All those swinging clubs and small speeding objects.

During the weekends and summers…well, I can be forgiven for needing a little relaxation, right? And if my idea of relaxation includes dreaming up new ways to kill and maim my characters, it seems a harmless enough hobby. By day I’m an elementary special education teacher, working with students who have learning and behavior problems. Believe me, that sounds much more glamorous than it is. To date I’ve written twenty-five books for Silhouette Intimate Moments (Romantic Suspense), three dark romantic thrillers for Berkley, a short story for and participated in an Iowa authors murder mystery. The short version is that my second manuscript sold in 1992, and then a few months later my first manuscript was bought, too, after it had undergone several major surgeries. Someday if you twist my arm and buy me very strong margaritas, I might be convinced to share my whole embarrassing road to publication story. Always an avid reader, I’d found that my favorite authors just couldn’t write fast enough to keep me in reading material. In 1990 I began writing out of sheer desperation. If you know anything about Iowa winters, you’ll understand our desire for sun and beach once January hits. We’re on the go a lot, traveling to see our kids and grandsons, tailgating at Iowa games, and enjoying new tropical getaways. Much of the time we rattle around our big century-old Victorian with a spoiled Polish Lowland Sheepdog named Lexie. My husband and I are still trying to adjust to becoming empty nesters. In the all about me department, I'm a native Midwesterner, having lived my whole life in Iowa. But occasionally there areĭays like today, when the words won't come and Read More. We all know people who seem like it on the surface Read More. Of course, no one is really perfect, despite attempts to appear that way.

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