Better Than the Real World

When I was a child, adults accused me of always being in my own little world because I was always daydreaming. Was that supposed to be an insult? I didn't take it as one.

Now I have a little world where others can join me: the little town of Fairview, the setting of the Small-Town Secrets series. A collection of unforgettable characters fills these small-town romance novels. Each book builds on the previous one. We meet new characters in every book, but we always go back and revisit past characters and catch up on what's been happening in their lives. The whole series can be experienced as the world's longest romantic movie.

We start with Worth the Wait, where we first meet Molly. She's a single mother who is raising her three children alone on a librarian's salary when one day a man whose relatives were murdered decades ago shows up, intending to take up residence and solve the murder. He just happens to be gorgeous, charming and smitten with Molly.

In Kiss and Tell, Molly's best friend Lori, a nurse, decides to change her life and gets more than she expects. A lot more. So does the real estate agent who sells her a house.

After writing about a librarian and a nurse — two extremely typical romance heroines! — I knew I needed to change things up a bit. So Catarina of Twice Shy is a Romany woman who runs her own upholstery business in downtown Fairview. She reads the tea leaves of an accountant who has decided to open an ice cream shop just down the block, but decides not to tell him they're fated to be together.

In the fourth book of the series, Perfect Fit, I write about a young midwifery student who meets her true love while helping to deliver a baby. Problem is, he wants to have babies and she only wants to deliver them. That ends up being a bit of an obstacle.

The fifth book, Crazy Little Thing, will be out soon. Anybody who has read the rest of the series has noticed that a girl named Ashley is in every single one. She's the bartender at The Clipper, the local hangout. She's been planning something big. But then a handsome stranger comes to town and changes everything.

Fairview is a lovely little place. And just now, it's a whole lot better than the real world. Come join me in Fairview!