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Bitter NightWelcome to my website. The first book in my Horngate Witches series, BITTER NIGHT, releases October 27, 2009! I hope you give my Contemporary Fantasy a try.

What’s it about? BITTER NIGHT is about Max, who has been betrayed by her best friend and forced to live a life she never wanted. She hates and loves what she’s become and she lives in a permanent state of conflict over the matter. Now she’s being asked to help the person who betrayed her, and if she doesn’t, people she cares about will die. But in helping her, Max feels like she is somehow saying that she accepts what Giselle (a witch) did to her—like it’s okay now. The idea of it grates on her. Add in a pinch of an apocalypse and a tablespoon of romance, and you’ve got BITTER NIGHT.

For all of you who’ve been waiting for the Crosspointe Chronicles to continue, look for THE HOLLOW CROWN on the shelves in June 2010.

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Friday, March 5th, 2010
a new picture of me

Hi folks. So for my German publishers, I had to do a new author photo and this is the result. In case you want to see my in living color:

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Friday, February 19th, 2010
Crimson Wind snippet

Here’s from Crimson Wind:

The man was shaking as he stabbed the air in front of her face with his finger. He might need it broken to teach him a lesson in manners. Course she was in the middle of stealing his car. He might deserve some leeway for that.

“You bitch! I am going to teach you a lesson.”

He flicked his cigarette butt at her. Max batted it aside.

“You know,” she said, “the pointing was rude, but I let that pass because I can see how you’d be upset. I mean, sure, the world is going to hell in a handbasket and you’re probably going to die screaming any day now, but I get that seeing someone steal your car would make you mad enough to lose your manners. But the cigarette? That’s just uncalled for.”

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Crimson Wind (sequel to Bitter Night)

For those of you wondering just what Crimson Wind will be about, here’s a little blurb:

Max is a Shadowblade—a supernatural warrior created to serve and protect her witch, Giselle. She was made to kill and she’s very good at it. But there are some troubles you can’t solve with a gun and Max has run smack into one. Since the devastation of her covenstead four weeks ago and the revelation of the coming apocalypse, Max has been itching to bring her family back to the safety of Horngate. The only trouble is they think she was murdered thirty years ago, a belief Max has done everything in her power to cultivate. So she’s naturally a little worried about how they’ll feel when she tells them she’s alive and never bothered to get in touch. And oh by the way, mom and dad, she isn’t human anymore. As if that wasn’t enough to worry about, the Guardians have made a major move in their war against humanity and now it’s a race to save her family before they are swallowed by a a blood storm of wild magic. That is, if Max can even get off the starting block. First she has to deal with an enraged wannabe lover who can destroy worlds, a pissed off mage, and a pig-headed witch.

ETA: I originally said this would be out in October 2011, but I was mistaken. I’m fairly certain it will be out in March of 2011. Sorry for the mixup! If that changes, I’ll let you know.

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