Work To Live

Work was frantic in Stephanie’s real estate office. On one line she was talking a buyer with cold feet off the edge while on the other lines she had an attorney and another agent on the phone about problems with other pending deals. And in front of her, an assistant holding bunches of files tryingContinue reading “Work To Live”

Cheating Time

I keep having this reoccurring dream that I’m running down an empty street. It’s darker than a midnight where the dim shadow of a sliver blue moon and the intermittent blink of a couple faulty streetlights cast cruel lonely silhouettes. All I can hear is the haunting echo of my kitten-heeled slingbacks against the pavementContinue reading “Cheating Time”

Mira filled another empty cardboard box, labeled it clothes and heaped it on the lowest pile among a forest of stacks.   For a week, she had been cleaning out the home of a lonely woman who passed away without any family or friends. Boxing up the kitchenware, clothing and personal belongings of this mystery woman,Continue reading

White Picket Fence

Sandy was tired of her world. Drudging to the overworked menial office job she hated left her little time for a life. And more and more her friends peeled off after getting married and having kids, leaving her alone on her hellish daily treadmill.  The nightmare of dating became an endless game of Duck, Duck, Goose. She’d meet someone at work, in lineContinue reading “White Picket Fence”

Unhappily Ever After

You may be familiar with my story. I was a poor orphan forced into servitude, and then, with a twist of fate, fell in love with a prince to live happily ever after. That was the real story. The authors embellished it with fanciful inventions of fairy godmothers and pumpkins turning into carriages. That wasContinue reading “Unhappily Ever After”

NEW RELEASE: Summer of Love – A Timeless American Historical Romance Book 3

DISCOUNTED PREORDER PRICING EXTENDED UNTIL JULY 31ST! FIRST REVIEWS!! 5 STARS!! I thoroughly enjoyed this book. As a baby boomer who came of age in the 60s, this journey by the main character, Peggy McIntyre, brought back many memories for me. Besides Peggy McIntyre, almost all of the characters in the story, reminded me ofContinue reading “NEW RELEASE: Summer of Love – A Timeless American Historical Romance Book 3”

The Paradox Proposal

Jean thought dating Todd required a PHD in contrarian. Despite their seven years as a couple, she still found herself constantly shaking her head like a bobble-head doll about their relationship. He complained he missed her when she worked late, but claimed he wanted space so he could go out with friends. Weekend getaways wereContinue reading “The Paradox Proposal”

Attention to Detail

To Carolyn, being single was both a gift and a burden. She hated sharing absolutely every space 24/7, feeling suffocated and trapped, but she liked having someone to cheer good days and help cry in her wine on bad ones. And while she enjoyed the freedom of not having to constantly compromise, she missed someoneContinue reading “Attention to Detail”

Celebrate Women’s History with .99 Kindle Sale and launch

I had a dream two years ago about a mall of women owned businesses who care about each other and help in their mutual success. I saw the Germanic architecture of the castle-like building with turrets in each corner and felt the devotion and friendship of the women shop owners…and The Little Shoppes series ofContinue reading “Celebrate Women’s History with .99 Kindle Sale and launch”

The Phone Number

Cleaning out someone’s house after they pass is filled with memories, regrets and sometimes surprises. After their mother’s passing at the ripe old age of 99, Carolyn and Mike agreed to stay in his childhood house and help his sister Erin and her husband Steve sort through the house before the sale closing. “It’s reallyContinue reading “The Phone Number”