I returned on Wednesday from the "Books & Boots Tour" of Texas that Dani Pettrey and I organized. Our road trip spanned more than 8 days and more than 1,000 miles. Texas is a huge state but, as you can see from the below route, we traveled a sizeable swath of it! Here's a photo highlight from each stop along the way... This road trip included lots of driving, lots … [Read more...]

Earlier this month, I spent 13 days in California! I was born and raised in southern California. Riverside, to be exact. And though I've lived in Dallas for twenty-eight years, I return to CA frequently to spend time with my family there. This trip had a dual purpose. I went to celebrate my mom's birthday and to enjoy my daughter's spring break. The birthday party came first. To mark my … [Read more...]

Dani Pettrey and I will be hitting the Texas highways this April! I just released Uneasy Street this month and Dani's Two Seconds Too Late will come out in April. We wanted to do something special to celebrate and so we're baking up a book tour. :) To make things even sweeter, our writer friends Natalie Walters and Lynne Gentry will be joining us at some of the locations! Here's our … [Read more...]

My inspiration for my current series was this…  Three brothers. Two of them—Jeremiah and Jude--raised beneath the shadow of the scandal their wealthy, famous parents created before their birth. Then there’s Max, the housekeeper’s son, the one Jeremiah and Jude viewed as a friend while all three were growing up on the same property in Maine. When the boys were teenagers, they (and everyone … [Read more...]