THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG, book one of my "Ladies of Destiny" series sold to Silhouette Special Edition!
Look for it in bookstores in 2009! Read more about this contemporary romance here!

REILLY'S PROMISE is currently available as an e-book from My Bookstore and More and in paperback!
A link to an excerpt from Chapter One is below ~ hope you enjoy it!

REILLY'S PROMISE
Genre: Romance - Suspense
Publication Date: August 28, 2007  (electronic) / May 27, 2008 (print) 

She stands for everything he despises. Only, the minute they meet, she becomes everything he desires.

Former US Marine turned private investigator, Reilly Murdock is no stranger to high society.  Thanks to his malevolent millionaire stepfather, he turned his back on that elite world years ago.  But when a friend calls in a favor he’s honor bound to repay, Reilly finds himself stuck as glorified babysitter to a spoiled heiress with secrets of her own.

Since her father’s sudden death six months ago, Cassandra Van Winter has been trying to conceal her family’s millions of dollars of debt.  She can’t afford to let anyone near enough to discover the charade she’s maintaining. At first, the discovery of a multi-million-dollar necklace seemed like the answer to her prayers, but that was before the “accidents” started. 

Now, she takes one look at the six feet of muscle her mother’s hired to protect her, and curses her body for coming back to life.  As the “accidents” increase and danger comes closer, Reilly gets closer too.  Before long it’s not just her life in danger, but her heart.

Author's Notes:

• REILLY'S PROMISE is the first manuscript in which I typed THE END. It placed 3rd in the 2003 Emily Contest (West Houston RWA).

• Lou “Digger” DiMarrio, my hero’s mentor, is named after my father-in-law, Louis.

• My heroine, Cassandra, is named after my parents – Ken and Sandra (combined)

• My husband is a big fan of John Wayne and so is my hero (so am I now!)

• The necklace in the story is of my own design – it doesn’t really exist – that we know of!

Click HERE to read a excerpt from REILLY'S PROMISE! 

My inspirations for Reilly and Cassandra...

    
 model/actor Edoardo Costa and actress Debra Messing
 

Reviews for Reilly's Promise!

4 Stars from Romantic Times BOOK Reviews!
"Butler certainly makes her mark as a romantic suspense author with this story. The chemistry between the hero and heroine is sizzling, and there's a little bit of everything, from humor to intrigue."

5 Flowers and a Recommended Read from My Book Cravings Review Site!
"...a fast paced, suspenseful ride from the very first chapter...filled with realistic situations, interesting secondary characters, vivid descriptions and intense physical and emotional chemistry between Cassandra and Reilly..."

5 Angels from Fallen Angel Review Site says: "...from the minute that Reilly and Cassandra meet the sparks fly and the chemistry is off the charts..."

Ecataromance Sensual Review Site says: "...is a sultry and suspenseful story.."

4 Heart Review from The Romance Studio ...the development of the romance is a joy."
 

What's coming up . . .   

"Ladies of Destiny" series

Working Title: The Right Kind of Wrong (Book 1)
Genre: Contemporary Romance

A single mom ranch owner desperate to save her land.  An ex-con cowboy running from his past. She needed a hero . . . what she got was him.

Single mom and ranch owner, Maggie Stevens has one thing on her mind, keeping her family’s Wyoming spread afloat. Thanks to a neighbor who steals away her cowboys, a long list of needed repairs and a major loan payment to her ex-husband coming due, she’s running out of options.

Cowboy Landon Cartwright is fresh from prison for a crime he didn’t commit. A crime that robbed him of everything he once cherished. Broke and needing a job, he stumbles into Maggie’s life and finds himself unwillingly roped into working for the lady rancher. How long can Landon run from the horrifying memories that always manage to find him, and will Maggie be able to overlook the dark sensuality she sees in her cowboy’s eyes after she hires THE RIGHT KIND OF WRONG.

My inspirations for
Landon and Maggie...

model Reynaoldo Gianecchini

model/actress Molly Sims
 

"Ladies of Destiny" series

Working Title: The Sheriff's Wife (Book 2)
Genre: Contemporary Romance

She can’t rely on anyone but herself.

RACY DILLON is a bartender determined to take ownership of the local honky-tonk, but the town of Destiny, Wyoming still sees her as the girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Her family’s corrupt past and two failed marriages plague her, and the last thing she needs is her jailbird brothers coming home just as she’s trying to turn her life around.

He wants to take care of everyone.

Sheriff GAGE STEELE once dreamed of taking care of the world, but came home less than a year after graduating from the FBI academy to take care of his family when his father, the revered town sheriff, was killed. He has worked his way to his current position by ensuring his small town stays neat and tidy.

When Racy and Gage share a wild night in Vegas that ends in a wedding ceremony, they agree to have the nuptials annulled, and swear each other to everlasting secrecy. But her ex-con brothers are making trouble, the town’s betterment committee is threatening both his job and Racy’s bar and Gage just got a letter informing him the annulment is invalid and Racy is still very much THE SHERIFF’S WIFE.
 

My inspirations for
Gage and Racy...


actor Lucky Vanous (yes, the Diet Coke guy!)

model/actress Angie Everhart