wife? The lively, plain-speaking blonde who sets his
blood on fire would be perfect - if she didn’t remind him
of his ex-wife. He’s not going down that road again; he
learned the hard way that opposites attract, but differences
in class and background are death to a marriage.
When too much alcohol at a village social leads to a night of
wild passion, both Abby and Ryan’s reputations are at stake.
Forced into an engagement of convenience, they find themselves
in a battle of wills, agendas and a simmering passion neither
can ignore. With their hearts mortgaged to the past, can they
overcome the odds stacked against them? Or will their love pay
the ultimate price?
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Gay by Day
(Book 1 in the Love Undercover series)
Awards
- The Suzannah 2005 - Winner - Contemporary
- The Wallflower 2005 - Winner - Unpublished Contemporary
- The Emily 2006 - Finalist - Single Title
- The Linda Howard Award of Excellence - Single Title
- The TARA 2006 - Winner - Single Title
It’s a
queer job for a straight guy!
British journalist Mark Hanson is hell-bent on revenge. He’s
going undercover to expose the cynical side of reality television
that nearly destroyed his sister. But his backers insist he investigate
their biggest competition - The Gay Team - and uncover the faker.
Initially a researcher, circumstances force Mark to become one
of the show’s presenters and he’s caught up in exactly
the kind of scam he’s trying to expose. If that’s
not bad enough, he’s attracted to his gorgeous boss. It’s
a queer job for this straight guy!
If producer Amy Cuthbert can keep the feuding foursome, known
as The Gay Team, together for one more ratings-winning season,
she can finally get her dream job; producing a headlining drama
series. If only they weren’t taking the show to England,
the homeland she loves but left to escape her past - the fiancé who
used her to get a job with her über-producer mother.
To make matters worse, someone is sabotaging the show. Who’s
behind it? And why is Amy so attracted to the sexy new guy? The
one who is always in the wrong place at the right time; who makes
her body react in all the right ways. The one she’s sure
is hiding something. What can he be after? All this and she’s
just found out one of her presenters is faking it!
Can Mark and Amy find their way to love or will they falter
under the pressure of being Gay by Day?
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Works in Progress
Yes, there are more books to come!
I’ll post teasers and excerpts as they become available
- so check back soon.
Burton Dale Brides
Healing Hearts (Book 3) Sometimes love
is the best medicine.
Find out what happens to Abby’s workaholic sister, Meg
as she moves to Burton Dale.
New Jersey Ice Cats
Catching Tracy (Book 3) - Goaltender Ike Jelinek has to be
at the top of his game to catch independent, marriage-shy Tracy
Hayden-Turner.
Love Undercover
Going Straight (Book 2) No more queer jobs
for this straight guy!
What happens when the man who has been faking it as a gay tries
to go straight?
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