tropicalheat_800Tropical Heat:

Tropical Heat is a venture of firsts for me. Not only is it my first foray into the erotic romance genre, but the story is also the first title to ever be released by a publisher rather than self-published like my three previous books. Below you’ll find the release dates and blurb.

Preorder: 13th May 2013 (the book becomes available to preorder through the Total-E-Bound website)
Prerelease: 24th May 2013 (the book becomes available to buy through the Total-E-Bound website)
General release: 21st June 2013 (the book becomes available through all outlets, i.e. Kindle, Nook, iBooks)

Synopsis:

They have one night together to explore their passion, fulfil their needs and quench their desires, but will one night be enough?

Rayne Willows is an artist from the Pacific Northwest looking to shake up her boring life. A trip to Jamaica sounds like the perfect way to let loose and rekindle her passion for photography. When she meets local man Marcus Greene on the beach in Ocho Rios, sparks immediately fly. Marcus offers to show Rayne around his beautiful hometown, but during the sightseeing tour, the two quickly realize the passion they have for each other can’t be held back. They decide to make their one night together a sexy experience neither of them is likely to forget.

Learn more about Tropical Heat in this fun post. Or by visiting this Pinterest board I created.

Love Simplified ThumbnailLove, Simplified:

When workaholic Cecile Day realizes she isn’t living the life she wants, she uproots her life in Denver and moves to her family’s ramshackle cabin in Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri. Cecile wants to slow down, move to the country and live a life full of the things money doesn’t buy, but her motives for moving aren’t quite that simple. She knows running from an array of demons, leaving a wealthy fiancé and high-powered career won’t be easy, but what she hopes to gain by moving is peace of mind, sense of self and lasting happiness. Upon her move, Cecile meets her sexy neighbor, Ethan Morgan. Cecile quickly discovers Ethan can provide her with companionship and a simple, country life, that is, if she’ll let him. She feels haunted by her past mistakes and struggles to feel worthy of Ethan’s affections. Even though Cecile has worked hard to simplify her life, will she realize she can’t live without the most basic necessity of all: love.

To read an excerpt, click here.

You can listen to an audio recording of me reading from Love, Simplified by clicking here.

Purchase Love, Simplified on Kindle, (Kindle UK) Nook, Smashwords and in paperback.

Love in Greener Pastures:
Recent college graduate Gabby Richards has big plans for her life. At the top of those plans is landing a job for a major magazine in Chicago. While Gabby is busy mapping out her career as a journalist, her father gets seriously injured. Upon hearing of his accident, Gabby drops everything, including her career plans, and heads home to her small, rural town of Clear Lake, but vows to return to Chicago as soon as her father is well.
Suddenly Gabby is catching up with old friends, dealing with small town gossip and facing parts of her past she’d rather forget. Luckily, she meets the town’s hunky mechanic, Jake Harrison, who helps Gabby confront her past and tries to help her see she can have a career in Clear Lake. Will Gabby realize she can be a successful journalist anywhere? Or will she leave Clear Lake in pursuit of life in greener pastures?

Purchase Love in Greener Pastures on Kindle (Kindle UK) and in paperback.

You can listen to an audio recording of me reading from Love in Greener Pastures by clicking here.

My first romance novel, largely set on a Caribbean cruise ship.
Justus Kendall is an interior designer from St. Louis who aspires to start her own design firm and when she lands her biggest job to date, remodeling a prestigious old hotel in downtown St. Louis, she is on top of the world. However, while touring the hotel, her happiness is cut short when she finds her fiancé Alex Williams tumbling out of one of the hotel suites, a naked blonde wrapped in a bed sheet tangled in his arms. Justus is stunned, furious and hurt when she finds Alex cheating on her a month before her wedding.
As a way to get over him, and as a chance to have fun and clear her head, Justus convinces her best friend Krystal to accompany her on her honeymoon cruise. While on the cruise Justus meets a handsome Latin dance instructor named Miguel Amores from Miami. The pair quickly find they have red hot chemistry on the dance floor and off of it.

Purchase Finding Justus on Kindle (Kindle UK) and in paperback.

Read an excerpt of Finding Justus and Love in Greener Pastures: A_Bretz_Preview.

You can listen to an audio recording of me reading from Finding Justus by clicking here.

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