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Going Back to Oberon (an Oberon short story)

This story started out as a feature on Cabin Goddess’s “Fourth Wall Friday”, a blog feature in which authors were invited to put themselves into a scene where they interacted with their characters. 

I had a great deal of fun imagining myself returning to the scene of my very first series. It started me thinking about all the stories I hadn't told yet. And it really motivated me to start getting some of those ideas out there.

Get it HERE.


Such Fleeting Pleasures

This is an Oberon prequel novella that started out as a series of flashback scenes in the 4th Oberon book, A Taste of Honey.  

It's not for sale, but it can be downloaded free when you join my Facebook Group: The Crone's Nest

Today Lucy and Dan Cavanaugh have the hottest marriage in Oberon. But life wasn't always strawberries and cream for them...or was it? In this Oberon prequel, travel back in time and see how it all began.



This Winter Night (a prequel to This Winter Heart)

Newlyweds Dario and Ophelia Leonides are passionately in love. The only things marring their happiness are Lia's homesickness and continued inability to conceive a child. 

Dario would do anything to make Lia smile again. He's hoping to use the miraculous technology his father-in-law has pioneered, combined with the magic inherent in his native land.  But calling upon the forces of Kokopili may have unintended consequences.

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When a Tenth Century Roman soldier meets a Fifteenth Century Spanish courtier, it's love at first sight.
WARNING: This excerpt is from Old Sins, Long Shadows, and details Conrad and Damian's first meeting.  This is NOT a new story.  But if you haven't read the series, and are interested in learning how Conrad and Damian found each other, it's a good place to start.

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Blame It On The Voodoo (a vampire short story)

What’s a little black magic among friends?


Vampire Rene Boudreaux is more than a little annoyed. It seems sexy voodoo queen Zirondelle Doucette has got him under her spell. Can Zee convince Rene that the only real magic is love? Or will he continue to blame it on the voodoo?

This story can also be found in the anthology, Nine Nights in New Orleans by the Nine Naughty Novelists. 

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Counting On Christmas (AKA Spank Me Santa)


This is a short story based on characters from Let Me Count the Ways (LA Love Lessons series). It was originally released as part of the Nine Naughty Novelists' Ugly Christmas Sweater story collection, Volume I.

This Ugly Christmas Sweater short story features the characters Mike and Claire from Let Me Count the Ways (LA Love Lessons, book 3)

Mike's been a very good boy this year and Santa Claire has the perfect present picked out for him--one that's both naughty and nice!

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Being Mom: A Collection of Poems About Motherhood

All of these poems (with the exception of the last one, Birthright, which was written several years earlier) were written between 1997 and 1999 when I was living in Berkeley and...being a mom.

A year later, I would begin writing novels on a more-or-less full-time basis. The family has yet to recover.

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