I’ll let you in on a little secret…life is hard! Some days it seems to be harder than ever. How wonderful that we have books to escape into. Magical stories to sweep us away to other lands, other times. Allowing us to slip our feet into the shoes of queens and dukes….and pirates! In my new release, WITHIN A CAPTAIN’S TREASURE, my pirates do a lot of escaping. Battling on the high seas, they escape death at every turn. They escape the heartless peril of the sea itself. Their lives are one step away from a hangman’s noose. My heroine, Alice Tupper, knows more escape tricks than Houdini! Trying to break away from the deeds of her past, she heads toward America only to be captured by pirates. Through pure guts and a lucky shot, she frees herself from one band of pirates only to end up in the hands of another. She climbs the mast in the middle of a storm and survives. Stares down the barrel of more than one gun and manages to live to tell the tale. She even manages to flee into the night after being discovered for the pirate she truly is. Turns out,…

The Wet ‘N Wild Authors are at it again, this time featuring Navy SEALs – heroes ready for action, on the job and off! We asked each of the 10 bestselling & award-winning authors, “The SEALs are WET – how is your story WILD?” Tawny Weber’s A SEAL’S PROPOSAL, much like its heroine, is sassy, sexy and wild! Sam vowed if he ever became a SEAL, he’d do it as a single man. Bryanna isn’t willing to give up the man she loves. She has 2 weeks to convince him that he can have his career, and everything she has to offer, too, if they stay together. How? With wild sex, of course. For Commander Marc Miller, Hell Week begins the moment one red-hot redhead, a well-connected junior officer, waltzes through his door & gets inside his head. In Rogenna Brewer’s SEAL IT WITH A KISS, Lieutenant Tabitha Chapel will have to match wits with the best to become the first female SEAL – but the limits of her determination are tested by the only SEAL capable of commanding her heart. One. Wrong. Move. In ROGUE by Laura Marie Altom, disavowed Navy SEAL, Nash Adamson, knows that’s all it will…

Hello Friends, Next up for me is INTO THE WHIRLWIND, the second of my BOSS Inc, novels! It’s Megan and Dirk’s wild and tumultuous story; one of personal favorites. And ya gotta love the cover!! It hits the shelves May 31st. I just received the review from RT BOOK REVIEWS, and thought I would share it with you along with a peek inside the cover of INTO THE WHIRLWIND. “The second in the BOSS, Inc. series continues to excite! If you enjoy taught page-turners with powerful and protective alpha males, you’ve found one. The main characters have fiery chemistry and are evenly matched, making the intensity and intrigue all the more thrilling. Readers have come to expect steamy sex and plenty of suspense from Martin, and this series provides it in abundance!” —RT BOOK REVIEWS EXCERPT from INTO THE WHIRLWIND Megan O’Brien parked at the end of the gravel driveway and quietly got out of her compact SUV. Through the trees, she could hear the roar of a chainsaw, hear see two-by-fours going up to form the sides of the house under construction. The garage was already finished, undoubtedly full of Dirk’s toys, including a Harley and a custom Dodge…

You never know what is going to happen . . . .When the Duke Comes to Town! I’m thrilled to be included in this collection of Regency stories, all centering on the madcap mischief that ensues when the infamous, match-making Duke of Danby leaves Yorkshire for the London Season. There are four books in all: EVADING THE DUKE THWARTING THE DUKE OUTWITTING THE DUKE DISMISSING THE DUKE My novella, The Earl’s Hired Bride, is included in OUTWITTING THE DUKE. Because an unmarried Earl must be in want of a bride . . . Every debutante in the ton wants to be the Countess of Hartford—and mistress of Hartsworth Castle. Never mind that Hart has no interest in marrying just yet, the young ladies hunt him as ruthlessly as a pack of hounds after the elusive fox. What he needs is a hired bride—one who will give him some room to breathe, but is guaranteed to call it off at the end of the Season. Because a girl with no prospects will do what she must to help her family . . . Miss Emily Spencer must do something. Her mother’s health is failing and the notorious Duke of Danby is…