Classic Romance Tropes ~ the tortured hero

Tortured heroes… women love them. Maybe it’s something about their dark brooding nature. Maybe we want to be the one woman to save them from themselves. Apparently I am not immune to the tortured hero myself since it seems I keep writing them into my books. Jack Gordon from my Red, Hot & Blue series was probably the first one for me. He grew up with a single mother after his drunk of a father left, but he and his brothers kept themselves on the straight and narrow. Now, Jack is in the military, basically a happy guy, but circumstances lead to him still being tortured. He’s watching his best friend TREY hook up with the woman he loves and his older brother JIMMY is missing in action during an undercover op in Kosovo. I torture my cowboys as well. Mason from ROUGH STOCK is the quintessential dark brooding cowboy, which made him the perfect counterpart for Clay, his happy-go-lucky best friend. When Mason and Clay find themselves both in love with same girl, Mason really has something to brood about until they try to figure out how to make this strange three-way relationship work. Then there are those broody […]

Cover Reveal: TWO TIMES AS HOT (Oklahoma Nights, Book 2)

  COMING in Trade Paperback and eBook from Kensington Brava SEPTEMBER 24th Paperback on preorder at Amazon TWO TIMES AS HOT (OKLAHOMA NIGHTS, BOOK 2) One Good Girl… After her sister snags a hot Oklahoma cowboy, Emma Hart figures it’s her turn to saddle up. And with two country boys pursuing her at once, she’s in for a wild ride… Two Sexy Guys… Lieutenant Colonel Logan Hunt can’t deny the heat between him and Emma is fierce. But Logan isn’t looking for anything serious…just a chance to blow off some steam. So why is he crazy jealous when he sees pro bull rider Jace Mills trying to charm Emma into bed? Winner Takes All… Logan knows he and Emma could have something special—and not just because she’s smokin’ hot.   Now he has to find a way to prove that even a no-strings-attached guy like him can stick around for the long haul… THE OKLAHOMA NIGHTS SERIES ONE NIGHT WITH A COWBOY (Oklahoma Nights, Book 1) Available Now TWO TIMES AS HOT (Oklahoma Nights, Book 2) Coming Sept 24, 2013 THREE WEEKS WITH A BULL RIDER (Oklahoma Nights, Book 3) Coming in 2014

A PRINCE AMONG MEN eRelease Today!

Who needs a prince when there’s a sexy soldier in your bunk? Hoo rah! Red, Hot, & Blue, Book 9 . Sergeant Ryan Pettit blogs anonymously as Groundpounder, recording non-confidential details of a deployment where every day feels exactly the same—until a female reporter shows up at his firebase. And he realizes nothing will ever be the same again. . Though his orders are clear—protect her, but make her life so miserable she high tails it back to London—the last thing he wants is to watch her leave in a cloud of Afghanistan dust. Intrigued by Groundpounder’s blog posts, Vicki Vanover flirted, bribed, and outright threatened her way to the front lines outside of Kandahar. Nothing has ever stopped her from getting a story, but an accidental night in Ryan’s bunk is a distraction—and attraction—she never anticipated. . Yet Afghanistan leaves Vicki with more questions than answers. Why won’t Ryan let her anywhere near the local women she wants to interview? Who is the mysterious, red-headed Lt. Wales everyone treats with such deference? Worst of all, why is watching Ryan run toward danger, instead of away from it, enough to stop her heart? Warning: Contains super-hot sexual encounters in the […]