Summer 2007

THE TEMPLAR'S SEDUCTION is available at last!

It's difficult to believe that the time has finally arrived, and my final book in the Templar Knights trilogy is out there in bookstores (and hopefully in readers' hands, too!)  Alex and Beth gave me a run for my money as I was writing their tempestuous and emotional love story.  If you've read it, I'd love to hear what you think of how it - or the series as a whole - turned out.

As some of you are aware, THE TEMPLAR'S SEDUCTION will be my last historical romance for a while.  I opted not to go under contract again (for personal reasons having nothing to do with my continuing love for the romance genre and everything to do with the challenges of scheduling the writing of books while still teaching full-time and raising a family).  It was a difficult decision for me, but one that I feel is the right one to make at this point. 

I'm not giving up writing altogether, however!  Instead, I'm going to try to transition for now into a genre that will allow me to pursue my writing at a bit slower pace.  At the moment, I have two projects percolating and/or at the beginning stages of writing.  One is a straight historical fiction piece (in the style of Philippa Gregory or Tracy Chevalier), set during the end of the Templar Brotherhood, and the other is a quirky contempoary novel, best classified, I suppose, as plain "Fiction" - with a touch of angels thrown in for good measure. :)  Both have strong romantic elements in them (because I continue to believe that love is one of the most powerful forces in the universe), and though neither are contracted at the moment (again, by my choice...when I feel I have enough completed on them, I'll be forwarding them to my agent to see about getting any official ball rolling in that regard), I'm planning to get a good start on them this summer, in between all the other things a working wife/mom has to juggle and enjoy when school's out!

So that's the scoop about what's going on in my world.  I'd love to hear what's going on in yours - particularly regarding the books you're reading (whether they're mine or not...though of course I'd love it if they're mine, LOL).  Please feel free to put up your feet for a few minutes, grab a cup of your favorite something to sip, take a look around my site, and drop me a note if you're so inclined.  And don't forget to sign up for my mailing list.  When something official comes about, in terms of a new book/the fruition of this transition time in my writing life, I'll be sending out one of my infrequent newsletters to let all my readers know about it.  Until then, thanks for all your support and encouragement...

Happy Reading!

--MRM