It's Been Awhile

Hello bookworms! It's been a minute and I apologize.

So much has happened since the last time I posted. The last time I posted the Sun Will Rise was close to release. It released April 28th, 2022 during infertility awareness week and the emotions I went through at that time were overwhelming. I had already sunken into a depression from my niece's death the previous Halloween and try as I may, the positive sunshine attitude I displayed for the world, didn't touch my heart. I was wilting and I didn't know how to keep that darkness from spreading.

I won't go into all the struggles and attempts to thwart them that I went through, because we would be here all day. Instead, I will tell you that I believe I have crawled out of the hole and torn the veil from myself, because I do feel more like myself again. Finally!

So what has been happening lately? Well, I recently released my newest book, Since You. A smalltown, contemporary romance with suspense, slow burn, a non-cowboy, country music (that I wrote) and SPICE! Yes, I've written my first book with intimate scenes that do not fade to black. Let me tell you, as scared and conflicted as I was to write it—I mean I blushed writing kissing scenes for my first book—I had SO MUCH fun with this book. It was what I needed after the heaviness of The Sun Will Rise and my niece's death. I feel like it helped bring me back.

When I say the heaviness of The Sun Will Rise, it's because I put so much of my story within it that I often times found myself steeped in sadness and many times thought I should just toss the story. I didn't feel that anything I wrote about infertility would ever be good enough and I didn't want to let other infertility warriors down by getting it wrong. Which is why I added eight true stories at the end, to help show how different everyone's journey is and how unforgiving infertility can be. I feel I accomplished that because several sufferers have told me I hit the nail on the head and that's all I ever wanted to do, is bring awareness. If you haven't had a chance to read it, please do, it really is a beautiful love story, even if the topic is sad.

Back to Since You. I had the largest ARC Team ever and they were a dream. The excitement I felt from these strangers over my book was overwhelming and I'm still floating on the high. This book has been so well received it has fans of the book picking up my other books ad reading them too! Success! And I am forever grateful for it. I am grateful for the people who stepped up and were willing to take a chance on this author they've never heard of because of their love for love stories. They are the true heroes of this book because they have championed it and shared it and gushed over it. I am so happy with the outcome of the release.

I have always been terrible at keeping up my site, time has me choosing other things, but I am going to try to pop in more often and I hope you join me!