Partners: Winds Of Fire

The fifth book in my Partners Series: Winds Of Fire is almost completed. It should be finished in a couple of more weeks.

When an arsonist strikes Charlestown, Private Investigators Frankie Barker and Johanna Obrien discover some uncanny similarities to a case they've just begun investigating. As the fire investigation team unravels their own clues, everyone is suspect…including Frankie and Johanna.

Excerpt From Partners: Beyond The Shadows

Frankie rolled onto her side and watched as Johanna began to waken. Her eyelids fluttered but stayed closed. Frankie slid down under the pale pink satin sheet until her face was near Johanna's smooth thigh. She loved the smell of her. Every scent Johanna used from soaps to lotions to perfumes had a light lilac fragrance. She snuggled closer to the silky naked flesh and with one hand, lightly roamed over Johanna's flat stomach. As her hand descended, her fingers caressed Johanna's soft pubic hairs and then slid to her opening.

"Now this is how I like to wake up," Johanna murmured. "Let's forget work today. I want to stay in bed making love all day."

Frankie raised her head. "Wish we could, sweetie." She teased the outer lips for several seconds and then slipped a finger inside. Johanna was moist and ready. Just like she knew she'd be.

Johanna moaned quietly. "This is the only way I want to wake up from now on," she said breathlessly. Her legs parted.

Frankie removed her finger and edged closer until her face was right above Johanna's tempting vagina. She lowered her head and tenderly kissed Johanna's inner thighs before flicking her tongue teasingly at the opening. She took her time savoring the taste of her lover.

Johanna moaned loudly and sucked in her breath as Frankie's tongue finally plunged inside. She teased the hot throbbing clit a little longer before tenderly sucking on it while Johanna squirmed beneath her.

"Honey, I can't wait. I'm going to come," Johanna panted.

Frankie loved the sensations she knew were surging through Johanna as the woman wriggled beneath her. She continuously brought Johanna to the edge and back again, finally releasing her to an explosive climax.

A few minutes later Frankie eased herself up next to Johanna. She lay on her side facing her.

Johanna sighed contentedly as she ran a hand over Frankie's cheek. "Do you know how much I love you?"

Frankie grinned as she rolled onto her back. "Why don't you show me?"

Johanna cupped Frankie's face and kissed her deeply. "I intend to," she replied as she moved her mouth to Frankie's breast.

Frankie closed her eyes enjoying the sensations erupting within her as Johanna's mouth softly took her breast into it. Frankie's nipples were hard and when Johanna gave the same attention to Frankie's other breast, she felt the pangs of raw hunger surge through her. As Johanna's tongue tenderly flicked her nipple, Frankie dug her nails into Johanna's firm strong back. She spread her legs, and then brought them up wrapping them around Johanna. She panted as she grew hotter.

Johanna shifted her weight and her mouth sought Frankie's, parting her lips as her tongue found Frankie's. Frankie released her legs as Johanna broke the kiss and with the tip of her tongue descended slowly down Frankie's throbbing body taking her time to lick every inch of Frankie's bare flesh. She licked Frankie's inner thighs and gently spread her apart softly blowing inside. When Frankie thought she could stand it no longer, Johanna took her throbbing clit into her mouth. An electrifying pulse vibrated through Frankie's body. She never wanted this moment to end. She gripped the sheet as she bucked up and down trying to hold on to savor every second for as long as she could, but her intense need finally forced her to give in. She screamed Johanna's name as she came.

Minutes later, as they lay side by side, Frankie knew that if her life ended at this moment, she would die a happy woman.

"What are you thinking, baby?" Johanna asked softly. Her fingertips wound through Frankie's chestnut hair.

"Just how much I love you. Have I told you that lately?"

"At least ten times a day." Johanna propped herself on an elbow and stared down at her. "And I love you. I never knew what love was until you, Frankie."

Frankie smiled, but before she could reply, her cell phone rang. She groaned. "Who would be calling this early?" She sighed as she reached for the phone sitting on the nightstand table. She looked at the name displayed. "It's George." Her heart began to pound. Sheriff George Ryker wouldn't be calling unless something was wrong.

She flipped the phone open and put it on speaker. "Good morning, George."

