Beyond Desire

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THE BILLIONAIRE'S OBSESSION ~ SIMON by J. S. Scott
Reclusive billionaire Simon Hudson would rather be behind a computer creating computer games …until he meets Kara Foster. But when she ends up in a situation that could very well be her destruction, Simon steps up to help her, not realizing that in saving Kara, he might very well be salvaging his own soul.

ONE MORE DAY by M. Malone
When Ridley Wells finds herself on the wrong side of a mafia don, she runs to the only person she trusts. But her twin sister is out of town and she has no where to go. So when resident bad boy Jackson Alexander mistakes her for her sister, she does something she knows she shouldn't. She lies.

FOR YOU by Mimi Strong
Aubrey's fled her shabby past for a reason, and won't let anyone close enough to discover her secrets. Sawyer talks his way into one date, and then another. Aubrey finds herself smiling, and falling in love.
But when the truth comes out about Aubrey's past, will Sawyer stand by her side?

ONE SWEET SUMMER by Cali MacKay
Riley never got over her first love, Thorsen, so when he shows up at the quirky inn she manages 12 years later, she falls for him all over again. She soon finds out the inn is being sold to Holt Enterprises, who'll strip it of everything that makes it unique. When faced with the real reason Thorsen's returned and his unbearable betrayal, will she be able to save the inn and her chance at true love?

DEFINING DESTINY by Deanna Chase
Singer-songwriter Lucy Moore has already met her soul mate. But when he betrays her she returns home with some decisions to make. Can she stay away from the one person who she's destined to be with or will Seth, the tortured artist claim her heart?
After a horrific accident, Seth Keenan's own destiny is shattered. Now he's abandoned his career in favor of his tattoo gun and has vowed to never to get close to anyone again…until he meets Lucy. In a world where everyone has one true soul mate, can these two find love in the arms of each other?

A MOMENT by Marie Hall
Lili would much rather be doing homework on Valentine's then hanging out in a Burlesque bar, until she meets the brooding Ryan. What she doesn't know is that Ryan has decided tonight he'll end it all, but fate has other plans for him. Lili is determined to save not only his body, but his soul too.

IN KELLY'S CORNER by Roxie Rivera
Former Marine Kelly Connolly will do anything to keep Bee Langston safe, but winning the underground cage fighting tournament to save his family's legacy comes at a high price—one that might just cost his sweet Bee her life.

REUNITED IN LOVE by Nadia Lee
Billionaire Ethan Lloyd gets the second chance he wants when he runs into Kerri Wilson. She's the only woman who ever touched him, but she vanished after their one night of passion. He offers her a job and a home, but with her past catching up to her, Kerri may have to bolt again—even though her heart is telling her to stay. Ethan's not giving her up without fighting to make their “temporary” arrangement something far more permanent…

THE TEMPORARY PROMISE by Bonnie Dee
Struggling actress Tara has grown used to the idea that her career might not progress beyond an occasional commercial—until her best friend's brother, Luis encourages her to make a big move. Soon Tara is taking more than career risks as she plunges headlong into a steamy relationship with the guy she crushed on as a teenager.

ESCAPE IN YOU by Rachel Schurig
Jet Taylor is the quintessential bad boy. The type of guy most girls do their best to avoid. But Zoe Janes is no saint herself and the more time they spend together, the harder it is for Zoe to stick to her “fun only” mantra. Jet is getting under her skin, making her believe things could actually be different, that freedom might be possible. And that makes him the most dangerous boy of all.

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This is a new feature I'm trying out. When I get questions — about anything — I'm going to try to answer them on Wednesday. :)

So here's this week's question from a fan:

At what point did you KNOW this was what you absolutely HAD to do?

Honestly speaking, I've never felt like this is what I absolutely had to do. Rather, it was more like this is what I kept coming back to because when I'm not writing I miss it.

