Caught Inside (17 page)

What happens when a book shy girl,
grows up dreaming about her next-door neighborhood boy as her dream
fantasy man to marry, then runs into him while trying to find her
wild side. When Mary Catherine O'Reilly, Mary Cate to her friends,
finally succumbs to her best friend's wishes to take her lifestyle
up a notch, crazy and wild things happen. Crazy as in doing things
a reserved kindergarten teacher would never think about doing, wild
as in experiencing the best orgasms of her life with the man of her
dreams in places she would never have thought possible. When
one-man tugs at your fantasy heart strings for so long and then to
have it happen for real, a girl can fall hard. Only one problem,
when that man finally gets to fulfill his dreams of having her and
is afraid to commit, he can find many ways to make her feel as if
he just doesn't have the time now.

A wrench gets thrown in her plans to
get wild and crazy for one summer, when her best friend who started
all this, ups and marries a man she has only known for twenty-four
hours in Vegas. What is even crazier is, the man her best friend
marries, is her fantasy man's older brother. Planning a wedding,
the demanding MIL insists on throwing, so that the marriage can be
celebrated by the entire family causes irritations to rise. Mary
Cate finds herself in a tug of war of emotions with the man of her
dreams. Can one crazy fast planned wedding bring them together
again or will Mary Cate decide she needs a man who can commit
instead of finding ways to go around commitment?

Caribbean bound with her best friend
until a sip of bad luck makes everything go foggy and dark. Next
thing Katy Beck knows is that either her best friend is playing a
bad joke, or she just stole her husband, her money and her looks.
To make things worse, she just got dumped on the porch of an old
run down shack in the middle of a mountain with only her beach
bound attire.

Katy had a way of making the worse
seem better and maybe a good guardian angel or two. As luck would
have it, she was plopped right in the lap of one very hot war hero
and famous journalist. However, life isn’t always as easy as it
seems and Katy wants to make sure she offers more back in her life
then a set of DDs and a pretty smile.

With every trick of the trade, Sabrina
left a trail of misery for Katy. However, that is nothing a good
sense of humor and new friends can’t take care of. Plus, a little
shiny thing called gold doesn’t hurt either.

Sidney Sampson had no idea that one
fateful day; while doing fieldwork, investigating a dead officer’s
crime scene, her whole life would change. One man, who should be
dead, flutters his eyelashes on her cheek. While Sidney squirms
needlessly to get off the dead cop’s body, from the recent bomb
explosion that landed her there. What happens next is a total
misunderstanding between them. The flutter of his lashes and the
firm member of his anatomy told her that dead men don’t blink
twice.

Once a simple life and career,
following the footsteps of her father who raised her alone, Sidney
was more than ready for change. Her job as a police coroner wasn’t
her dream job, but it was where life led her while growing up
without a mother. In fact, her whole life was in dire need of
change. She wanted a better job, but had no idea what. She wanted
more fun friends, but only ended up with dull boring friends. She
wanted to find her feminine wiles along with a sex life, and all
she has gotten lately was a kiss on the forehead after a blind
date, and a boring closet filled with durable work khakis and brown
comfortable work loafers.

Life is about to change for Sidney.
Could she learn how to be her own woman, finding more purpose in
life without falling head over heels in love with a man who is so
wrong for her in so many ways?

Some girls just can’t catch a break.
One-minute Samoa Moore’s life had reached a breaking point, and she
just had to get away from the life that was dragging her down. The
next minute one very hot war hero cop has her slammed up against
his police cruiser, and she realizes her plan is not going
accordingly. Her body’s reaction immediately betrays her attitude
of do it alone from here on out.

Officer Matt Bourne is no stranger to
women the likes of Samoa. However, he can’t help but want to do the
honorable thing and protect her. Her irresistible sex appeal is too
much for his do right attitude, and Matt’s do right attitude makes
Samoa realize that falling back on a man isn’t so weak after
all.

With Samoa’s seedy past fast at her
heels, will she get the second chance she deserves, all while
falling in love with the man who saved her or will things fall
apart once more?

When two young hearts experience their
share of heartache, the last thing they want is to fall in love.
Coming back home to take care of a parent with Alzheimer's is
enough to make a man insane. Insane enough to fall for a woman that
he can't take his mind off of. One that is only visiting his old
hometown, that's just like Mayberry, to escape a past that hurt
her. This relaxed laid-back town can't slow the pace of their fast
beating hearts.

With a guarded heart and a knack for
making the big corporate money, Jill Waltz was no stranger to going
it alone. Then one crazy drunken night she is caught in several
compromising positions with her married boss, and she knew her life
was about to be turned upside down. First of which, she was to be
shipped to the branch office in the middle of nowhere. Little did
she know that the man that stole her heart ten years ago would show
up in the same place to discover that their love never
extinguished. Leaving her wondering if happily-ever-after does
exist or will she mess up this second chance and hope that third
times a charm.

Some suburban moms just can't catch a
break. There is humor in raising kids, guinea pigs, soccer moms and
Nutella. Toss in two new roommates to make ends meet, crazy daily
chaos and a desire to have the green grass she once had, and you
get a story about a mom that makes it all work out. A light,
uplifting read, that any mom could easily relate to. Humor in all
the right spots and just a touch of romance to give it all a happy
ending.

This book is dedicated to
all the moms in my life. We have laughed through the most diverse
oddities and cried about the worst. We talk about our kids with
hopes and wishes, and we complain about them like nobody's
business. We are the most important people in our family's lives,
yet we are often the most under appreciated. This book is to you.
May you remember that the grass IS NOT always greener on the other
side.