Always with You has six on-the-page spicy scenes. There are also several steamy scenes throughout. The spice level probably depends on your tastes as a reader. If you typically read YA, AWY is very spicy. If you read a lot of erotic romance, you may find AWY more on the mild side. I think fans of Punk 57 and Verity will enjoy.

Indie publishing gives me the freedom to decide which books I publish and when. Traditional publishing relies on getting approval from many other people and waiting years between a book deal and publication. I write faster than traditional publishing accommodates and I want to be able to share all my stories with you!

The initial kernel of inspiration came from my own life. When I was a kid, I spent some time in a duplex, and a cute boy lived in the other half of the house. He’d come through my room to hang out with us (my father scolded him for that lol), and when I was reflecting on that experience years later, I thought that’d be a fun setting for a romance. Then Madalyn and Miles popped into my head.

That was in 2018. Two years later, I was watching a lot of true crime and devouring thrillers. I went down a research rabbit hole and listened to stalking survivors’ stories. At the same time, I started rewatching Gilmore Girls (for the thousandth time) and while I love the Jess/Rory/Dean dynamic, I wanted to make it ten times darker. That’s when all the pieces clicked into place, and I started writing Always with You in November 2020.

Always with You is single POV, told from Madalyn’s perspective.

I started writing Always with You in November 2020, rewrote it three times from 2021 to early 2022, queried 50 agents from June to October 2022, and got a few requests but no offers. I queried another manuscript in January 2023, signed with an agent in February, and ultimately decided to publish Always with You independently.

I’m currently working on my masked hockey romance series of interconnected standalones, the Diamond Devils series!

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SPICY. My books contain explicit, on-page sex scenes appropriate for readers 18+. Each book varies in terms of spice. Always with You is my least spicy book, for example.

Since I learned how to read and spell, I’ve been writing. I started writing novels at 14 and wrote about a book every year through high school and college, sometimes two or three books and sometimes none. Always with You is my 12th manuscript and my first one published.