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A murderer’s child…A foster child…A troubled teen…Gabriel ‘The Saint’ Vega has never had an easy life. Being shuffled from one foster home to another after his father murdered his mother, he found himself in and out of trouble with the law. Never giving a damn about himself, let alone anyone else, his life was spiraling out of control; fast. Until one man and one sport changed everything. 

Frankie Carbone taught Saint how to handle his anger and rejection; by fighting it out in the ring. On his way to stardom, Saint finds himself pushed into the spotlight and into the arms of more women than he can ever imagine; he’s completely content with one night stands and random sex. 

Then Salem Harris comes walking into his life and changes his game plan. Saint finds himself wanting Salem in all the ways that scare him. She is off limits; taken. But that doesn’t stop Saint from going after what he wants, and he wants her. 

Frankie showed Saint a new way of life with Boxing, but will Salem give him the one thing he's never known – love? Will Saint find himself fighting for the one thing he thinks he doesn't deserve or will Salem end up breaking his heart? Gabriel ‘The Saint’ Vega has had to fight for every good thing he's gotten in his life. Can he go the distance?

My thoughts drift to creating a fantasy of Salem and me. We’re in the locker room at Frankie’s gym and I’m all hot and sweaty from training. I have her pinned up against the wall and she’s completely defenseless against me, but she’s into it. Her skirt is up around her waist and the little piece of fabric she calls underwear is interfering with what I want. I grind my body up against hers and my dick is swelling as I rub up on her thigh. My hands roam freely over her body, finally landing on her tight ass. Our tongues are dueling and I’m drunk on her taste. The scent of the perfume or body spray she’s wearing is tormenting me until I’m at my breaking point. “God, Salem, you smell so fucking good; it makes me wanna fuck you until you can’t remember your own name,” I growl. Her hands tighten in my hair and a stronger wave of her scent drifts into my nose as I inhale. My chest is heaving at my thoughts and my breathing is labored. Sliding my hand into my boxers, I adjust myself to get more comfortable and my thoughts are almost immediately back with Salem. Her perfectly manicured nails are clawing at my back now as I dig my fingers into her legs. I kiss her neck roughly as she pants in my ear, “Make me come, Saint.” Then she bites my earlobe and I lose control. I’m so anxious to have her that I rip off the expensive panties she’s wearing and slam my cock into her like her pussy is my saving grace. I smile when she screams in pleasure as she comes apart in my arms.

Unconsciously, my hand slides back down into my boxers until it meets my aching erection. This time I begin stroking myself; I just can’t help it. Salem…there’s just something about her…I’m not sure if it’s her beauty or the fact that I’ll have to work to get her. But, whatever it is, she will be mine.

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I was born and raised in Western Massachusetts and I'm a married mother of three who married her high school sweetheart, Frank.  I don't really have too many hobbies. I like to watch my kids play sports. I do photography on the side (weddings, families, babies etc). I'm Minion & Adam Levine obsessed. I enjoy listening to all different types of music, Maroon 5 & P!nk being some of my favorites.

Achievements -- I was on the Top 20 Erotica as well in being on the Movers and Shakers List on Amazon with "Broken."

I'm currently working on her second novel titled "Going the Distance" which will be released Fall 2013 as well as a third novel titled "Saved."

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First off Saint is not anything like what I was expecting! Saint is out for a good time, but when he lays eyes on Salem something in him stirs. Salem, well she is a bitch to Saint, and for the life of me I do not know why he puts up with it. As the story goes Salem's walls come down, and a fire is lit between these two, and it is too intense that they just have to give in. Sadly there is one big obstacle in the way of their HEA - actually there are a few but one that Salem does not seem to be able to give up. Some hot steamy sex scenes. As for the ending it was sad there was no HEA, but it was not necessary a cliff hanger either.

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Fighting to Forgive

What do you do when everything you avoid, turns out to be exactly what you need?

Easy and predictable, just the way he likes it, Blake Daniels flies through life the way he burns through women: on his terms, no regrets.

