Our latest novelette, Caribbean Blues, is now on sale! It is the story of Jon Lawson, a man who is safe, secure, and — according to his ex — stuck in a rut. When his ex breaks up with him just before a planned vacation to the Bahamas, Jon decides to go anyway, just to prove to himself that he can be spontaneous. But he gets more than he bargained for when his private Dolphin Encounter session with sexy marine biologist Derrick Mason leads to a passionate holiday affair. Derrick is everything Jon could possibly want, but when Derrick asks him to risk everything for love, can Jon find it in himself to take a leap of faith?

We had a lot of fun writing this one! The dolphin encounter Jon experiences is actually based on a real place in Port Lucaya, where you can interact with dolphins in a sheltered cove. The dolphins aren’t captive; they are there of their own free will, and it’s incredibly special knowing that they’re almost as fascinated by humans as we are by them.

Anyway, if holiday romances and happily-ever-afters are your thing, check it out!

On January 30th our Color Box story, “Caribbean Blues”, will be released by Torquere. We received the author copies, and it looks great! Both of us have agreed that the cover for it is our favorite so far – it so perfectly captures the pensiveness of Jon, one of the main characters, and the beauty of the sky and sea in the tropics. I have a particular fondness for this one, too, since the location in the story is based on a place I’ve been to, the wonderful UNEXSO (Under Water Explorer’s Society) in Port Lucaya, The Bahamas. I won’t give too much away, but if you love the ocean, and dolphins, and stories about falling in love in beautiful places, I think you’ll really like this story!

We have two more stories to add to our upcoming publication schedule!  First, on April 22, we will have “The Whole Kit and Kaboodle” published by Dreamspinner Press in the “Closet Capers” anthology. This is a collection of light hearted mystery stories. Our second story, released on May 8 by Torquere, will be “Fennel and Forgiveness”, a semi-sequel to “Bay Leaves and Bachelors”. 😀 So stay tuned!  We have something coming up almost every month!

So we currently have two submissions in and are waiting to hear back about whether they’ve been accepted or not. It’s still hard to fret with anticipation, even with the nearly uniform good news we’ve had over the last few months! You just never know whether something is going to fit the bill the way you anticipate, so it’s still a rather nail-biting experience.

We currently have a just completed story awaiting edits, as well, and I’m about to go off on vacation for a week, and take the novel nearest and dearest to our hearts with me for another round of edits. I’m really hoping that when we submit it we’ll get an acceptance, but again… you never really know!