What can I say? I’m a summer girl. I love the heat. I love the sun. I love the beach. I love the ocean. ‘Nuff said!

#WriteWed – Why At the Shore is a Series of My Heart
There are some books or series that are closer to your heart than others. THE CALLING IS REBORN series was one of those for me as it let me explore my dark side when I was feeling in a particularly dark mood.
But now I’m not in that place anymore thankfully (although I do intend to finish up the series with FIGHT FOR LOVE later this year!). I am in a much happier place and the At the Shore series reflects that as well as many other things about me like:
- Maggie’s store in ONE SUMMER NIGHT was based on my own experiences working at B. Altman’s, one of the fancy and elegant Fifth Avenue Stores. I loved working there just as I love helping out my daughter at her surf and skate shop.
I love the Chrysler Building! It’s my favorite building in all of New York City and that’s why I put Maggie’s office there.
Uber anal and responsible Connie Reyes from WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER is the character who is most like me. I was always very career driven and had to overcome a lot to become a partner in my law firm. Plus I’ve always had a thing for surfer dudes although the man I married is anything but. He hates the sand and can’t really swim. LOL!
I grew up spending my Long Island summers at Jones Beach, but wasn’t really able to explore the Jersey Shore much until later in life. Once I did I knew that was where I wanted to live and made the move. I want to share my love of the Jersey Shore and the towns along my little stretch of it with you in the At the Shore series.
One of my fav towns is Ocean Grove where my daughter’s shop is located. Sea Kiss is loosely based on Ocean Grove and as you see the characters walk through town, it is like taking a stroll along Ocean Grove’s Main Avenue.
I love to cook (as you can tell from the recipes I share) and I used that love of cooking to create the menus for the weddings in the At the Shore series and also as the background for Carlo, the sexy caterer who will tempt Emma to believe that she can have a happily ever after as well in #3 in the series (as yet untitled.)
I hope you liked those little tidbits I shared with you and I hope you will try out the books in the series!
#2 in the At the Shore Series, WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER can be Pre-Ordered here:
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GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2hKg3BW
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Kobo: Coming Soon!
If you haven’t had a chance to read #1 yet, great news! We’ve got special pricing on ONE SUMMER NIGHT and if you’d like, read the first three chapters for free at Radish!
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2krMwfE
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2kYLWZV
B&N: http://bit.ly/2kNuo0p
GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2ik8EfG
iBooks: http://apple.co/2qsqdwx
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2fuEphL
Radish: Read three chapters for free – http://bit.ly/2AERQFk

Happy Spring & Can’t Wait for Summer!
There’s a four letter word that comes to mind when talking about the second day of spring: SNOW. Supposedly lots of it so I’m sharing the start of the storm with you here!
It just makes me long for summer that much more and if you’re like me, how about getting a jump on summer with some beach reads! Especially when the price is so right, like 99 cents right.
One Summer Night, #1 in the At the Shore series, was a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Fall Romance and also featured in the NY Times. You can pick up #1 here and also read the first three chapters for free at Radish!
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2krMwfE
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2kYLWZV
B&N: http://bit.ly/2kNuo0p
GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2ik8EfG
iBooks: http://apple.co/2qsqdwx
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2fuEphL
Radish: Read three chapters for free – http://bit.ly/2AERQFk
What Happens in Summer, #2 in the At the Shore Contemporary Romance Series, is now available for pre-order and will release in early June. I absolutely love this sexy and emotional tale between a laid back surfer dude billionaire and an uptight uber responsible NYC lawyer.
You Can Order WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER Here:
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2y6hi4h
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2y92UIQ
B&N: http://bit.ly/2BJNcov
GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2hKg3BW
iBooks: http://apple.co/2hKgP1J
Kobo: Coming Soon!
#ThriftyThursday 99 cent pricing on ONE SUMMER NIGHT and Last Day for the Story Bundle
Don’t miss these great deals! Special 99 cent pricing for a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Romance and the last day for the Sorcery and Steam Story Bundle!
99 Cent Pricing on ONE SUMMER NIGHT
So we all have to watch our pennies, but we still love to read, right? So if you want to chase the winter doldrums away, check out the special pricing on ONE SUMMER NIGHT and if you’d like, read the first three chapters for free at Radish!
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2krMwfE
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2kYLWZV
B&N: http://bit.ly/2kNuo0p
GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2ik8EfG
iBooks: http://apple.co/2qsqdwx
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2fuEphL
Radish: Read three chapters for free – http://bit.ly/2AERQFk
A Very Special Story Bundle for you!
