"Please, do yourself a favor and go get this book. OH MY GOSH it is so good."
—Sarah Wendell, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
"One of the best books I've read in a long time, and a very exciting debut."
—Jennie, Dear Author
"From the characters to the language to the love scenes to the plot, so much came together unexpectedly and beautifully. I loved this novel."
—Janine, Dear Author
A Lady Awakened, the first book in my Blackshear Family series, has just been released from Bantam, with follow-up books coming in June and the next January.
I have an ardent affection for the well-worn tropes of historical romance. Desperate widow enlists virile stranger to get her pregnant? Bring it on. Tormented Waterloo veteran seeks healing and redemption with the help of the right woman? Never gets old.
Better yet is when the trope takes an unexpected turn. What if the widow is singularly unimpressed by the stranger's virility, even in closest quarters? What if the veteran's path to redemption leads him into a shady alliance with a woman uninterested in being any man's healing angel? Those are the stories I like to write. I hope you'll enjoy them as well.
