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A Prince Among Men: Prince Harry in Afghanistan

It was February of 2008. I’d written my military romance MODEL SOLDIER, set in Afghanistan, and as I watched the morning news, one story caught my attention. Britain’s Prince Harry had secretly been deployed to Afghanistan for 3 months. The news had just been leaked by the press and, now that he was exposed, Harry was being yanked out of the warzone. My writer’s brain was spinning. Can you say sequel? How perfect was this? I knew the Brits supplied air support to the forward operating bases where US and Afghani troops were stationed. A plot began to form–facts, wrapped in fiction. What if? What could have happened in this situation? That is the basis of A PRINCE AMONG MEN (March 2013) , the follow-up book to MODEL SOLDIER (Dec 2012) in my Red, Hot & Blue series, being rereleased through Samhain Publishing (originally put out back in 2008 by Linden Bay Romance). And how timely too, because as opposed to the climate in February 2008 when the 23-year old Harry was first, and secretly, deployed to Afghanistan (read about it in the Guardian), today, in 2012, the 28-year old Prince is in the news daily. Unfortunately, his presence is […]

Romance eBooks, Romance Novels, writing romance

Forward? Me? *Gulp*

I didn’t think there was much left that could throw me at this point in my life and my career, but this did–I was recently asked to write the forward for a military erotic romance anthology. Now, I’ve written short stories, and I’ve written full length novels. I’ve been interviewed on video, by the press, on the radio, and on blogs. I’ve spoken on group panels and alone to large groups of people. All in all, I’m probably well over 3 dozen published works, with countless blog posts under my belt, yet this 750 – 1200 words I was asked to write to introduce the stories in this multi-author anthology made me incredibly nervous. Why? Maybe because I’ve never written a forward before. Maybe because it seems like a huge responsibility to represent the 18 authors within. Maybe because when I’d thought I’d write something fun and light, it turned into something pretty deep. Maybe because I’m a little daunted since big name authors who top the NY Times Bestseller list are usually asked to write these kind of things and I’m, well, just me. But anyway, nerves or not, my forward is written and off to the editor. Thankfully my […]

Romance eBooks, Romance Novels

Military Reads for Your Memorial Day

Maybe it’s this holiday when we all take time to remember those who serve, or maybe it’s that I’m 80,000 words into writing a new book about a cowboy/soldier and I’m eyeball deep in weapons research, but this morning after the husband left for work I turned on the TV to find it was tuned to AMC’s War Heroes Weekend marathon. An old Henry Fonda WWII movie was playing–and I haven’t switched the channel yet. Hmmm…. In any case, for your weekend reading pleasure between the barbecues and celebrations, here are my hot contemporary military man offerings. Some are short. Some are long. Some are free (the free PDF downloads are BB Dalton, Fireworks, and The Soldier and the Siren). Some are in print. Some are only eBook. Some are sweeter. Some are much much hotter. ALL are for those 18 and over, please, but besides that criteria, there’s something for everyone!   Â