​Spoiled heiress Camila has enjoyed a privileged life thanks to her politically connected family. Sheltered from the harsh realities of the galaxy, she has no idea that her vacation plans are about to go horribly awry.

To survive the emperor’s murderous plot, cyborgs Misko, Andro and Branko lead a small group of civilians into an escape pod. During a chaotic launch, Andro is badly injured, and Misko and Branko find themselves holding their panicked group together. Soon, their limping escape pod strands them in space.

All seems lost—until a private ship crosses their path.

Hijacked by filthy criminals, Camila tries to flee but is captured by Misko. He quickly identifies her as precious cargo and decides to keep her—in his cabin, tied to his bed. 

Misko isn’t sure why he’s fascinated by the bratty blonde who tried to claw his eyes out, but he’s compelled to keep her close—naked and writhing underneath him close.

Soon, that infuriating, handsome cyborg hasn’t just hijacked Camila’s ship, he’s hijacked her heart.

Faced with losing Misko, Camila vows to risk everything to save him from the emperor’s death squads. She wants Misko in her life, by her side, in her bed, forever—and she always gets what she wants.
​

​Captured in a government raid, Ella is thrown into a prison transport bound for the mountain labor camps. She never expects her rescue to come at the hands of Raze, the handsome sky warrior who all but stole her heart after Dizzy’s wedding. Considered a high-value asset by the Shadow Force, Ella is given to an arrogant brute of a pilot for safekeeping—and collaring.  

After his disastrous first marriage, Raze swore off women, but Ella tempts him to break that vow. When he sees her being treated roughly by an unworthy man, his control shatters. One sucker punch later, he tosses Ella over his shoulder and steals her away. He wants to keep her, to collar and love her—but there’s a shameful secret in his past that shatters any chance of a happy future. 

But Raze isn’t the only one with a complicated past. Ella has secrets of her own—and they’re about to threaten the safety of everyone she loves. She’ll have to go back to where it all started, risking her life and her future with Raze—to end it once and for all. 

First:  the good stuff. Second:  the not so good stuff.

I'm releasing this free read in the Grabbed universe. I wrote a few of these novella-sized continuations for each couple in the series when I was having all that trouble with a certian publisher who shall not be named. I was going to release them as a boxed set, but I've decided to put them out as free reads instead. HEAT is up first. It features Hallie and Vicious. <3

You can either grab a copy from instaFreebie or you can read it in PDF format here.

Called to duty in the middle of the night, Jack and Max are forced to leave Emma behind on Outpost 9. Dropped into a hellish war zone of fire and zombies, the two cyborgs are separated when Max volunteers for a dangerous rescue mission.

With the help of Emma’s friends, Max survives the chaotic hours that follow—and learns a dark secret about Emma’s family, a secret that threatens their happiness and the family they’re trying to build.

When Jack receives orders that will take him far away, Max vows to keep Emma safe while he’s gone. Whatever the cost, whatever the risk, he’ll protect their mate.

But while her men have been away, Emma has garnered the attention of a cyborg scientist who belongs to a shadowy covert operations team. Locked away in an interrogation room, she’s told a shocking secret—and faces an impossible decision.

​To save Jack and Max, she’ll have to risk her own life. This time? It’s Emma’s turn to be brave.

I've been MIA from Lo social media for a while. Part of that has been the ongoing illness. Part of it was a deliberate choice I had to make to "kill" my Lo book sales. Yes, I know how crazy that sounds, but I'm going to explain why.

Most people know about the struggles I've had with EC. If not, you can find it easily by Googling. In the last few weeks, especially, there have been quite a few stories about the company, including the lack of payment for many authors since April/May (check out the #notchilled hashtag on Twitter) and new lawsuit by a current author for underpayment of royalties. It's not pretty. :/

For me, personally, I received very sporadic payments this year (only four) including one payment that was missing all US Kindle sales. Which, of course, is the bulk of my income from EC. >.>

For many months, I've wanted off the sinking ship. Many. Many. Months. But my catalog of titles there was selling too well (over 100 copies for year is the cutoff) because every time I released an installment of the Emma serial, new readers picked up the Ec books. 

Some people probably wonder why I didn't just buy my way out. It was an option my lawyer had tried last fall, but the buy back/buy out price was much, much too high. With my ongoing health issues, I couldn't risk the cost without threatening my family's well-being.

So I finally decided to do something drastic. I simply stopped all Lo social media. I also stopped the Emma serial.

It was extremely painful to do this. 

I feel like the WORST person in the world for disappearing. I have been responding privately to emails from readers, but otherwise, I have been radio silent.

And it worked.

In early August, I made an offer for my entire EC backlist. A counter-offer was made (that included forfeiting all royalties due) and I accepted. 

