I’m thrilled to be a finalist in the Traditional category for the National Readers Choice Awards with my last book, On the Crest of a Wave. This award is sponsored by the Oklahoma Romance Writers chapter. The award reception will be held during the Romance Writers of America National Conference in New York.

Even in this high-tech world of fast living, each of us has a place of escape.

My place is a quiet bayou harbor. The mirror slick surface of the black water and the swaying marsh grasses take me from season to season, not with changing colors, but with the wildlife it supports. Graceful herons, snowy white egrets, and crash-diving pelicans live alongside of alligators, blue crabs, and playful otters. Thousands of minnows bring the water to life in the spring, and mullet jump across the water in summer and fall.

Most of my stories are set along the beaches, islands, and waterways of the Gulf Coast. Ironically my first novel was set in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia. Even so, my heroine found her escape - and her love - in a beautiful snow-covered setting.

If you can't physically get away, I hope you'll pick up a book - one of my romances, of course - and let yourself escape into a world where your problems are set aside for a few hours and love always wins.

Check out the Appearances page of this website for information about where I'll be signing books.

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Photograph by Mimi Bosarge

My newest book, On the Crest of a Wave was published in February, 2010 from Avalon Books, Thomas Bouregy & Co, Inc.

Camille Hollander struggles to keep her family fed and safe during the last years of the Civil War. With Union-occupied cities on their east and west and a prisoner of war camp on an island just twelve miles south of the coast, she and the other villages must learn to cope with everyday hardships.

When her brother is captured and taken to the island camp, Camille faces the biggest struggle of all. Meeting Major Jake Warren, the Union commander of the island camp, makes her realize that the enemy is not always the bad guy. Family members and lifelong friends can cause just as much pain and anguish when they refuse to see beyond a blue uniform.

Camille must face a world that has turned its back on her. Can she leave the only home she knows to be with the man she loves?

“What people are saying about ON THE CREST OF A WAVE”

“. . . a hopeful story of love, destiny and overcoming odds, certain to appeal to fans of romance novels and historical fiction.” – Booklist

On the Crest of a Wave is now available in Large Print from Amazon (Thorndike Press)--Also, ask for it at your local library.

ISBN 13:978-1-4104-2967-4
ISBN 10:1-4104-2967-9

ON THE CREST OF A WAVE

Avalon Publishing

Available on Amazon.com

ISBN # 10:0803499965
ISBN # 13:978-0803499966

Available Now at your local library. Copies are still available on Amazon.com

ONCE IN A HALF MOON

ISBN # 978-0-8034-9895-2

Available Now at your local library. Copies are still available on Amazon.com

A LIGHT IN THE DARK