Being a military 'brat' until I was five took me from my origin in Oklahoma, to West Virginia, then Memphis, and finally to San Jose, California where I lived until I was 18. I was five when we moved to San Jose, and the poor kids on the playground had no clue what I meant when I said, "Ya'llwannaplaywime".

It was amazing! I lived in what was Blossom Valley which, at that time, was filled with kumquat, loquat, apricot and apple trees. Almaden Expressway was a two-lane road that led the traveler to New Almaden, with ranches, orchards and strawberry fields stretching out on either side. There was an adobe elementary school with a bell tower on the corner of Almaden and what is now Blossom Hill Road where I raised hell, uh, attended school.

So very true! I loved horses and could be found galloping through the hills bareback or on a western saddle, and at Santa Clara County Horseman's Association barrelracing or polebending, as well as at the Salinas Rodeo and smaller gymkhana's in the area.

I've been writing short stories and poems since I was a child of about 5. I didn't start writing in earnest until 2012, publishing my first novella in 2014. If you do the math, you'll wonder why the heck it's taken me so long to get another book published? Well, I actually write every day and have written a few more, but have chronic health issues that keep derailing me. A car accident and terrible whiplash when I was 19 graced me with a headache that has never gone away. Weekly migraines were a thing. Add to that lupus and chronic mononucleosis (yeah, who knew it could be chronic and return?) kick my ass on a regular basis. Add in the day-job and you have delayed editing and publishing. I had cervical spinal fusion surgery in December 2021, and so far the headaches are few and far between, and the lupus and mono have backed off some, too. Joy!! I'm determined to publish at least two books a year!

Yes! I love taking pictures with my Canon camera, and also reading - romance, of course! I used to knit and make jewelry, but my hands hurt too much to keep that up. Hiking also used to be a weekly adventure, but with lupus a person needs to embrace the vampiric lifestyle, and coupled with hotter summers, I don't get out as much anymore.

Ten! I originally thought I'd do 3 or 4, but as I was writing the first in the series, characters kept popping up and demanding entrance, and once I let them in the book, they went on and demanded their own book. If I didn't agree, they wouldn't cooperate, so I caved and threw up my hands. "Okay, okay! Ten it is!"

True, and Merry Christmas! I expanded Holiday Hearts Awakening, switching it around so that Nat and Zach met a year or so ago, and neither had been able to forget the other. To ensure everyone had access to the new edition (Amazon won't automatically update previously published books), I delisted HHA, assigned a new ISBN (book identifier), and dressed it up for a party with a new name - Loving Her Holiday Hero, along a new cover. It's now FREE as first in the series. It has a matchmaking grandma ghost, with Zach and Nat living next door to each other in fictitious Beacon Bay, a small coastal town that gathers magical folks like bees to nectar. Loving Her Holiday Hero is Book 1 in this new series, and released Book 2, Enchanting Her Defender earlier this year.

Definitely steamy, with explicit sex scenes and a fair amount of cursing. Anyone looking for sweet romance won't want to crack one open. In other words, pretty realistic for my characters. "Realistic?" you ask? "But you write paranormal romance." Ahhh, but who's to say that the paranormal isn't realistic and real? Hmmm? 💥🔥