With his fighting career in full swing, he's on the threshold of title contention. But when his training is compromised by injury, the stakes grow impossibly higher. The rage that fuels his punches also chips away at his focus, and he risks losing everything he cares about.

He won’t let that happen. Not again.

Layla’s through with men. After a marriage that never should’ve happened, she hopes to reclaim the pieces of the woman she lost years ago.

Emotional abuse has left her insecure and terrified. A master at faking what she’s not feeling, she masks her self-doubt in false confidence.

She’ll never let another man hurt her. Not again.

Chased by shadows of the past, Blake and Layla know what they don’t want, but their hearts have a different plan. As a web of lies and betrayal threatens to destroy them, they’re forced to make a choice.

Is love enough to heal even the deepest wounds?

Or will they be left Fighting to Forgive?


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This book starts out as Blake as a teenager. Blake has a secret that his dad finds out about and sends him off to military school to make a man out of him. My mind was running wild with what this secret was! The story then jumps to present time but I'm not exactly sure how old Blake is. He is a crude man whore to say the least. When Layla walks into the gym to start her job Blake is immediately drawn to her. It's a game of "Snake" & "Mouse" between these two. Blake fights his attraction to Layla because she is everything he avoids when it comes to women. These two finally give in and open up to each other and all their secrets come out. Things seem to starting going great just to have it all blow up- several things happen all at one. Once the dust settles Layla & Blake need to get their heads straight before they find their way back to each other but who will make the first move. Some hot juicy sex scenes . Fantastic ending. If you read "Fight for Flight" than you get to hear about Jonah & Raven throughout this book.

13 Rounds

This novella is book two in the Knockout Series.

Sean’s lips brush against the back of my neck and I suck in a deep breath as tremors of want travel down my arms and legs.

My stomach flutters, a field full of Monarchs flapping their wings.

Hot breath falls against my lower earlobe and I choke on a moan lodged between my tonsils and tongue. Sean lets out a raspy chuckle, followed by, “Somebody missed me.”

He has no idea how I ache for his touch when he’s not around.

He can’t even fathom the feeling of how my heart hangs heavy, pulling, weighing me down like an anchor drifting to the bottom of the ocean floor the second I feel the mattress dip down when he gets out of bed at night.

And that’s because I never know when or if he’ll ever come back.


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This is the sequel to "12 Rounds" and just a novella at 57 pages. No sex but a lot if turmoil. Hadlee is getting fed up with Sean's secrets and has to decide if she can live with them or not. Connie is getting more out of control & all hell is about to break loose. 

Cliff hanger ending but a fabulous novella (&series).

*I will say there are a lot of bad ratings on this book out there However if you read the reviews they aren't because it's a terrible book it's because the author too so long to release it and then it was only 57 pages. I don't think someone should give a poor rating based on those things as we have no idea what is going on in the author's life that has kept her from releasing a book nor is it our business. 

Real

A fallen boxer.

A woman with a broken dream.

A competition…

He even makes me forget my name. One night was all it took, and I forgot everything and anything except the sexy fighter in the ring who sets my mind ablaze and my body on fire with wanting…

Remington Tate is the strongest, most confusing man I’ve ever met in my life.

He’s the star of the dangerous underground fighting circuit, and I’m drawn to him as I’ve never been drawn to anything in my life. I forget who I am, what I want, with just one look from him. When he’s near, I need to remind myself that I am strong–but he is stronger. And now it’s my job to keep his body working like a perfect machine, his taut muscles primed and ready to break the bones of his next opponents . . .

But the one he’s most threatening to, now, is me.

I want him. I want him without fear. Without reservations.

If only I knew for sure what it is that he wants from me?


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This was one hot book!

It also dealt with a condition that is one doesn't seem easy to deal with. Remy is brave for all he has gone through and how he handles his condition. Brooke has no easy task head of her but it she gets Remy and she knows how to handle him. The sexual frustration was rolling off the pages in waves, it was almost painful at times. You know when someone does something in a book they shouldn't have done and you can see the shit storm coming? yeah it hits hard in this one but things aren't always what they seem. Lots of hot juicy sex. Fabulous ending but I can't wait for more Remy (no cliffhanger but there is a book 2 coming!).

