The past cannot be changed but the future is whatever you want it to be.

Every late December or early January, people dust off their resolutions and make promises to lose weight, stop smoking, make more money or something that they’ve probably tried many times but believe that this time will be different. Suzanne Rand, the heroine of my upcoming release WORDS OF SEDUCTION believes that too. A former overweight housewife, she left her small town of Anadale, North Carolina disgraced by her philandering husband. She never planned to go back. But when her father dies she’s forced to return and settle his estate, but now she’s svelte and a bestselling author. And this time she believes things will be different. She’ll show the town the new her and then get out as fast as she can.

However, former bad boy Rick Gordon won’t let her. He also believes in second chances and hopes this time will be different with Suzanne. No longer one of the poorest residences of Anadale he’s a wealthy businessman and wants everyone to know it. As a writer, I had fun working on the premise of second chances. Whenever we think of a second chance, the words that come to mind are: hope, wishes, dreams coming true, living out a fantasy, and being true to oneself. I believe that most people come up with resolutions because of the opportunity for a second chance. But I wonder why second chances are so seductive.

The seductive nature of a second chance calls to anyone that they can achieve whatever they want. In a bad marriage? Get out. You can still find true love. Hate your job? Go back to school, get a new career. Want to lose weight? Have three cookies instead of ten. Don’t like your looks? Try a new hair color or hairstyle. Thinking about second chances reminds me of a great book called It’s Only Too Late If You Don’t Start Now by Barbara Sher. The basic premise is in the title: Start Now if you want your future to look different than your past. That’s what Suzanne and Rick learn by the end of the story.

On Sale February 23, 2010
WORDS OF SEDUCTION

From housewife to hot novelist...her real life is igniting more sparks than her stories!

When it comes to disastrous relationships, Suzanne Rand wrote the book. The frumpy-housewife-turned-superstar-author has come home to North Carolina to sell the family house—then hightail it back out of town.But there’s an unfinished chapter in her life: bad-boy-turned-successful-businessman Rick Gordon. Suzanne’s been burned before and can’t let the roving playboy play fast and loose with her heart again...even if he is the sexiest thing on two legs. And once passion reignites in Rick’s arms, she has no idea where this story’s going...Rick could write the book on how not to get hooked. But he’s never forgotten Suzanne, and now’s his chance to pick up where they left off. That’s why he’s plotting a course of seduction she’ll never be able to resist. But will their rekindled passion lead to love...and the happy ending they both crave?