In SIT, STAY, LOVE, a large-scale dog fighting ring covering several Midwestern states is exposed, creating national media attention. The High Grove Animal Shelter steps forward to take in some of the abused dogs, dedicating countless hours to care for and retrain them in an off-site location until they are ready and able to be adopted into loving homes. If this sounds like a real-life event that you heard about on TV, well, you probably have. All too often, illegal dog fighting rings are exposed, and some are larger in scale than others. When this happens, area shelters and caring individuals are instrumental in saving animals’ lives with the help and services they provide. Often, whether it’s due to natural disasters, large scale animal abuse cases, hoarding, or similar scenarios, shelters become saturated with newly homeless animals. When this happens, not only is adequate space a concern but available funds are rapidly depleted. Whether it comes about because of a media story or simply because you want to connect with homeless animals and the people who care for them, there are still many ways to support your local shelters. Here are five inexpensive and fun ways to make a big…

I’m so excited to be here sharing about my latest book, THE HELLION. The heroine Cleopatra Killoran and hero, Adair Thorne are not necessarily one’s typical Regency couple. Born into rival families, of London’s most successful gaming hells, they’ve only ever known hatred for the other. Until they meet and sparks fly, and every belief they’ve ever had of one another, is challenged. They’ve only seen the differences between them. When they’re thrust into one another’s company, they see just how much they in fact, share. Neither of them were born to the nobility. Both of them know what it is to struggle and fight to survive. And then there is the passion that flares from the onset! The inspiration for my Wicked Wallflowers series actually began first with the heroine, Cleopatra, her family, and the rival gaming hell owners of the Hell and Sin Club…which is run by Adair. Immediately I knew, I wanted Cleo’s family to juxtapose Adair’s….and from that the Wicked Wallflowers was born. This series wouldn’t be about a club run solely by men. Rather, about a family, of strong, independent, and very capable women…and their lone elder brother. And so, from the start, Cleo, by…

Excerpt From “In The Eye Of The Storm” – Part Of The IN THE EYE OF THE STORM / CATERING TO THE CEO Duo Conemtporary Romance From Samantha Chase The sights and sounds of the storm calmed him. The rumble of thunder started up again, and he saw lightning off in the distance. If his mind wasn’t racing so much, now would be the perfect time to crawl into bed and sleep. There was something about a storm that always lulled him, but there was no way he could sleep right now. He had to settle this situation in his mind. He ran a hand through his hair and muttered a curse. How was he supposed to know what to do? Either way he was going to lose Holly in some capacity. The businessman in him knew that she was what kept him and his company going. The man in him, the one who’d been in a state of arousal all damn day, wanted what he wanted and to hell with the consequences. It shouldn’t be this hard to have it all. If only Holly were the kind of woman who would have a casual affair. Feeling more confused than…

When I sat down to write the Texas Rodeo books, I didn’t flex my fingers over the keyboard and say to myself, “Self, we are gonna write us some kickass heroines.” But I was determined to create characters who are an accurate reflection of the women I was raised by, grew up with, and compete against in the rodeo arena. Cowgirls are lucky that way. From the time we’re old enough to ride, we are admired and rewarded for being tough, independent, aggressive and competitive. The women of Texas Rodeo are the natural result. Take the heroine of TOUGHER IN TEXAS, whose first line in the book is, As far as Shawnee Pickett was concerned, when most women went out to get a Brazilian they were doing it all wrong. And then she rolls over and nudges her lover awake.** A few chapters later, she realizes that she’s been giving the hero an inadvertent peep show. Her reaction? She considered being embarrassed, then shrugged. It wasn’t the first time someone had seen her in a wet t-shirt, and she wasn’t even dancing on a bar. Shawnee is aggravating, outrageous, and hands down the reader favorite among my heroines. Her popularity…