BARELY BREATHING is FREE today!

Dear Friends,

It’s been a long time since you’ve heard from me. I’m grateful for the support you’ve shown me during these past three years, as I’ve struggled with the aftereffects of cancer treatment. As a thank you and to celebrate better days ahead, I’ve offering Barely Breathing, the first book in the 10-book Colorado High Country series, for FREE for a limited time, on Kindle, Nook, iBooks, and Kobo. The book is also available for download on Books2Read.

The Colorado High Country series follows the adrenaline-soaked adventures of the men and women on the Rocky Mountain Search and Rescue Team. I grew up rock climbing, hiking, rafting, and camping in the Rockies and have firsthand experience of being rescued after a near-fatal 40-foot fall off Mt. Ida in Rocky Mountain National Park. Write what you know, right?

Here's a glimpse of Lexi and Austin’s story…

A hot contemporary romance from the author of the acclaimed I-Team series… 

Lexi Jewell left Scarlet Springs twelve years ago, vowing never to return to the small Colorado mountain town where she grew up. Now, here she is—over thirty, out of a job and with little choice but to move back in with her eccentric father. Lexi knows it’s just a matter of time before she runs into Austin Taylor, her first boyfriend and her first heartbreak. She’s determined to show him she’s over him—until he steps out of a pickup truck and back into her life, looking sexy as hell in his mountain ranger uniform. 

As far as Austin is concerned, Lexi can turn her snazzy little convertible around and drive back to Chicago. After all, she ripped his teenage heart to pieces and turned her back on the town he loves. But from the moment he sees her again, he can’t get her out of his mind. Even her smile messes with his head. 

When an evening of conversation turns into something else, Lexi and Austin agree to be friends—with benefits. But as Lexi starts making plans to return to the big city, Austin realizes he’ll lose her a second time unless he can show her that what she’s searching for has been right here all along. 

As those of you who’ve followed my journey know, it’s been a crazy ride. It started in spring of 2022, when I learned the bone in my upper jaw was dissolving as a result of radiation treatment. I needed two bone grafts to address that. That was fun. 

Then in July 2022, I began having terrible pelvic pain. I spent two years being misdiagnosed before I finally learned in 2024 that I have Interstitial Cystitis. IC is a rare autoimmune disease that causes terrible bladder pain. My doc thinks it was triggered by chemo. I’ve been getting regular treatments since May 2024, and I’m finally close to remission. I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to feel pieces of my life come together again after so many long, dark months.

And so I am celebrating with a free book and lots of spring flowers in my garden. I hope to be writing regularly soon. Fingers crossed!

Thanks again for your support! You have no idea how much it has meant to me these past three years.