"I'm sorry to bother you so early, Frankie, but I'd like you and Johanna to stop in my office before you go to work."

"No problem," Frankie replied. "Do you have some summonses you need delivered?"

"Yes, but there's something else I need to talk to you about." He paused. "I wouldn't ask if it wasn't important."

Frankie frowned. "What's wrong, George? Has something happened?"

"I'll explain when you get here."

He disconnected before she could ask another question.

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Sizzling Sunday Excerpts Partners: Blinded By The Trees

Private Investigators Frankie Barker and Johanna Obrien are looking forward to a relaxing Christmas holiday with Frankie's mother, Selma. Then they stumble upon a body behind some trees while picking out their perfect Christmas tree and their relaxing holiday is put on hold. 

When Sheriff George Ryker asks for their help on an unrelated case, they soon realize that the two cases are connected. They uncover some disturbing details about the victim's life, but can't understand why anyone would want him dead, and especially what he could have done to cause someone to attack him so viciously. 

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"Something smells good," Johanna said walking into the kitchen.

"I was going to send out a posse for you if you hadn't returned pretty soon."

Johanna laughed. "The stores were more crowded than I expected." 

"Well, I'm relieved that you're home," Frankie turned from the counter with spatula in hand where she'd been removing cookies from a baking sheet and placing them on a cooling rack. "I've got the gingerbread cookies made. Tomorrow we can decorate them. I thought we'd wait for Mom." 

Sizzling Sunday Excerpts Partners: The Other Woman

In book 2 of the Partners series, The Other Woman has Private Investigators Johanna Obrien and Frankie Barker planning a vacation with Johanna's visiting mother, Gracelyn, when a former lover of Johanna's, Gretchen Wyler, shows up demanding that Johanna take her case. They soon learn that Gretchen is heavily involved in an investment scam which implicates Johanna. Johanna must come to terms with the demons from her past and the secret she has kept from Frankie for all these years. The women hatch a plan to trap Gretchen and in the process dig up some disturbing facts which could destroy Johanna's life.


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Frankie shivered as she hurried into the office carrying a cardboard tray containing two cups of coffee. She walked over to Johanna's desk, which faced her own, took one of the cups from the tray and set it on the desk. "It's getting nasty out there. It feels cold enough to snow. What time's your mother's plane getting in?" 

Johanna smiled. "Thanks for the coffee, babe. Her flight gets in at two if it's on time. I figure I'll take off at twelve thirty just in case we do get bad weather, and barring any traffic snafus. I checked with the Philadelphia airport and so far there are no flight delays so I'm keeping my fingers crossed." 


Frankie patted Johanna's shoulder then moved to her own desk, set down the tray holding her cup of coffee, then strode to the storage room at the back of the office. She removed her coat and hung it on the coat tree. "Just be careful driving. I wouldn't be surprised if we get snow before the day's over," she said as she walked back into the room across the dark beige carpeting and over to her desk. 

Johanna nodded. "I'm always careful. That advice goes for you, too." 

Sizzling Sunday Excerpts 2 In 1: Partners

Twelve years ago Frankie Barker and Johanna Obrien became partners, then lovers, on the Philadelphia Police Force. After two years, the women were tired of city living. They quit the force and moved to Charlestown, Pennsylvania, where they built a log home and hung out their shingle as private investigators. 

In Partners: The Wrong Corpse, Frankie and Johanna take a case they feel will be a cinch to solve, before embarking on a much--needed vacation. But the case turns out to be much more than they bargained for!

Graham McHenry hires Frankie and Johanna to follow his beautiful, much younger wife Cassandra, whom he believes is having an affair. They find the information their client is seeking, but the next morning they learn the woman has been murdered. The time of death places Cassandra at a motel, at the same time they had been following her to her mansion. Now McHenry wants to know who killed his wife, and Frankie and Johanna are determined to find out who they were following!

Happy Thanksgiving

I'd like to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving.

2 IN 1: Partners

Partners: The Wrong Corpse and Partners: The Other Woman are now available in one volume!

Finally Some Progress

I'm in the process of finishing up some edits. After a lot of life interference this summer, my muse is back in full swing!

I really enjoyed writing the third book Blinded By The Trees in the Partners Series.

I've also completed a novella Breaking Free and a short story A Second Chance.