Born in Visalia, California, I'm a small town girl at heart. I love central California's golden foothills, oak trees, and the miles of farmland. In my mind, there's nothing sweeter in the world than the heady fragrance of orange blossoms on a sultry summer night. As a little girl I spent hours on my bed, staring out the window, dreaming of far off places, fearless knights, and happy-ever-after endings. In my imagination I was never the geeky bookworm with the thick coke-bottle glasses, but a princess, a magical fairy, a Joan-of-Arc crusader. My parents fed my imagination by taking our family to Europe for a year when I was thirteen. The year away changed me (I wasn't a geek for once!) and overseas I discovered a huge and wonderful world with different cultures and customs. I loved everything about Europe, but felt especially passionate about Italy and those gorgeous Italian men (no wonder my first very Presents hero was Italian). I confess, after that incredible year in Europe, the travel bug bit, and bit hard. I spent much of my high school and college years abroad, studying in South Africa, Japan and Ireland. South Africa remains a country of my heart, the people, the land and politics complex and heart-wrenching. After my years of traveling and studying I had to settle down and earn a living. With my Bachelors degree from UCLA in American Studies, a program that combines American literature and American history, I've worked in sales and marketing, as well as a director of a non-profit foundation. Later I earned my Masters in Writing from the University of San Francisco and taught jr. high and high school English. I now live in Seattle and Hawaii with my three sons. I never mind a rainy day, either, because that's when I sit at my desk and write stories about far-away places, fascinating people, and most importantly of all, love. I like a story with a happy ending. We all do.
Series
Books
Flirting with Forty
2006
The Fallen Greek Bride / At the Greek Boss's Bidding
2013
The Spaniard's Passion
2003
One Christmas Night in Venice
2011
Take Me Please, Cowboy
2023
It's You
2015
Easy on the Eyes
2009
The Greek's Royal Mistress
2003
The Sultan's Bought Bride
2004
Odd Mom Out
2007
Hollywood Husband, Contract Wife
2006
Take Me, Cowboy
2013
Montana Cowboy Christmas
2020
Flirting with Fire
2023
His Majesty's Mistake
2012
Christmas at Copper Mountain
2013
Marco's Pride
2007
Montana Cowboy Bride
2023
Kidnapped for His Royal Duty
2018
The Price of a Dangerous Passion
2020
Montana Cowboy Miracle
2021
The Latin Lover's Secret Child
2003
The Sheikh's Wife
2001
Mistaken for a Mistress
2012
The Frog Prince
2005
Love Me, Cowboy
The Copper Mountain Rodeo Anthology
2013
Married in Montana
2017
Once Upon a Christmas
2022
The Sheikh's Chosen Queen
2007
King Of The Desert, Captive Bride
2008
Taken by the Highest Bidder
2005
Bought to Carry His Heir
2017
Mrs. Perfect
2008
The Prince's Scandalous Wedding Vow
2019
The Good Wife
2013
Writing the Bestseller
Romantic And Commercial Fiction
2014
Montana Cowboy Daddy
2021
His Merciless Marriage Bargain
2017
Montana Cowboy Promise
2022
Duty, Desire and the Desert King
2009
Not Christmas Without You
2018
His Shock Marriage in Greece
2019
In Dante's Debt
2001
A Christmas Miracle for Daisy
2015
The Kidnapped Christmas Bride
2014
The Tycoon's Kiss
2014
His Defiant Desert Queen
2015
Not Fit for a King?
2011
The Desert Sheikh's Innocent Queen
2011
Away in Montana
2016
The Lost Sheenan's Bride
2016
The Convenient Cosentino Wife
2023
Take a Chance on Me
2018
Christmas Contract for His Cinderella
2019
The Good Woman
2012
She's Gone Country
2010
The Good Daughter
2013
The Taming of the Bachelor
2015
A Copper Mountain Christmas
2013
The Fallen Greek Bride
2013
Flirting with Fifty
2022
Flirting with the Beast
2022
Lazaro's Revenge
2002
A Dark Sicilian Secret
2012
So You Want to Be a Frog
2023
Miracle on Chance Avenue
2017
Montana Cowboy Romance
2020
The Sheikh's Virgin
2005
The Italian's Virgin Princess
2004
The Secretary's Seduction
2002
The Sicilian's Defiant Mistress
2005
The Tycoon's Forced Bride
2016
The Sheikh's Disobedient Bride
2006
The Desert Kings
2012
Her Sinful Secret
2017
At the Greek Boss's Bidding
2007
Oh, Christmas Night
2019
The Italian Groom
2001
Christos's Promise
2001
