Books

Here are a few of my latest manuscripts.

I get excited about different genres and eras and write in a few.

A mix of historicals – Early Victorian, Regency Noir, Erotica… plus….an outback medical.

Though always romance, the language of love… Ah …. L’amour!

Embracing Scandal

2011 January – 2nd Place after finals of Historical Category of Finally A Bride Oklahoma
2010 October – Finalist in Historical category Finally a Bride contest Oklahoma
2010 October – 3rd Place in New Jersey Put Your Heart in a Book
2010 August - 2nd round Molly for the Heart of Denver Romance Writers of America.
2010 August - 3rd Place Royal Ascot Contest Beaumonde Chapter of the Romance Writers of America.
2008 August – 2nd Place Emerald Single Title Contest Romance Writers of Australia

The first in my scandal series with heroines whose scientific knowledge and intellect are an affront to increasingly prudish early Victorian society. A lady, a mathematical genius, saves her family from financial ruin by dabbling in the London stock exchange. When a greedy syndicate threatens them, she begs help from her nemesis the duke, her lifelong friend before a scandal involving her cousin. As the duke and his lady rekindle old passions, he uses old skills as a spy to protect her. After beating the illegal consortium, he faces the even greater challenge of convincing this self-sufficient spinster of the benefits of becoming his duchess.

Scenting Scandal

2011 Jan. – Second round of Romance Writers of Australia reader-judged full ms Emerald contest
2011 Jan. - Won Single Title and Lovin’ It – Romance Writers of Australia – full ms requested
2010 Dec. – Finalist in Historical category Linda Howard Award for Romance Writers of America
2010 Nov. – Finalist in Genres ST Hist of Wallflower for From the Heart Chapter Romance Writers of America
2010 Oct. – Finalist in Single Title and Loving It for Romance Writers of Australia
2010 August – 3rd Place in Golden Claddagh for the Celtic Hearts Chapter of Romance Writers of America.
2010 August – Finalist Romance Writers of New Zealand Great Beginnings Contest.
2010 July – 3rd Place in the Touch of Magic Contest for Central Florida Romance Writers of America.
2010 April - Romance Writer’s of Australia Emerald Contest – Second round

The second in my scandal series with heroines whose scientific knowledge and intellect are an affront to early Victorian’s increasingly staid society. The family’s second sister uses her extraordinary olfactory senses to sniff out her perfect match, a husband who fits all her scientific criteria. The earl, with whom she’s forced to co-operate in order to stop a mad-woman bent on destroying legitimate share investors in Britain’s railways, evades marriage with someone as beautiful and intelligent as her, fearing she’ll uncover his shameful childhood secret. But by accepting each other’s strengths and weakness, they discover a passion neither counted on.

The Viscount’s Pleasure House

2010 August - 1st Place in Four Seasons Erotic Category for Windy City Chapter of Romance Writers of USA.
2010 March - 2nd Place in Linda Howard Award of Excellence – Romantic and Sizzling
2009 - Romance Writer’s of Australia Emerald Contest- Second Round

An erotic story set in England in the risqué early Victorian era. In exchange for information about his mother and sisters, London’s most notorious Viscount is coerced into allowing three respectable women to visit his Pleasure Houses. The goal of the ladies is to learn how to hold men’s attention by giving them exquisite pleasure. Each lady comes to the pleasure gardens a little naïve, but leaves as knowledgeable as a well schooled courtesan. Though the world-weary viscount falls in head over heels in love with one of the ladies, he struggles to find reasons to convince her to trust him, and to marry him, after their visit to the country Pleasure House is over.

Four Times A Virgin

A Regency Noir, a darker historical romance set in London. A tortured duke reunites with a mysterious lady to search for answers from their intertwined pasts and expose those who orchestrated the evil that scarred them both. She’ll do anything to protect her younger sisters from the torments she endured and he’s desperate to make amends. Only then can they become a family with children of their own to love.

Loving Lady Katharine

A Victorian historical set in the New Hebrides and moving to London.

Outback Hospital Pregnancy

2010 – Full ms after medical fast-track M&B London
2009 – Romance Writer’s of Australia Emerald Contest 2nd Round Category

A contemporary medical set in an outback Australian hospital. A city nurse follows the doctor she loves to the bush town where he manages his family’s cattle properties, determined to prove her love for him. When she discovers she is pregnant her lover cannot accept that the baby could be his, having been lied to by people he trusts. After working together in medical situations, he once again trusts the woman he loves, a dedicated nurse and a passionate partner. He begs forgiveness and asks her to stay and raise their family in the outback.