Behind the scenes: How the Blair Witch Project inspired me

So much of what I write in books is drawn from real life. For instance, my character of Jamey in HOT HERO FOR HIRE was in a low budget indie film that no one expected to be a huge hit, but surprise! It was a huge hit, to his shock and that of the two indie filmmakers who’d produced it on a shoestring budget. Does that story sound familiar to you? It should if you have every seen The Blair Witch Project. I’ll admit, I’ve never seen the movie. I’m too scared. But I have a small connection to it, in a 6 degrees of separation kind of way. There were only 3 people in that movie. One of the them was Mike Williams, who was the little brother of one of my friends in high school. The Williams family had 9 children. Yes, nine! To an only child like myself, that in itself was fascinating. But Mike’s older sister Jeanmarie and I were in lots of classes together. I remember I was over their house once. We played Battleship. The family went to the local pool, where I’d also go. The township of Mount Pleasant was small. Most people […]

Next up in the Red Hot & Blue Series

Today Smalltown Heat in the Red Hot & Blue series is available once again in both eBook and Paperback! If you haven’t already read it, I hope you had a chance to grab it. SMALLTOWN HEAT blurb, LINKS and an excerpt are HERE So what’s next in this series? I am currently proofreading A FEW GOOD MEN (a full length Red Hot & Blue Novel), which be available again in eBook and Paperback the first week of December. A FEW GOOD MEN PREORDER LINKS and an excerpt are HERE But to hold you over until the release in a few weeks, I’m including another excerpt below. Enjoy! And don’t forget to preorder if you haven’t read the story yet. A FEW GOOD MEN (RED HOT & BLUE) Army Sergeant John Blake is happy to ignore the romance novel he’s seen his tank crew passing around, until he becomes the author’s accidental pen pal, and her warm, caring emails make him look forward to checking his inbox. Maureen, aka Summer Winters Erotic Romance Author, has given up finding the last decent man on earth, until she finds him—halfway around the world. EXCERPT …You are a really special woman to do all you do for […]

Good Morning, Beautiful Desktop Wallpaper

Want my sexy Hot SEAL Rocky to greet you each morning? Here you go. Download this month’s free desktop wallpaper, available with or without the April 2016 calendar page. And don’t forget to preorder Wed to a SEAL and wake up to Rocky on your eReader April 12th. Enjoy and feel free to share! Download Good Morning, Beautiful Wallpaper Download with April 2016 Calendar Page WED TO A SEAL (Hot SEALS) In his career as a Navy SEAL, Rocky Mangiano has been called a Jersey boy, and a Yankee, and a few other choice names he shouldn’t repeat in mixed company, but never in his life has anyone called him daddy. If the bundle of joy he finds on the doorstep is any indication, things are about to change and he has no clue what to do about it. When the baby’s single mother enters the picture things get even more crazy, but given the fringe benefits that come along with the complications of their marriage of convenience, Rocky’s not complaining. Not one little bit. Wed to a SEAL in eBook & Print April 12, 2016 ($2.99 USD) Download a sneak peek at iBooks !  AMAZON US ~AU~CA ~UK~DE Nook~   ARe ~ Google ~ iBooks ~ Kobo Catch up with the […]