Six years ago, Zane left his life, his best friend, and a cheating ex-fiancee behind and enlisted in the Air Force. He swore he’d never trust another woman again, especially not enough to fall in love, and now that his tour is up he’s sticking to his resolution. There’s only one drawback – he can’t forget the imaginative stories his best friend Riley conveyed over the phone in her smooth, sultry voice. Fortunately, now that he’s back, she’s willing to take the no-strings deal physical as long as it doesn’t hurt their friendship.

Riley hates her reputation for hopping from one guy to the next more often than most people replace their toothbrushes. When her most recent relationship ended with a marriage proposal she didn’t expect and couldn’t accept, she vowed she was done falling for every guy who winked at her. But she’s missing the intimate side of being half a couple. Lucky for her, her best friend, Zane is happy to act as a stand-in, as long as they both remember it doesn’t mean anything.

As the line between sex and friendship blurs, they realize keeping the two separate isn’t as simple as saying, “Let’s do it.” On top of that, intimacy reveals more about them than friendship ever did, including secrets they’ve both buried. When the truth is exposed in a mess of deception and betrayal, they realize they’ve risked a lifetime bond by toeing the line.

The above is the blurb for the book I just finished drafting. YAY for accomplishment! ^_^

About a year ago I realized I could actually write pretty quickly if I just sat down and did it. I had begun to pick up some tricks that worked for me as far as planning my stories is concerned. And then I asked myself “Self – if you can do this, why do you only have one finished novel?”

So I wrote a bunch more. For one of those I decided I wanted to write single-title, contemporary romance. And I did, and I loved the book, and I knew it would be *the one* not because it was the book of my heart, but because I wrote it to be what everyone wants in a book. (Such a bad idea in hindsight).

And I had people read it, and they gave me feedback and they liked it, and I wrote a query and I sent it out to the world, waiting for it to be the one…and it wasn’t. I’ll leave it at that. Oh, sorry, except to say I’m still getting rejections for that novel. I haven’t queried it since last September, but…^_^

Those characters still permeate my psyche though. Enough so that they’ve unintentionally become the hub for the series of books I’m working on now. And I’ve spent the last month rewriting their story. And agonizing over it, and hating it, and changing it, and agonizing some more. And for the last week I’ve had some super serious doubt about if doing anything with this story was a good idea.

But I finished the first draft, I sent a few chapters off to my amazing, brilliant, and kind and stunning and beautiful CP’s. And so far it doesn’t suck as much as I was afraid of.

So…now I let it sit for a few days, I add those missing /*intense sexiness goes here*/ scenes, and then I let them read the rest so I can revise ^_^

What are you working on?