The Sorcery and Steam Story Bundle is a collection filled with magic, fantasy, suspense, bad guys, mythic creatures, goddesses and a little bit of romance! But don’t delay because this bundle ends on March 15!
The initial titles in the Sorcery and Steam Bundle (minimum $5 to purchase) are:
- Alchemy and Steam by Fiction River
- Familiarity by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Poison or Protect by Gail Carriger
- Blood and Magic by Ann Gimpel
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $15, you get all four of the regular titles, plus SIX more!
- Specters in the Storm by Pauline Baird Jones
- Rare Stakes by Michelle Fox
- Valkyrie’s Vengeance & Hunger Moon – Ragnarok: Doom of the Gods 1-2Â by Melissa Snark
- Ghosted – Nikki Ashburne – Book 1Â by Dayle A. Dermatis
- Alys of Asgard by Catherine Banks
- For Love or Vengeance by Caridad Pineiro
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get multiple DRM-free formats (.epub, .mobi and .pdf) for all books!
It’s also super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle.

#ThriftyThursday
99 Cent Pricing on ONE SUMMER NIGHT
So we all have to watch our pennies, but we still love to read, right? So if you want to chase the winter doldrums away, check out the special pricing on ONE SUMMER NIGHT and if you’d like, read the first three chapters for free at Radish!
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2krMwfE
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2kYLWZV
B&N: http://bit.ly/2kNuo0p
GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2ik8EfG
iBooks: http://apple.co/2qsqdwx
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2fuEphL
Radish: Read three chapters for free – http://bit.ly/2AERQFk
A Very Special Story Bundle for you!
The Sorcery and Steam Story Bundle is a collection filled with magic, fantasy, suspense, bad guys, mythic creatures, goddesses and a little bit of romance! But don’t delay because this bundle ends on March 15!
The initial titles in the Sorcery and Steam Bundle (minimum $5 to purchase) are:
- Alchemy and Steam by Fiction River
- Familiarity by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Poison or Protect by Gail Carriger
- Blood and Magic by Ann Gimpel
If you pay at least the bonus price of just $15, you get all four of the regular titles, plus SIX more!
- Specters in the Storm by Pauline Baird Jones
- Rare Stakes by Michelle Fox
- Valkyrie’s Vengeance & Hunger Moon – Ragnarok: Doom of the Gods 1-2Â by Melissa Snark
- Ghosted – Nikki Ashburne – Book 1Â by Dayle A. Dermatis
- Alys of Asgard by Catherine Banks
- For Love or Vengeance by Caridad Pineiro
This bundle is available only for a limited time via http://www.storybundle.com. It allows easy reading on computers, smartphones, and tablets as well as Kindle and other ereaders via file transfer, email, and other methods. You get multiple DRM-free formats (.epub, .mobi and .pdf) for all books!
It’s also super easy to give the gift of reading with StoryBundle, thanks to our gift cards – which allow you to send someone a code that they can redeem for any future StoryBundle bundle – and timed delivery, which allows you to control exactly when your recipient will get the gift of StoryBundle.

#TeaserTuesday – What Happens in Summer
What Happens in Summer, #2 in the At the Shore Contemporary Romance Series, is now available for pre-order and will release in early June. I absolutely love this sexy and emotional tale between a laid back surfer dude billionaire and an uptight uber responsible NYC lawyer. I hope you will as well and today I’m giving you a little teaser from the book!
Teaser
Connie had vowed never to make the same mistakes as her mother . . .
As the only daughter of a single mom, Connie Reyes knows how hard it is to raise a child alone and without prospects. At an early age Connie vowed she would never put herself or her child in a similar position. But Jonathan Pierce is oh so tempting and a night of passion leads to unexpected consequences with a man she has been unable to forget. But loving Jonathan may upend Connie’s law career and all that she’s worked so hard to achieve.
Jonathan Pierce has always marched to the beat of a different drummer. . .
Jonathan Pierce left home at nineteen, determined to explore his dreams and leave his unhappy childhood behind. A father who was always absent at work and a mother who left them her boys without even a goodbye. His only redeeming family connection is his big brother Owen. In the weeks leading up to the Owen’s wedding, sexual tension sizzles between him and the bride’s best friend Connie. Jonathan would love to show the uber responsible and work-a-holic lawyer that he’s a changed man.
When opportunity presents itself the night of the wedding, mutual desire will bring a lifetime of possibilities. Can Connie and Jonathan find a way to balance their very different personalities and build a loving family together?
