When Everything You Wanted Is Nothing You Expected

Authors: Have you ever written a book that doesn't neatly fit in your catalog?

Readers: Have you ever stumbled upon one of these books and wondered what on earth the author was thinking?

All That Glitters is that outlier for me. I started my brand on cowboys and the Montana countryside. As I went along, I created categories for series that had faith themes, series that had lots of chemistry, and series with suspense but all of them were easily digestible.

When I got to All That Glitters, I screeched on the brakes. I knew the story I had crafted was too intense for most of my audience.

It addresses the issue of harassment and se+ual assault in the entertainment industry. A country star on his way up and a country star on her way down cross paths and the story unfolds.

To be clear, the threat is not from within the relationship, but even so, the characters are far from perfect.

Flaws, uncomfortable circumstances, and painful revelations led me to label this book sweet WITH GRIT.

I still call it sweet because there is no language and intimacy is fade to black, but I knew even fade to black would shock some of my readers. So why did I write it this way?

I wanted to explore what I think are the very complicated reasons this reality can exist right under our noses.

I wanted to highlight dreams, ambitions, brokenness, rejection of family values, greed, power and depravity. To bring these to light, I couldn't write characters who behave in the most pleasing, conservative ways.

Real life is complicated. People are gritty. Decisions made in a moment impact us for a lifetime. Everyone doesn't want to read a story like this, but some people do.

All That Glitters doesn't prescribe whether the reader should feel judgment or compassion, anger or grace, but hopefully by the time the Happily Ever After arrives, themes of resilience, forgiveness, and hope will be locked into your heart.

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All That Glitters
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