Quotes:

"His lips curl and he meets my gaze. "Brooke Dumas." He just fucked my name right in front of me."

"Holy shit, it's like porn with the romance."

"Oh, god, he's scenting me."

"Did that feel even half as good as it looked?"

"I just wanted to hit him in the head and haul him into my woman's cave."

"He's not just a star, he's the whole fucking sky to me."

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Veronica Cruz has been through hell and back. After disconnecting with the world two years ago to be at the side of her dying mother, she’s left alone, unemployed, overweight, and feeling a decade older than her twenty-eight years. When her best friend coaxes her into joining the local gym to ditch her depression and rejuvenate her life, she meets Noah. Assigned to help Veronica lose weight, Noah is everything she expected a young trainer to be—perfectly chiseled, supportive and motivating. Add to that, he’s incredibly sexy. He’s everything she’s ever looked for in a man. What she least expected was for him to fall for her, but he has. There's just one glaring problem: Noah is eight years younger.

Noah Quintanilla has his eye on a boxing title—someday. Down for a few months with an injury, his maintenance-boy pay at 5th Street Gym won't cut it. He’s finally given the opportunity to train. The catch? His trainee is an out-of-shape woman with a free week pass. Taking on the challenge, Noah stumbles into one of the closest friendships he’s ever known, and before he knows it, he’s in love. But Veronica’s not having it—the age difference is too much. Their platonic relationship means having to watch her date other men—something that would make him crazy. Believing he's the man for her, Noah sets out to prove that age is but an illusion, and there's more to him than just a number.

12 Rounds

Sean (Right-Hook) Reilly knows a few things about himself. One, he's the middle-weight boxing champion of the world with an undefeated record. Two, women find his cocky persona, chiseled biceps, and inked body sexy. Also, the fact that it's known that he doesn't do relationships only adds to his sex appeal. And three, he's Irish, proud of it, and a member of the Braithreachas Don Saol, a branch of the Irish mafia and king pins of the drug cartel taking over the streets of Cleveland.

Connor Doyle(aka Connie) the boss and leader of the Braithreachas Don Saol, has been like a father to Sean, taking him under his wing and teaching him how to survive on the streets after the death of his parents. Sean has never been ungrateful, but has always wanted one thing...

More. More to live for. More to fight for. More to believe in. A chance at a future without drugs or guns. A chance at a future without wondering which day will be his last.

There's only one problem with that. You live by the Braithreachas. You die by the Braithreachas. And Sean knows whether Connie considers him to be family or not, the only way he'll be leaving the Braithreachas is in a body bag.

Hadlee Flax has had a year to overcome her issues. After almost being raped and brutalized, she's putting her best foot forward, seeing a therapist, and has even(with some persuasion from her best friend, Lara) enrolled in self defense classes. And she's doing well moving on with her life until she meets the dark, and conflicted Irish boxing champion of the world, Sean Reilly.

Hadlee is immediately drawn to the gorgeous, cold, and mysterious man who speaks with a slight Irish brogue. She soon learns that there is much more to him than his darkened gaze, cool demeanor, and body covered in tattoos. He's not the type of man she thought he was. And Hadlee finds herself doing something she never thought she would do in the last year...

Falling for a guy.

Falling for Sean Reilly. A man who is on the path to becoming a boxing legend.

One thing Hadlee doesn't know is the other part of Sean's' life. His life of drug running, and killing. Or the fact that when he's not boxing he's walking the streets with a gun tucked into the back of his loose jeans, and glancing over his shoulder at every turn.

But it doesn't take Hadlee long to learn that some attractions and relationships can be fatal.

And sometimes...

They just might be worth fighting for.

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This book has 3 point of views~ His, Hers & Connie's~Thankfully the author doesn't go over the same situation from each persons view. NO hot sex scenes which turns out is totally ok! It's a wonderful love story on how two broken people find each other and hope that by being together than can both become whole again in some way. The Story was slow go at the beginning but hang in there folks it really gets good before too long. The end now that will leave you craving more much more!
13 Rounds is the next book in the series and is expected to be out at the end of November 2012