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Let's face it - vacation is great! We could all use a warm summer night on a beach, the sand still hot from the sun, with the moon rising on the horizon. If it could be paired with a handsome, sexy man - an immortal man - wouldn't that be the icing on the cake? Nothing says holiday quite like a walk in paradise with a gorgeous vampire ... or spending a twilight eve with a charismatic Highlander. And the best part? While you may get a sexy bite or two, it's guaranteed that you won't get a sunburn!Don't be afraid to dip your toes into these two seductive and enthralling stories from Maggie Shayne and Maureen Child.Come on in and leave your cares behind ... .
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I am Maggie Shayne and I am a Goddess. And so are you.
I am the matriarch of a clan of amazing young women, all of whom are catching up to my age, because I long ago decided to stop counting.
I have come to a place of serenity and wisdom I never dreamed I would possess back when I thought I already knew everything.
I spent years studying witchcraft, became a priestess, and then a high priestess, and then an elder, and then, by the Old Law, a Witch Queen. I've jumped the bonfire on Solstice Eve, and drummed the night away while witches danced. But my spell casting lately consists of deciding what I want, and it arrives. No poof of purple smoke or glitter. But I'm working on that. Magic is just an expression of the universal law of attraction, you see.
I was born a storyteller, and I will cross the other side a storyteller, and when I get there, I'll haunt some young writer who's still on earth by whispering my stories into her ears, because I'll still be a story teller. I think that's what our muses are. Storytellers gone by. I am so incredibly blessed, because I got a really good one. I love her.
For 22 years, I wrote stories that were published by major houses in New York City. I wrote soaps for a year, Guiding Light and As the World Turns. (It wasn't anywhere near as much fun as it sounds.)
I published more than 60 novels with Harlequin, Berkley, Avon, St. Martin's Press, Pocket Books and others. But things started to change. I started to change. I was chafing at the bit. They stopped letting me write what I wanted to write. They started axing my proposals and suggesting their own. It wasn't fun anymore. I wasn't happy anymore.
The signals were clear, but I'd been doing the same thing the same way for a long time, and I didn't take the hints right away. It got a lot more unpleasant before I finally had no choice but to walk away. It was March 1st, 2014. And it was one of the most terrifying things I have ever done.
I took a leap of faith, and a net appeared. The net's name was Jessica, one of my daughters, who said, "It's about time, Mom. Now I'm gonna make you a million bucks."
I set up my own business. I stepped into my own power. I convinced myself that I could learn whatever needed to be learned, and I was right about that.
My middle daughter Jessica jumped into action and taught herself ebook formatting and graphic design. (And a thousand more things since then. She is brilliant.) We started formatting my old books whose rights had reverted back to me and releasing them ourselves.
I kept writing new books, too. My firstborn, Jena, became my editor. Both girls have Masters in English and education. (I don't have any de