As of today, August 27, 2015, I own my EC backlist--lock, stock and barrel--and am free of any future obligations.

So what does this mean?

It means you'll see some of my EC titles after they have been revised, lengthened and updated. It means some of them will be rewritten and expanded to fit my Roxie brand of mob stories (books like Bad, Bad Things or Ultimate Prize, for example.)

It means that the Emma serial will start releasing again soon (probably in a neatly packaged and VERY CHEAP omnibus edition to make up for the wait.) 

It means that there will be more Grabbed books. A whole bunch more of them. And at lower, more affordable, reader friendly prices. You will NEVER see a $9 ebook from me. Ever.

I have an editor booked to work on Raze in November and a cover artist is currently creating new covers for the series. These books will be out in print and digital simultaneously. 

So. That's the explanation for my disappearance.


I apologize wholeheartedly for doing a social media runner--but I could not stomach the thought of losing my intellectual property forever.

I had to take drastic measures to get FREE from this nightmare. 

And now I am. :) 

And now I get to write Grabbed books again. :)

I wanted to take a few minutes to give a quick update on both of my sites (Roxie and Lo) to let readers know a little bit more about the delays in the last couple of releases. 
Most of you know that I had some serious family issues to deal with during late fall and early winter. What I kept private was that I've also been dealing with some scary and not so fun health issues. 

We chalked many of these symptoms (heart palpitations, nausea, extreme exhaustion, etc.) up to the stress of the Ellora's Cave/Grabbed books situation, the terrible neighbors who have basically run us out of our home, our autistic kiddo's eating strike and my miscarriage in late December.

But we were wrong.

My family history of heart problems has finally caught up to me. I know a lot of you are thinking, "OMG, isn't she, like, 31 or something?" 

Yep. 

But you know what? 

Heart attacks and almost heart attacks can happen at ANY age. Because it just happened to me. On Sunday evening.

I was hoping to be able to come on here and tell y'all this with the added bonus of some GOOD news from yesterday's doctor visits and today's first day of testing but sadly that is NOT the case. I got some not so good news yesterday, and I'm still trying to process what it means. I'm also facing some more testing (FUN!) but I hope to finally (!) have some real answers and a treatment plan in the next few weeks.

That said--you can expect to see the following releases in April:

Emma:  Part 3 (written by the Lolita version of me)
Kostya (Her Russian Protector #7) (written by the Roxie version of me)

If you follow me on Facebook or my websites or are subscribed to my newsletters, you'll learn of the new releases the second they're live. But I'm not giving firm release dates right now or promising any other releases in the coming four to six weeks because, well, I frankly don't know what the next couple of weeks will be like. I'm basically trying to rest and RELAX and not push myself to do more than I can.

I really, REALLY hate that I've disappointed and frustrated so many of you who are waiting for the next installments of the Emma serial or the next Her Russian Protector book. 

I so wish I could just wave a magic wand and *BLAM* make the books perfectly perfect and ready to release. But that just isn't reality. I'd rather wait to release the RIGHT book than rush out something I'm not happy with just because I'm trying to meet a deadline that my body just can't meet.

***Now in REALLY, REALLY good Lolita news***

Last week, I learned that emails from Ellora's Cave that were meant for me never reached my inboxes. They were sent to someone else in the company's headquarters who--curiously--never forwarded them to me or let the sender know they had gone to the wrong place. So, for six months, I needlessly stressed over something that could have been fixed with one or two quick conversations. 

On Tuesday morning, Patty Marks, CEO of Ellora's Cave, offered a very, very gracious compromise on the unwritten spec contracts for Grabbed books 4, 5, 6, and 7. These books and the rights to them and the Grabbed world are back in my hands. I can't promise that you'll see Raze, Terror, Torment or Cipher's books this year (not with all that's going on with my heart) but I *will* write and publish these books.

Finally--I'm taking a bit of a social media break while I deal with this heart thing. Julie, my lifesaver and assistant extraordinaire, is always on Facebook and can usually answer questions about characters or reading order or the next signings or swag. If you send PMs or comment and she doesn't know the answer, she makes sure I know those are waiting for me. 

The Viking and Julie will be monitoring my Roxie and Lo inboxes for any messages that need immediate replies. I will get to all the messages eventually, but it may take me longer than usual to answer. The same goes for snail mail sent to me. I've fallen behind on those but stuffing some of our new cool swag (Call Kostya magnets!) into those envelopes is easy, relaxing work that I'll probably tackle when I'm trying to chill.

So. That's it for now.

Also--y'all--don't be me. Don't ignore symptoms like these or brush them off as "just stress." Because I am damn lucky I didn't drop dead of a heart attack. Take care of yourselves! Listen to your bodies. Learn from my HUGE-O mistakes, you know?

<3 <3 <3

Roxie/Lo