Excerpt
Prologue
Sea Kiss, New Jersey
Playing it safe was far worse than taking a risk on what you wanted.
Jonathan Pierce knew just what he wanted.
He grabbed hold of the gnarly branch of the decades-old wisteria vine that climbed the side of the Sinclair mansion and boosted himself up.
He’d made the journey so many times this past summer, he could do it blindfolded.
He scrambled up the vine, finding the familiar foot and handholds until he vaulted up and over the second floor railing, and landed silently as a cat burglar on the balcony. It ran the length of the immense oceanfront mansion, with elegant French doors offering views of the sea.
The first darkened doorway was Maggie Sinclair’s room. He rushed past it quietly; Maggie belonged to his older brother, Owen. Not that Owen had acted on it yet, but Jonathan had known for years that the two were meant to be together, family feud be damned.
The next doorway was usually Maggie’s dad’s, but the old man had stopped coming down to the Shore as often as he once had, so it was a good bet that room was unoccupied.
Reaching the third room, he saw the curtains wafting in the summer breeze and the dim light from behind the partially closed French doors.
He smiled and his heart raced with pleasure.
Connie was waiting for him. Ever-responsible, ever-loyal Connie had broken her own rules to fall in love with him. Or at least he thought it was love. It definitely was on his part. With barely a week left before the girls all went back to school, he intended to let her know just how he felt.
He slipped carefully through the open doors and shut them behind him. He’d gone no more than a step when she launched herself at him, laughing and kissing him as she said, “What took you so long?â€
“I missed you, too,†he said, knowing it was more about the separation to come in a week and not about the long hours since last night.
He bent his head and kissed her, his touch tender and caring, and she answered in kind, her lips soft and coaxing.
Although Maggie had been bringing her friends to the Jersey Shore every summer since they’d met freshman year in college, he’d never really paid much attention at first. He’d had his share of girls from his high school class fawning over him.
But when Maggie and her friends had come back the next year, he had finally, gratefully, noticed what a real woman should be. Like Connie: all luscious curves; also proud, smart, and independent,
As impatient as he might be to make love to her tonight, he wanted her to know how much this meant to him. How this wasn’t only a summer romance for him.
He leaned over her, his gaze locked on her face. He wanted to say the words—Lord, how he wanted to—but they stuck in his throat and so he let every kiss and touch tell her what he couldn’t voice.
You Can Order Here:
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B&N: http://bit.ly/2BJNcov
GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2hKg3BW
iBooks: http://apple.co/2hKgP1J
Kobo: Coming Soon!
Special Pricing on #1 – One Summer Night
Don’t forget that we’ve got special pricing going on for #1 in the series, One Summer Night which was a Publishers Weekly Top 10 Fall Romance and featured in the NY Times. You can pick up #1 here and also read the first three chapters for free at Radish!
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2krMwfE
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2kYLWZV
B&N: http://bit.ly/2kNuo0p
GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2ik8EfG
iBooks: http://apple.co/2qsqdwx
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2fuEphL
Radish: Read three chapters for free – http://bit.ly/2AERQFk
#ThriftyThursday #3 At the Shore with Carlo and Emma
Busy working on finishing #3 in the At the Shore series. This story picks up right after the end of #2 WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER and is the story of epic wedding planner Emma Grant and sexy caterer Carlo da Costa. I’m having a fun time showing Sea Kiss in the winter months, but also how Carlo wins over a very stubborn Emma who refused to believe that it’s possible for her to have a happily ever after. You’ll get to see more of Maggie and Connie from the earlier books and also more of Tracy and Carlo’s brothers.
If you haven’t read the first one, here’s your chance to do so at a very special price: 99 cents! So don’t miss the special pricing on ONE SUMMER NIGHT and if you’d like, read the first three chapters for free at Radish!
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2krMwfE
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2kYLWZV
B&N: http://bit.ly/2kNuo0p
GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2ik8EfG
iBooks: http://apple.co/2qsqdwx
Kobo: http://bit.ly/2fuEphL
Radish: Read three chapters for free – http://bit.ly/2AERQFk
WHAT HAPPENS IN SUMMER is now available for pre-order at the following retailers:
Amazon Kindle: http://amzn.to/2y6hi4h
Amazon Paperback: http://amzn.to/2y92UIQ
B&N: http://bit.ly/2BJNcov
GooglePlay: http://bit.ly/2hKg3BW
iBooks: http://apple.co/2hKgP1J
Kobo: Coming Soon!

