To see the review for Loving Anna by The Long and Short of It just click on  the icon.  Rated 5 books!

Rated 4 stars!  by Review your book.  Clink on link to see review.   


Loving Anna's  e-book release date was September 2008.  You can now buy the paperback at Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble www.bn.com    

I hope my readers fall in love with the main characters of this book as I did while writing it.    Anna and Andrew, brother and sister, are shocked when unexpectedly informed they are descendants of the people of Garr from another world.  A people on the brink of extinction due to germline manipulation.   They struggle to  accept the unbelievable story revealed to them.   Now, they are expected to travel from earth to another world.  Can they leave earth and all they have known behind to face the unknown?  The year two thousand and seven is a turbulent year for brother and sister, a year in which decisions made will lead them to heartache, loss, and eventual understanding that love conquers all.


Always and Forever (Rated 4 books!) is a sequel to Loving Anna, however, I believe it can be read as a stand alone book.  When Rowan was born to Andrew and Charlee in Loving Anna, I couldn't help but wonder, would a child of complete human origin be accepted by a people who were fighting extinction of their own kind?

Rowan a child of Andrew's faces prejudice and betrayal by the people of Garr.  After leaving the village he was raised in at the age of eighteen, can he trust the woman that twelve years later says she loves him, or will she betray him as did Fern?


(I have two more books, which  have started to spin within my head from characters in Always and Forever.  But, as of right now, my next book (An Unfair Division) is dying to be written.  The characters are demanding that their story be told first).

October 2nd - Update: As my daily writing continues on my latest book,  (An Unfair Division) I am coming to the decision that I have chosen the wrong title for my Work in Progress. It just doesn't seem to fit.  I write romance afterall and with the title (An Unfair Division) it seems to me that it makes my story revolve around the twin sisters in my story and their conflict and not the romance between one of the sisters and her husband.  

Maybe this is why my muse is giving me so much trouble with this book.  I have this strange quirk that I must have a title before I even begin writing.  It seems to keep me focused for some reason.  Okay, with all that said--I am now leaning toward my title being (Let Me Be Your Hero).

We shall see.  

October 25, 2009 - Update on WIP:  Okay, I realize that it hasn't been that long since I last posted, however where else would I write my thoughts on my latest work in progress? LOL. So here goes. There's a second character in my current WIP that is...well, let's just say - this lady has a vulgar mouth. 
Now, myself, I don't make it a practice to curse in my daily comings and goings.  But, that is not to say that sometimes a well-placed curse word isn't needed, say after you stub your big toe in the middle of the night on your bedroom doorframe or you slam your finger in your car door.   Then by all means curse and curse loudly. 
Now herein lies my dilemma. This character of mine with the potty mouth is chattering away and when I start to put her words on paper--I censor.    "You can't say that. Let me tone this down,"  I mumble. 
Reading back through my WIP today, I realized that in the scenes where I had toned this character down-the scenes just didn't have the right feel.  After I sat, and reread, and thought about my writing, I recalled what a speaker had said at a writer's conference this past summer (Be true to yourself and your writing). A light bulb came on.  I suddenly realized that I wasn't being true to myself or my character.  
  Dear reader, I swear that I heard this fictitious character laughing the whole time I worked as I went back and rewrote several scenes, just as I hear her in my head.
"Hell, Zequeatta," she said when I finished.   "It was about time you let me be me."

March 1, 2010 - Well folks, I thought that I would give you an update on the manuscript that I've been working on for the past year.  I am glad to be able to say that I am almost done with it and just have a few more chapters to write.  And I have decided that my original title fits the story afterall.  

I don't know about any of you, but I can't believe that it is 2010 and the third month into the year at that.  Boy how time does fly!  Here is wishing that everyone has a great year.




To read an excerpt from each book click on the book cover.  Both books are now available in paperback at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com
ZJ
Heather and Orchid, a huge Thank You for taking the time to review Loving Anna and Always and Forever and for giving such great reviews.