Cover Reveal Time!!

Jun 10, 2022 9:04 am

Hey Steamers,

This may turn out to be a little long winded, I apologise in advance for that. However, I do urge you to stay with me and read on.

When I was a child, my dream job was to be a teacher. Well, at that time I wanted to be either a teacher or a nun; I’m sure you can tell from the spicy scenes I write why the nunnery lost out.

I did, however, become a teacher. Which was not an easy feat for me. I was far from the ideal student throughout my high school years. I didn’t even finish high school. By the time I was seventeen I was well on my way to becoming another statistic, another cycle in the welfare system that I grew up in.

Despite the obstacles I faced, I grew up, went to university and got that teaching degree. I then went on to complete a master’s degree in special education.

I dedicated my teaching career to helping children with disabilities reach goals and achieve things that a lot of others would have put down as being impossible. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a child grow and beat every odd stacked against them.

I once spent six months persevering to teach a kindergarten student with severe ADHD and Autism how to write his first name that consisted of just four letters. When this student started school, they couldn’t hold a pencil to leave a mark on a page. Six months later I cried along with his mother as we looked at the piece of paper that had his name written on it, a name that this six-year-old wrote all by himself.

I’ve taught students that had come to school with no form of communication, either verbal or non-verbal. By the end of kindergarten these students were able to communicate their basic needs and desires using a range of methods.

I remember one student I taught that had brain damage from a stroke they had while having brain surgery; this student lost the ability to operate one side of his body. It was a tough year for him and his family. He, however, never gave up. He was determined to be able to move independently again. And he did, after twelve months he was walking unaided.

In the teacher-student relationship, I’m the one that’s meant to be teaching the students. But, I have learnt so much from my students over the years. I’ve had students teach me facts about the most random topics. The main thing I’ve learnt from my students though, is to not give up.

No matter what life throws at you, what challenges you’re facing, there is always someone, somewhere, fighting through something so much worse, so much harder. If these tiny six-year olds can persevere and beat the odds, prove to doctors who told their parents they’d never be able to talk, walk, or do the most basic self-help skills for themselves, then there is no reason why I can’t do the same.

I’ve had to take time off from teaching recently, to say I’ve been in a funk is an understatement. The situation that led me to taking time away from the classroom came from my two worlds colliding; I won’t get into the details of that situation here.

I have been thinking though, and it occurred to me recently that I don’t think I’ve ever shared the story of how I became a romance author in the first place.

I like to refer to myself as the accidental author.

Why?

To be honest, that’s exactly what I am.

I never had great big dreams as a child to become an author. Even as an adult, I never dreamt of being an author.

I loved books, stories and have always been an avid reader. My go to genre has always been romance.

So how exactly did I write that first book, Merged With Him, that led me on this amazing journey that I never knew I needed?

It all started when my best friend, Reilly, admitted to me that she never liked romance books. After years of listening to me rant and rave about my latest book boyfriend she said to me ‘I don’t really like romance books.’

I was speechless, when you think you know someone and they turn around with a blow like that. My first thought was obviously we can no longer be best friends. I mean, what kind of monster doesn’t like romance?

Romance has everything to offer, who doesn’t like a happily ever after?

I then took a breath and said, “I’m going to write you a romance story you’ll love. I will convert you.”

We both laughed and she passively said, “Sure, give it your best shot.” Obviously, we both knew I was full of shit. I’d never written anything that wasn’t a university essay or school report card in my life.

What qualifications did I have to write a romance story? None, absolutely none at all.

So while laughing and playing it off as the world’s biggest joke, I pulled out my laptop and sat on the sofa next to her while I wrote the very first chapter of Merged With Him.

It took me thirty minutes. I got so engrossed in the story that randomly popped up in my head that I couldn’t stop writing.

After finishing the first chapter I handed the laptop to Reilly and went and poured myself a really, really big glass of wine while she read it.

This was all a joke, yet my nerves watching her read my writing, something that I was never going to write in the first instance were all over the place.

To make it worse, she kept looking at me with the widest eyes as she read. I couldn’t tell if she was shocked, appalled or just trying to hold in her laughter.

When she finally finished, she looked up and said, “Okay, I need the next chapter, what happens next? And why did I not know you could write?”

I laughed it off and told her I’d send her the next chapter tomorrow. When tomorrow came and I didn’t send her another chapter she turned up at my door and demanded I write the next chapter.

For the following few months, I sent her a chapter each day until finally I had a complete story. It wasn’t until the story was finished that Reilly told me I had to get it published.

And so my career as an indie author began and hasn’t stopped since.

Merged With Him will always hold a special place in my heart, it’s my book baby. It’s the very story that made me realise a dream I never knew I had.

As I said, I’ve always loved reading, escaping reality, and jumping into a million new worlds. But writing gives me something reading never did.

I’ve been suffering with panic attacks and anxiety lately. However, when I’m writing, I’m not thinking of everything that’s going wrong in my real world. I’m thinking of the happily ever after my characters are going to get, and the troubles they are going to have to overcome to get there. Writing gives me an outlet, a place to escape to and a chance to kill off the people who have caused me grief in real life.

You’d never know just how therapeutic it can be to torture, maim and murder your enemies and then have Josh feed them to the pigs. In fiction of course, I’d never do that in real life.

The moral to this story, don’t ever give up on a dream even if it’s a dream you didn’t know you had before. Also, when someone pisses you off, tell a dark romance author and let them kill them off for you in their next story.

If you haven't already read that first book, the story that started my journey, you can pick it up on KU or for just 0.99c!

Merged With Him

Cover Reveal

Tethered To Him

Ava

I had my whole life figured out, down to the very last detail.

I was the good girl, top of my class.

Never went to parties or stayed out late.

I had a plan.

And that plan didn’t include him.

He left. I begged him not to go and he left anyway.

I wanted to hate him. I really tried to.

Then he came back. Or at least his body did. I’m not too sure where his mind is most days. Not anymore.

He says I’m still his good girl, but he doesn’t know what I’ve done.

Will he feel the same way when he finds out?

Noah

The tiny dancer had more fight in her than most guys at recruit training.

I’ve been watching her grow for a few years now, from a distance.

One night, that’s all it took to change both of our lives.

I’d say for the better.

She’d tell you for the worse.

Just when I had her where I wanted her, under me, around me, consuming me,

I was deployed.

I will come home to her though, because no matter how much ocean separates us, that tiny dancer, the good girl, is now mine.

I’m not sure what’s worse: the internal war raging inside my head, or the one I’m about to enter in order to get her back…

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Tethered To Him

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Don't forget you can now pick up your Valentino Empire Series alternative covers from amazon.

This week i've uploaded some early cover reveals to Patreon!! I'll be working on a few extra bonus scenes for Patreon around Josh and Bree as well. And, I'll be beginning to Add chapters of Brutal Princess real soon as well!

If you're intrigued by Chase and Hope, i'd suggest you check out Patreon.

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