Where Would I Be Without You (20 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.

Metaphorically speaking, we as women are our own worse critics.  We need these
things,
so we can look in the mirror to say, 'ah, my grass is looking pretty green'.  If it takes a box of hair color, a new outfit or to shed a few pounds to make the grass seem green, then so be it.  However, Maybelline Briggs isn't looking for the Holy Grail of Eternal Youth, just a way to get back on her feet through all the chaos.

Light hearty funny mystery with quirky characters and laughable discretions.  Chick Lit General Audience meets Funny Mystery.

Sometimes luck gets turned around, so what does a gal have to do in this town to get it back?  Fired from her secret government job seemed like the tip of the iceberg in her streak of bad luck.  However, that was nothing compared to the business of leprechauns, frozen bank accounts, credit cards, and having to drive an eighty's green Gremlin car around town.