I’m a Dreamer
I’m a dreamer … and I thank God every day for giving me a mother who instilled me with the belief that I could do anything if I set my mind to it, and then encouraged me to follow my dreams.
Not everybody had that.
As a waitress I get to meet people from all walks of life, and I’m always somewhat shocked when I meet someone who clearly has a passion for something, yet they brush aside that passion because “It’s not practical.” Or “I could never make a living at it.” I just don’t understand why they don’t go after the life they want.
In TROUBLE, my latest release from Berkley Heat, the heroine, Samair Jones, is one of those people. For years she’s denied her own dreams and passions to live the life she thought she was supposed to. Until finally, one day she’s just had enough. After all … What’s life if you’re not going to live it?
With Samair I got to take one of those people who confuse me with not going after their dreams, and set her on the path to doing so. For me, the rest of the story pretty much wrote itself, I think Samair’s passion had a lot to do with that.
The hero of TROUBLE, Valentine Ward, is completely practical. He was raised in the foster care system, has no family, and has learned to take care of himself, and to always get what he wants. So even though he’s the practical sort, he still always goes after his dreams. If that makes no sense, I’m sorry. I’m just not sure how else to explain him without giving it all away.
My point? I’ve gone after many of my own dreams, I’ve traveled the world, climbed mountains in Nepal, been on safari in Africa (as well as lived on the beach and swam with wild dolphins) and several pub crawls in Ireland. Those are just a few of the dreams I’ve had, and succeeded in living. Another one is writing a novel.
TROUBLE is my third single title novel, my second with Berkley, and I want to thank all the readers or romance, especially erotic romance, for going out there and buying books. Without you, I’d not be able to continue to live one of my dreams. And as a thank you, just comment here to be entered to win a signed copy of TROUBLE or LUSH.
UPDATE: The name drawn for the giveaway is CRYSTAL B. Congratulatrions Crystal! You have 10 days to email me to collect your prize. Use the contact button on my website, and include your snail mail addy please.
