to all the moms out there. May your day be filled with lots of love, hugs and kisses from your brood whether they’re real or in spirit

It’s been a good weekend despite recovering from surgery. Yesterday I sat propped on the couch while hubby and the kids went shopping for Mother’s Day pressies. THey brought home Chinese take-out for dinner.

Today hubby folded all the laundry and cleaned the kitchen and he’s presently out shopping for steaks to grill for dinner. I love that man…

Me? I’m still propped on the couch with my laptop. I’m still sore but nearly as sore as I was yesterday. I’m working on something I’m not supposed to be working on…..shhhhh!

Stay With Me is now available!

Getting her back will be the toughest deal they’ve ever negotiated.

On the night of her fifth anniversary, Catherine Cullen-Wellesley intends to break the news to the two men in her life. She’s pregnant with their child. It’ll be the perfect preamble to the vacation they’ve promised her: Two weeks on a Jamaican beach. No cell phones, no emails, no business.

But when Logan and Rhys blow off the trip for yet another “business emergency”, Catherine faces some difficult truths. She hasn’t come first in her busy husbands’ lives in a long time. Defiantly, she packs her bags for her long-awaited vacation—alone. It’ll give her a chance to figure out what the hell she’s going to do with the rest of her life.

When Logan and Rhys come home to an empty house, they realize two things: One, it was a mistake to take Catherine for granted. Two, they’re not willing to just let her walk out of their lives.

Winning her back will be the most difficult battle of their lives—more important than any business deal they’ve ever negotiated.

You can go here for an excerpt!

Or go here to purchase.

We were talking over the weekend in the Writeminded Reader’s Group about Stay With Me and I mentioned that while I love writing about finding love, meeting newly and going on to the happily ever after, there was something so powerful about taking people who had already embarked on their HEA and show them holding onto their love, fighting for it. People make mistakes, they make stupid choices. They’re human. To me it’s rewarding to see a couple not give up when faced with hard times. Forgiveness is a big part of loving someone unconditionally. Who hasn’t made a mistake that they’ve needed forgiveness for?

This was my focus for this book. I hope that if you pick it up, you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed writing it!

The pages are flowing. Ahhh I love it when that happens. Despite already setting tight deadlines, I’ve challenged myself to complete the books ahead of schedule, for this particular book I’m working on right now (Sweet Persuasion) I challenged myself to complete it in half the time.

Goal was to finish half the book by May 1 and have it completed by May 15th. I’m happy to say I did get half way through yesterday so now it’s on to the second half

I have a proposal due June 1 so I wanted the end of May free to work on that. And then I need the month of June to finish Into the Lair, and THEN I must write book 2 for Desires and THEN, finally, lord, finally! I get to work on The Darkest Hour.

After that, it’s pretty much a blur of more books, more deadlines etc etc lol. I’m just ready to sink my teeth into TDH. Love that book and the characters.

So in my RT recap that I posted yesterday, I mentioned how much I loved Beth Williamson AND I said the following:

…I wish so much success for her, and I have a feeling we’re going to be hearing some verra good things about her in short order.

It should come as no surprise that I LOVE being right.

Congrats, Beth!!

chocolate cake.