After being the backdrop for 1948's critically acclaimed tragic romance, Cape Seduction, Northern California's Dragon Rock Lighthouse sat shuttered and abandoned for decades-and it also happened to be the last place up-and-coming Hollywood starlet Darla Foster was seen alive. When photojournalist Rebecca Burke locks horns with Los Angeles attorney Matt Farralone while trying to gain access to the derelict off-shore beacon, she encounters the spirit of the sassy, once-promising Oscar-hopeful Foster, and uncovers a 60-year-old secret that sets her world on end.
Creating fiction gives one the power to design other lives, filled with romance and adventure, intrigue and passion. My own writing career began in middle school creative writing class, inspiring me to later major in literature. All it took was one teacher' encouragement and I was on my way.
Always a big fan of the motion picture, I began "seeing" movies in my head and ultimately succumbed to the nagging voice telling me to write them down. After gaining publishing credits in the prestigious periodical THEMA Literary Journal and PEACE Magazine, my short stories became novellas and then novels. Women's romantic fiction came naturally for me, and in between books I ventured into teen problem stories and eventually wrote LOCKER SHOCK! (Quake Press, 01/2008,) a middle grade reader about a boy and an unwanted gun.
As for the personal stuff, I'm a Virgo, a procrastinator, like warm better than cold and drink neither Coke nor Pepsi. I was born in the Midwest but migrated to California at the ripe old age of 2. My hobbies include doll collecting, photo restoration and writing, of course. My favorite sport is ice hockey, my favorite TV shows were LOST, Flash Forward and Gray's Anatomy (only one of which has survived) although I don't watch the tube much. I am married to my hero of 30 years and have 3 sinfully excellent children.
As a free-lance writer, I hang out at my website (BeaconStreetBooks dot com, where I also blog), Facebook, and publish a sporadic digital newsletter.
I am also a lighthouse fanatic, and I guess it was only a matter of time before my obsessions collided and I wrote my first paranormal romantic lighthouse mystery, POINT SURRENDER. I actually spent days (and nights) holed up alone inside of a lighthouse while writing that book. What a trip that was!
As a writer, my biggest obstacle is allocating enough time to write, edit and market my books while trying to run my business and raise my children. Squeezing extra minutes out of a stubborn timepiece is a challenge all writers must face. Next up for me? My second paranormal romantic lighthouse mystery, CAPE SEDUCTION is now out, and if I can I can find those extra minutes, I'm planning a third and final lighthouse book, tentatively title ANGEL'S GATE.
