Thank you so much for having me here today! I’m so excited to release POSSESSION book two in The Plus One Chronicles. I decided to write this story as a trilogy for three reasons:

1)  It’s too big of a story for one book. I can see it topping the 600 (manuscript) page mark.

2)  The story has three defined parts:

Part one is Kat’s Story in THE PROPOSITION. As that book opens, Kat’s hiding behind her sweet creations in her bakery but longing to break out. Six years ago Kat was attacked with a baseball bat and although her ex-fiancé was with her at the time, he did nothing to help her. That has left Kat has serious trust issues and panic attacks. At the beginning of the story Sloane Michaels, an ex UFC fighter and self-made billionaire, rescues Kat from carjackers and chemistry sparks between them. Sloane offers Kat a proposition: be his plus-one and his sex partner, in return he’ll teach her self defense. Can Kat trust Sloane; a man who built his career on violence as an UFC figher? Kat takes the chance that sizzling passion burns between them.

Part Two, is Sloane’s story in POSSESSION where everything begins to change for him. Sloane doesn’t believe in love and is convinced that the chemistry between him and Kat will burn out after spending some time together.  But Sloane is facing the brutal reality that Drake, his mentor who has been like a father to Sloane, is dying. It’s ripping Sloane apart and there’s nothing he can do to change it. The more he feels Drake slipping away, the more he’s driven to hold onto Kat. Even though he knows the best thing for her, for both of them, would be to end it before they get in too deep. But he can’t let her go…until his past rears its ugly head.

Part Three, OBSESSION, is both Kat and Sloane’s two emotional arcs coming together in the explosive conclusion.

3)  And the third reason was simple, I can write faster in the serial format than a full book. I wanted to get this story to my readers and not make them wait a second longer than I had to. I love Kat and Sloane with all my writer’s passion and am striving to give them the most powerful story I can manage spread over three long-novella length books.  An added benefit of doing it this, one that I really didn’t foresee is the absolutely amazing and perceptive reader response! I get to engage with readers about Kat and Sloane’s story as I’m writing it. And since the readers have read part one, and now part two, they are actively engaged. It’s been a very special experience for me.

                Those are my reasons for making The Plus One Chronicles a trilogy.  But I also want to share with you a little bit about what inspired me to write these books: Kat and Sloane’s story came to me after one of my sons went through a very serious and life-changing injury. Watching him battle his way back and rebuild his life was and continues to be a huge inspiration for me.  While he’s had a few tough moments, he refuses to let his injury destroy his life or make him bitter. His will just amazed me. It was during my son’s long recovery that Kat began to take shape in my mind, and along with her came Sloane who recognizes and cherishes Kat as a beautiful survivor with a victorious heart. Here’s a quick scene clip from POSSESSION showing Sloane’s view of Kat as he first begins to realize that this isn’t just another plus-one arrangement:

“What do you want?”

“To be able to handle this.”  Her gaze hit his. “Have sex with you and not make it anything more.”

Sloane stared at her, his entire body twanging in reaction. Strength and vulnerability radiated from her.

So beautiful and scarred. Inside and out. Emotion rubbed him like sandpaper. She tugged at his chest and dried his mouth. A dozen years ago, when he’d first seen her, she’d been a child at sixteen, a young beauty he hated for what he perceived as her fairytale-like life while his sister was dead.

But now, the innocence had been stripped away, leaving a fighter struggling for footing on moving ground. She brought out his protective instincts like no one else since Sara.

Sloane went to her, fitting his front to her back, caging her with his arms. Feeling her weight against him, he settled his chin on her head. “Too late. We both know this is more.”

I hope you’ll give The Proposition and Possession a try! Sloane and Kat get their happily-ever-after in the final book Obsession.