Hiya, Readers! All my romance books fall into the sweet genre of romance (no sex scenes). There are no swear words (except possibly a more mild one in the Regency books since it’s true to the time and is seen as less offensive in England). There are, however, moderate references to alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, as well as some violence in some of my books. Some of the modern characters also have a past – i.e. unwed mothers. The drug use is clearly portrayed as wrong, the violence is off-screen or it doesn’t get very far so as to cause undue trauma to the reader (I hope). The alcohol and tobacco use, especially in the indie-published Regency novels, are treated as a matter of course – a cultural thing of the time. However, the aim in all my novels is to inspire the reader to what is true, noble, right, pure, etc.
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A SWEETHEART IN PARIS : NOVEMBER 2018
Friendship wasn’t enough.
April promised her dying father she would study painting in Paris, but friends are few, her budget is tight, and her landlord increasingly won’t take “no” for an answer. Then she meets Victor.
Victor is as chivalrous as he is wealthy, and if it weren’t for him, April would have already left the City of Light behind. Too bad Victor still has eyes for his ex-girlfriend, who is now back on the scene and wants to get married.
Although April and Victor swore to remain just friends, magical Paris seems to weave a different spell. The more their connection deepens, the more it becomes difficult to keep a proper distance. Or to remember why they should.
A NOBLE AFFAIR : RELEASE : MAY 2016
This was my first novel, and it’s far from perfect from a literary craft point-of-view (not to mention that it doesn’t have all the elements in place for it to be considered a standard romance). But it’s still a story, and too much work went into it to think of retiring it. The original title was The Viscount of Maisons-Laffitte.
A Noble Affair is a modern-day romance set in the backdrop of history with a château and an international school housed in a centuries-old building. Charles, the Viscount, is a widower in his late thirties who seems to be puffed up in his own conceit; at least that is the firm impression he gives the American woman who teaches his son.
Chastity is a former graduate of the French lycée in Manhattan where she was seduced, scorned, and left pregnant and alone by the only son of a wealthy French family. She is not impressed by the viscount’s status, nor is she looking to please him.
If it weren’t for an accident, which throws Charles and Chastity together, and the ongoing pressure of a repentant ex-boyfriend, superficial starlet, nefarious drug dealer, and an art heist that spans the decades, they might never have discovered that they are made for one another.