When I graduated from college, I honestly thought I'd do the corporate America thing, make good money and retire. And the pay and perks were fabulous for a fresh-out-of-college kid in her early twenties. But it wasn't right for me. I didn't like having to lay people off, for one thing, because it wasn’t laying off some high school kid doing a summer job. We're talking about hundreds of people in their mid- to late thirties and forties with children and mortgages to pay for. I understand the economic imperatives behind work like that, but that didn’t make it any easier to do. After a couple of years, I felt like my soul was shrivelling up.

And even when I wasn't part of the team that laid off people, I just never felt like I was making any real difference or making things better. So I quit after three years to become a writer. (My mother was flabbergasted by this decision and — in typical tiger-mom style — said, “You're too smart to be a writer!”)

I'm not sure if I'm ever going to make as much money as I would have if I'd stayed at my job and did the whole career track and whatnot. But I'm not hurting anybody — nobody's gotten fired because of my writing. And getting notes from readers who tell me my writing gave them enjoyment — just plain made them feel good — is more or less priceless. And you know what? That's what I want from my work. I want people to feel good as a result of it. So that's why I keep coming back to writing because that's how I can do that.

If have any questions about me, my writing, books, characters or anything else, feel free to drop me a line by leaving me a comment, using the contact form or via Facebook or Twitter. I reserve the right not to answer if the topic happens to be politics or religion. But anything else is more or less fair game. Thanks! :)

I've been sort of blue recently because my netbook Samsung NC10 has become obsolete. That is to say…its OS became obsolete. It came with Windows XP. :(

It really sucks since I like the portability and sometimes I want to go out into the wild (ok…let's say a cafe with A/C and my favorite chocolate croissants, nothing too crazy LOL) to write. I have a 13″ laptop (also from Samsung), but it's my workhorse unit. Which means I didn't buy it for portability or battery power or anything. I bought it purely so I can leave it at home as a desktop replacement. It's hooked to something like eight different peripheral devices, so you can imagine how cumbersome it is to unhook them all then plug them back in every time I want to take it somewhere.

Anyway, it turns out that NC10 can run the most basic Windows 7 (Home Premium 32-bit). I upgraded its RAM years ago, so it's good to go on that front. Plus I don't have to tinker with the Windows 7 DVD to create an ISO file since I already have an external optical drive. (I bought that a while back…can't even remember why…)

Sooo…I just ordered Windows 7 from Amazon US, which should be here during Golden Week! W00t!!!!! *nerdgasm*

OK, I'm really sorry, but something went wrong with my Apple upload, and Forever in Love got released early. Except the copy that was uploaded was an un-proofed ARC, not the actual production copy. :(

I don't know what happened, and I'm really unhappy. But I have no one to blame but myself since I'm the one who uploaded the file.

I think it got fixed now, but I'm uploading the finished production copy to Apple. When the book goes live, you should be able to get the clean, finished copy. I'm very sorry about this. :(

This is a new feature I'm trying out. When I get questions — about anything — I'm going to try to answer them on Wednesday. :)

So here's this week's question from a lovely fan:

How do you find the time to write with a little one?

This question came from a reader who knows that I have a very active two year-old boy. It's pretty simple:

Daycare.

We put him in daycare when he was eight months old. He really likes it there, and the staff are friendly and sweet. He also made a lot of friends there, and he plays with other kids, which helps him socialize. We don't plan to have any more children, so it's important that he learns how to play with other kids.

If he's home all day, the plain fact is I don't get much done. Maybe one or two hours here and there. Thankfully Hero Material takes him out in the morning to feed and chase pigeons or go play at an indoor area for children. (The best $20 we can spend!) So I can get a bit done during that time.

If have any questions about me, my writing, books, characters or anything else, feel free to drop me a line by leaving me a comment, using the contact form or via Facebook or Twitter. I reserve the right not to answer if the topic happens to be politics or religion. But anything else is more or less fair game. Thanks! :)