Sneak Peek at Finding Home, Desert Secrets Book 4

Hey, all of you Desert Secrets readers, I have a treat for you! Here's a sneak peek of the final book in the Desert Secrets Series. Let me tell you, Bailey Roan is a blast to write, but I'm kind of sad to see this series end. Remember, this book hasn't been to the editor yet.  If you want to get started on the series, you can find it here!

They all walked out the living room and Bailey stopped in her tracks just inside the living room’s entrance. No freaking way. There, in the middle of her room, stood Zane Alder. All six feet with some inches added, of him taking her personal space. Of all actors to come to her house, why him? She hated reading his articles, turned the channel if they had an update about him on TV, and refused to watch one of his movies. Okay, she’d watched about ten minutes of one long ago. Really, she didn’t even know why she disliked him so much. She just had a feeling about him. While most women would be enthralled by his appearance, Bailey found herself disgusted. Maybe she shouldn’t have signed up for this gig.

            “Bailey,” Lance said, finally noticing her standing by the entrance. He rushed over to her with his arms open wide for a hug. “It’s been too long.”

            Bailey stepped into Lance’s embrace and let herself feel comforted by her best friend’s ex-husband event though a slice of guilt stabbed at her heart. He gave her a gentle squeeze.

            “Excuse me,” Zane interrupted, signaling that he had business to contend to with Lance. “I’m hot, sticky, and dehydrated. Not to mention that we’re supposed to start filming in thirty minutes.”

            “I know, Zane. We’ll get you taken care of before we start filming. I promise.”

            Bailey stepped toward and held out her hand. “Nice to meet you,” she said and introduced herself to Zane. Eddie and Roy were already connecting cables and they’d been the only ones to take a tour of her house. She might as well be responsible in showing the actors around. “I can show you where you can freshen up.”

            Take a step backward, he glared at her. His arms were folded tightly across his chest. “Who are you?”

            Who was she? Is this guy serious? Bailey Roan, the owner of this house that he’d be using for who knew how long. She tamped down the flaring anger over this man’s rude behavior before saying, “I’m the owner of this house. Would you like me to show you the bathrooms or do you prefer to stand there and stink?” Triumph filled her as she stared at his shocked face. Lance chuckled. “Well?” she asked. 

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Will Miguel’s whispered midnight promises ever see the light of day?

Content with her job as small town waitress and role of single mom, Allison believes she's better off without a man. In her opinion, all they bring is chaos - and that includes the father of her child. So why has Miguel’s arrival shaken her so badly?

It's not easy for Allison to keep Miguel a secret with someone poisoning the food in her bakery and the local sheriff believing she harbors a vendetta against the town because of her tormented past. And then there are the people waiting for her to screw up with the kids. The control Allison has always kept on her life is slipping out of her grasp.

Allison is always upfront with Miguel. There isn't anything she hides from him. Miguel wishes he could say the same. The one thing that Miguel has hidden could be the very secret that drives Allison straight from his arms.

Keeping their secrets and clearing Allison's name just might be harder than either of them have ever imagined.

Top 5 during Safe-at-home life!

I haven't done a top 5 for a very long time. Welcome to the Top 5 Stay-at-home edition!

This are my top five things keeping me going strong:


1. Lots and lots of tv. My favorite shows right now are Little Fires Everywhere, The Affair, and 90 Day Fiance.

2. Writing on paper instead of the computer. You got that right! My creativity has returned since I've started working from home and I've been writing a lot. It gives me a break from all the time on the computer. I do write on the computer on my days off. Between work calls, it's pen and paper, baby!

3. Reading and coloring. I'm on the computer a lot! I'm watching tv  A LOT! I have to take time away and do other things besides clean and working out. I color on my  work breaks and read when I don't feel like writing. Right now I'm a self-help book on potiviation and positivity.


4. Digitial workouts! I love the Zumba and beach body apps on my tv. My favorite beachbody work out is kickboxing.

5. I might have kicked my coffee drive-thru obsession. I do have a small cup of mocha in the afternoon (I work evening shift). My bank account is a lot happier now!

Safe at Home...

I just wanted to give a little update during this crazy thing going on. I've been working from home for 3 weeks now. I work for a streaming service, so once they had everything programmed, it was an easy transition for me. I'm finding that between calls, I've able to write! I think it's because I'm at my desk in my bedroom and it stays quiet in there.  I love working from home!

