Background History of Some of My Books
I thought I would talk about some of the background of several of my favorite books. I started The Appearance of Impropriety 
over twenty years ago while I was still working. Unfortunately, life got in the way when both of my parents got sick and passed away. I put the book aside as I didn’t have the heart to keep working on it.
After I had started the erotic books and was between books looking for a new project, I pulled Appearance out of mothballs. Yikes! How much had changed in twenty or so years. Since the background of the story is technological in nature, I had to sit down with my daughter, Jennifer, the Queen of Technology, and get an update on how email worked, etc. Then I had to completely update the manuscript and then finish it. It was like opening a time capsule and a lot of fun to work on.
Much of the background information on life in Puerto Rico as depicted in 
Gabriella’s Prosecution comes from my ex-husband’s family background – except for the part about them being Medieval Spanish Sadists! If he only knew! This material has been edited for fictional purposes of course.
Another of my favorites, Jinxx’s Big BDSM Adventure, came out of a personal experience of my own with a romance that started on Facebook. While it is not an exact depiction of events and the names have been changed to protect the guilty, most of the texts and emails in the book came from my own experience. LOL – 
The romance may not have worked out, but at least I got a book out of it.
All characters are fictional and bear no relation to persons living or dead – or whatever that disclaimer is! I have to say I have never had so much fun in my life. You have probably seen the meme, “Be nice to me or you may find yourself murdered in my next book.” Well….
I also love to put animal characters in my books and to memorialize their names for posterity. My horses, Shadow and Ollie, have made appearances as well as my dog, Snickerdoodles, a/k/a The Dude. One reader said she had learned more about horses than she ever expected to know reading my books. I hope you enjoy that. A great sexy book is more than sex. You have a good story or you don’t have a book. I hope I can continue writing good, sexy stories.
(Calleigh’s Collar which was the shortest) and immediately started a second one (Kelly’s Challenge). In the meantime I had my friends and family read the first one to see what they thought. They loved it (after a few raised eyebrows and “where did this come from” questions) so I started to compile a list of publishers of that type of material. As it turned out, the list was unnecessary as my first two stories were accepted by the publisher of my favorite authors, Siren Publishing, within three weeks. My first book was published in January of 2012. I was ecstatic. 
I am sure you did not know that strange howling noise you heard was me getting the email accepting my manuscripts for publication. You may have noticed the strange sound again when I got my first cover for Calleigh’s Collar!