♥♥♥ The Voices That Won't Leave Me Alone ♥♥♥

Heroine (Black & Blue #3)

Matthias Kemper

#KemperisGod

Before I even decided to put together the first two books in this series, Matthias was a voice that just wouldn't leave me alone. A boy whose only dream was to wrestle professionally, but had to live through his own personal version of hell in order to get there, this is the character that most breaks my heart. So loud was he that he inserted himself straight into Into the Blue (Black & Blue #2) when the story really had nothing at all to do with him apart from being about wrestling. But just as much as he breaks my heart in his own story, he melts me. His determination for the sport almost as powerful as the sweetness of his heart. Matty's road to happiness isn't an easy one by any means, but it's definitely one that as I write it now, is turning out to be one of the most fulfilling. 

Then, Now & Forever (Count On Me #8)

Grace Reagan

I've always had a soft spot for this single mom. Whether it's because when I wrote Isabelle, a lot of her was based on my own daughter Isabella, and as her mom, we were similar, or just because I loved the strength she possessed (and was even a little jealous of it at times), I knew deep down there was still so much that I wanted to do with her. And even though she was quiet for quite some time after I wrote the last book she appeared in, she was and is never far from my thoughts. Which is why, instead of forcing a square peg into a round hole and attempting to write Eric's second story, I'm tackling her instead. Because even Mom's of grown children deserve love in their lives. I can only hope that when this story is said and done, I've made Grace Reagan as proud of me as I am of her. 

Fulfilling Destiny (The Graysons #3)

Jake Carter

#DifferentKindOfRocker

Jake Carter, even though Luke Grayson was slated to come first, is quickly making his presence known. Where Luke has seemingly gone silent, Jake is there ready to pick up the slack and over the last few weeks has made it almost impossible for me to focus on much else when I am able to get a few seconds to myself away from being a mom. On the surface, he appears to be just like every other rockstar on the planet, but with Jake, looks can and will certainly be deceiving. He may only be 17 at the time this story takes place, but he's an old soul 17. And definitely not a book you should judge by his cover. Out of all of the books that I have slated to write and release at some point this year, he is by far the one I'm the most excited for. 

Even if he is making me change the Grayson series timeline to do it.