Right now my family hasn't gotten the Covid-19. Some members of the family have gotten the stomach virus for 24 hours or so. I have severe allergies this time of year that makes me want to just sleep all day from the allergy meds. On regular days I spend my time doing extra cleaning, working out, watching a lot of tv, and reading when I don't feel like writing.

All-in-all, things are going fine. I go grocery shopping once a week. I spend time with my 3 yr old nephew over at his house. We run and play out in the yard. It gives me a break from my apartment and some fresh air. I tried to keep positive about this thing going on, but once in a while, it does feel overwhelming! My son is tired of me though haha.


How are you doing? How is your family? Give me an update!

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So In Love....

I was giving myself until March 1st to finish up Finding Home, Desert Secrets Book 4, and then doing round 1 of revisions for Off the Ropes. I hit a snag... I'm so in love with the Finding Home story that I don't want to set it aside for revisions of the other book. No matter which way I go, I plan on releasing both books this year. Stay tuned for my decision.

One thing is for sure, nothing beats a good love story!

What's Coming Next...

Happy Thursday!


I've been busy writing lately! At the end of 2019, I finished writing the first draft of Off the Ropes, Ringside book 3. I've gotten a lot of requests for Elliot's story and am so excited to bring it to the world and my readers! My goal is to start revising and editing Off the Ropes the first of March. Watch for it to hit preorder by summer of this year! If you haven't started the Ringside series yet, Start with Split Decision. You can find Split Decision on Amazon here  or at your favorite ebook retailer.




My most popular series is the Desert Secret Series. I'm about half way done with Finding Home, the final book in the series. This is a bitter sweet book for me to write. Confessions (book 1) had started out as a stand-alone but turned into my very first series! I love the town that I created for the series and all of the characters. I'm happy to find the conclusion for all the characters but sad to see it end. I hope to have this finished and ready for readers by the end of this year! If you haven't started the Desert Secrets Series, start with Confessions. You can find the first book here.

My Journey Went Full Circle...

I've been gone for a long time. I'm sorry for my absense. Here's what happened. I started teaching again because the majority of my experience fell into that arena of the work world. It was so draining on me that I wasn't available to create. I was physically and emotionally exhausted.

I did write A Ring for Christmas (A Ringside Novella) during that time and published it. (Check it out on Amazon! Who said you need to wait for Christmas to read it?). That is all I could produce to completion even though I was writing when the mood struck. When you are an author, writing is in your soul. You just don't feel complete without it.

Teaching was wearing on me a few years into the new journey of navigating through the corporate preschool world. I knew my days teaching were coming to an end soon. It was hard though because I loved teaching, just didn't like the extra crap that came with it. I was in an emotional place while trying to make the decision. I won an award at the last school and felt like I had achieved something great...finally decided to let teaching go.

I switched over into customer service in the coporate world. I started writing again but slowly. One thing is for sure, once you are out of the practice of writing, it gets hard to redevelope the habit. I had to force myself to write every day. I didn't like that feeling at all.

I published Kisses for Christmas (A Desert Secrets Novella) at this time. Super excited to see this series coming to a close with only one more book to go.

Two weeks out of training in the new career I was invited to apply for a managment position. I applied even though I didn't think I would get it. Surprise! I got the position. I loved the challenge of being a trainer. I started working overtime every single week. I averaged about 50 hours. I tried writing on days off but had other things to do. Writing slipped through the cracks and I was writing less and less. In the the summer, I was given the opportunity to help launch the department at the corporate level. Of course I jumped at the chance, ready for the change. Okay, they told me to do it. The opportunity turned out to be really stressful but stress builds character, right? By now I worked even more. My world was work and sleep. Nothing in between besides my 2 vacations a year. I loved my job and the people I worked worth though. I kept pushing forward. They gave me the position of being the director's assistant in my department. How awesome was that? I did all of that in one year. The bad side? They never gave me my raise as promised so it was time to part ways with the company.

I was given an opportunity for more pay and no managment duties for a streaming company. Ohhh yes!
I jumped at the chance to go. More money, 40 hour week, and only being responsible for myself? I was looking forward to writing again. It was harding to get started again than I'd thought, but I'm pushing through!

Now I'm back in the land of books, authors, and most importantly, READERS! A lot has changed in the writing world. There's a lot for me to learn now and people to meet. I'm ready!