Manuscripts

STEEL HEARTS
2010 Golden Heart ® Finalist
Winner 2010 Hot Prospects

Morgan Carne, a workaholic self-sacrificing executive, is devastated when her grandfather brings in Bryan Rivers to run the family steel mill.  Bryan, a competent leader and foster child, vowed never to return to Dylan after his foster father slept with his girlfriend ten years ago, but he can’t refuse his Granddad’s request.  To ensure the steel mill thrives, he and Morgan must learn to trust and then protect each other from the threat stalking their family.  Their distrust evolves into respect, admiration and finally a passion hot enough to melt steel.  Morgan and Bryan, two orphans, form a family bond that will not be broken.

REDEMPTION
Winner 2010 Gotcha
Winner 2009 Heart of the Rockies

Nicole, a grieving ballerina, can’t take any more.  Guilt over the deaths of her daughter and husband haunts her.  It is easier to think about sleeping—forever.  She plans one last day, touching the places her family saw on the last day of their lives.  Her last stop is O’Dair’s Pub, where a passionate night with Shaun, the owner, pulls her back from her cycle of depression.  Ashamed by her behavior, she leaves without disclosing her name.  Little does Shaun know that her name will show up on the wrongful death lawsuit filed against his pub.

RESTORING MITCH'S HEART
Winner 2010 Great Expectations
Winner 2009 Heart of Rockies
Winner 2009 Golden Claddaugh

Mitch, a rigid and emotionally-reserved attorney, collides with a dilapidated mansion and Tierney, a bohemian, hard-working stained glass artist.  He’s flipping a house; she’s rebuilding her life.  Together, they find that restoring a heart takes more than a hammer.