Declaration of Love Characters
I thought you might like to meet the characters from Declaration of Love today. I knew I wanted Kate, the heroine, to look a little like her ancestor, Lucy Carlson Barton, from For Liberty and Love. And the hero, Grady Guthry, I wanted him to be a handsome dark-haired leans-toward-rugged kind of guy. I designed […]
Declaration of Love
The wait is over! Declaration of Love is here! A temporary postmaster. A contractor who fixes everything except his own heart. And a love story written 250 years ago. Grady Guthry understands the weight of a promise. Years after returning from the Army to help his widowed sister and young nephew rebuild their lives, he’s […]
For Liberty and Love Characters
When I started working on For Liberty and Love, I wavered back and forth on what Lucy and Branch would look like. Once I finally decided she would have brown hair and he would be blond, things began to fall into place. Austin Butler was my inspiration for Branch Barton. I could picture him in […]
Theo and the Day the Bells Rang
Sometimes, as an author, I encounter a side character that becomes way more important to me than I imagined they’d be the first time I typed their name. Such was the case of Theo, Lucy’s little brother in For Liberty and Love. Theo is eight. Full of mischief. Smart. Plucky. Brave. And he adores his […]
For Liberty and Love
It’s release day for the first book in the new Petticoats & Patriots series. I hope you will love reading For Liberty and Love! She never intended to become a spy … or fall for one. Philadelphia, 1776 As whispers of revolution swell into a roar for freedom, Lucy Carlson is no longer content to […]
Blue Moon Cowboy Release Day!
Today is the day! Blue Moon Cowboy is officially here! He’s spent decades guarding his heart. She’s spent a lifetime chasing the horizon. Neither of them were prepared for love to catch them by surprise. Widower Jason Price isn’t looking for romance. As a trusted pickup man for the Rockin’ K Rodeo Company, part-owner of his family’s […]
Blue Moon Cowboy Preview
I thought you might enjoy a preview of the first chapter of Blue Moon Cowboy today! ~*~ Joy, swift and undeniable, swept across the weathered features of a face that had endured eighty-one years of triumphs and tragedy, happiness and sorrow, hope and loss. As Liz Charles beamed at her approaching great-granddaughter, photographer Lainey Collins […]
National Day of the Unicorn
It’s National Unicorn Day! What a fun day to celebrate. As if just so happens, I’m working on a book right now about a 60-ish widower cowboy who certainly hasn’t been looking for love, but it just might find him anyway. If you’ve read the Rodeo Romance series, Jason Price is a familiar (and fun) […]
Roped Into Paradise Characters
It’s always fun for me to share the inspiration behind the characters in my books. Today, I thought you might like to see the inspiration for the characters in Roped Into Paradise. Let’s start with JJ McKade. He’s a rancher. Strong. Tough. Maybe a little lonesome because it isn’t like he meets a lot of […]
Roped Into Paradise
Today is the day! Roped Into Paradise is here! A cowboy, a cruise, and a meddling grandma—what could go wrong? JJ McKade expected to spend two weeks with his grandmother at her condo in sunny Florida, celebrating her birthday. Instead, he got shanghaied by his mischievous grandma on a Caribbean cruise—complete with hot pink luggage, […]
Roped Into Paradise First Chapter
Only one more week until the release of Roped Into Paradise! I thought you might enjoy an early peek at the first chapter of the book. Enjoy! “Thanks for the ride, man.” JJ McKade stepped out of the rideshare car that had transported him from the Orlando airport to his grandmother’s condo in […]
Covering Christmas Character Inspiration
I’m excited for you to meet Keller and Cobie from Covering Christmas. They are both new characters to the Rodeo Romance family, and I didn’t really have an idea of what I wanted them to look like. Then, I happened upon a photo of a cute guy with dimples for days, and decided he was […]