My Muse's Musings

On May 7th I released my 26th book. And I'm now headed toward my 27th but that's another story I'll be sharing with you in a later post. Building Family has been out exactly a month. And I'm so thrilled by my reader's responses. Building Family is Book 10 of the SEAL Team Heartbreakers Series. It's a big book just shy of 91,000 words and has 2 romances, a wedding, and 3 different suspense angles going all at the same time. I'm so proud of the book. Building Family goes back to the roots of the SEAL Team Heartbreakers series with the first couple I wrote about in Breaking Free . Hawk and Zoe. They've matured, they've excelled in their professional lives and they're still deeply in love. But love isn't without conflict, sometimes, and Zoe's come to a decision that will impact their lives. She's made sacrifices being married to a SEAL. She's been a single parent for much of that time and now that Hawk is home more often, sh...

The Release for BREAKING OUT (Book 6 of the SEALTeam Heartbreaker's Series) will be out October 10th I can hardly wait. Everything is uploaded and ready to go.  The ebook is available for preorder so if you want to receive it the day of release just swing by and purchase it now and you'll have it on your hot little reading devices or computers on the 10th.  I'm working hard to get the paperback released around the same time. If you're a paperback reader be on the lookout at Amazon. I'm waiting on my proof to make sure the cover is a beautiful in print as it is online. Once I've okayed it, it should be up there in just a few days. Hopefully it will be available on the 10th. I'm doing my best to make that happen. I thought I'd post another excerpt from the book just to give you another little appetizer.   Breaking Out  Excerpt:  Zach nodded. “I feel guilty as hell that I hit her.” “An accident is an accident. And you did everythi...

The edits for Breaking Out are done!!! The manuscript is in the formatter's hands and I'm in waiting mode for the release October 10th. In celebration I thought I'd post another excerpt from the book. Kathleen and Cal are back in Breaking Out to finish out their story line. I could have separated their story line as a novella, but I find it more interesting to write secondary story lines within the context of the larger picture. HINT Both the stories have something similar and run parallel to one another. So you're getting two love stories in one volume and a whole lot more. Sherry looked up from printing out a receipt for a client. “I have a note for you, Dr. Bertinelli.” She extended the receipt and a bag of medication to the customer and waited for the man to leave. She picked up an envelope from beside her computer and extended it to Piper. Sherry lowered her voice. “It was mixed in with the mail delivered today, but doesn’t have a stamp or return address.”...

BREAKING OUT  Book 6 of the SEAL Team Heartbreakers is available for preorder. Release date is October 10th. An Excerpt: She pushed the conversation away from her work. “I’ve been reading a little about what you do. Do you really deploy for six months at a time?” “Yeah, sometimes longer, rarely less. And sometimes we spend weeks training out in the desert, or days training out there somewhere.” He nodded toward the water. “Or twenty-five thousand feet above, like on Monday. But then we’ll have spells where we’re working nine to five just like anyone else.” “And you can’t talk about what you do.” “Not where we’ve been, or what we do while we’re deployed, or even some of the training we do.” Piper wiggled around to look up at him. She couldn’t imagine how anyone lived under such restrictions. “Doesn’t it get lonely?” “Yeah, it does.” His green gaze shot past her out to the water. “You may want to try to keep your emotional distance and keep things light between us. S...

I've started edits on my book Breaking Out   (Book 6 of the SEAL Team Heartbreakers) and thought I'd post another excerpt for my readers. The book will be out October 10th but it's available for preorder now. Below is also an excerpt from Marliss Melton's Never Forget . An Echo Platoon Novella. Enjoy! An Excerpt: Zach looked away to hide his amusement. “Why don’t you bring him to work with you? He’s probably lonely and needs company.” “You may be right, but there’s no guarantee he wouldn’t get bored and chew something important here.” “You know your dog.” He didn’t have to have a map drawn for him to see the distance she was putting between them. It was in her body language and her tone. Was it because of his comment about calling their clients?  Or was it because she’d decided getting to know him wasn’t worth the effort when he’d be shipping out soon. For the second time in ten minutes, disappointment lay heavy in the pit of his stomach. ...