A Plodding Author
Born & raised in rural Pennsylvania, I knew I would become a writer when I found it easier to make up stories for my less-than-acceptable behavior than tell the truth. Luckily, I also learned the fine art of surviving publisher rejection since my mother rarely accepted my “stories.”
At Duquesne University, I honed my wordsmithing talent as a journalism major & English writing minor between ROTC maneuvers & Shakespeare performances. Thank you, Captain Bostelman, for telling me I shot straighter with my typewriter than my M16. Thank you, Dr. Albert Labriola, for sharing your valuable insight regarding my “line-backer-in-waiting” role in Twelfth Night.
Graduation brought a move to South Florida for my first professional writing job at First Marketing Corporation. Between writing about checking accounts & asset reallocation, I gained valuable insight into how word choice, sentence mechanics, & good grammar capture reader attention. I also learned a left-brained environment wasn’t the best place for this right-brained creative to flourish. Right, Marjorie?
On to Atlanta, where between freelance writing assignments & baby spit up, I began committing to paper the many stories I’d written in my head. But writing them for family & friends to read was one thing, wrangling a spot on a publishing house’s roster another. Rejections be damned! I will become a published author!
And I did! Now, from my Utah hideaway, I write to my heart’s content.
Enjoy!
Should a woman give the man that once loved her—then killed her—a second chance at either?
Not many people get a do-over, & mountain guide Vicky Golden isn’t about to waste hers. With a new name, a new look, & a new attitude, she has the life she always wanted. But when a geothermal project threatens her precious Mt. Shasta, she risks expo
Should a woman give the man that once loved her—then killed her—a second chance at either?
Not many people get a do-over, & mountain guide Vicky Golden isn’t about to waste hers. With a new name, a new look, & a new attitude, she has the life she always wanted. But when a geothermal project threatens her precious Mt. Shasta, she risks exposing her secret to the world and to the man who wanted her dead.
Since his wife Brianna’s accidental death, Dutch aristocrat Christiaan van Laere has punished himself for being an awful husband with long hours, long runs, & celibacy. He needs the Mineral Springs project to save his company’s future & his family’s fortune. He’ll do anything to ensure success, including butting heads with a radical environmental group & the leader who bears a strange resemblance to his late wife.
As Vicky and Christiaan up the ante to achieve their goals, they’re forced to deal with dark secrets, painful emotions, & an undeniable attraction. But what happens when the world learns Brianna isn’t dead…