Friday, December 6, 2013

New Release Coming Soon

I'm finally coming out of my writing/editing cave to reveal the cover and excerpt of my newest novella, Murder in Paradise, from Secret Cravings Publishing, due out later this month. It's a romantic suspense, which takes place at a writer's conference in Hawaii.

The story was born as a picture prompt on Tuesday Tales blog, which is a great place for writers to experiment with writing prompts.

Story Blurb
Romance author Claire Jenkins thought the Hawaii Writer’s Conference would be the perfect break she needed. A chance to hang out with her writing buddies, maybe take a workshop and explore Hawaii. She didn't dream she’d walk in on a murder scene involving Hawaii’s most famous honeymooners, wind up as the guest of the suspect or pretend to be the girlfriend of her handsomely sexy writing partner, bestselling thriller author Sam Stewart.


Sam’s got his hands full trying to keep Claire safe and figure out if their host, the newlywed architect, Dan Harris, is indeed a murderer. His job just got even more difficult as he and Claire pose as a couple. Sam has to protect Claire without smothering her or risk ruining their professional relationship. Will it be too tempting for the both of them to act on the attraction they share, or will they give in to their feelings, throw caution to the island breeze and begin a new chapter in their lives?