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USA Today Best Selling author of spicy mafia romance as well as steamy contemporary, historical and paranormal romance.
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- Jul 13, 2026
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I Market With Tropes. I Don’t Write to Them. (opens the original)
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Honorable Sins is here! ❤️ (opens the original)
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Reader Babes!Today’s the day. Honorable Sins is finally here!I’ve been looking forward to this day for a very long time. I have been absolutely itching to put this story into your hands. I adore Mick and Kara, and getting to spend more time with them six years after Sins of Arrogance has been every bit as rewarding as I’d hoped it would be.But this book marks something I’ve been working toward for a very long time too: my
The Stories That Made Me Want to Tell My Own (opens the original)
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The first mafia romance I read was by Alexandr Voinov. It was Burn This City and I read that book in one sitting, only to turn around and reread it less than a week later. Aleks does such a good job of pulling you in and holding your attention. He makes you feel the emotions of his characters, and the edge of the seat tension of the story.It wasn’t until I read Run, Posey, Run by Cate C. Wells that I realized I might actually love mafia romance, not just the writing of two storytellers.<a class=
A Letter I Wrote 22 Years Ago ❤️ (opens the original)
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I’ve been smiling all week. Not because release day is almost here, though I’m definitely excited about that! I’ve been smiling because Honorable Sins will be my 100th published novel. Even writing that makes me grin. 🤩When I signed my first publishing contract, I hoped with all my heart that one day I would have a bookshelf full of stories I’d written. I never imagined how many incredible readers I woul
Dear Microsoft Word, I Meant What I Typed. (opens the original)
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Author PSA because I’d like to save at least one of you from banging your head against your computer screen. 😂<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="788" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JrQe!,w_1456,c_limit,
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