This is one of my longer ones, so I considered splitting it up over two nights, but…meh…you’re big kids…you can handle it. Just go use the bathroom before you start reading, and don’t forget to wash your hands.       Are You Ready?   He lived by rules. His entire life. All thirty years. The rules had done right […]

Once upon a time, I was working on this story set in the South, and I got really into studying accents and slang–including watching Youtube videos of people with accents, and I ran across this phrase a few times–including in a video–“sweet Pete!” and it just struck me as awesomely colloquial and something a guy could pull off with enough charm.   […]

        Keeping Fireflies   Of all the stupid, idiotic, and just dumb things to do, this topped Pepper’s list of all-time greatest failures. Clearly, Brett thought so too because when he saw her hands were tied also, he said a word so foul she hoped his boys hadn’t heard it. He knelt in front of her and started working […]

I write a little of everything…including contemporary romance. Enjoy!       Bury Me Not   There were days that she regretted getting a dog, even a lovable mutt that looked like a large mop if Mina didn’t get him trimmed regularly. Some days, like today, she was ready to put out an ad saying, “To a good—or decent—or just not overly […]

So, I have a ton of short stories including this one about April 15th. *blinks* What? Don’t all authors have a tax season romance? Here you go! Enjoy!     Downstairs from Hell “No…no…no…no,” Shanna said as she sat up in bed, covering her ears. It was impossible. How could one man make so much noise? And why? Why was […]