The Story Behind Arresting Mason: How a Dream Became a Romantic Suspense Series

Sometimes a book begins with a carefully planned idea, a character sketch, or a plot outline.

Other times, my subconscious writes the first draft for me.

That’s what happened with Arresting Mason, the first book in my Arresting Onyx romantic suspense series.

I didn’t set out to write an 80,000-word novel when I started this story. In fact, I originally wrote it for a bad-boy anthology submission call. The stories were supposed to be fairly short, so I had every intention of writing a novella-length romance and moving on to my next project.

My characters had other ideas.

By the time I finished the first draft, I had blown past the word-count limit—and I still had scenes I wanted to write, so I abandoned the anthology submission and kept going. Eventually, that little bad-boy story had turned into a full-length romantic suspense novel, complete with a dangerous criminal underworld, a redemption arc, family complications, and enough ideas to inspire several more books.

Arresting Mason is now FREE at all retailers, so grab a copy and read today.

Romantic Suspense | Touch Her & Die | He Falls First | Bad Boy Ex-Con Hero | Sexy Divorcée Heroine | Forbidden Romance | Parole Officer’s Sister | Prison Gang | Kidnapping & Organized Crime | Series Starter | Standalone Novel

Blurb

Once you’re in a prison gang, you’re in it for life.

That’s what Mason Harding thought until the boss accepted his resignation. After the State releases him on parole, a sexy divorcée behind the wheel of a car almost ends his life quicker than a shank. His chance encounter with Mia Eddison results in a night of passion, but her brother—his parole officer—catches them together and doesn’t approve.

Mia falls hard for the cocky ex-con, but not because of his chiseled body. She vows to break through his walls and discover his secrets, but never expects those secrets to threaten her life.

When members of an organized crime ring kidnap Mia to force Mason’s return to the gang, he goes up against an old friend to save the woman he loves. Will his sacrifice be enough or will everything fall apart in a blaze of gunfire?

– Book 1 in the sexy romantic suspense series, Arresting Onyx.
– Scenes featuring organized crime, assault/kidnapping, and drugs (discussed) may be uncomfortable for some audiences.
– No cheating. HEA guaranteed!

Tagline: Their chance encounter resulted in a steamy affair, but will his former gang and a parole officer tear them apart?

Available in the Arresting Onyx series
Arresting Mason (Mason and Mia)
Arresting Jeremiah (Jim and Calista)
Ryan’s Temptation (Ryan and Chanel)
Arresting Benjamin (Benji and Belle)
Trevor’s Redemption (Trevor and Shea)
Arresting Alan (Alan and Hannah)

Sexy Excerpt

“You ache, don’t you? Tell me you ache.”

Her eyelids fluttered closed. She moaned, unable to form coherent words.

His hands roamed over her chest and stomach, cupped every curve and teased every valley, and swept her up in a fierce storm of need.

As the weight of his body lifted from hers, her eyes snapped open and a whimper crawled up her throat. Mia fisted her hands in his hair and shuddered as he brushed his lips across her forehead and down her nose.

A seductive smile spread across Mason’s cheeks. With a slow, lazy twist of his hands, he grasped her wrists and pressed just hard enough that her fingers weakened and slid free from his hair.

Mia licked her lips. Her heart hammered and echoed in the room—or maybe just in her own ears, she couldn’t be sure—and her heavy panting matched the rhythm of his.

He kissed her and moved to the side of the bed. The muscles in his back gleamed and rolled as he bent over to unlace his boots and kick them off along with his socks.

She reached out to stroke her nails down those taut muscles, but he stood and shook his head at her with a no-no look in his eyes. The reprimand coiled lust in her stomach. Tempted to pounce on top of him, Mia clutched the blanket to keep her body firmly on the mattress and her hands to herself.

He grabbed a condom from his wallet and stripped off his jeans, wickedly commando beneath. The head of his thick cock glistened as he pumped the shaft with his hand. Mason returned to the bed, licked a trail of decadent heat up her calf and over her thigh, and hooked his finger under the hem of her panties to pull them down.

Mia hardly breathed.